The Alamance Gleaner
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VOL. LV. / GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY AUGUST 29, 1929. ? NO. 30.
HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEEK |
HEWS REVIEW OF
GURRENTEVENTS
Sino-Russian War Clouds
Denser Over Manchuria
?Senate Tariff Bill.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
?\XrAR between China and Soviet
V ? Russia became increasingly prob
able during the week, and China let
the world know that if It did come,
Russia alone should be blnmed. Sev
eral Weeks ago It was said In these
columns that the basis of the Man
chdrlutt trouble was the Incurable Itch
of the Russians to sovletlse the rest
of the world, add this fact Is empha
sised in Identical communications de
livered by China's envoys to the gov
ernments of all nations signatory to
the Kellogg pact. The note handed
Secretary of State Stlmson by Min
ister Wu makes the flat charge that
the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub
lics has been plotting to overthrow
the Chinese government and says the
latter has the documents to prove this
accusation.
Since 1027, the Chinese government
declares, Russia has been conducting
communistic propaganda In China,
using the funds of the Chinese Bast
em railway to finance these activi
ties. These Involved, It Is charged,
not only the overthrow of the Chinese
government but the destruction of
Chlnn's political and economic system.
These activities, It Is added, have
progressed to a point where the safety
of China is endangered. China also
charges Russia with sponsoring a
policy of wholesale assassinations, one
of the purposes of which was to bring
about a world wide revolution.
In the present crisis on the Man
churlan frontier Russia, the Chinese
say, has been making warlike threats
Involving not only firing into but the
operation of military airplanes over
Chinese territory. China, says the
communication, still hopes for peace.
It .adds that "should such acts of
provocation on the part of the Soviet
government result In unavoidable
clashes arising out of China's deter
mination to defend her own rights the
responsibility for disturbing the peace
of the world must entirely rest with ?
the Soviet government."
During the week there were repeat
ed clashes between Chinese and Rus
sian troops which in one or two In
stances amounted to real battles. Each
side accused the other of Invasion,
but the dispatches Indicated that the
Soviet forces were the more aggressive
In making border raids. The Nanking
hlMCUIUICni VVIHIUUVU w ? J "V? ? J
reinforcements to the Mnnchurian
frontier, and recent cablegrams from
Tokyo said Russian troops had al
ready completed mobilisation and
were soon to march on Harbin, the
Manchurlan railroad center. It was
asserted this advance was to be a
"punitive expedition" and tltat the
Soviet government was determined to
force China to comply with Its de
mands regarding the Chinese Eastern
railway but would make no formal dec
laration of war. Several trains on the
Chinese Eastern were dynamited re
cently and Soviet agents were arrested
charged with the crime.
REPUBLICAN members of the sen
ate finance committee completed
their draft of the revised tariff bill
and made It public, and Immediately
was started the battle of words that
Is certain to he continued with In
creasing fury when the senate be
gins consideration of the measure.
Senator Reed Smoot, chairman of the
committee, gave out figures as proof
that the bill drawn up by his conferees
represents a scaling down of duties
from the house bill rates.
The comparisons showed equivalent
ad valoreras for the senate committee
bill, the house bill and the present law.
It was Indicated the senate commit
tee decreased rates In ten of the fif
teen schedules from the duties of the
honse bill. In four schedules the re
vision was upward and in one there
was no change.
The revised bill represents In
creases from the [.resent law In
twelve schedules, decreases In two
and no change in one. The equivalent
ad valorems were obtained by esti
mating revenues under the different
measures and figuring what the total
duties by schedules would represent
In percentages of total values of Im
ports.
It was estimated the customs rev
enue under the senate bill would
amount to $003,498,409, ns compared
with $046,014,346 under the house bill
and $310,612,930 under existing law.
The figures showed s reduction In
the agricultural schedule from the
house bill, whlcli was somewhat of a
surprise.
