The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-02

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take a hand at baccarat, roulette and
other games Of chance. as undisguised-
ly as they take their dinner. quite as a
matter OF course; and very much sur
prised would they be should some good
missionary come along and intimate
that there is wickedness in the cards.
and in the glass serpent that stingeth
like an adder. They have never heard
such Ito theml unique doctrines in all
their lives and could not be induced TO
believe them. The aristocratie classes,
Of course. drink only imported wines at
table, and the custom thai so largely
obtains in the United States of serving
coffee with the soup and ice water ali
through is a barbarism unknown in
Spanish-America.
Cana pronounced can-yah), the ma
tional beverage of Uruguay, is the fer
mented juice Of sugar cane, and sells at
the rate of two cents the goblet. As
the goblets are about twice the size OF
"a German schooner" and the stuff
contains about ninety per cent. alcohol,
a spree is within reach of the poorest.
Yet the fact remains that there is abb
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with what may be found in our own
country. where bad whiskey abounds
and well-meaning organizations have
bestowed upon it the fictitious allure
ment of forbidden fruit. On ordinary
days drunken men are seldom met on
the streets of Montevideo. The exeep-
tions, by no means numerous, may be
found on the evenings of patriotic or
religious fiestas. when cana flows more
freely. And sometimes on such mo-
mentous occasions as the birthday of
royal parsonage, the midnight tram
guilty is disturbed by loyal Britens
winding rail-fence fashion home from
their club, making the welkin ring with
songs of borrowed patriotism, such as
John Browns body and Marching
Through Georgia"
Montevideo rejoices in promenade
especially for old folks, 1t is the Plaza
la Cargancha, and is well patronized b
portiy matrons and their lean gray
bearded husbands, who find themselves
more at ease in its quiet shades than in
the crowded laza de la Constitution, or
the narrow sidewalks of the Cable Sa-
randi and Eighteen de Julio, and that
other splendid boulevard known as the
Twenty fifth Of May street. The most
notable object in the Cargancha-a aside
from the gray-beards and matrons
aforesaid--is its lofty marble column
and pedestal, surmounted by a bronze
statue of Liberty holding flag. This
alleged work of art cost a great deal of
money and is the pride of the Montevi-
dean heart. A recent American travel
er describes the beloved statue perfect
ly in this way: THE pose Of the figure
lis so unfortunate that it suggests a
lady in distress making signs with her
, umbrella to stop the tramcars. =.
! Paso del Moline, the aristocratic SUI
burb, is distant about half an hours
| ride by tramway from the central ca
Ithedral, and has a splendid avenue
skirting the bay. Here are the quintas,
| or country houses, of Montevideo's
wealthiest merchants and officials, amid
a display of luxuriant. extravaganza
akin to that Of the Roman villas of the
golden age, as described by Horace.
The casas are mostly one-storied, of
quaintest architecture and gaudiesr
paint, each appearing to out-Herod it's
Ineighbors in grotesque effects. The
styles Of architecture include severest
Moorish and fiorid Gothic, Chinese, In
dian, Hindoo, and some present rare
combinations OF all known styles, with
| a good deal of originality thrown in.
All are surrounded by statues, foun-
tains, gravel paths and marble
benches, EMPOWERED amid flowers and
fruit trees; and SO genial is the climate
that the flowers preserve their color
and fragrance throughout the year,
making the Paso a continuous garden
of perpetual spring.
| By the way, one of the handsomest of
these ideal homes is owned by a former
Philadelphian, Mr.. W. d. Evans, whose
romantic story is worth telling. Near
lily fifty years ago. when a boy, he
shipped from the United States on
board sailing vessel, bound for Uru-
ltguay. Just above Montevideo he was
wrecked by tampero, as many anoth-
1 er seaman has been before and since,
and cast ashore penniless, a stranger
4 in strange land whose language even
i he did not understand. His whole
earthly possessions were in the water
soaked clothes upon his back and a
mattered boat which he managed to
save frfom the wreck. But he was
! wrich in Drawn and courage, and hav-
ing patched up the boat began life