Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-31
ny !. A. EIrnANI>.


"Glimpses OF South America" by
Now York;. is rc,reshins Book that
1h9Ms sG % auto n %sqent from anew
other book OF its kind set pub
lished. /, is collection OF brief.
clcarcut descriptions Of places and
impressions and short, viyi5y:ng
profnscly illustrated with photo
graphs.
Thrse ph.o,oEranhs present
scenery Scenery south Amcrica afTords. i to-
gether with collections of quaint as
well as magnificent architectural
achievements.
But the photographs are only one
feature. The terse comments and
tcrisp descriptions arc admirable. Mr..
Sherwood VIII describe II Spanish
lady: "Paqu!ta herself was unusu-
ally handsome. in a thoroughly Span
and so forth. As ono OF our friends
expressed il. she certainly did look
ike the Spanish ladies tina; APP
pear on cigar boxes"
There is no waste o: words. Yet
"Ciiimpses OF South America" is not
strained: for the author is possessed
OF n thousand styles: He lanEuishes
IN a sleepy city as IL to become one
customs and the secrets OF their city.
Then he suddenly awakcns the reader
by summing the place M.
Whereas, !, is a city of frame
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. unusual ones at
that. The popular form OF decoration
seems to b" enormous display signs
All Of which goes TO prove that
iqucGur WAS built for business be-
Or he will tell YOU of an cxcep-
'!onal exception. or that Bucnos
\ircs The Paris OF America. is
wonderful" city.
3 naGI 20 most OF us. y number,
of coaisc. We're able 10 state posi-
''vely alai !: was the largest city OF
south America. This WAS cncour-
aging. nut only few placed il in its
proper Tacc among the cities OF the
Western Hemisphere, between Chi.
csg0 ir'l Philadelphia tChicaSo will,
incidratally have 10 look carefully
ter started TO give me geographical
and statistical data. but | was not
attempting TO conduct high school
'Namination. Bssides this. l was
.Nond qr depth. With these few. /
accordingly changed the subject nj
once. What wanted was not statis-
tics. but merely an idea o: what the
conveyed 10, most OF us. decided
eventually that il conveyed very lit
Tie There is more to this pass
"Es han We have conveyed.
with the authors keen sense Of hui
NOR. Nu, that element for which
the book is striking is the casual
d!recin'sS with which Sherwood out
ms lucid descriptions OF the country
a. IL IS
Perhaps one of The most interest.
ing Incidents Sc; forth is that re-
counted below:
Lima is abou; ten miles from
Ghiiao. ANA is about 500 fee, higher.
rms means quite Il steady climb for
me Railroad. Beyond Lima the rail
r r0n" continues this climb up into the
proy; mining district. AZ an clcya-
Ion 81 about $4,000 feet
During our stay III Lima tank
ta' lu!! OF crude oil got loose at a
siat!oh I'VE miles or so above the
and naturally. Started down the
h4Li. y" one. apparently. though, OF
throwing THIS car onto a siding. hut
S.ma one did have enough presence
or miTd 10 jeNi a Passenger train
standing nj the Lima station into one
:" suddenly that il TANNED and
con'JA; he extricatcd later. /; got
.nere jGSt in TING, The tank car
through Lima.
~, Ca!!ao the main track of the
al,toa" encf in humping post
hh% c, from the. plaza by high
hlaoE!ng stand on the plaza side of
ms fence. The tank ear naturaliv
diG not stop AT the humping nos
]! merely paused. then jumDed in,o
N ar and turned sornersa,II, in,n
."e plaza, killing German who was
having hts hooin polished. when |
happened 20 reach C8l!ao some hours
.atef, tn" piazza WAS black with peo-
PIE collecting ihe oil that had been
scattered over ihr landscape. The I
gao.s tha: had formed had already !
seen J;enAiejalr bRiled up, and tho |
work dead reauh"d :hc Stage wher. /
sietAs'. were he!ng pushed !nto the |
t.uti-3 sists, and afterwards wrung
out TAe herman whs The only fat !
ua!tr The railroad .E operated by a /
srltl7h COMPANY buI there were APP |,
parehtiS np 'a.ernn;!one! compiled
ions" Il
Mr. shorw GOD. -hs.. mastered d.r-
Vi'. TYPO ol hook in such 4 Eplend!d |
"sf INA: "e are at Il loss 10 explain |,
nin.s.cc=ss except that he must he a /
SeH.Is at human IGttrcs; SIX etches OF
Soith America, and that this mus
"""trin PUTS good dcal--h. lives
there.
rhG TRAIL HORDE. By charle.
q !Hen Settler. 4. G. Mcclurs & Co
Chicago.
THIS il q story that vii! appeal 10
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