The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-08

TIE fashionable Afgentlnes ars
rushing 80 THE seaside 30 keep esyss
The most popular seaside resort o. tae
A-xentsna ss Mar del Plata. II is the Long
Brase.n. tbs Newport. tire sara;eg. Of the
Argentine Eeyssbfie. sstuaseG 30 fsssis.
Auth N E4zeuos Ayfes. ca iias coast OF sns
Atlantic 1t has splendid bathing beaca
An which Just now Thousands % ArGesittssss
are taking tire warm plunge Of summer.
yrhsre are ~ leaa; 5tgy strangers AZ taSs
xaors. Tnere are big bcsels ftsle6 *iEn f{se
fashionable families Of the sAFgeaffia@s and
Roretgnegs There are numerous seaside
cottages. ard there are gambling Foflsfa
where IN. roatette wheel gees the waese
afternoon and all might long. ffsSussflds
nj dollars are won assd lost al every iuKias
for the people gamble "a Mar del Plata
: quite as desperately az they do al Monte
1Gasso. The scenes CT the beach are dsrer~
Iem from those OF our resorts. The bath
shouses do not stand back from the edge OF
sfh< wafer as az Atlantic City or AsDnrs
2Ark. The undressing IL done In bathing
NoxGs about SIX feet square and net over
six feet high. THESE arc on the edge or tbs
Nzirf You car hire ono for - cents time
0und q suit OF bathing clothes goes with ef~
ywry box. You enter your box. change your
'eelothas and step right out into the water.
Both sexes battle together. and goa see a
snixture OF dull blue bathing suits. some
with skirts on ard some without. moving
about through the water. Outsidg Of the
skirts It IL hard 30 distinguish tiis sexes.
t9r bright eoiDrs ars not .oru by the
e11NFprnsn In battling. and the Argentine sum
& tnG girl makes all her conausxts outside
t4hs water Cameras are not tolerated on
Z ,ahe beach. aid the man who attempts 10
..'tAke = snap shot viii surely be arrested.
Presents With strIsxs.
Many Of the rich Argsntines have sea-
yfS~IS2s Aa% A,sf TxFa Mr. ia ~
! keep up three different establishments. One
~ . house In Bslenos Ayres. Another a hone
In ahe country and "a third cottage At The
socAside eueh people live well. They are
zrery ho&pitabie. and during yonr stay they
's~Nsll place everything al your dssaoaai. In
rrxas-s. II you admire Anything Belonging to
.san Argentine. poiiteneSs demands that IL
ssoe at once offered To you. This Is so In all
Sranish- American countries. AT santiago
u dinod one day with Mr.. E.dsafdo Me-
-Cnirc. a millionaire friend OF the president
spf Chile and gentleman ~ high eisltsa
ay1lon and standing. The dinner was given
81 his magnificent hoDe In he suburbs Of
stlDAnsiago. which II surrounded by a garden
lsseonsSds.red one N Tie finest OF syanth Amer
sIM- The house was Il palace. and as l
wW,ket through II with its owner I could
= not halp ssssnfsing IL. lie at once offered II
TO me. and that in sls-h a cordial manner
That feared for q frsosnart no might be I'm
Eearnest. Wimn reflected. however that
sseshe property would bring al auction al
s3east sieo.es. / felt raeFe might he n mis-
Take and referred 4 with thanks.
This habit sometimes causes the gfver
treabi~ when he comes into contact with a
forsigeef who does hot understand him,
Not long ago "a Spanish don was travelling
down the west coast OF South America
1npon a steamer with charming young
syAm*flcan gsft fellow passenger The
don was married. but the Young lady wis
sseaatifni. AMI when she admired a poodle
which he was carrying with him, he at
once placed II So her iisp0sL and granalio-
Huentiy told her IL VAS hers. He expected
shat size would thank him and refuse nut
70 hix surprise She THANKED him aud ass-
sertsS!. Now thu don was carrying this
poodle "a his wife, who was "a Jealous as
Spanish girls usually are. f4e had secured
orslsrs 10 hiring II hcnse safe ard sound
and ~ the American SRI WAS gning Ia the
eafne town no knew that serious compfiea-
tiasss would arise n he did not recover thai
Cog. Before he left the ship ne was SOM
PEELED TO ask one Of his friends ~ expla4r,
10 the young lady that hls offer was not
Intended To lie taken In earnest, ard that