The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-10

NcwpOrt--Ihe Casino Where They
Gamble for Charity and Thousands
Change Hands i'm a Night-Thc Too
logical and Its Cemetery
for Dogs. Lions and Monkeys
some famOu Pubiic Builhings-A
Look at the Banks-A Country
Where the Dollar is Worth Three
Cents More Than Our Own.
Copyright. 1915, by Frank G.. Car
penter.)
MontevideO, Uruguay.
Come with me and take a look at
the capital of Uruguay. 1t is the
social. political, financial and indus
trial center of the republic and it's
300. 900 population. 1t is in fact the
heart and soul of the unit the
dynamo that keeps Uruguay moving.
The city is one of the Weii-tO-dO and
the rich. 1t has beautiful houses and
it has stores that will compare with
those of Cincinnati or Buffalo, either
of which is about the same size. The
town has all modern improvements.
Its streets are like day under it's thou
sands Of electric light globes. and it's
electric car lines carry millions of
passengers every year. The town is
paved with Belgian block and with
asphalt. The most of its streets cross
one another at right angles, and the
nItl'I biINo u i wv IdllltI lfldl
wide. In addition there are wide bou-
levirds which extend far out into the
country. There are more than a dozen
public squares or plazaS in the heart
of The city. and pleasure grounds,
parks and bathing resorts on the
ocean outside.
Montevideo lies on the ocean. One
side Of it is bathed by the Atlantic and
Ia" other by the great estuary known
as the Rio de la Plata. The city is in
the shape of a great horn, which JutS
out from the mainland into these Wa
tcrways. The bay is IN the Rio de la
Plata side in the inside curve of the
horn, and the ocean rolls up its surf
just over the way. The lower part of
the city makes me think of Manhat
tan Island, save that it has not the
sky-scrapers. The horn here is SO mar
row that you can stand in the middle
streets and see the oCean On one side
and the river on the other. Nearly
every part of the city slopes toward
the riS er. and the frequent rains wash
the town clear According to the
statistics the place is one of thu
healthieSt mons all the worlds cite:
and it stands high in every depart
ment Of sanitary work.
We shall start IN our trip at tn
Plaza Independencia. This is in tn
heart of the downtown business sec
ton. 1t covers something like tel
acres and it is filled with gardens o
shrubs. flowers and palm trees. Upo
II face the government house, wher
the president has his offices. and tn
national museum. There are store
back OF the arcades hat run aroun
its sides. and the great Soils Theate
is off at the right. Over the way
the street called Sarandi, that run
along the root of the tongue Of roc
down to the ocean,. and on the oppC
site side Of the square is the BOule
ward Eighteenth of July, tina follow
the roof of the tongue in the othe
direction. dividing the business pal
of the city almost in half. This bot
levard is one of the finest in the cit
and it has many large stores. 1t
named after the date On which tn
constitution of the republic was adop
ed. and it is destined to be the CHE
business street Of the capital.
Today there is more trade upon tf
upper part Of the Sarandi than in ar
other section of the city. l refer e.
pecially to the narrow extension
that street which joins the Plaza IL
~dependencia to the Plaza Constltuclo
This is the fashionable street and
fashionable shopping crowd wall
through it every afternoon from
o'clock until dark. In this respect
corresponds with the Gale FLORIDA
Buenos Aires, although the crow
are much fewer and the prOmena'
consists of a very few blocks. Neve
theless. here are the fine jewel
shops. the great millinery eStabllS
ments. the art stores and other plac
having beautiful goods. The prl
marks are on the articles and L c.
see that most of them are far abo
their cost in our country.
A look at the crowd on the stree
will show you the reason. The peoI
arc rich and they have money
spend. They are quite as we'll dres
ed as those who parade r street
Washington about 5 o'clock every {
ternoon and almost as gay as those
Fifth avenue in New York. lnde
the men are more so. They look
though they had just come out OF
bandhnx and as for the women th