The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-02


The flesh Of the older women lacks
solidity. and their faces are pasty
they look as though If yon pressed
your thumb into them the dent would
stay They seem putty-fleshed.
The Argentine girls DO not object
10 having their photograp phs taken. IN
deed buying snapShots of yourself a nd
your iriendS Is one of the chief occu-
patlonS Of the crowd IN the Rarnhla
There are a half dozen photographers
Who have their cameras so set that
theS can take pictures Of the crowd
| a. II passes. They snap individuals
and groups, and these are exposed in
the windows the next day You can
look over whole window containing
seVeral hundred such pictures of
postal card size, and above them viii
be the date on which they We're taken
IheSe dates are now those of yeSt pr-
| ddS ana they represent the people
! VINO are here at the SEASIDE You
can BUY q picture of YOUR sweet heart
$or OF any girl you would like TO have
| for "a sweet heart by paving for her e,
| sum equal TO il cents Of our money.
ana II You wish a picture II your
! sell SO taken they Will print YOU a
| dozen for eight Argentine dollars Thn
| photographing is all done on specula- :
tlon. the idea being that when one
sees a photograph Of himself or his
The chief hours for strollinc about
the Rambia are just before break fast
ana dinner. BY breakfast | mean
the noon meal. which begins as about
one o'clock. You have III addition to
this only coffee and rolls upon rising
and dinner which comes At s: 80
or ! in the evening. From II to
the esplanade is filed with hundreds
Of the best class of the Argentinos
The girls usually walk in groups by
themselves and the young men hy
| themselves.
Now ana then you sec a youne
dandy strutting along looking q:
though he owned the whole Argen-
tine Republic, and behind him per
haps young ma rried couple VIII,
have come TO celebrate their honey
moon ct the shore. There are man,
= middle-aged men, al carefully dress
ed, moving along in groups chattin:
and talking, and now and then a fam
: lily Of young girls with their brother
and cousins. At the same time tn
seats on the espianade are filled witt
parties chatting, and other partie
: are drinking tea. or enjoying the sigh
of the beach. The crowd is NOR
= like a great family than the stiff an
l Staid one at Bar Harbor. Nearly ev
cry one seems to know every one else
! and the atmosphere is that Of goo
humOr and pleasure.
Il The scenes of the evening are NOR
r | beautiful than those of the morning
c Mar del Plata at night is one of tn
= gay places Of the world. The gree
: hotel is then ablaze with electricit
h and the Rambla is glorious. It's wild
e eSp1anade has long rows Of eIeCtr
a lights resting like balls Of fire upo
e the bronze columns Of the balustrad
e There are lights in the stores at tt
e back and lights in the corridors tn;
1t run from one end Of the great wal
l. to the other The tearoOms and tt
n promenade are covered with peop
N sitting about tables. The esplana(
% is thrOnged with people strOlHR& bat
ID and forth and the lights from tt
le roofs Of the arcade make all as ligl
" as day Indeed, there are no sue
re seaside surroundings anywhere else
le the world. 1t makes one think
,r what Pompeii must have been at II
s. height Of its glory. 1t is more lii
IL an ancient Greek temple than pa
of of one Of the newest Of the up-to-da
er countries Of South America.
h, The hotel life is interesting. Ia
ps the Bristol, at which 1 am stoppiT
h 1t is the most famous seaside hot
Of the Argentine. having somethil
ne like 700 rooms, with dining rooms a.
Tx parlors so large that they would GOV
IN at least half an acre. The hotel
re built something like great Sw
es chalet, running in the shape Of h;
he moon facing the Rambla. The fro
is walled with glass, and there is
10 wide promenade under cover. T
r. promenade is filled with galy dress
in people at night. There are dances
in the enormous ballroom, and a gyI
ne band plays the music Of the tans
to the maxixe and the popular fox tro
be You may have your dinner as early
8 o'clock, but you will find few at t
tables before 9, and they do not
:. through until 10. The men all We
"a evening dress, and most of the WON
30 have low-necked gowns, althou
no many also wear hats.
asI AS looked, I was susprised at I
he number Of families. and especially
* when I thought Of the cost. This
Ler resort Of the rich, or Of those "
we would seem so, and will starve hal
of year to spend here in great sty
fol e,