| Show YI I 1 ann inn UI r nn i V I F tNt 1 ASUNCION C CITY 1 OF PARAGUAY I t AF I Ir Onca the tho Richest 1 In South m Now nr f I in Soven n B Mora Women Mon Man InI In I L 2 tho tha Country 1911 J thru Ir Special Correspondence 1 Paraguay tILy July 31 t J Looking nt ut this desolate and anil andr h A r f l I half town you win eon hard hardly 9 I q I ly Iy believe b l I evo four fora centuries I 4 I rt ly b i is nga MO ecclesiastical ami line edicts ij wore Issued from ram It 11 t which switch controlled a I I If the lives of rat millions million milli on e at uC people P that n a nl f l I century Lucie baele It wan wall th ltd pay and pro if II I porous capital of bC the tho southern half of ot otI ci I I this great continent to whose f ti I r I kings nil South America paid pall tribute i 1 t I f h I that oven even up u to II the tho time of ot tha Iho last i war with which ended In 1870 1910 t I It was richer than either cither Ayree Ayre J Ic 14 I I Illo de do Janeiro Santiago or Lima n l I With that disastrous war which last Insl j 1 I rd Pd five fhe yenta years and killed oft ore nineteen t twentieth of or the tho population and hope hopelessly i lessly leuly Impoverished tho the reminder fol tal following folt t h V lowing as RII It did the tho Moody bloody reign of ot the three dictator F and rt j the thil father and ton lion Its It II glory and andt Y power departed Though nature lit III t fi generous generate mood mooil designed Paraguay for far forthe fard Br d the wealthiest of ot southern republics It 11 j f t to In now the tho poorest cod and least leant Important of or them nil all and anil perhaps tenet least known t I i ii t to the tho outer world a country of at women I I i i ac j Whoso whose cou prunes proves that lint females ac actually predominate seven to 10 on one the tha r i male population having boon been well nigh I I annulated daring cl ln that terrible War nr I I Dolt lOIt SITUATION t I I r s t i it Viewed from the tha harbor Asuncion l is I I l charming for tor few tow towns town are lire no so de lIe delightfully I ns as picturesque I S I esque ceque river scenery beautiful I i I dole of at hills luxuriant vegetation and perfect climate te The Tho t y river hero about n a mile wide It a n sudden bend which vl forms forme ubay a u abay J bay hoy and anti In the boy bay are always It a multi multitude I s I af tude of steamers and schooners queer P f I river craft long rafts raft made of or cedar f 1 Toga logs lashed together and jut just t now 31 y I owing to 10 political I disturbances disturbance In this till I ft port of at tho the World there url are ano Uru Urn Uruguayan guayan guaya n and Paraguayan I t f I I ewin swinging Ink at anchor besides n a 1 couple of or d enow snow white gunboats from tram Brazil and t I n n big bb black ironclad belonging to Ar r M I All thin this martial display Ills pIny ow owing owInA owr r l ing InA to 10 the Acre Acro not yet settled t f d Tho The port pott has han three short a n nf f d rather primitive quay juay some batteries I I nn arsenal a n big hospital the usual I j t al nl customs and amt a aa mt hou o e bu ild ing sand on oa oan onn onIt t n It scale Tim rho beach bench forma forme a abroad I broad level sweep ot of emerald meadow r 1 backed by steep cliffs nt ot red rEcI sandstone I e upon which are arc perched the principal III t I edifices of ot the theare capital These rhee ore are tho the I once magnificent Inns o of ot Dictator I t i Lopez now torn with sho hot and shell as i r the fleet neet left It 30 O odd yearn Itt I ago tho the or town hall some coma E t I i it long low barracks tho the great domo dome ot of 1 I E 1 t h the tho Pantheon crowning n prominent I r knoll tho t ha ancient church of V Fran Francisco ru I cisco nM directly below file thO church 1 f l clinging as all tope for tor dear dear life to he tho hillside hillside c the quaint suburb known as liS In I n Clin Chu r The shore Is lined women w with lh groups of ot wash women r t I tho the dirty linen their robust more moret t 4 I than half forms clearly clearY do de defined t J II lined fined O t ne h the tho h e hit background o round of ot green greenest gr reen e on L est F st The opposite Hida of ot the Iho river IB 18 that region the G Ii c I I Paraguayan g ua Y nu Gran Orn n c l co which i no n nand o ono one r r q l has ever thoroughly explored and AnI lived to tell the to h o a low law apparently lim limitless and unoccupied dead Ilea level leol I d stretching to 10 the horizon but on an the tho i d f is t north side Is nn an outer zone zono of beautiful