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Show CHILI HAS WOMEN CONDUCTORS .Valparaiso, Chill, correspondence Tno most startling fcaturo of life In the Chilian metropolis that strikes tho foreigner Is the street car service The conductors on the cars are all women, and that in a country where woman baa by no means reached the high standing In social and public life of ber tlstors In the United States The girls who run tho cars are, with fow exceptions, ery pretty, and there teems to bo little objection to their novel occupation The raalo patscn-gers, patscn-gers, of course, nre pleased, and tha few who are not aro too polite and gal- lant to glvo vent to their sentiments. Tho female passengers aro proud of the fact that this Important occupation Is In the hands of women Tho fsct Is that Valparaiso female conductors aro exceedingly courteous and obllglns They aro usually a SYSTEM THAT PHKVAIL8 IN 8TJIKKT CAIl TKAFFIO IN THE CHILIAN CITY. strong and robust set, and they sympathize sympa-thize especially with women passengers passen-gers accompanied by children, whom they help board and alight from tho cars The fair conductresses deserve every cent of their wages, which amounts to about 50 cents per dsy In United States money For this they collect all faros H and narao tho streets crossed by tha H tramway. Nor do they mouth tbtlr H phrase aa do tholr brothers In Now H York and Chicago H On some of tho line leading Into tha H suburbs the conductresses bavo an easy H time H Boats aro provided for them In all H the cars, and It Is not an unusual thing H during tho dull hours to seo them Uk- H Ing It easy, reading novels or tho dally H papers They aro neatly dressed In fastas! black, with white aprons, in the pock- H ots of which they put their money and H tickets They wear broad brimmed H sailor hats H Tba bane of their existence aro tho "H men Inspectors who aro detailed to H count tho passengers to see that they H do not "knock down" fares. Tbey have nicknamed theao men "Judosco." M A Yankee ho littler trouble to mako M himself at homo here. Landing at tho wharves one Is surprised to find that j nearly every business man speaks Eng- M llsh, and ono soon finds that tho Eng. B llsh and Ocrmaus monopolize the butt- .J nets. Tho signs ure European, and iH tbcro are fow Chilian names upon them Most of tha book stores keep H only English books Thero nra scores t of Kngllshmcn on tho strtots, and oua sees many pretty English and (Irrmin ,H girls whipping In tho stores Tho Im- M provements are more llko thoso of ono LH of our cities than those of a South Am- M erlcan town The stores havo plate- JM glaas windows, and tho goods aro a H well displayed as In New York or Chi- l cago The streets are paved with Ilel- LH glan blocks, and there aro drays, cnbs, and carriage moving along them. M |