Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-15

AT SEA OFF PUNTA DEL ESTE,
Pan America Line, March l9.-Insist
on the genuine-especially when deal
ing in bottles or cities. The imitation
is never as good as the original, so
naturally Pocitos, The Atlantic City
of South America" is not as good as
the Jersey brand. But very good,
nevertheless.
There are splendid hotels, beautiful
parks and gardens, and a lovely es-
plande skirts the shore for several
miles to Trouville, another fashionable
beach. The playa" or seashore, is
spotted with colorful little bathing
houses, most of them on wheels. which
are drawn out into the water with
horses, thus permitting the modest
senoritas TO take their dips in privacy
and propriety.
The shy eXclusiveness of the fair
bathers is almost amusing. l think
the girls are fiattering themselves
bit. Unless my eyes deceive me.
know that If they were on any OF
our beaches at home they could af-
ford to dispense with some of their
extreme coyness as nobody would give
than a second look anyway.
am somewhat disappointed in the
South American beauties. The movies
and the musical revues up home had
led me to expect better things. l have
been travelling down around this coun-
try for nearly two months now and /
haven't seen anything resembling the
beauteouS dark-eyed Spanish senorlta
with the classic shawl draped about
her stately hips, a comb in her hair.
rose in her teeth, and red heels on
her shoes. Neither have caught sight
OF the lovelorn Romeo with red sash
about his waist, banging a guitar be-
l.. 4 hnt &c
out on the yellow wall with roses
creeping up the veranda, etc.
Now, may be wrong. Maybe they do
bang guitars and drape hips as they
do on the stage at home, bat | insist
that they are mighty exclusive about
il. | have ceased altogether TO believe
in the shawl draping. When I sailed
for South America all of my girl
friends shouted in unison: "Oh sweet
boy, bring me back a nice pretty Span
iSh Shawl--won't you?'
1t begins TO look like I won't.
The boys and girls down here are
too busy trying to ape French fash
ions to bother about draping Spanish
shawls or tickling helpless guitars. The
other reason may be because il oh.
viousIy requires more than one shawl
to drape most of the stately hips in
South America.
/ am back on board snip again ana
sailing in a southerly direction. Soor
we will round Punta del Este which is
about as far south of the equator as
Kansas City is north of it. From that
point on ! will be homeWard bound.
The citadel-crowned cerro OF Monte
yideo has faded from view-the little
mountain whence came the name
"Montevideo." II is the only hill for
over a thousand miles up the Parana
and the Rio de la Plata. In fact the
nearest bump on the landscape is a
small sized mountain near the city
of Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay.
>IIow L would have enjoyed going
there
Paraguay. isolated in the center of
South America. is a country with q
most extraordinary history; and AS
uncion. although 500 miles from the
sea. was founded in 1536-over 40
years prior to the establishment OF
the first English colony in North
America. About so years ago this lit
tie country underwent one of the most
disastrous wars on record. When I'M
der the rule of Francisco Lopez, lei