The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-08-03
OrpSs Parade in DuenOS
AyreS.
-,-e Features in Argentina's Cap
ital.

.clreSpondence OF The Journall
>.- AYREs, May %, 1905. To
. lower of Argentina at its
and best you should go to
.... l'ark-the Champs Ulysses or
Row of this ambitious capital.
.-at.rd at the northern end of
.v lose to the river, and COM
.. about a thousand acres. Its
s. name is Parque de Febrero
Any but that does not count
... as everybody calls it Paler-
1au may go there by carriage,
.4ar o9 the Tigre railroad; or if
sn,.,. and in the swim, you may
.r MI horse back at the fashion
t..- siiver-stirruped and suitably
-- This time we will patronize
.n md democratic vehicle, the
.. tarting from the Plaza Vic
me to arrive at Vanity Fair
Inc fashionable mob. The
Iram-line circles around
suburbs in most compre-
SCI. ID impartial manner, as if
-~- constructed to give visiting
.-. q cir moneys worth of sight
tter threading the heart of
.-. q. passes through the finest
... ne in all Argentina-the
le General Alvear" "a long,
II. lined with chalets and
and beautiful villas, which
already d close rival to the
. Venue de Bots de Boulogne.
IS gllmpSes and vistas down
s Of other stately casas and
residences; leads US past the
works, half hidden in a
.- --YTe of blne-gums, and finally
ee a lofty gateway, inside of
autAer car stands waiting to
20 the military school at the
u Il 'alermo grounds. A notice
--.-ue of street-car riding in
AyTes is the universal pro-
tAe drivers to run upon the
., rather than upon the rails,
tafening solos which they
A.. Execute upon the tin horns
Ua each is provided. AS all
--- aid out i'll exact squares,
iaraliel and at right angles,
.0ssible to see beforehand
le road is clear for crossing
therefore, to prevent acct
p. trumpeting system was i'll
and the law obliges drivers,
81. m If being fined for default,
t7e notice of their approach at
II corner. Without having
tWenty-four hours or more,
imagine what nuisance it
-ssaut footing from day
3ng past midnight, in every
tone; supplemented by the
uug-draWn whistles OF the
mt police. Between the two
lere is little rest by night
argentina. Along toward
ours, when the cars begin to
.rluently and finally cease
together, the stranger may
nope for an interval of
..se. But he has reckoned
s host-that is, without the
stationed at the nearest
I'D viii continue to make
Ns III pursuance Of his duty
-0 municipal law by blowing
.. tie with all the force of his
- .0rgs every fifteen minutes
'.u clock. His notes are an
lie equally shrill whistles of
r. -'Uo4g- Iunged policemen on all
hardly have the echoes of
-.t died away before it is time
-Xt to begin, to be repeated
al again till broad daylight.
this needless racket there
- renos, or night Watchmen, in
topped coats, with caps like
-UG e0Wl, each with long spear
..u'ecn, and obliged to sing out at
I his voice the time of night
ate of the weather every half
Tween sunset and sunrise. 1t
1T least a minute and half,
ocular way of emphasizing
'-g, to drawl out, LAC diez han
-rano,' that is to say Ten
-. us struck and the hour is
- and there are no variations in
.4t-hours chanting except as re-
e time, or substituting the
" @.hIado for 'sereno' III case of
s storms.
N-mo Park is perfectly fiat, but
@.E AID out with flower beds and
lakes, and a clear stream
''ei ay many rustic bridges is made
--4Hlrr in all directions over sandy
rs or pebbly bottoms or piled-ul
ters IT thickets of towering shrubs
angles of ferns and water lilies.
',. a- pavilionS are scattered every.
-'.t mt there are no trees except
''q' s'unted palms along the main
0-5ther row of frs lining a SINH
"4l'Ue and few straggly eucalyp-
..r7, The famous palm avenue, by
.aF Which is one of the boasts OF
ud is a feeble imitation of that