| Show T dos 5 i 4 capitol capital of argentina mind and congress Cong rc square buono buenos aires prepared by the national society W lan ton D 0 1 1 N OPPOSITE sides of the wide ON 0 estuary of 0 the rio de la plata only a few hours steaming distance apart lie two of 0 south americas greatest cities buenos alres aires capital of argentina and montevideo capital of uruguay buenos alres aires means good atra airs or delightful breezes it if one la Is willing to translate less leas literally the city la Is not merely the capital and chief port of a south american republic it la Is a world center a city of superlatives contrasts a at a and paradoxes it its population of slightly more than wakes tt it by a wide margin the metropolis of south america and the southern hemisphere it to la the greatest of spanish cities having nearly three times na as many inhabitants as madrid it Is greater than any other latin city except parts paris in the new world it shares third place with alth philadelphia only new york rind and chicago surpass it and now cow that petrograd Petro grad and moscow have haves shrunk brunk while vienna Is marking time it probably ranks or soon will rank as the eighth city of the world led only by the three metropolises ses of leuropa london berlin and parts the two of worth north america new york and chicago and tokyo and osaka IQ in asia this great city Is the focus of the culture thought politics economics and social life of argentina as well as the funnel through which pour the milli uns of pounds of dressed meats and the millions of bushels of wheat which make up the contribution of the republic to the hungry peoples of the old world its language Is the lan ian guage of spain but many other things spanish have been thrust aside its inhabitants would laugh at the idea of a midday siesta so generally observed in most spanish american countries the rapid development of argentina has made innumerable fortunes and the stream of gold has been poured lavishly into the lap of duenos buenos alres aires la in not no other city perhaps pan can one see so strikingly displayed the evidences of extreme opulence I 1 making a marvelous Marve loua city in progress and the possession of vision the people of buenos alres aires ar are unsurpassed even by the restless builders of north americas greatest cities for centuries after its establishment lish ment buenos alres aires was without a vort port ships anchored miles from the shallow sandy shore and all freight was handled in lighters within the last twenty five years the municipality nici has constructed the largest artificial doel docks s in the world these provide adequate facilities for the thousands of ocean vessels and coasting craft that put into its port annually the narrow checkerboard checker board of streets in the business center which the colonial buenos alres aires bequeathed to the world city of today has been a constant embarrassment in the face of the demands of modem business the municipality has widened some of these narrow ways at a cost of ninny many millions of dollars do llara into stately and handsome avenues ne and la Is carving other arteries of traffic diagonally through the closely packed squares in the newer parts of the city streets of ample width and numerous broad avenues have been laid out many of the avenues are lined with the costly palaces of argentinas Argen tinas mul ti millionaires it Is in this part of the city and in such semi business aie avenues as the tree trimmed avenida de M mayo a yo with its nille mile or more of one fine hotels hofos hoa boa clubs cafes and business buildings do de that buenos alres aires reminds the traveler of paris the comparison Js forced on the observer again when he drives in the afternoon through palermo park them bols bois de boulogne of buenos alres aires and becomes a part of the seemingly interminable procession i of smart equipages equi pages bearing their throng thron g of well dressed men and women tho the men ot of buenos alres aires are up to date in all things but its women are even ahead of the times they wear the latest parts paris creations even before they are donned by the Parl themselves them pelves climate must be given Us 0 rightful place in the explanation of this th paradox summer models are designed in paris in december and the reversal of the seasons south of the equator makes these seemingly premature creations fitting attire tn in buenos atres aires in january and february when they reach the beau monds monde of tatt distant metropolis buenos alres aires Is in the south latitude correspond ing to that of bf charleston S 0 north of the 11 quator and has a almate soni like that 6 the country be tr pan Churles tou and Kor Voi folk folli though th dibir lir montevideo on the northern shore of the estuary prients presents la in it tta tempo something of a contrast to buenos alres aires physically it la Is situated so BO that it Is one of tho the healthiest clues in the world and it has an equable climate which makes it a delightful place to live lit in in addition it possesses an atmosphere free from the bustle and noise of the more modem and commercial buenos aires and the 1 more metropolitan rio because of these features montevideo has become the resort city of south americas at 1 bantle coast thousands of wealthy I 1 south americans americana are to be found there at nearly all seasons of the year par in the carnivals gambling la in the great government owned casinos that may be compared to those of monte carlo or merely enjoying the restful life of this city which still clings to the spanish habit of looking to manana 11 since montevideo Is in the southern hemisphere its ita seasons are the reverse of those in the united states visitors are especially numerous for the bathing season which begins in october corresponding to the northern may and to Is at its ita height at christmas the southern midsummer detached impressions of montevideo will bring to mind many similes and contrasts with better known cities like new york it covers a narrow strip of land from shore to shore in this case a peninsula but in architecture it to Is the antithesis of the north american metropolis beings being made up of a seemingly vast number of low stone a few two or three stories in height the great ma of them but one story the principal thoroughfare the avenue of the eighteenth of july extending along the ridge of the peninsula with its colonnades and sidewalk cates cafes gives a touch of paris and as an gt a greot great packing center for the live stock produced on the unsurpassed pastures of uruguay montevideo Is comparable to chicago or kansas city evidence of f this fact to Is sometimes on the winds when they blow to the elly city from the tha seat of the gigantic industry across the bay clings clinga to old customs tn in physical equipment montevideo Is a modern it la Is well lighted well watered adequately supplied with transportation facilities and add most admirably drained socially tt it clings to the past following more faithfully than any other large city outside of spain and the orient the hie old spanish moorish traditions tradition of socie ocleta tys proper attitude toward women courting Is 13 still carried carded on by am smitten it swains parading below the balconies of their seno senoritas ritas and whispering sweet nothings to them from a safe distance ladles jo go freely on the streets hut but not tn in the company of 0 men society Is mainly a matter of family parties eyen cven at the opera there are separate allerlei ealler all erles les for men and women end and unless a family man can afford the price of orchestra seats tie be must view the production from oice one level evel while tits his wife looks on from another A cloistered life can hardly be said to have affected the appearance of the women adversely throughout south america montevideo has the reputation formerly possessed bacud by budapest of harboring the most beautiful women of its continent montevideo has nearly a score of dally newspapers and the voices of a small army of newsboys are heard const constantly constandt antt except during an hou and a half at midday when a sl siesta esta la Is enforced by law tor for all business with the voices of the newsboys mingle those of mouths and derelict adults hawking government lottery or boxes of matches from the sate sale of which the government also obtains revenue just its as uruguay la is free from physical extreme sIt la Is without mountains or gorges deserts or jungles so montevideo Is without social extremes it has no squalid slums and no ostentatious millionaires row it may not inaptly be dubbed a comfortable bourgeois paradise montevideo la Is famed for its port which la Is one of the best on the atlantic coast of the Ameri americana cna the city has a population of approximately more than a quarter of the population of the entire square mites 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