The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15
GAY BUENOS AIRES
IS NOT ITSELF
Lid Has Been Clamped Down Upon
Many Resorts in Which the Worst
Sort of License Was Wont
to Flourish Openly.

Buenos Aires. March l4--Buenos
| Aires, which once had the reputation
of being wide open" city and "gayer
| than Paris is mot what it used TO be,
in the opinion of many travellers who
were here before the war and have re-
turned recently.
The gsyety is still here. they say,
| bur il is more decorous and meantime
the lid has been clamped upon many
resorts in which the worst sort of IL
cense WAS wont to flourish openly
Public gambling places have been also
banned, dissolute women have been
driven off the streets, and beginning
this year the police have begun the
suppression Of houses of i'll fame. The
claim is made that Buenos Aires Is
to-day cleaner morally than ever be-
fore in its history, due to the reform"
regulation of recent city administra-
tion and continued by the present one.
The city council also a few days
ago passed an ordinance imposing a
tax of 10000 pesos annually on cab
arets, which is expected TO put some of
the lower class places out OF business.
La Epoca, the government organ, in
approving the measure, refers to the
Buenos Aires cabarets as establish
ments of corruption" and demands that
minors be prohibited from entering
them. What are termed "cabarets' in
Buenos Aires are merely dance halls
with an orchestra, and, with one or
two exceptions, are poorly furnished.
Drinks are served, but there are none
g a -, rphtnk
made the cabaret successful in the
United States. Here and in the res
tuarants, both Of which are open all
night, is where most of Buenos Aires
"gayety" centers.
Theatres and moving picture houses
do not close. until II or 1880 o'clock.
As late as o'clock numerous restau-
rants and cafes are still filled with
men, and some women. with orchestras
or electric pianos going full blast.
Streets in the gay life" district are
still brilliantly lighted, taxicabs fit
about and the sidewalks have many
strollers. What is called "reveling" in
the restaurants, is, however, not in evil
dence. The patrons sit and listen TO
the music, eat or sip their wine or
other drinks, but, as an American OBJ
server put it, there are no high jinks
Ii is considered that a prohibition
movement in Argentina would find
very strong sentiment to overcome
Recent dispatches from the United
States telling Of the intention Of North
American prohibitionists to invade
South America did not appear 20 cause
much concern here, where indulgence
in some sort of alcoholic liquor is al.
most universal. The newspapers ig-
nored the dispatches editoriaily. One
entire province, Mendoza, is devoted 70
the wine industry. and Just a. in the
Latin American countries of Europe.
the drinking Of wine seems TO be re-
garded almost ~ natural as the drink
ing Of water. There are probably ~
many bars in Buenos Aires in propoT. I
tion TO population a. there were in I
New York in pre- prohibition days In 4
these bars, thirsty Americans Just ar .
rived from the United States find ia
mihar drinks The Manhattan.
Bronx and Clover Club cocktails
are a. wen known BY same names a.
in New York The Martini. however.
: here called q "San Martin" which +.
the name 81 orc cf the patriots Of
Argentine history