Evening star., 1933-09-21
r MPARCIAL, Montevideo.-Twod days
ago the Automovn Club del Uru-
quay celebrated the fifteenth ami

III MfAhC1AL, 01UllICtl0CO.- VIZ 0oy
ago the AutomovI Club del Uru-
puay celebrated the fifteenth anni-
yersary of its foundation. The
decade and q half which intervened
finds the institution grown from q
meager membership Of some 20 en-
thusiastic motorists to more than 1000
equally enthusiastic. In fact. we should
speak Of the present associates OF the
organization as much more ardent and
jealous than any who have preceded
them, and with good reason for the
present-day activities of the A. c. del
q. include many privileges and fea-
lures not dreamed Of when the society
had its inception.
The anniversary just observed was
marked with illusions by those who
who addressed the various meetings
in honor of the event to the record Of
real progress made by the club. 1t be-
longs. for instance. to the Association
Internationale des Automobile Clubs,
with headquarters in Paris, and so Is
entitled to all documents and data pub
lished anywhere In the world relative
to motoring. Each member Of the local
body is provided with a card Of iden-
tification which is valid and respected
in every part of the world. This bit Of
pasteboard facilities his peregrinations
in strange lands by identifying him as
an associate of q guild and order very
cognizant of its rights, and quite ready
to prosecute and penalize those who
might effect any deceits or injustices
upon him. This "permiso international
de circulation" international driving
permit). in addition to all the more
ordinary privileges, accords the holder
right to preferred accommodations at
any sporting events, particularly auto
motive, arranged in any country.
The institution has been powerful in
Uruguay In shaping motoring policies
and in solving trafic problems. Some
decisions Of the local club have already
been included in the regulations adopt
ed for the benefit Of automobilists and
the public generally in foreign coun-
tries. In South America, particularly,
the decisions Of the A. c. del U.
have been approved and initiated in
many cities. The annual winter Au-
tomobile Salon." in Montevideo, has
become the Mecca of motorists from
every quarter Of the continent.
Special Genius Seen
In Italian Arts.
Corriere Della Sera, Milan.-The spe-
cial genius Of Italian art is seen,
whether In sculpture, painting, music
or literature, in its capacity to extract
beauty from what IS beautiful in its
own nature and appeal. italian art
does not attempt to embellish or make
radiant anything without intrinsic
qualities of charm and grace and color.
Italian artists, neither in the past nor
present, have ever attempted any magic
which would make unlovely things
beautiful. When they painted they Sc
lected subjects which contained the in
gradients of true delight and inspira-
ton
It has always been as If they dipped
their very brushes In the essences which
animated so gloriously the scenes and
persons they depicted. Other races
have found a certain beauty, it is true,
IN strangely unprepoSsessing material.
Of war and perdition, and In the sordtd
evanescences Of the tavern. The
Spaniards have had Q partiality for
dwarfs, martyrdoms, and emaciated
saints and the cory spectacles of the
arena, and the Engl&h, with the hor-
rofs and pathos Of the hunt and ship
wreck; but Italians have never sought
to perpetuate either these visions,
humorous or grotesque, nor, on the
other hand. the fleshly deviltxies trans
ferred 80 often to the canvases OF
German masters.
There were, It Is true, brief periods
when the more baroque and eclectic
schools Of Venice and Bologna had Q
brief vogue of modernism" and vul-
garity. but for the most part. and with
but few exceptions. Italians have sue
ceeded more delightfully."- than the
artists Of any other land in preserving
that perfect harmony between the body
ana the soul, and to this indigenous
faculty Is owed the esthetic supremacy