Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-11
IN THE DAYS NEWS
MoNTEvIDEo

Montevideo, capital of the Republic of Uruguay. where Secretary of State Colby made his second official visit, in South America, is described in the fol- lowing bulletin issued by the National Geographic Society:
 Physically situated so that it is one of the hea1thiest cities in the world, with an eqnable climate which makes it a delightful place to live in, and pos
 sessing,. an atmosphere free from the hustle Nand noise of the more modern
 and commercial Buenos Aires and the
 more metropolitan Rio, Montevideo has become the resort city of South Amer | ica's Atlantic coast. Thousands of wealthy South Americans are to be found there at nearly all seasons of the i year, participating in the car1iYals | gambling in the great government
 owned casinos that may be compared | to- those of Monte Carlo, or merely enjoying the restful life of this city
 which still clings to the Spanish habit | of looking to 'manAna. Since Monte video is in the southern hemisphere
 it's seasons are the reverse of those in l the United States. Visitors are es-
 pecially numerous for the bathing sea-
 son which begins in October, cor responding to the northern May, and
 is it's height at Christmas, the south l ern L1lQ- summer.
 Detached impressions of Montevideo 1 will bring to mind many similes and
 contrasts with better known cities Like New York it covers a narrow peninsula from shore to shore; but in
 architecture 1t is the antithesis of the
 North American metropolis, being
 made up of a seemingly vast number ) of low stone buildings, a few two oI
 three stories in height, the great ma. , jority of them but one story. Th' principal thoroughfare, The Avenue O. : along the ridge of the peninsula, witt { it's colonnades and sidewalk cafes gives touch of Paris. And a grea , packing center for the live stock pro : duced on the unsurpassed pastures o f Uruguay, Montevideo is comparable t Chicago or Kansas City. Evidence 0 this fact is sometimes waited on tn
 winds when they blow to the city iron
 the seat of the gigantic industry acros l the bay.
 T Tn physical equipment Montevide T is modern. It is well lighted, we a watered, adequately supplied wit
 transportation facilities, and most ad mirably drained. Socially it clings { . the past, following more faithfully tha any other large city outside of Spai = and the Orient the old Spanish Moor z lSn IraolIlOnS OI society proper al T titude toward women.
 l. ''Courting is still carried on b $ smitten swains parading below th balconies of their senoritas and whis n pering sweet nothings to them-from e safe distance. Ladies go freely on tl .e streets, but not in the company :" men. Society is mainly matter l. family parties. Even at the opel IT there are separate galleries for me la and women, and unless a Montevidea ie family man can afford the price h orchestra seats he must view the pr' .. duction from one level while his wi
 looks on from another.
 "A cloistered life can hardly al said to have affected the appearan, d of the women adversely. Througho ln South America Monteyideo has u Id reputation formerly possessed ne Budapest of harboring the most beal .e. tiful women of it's continent.
 "As in other large South Americs 7 cities, moving picture theatres a