The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
LIFE IN BEUNOS AIRES
BY FRANK c. CARPENTER

me world, but 1t is planning to build a Lew clubhouse which will he larger and finer. This will stand on the Plaza San Martin, where a lot-has been bought at cost of s35oo.0eo. The Jockey club has an initiation fec of sl5o0 and its dues are enormous The club has 2000 mem eers, and at the above rate it must have taken in s2,5o0.000 in imitation fees only. One of the specialties of the club is horse racing. It owns a race track and grand stand known as the Hippodrome at Pal ermo, Which were built at cost of more than million dollars. and the races held there are under it's auspices. They are so well patronized that they pay a big dividend
 Buenos Aires is city of clubs In addition to the Jockey club it has others of every description. The Buenos Aires Golf club has grounds granted by the nlrnicipafity 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 and many of the girls can swing club lust fly There are also football teams. The football association now numbers 2S,0O0 players, of whom So per cent are Argen- ti1os. Football was introduced by the British. and it is played English fash icn. At some of the matches as many as 5000 are present. and considerable betting is done.
 The Argentinos are now going in for yachting and canoeing There is a sub- urb of Buenos Aires known as the Tigre. which has canoe clubs and yachting clubs and where seven or eight yachting clubs compete at the bi-yearly meetings The Tigre is one of the most interesting parts or Buenos Aires. It is a suburban sec ton bvilt upon islands in the Rio de la Plata. It 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 ITO, and canoes gliding along, padded ny young men and young women. The canoes are of hardwood brightly var nlsbed and they shine like gold under the sun. There are also many fruit ves- sells. Some of the islands are covered with orchards, and you pass barges and boats loaded with peaches, vegetables and green things of one kind or other.
 Ruenos Aires spends many million dol lars year upon her amusements. The boxes at the opera house cost a thousand pesos and upward season, and a seat in the orchestra at a good show may be equal to $5 in gold. The scenes at an opera night are as brilliant as those of any theatre in Europe. Every person n tho boxes and ochestra is in the height of full dress, and the gowns of the ladies are more costly than those at a White House reception. Most of the dresses come from Paris, and as to jewels, there is, l venture. a good half peck of dia- monds scattered over the women Last night saw soitaires as big as the end of my little finger, hanging from the lcbes of pink ears; clusters of diamond flowers nesting in beds of lace upon swelling bosoms, and combs set with dia- monds fastening the raven tresses of the Argentinezbeauties to the crowns Of their heads. saw necklaces of pearls as big as marrowfat peas joined at the center with rubies and emeralds, and sapphires and opals galore K
 So much for the sporting side of .Buenos Aires. The city has it's serious aspect as well. It has its churches. charities, museums, libraries schools and newspa- pers. It has great cathedral, which covers more than an acre and will hold 9o00 people. It is the largest Catholic city of the world. Ninety-six per cent of the Argentinos are Roman Catholics, and there are more than score of other Catholic churches. Protestants are freely tolerated. however. and there is live, up-to-date Young Mems Christian associa- tion There is an American Methodist church, which, regret to say, is attended chiefly by English people. and there is also Church of England among the other Protestant churches. .t
 The city has library of 2oo.n00 vol umes. It has national museum of fine arts, natural history museum, a his torical museum, and many private col lections of paintings. There are hospitals Of various kinds, including one for luna ties that has 2000 inmates, and another for infants where mothers can bring their unNanted offspring and have them taken