The equivalent ad valorem of rates
of the agricultural schedule In the
senate committee bill was listed ns
32.90 per cent as compared with 34.00
per cent In the houae bill and 22.80
per cent in the present law.
The senate reconvened on August
19 with only about thirty members
present and decided to hold perfunc
tory sessions twice a week until Sep
tember 4, when the tariff debate
would begin. The leaders planned
passage of the measure about the mid
dle of October. The house will re
convene September 23 and will mark
time until tbe tariff bill Is passed and
ready for conference.
The Republican members of the sen
ate finance committee approved a com
promise provision for delaying two
years the shift from a foreign to a
domestic valuation basis, and settled
several other administrative tariff
controversies. Democrats of the com
mittee made ready the numerous
amendments to the bill which they
will offer.
WHILE the representatives of the
allied nations at Tbe Hague were
still disputing over the division of
German reparations, with small pros
pect of Immediate agreement. Dr.
Gustav Stresemann, German foreign
minister, Informed them that, whether
or not the Young plan was ratified by
September 1, Germany could pay, be
ginning on that date, only the repara
tions called for by the scheme devised
by Young and the other experts,
namely, $487,900,000 a year.
Premier Arlstlde Brland of France
replied that since the Young plan has
not been adopted the German govern
ment must continue to carry out the
treaty In force?the Dawes plan?
which the relchstag had ratified.
Philip Snowden, British chancellor
of the exchequer, said he considered
the Germans must continue their pay
ments according to the Dawes plan,
which Is the only recognized scheme
for reparations.
British and Belgian troops were
preparing to evacuate the second zone
of the Rhlneland, but Premier Brland
said the evacuation of 60,000 French
troops from the occupied territory
hurriedly would be difficult since bar
racks were lacking In Franco to bouse
them. It was understood that by Jan
uary l me uuieu uuujib ui uumirauuu
to the number of less than 20,000
would be out of all but the last zone,
the Mayence bridgehead. ?
As for the spilt of reparations, Lon
don dispatches Indicated that Morgan
and other American bankers might
have a good deal to do with forcing
a compromise. The British press and,
on the surface, the British government
uphold Snowden In his refusal to
accept a reduced share of the German
payments, but It was said Prime Min
ister MhcDonald was much Impressed
with the arguments of the tlnanclers.
TIIE Graf Zeppelin completed Its
momentous voyage from Frledrlchs
hafen to Tokyo Ir. approximately 102
hours, circled over the Japanese cap
ital and landed at the Kasumlgaura
flying fle|tf forty miles away. For sev
eral dayy the passengers and crew
were feted by the wildly enthusiastic
Japanese while the dirigible was being
refueled and overhauled, the emperor
himself taking a leading part In the
entertainment of the visitors. As the
big ship was being taken from the
hangar for Its start across the Paclflc
two stmts were broken, and the take
off was delayed a day. Then the
Zeppelin soared Into the air on Its
way to Los Angeles and I.akehurst.
Oscar Kaesar and Kurt Luescher,
young and comparatively Inexperienced
Swiss aviators, took off from Portugal
for a flight across the Atlantic ocean
to the United States. By the end of
the week It was believed they had
paid the penalty of their rashness
with their lives. From the time when
they were seen above Tercelra Island
In the Azores all trace of them was
lost
Miss Marvel Crosson of San Diego,
one of tlie contestants In tlie womens'
air derby from Santa Monica, Calif.,
to Cleveland, Ohio, met her death In
western Arizona. Her body was
found crushed ngalnst a boulder and
a hundred yards away was the
wreckage of her plane. Evidently she
had leaped for her life hut her para
chute had foiled to open.
Mamer and Walker In the plane
Spokane Sun God accomplished the
feat of making a refueling non-stop
flight from Spokane to New York and
return. They were In the air live
full days and traversed 7,200 miles.
