The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 2, 1929, Page 10

€ Editor's Note: Another of the the 20 playgrounds which dot the Latin Americal articles . (NEA Service Writer) — (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) ‘Washington, Feb. 2—Montevideo is is capital and only large city of Uru- . There's something about it Your tt ducked the Hoover party for a day and went over on the night boat from Buenos ‘Aires instead of on the cruiser. If the crowds on the docks and on the rails hadn't been shouting their goodbys in Spanish the trip would have duplicated the night ride from ‘New York to Albany, Boston or Fall River. ‘The Buenos Aires - Montevideo steamer is somewhat more palatial than those seen in American coast- wise service. Artistic: panelings, invariably equipped with running water, music rooms decorat- ed with rare paintings and ornaments of old silver—those were some of the presumably breeds on these ships. Anyway, there were honeymoon coupes and plenty of sociability. Uruguayans and Argen- tinians enjoyed a rather good orches- tra with their beer and wine until midnight. No one became intoxicat- ‘Apparently no one ever does in countries of Latin America. Your correspondent saw quite a few drunken foreigners during the Hoover tour, but never e native under the Q ence except a brakeman on & Central American train—and he had taken some lessons in the United c Montevideo itself turned out to be sprawled out typically over a wide stretch. Throughout Latin America this lack of urban concentration has retarded sanitation, street building, telephone lines and similar improve- It is rather a wonder that so improvement work actually has Montevideo, partly on in- hundreds of her young gone to the United has ad- Ee *§ titi HI nue ate re. tae city, with full equipment. lent visited one retarded physicial development are sent each day. There were no crip- ples there; in fact, the kids looked quite normal. But here they play, eat, study and garden outdoors, next to nature, with two-hour rests in deck chairs after lunch and only an hour's actual study each day for the pur- pose of retaining what they already have learned. ‘The class room is set in a: beau- tiful grove, to which are taken each day their collapsible combination desks and seats. Sun baths and walks along shaded paths are part of the daily curriculum. Uruguay pays the carfare of these children from home to school and back again—of all her school children, for that mat- ter. University tuition is also free and it is worth noting that the Unt- versity of Montevideo has as high & standing as any in this hemisphere. 7 * Montevideo stores are miniatures of those in Buenos Aires. One does not, in a department store for in- stance, find any impressive amount of American goods, Their wares come from all over the world, for Montevideo is practically equidistant from the United States and Europe and our exports are not largely of the department store variety. Nearly all the toys found are from Germany; most of the cloth from England and many of the novelties and knicknacks from France. Away from the center of the city, along the shore, Montevideo appears to be the continent’s most beautiful summer resort. Montevideo loves to swim and so has developed a delight- ful series of beaches running for many miles. If the ships took a week instead of a fortnight or more to get here there would surely be a great influx of American vacationists. ‘The main difference between Uru- guay’s and our own best beaches is the continental style of bathhouse and the fact that the bathing beau- ties of Montevideo generally keep their legs covered when sitting on the beach. Hot dogs down here are called “chorizos allemagnes.” Your corre- spondent saw one beer garden behind @ beach where men and women ate dogs and drank while watching a continuous free play on @ stage, put ‘on for the purpose of attracting cus- A Uruguayan engineer your correspondent that his people, like those of other Latin - American nations, had resented American poll- cies in Nicaragua, but that they had faith in Hoover’s friendiy intentions. He felt that closer cultural contacts between American nations would be beneficial all around. “Every year,” he said, “two French professors come here and lecture to us for two weeks. Then two Italian professors and two Spanish profes- sors. The French, Italian and Span- ish business men in Uruguay finance these visits. 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