beautifully 1 ly IY wooded hills rising ridge above I ridge tho the valleys between he tween them then dotted t with cottages and nd yellow with orange amigo o I groves rov s It is IR an nn eminently peaceful I scene In which whir It Is III Impossible to re to tod realize d it alize that stern storn tragedies have been I enacted u n nation iI A tramway branching oft ore through h I l 74 two or three thrle of ot the tho principal streets 1 lt I lends leads up from Crom tho the handing to the tho tar far f ti i ther limit of ot the tho town and on through I the tho forest lorest to Villa Morrn un embryo f f village five miles away whose streets f it t j i are indicated by ts In t the open fields That chat pub 1 i lie lic conveyance rot t cr tho thu tramway bears bean the tho Ij I appropriate name of at Conductor 1111 1 the condition of oC Asuncion A t streets may ma be le Inferred from tho the fact I U Ur I M I that there thelo U Is not a n carriage r t or nr private In tho the city elt tho the c only ar I vehicles VC hl r 1 A being IC In g t W n wen h IP d carti en rIt which require quire r three or tour four horses horsed i 1 mules or oxen for tOl load lou r The Tho tr I 4 n I i r ground upon u oll which tho t 10 city Ill stands Is tI not lint only undulating but back t sit 1 steeply toward tho the east enst necessitating I Ic ty c I a II series of at stone terraces In many of ot t f the tha streets All of ot thrill them pro badly I paved with huge blocks of ot stone static stud and occasional boulders placed 1 by lIy nature o i I q I protruding hero anti and there always s an h In sand or mud according to l t tho rho Benson except when frequent fro tent trop trap 1 r 1 f ical convert thorn temporarily temporarily C I i i Into flowing cataracts dashing head I long down to the river Tho rho brick silo Billo y walks elevated considerably above the J rugged valley of tho the roadway are no an 1 II I i t I if extremely narrow that I i In Co constant danger of ot being crowded p I I 1 r f tl off aft and tho the uniform level Is preserved I 1 ns nil far tar ns l possible po by lights flights of ot stole stono f 1 1 H f steps leps nt lit tho the corner crossings so PO that II I 11 I I one ono Is la perpetually climbing up 1111 and j 1 1 f fit 1 down dove The town tool Is la h laid out In J I squares squared after the tho fashion Cashion j I i I I t 1 Ht I of at other Spanish cities cilles with n It contra central f I f I avenue running east and wont went grand grandiloquently grandq I I l i j named In III Calle q r sl 11 I 1 rill cia Tho TIto street of ot National nl I I Independence I Ii k kI t It I t i I t I R I I rl I J f I 1 i Kerosene lamps III bracketed to tho the t h I t I Ii I I t 1 houses sparingly Illumine the tho streets I I I I 9 by night It Interspersed persell at lung long lOll Intervals i t l I L I e In certain quarters by hy glaring electric I Ik t lights And there other contrasts 1 1 It I d as nil great ns nR that between oil and disc olec I II 1 I 1 I I r For Ivor example tho Una unpaved t I f tl r I 1 l I i S j grass grA s grown In which cows lire are 71 p I I t 1 straying are lined with tall posts poste aid f R l I i crossbeams alOs that carry carr Innumerable tel telephone tell r l Alf Lil t 1 ephone phon wires tho posts being tha tho j i j i I i I round r In smooth I II trunks I of palm I I trees warranted to last laet nt at 10 years Al AI Although though there hero are few rew mm loch to In r nn rend ad I them and southern women as lM n rulo rule care nothing for tOl newspaper there are arc three dally daily papers published In sleepy Asuncion which sell nt lit 10 cents the tho copy cOllY The rile Hotel Ia La a sort yort of oC pleasure I resort situated on an high ground a short distance cost of oC the city elty within a stones stenos throw of at tho the forest IB nightly with ol and aul has electric ol hull bulls II and private bath rooms still ami other modern Improvement A telegraph line con colt connects neets title this capital with Buenos Aires Alren and thus thUA with Ith all nl parts ot of the tho vend and ani there ore two to lines line of weekly we kly and two Iwo of or monthly steamers plying between this ibis port and th P At Atlantic t lantic The old oh town presents a 11 half holC oriental half halt medieval Its few tew palaces which belong to tn the late dictators ant and their families and favorites sand wi child among II on 11 huts of cello cane and mud bark roofs and ono window apiece Palms IA I II pus pits Finn clon lowers and other tropical plants and blooms bionics abound but you