One of the British entries for the
Schneider cup races, a super-marine
Itolls Itoyce six piloted by Flying Offi
eer W'agliorn, made In tests the fastest
flight ever made by an airplane. The
tremendous speed of 350 miles an hour
was reached, without an assisting
wind. Lieut. Alford Williams was hav
ing a lot of trouble with the Ameri
can hope for the Schneider trophy.
During one of his attempts to get It
off the water he was made uncon
scious by fumes from the engine.
UNCLE SAM decided Inst week to
make a loan of SO,900,000 to help
promote the building up of the mer
chant marine. The administration no
tified the shipping board that It saw
n<v objection to such a loan to the
American Export Stenmshlp corpora
tion under the Jones-White act. The
company wishes to build four vessels,
and this work may prevent unemploy
ment In the Camden yards of the New
York Shipbuilding company. Secre
tary of the Navy Adams nlso signed
a contract with the last named con
cern for the construction of one of the
cruisers Id the fifteen-cruiser program,
the cost to be $10,903,200.
Belief for agriculturists of sev
eral classes Is actively under way
through the federal farm board. That
body approved loans.aggregating more
than $9,000,000 to be expended through
co-operative groups for the stabiliza
tion of the California and fresh grape
Industries. The two principal groups
concerned are the Sun-Maid Raisin
Growers and the Federal Fruit Stabil
ization corporation. In addition to
cash credits granted, the board, It was
nnnounced, will assist the Sun-Maid
Raisin Growers In whatever way pos
sible to Insure the growers "the un
disturbed use and control of the valu
able Sun-Maid trademarks, the mod
ern plants, and the International sales
organization," which the raisin grow
ers of California have built up over a
period of years.
It was announced by the board that
It would probably make advance's of
from five to ten millions to supple
ment the assistance not given South
ern co-operative associations.
GERRIT JOHN DIEKEMA, a banker
of Holland, Mien., and a former
member of congress, has been ap
pointed minister to Holland to suc
ceed Richard M. Tobin of California,
who resigned. Mr. Dlekema, whose
parents were born In Holland, speaks
Dutch and has long been a student
of the affairs of the Netherlands. Be
tween 1901 and 1007 he was a mem
ber of the Spanish treat; claims com
mission.
NEW YORK has formally aban
doned Its plan to hold a world's
fair In 1933, leaving that year to Chi
cago, whose Century of Progress ex
position Is fast being brought Into
concrete form. The New Yorkers de
cided to wait until 1930 and "then
show them bow to put on a world's
fair right." The Chicago exposition
has the advisory patronage of the Na
tional Research council, the backing
of President Hoover and the national
government and a united civic support.
BRITISH cotton manufacturers hnv
Ing agreed to arbitrate the dis
pute with their workers, the great
strike In the Lancaster mills came to
a close and half a million hands re
turned to their jobs. The arbitrators
then decided that wages should be
reduced 6.41 per cent, which Is one
half the cut demanded by the opera
tors. Both sides accepted the deci
sion.
Determination of strikers that the
Cllnchfield textile mill at Marlon, N.
C., should not reopen with non-union
men necessitated the calling out of
two companies of the National Guard.
(?i 1125. Western Newipnner Union.>
Children Lose Grades
by Impaired Hearing
The use of so audiometer In the
'Williams school at Chelsea, Mass.. re
vealed that eighty-four children,
whose total of repeated grades was
136 years, had defective hearing.
As It costs $00 n year for a child's
education there, the total coat of re
tardation for which deafness was at
least partially responsible was $9,300.
While experts do not assert that
Impaired bearing Is the only cause |
of failure to progress normally In
school, studies at Rochester, N. Y?
hare revealed that hard-of-bearlng
children repeat grades three times
as often as do children from all. oth
er causes.
Apparently the eighty-four cases of
Impaired hearing had not hitherto
been suspected, even by the children
themselves.
The aadlometer can test forty chil
dren at a time. The receiver Is put
first on the right ear and then on the
left. In upper grades a whole room
ful can be tested In fifteen minutes.
