The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
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TIE SOUTH AMERICAN WAY
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 In Rlo's leading night club. Casino da Urea, Broadway chorus girl tof two years ago) is dance director for the shows :. Her name s Eva Gibson, late of the Paradise on Broadway, and Portland, Ore. |. There are few U. s. soda fountains in 6. A. They are fond of U. s, ice cream and besiege visiting Grace Liners for 1t whenever one is in port Donald Duck is ad- vertised as "Pato Donald"
 Brazilians sometimes say they have six months of summer-followed by six months of hot weatherl Or that the Winter in Rio de Jan- eiro Is so delightful-that summer often spends the winter there |. U, s. chewing gum tall but the sugar-coated kind) isn't sold be- cause it's too hot to ship and store the ordinary sticks Montevideo the capital of Uruguay, has more beaches than Bermuda The last course served In a public restaurant in Buenos Aires Is a little vase of toothpicks The waiter who brings you these, you are told, Is the one to tip,
 The cops wear spats in Santos, Brazil There's a pigeon-iike bird that harks like a dog" which they use to guard haciendas , Quinine was "born" in Peru |. Tn l0Se, the Countess of Chinchon, wife of the Viceroy of Peru, was i'll of malaria and was cured by the Indians from the bark of a tree from which quinine still comes The discoverer of Rio first saw the narrow mouth of its bay on New Years day and, believing 1t to be the entrance to Q river, called 1t Fl Rio de Janeiro tRiver of January) Ono of the favorite movie modes is the U. s. Western and ad- venture serial = in some theaters in Lima they show five episodes at a single sittingi Latin newsreel audiences are more demonstrative than here; stamping and hlssing is unrestrained. and President Roosc- welt gets louder cheers than in the U. 6.
 In Buenos Aires its against the law for a lady to wear hat In the movies or theater But this doesn't hurt the millinery biz--for a lady sans chapeau in nightclub may be considered a hostess and asked to dance with whoever invites her Some of the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador's seacoast capi- tai, are paved" with chocolate, where the drying cacao, beans are laid out One of the leading young Chilean socialites of Vina del Mar, the "Monte Carlo" of Val paraiso, bears the musical Latin iiane of sheila MacAuliffe Tho best hotel there Is the O'fiig- ginl, named, as are many plazas and squares in Chile, for the half- Irish half-Chilean hero of the re- public's independence, Bernardo O'fiiggins Bahia, Brazil, is the birthplace" of California's orange industry You can still see the original tree in Riverside, Cal {. Vina dol Mar means "Wine of the seN"; Valparaiso: "vale of Para disl."
 Nightcluhs of Chile don't open tn midnight ... Santiago's flower mar ket. featuring sky-blue roses and blue carnations, Is one of the worlds most colorful; Q few centavos buys an armful .. Chilean lobster is the best ever to come out of the sea and is flown over the Andes by panagra to B. A. Jack Dia- mond, who just spent five months In s. A., says that Peru and Ecuador arc the most historic places; ven- ezuela and Colombia ere potentially the richest; Brazil the most exotic: Argentina the most progressive; Chile the one with the pleasantest mode of life and tho prettiest girls An ordinance in Buenos Aires forbids men going coatless in the street, no no matter how hot the January day Is (that's the peak of their Sumrher) But it's per- fectly legal--although not quite e Ia "Esquire"--for them to wear their pajama jacketsl
 There are estates in Brazil bigger than the British Isles :, Tn the streets of Valparaiso, the girls wear snoods and slacks The stb- way in Buenos Aires is the worlds cleanest Most Panama" hats come from Ecuador :. '. Water Is piped 70 miles to gardens in rcru's arid Talara famous oilfield district) where no rains fall for years at a time, and Canadian engineers have set up golf-links and polo Yields among the dunes Bolivia was named by simon Bolivar, the George Washington of South America" and liberator of five re- publics Racing fans in the Chilean capital, Santiago, turn out at the Club Hipico track every Sum- day during the Summer-January to March--and bet on the nags with out seeing any races The hosses run during this season at Vina del Mar by the sea. ll6. miles away t. But this doesn't keep the bettors away from the Santiago track Mutuels are operated. odds are posted and the progress of the race announced--just as though the horses were running on the