meet tow few people and these are mostly women mN AT A The grassy streets haven have n II sal sad desert The grassy streets trets have havo n 1 sad end rl cd edl look constantly reminding one ono that t the comic anti and husbands and ond lovern and brother perished on the ot or died of at starvation In hiding hid In or ur rotted In n prisons nn nit n thousands lid did were Ignorant of ot even what they thoy were IC ac c of ot or wore were tortured rt or mur murdered tiered dered Hed by tho the three tyrants tyrant who ruled d and ruined tho country Here women Wlm ut do thu work that In other parts of ot the world Is monopolized by hy Iho stronger monger cleaning tho th load loading such R ilK the oz ing i ag the tho driving the ox ux carts cul cuI cultivating c l the field currying on the mar mpr markets etc and It Is said that during tho the thelong long Ion hard war tsar the t made the tho best and bravest soldiers Naturally whore mon men monIn ore In the proportion of oC ono to oon than thou they Illey ar are at n a higher premium Fl ro and In Paraguay they thoy are aro figuratively kept In by hy their theil admiring female relatives In tho the The most conspicuous object city Is 18 tho the homo home of or Lopez Lopes which commands nn an extensive view and everything else being three high with lofty square towers stories and grand pillared entrance The Tho lower story Is III of cut stone the Iho others of ot stuccoed brick The Tito building covers anti was completed at rat an nn four tour acres labor cost of oC money and enormous wrung from train nn an unwilling people not long Jong before tho the tall fall of the lure tyrant s but empty rootless II It Is le now an still pull splendid shell wi with w th long n sigh rows ot oC without flashes sightless s swe 1 and ragged holes helen mode made liy by II shot hot i eyes eye shell shIll during tho three and bombardment by Iy the lira Urn weeks Thu totter latter carried ed off a It all 1111 t that hat was portable t r ille what iY pCt hn I 1 L cy Y C could ol what sh d t not talon toko away M H burned fur S I lire tiro could not ron was laboriously I defaced The Th Theand Itself which built buill In l said exclusively to havo cost COAt oat by hy upward native ot at workmen Q and Its Interior furnishing furnishings and dons wore worth many times that amount rat sou n L ThO The women of oC Paraguay rata 6 un Y t moke n alto a n 1 won lYan wonderful lace Ince One line ns nR cobweb but hut very vet und mod beautiful an art which was strong strung Spanish them Today centuries a n tiny tiny ago n by hui hand tho ld o 1 r square s n u u aro of ot It commands t fi fifty ft Y dollars In any market of or Europe guro o Lo 10 r had walls of ot ids his palace cham chambers r bers leU hung with this priceless laco on Id ij background of ot crimson satin It 11 la III that Hurt the tho hangings in his hl own bed bedroom bedroom room required tho the work worl ot of 20 women for tOl nr several years rears old and the tho lace Inco Wee was to ed to tho wall by clamps of gold gold of If the most exquisite workman workmanship ship four hundred d of these theo clamps champs In It Inthe Inthe the room ruoni worth perhaps 25 dollars each ench The Paraguayans are 1110 tumoUR for tOl skill the In the use of nr tools tools tool II und especially a In the of gold old and sliver atoll ornu orn nIM Th The rhe lace above mentioned Is railed ii l and h is not mada made from thread hut hint from from the tho Infinitesimal fibers of ot a n 1 native tree treo which pro aro aa as soft mind and lustrous lu an nn In front of or the old palace and al nl almost almost most mOAt touching It are rows row of nt miserable huts a 11 suggestive contrast Indeed The lire better bet het better hetler ter ler class cities nf of houses housea pro aro mostly one ono storied painted en grcen lavender Is c uter t white gray all with dark green r heavy hen vY Iron barn b tolo tho the windows They hey pro constructed on nn the tho old plan HO so admirably adapted d to hot climates nn Oil well an its to tile tho exigencies ut ot war being helnA very vot solidly built with thick walls trails cool coal courts coons deeply recessed doom dooma and windows projecting ec mid t a u 1 heavy roofs rOarK They are aro generally marble of ot various With Paraguay nn colors thun than which Italy eon can noun note I mare mojo bountiful and arts III furnished with quaint high chairs and tutu sofas Kofas amid wild looted table I made from front native hard woods elaborately elaborately carved curlu and FANNIE I AN m II 11 IWARD AltO I |