Last year an audiometer showed
131 of the 1,907 school children with
defective hearing, nearly one in each
dozen. An ear specialist gave the
children adriee. Many of them were
at school again this year and took a
second test. The result was a two
thirds improvement.
Watt In ears was found to interfere
with the hearing of thirty seven. Need
of attention to tonsils and adenoids
was the cause of trouble In seventy
seven.
THREE
PERFECT
DAYS
iAAAAAAAAMAAAMMMAAAAAAr
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Margaret grant's poise
had a restful effect on her
fellow passengers when she
entered the dining car. The
nervous little woman with the fretful
baby relaxed somewhat as Margaret
sat down beside her. Richard Adams,
ncross the nlsle, unpuckered Ids fore
head and seemed to think betler of
the caustic criticism he was about to
address to the ebony attendant about
the length of time It took to broil a
steak. Two children being piloted out
stopped instinctively to smile tip Into
the brown friendliness of her eyes and
were started again on their way by
Impatient parents.
The nervous little voice of the nerv
ous little woman rasped out a com
monplace sentence and was answered
by Margaret's velvety contralto, which
made Richard Ailntns smooth the Inst
faint wrinkle from between his eyes
and sigh contentedly.
She did not notice the extreme de
liberation which enobled hint to tlnlsh
Just ns she rose from the table, and
the keen look which followed Iter
bronze head would have been lost on
her If the train had not given a sud
den lurch just as she reached the
door. Some one of the line waiting
In the vestibule had loosened the catch
that held the door, and only a quick
brown hand thrust against It prevent
ed It slamming on Margaret's Angers
ns she regained her balance.
"Oh, thank you," frankly looking up
Into a pair of surprisingly blue eyes,
which would have been stern If they
had not been crinkled nt the corners
by the action of the sun without and
a sense of humor wltliln. She felt his
strong hand steady her for a neces
sary moment nnd only that
"Making up time, i guess, nnd none
too smooth u roadbed to do it on," she
heard above the roar of the train as
they crossed the space between the
two cars, with Its flimsy, accordion
like cover. Then he seemed to draw
Into himself with a reserve equal to
her own. His seat proved to be op
posite hers In the pullmnn.
She sat quite motionless, entertain
ing herself with mental pictures of the
end of the Journey, a sure-enough
holiday In California, after a year of
exacting hospital duty, following her
graduation. The doctors whose opin
ion made It flattering, Insisted on hav
ing her as their "special" when they
could. Now she had only Jack's eager
face before her nnd she blew him an
nlry radio kiss, though her hands re
mained Idly clasped In her lap, hands
| whose every firm curve said, "Let me
l help you."
She was harelv conscious of the I
mnn opposite, though she hod taken
a nurse's satisfaction In the ease with
which he hud swung his heavy Glad
stone bag up before him and when he
burrowed for the book which now ab
sorbed him. Poor Jack! Never well,
but so dehonnlr and appealing that
she had to love him and promise to
marry him when he was better.
The next day wns passing and Rich
ard began to inwardly curse the con
ventions that kept them apart. "Hang
It nil I I suppose If I were a young
sheik and she n flapper we wouldn't
be miles apart. I could wnlk right
over and tell her she Is the first wom
an I ever really saw."
She seemed so oblivious of him,
friendly only with children and never
tiring of them. Her sent became a
mecca for all the little chaps In her
car and adjoining ones. Over the cor
ner of his book Rlchnrd saw the most
nmaxlng toys Involved from candy
boxes and paper, bits of string and
the most unpromising material that
the children produced.
At last he could stay out of the
charmed circle no longer. "I could
whittle those handles a bit and then
they would stay In the wheelbarrow,"
be volunteered, carefully adjusting the
milk bottle top which served as a
wheel.
