The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-23


"Our next place to visit was Mon
tevideo, Uruguay, and the welcom,
they gave us there was wonderful. I
| is not much of town for scenery ant
not near as wealthy town as Rio, no
having as much country to draw from
| The people as whole are better edu
Gated than in Rio and are more cor
| dial, but / didn't care much for tht
place. There are not many trees ant
things look so barren. Cattle-raisine
is the greatest industry. Armour ant
Swift both have big packing plant.
there. We were there about ten days
and outside of a few auto trips my
time was mostly spent in the street!
watching the crowds.
s'From there we moved on up thu
La Plata river to Buenos Aires, the
greatest town of all. We were there
only ten days and it was go, go all the
time. Banquets, theatre parties
sightseeing trips, races, etc., kept u:
on the go from 5 a. m. to 2 a. m
The uniform gave free admittance tx
the theatres and on the street cars
The street railway company sent Vi
over the city on sightseeing tour anc
Armour & Co. furnished the beer anc
sandwiches for the trip. There were
four of our ships in there and about
1000 men to entertain, and it was sure
done in swell style.
"Two of us slipped away from the
crowd and went down to La Plata tc
visit the Armour plant. The superin.
tendent, a man from Kansas City, was
so glad to see us that he tried to buy
out the town for as. We also visited
the war relics museum where all sorts
of guns, aeroplanes, ETC., that have
been in the war are on exhibit, but my
best day was when two more of us
slipped away from the crowd that was
going out to the races and went back
to LaPlata on the train. Going down
la young fellow came up and started
talking to us. Though he could
speak very little English, we got along
together fine, so when we got to La
Plata he started showing us around
the city and through the Museum of
Archaeology, considered the second
finest in the world. Then he took US
to the University Club for tea. Here
they were playing B. A., a game Of
football, but when we came in the
spectators forgot all about the game
and the police had to clear way for
us to get into the club house. There
we met all the members and while
drinking our tea they made US give
them an idea of how we liked their
country. Of course we praised it
highly, saying that our only regret
was that we were not going to be
there longer. By that time things
were over and our host took US up to
his home to meet his. family. His
father, we found out, holds the high
est judicial position in Argentine, the
same as our chief justice. His moth
er is the daughter Of the great Ar
gentine poet and editor that died q
few months ago. gatess yoa saw: an
account of his death in the Review OF
Reviews. They have two beautiful
daughters, but unfortunately they
speak only Spanish; yet they read and
wi.ite English, and that was the way
had to- talk to them, which was much
better than not at all. l sent them
each one Of our neckerchiefs and
wrote Mrs. Lavalle a letter, and the
girls wrote me their thanks, and Mrs.
Lavalle answered my letter in English.
We took dinner with them that eve
ming and came very near missing our
train back to Buenos Aires that night.
I still think this was the most pleasant
and interesting trip / made Of all.
We often talk of the good time we had
and are hoping that we may go hack
some time.
Guess you are tired read
ing this book, so am going to close it
as began, thanking you all for the
lovely Christmas box you sent me.
The candy was fine; so were the
cigarettes, the tobacco and the handy
kit, filled with things can use to ad-
vantage, and / appreciate them all
ever so much"