The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-08-10
life IN ARGENTINA.
-. fashionable Race Course and Summer
Resorts of Swelldom.
.....,sl correspondence of The Journal

prfN0s AYRES, June 25, 1905: One
.5s pleasantest things that can be
me- by the sojourner in Argentine's
..-,} is to take canter in the sweet,
..p air of the early morning through
H.. ,reen glades of Palermo-past the
..t.5.n lake covered with ducks wild
tame. the cages of animals already
.r.nrded by children and their
....,s past the ruined old palace of
,,...,tor Rosas, and the white-walled
...,ly academy i'll which new Dicta-
MS ire being reared for the future
yug II Argentina, and up the slope
,t- Becoleta cemetary. Then pull
,...s 1T one of the many little coffee
,sr5, at dot the wayside, take ones
ar.s cup and roll While watching
.l..s come and go and listening to
anguages of Europe and the
l.ericas, mingled with the clat
hoots and crockery, and the
" sts of the buglers in the bar
.., elf by sounding the silver notes
o.. -yeille. The race course is in
.4.. rliate neighborhood of Paler
.u. 5 lifted up in true European
.. ,th all the accessories from
r..-Hd TO champagne stalls; and,
....u II Roman Catholic countries,
md most popular races take
sunday. Nowhere in the
..u larger collection of splen-
rses and elegant vehicles be
.. .assed together than in the Pa
. I've during the fashionable
The latest mania among
-e Argentians is for fine, i'm
.. ..,rIS and luxurious carriages
summit and acme of ambition
sine at the beauty-show IN a
u. -gtuout, with plenty of varnish
.Fer behind pair of tall, high
.!.r orses with red roses behind
AIS. sable coachmen and foot
nd all the attendant parapher-
... here are victorias, coupes, Ian
US l every other kind of first class
rs. imported at vast expense,
English, French or Russian
,-s wen to English dogcarts, with
GODS in putty -colored coats,
a- with brass buttons big as sau-
T.. united aloft trying to drive
..r There are few liveries among
e men, and most of them show
nat their acquaintance with
40, tray, or spade is much more
.-.--t than with the whip and rib
4e only noticeable points are
SON roses on the headstalls and
,ashioned Spanish capes with
red epaulets worn by the
ea OF conservative Creole fam
..J see many strikingly beauti-
III the procession, but few
b. who, to state it politely, are
what disfgured by an excess
tissue, with compilations of
e.-a tint, shading to the oleagin-
Of Well-smoked bacon, and
With more down upon the
than their SONS can boast.
llentine equestrians, like the
yabillero they invest all their
sa III silyer-mounted saddle
and riding gear and stirrups
ver, one outfit often repres-
om $500 to 81 ,00o-while the
1t carries it, though good
easiIy be bought here, where
Te cheap, for from twenty to
. ars. All the ladies, too, who
hey are many, are mounted
plated saddles, with lovely
If solid silver, made in the
.l 4. Turkish slipper, The com
.-=,- sort are of polished brass and
.a.r ard have seen several plated
81 --d and beautifully chased. The
j.: ,ble hours in the late after
Yl Tie simply the usual staring
A,. which is a feature of all great
M MS ii one form or another, inten-
Led erAaps in the far south by the
a more diversified opportunities
at one another which north
Mmunities enjoy. Fine clothes
LIST shown off somehow, else what
ood Of importing expensive toll
n, nom Paris; and beautiful girls
ae seen somewhere to secure ad-
=.' overs and husbands. Hence,
titles where Spanish or even
r-ra stiQuette prevails, these beau
o-a ashton shows take place under
7-..,e OF another.
1,- utyOnd the race-courSe is Bel
s.. he most fashionable residence
y... II the Argentine Capital, and
.-ttither along the northern section
.y central Railway are the equally
-i} yillages of San Isidor, San
aHA and the Tigre-all charming
SUITS II their way. South of the city
f I5los, Adrogue and Temperley.
-e'- stayed at all these places at
lie Hue or another, for in summer,
'"rsl excessive heat, dust and
's4 Toes Buenos Ayres becomes in
e'+. e. Early in September when
''aWA. rains are anxiously looked
'Na5 to after the long, dry, heated