Show rights in brazil the curse of brazil lies in the great illiteracy of its men and women declared edward B an englishman who has been many years a resident ot rio janeiro according to the official govern ment figures the illiteracy Is 80 per cent certainly a country where only one man in five can read and write and only one woman in 20 has cause to blush at the ignorance of its people A country of enormous area yet a population of only 16 ath azil is sadly handicapped by lack of modern enterprise and an enlightened citizenship one of the most discouraging cou raging features of the country Is the low esteem in which woman la held A great many brazilian girls marry by the time they are 12 years old and are grandmothers long before they are 30 woman Is regarded as a chattel and in many a household of the republic never opens her mouth except at the bidding of her husband |