Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-07

II is now midwintcr IN the United
stntcn. II Il midsummer In the Aracn-
tine Republic. our people are going TO
Fiorida to keep warm. THE fashionable |
Arnentines are rushing TO tho seaside
to Keep cool The most popular seaside |
resort Of the Argentine Is Mar dol |
Plata. IL IL the Long Branch. the New
port. ,he Saratoga of the @rgcnune |
Republic. Situated go miles south Of
Isuenoa Ayrca. on the coast ~ the ~
inntic. Il has a splendid bathing beach |
In which just now thousands OF ArEcn- |
tincs are taking the warm rlnnrc 81
hammer. There are az least 2p,op /
rfnngcra mt thla resort. Thoiy are < /
hotels nilcd with the fashionable ial- /
lilies OF the Afguntlnca ana iufclsneis'
There ura numerous seaside t"tihk'H'
md there are gambling rumf where
the roulette wheel goes the whole nt-
ternoon ahd all night long. Thousands
OF dollars ere won ana loss ~ every |
turn. FOR the people gamble al Mar n.l
Plata quite az desperately na thcy 30 /
at Monte Carlo. The scenes on the /
beach are different from those ~ our
resorts Tho bath houses do not stand ]
back from the edge 81 the wutgr 40 AZ
Atlantic city or Aabury Park The W.
druuning II done In bathing boxes about
Mn ANtl NNlNNf' Afh wv ~
high. These nrc On the edge u the
surf. You can hire one for 30 cents a
time and n suit Of bathing clptheA goes
with every box. You enter your box,
change your clothes and step dght ont
into the water. both sexes bathc to-
rcther, ana you $50 mixture ~ avn
blue bathing suits. some with skirts on
aud some without. moving about
through The water outside of the
Hkiris u T. hard to distinguish the
rcxcr. for bright cplorn arc not worn BY
the women In bathiug. and the Afrcn.
tine summer girl makes all her con-
quests outside the water. Cameras are
not tolerated ON the beach. aud the man
who nttempta 10 take a snap ahot viii
surely BE- arrested.
PRESENTS WITH STRINGS.
Many Of the rich Arrcntincs have
seaside homes nj Mar del Plata. Not
a few keep up three different establish
muntr. one IL house IN Bucnua Ayren,
another a home In the country aud q
third cottage at the seaside. Such
people live we'll They nfu very hose
pltablc. and during your stay they VIII
place Everything nj your diHpoHltion'
In fuct n you admire anything belong
Ink Ia an Argentine polltencan demands
that II he at once offered "a you. This
II No In all spanish American cuun.
tries. AZ Santiago I dined one day
with Sir. Edwarddo Mcclure. n milllon-
hifc tfl'nu OF the pt'bd'ht OF INV
and a gentleman " high education afi
standing. The dinner was given at his
magnificent home In the suburbs ot
Santiago. which ~ surrounded by a
garden considered one Of the finest ~
South America. The hp-rc was a
palace. and nn l walked through II with
IL owner | could not help admifing T..
lie az once offered Il 90 me. and that
In such n cordial manner that I fcar.i |
Tor a mOmcnt he might b. IN earnest. |
When reflected. however that the
property would bring at auction at |
least 100000 ! felt there might be .
mistake and refused II with thanks.
This habit sometimes causes the civ |
n trouble when he comes Into contact /
with a foreigner who does not under
stand him. Not long ago a spanish don |
WIS travelling down the west coast ~ /
snuth America upon steamer with
charming young American girl an q
fellow passenger. The don was mar |
He'd. but the young lady was beautiful ]
and when she admired "a poodle which |
he vat carrying with him. h. at once |
placed " nc her disposal and gfunlll- /
uquontiy told her u was hers. lic HN- /
rcctcd that she would thank him and |
rVfuae. hut 60 his surprise she thank 1
"a him hni accepted. Now the don was |
NJ jealous 90 Spanish Girls usually are. |
lie had especial orders to bring u |
home gnfc ana sound. and as the Amer |
lean glrl was going 10 the same town |
ho knew that serious complications |
woul arise u he ala not RECOVER that |
dog. Before he loft the shin he Was
compelled a. ask one ~ his friends 10 |
pxplain 10 the young lady that hla Of
Ter was not Intended 81 be taken IN
earnest, and that he hoped she would
send back the poodle an II belonged 90
his wife.
There are many similar cases of the
failure oi such polite Hes and cheap
ffaUNfAattN a. which 4 hNnTN
lated To u young navy lieutenant who
hnH since risen 10 be- one ~ the chief
officers On a great American man-nf-
war u wan during his salad days that
h. wnH IN South America ON coaHtlng
tour and became acquainted with an
Argentine don, one day he asked the
latter fnt u match and was handed
In reply a beautiful bold cigar lighter.
The tighter must have been AN cxpcn-
siye one. Tor Il was ret with diamonds.
Our young lieutenant admired Il, ana
the don. putting his hand across his
heart told him u WIS hia ana nt his
disposition. The young lieutenant.
then green TO Spanish ways. me- gram
diloquently accepted II. and the Arren-
tine don was too amazed 90 protest.
Al iehst he mover asked that Il b. re-
turned. and doubt not hut that the
American naval officer has Il among
his trophies today
ODD FUNERAL CUSTOMS.
Among the queer customs NJ the Ar
Fcntlne ARE those relating Ia the dead.
Funerals are grand functions, and the
average funeral costs moro than % we'd
ding. The undertakerH advertise their
wares az our merchants do their dry
rOodn. Each undertaken gives the price
Of tho different kinds NJ funerals, ana
tell you just what you can get for your
money, They lnud their peculiar burial
cnRkets ana the virtues ~ their patent
embalmlng Juices, and state that they
can take charge of the departure ~ the
deceased with an fashionable accom-
pnniments. Funerals are first. second
and third-clpas. The nrat-clnas kind
n worth seeing, ! shall never forget
one which ] witnessed IN the business
section ~ liuonOs Ayrra II was that
NJ steamship manager, who was owl
IDENTIFY man ~ wealth. The hearae
was ns big as "a baggage wagon. ana
the four black orion stations which
drew II We're ns iine na any 10 be seen
In st. Petersburg, Tho henrse was a
black canopy resting on wheels with "a
covered top, at the cornorH ~ which
were tnsHelR Of ostrich feathers, each
tufsel as big around as n hnif hushe
measure. The roof was upheld by four
black Philippians made of carved
ebony, and the magnificent coffin. which
rested on n platform beneath. was
covered with flowers. Upon the front
sat coachman all I'm black. and on the
back was footman In the same SOM
lof livery. livery uue nj tho gnnghaa