The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-02

pt.b Inside City on the far SOUTH
,tlantic-Thc Rambia and Its
,,'.,r,uadc-Thc Beatty of the Ar
..,,e Womcn--IIigh Prices South
:, tlle Equator Hotc' at Sio
-.,rur, in the Gambling
Rooms
-# 1915. by Frank G.. Car
penter.)
-I lei Plata, Argentina.
e ..t If the ice and snow into
...H.ne and take u look at the
Side resort Of the Argentine
ne midst Of your winter.
.fr IS far south Of the equa-
has its dog days of semi
,.,.l heat when the United States
.,.rea with ice. It's summer Is
.a. heart of our winter. and just
,, tt. 1eh have left the hot winds
r..r. Aires, Rosario and Cordo-
.- i'm the cool breees of the
.o1tt snudc ocean at Mar del Plata
H. I1 illta is the Long Branch,
| n.a &..vaurt and Bar lIarbor of this
,.+ ar world. 1t is situated 240
.nii.. 4,uth Of Buenos Aires on one
s. rn NEST ocean strands of the
,.or.d rh- city lies in "a little de-
,rr....f or valley, with high ground
.f srs..l ID The high lands are
seyrrel th magnificent villas, and
,.,,f n.l y ! wide boulevard, where
Fan ma. ~tlc many miles in your au-
| tar,IiIu .it,.ing the ocean. The
| tav.a F.- une houses, magnificent no.
lois trd cob that cost close to a
aliua 8.Ha4. 1t has extensive golf
| .r,Und- race course where meet
@ r brld almost daily and an
gr4. stp where they shoot pig
sor- S. tae various clubs there are
H-f... f..f r.f4Nfipg roulette - and Qt her
snrr -Ju.--. and in the Casino you
NAV as, 70 small fortune if you care
ta het e. the turn OF the wheel.
Mar del Plata has business sec
sion W enforced concrete and the
same material is used in most Of the
houses au5 clubs and hotels. Alto
ecther the place looks as substantial
as did che spas Of Belgium ant
France before this terrible war, an(
il would be considered u beautiful
city IL il could be dropped down int
any part If our country.
AMI Sill ID is nothing like any 0
our seaside resorts and many of tn
arrangements are such that the,
might be copied with profit. Mar de
Plata is town of millonaires and
Is built like a series Of palaces. TAX
"The Rambla" or wide promenad
upon which the people stroll bac
and forth rs at Atlantic City or Ash
bury PARK The two latter resort
have board walks with shacks, shan
ties and a miscellaneous tumble c
buildings splendid and mean scatter
ed along them. The Rambla is Of al
tihcial stone, built in the shape Of a
sncient Greek temple with an espls
made running for about a mile aroun
The chief bathing quarter. The ten
pie is perhops thirty or forty fe'
high. II IS a combination of MoOl
ish ana Greek architecture and
runs N the shape Of a half moo
around q stretch Of beautiful san'
II has magnificent entrance
stone upheld by stone columns, an
sou pass through a grove Of column
on to the esplanade, which is hie
over the beach. This forms the Chi
walking place OF the great SUNNI
crowd. Il Is very wide and is bOrde
ed ~ stone balustrade fit for Il
palace Of king.
AT the back Of this promenade is
long arcaded structure about fiftet
ieet vide backed by the stores. Th
&eout twenty feet high. 1t is pave
win porcelain tiles and it ru
around the whole esplanade from OF
eho 10 the other. The esplanade ou
>" eA@li " VI iOTty leSI Wiuc.
the ends Of the arcades and in q
nIodie are mosque-like domes
stained glass that blaze with electl
nshts during the evening, and in t
noht or the stores is another prone
aue upheld by magnificent column
n' 'Ae back Of the latter are the pla
Sass windows of the shops, whi
compare tayorably with the best
1"HS' New York or London. T
'NuNt ~ The goods are shown in t
%lnuo"S r;a and walking along the ct
uol , y IKE going through the tres
a. aNlta of 4 king. Indeed, 1 dOu
.l'rr there is a richer place up
tSt I' n proportion to it's populate
'u this little city The most
hhaoltants are millionaire 4
S,'ios, including rich estanciel
f, wi thousands Of acres and "
'ae'r tens of thousands of G.
"' ~ horses.
sh could show you the sho
- r. Rambla 1t would remt
4' s'ur minds any idea that So,
of .'ta as part OF the backwot
"'t "octd. and, therefore. fitted