Show I UT tI i Y 54 I at a 1 P m Notice the shady sidewalk cafes on this typical modern South Amen Ameri can metropolitan street the venida de Mayo Buenos Aires Also the carS carS' proceeding on the left side as sam in many European countries Buenos Aires Recognized as One of l Most lost ost European Cities in South America Ca but Copies Efficiency of U. U S. S I Editors Editor's Rodney Note Dutcher The Telegram and N NEA EA Service Washington Washinton correspondent toured South America with the Hoover Party Here is another of his hil interesting interesting in- in articles about Lati America By RODNEY DUTCHER Copyright 1929 NEA Service Inc WASHINGTON Buenos Aires Is Isas isas as European as any city or of the old world and no more Americanized from flom our point ot of view than are the South Sea islands This largest city In the west west- tern hemisphere Is willing to accept North American Innovations making for more convenience or efficiency but that's all The people peo- peo plc have the American brand of progressiveness but they hang on proudly to their European habits and culture Americans assured your our correspondent correspondent corre- corre that Buenos Aires was becoming becoming be- be coming Americanized d but your correspondent couldn't see It It Is true that Argentine business men are adopting our methods of efficiency effic- effic lency and that American typeS ot of I architecture are alC being copied for big new office buildings but that only proves that Argentine bUsiness bUsinessmen men are smart Everyone drives an American automobile automobile au- au but this is one South American city where traffic to the tho left Instead of to the right as asIn asin in the United States And instead of trying to change the local us- us toni tom our automobile firms menu manu cars with right hand drives to meet It ft I LOOKS TO MADRID Psychologically and sentimentally Buenos AIres looks across to toIa Madrid Ma- Ma Rome Paris and even London rather than to Now York and Wash Wash- Ington Some two million italians are said to have Into this countr country and lesser armies from other other oth- oth er European nations Your correspondents correspondent's correspondents correspondent's corre- corre excursions convinced him that with all Its large foreign colonies Buenos Aires is far more of a melting pot than New York As colonists We Yanks are fardown tar far down on the list numerically There are no mote more than Americans here as compared to between and British or 01 Anglo Argen tines Th The two dan daily newspapers printed In English which are altogether alto alto- gether British newspapers newspaper whereas reas 1 the Americans have only a little Weekly I The big British colony and the little AmerIcan colony get along tall fairly well together and amI although I the former may adopt a ul ercill- ercill I ous attitude tow toward rd us they buy I Our OUI products as often as they find I them cheaper and better etter than imports im- im I I ports from Britain I The British are so numerous as asto I to have divided into four groups which high hat each other Theres There's th the set with its Oxford Ox- Ox Oxford ford accent which causes other Britons to say that one has to learn the language to lIve in that suburb and the tho suburban groups at Lomas and Belgrano The rhe fourth group contains ns the town English within the city who arent aren't regarded as socially important The Ir h have fraternized with the Argentines more than any other nationalities They came early and some became rich through ranchIng ranch ranch- lag Ing or marriage There are native nativo families with Irish surnames who I cant can't speak a word ot of English Lacy and Kenn the polo players are Argentines and theres there's a a. prominent Argentine faintly named Cavanaugh for Instance AMERICANS INCREASE The AmerIcan colony Is On the increase but sticks pretty well together together to- to gether now because of its minority The American club Is a social centen cen- cen ten ter and theres there's an American legion post British residents accuse the of trying to high hat the tue Argentines and Americans accuse accuse ac- ac cuse the tho British of the same In any event It doesn't work The Tho Argentines Argentines Ar- Ar gentines high hat everybody This Is the Spanish speaking speakIng speak speak- Ing city In the tho world and amI an Amer- Amer I lean doing business here simply has hasto hasto to know the language English gets by fairly well in some Lati-Ameri- Lati can countries but not here re Even Argentines who speak fluent English Hag Eng lish on using lanish in conversatIon con con- with h or AmerS- AmerS cans Any foreigner is mu much h more at home with a command or of Italian or French or German for that than matter with English Some American firms are stIll silly enough to send down wads of advertising advertising- literature printed entirely entirely en- en in English Others Use poor translators sometimes achieving weird effects in booklets or even on the goo goods s Offered for sale One large Am American rican cereal company had to revise its package offered here neary ever every month for a considerable consider consider- able perIod before it achieved n. n correct correct cor- cor Argentine version of what it sought to say I. 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