Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-22
A PRENSA, Buenos Aires.-Most
varied and interesting are the
specimens OF humanity seeking

varied and interesting are the
specimens Of humanity seeking
- admittance to the shores Of Ar
gentina. A visit to the Hotel
de Immigrantes, where all newcomers
are detained pending the examinations
for admittance, is quite the same as a
trip through all the countries Of Eu-
rope. Here Ii group of Poles, sturdy,
silent people, with bright colored hand
kerchiefs about their brows, and chill
dren comfortable in scanty clothing and
bare feet. There a Russian mother,
with her small offspring bundled up
until 1t can scarcely move. There Is
German immigrant, man who has al
ready adopted the large hat Of the
"gaucho," sitting solitary with his paper
from Leipzig. Another isolated and
lonely individual, the blue-bloused i'm
migrant from the Province of Caceres
In Spain. Under shady tree there rest
a group of Bulgarian women. with in
Vulnerable little ones, and over there O.
smaller group of Italians are playing
with a bambino. To depict them all
would take too long a time, but Is a
most interesting cross-section of the
stream that Is flowing to invigorate the
life and progress Of our republic.
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Credit Long Skirts With
Accomplishing Miracle.
Evening Times, Glasgow.-Only few
weeks ago we wouldn't have believed
that 1t could be true. We thought won-
en- nowadays were far too level-headed
and independent Of thought to become
slaves Of o pernicious fashion. But
now! Well, what are we to think
when we read that "the new-fashioned
evening dress with its long skirts has
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the modern woman self-conscious?" We
are told that "corsets viii solve all their
difficulties" and that women are COM
planning q great deal about the new
evening dresses; nevertheless they are
one and all buying them"
The long skirt, we are informed, has
swished its way into afternoon as well
as evening fashions. What does it all
mean? Where will 1t end? Have those
enemies Of feminine progress, those
crafty ones who have been plotting and
threatening, at last penetrated woman's
armour? We had deemed her so secure
in her hard-earned, new-found free
doml We were sure that once and for
all she had thrown of the shackles
which for centuries had held her slave
the shackles Of unhygienic, uncomfort-
able clothesl
~ n X
Bans Early
Opening OF SaloOns.s
FL Dictamen, Vera Cruz-By order
Of the president Of the civil junta. Senior
Jacinto Hernandez Barragan, the sale
Of liquor, beer and other alcoholic bev-
erages viii be interdicted between 5 and
8 o'clock Of the morning, as measure
to reduce intoxication among the work.
ing classes Of Vera Cruz. It seems that
a number Of saloons have been in the
habit Of opening at 5 am, some OF them
paying, and others not paying, CORE
spondingly increased license fee for such
operation. These establishments have
been the special resorts of both habitual
drunkards and Of workingmen who thus
were able TO get refreshments before
going to work that united them for
their duties when they arrived at their
employment. Under directions from the
president Of the junta, all saloons Will
be watched carefully by the police dur
ing the period, and any that are not
complying with the ordinance will be
severely disciplined.
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Gentlemen Lose
Gentlemanlyness I'm Auto.
ri Concrete, Lima. Why Is Il so
many gentlemen lay aside geutlemanly
behavior as soona as they enter q. motor
car? Cavaliers who are the soul OF
consideration and the glass Of etiquette
in the drawing room or at the opera
! and who would not dream Of preceding
another gentleman, much less o lady,
when arriving at q doorway, at ban