The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-18

Street and It's Promenadcers.
The Ayenida de MayO-Nlght Liie
ON South Americas Great White
yVav-A CITY of Clubs1Thc Tigrc
and Its Gambling HOuses-Scenes
at the Opcra-Churches, Hospitals
and SchOol-A City of the Dead
and Its Marble PalaceS-Odd run
cral Features.
Copyright, 1915, by Frank {. Car
% BUENOs AIRES.
want TO show you n of the
great street sights of the world. !
know all the great capitals. l nave
walked the bo%ulevards Of Paris and
strolled with the fashionable CROWDS
along the Champs Elysees. have
made my way through Fleet street
TO the Strand and Toasted my eyes on
the windows Of Old Bond and Plcca-
dilly. I have ridden in a 5inriklsha
through the Ginsa in Toxic, nave
been jolted in a cart along the ruts
of the Tartar and Chinese parts or
Picking and made my way on a don-
key through the Moski in Cairo. l
know Christian street in Jerusalem,
the street called Straight in Damas-
Gus. the dimly lighted OF
Constantinople and h vaults of old
Tunis. am acquainted with the
Corso in Rome, the Rialto Of Venice
and Friedrich Strasse and Inter den
Linden in Berlin. They are all full
Of interest, but each has its rival IN
Florida, B.. A. Florida street is the
chief promenade, shopping and Cos
siping place Of this South American
metropolis, and it's scenes at about
5 or 6 in the afternoon are different
from those of any great street or the
world. AT that hour the thorough
fare is filled with a moving mass OF
~promenaders, made up of all classes
and conditions of men to be found IN
this part Of the world. The street is
only thirty-five feet wide n less
thar a mile long. 1t leads from the
Plaza de Mayo, where are the gov
crnment palace, the stock exchange
and the cathedral, to n Plaza San
Martin, where are the most magnifi-
cent palaces. the Plaza Hotel and the
site of the new Jockey Club. All the
way it is lined with fine buildings
whose shops make you think of a
mighty museum or a display or the
treasure vaults Of the world. The
roadway is paved with asphalt, anC
the sidewalks are Of tiles Hke the
floor of a bathroom. Everything il
kept as clean as a pin and the crOWo
fits the surroundings.
The Argentinos are fine dressers
Every one spends as much on hi
clothes as his purse can afford, AND
the women who walk h Florida arr
clad in the latest creations OF Paris
Many of the men are dressed to tn
Mines, and young dandies stand OF
the sidewalks or stroll back and fortl
arm in arm. The women are of al
classes: beautiful girls n sOmbe
old maidens move along arm In arm
There are crowds of men young an
old. The young fellows are out t
look at the girls, and the young girl
are out to be seen. Here come thre
dainty maidens. One is a girl Q
twelve dressed in white, with he
skirt reaching to her knees, her whit
kid shoes having stockings abov
them that extend only half way u
the calf. The other two are her sis
tiers, young ladies with dresses CT
low at the neck and trimmed o,
with lace. Behind comes the inothe
She is dressed in the extreme
fashion and see a wide expapse
silk stockings as she steps on tt
sidewalk. There are many blond
although brunettes are in the maJo
ity, and there are brunettes WI
would be bonds if the white powd
they dust SO freely over their fac
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dressed in business suits.
Where are the carriages and aut
mobiles? The Florida has none
this hour. Between 5 and 8 o'clO'
D. m. the police shut off all wheel
traffic, and the narrow street is Civ
up to the crowd. Many Of the peol
are shopping. The stores on. DO
sides are filled with customers. and
l look at the signs / see h a the
houses of London n Paris ha
their branches down here. m
the shops are immense. Here is
jewelry store covering about
acre, and on the opposite side Of t
way is a department store that wo,
be large in New York. 1t is one
the establishments of Gail & Chav
which AVE q turnover of many n
lions a year. They have shops
women and shops for men. n gr
shops for children and babies.
CARUENTSR TWO
Now stop and listen to the people
they go by! The crowd is a leisur