El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

I house, which viii be larger and finer This
I viii stand on the Plaza san Martin. where
q lot has been bought at a cost Of So,
5000
The Jockey club has an initiation fee Of
/ $500, and its dues are enormous The club
has 1000 members. and at the above rate it
must nave taken IN Sz.50eoO0 in initiation
fees only one OF the specialties OF the
club is horse racing. It owns a race track
and grand stand known as the Hlppodrome
at Palermo, which were built at cost of
more than million dollars. and the races
held there are under its auspices They are
so well patronized that they pay a big
Busnos Aires is city Of clubs. In add
ton TO the Jockey club it has others OF
every description The Buenos Aires Golf
club has grounds granted by the munich
pality. The course covers 10 acres.
It has IS holes and the distance
between them measures over three miles
Both men and women now play golf, anS
many Of the girls can swing a club Justify.
There are also football teams. The Foot
Of whom so percent are Argentlnos. Foot
ball introduced by the British. and it
is played English fashion At some Of the
matches as many as $1,000 are present, and
considerable betting is done.
Go In For Boating.
The Argentines are now going in for !
yachting and canoeing There is a suburb
Of Buenos Aires known as the Tigre, which
has canoe clubs and yachting clubs and
where seven or eight yachting clubs COM
pete at the. bi-yearly meetings The Tlgre
Is one OF the most interesting parts or
Buenos Aires. II is a suburban section built
upon Islands in the Rio de Ia Plata. 1t is
some distance from the city and you go
there by train or by boat The place is a
combination Of Bangkok and Venice It has
winding canals filled with craft Of all kinds
and lined with clubhouses and villas
There are gardens on the edges OF the
canals and weeping willows hang down and
drop their leaves in the water. There are
scores Of steam Launches going this way
and that, motor boats filled with children
flying to and fro, and canoes gliding along,
padded by young men and young women
The canoes are Of hardwood brightly var
Eished and they shine like gold under the
sun There are also many fruit vessels.
Some Of the islands are covered with orch ]
ards and you pass barges and boats loaded /
with peaches vegetables and green things |
OF one kind or other.
There is a great deal OF gambling at the
Tigre. At all the large clubs there are
roulette tables and there are clubs devoted
to gambling where the guests pay 10 be 1
neeced
Has Many Fine Theaters-
Buenos Aires has all sorts Of theaters, !
from the Colon opera house, one Of the |
largest in the world, TO Cinematographs or I
moving picture shows. The Colon seats 800 /
anc has stage which is so feet in width I
and the opening Of which measures 60 feet |
from floor 10 roof At this theater evening !
dress is obligatory and during the season !
the president OF the republic and the hign ]
officials attend The OdeOn is devoted largely /
10 comic operas, the ColiscO TO lyric operas !
and operetLas, while the san Martin has I
there are does other thesters, including !
some where the plays are given in Italian (
There are five OF six circuses and moving !
picture shows are springing up every ]
where.
At one Of the theaters there is stage /
that can be turned into a circus ring and /
there they have dances, prizefights and ]
popular songs There are also concerts OF 4
classical music and in the winter there is 4
skating in the ice palaces both day and |
evening On the roof Of the casino is q /
popular rolling skating rink
Buenos Aires spends many million dol I
lars year upon her amusements- The I
boxes at the opera house cost thousand I
pesos and upward a season, and seat in {
the orchestra at a good show may be equal
to IS in gold The scenes at opera night i
are as brilliant as those Of any theater in
Europe Every person in the boxes and ]
orchestra is in the height OF full dress,
and the gowns OF the ladies' are more
,Gstly than those at a white house recep- I
Jon Most OF the dresses come from Paris,
and as TO jewels, there is, I venture, a
5oOd half peck Of diamonds scattered over
he women
Has Its Serious side.
So much for the sporting side Of Buenos
Aires The city has its serious aspect as I
we'll It has its churches. charities mu-
seums, libraries schools and newspapers It /
has great cathedral which covers more
than an acre and Will hold 5000 people. J
L Is the largest Catholic city Of the world !
Sinety-six percent Of the Argentinos are
Roman Catholics, and there are more than
score Of other Catholic churches Prot
9stants are freely tolerated, however. and I
mere IS q I'VE upLOQaLe young mems CnrlS-
tan association There is an American
Methodist church. which, regret to say,
5 attended chiefly by English people. and
here is also a Church Of England among !
he other Protestant churches.
The city has library OF zoe, 600 volumes ]
L has a national museum OF fine arts a
natural history museum, a historical mu-
scum. and many private collections Of
paintings There are hospitals Of various
Kinds, including one for lunatics that has
700 inmates and another for infants where
mothers can bring their unwanted offspring
md have them taken care Of without ques-
ions asked In this founding asylum fos-
er mothers nurse the children, and the
title ones are carefully reared.
Cemetery in Heart sf City.
An interesting feature Of BuenOs Aires is
Is great city Of the dead situated in the
leart Of the town. This is the Recoleta
emetery where the dead sleep in palaces
The place is divided up into streets, paved
with cement blocks, with brick cutters
unning along the sides The streets are
aced with the houses Of the dead, house
nd lot for each family The houses are
title marble structures entered by doors Of !
ron network, so made that you can look
through the gratings and see the vaults
nd collins within. The main vaults are
bOve, but there are other vaults below
In the center at the back is altar
decorated with lace and bouquets Of flow
IS spent an hour in that cemetery yes .
a NE