"That's just what we need. Isn't It,
Billy?" she sold, admitting him with
out demanding a countersign, an ac
curate account of his genealogy, or a
letter of Introduction as he felt that
she might.
1 saw a ship a-saillnr. a-salllnc on
the sea.
And. oh It wss sit laden with pretty
things for me.
she crooned to a waiting five-year
old as she ballasted a half walnut
shell with softened wax and adjusted
a tiny sail on Its toothpick mast.
There were comfits In the csbln and
apples In the hold,
The eails were msde of silk and the
masts wers made of gold.
he finished, and they smiled In absurd
freemasonry over the shared nursery
rhyme.
"Why do people look for ships
which they have never sent out?"
she wondered.
"Because we all want the Impossi
ble." he replied, "then we are not
bored by our wishes coming true too
?oon."
"But Isn't It Ironical of fate to pro
duce what one liui always longed for,
when the freedom to take It Is gone?"
She had an odd and almost uncanny
sensation of having known this man
before, of having always known him.
All her twenty-seven years, or at least
as long as she could remember, she
had wanted and expected a playmate
with exnctly this comradly saille she
saw opposite. A year ago she had
given up Ids ever coming, and had
more than half promised herself to
Jack Oun8ton when he left the hos
pital after a long Illness. Now she
could see that what he satisfied In her
wns the desire to mother something.
But, oh, It she bad only not let lilra
care as he did.
When Blchnrd Adams found she
was going to California he anathema
tized the luck which he had Just heen
blessing, that made Ids Iminodlnte
presence necessary In the Imperial
valley for the biggest engineering
project he had yet undertaken. He
must see her long enough to establish
a bond Hint would hold until he could
ttnd her again. Ills practical soul
scoffed at love at first sight But his
mystical side admitted the answer to
her call. She summoned him and he
recognized her right No one In his
thirty years hud even Imitated It.
When they left El l'nso after a fly
ing visit to Juarez their nnpialntance
had extended to the point where an
unfinished phrase carried au electric
thrill of understanding.
At Tucson, where he was to change,
she walked along the platform with
hi in to rest from the cramping monot
ony of the trnln. "Violet rays will
never feel magnetic to me again I" she
thought as her hand touched Ids. and
the bronze and blue of Ids rare smile
upturned to her suggested the sen or
the open spaces of the desert as he
helped her down the steps.
Suddenly he snld: "Why, there's
Brooks and his wife." A man and
I woman coming toward them stopped
In pleased amazement and the latter
exclaimed: "Why, Dick Adams; walk
ing right out here to Arizona with my
paragon after saying you never cured
to meet her!"
The I.os Angeles train was ready to
leave.
"Vou must come to the Imperial
valley and spend the winter with us.
Margaret," Insisted Mrs. Brooks,
"after you have seen I.os Angeles."
But Margaret gave no promises.
Richard Adams was content to wait.
"Hnsta mnnnnn." he said us they
parted, und "Hnsta mnnnnn," she an
swered, but In her heart she felt It
was "Adlos."
I.os Angeles and Jack came nil too
soon. She knew Just how Ids eyes
would caress her and envelop her.
"His future and even Ids life may de
| pend on me," she thought as she Strug
| gled to put out of her life forever the
dream of three perfect days.
I> I.e Tool. a.'/.l,ln/l l.na ateollfne.
I'UI UULIt UHIIUCU MVI OUIIMIOI
nurd look ns he plloleil her to his
beautiful cur, and in nn Instant she
sensed the reason. Curled up In the
front sent with a charming air of pos
session was the most entrancing bit of
tlapperdoni she had ever seen.
"Carol, this Is Miss Grunt," Jack
announced, and then they proceeded
to the hotel.
Then, ns he settled Iter In her room:
"Margaret, I've been a cad. Here you
were expecting?" She turned a
radiant fnce toward hint, cutting hltii
short.
