The Green Forest tribune., 1913-03-21

/~ SEE a mountain" exclaimed VI the first daring white naviga-
 tor who rounded from the
 broad Atlantic into the mouth
 of the Rio de la Plata and searched the northern bank Juan Diaz de Soils is said to have thus sail ed and mayhap he made use Of the expression, if he was personally on the lookout. At any rate whosoever said it and notwithstanding the fact that the mountain is little more than a good-sized hill. the Latin expression stuck, and its two words. now welded together, form the name of the splen- did little modern capital of the Re- public oi Uruguay
 \ Little Sapital? We'll, yes-when compared A population with it's two big neighbors, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro-but even at that just about as big as the capital of the giant e=f all republics, the United States of America. In fact in point of popuIa- tion. Mcntevideo and Washington are very nearly twins, each claiming a near approach to the 400 900 mark However, the impression made upon the tourist is that there is nothing small about the Uruguayan capital. It's fine. substantial houses are large, Its streets are wide and we'll paved, and its parks and plazas are beautiful ; ard spacious, while the liberal hospi- tality of it's people shows that their hearts are large as we'll
 Ideal Location.
 The<1cirF has an ideal location on a nne bay the eastern side facing the Atlantic and the southern fronting the Rio de la Plata. It is built on a benin sula that juts out into the waters and forms the eastern extremity of this semicircular bay which forms the actual port. while on the ocean side the coast sweeps directly north for quite distance, and it Is here that are located the fine bathing resorts of which more anon. writes a correspon- dent for the Pan American Union.
 Promptly at 8 o'clock we left the / vessel for the wharf carriages awaited us for sightseeing tour of the city.
 Our drive took us first to the Plaza Matriz. pretty square inclosed by some fine buildings, among them be- ing the Cabildo or Parliament house: the Club Uruguay, the leading social organization for the wealthy Uruguay ans; and the fine old cathedral. one of the ancient structures of the city. which dates back to the Spanish re- gime, and in which repose the remains of the first president of the republic and those of the first archbishop. Our time was too limited, however. to stop here, and we proceeded to the Plaza independence. This is a beautifully kept garden of trees, shrubs, and flow. CTS, covering space about 900 by 500 feet Here may be seen the gov. ernment house-which is also relic of colonial days-the resident of the president of the republic. the splendid Teatro Soils, and the national museum In every clty-visited in South America We found the leading theater to be one of the costliest and handsomest structures. and the Soils Theater was therefore not such surprise. II ranks with the finest in the world. and such great artists as Patti, Bernhardt Caruso and others, have appeared there, for Montevideo's amusement loving public must have the greatest artists in the world to cater to its critical taste regardless of expense.
 The national museum, located close beside the Soils Theater, is worthy oi