Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-02
A SOUTH AMERICAN PARK.

/ A SOUTH AMERICAN PARK.
Outdoor Recreations of the People sf 1
{ Buenos Ayrcs.
Buenos Ayres has its 1Soss de Bou-
aogne or Rotten Row Ia che Paraue de
Febrcro, situated to the north of the
town, and close to the river. On our
way to this rather distant park we have
an opportunity of seeing some of the
handsomest modern houses In the eapF
tai, in the vicinity of the Gale unreal,
Avenida de La Republics and Avenida
General Alvear, the last a fine broad
and long road, destined some day to vie
with the Partisan Avenue du Bots de
Boulogne. Few of these specf-
mems of domestic architecture
are remarkable for good taste or
originality; the models as we have
already observed, are almost invariably
borrowed from France, and adapted TO
Argentine needs with little discern
ment. One millionaire wants a small
Pitt palace built; another prefers the
chateau of Blois; third requires copy
OF a neat Renaissance villa that he saw
An the Pare Monceaux at Paris, always
with the addition of little more orna-
In the Argentine, cary atides, capitals,
pillars, balconies, cornices, and every
moiding and detail, are made of stucco
Dy ingenious Italian workmen, who
build up remarkable monuments of in
sincerity over simple framework of
brick and iron.
The Parqus: de Febrero, commonly
known as Palermo, is prettily laid out
and covered with fine trees and shrubs,
bu.s with the exception of the two ave-
9oes-planted, the one with palm-trees,
the other with frs-where the daily
show of carriages takes place, the walks
and roads are not kept up with all the
care that could be desired. In double
file the procession of carriages moves
up one side and down the other, under
the superintendent of mounted police;
q few horsemen canter in the interven-
ing space between the lines of carriages,
amazons are very rare; loungers and
spectators on the sidewalk are also rare.
There is really little to distinguish the
promenade of Palermo from the usual
dull starring match which all great capt.
tails have in one form or another. Its chief
characteristic is a want of animation; it
As silent and fupereal; the women in
carriages mute and expressionless, seem
fulfilling a doleful duty as they sit in
their coupes, landaus or victorias, often
drawn by fine Trakenen, English or
French horses, imported, like the carri-
ages, at great expense. The latest ma
mia amongst the rich Argentines is to
have imported carriage horses and hand
some carriages. You even see young
"bloods," marvellously clad in putty
colored OF cream coats, adorned
. with broad seams and buttons as
large as saucer, perched on lofty
/. English dog-carts, and trying to drive
tandem. In short, SO far as it concerns
horses and carriages, Palermo makes
an excellent display. AS for the
ladies, you see many girls of strik-
ing beauty, but very few mature wom-
en- who are not disfgured by excess of
adipose deposit, and both old and young
abuse poudre de riz and veloutine. The
costume of the ladies of Buenos Ayres is
entirely a la Parisienne.
Still to the north of the town-thc
one near Palmero and the other at Bel
grano-are two pleasant race-courses,
the Hippodromo Argentine and the Hip
Podromo Nacional, with fine and
Observation-Disclosures tracks and
Observation-Disclosures tribuncs. On one
or the other courses there
are races on Sundays and fete-
days during the winter months, under
the direction of jockey club, and
with all the formalities and apparatus
of the race meetings of Europe. The
Argentines are becoming great buyers
of European stock, and they already
have their stud-book and important and
.well-stocked racing stables. AS races
are usually pretext in civilized coun-
tries for gatherings of elegance and
fashion, 1 went to the meetings at
Buenos Ayres on several occasions, but
my observations were each time iden-
teal. In the tribune of the members
of the jockey club / counted about
a dozen ladies; scattered over the
other tribunes and on the lawn
might be seen about the same mum
Der OF cocOttes; the rest of the public
was composed of men and boys. Fol
this rough horde of human beings the
only interest that the races offered
was the betting, conducted in the Ar
gentine, as in Europe, by means of the
mutual pool or pari mutuel system. Or
each race the totals amounted to fifty
or sixty thousand dollars, and the mo
ment the race was over there was 9
roar of man. feet and stampede from
the tribune to the paying Offices
Theodore Child, in Harper's Bazaar.
The Inventor of the Panorama.