The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25

changed the display every night. The
people took TO II and they forsook the
old stores in such numbers that many
e: them failed. To-day "a new class Of
business establishment is going up. The
buildings are of several storics.- with
more regular sky line than that of our
American cities. They are more like
The shops OF Germany and France than
those Of North America, and, indeed. in
many respects the town is u miniature
Paris.
The street scenes of Santiago arc n
combination Of the old and the new.
You Will see the donkeys and mules
CARRYING their pnnniers of vegetables
and fruits aboyt from door 10 door.
You still see h3rses close TO. the side
walks hobbled by rope around their
front legs, and the x-cart still crealSs
its way through the town. At the
same timo there are cabs and automo-
piles everywhere. The street cars have
great numbers on them indicating their
routes and there are motor cars that
carry the heavier merchandise and all
kinds of building materials
The people have changed and the
characteristic costumes of the past are
trampcd upon by the heels of the pres
ent. There are Paris bonnets and slit
skirts everywhere, and also women and
girls clad in black with mantass or
black shawls covering their heads
neeks and shoulders, so that only the
faces show out of the black This
costume used to be common with the
rich and poor. II is now dying out
among those who can afford the more
costly modern clothing, and the rich
and fashionable now confine its use
almost altogether for going to church.
The laws Of the church here provide
that no woman can come into a re-
liSious service wearing a bonnet and
the only acceptable costume is dead
black with manta of black crepe
wrapped around the face close under
the chin and fastened there with n
brooch. Or it may be pinned at the
back Of the neck with "a black pin.
Some of the young women are now
wearing black wells instead of these
mantas, and not few of them have
black dresses that are cut rather low
at the neck. ] have seen girls in
! mantas wearing shoes of white kid
and hght-colored gowns, but this is not
considered good taste.
The manta is often used for shop
ping during the morning. the better
clothes being reserved for the prone :
made between 8 and Z in the after
! noon. the hours when every one goes
along the chief businessi streets to see
and be seen The manta has the adj
vantage that II can be thrown on
quickly. and also that 1T hides any
slovenly dressing beneath. To my
mind, 1t is far better than the head
gear OF our women. and 1t makes many
homely face almost beautiful. throw
ing it out as IT were. against the
black crepe. 1t has the disadvantage,
however. that 1t is the common street
garb OF the Santiago girls who are not
SO good as they should be. So dressed,
these little sinners have the appear
ance of saints. and no stranger would
imagine the class to which they be-
long until look from the, tail OF their
eyes gave him the wink.
! would say, however, that the
Chileans are usually well dressed. The
richer women. import many OF their
gowns and hats from Paris, and the
men of the same class look as though
they had just come out. OF a bandbox
There are fine gents furnishing stores
and dressmaking establishments with
| the latest models from Paris. The COL
diers wear fine uniforms and the po-
licemen have suits of white duck with
white helmets. Altogether. the people
are as we'll clad as those of similar
classes In the United States, and the
business and professional men arc more