The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13

| doubt whether the young business
woman is as safe in Chile as she Is
in our country. The fact that she
works out at all subjects her to the
LANCER of liberties on the part OF III
other sex. The White slave trade eX-
lists to an even greater extent than
in the United States, and I am told
that there is a large class of girls
who are by no means as good as
they should be. The social evil is
licensed in the cities, and every
thing is supposed to be under a rigid
inspection. The Spanish custom OF
preventing h boys and girls from
having anything to 40 with n an
other ON the social level Of purity and
virtue drives the young men to the
demi-E,onde for their social COM
panions, and it defeats the end it
hopes to gain
Moreover, if a young man calls upon
| a young woman a half dozen times.
and spends the evening with her in
the presence of the family, he is
thought to have serious intentions OF
marriage. and the father. uncle or
| aunt straightWay demands how soon
he expects to propose II he the says
that he does not want to get married,
| he is told that his further visits are
! not desired. The bare act which
l HAVdiAS IHC St<Al0IH6 Out oi IN
in front of your sweetheart's house
and casting sleeps eyes at her as h
looks down from the balcony, is fast
going out of use, although it is still
the custom in some other Of the Latin
American countries, n notably in
Mexico and Central America. Never
theleSS. in the aristOcratic classes
a family would have to be in financial
straits before it would hin Of allow
ing its daughter to clereE in a store.
For this reason the female clerks are
sometimes sneered at as "rCtos" by the
others of their sex who prefer to
Starve at home.
In order to understand social CON
ditions here it must be remembered
that the country is one Of classes.
Chile has always had its aristOcratS,
it's middle class and it's common peo-
pie. The last does the work Of the
country and it is generally known by
the term 1nquilinO. The ariStO-
Gratis are the descendants of the
S~paniards and more especially OF the
patriots among them, that LAT to do
with freeing Chile from the yoke OF
Spain. These men are the controlling
influence of the country. They have
the fat offices, and own nearly all OF
$ the property. Some have stock in
: the nitrate and other mines, and not
a few are engaged in the various in
| dustries. Many Of them are rich far
mers, and it is from them hat come
2 the heads of universities ard the CHIEF
/ doctors and lawyers. The most O.
the a~ristocrats are men of fine edu.
cation. They are the progressive ele-
ment of the country They are proud
of Chile n are intensely patriotic
They are not afraid to tight for thei1
e rights, and they will not submit to in.
: iuStiCo either as individuals or as a ma.
o ton.
The middle classes are merchant
and small land holders. Among then
{ are many pure whites, and many VIII
n have more or less ndian blood mixet
e with that which comes down from tn
q Spanish.
The lower class are known as tn,
InquiHinos, or, ~erroneous;y. as rotos
The word rOto is one of contempt.
g conveys the idea of a drunken, good
'e for-nothing loafer, allied tC that of
ie quarrelsome.' bad character. This i
e not the nature of the Inquilino. tn
'r Chilean peasant. He is a good, har
3, working. honest man as a rule In
'r anything but a loafer. He is a de
re scendant of the peasant class of mort
is Spain and of the Araucanian indian:
ID He is intelligent, and quick to lear
anything that requires hardness an
craft. He can do all kinds of vorl
p and makes an excellent mechani'
g. farmer or orchardist- He is a Dor
II. horseman. and is skilled in the hand
ne ling Of stock. He is hardy and vigol
IN Gus. and noted for his endurance an
rs patience. At the same time, he
I'd brave, he is very quick tempered an
t. will fight upon slight ~provocation. Il
en- seems to care nothing for life, an
er very little for pain.
rs indeed. the Inquilino will do a
on sorts of foolish things rather than |
MS despised by his friends. The 9th
er day several poems were drinking t
CHI gether with Il crowd of their fellow
'te when one man charged another Wi
m being a coward.
in "Yot think 500" was the repl
yet Well. | will prove thai I am nc
nS Would a coward do this?' And Their
zee upon he pulled out his knife al
N plunged it into his bowels again al
1se again, before the admirins eyes of Il