PJBLISHED EVERY SATUIJRDAY
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frr% ' ! A'S S LiF IN PORTUGAL
She .n iDe ;io.t of the Farm Work and
:,.arca in Heavy Labor of
the Cities.
A ,ood part of the farm work in
lr ;t..1.:l is lt.. foamed' by the women.
w t, u e no ioeacn why they should
-.,:d dig';gi'r, oeing and plowing
a. t;-a v'or.k of man alone. The man
.o cv ,ns a few acres of land will
o!-; ,: .vo its cultivation to his wife
t:- du.&bghters, while he labors as car
I0.uter, stonen:aeon or cooper, for
cr.' -miakug is one of their important
tlldastries. He al:o likes to get a job
Lu a wainter in one of the numerous
Fate:s at sea:ide resorts, for the
Scuntry has thousands of continental
S-lud Engl!sh visitors. Women share
ta the htwavy work of the cities as
'well. CThere are femalge porters, la
i.:oers on the docks, market tenders,
rz d cren women coal-heavers, fish
elmen, or rather fisherwomen, and
E.ilors. T!:hey are as strong and
hardy as their husbands and broth
crs a;rd r-eez to stand long hours and
hard labor as well.
Of course it rather takes away the
glamour of romance when one sees a
young woman with finely chiseled fea
tuIre anir beautiful black eyes digging
with se::de and mattock or heaving a
bairet of coal into a ship's hold with
as much ease as the American girl
plays tennis and golf. They seem
happy under what we w:ould consider
Lard co.ndtions, so the reformer
w ould probably have his labor for his
pains, if he suggested a change In
this department of Portuguese na
tional existence.--The Christian Heo.
