Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-14
A BABEL OF TONGUES
BISHOP FOWLERS IMPREiS
SIONS OF BUENOS AYHES.
South American Newspapers, Clubs and
schools-Csrnival FroIiCs-WOnderiui
Growth of the City.

schools-Csrnival FroIics-WOnd erful
Growth of the City.
From a Bues,os Ay,'es Letter.
IL you can read you can find in Buenos
Ayres some newspapers printed In the
language you wish. Daily papers In
Eve different languages indicate the
large size OF foreign colonies IN this
city. No other city in the world mas
dailies in so many languages. san An
tonic, in Texas, circulates the blDle III
thirteen languages, and SPEAKS hVe
more that do not have the scriptures. But
BuenosAyres has daily demand for news
sufficient to maintain twenty-five dailles.
Think of seventeen Spanish dailies. The
natives are not quite as eager to print
as are the Chilians. You can hardly
meet an educated gentleman in Chilli who
will not ask you to accept copy OF MS
last book. Pamphlets abound. For the
paths to the front are two, one by the
army and one by the press. The sword
always needs the pen to make room Tor II.
Bv a newspaper here ambition hopes 10
make bread and grow large enough TO be
either bought or fought. There are three
Italian dailies, two English, two
French and one German. These serve
their respective colonies. The Herald,
one of the English d/ilies, is edited by q
North American, onGG living IN Boston.
His old friends will be glad to know that
his paper is on the right side of moral
questions. 1t never tones down It's utter
ances to suit the loose morals that might
paw for favor. The freedom and force of
it's structures upon public men make one
wonder that squad of soldiers is not
sent TO call upon the editor. There are
eighty-two newspapers published in the
city.
Before the independence, one weekly,
the Gazette de Buenos Ayres, printed on
q press owned by the Jesuits, was the
principal paper in the city. Newspapers
do not thrive under ecclesiastical or
political eXtinguishefs. But now the
vase OF despotism is broken, the intoXl-
eating aroma OF inquiry is out floating
in the air, and there are no saints bones
in South America or in Rome able to
work the miracle of gathering 1t up again
and combining it in the broken vase.
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES.
There are fifteen vigorous clubs in the
city. The oldest is the Sala de COmercio
where the British merchants meet. 1t
dates from 1871 and has five rooms, a
library with globes, mats and charts, etc.
A large per cent. of the thinking for the
development OF the city is done by this
club. The Club de Residents Etranger0s
opens its rooms to strangers, who are al
lowed three months free use of its privi-
leges. The Progress and the La Plata are
most fashionable native clubs, and are
distinguished for the hrilliancy of their
balls. There are jockey and rowing
clubs. literary, geographical and scien-
tifc clubs. With all these clubs the gag
mas been driven from the land. Freedom
OF opinion and freedom of utterance have
their largest growth in Argentina. Moth
ing is above criticism. Much of this crit
icism is like the sarcasm of Voltaire, too
severe for greatest efficiency. Yet, like
the work Of NOltaire, IL may be overruled
for good. The sarcastic Frenchman was
an ak for cutting down the rank under
brush of superstition that had made the
very church of doubtful utility. This let
In the sunlight oftruth, which soon started
into life and growth a new crop of truth
So 1t may prove in South America. 5kep-
ticism may take the wheel aud the thumb
screw from tine hand of the priest and give
individual conscleDces and the Bible a
chance to elevate and bless the people.
The learned professions thrivein land
where the supreme disgrace is manual
labor. There are 535 lawyers in the city
Nany of these merit their reputation
The cosmopolitan character of the people
makes 1t necessary for them TO know
something besides their own code in order
to merit public confidence. These are
Supplemented by 1S6 escriDanos or nota-
RES. The city supports nearly 800 physi-
Clans. The old defects in the drainage
AMI in the water supply made a demand
for more than all these. With wells in
the patios and no drainage from the houses
it did not take many years TO fill
all the soil with impurity, and
30 poison all the wells. The great
plaques Of the last two decades compelled
attention TO this matter. The medical
profession rendered most valuable SER
vice In determining the causes of the
plaques. The authorities have been
prompt and energetic Ill seeking to re-
move them. "AlI that a man hath VIII
be give Tor his life" This motive is not
weakened by the tact that the money ex-
pended comes out OF the public treasury.
and passes through the hands of friends
IN its expenditure. There is no reason
why the city should not be well watered
and drained. Money, scientific skill, and
the shekeIs can do all that can be wished
SPREAD OF EDUCATION.
One Of the characteristic features OF
mental activity in BuenOs Ayres is seen
10 the undermining and pOpularizing OF
education. The supreme figure in the
public favor, even before the ''man on
horseback" is the Yankee school-ma' am.
The old South trembled in her presence
trembled like Felix. South Carolina
would not allow her within her borders.
She knew that the Yankee school ma am,
turned loose on the public square, would
oyerIurn the old fabric of society. Not
so with Argentina. There is nothing
she more highly prizes than lady
teachers from North America. There
was some advanced work in education
done here from the days of the Spanish
conquest. The oldest university In the
western hemisphere is in Lima. The
second is in COrdova OF Argentina in the
centre OF the continent. These uniyersi.
ties were graduating scholars in all the
higher courses known in their time befor.
Harvard and Yale were founded. This
WORK in higher education was supple.
meuted by the work of the European
schools.
Many youth were sent to Paris, to
Rome, to Madrid, and 10 Vienna. Thus
the dominant families kept abreast with
their times. But all this educational
work wac confined 70 the rich. Nothing
was done for the poor. This old regime
has all been changed. The universities
have been expanded beyond the dead Ian
guages. They are built on the French
models. Specialists in the various mod.
ern sciences are imported from Europe,
and every theme that interests the
educated world is discussed here,
The courses of the university include
Latin, French, English, German and
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