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

boulevard of Gen. Artigas, which is
divided by beautiful gardens from one
END to the other. and the great drive
.hat skirts the sea near the Park Ur-
paho ana about the Rarnbla de los
POcitOS.
The latter places are the great
seaside resorts % the city. They have
magnificent hotels looking out on the
ocean, and people come here from al,
parts of the River Plate basin as their
SuInmer resort. The hot season is in
the midst Of our winter. and during |
1T the great hotels are thronged with
a fashionable crowd f-om interior |
and Brazil and even from
fNo de JaneirO and Buenos Aires and
other cities of Argentina. The living |
here is somewhat cheaper than Mar
del Plata. the Atlantic seaside resort
OF the A~rgentines. and Montevideo is
also nearer Buenos Aires, a comfort
able ride on the steamer taking you
from one place to the other. The
beach here is better, although the
company, judge, is not quite 50 ex-
elusive.
| wish | could show you these
Montevideo seaside resorts. They are
nothing like as large as those of our
country at Cape May, Asbury Park or
Atlantic City, but the improvements
are ldI more SUBSTANTIAL ana Wnore we
walk upon boards these people have
we'll decorated promenades of cement.
The hotels are right on the sea with
out ragged boarding houses
ing them, and there are no merry-gO-
rounds. candy-ctries and noisy ped
dlers to offend the man who wants
peace. Indeed. everything is quietly
done and that in a style that would
hardly suit a North American crowd.
At PocitOs the dressing and undreSs-
ing are done in little on
wheels. These stand in rows on the
edge of the pier, and the bathers enter
them and there change their clothes.
There is a house for each person. You
walk up steps at the back to get
in: and when you have your bathing
suit on, you signal the attendant. He
~thereupOn bitches two mules to your
house and dragS it down into the
water so that you may step in the
, most proper way right into the sea
. The house is then dragged back, tC
= return again when yOu are through
= with your swim. These houses are
= about three feet wide. six feet long
= and six feet high. They look like gi-
gantic dog kennels on wheels. There
are hundreds Of them for hire, anC
you can get a bathing suit and thu
service for something like rs cents
III Id VI I L Ill
# Of the sexes at Montevideo. Familie:
n go in and sport about in the water
e but the young lover does not dare t.
le propose taking his sweetheart out 70
IS a swim, nor do the girls and boys Ii
d about on the sand and make love. In
er deed, the summer girl here f1ocks b,
is herself, and the summer boy walk
is along on the opposite side Of the es
X planade. The two have to be salts
fed with making gOO-goO eyes at on
another, and if they do more there i
VS. straightway a scandal They hav
ar other queer customs and queer idea
TT as to propriety and etiquette in low
J. making. but Of those [ will write i
ty the future.
is Ramirez, which is the bathing plac
le adjoining Urbano Park, is more demo
t. cratic han Pocitos. and it is fire
eff quented during the day and up t
midnight in the height Of the season
ne There is another bathing place at c.
~ purro IN the west of the town, DO,
s. which they have a beautiful park thu
of is converted in the winter into a ska
n ing rink, where. social Montevide
takes part. The view here is fine; or
a can see the port and whole town frOl
over the sea. The fashionable da
5 are Mondays and Fridays, and ais
it Sunday afternoon, when there is a
of ways a concert.
DIS -
de Outside POcitOs the biggest reso
r. is the Parque Orlando, where are tt
ParGue Hotel and also the Casino. TT
h latter is a gambling resort after SOM
'eS what the same plan as that Of Mon
Ce Carlo. 1t runs its regular tabl
an throughout the summer, and the m;
We iority of the men who reside at IL
hotels may be found betting upon II
roll Of the marbles in the roulet
cts wheel or upon the croupier's turn,
pie of the cards. A large proportion
to the visitors are rich eStancierOS fro
S. the River Plate basin, and Il
in amounts won and lost are enormOl
af- The bank gets a profit which is pc
of haps 10 per cent Of all that goes ov
ed, the table, and within a month ana
as half it's gains were more than Slo'
a 600. If am right in my 10 per &c
lev conjecture his would mean that {