"Juck, dear, I was expecting and
hoping to find you well, and I am
more than glad that you do not need
me. I can stay only a week. Alice
Drooks expects me buck In. Arizona
for u long visit. She says It Is fright
fully lonely with only those tiresome
engineers about."
"Well," said Carol as he swung Into
the sent beside her, "the eld dear
took It cheerfully."
"yes." agreed Jack. "Margaret Is a
good sport, hut, honestly, I hated to
break her heart after all she did for
aoe."
Term Long is Use
In the early days of the railroads
It was customary for a train to be
stopped near a stream when water was
necessary for the engine. The crew
carried the water In leather buckets.
The practice was called Jerking water.
As villages sprang up where trains
merely stopped for water, they were
known as Jerk water towns, and small,
relatively unimportant railroads be
came known as Jerk-water railroads.
RmI "Sootiest Tows"
Berlin Is the cleanest large city In
the world. All things that tend to dis
turb this perfection are forbidden. One
Is not allowed to tbrnw things upon
the sidewalk, nor even In the sacred
precincts of one's own property to
have disorder or litter of any kind
whatsoever. The result Is cleanliness
and comfort and order.
Jordao't Bridges
There are two bridges over the Jor
dan. One below Lake Merora Is the
one over which the road passes from
Damascus to Galilee.
TwofteriCmfab
Capitol of Argentina and Congress Square, Buenoa Aires.
trrcparai or tne National ueorrapnic
Society, Washington. D. C.)
ON OPPOSITE sides of the wide
estuary of the Illo de la Plata,
only a few hours steaming
distance apart, lie two of
South Ainerlcn'8 greatest cities.
Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina,
and Montevideo, capital of Uruguay.
Buenos Aires means "good airs," or
"delightful breezes," If one Is willing
to translate less literally. The city Is
not merely the capital and chief port
of a South American republic. It Is
n world center?a city of superlatives,
contrasts and paradoses.
Its population of slightly more than
2,000,000 makes It, by a wide margin,
the metropolis of South America and
the southern hemisphere. It is the
greatest of Spanish-speaking cities,
having nearly three times as many In
habitants as Madrid. It Is greater
than any other Latin city except
Paris. In the New world It shares
third place with Philadelphia; only
New Vork and Chicago surpass It.
And now that Petrogrnd and Moscow
have shrunk while Vienna Is marking
time, It probably ranks or soon will
rnnk as the eighth city of the world,
led only by the three metropolises of
Europe (London, Berlin and Paris),
the two of North America (New York
and Chicago), and Tokyo and Osaka
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
millions 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
guage of Spain, but many other things
Spanish have been thrust aside. Its
Inhabitants would laugh ut the Idea
of a midday siesta?so generally ob
served In most Spanish-American
countries. The rapid development of
Argentina has made Innumerable for
tunes, and the stream of gold has
Lnnn nnneA/l Incloliln Intn tha Inn t\f
urcu j/uui tu HI > ioim j uiiu IM v?
Buenos Aires. In no other city, per
haps, can one see so strikingly dis
played the evidences of extreme opu
lence.
Making a Marvelous City,
In progress and the possession of
vision the people of Buenos Aires
are unsurpassed even by the restless
builders of North America's greatest
cities. For centuries after Its estab
lishment Buenos Aires was without
a port Ships anchored miles from
the shallow, sandy shore and all
freight was handled In lighters. With
in the last twenty-live years the mu
nicipality has constructed tire largest
artificial docks In the world. These
provide adequate facilities for the
thousands of ocean vessels and coast
ing craft that put Into Its port an
nually.
