El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24

- ANTIAGO Chile. Oct. 24.-Santiag0
is the social. political and bust
~ ness heart Of this country. 1t is
the pulse Of the nation and the people
move as it beats fast or slow It con-
tains all of the statesmen and most
O. the money
II is the center Of all great move
mcnts. and. in fact, It might be called
Chile itself. The Santiago OF 1914
contains fully one-slxth Of all the peo-
ple inside the republic. 1t has popu-
lation of over 100000 and has doubled
in size in the past 10 years 1t has
grown in beauty and modern improve
nents. It has widened its streets and
paved them with asphalt
The Alameda has become a grand
boulevard. with a garden running
through the center and driveways on
a,cb side The Cousino park. the gift
of the millionaire family that owns
the coal mines. has sprung up on one
side Of the city and a forest park has
been created, sBirting both OF the
banks Of AIapocho river The QUinta
Normal has been greatly improved and
Santa Lucia. the table mountain that
rises straight up out Of the heart OF
the city. has developed into a creation
more wonderful than the Hanging Gar
dens Of Babylon
santa Lucia n Marvellous Park
wish I could show you santa
Iucial No city Of the world has q
public park TO compare with It II
Won could drop down into the very
center Of Philadelphia, Baltimore or
BOSTON a mighty rock with almost pre-
cf9itous walls 500 feet high and with
q base Of 100 acres or more you
might have the park as it was at the
beainnfng. To make it what II IS no"
YOU would have 10 cover the walls Win
vines plants and trees until the Wnole
became one mass Of green This mass
would include eucalyptus and palms,
o71- rrcss and pines and semi q oplSe-
plants and flowers OF every uIaSL-t
Tfon. The rock is so rouSn ma - -.
ural Erotuoes- are FORMED IN -ts .,
and as YOU climb your way Up ) % -
nee fountain after fountain anu va
1erfaII after waterfall -,.-z.z -
Won walk through paths shaded bs
gigantic fern trees and -oHeLtS V
many coIOrs the names OF MAlcA a
7r-I-novn in North America Livery stsp
inward gives different view o. ~
city. and at the top oeaullluL AL 49,
park at the height OF a 50 stoI ~; -, -
overhanEs the capital OF the SnlLetLl
-en7-b1ir In the center Of this parS
right on the top, is leFet So
flCored with tiles. Wnere lne CITY 80
PLAYS of an evening anu meg ~
curtain. stretched across the Took = an
Oueu-air moving picture 81 oW. "hgL {
the people sit out under the clear -
of the Andes. as the dQluSs OF OtliS-
parts Of the world pass DsLoLe ll Ill,
The view from Santa LUCIA SHOWS
she magnificent location OF santiago
The town lies in Tat basin or EaiLes
s-77--oTrrded by ragged blue mountains
It is 100 feet above me 15llLlc 49,
and I'm plain sight OF the Ahces-
Around one side of it flows the Mapo-
cho river. further down IS the Aalpo'
and beyond them are the Tlch farms,
orchards and vineyards OF the great
The city Under and Around TOu.
The city is right under and al
around you. It IS a vast eApslllse "a
gray roofs. cut here and mere Dy 49,
streets that cross one another AT rlghl
ANGLES. in its center IS the Plaza des
Arrnar. on which stand the caInedLaL'
the city hall and other great bullu-
inGs. and a little further over taxing
IN a whole square, is the Chllean cdIl-
4o1 or house Of congress, one OF the
finest buildings OF all South America
The capitol building Is surrounded DS
gardens filled with tropical trees. III =
Gliding great palms, The trunks OF
u-bfch are as large around as hogs
head. although they are not more than
30 feet high
street Cars With Women Conductors
But let Us go down from santa
Lucia and take a ride through the CITY
There are plenty Of street cars with
women conductors who will give US a
seat on the roof for 3 OF 6 cents. or
we can get an automobile quite as
CHEAP as in any town IN North amer
ica We choose the motor car. ana ny
this wav and that through the town.
How big the houses are and how low
The older ones cover acres and but
Few Of them have more than Two
tered with stucco and painted in the
brightest Of cOlOrs-