The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-30


of the estuary, presents in its tempo
something of contrast to Buenos
Aires. Physically, 1t is situated so
that it is one of the healthiest cities
in the world, and it has an equable
climate which makes it delightful
place to live in. In addition it pos
sesses an atmosphere free from the
hustle and noise of the more modern
and commercial Buenos Aires and the
more metropolitan Rio. Because of
these features. MOntevideo has become
the resort city of South Americas At
lantic coast. Thousands of wealthy
South Americans are to be found there
at nearly all seasons of the year. par
ticipating in the carnivals, gambling
in the great government-owned ca
sinos 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 look
ing to "manana" Since M0ntevideO
is in the southern hemisphere its sea-
sons are the reverse of those in the
United States. Visitors are especially
numerous for the bathing season
which begins in October, correspond
ing to the northern May, and is at its
height at Christmas. the southern
midsummer.
Detached impressions of Monte
video will bring to mind many SMILES
and contrasts with better known cities.
Like New York it covers narrow
strip of land from shore to shore, in
this case peninsula. But in archi-
lecture it is the antithesis of the
North American metropolis, being
made up of a seemingly vast number
of low stone buildings, few two or
three stories in height, the great ma
jority of them but one story. The
principal thoroughfare, "The Avenue
of the Eighteenth of july" extending
along the ridge of the peninsula. with
its colonnades and sidewalk cafes.
gives a touch of Paris. And as a
great packing center for the live stock
produced on the unsurpassed pastures
of Uruguay, Montevideo is comparable
to Chicago or Kansas City. Evidence
of this fact is sometimes waited on
the winds when they blow to the city
from the seat of the gigantic industry
across the~bay.
cIings to Old Customs.
In physical equipment MOntevideo
is modern 1t is we'll lighted well
watered, adequately supplied with
transportation facilities, and most adj
mirably drained. Socially it clings
to the past, following more faith
fully than any other large city out
side of Spain and the Orient fhe old
Spanish Moorish traditions of society's
proper attitude toward women.
Counting is still carried on by smit-
ten SWANS parading below the bal
comics of their senoritas and whisper
ing sweet nOthings to them-from.
safe distance. Ladies go freely on the
streets but not in the company of
men. Society is mainly a matter of
family parties. Even at the opera
there are separate galleries for men
and women, and unless Montevidian
family man can afford the price of
orchestra seats he must view the pro-
duction from one level while his wife
looks on from another.
A clustered life can hardly be said
to have affected the appearance of
the women adversely. Throughout
South America Montevideo has the
reputation formerly possessed by Bud
apest of harboring the most beautiful
women of its continent.
Montevideo has nearly score of
daily newspapers, and the voices of
small army of newsboys are heard
constantly except during an hour and
a half at midday when 'siesta" is
enforced by law for all business. With
the voices of the newsboys mingle
those of youths and derelict adults
hawking government lottery tickets
or boxes of matches from the sale of
which the government also obtains
revenue.
Just as Uruguay is free from ply
steal extremist is without noun
tains or gorges, deserts or jungIes-so
Montevideo is without social ex-
tremes. 1t has no squalid slums and
no ostentatious "millionaires' row." 1t
may not inaptly be dubbed a comfort
able bourgeois paradise.
Montevideo is famed for its port
which is one of the best on the At
lantic coast of the Americas. The city
has a population of Approximately
100000, more than a quarter of the
population of the entire 1900 square
miles of the republic.