The narrow checker-board of streets
In the business center which the colo
nial Buenos Aires bequeathed to the
world-city of today lias been a con
stant embarrassment In the face of
the demands of modern business. The
municipality has widened some of
these narrow ways at a cost of many
millions of dollars. Into stately and
handsome avenues, and 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 Argentina's mul
timillionaires. It Is In this part of the
city and In such seml-buslnesa ave
nues as the tree-trimmed Avenida de
Mayo with Its mile or more of line bo
tels, clubs, cafes, and business build
ings de luxe, that Buenos Aires re
minds the traveler of Paris. The com
parison Is forced on the observer
again when he drives In the afternoon
through Palermo park, the Boia de
Boulogne of Buenos Aires, and be
comes a part of the seemingly Inter
minable procession of smart equipages
bearing their throng of well-dressed
men and women.
The men of Baenos Aires are up-to
date In all things; but Its women are
even ahead of the times. Tbey wear
the latest Paris creations even before
they are donned by the Parlslennes
themselves.
Montevideo, on the northern snore
of the estuary, presents In Its tempo
something of a contrast to Buenos
Aires. Physically, It Is situated so
that It Is one of the healthiest cities
In the world, and It has an equable
climate which makes It a delightful
place to live In. In addition It pos
sesses an atmosphere free from the
bustle and noise of the more modem
and commercial Buenos Aires and the
more metropolitan Rio. Because of
these features, Montevideo has become
the resort city of South America's At
lantic const. Thousands of wealthy
Soutb Americans are to be found there
at nearly all seasons of the year, par
ticipating In the carnivals, gambling
in the great government-owned ca
sinos 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 look
ing to "manana." Since Montevideo
Is In the southern hemisphere Its sea
sons are the reverse of those In the
United States.
Detached Impressions of Monte
video will bring to mind many similes
and contrasts with better known cities.
Like New Tork it covers a narrow
strip of land from shore to shore, in
this case a peninsula. Bub In archi
tecture It Is the antithesis of the
North American metropolis, being
made up of a seemingly vast number
of low stone buildings, a few two or
three stories In height, the great ma
jority of them but oae story. The
principal thoroughfare, "The Avenue
of the Eighteenth of July," extending
along the ridge of the peninsula, with
Its colonnades and sidewalk cafes,
gives a touch of I'arls. And as a
great packing center for the live stock
produced on the unsurpassed pastures
of Uruguay. Montevideo Is comparable
to Chicago or Kansas City. Evidence
of this fact Is sometimes wafted on
-tjte winds when they blow to the city
from the seat of the gigantic Industry
across the bay.
r.llniM tn Old Cuctomi.
In physical equipment Montevideo
Is modem. It Is well lighted, well
watered, ndequately supplied with
transportation facilities, and most ad
mirably drained. Socially It clings
to the past, following more faith
fully than any other large city out
side of Spain and the Orient the old
Spanish-Moorish traditions of society's
proper attitude toward women.
Courting Is still carried on by smit
ten swains parading below the bal
conies of their senoritas and whisper
ing sweet nothings to them?from a
safe distance. I-adles go freely on the
streets hut not In the company of
men. "Society Is mainly a matter of
family parties. Even at the opera
there are separate galleries for men
and women, and unless a Monteridian
family man can afford the price of
orchestra seats he must view the pro
duction from one level while bis wife
looks on from another.
A cloistered life can hardly be sold
to have afTected the appearance of
the women adversely. Throughout
South America Montevideo has the
reputation formerly possessed by Bud
apest 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
constantly except during an hour and
a half at midday when a "siesta" Is
enforced by law for all business. With
the voices of the newsboys mingle
those of youths and derelict adults
hawking government lottery tickets
or boxes of matches from the sale of
which the government also obtains
revenue.
Just as Uruguay Is free from phy
sical extremes?it Is without moun
tains or gorges, deserts or Jangles?so
Montevideo Is without social ex
tremes. It has no squalid sluma and
no ostentatious "millionaires' row." It
may not Inaptly be dubbed a comfort
able bourgeois paradise.
Montevideo Is famed fbr Its port
which Is one of the best on the At
lantic coast of the Americas. The city
has a population of approximately
4uU,000, more than a quarter of the
population of the entire 72,000 square
miles of the republic.