Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1934, Page 37

VARIETY ABOUNDS IN GAY ARGENTINA Snow and Tropics Lie in| Borders—Buenos Aires Like European Capitals. BY JOSE TERCERO, Pan-American Union Staff. This is the texth of a series of articles on iravel in Pan American countries. Variety and youth—these are the keynotes of the Argentine Republic. Visitors from any part of the world find within Argentina perhaps the most complete aggregate of physical | and climatic conditions that can be| found in any other single nation. | Within its 1,100.000 odd square miles of territory, Argentina has the | mighty Andes, steaming jungles and | luxuriant forests; along the northern and northeastern boundaries the greater portion of the second largest | river system of South America: part | of the world-famed Iguazu Falls, vast expanses of fertile pampas, immense deserts in the Patagonia and an ex- tensive coast line some 1600 miles long, that begins at the mouth of the huge River Plate and ends at Tape San Diego at the tip of Tierra del Fuego. Placed in the Northern Hemi- sphere, Argentina would extend in a stzaight line from Key West to the middle of Hudson Bay, or from San Diego to Nome, Alaska. To begin things right, the visitor, | of course, would start at Buenos Aires, the largest Latin city of the Americas. The approach from the river quickly shows the visitor that a prosperous, | shodern metropolis lies ahead. Be- yond a forest of masts and funnels, over which fly the flags of many na- tions, is seen the jagged skyline of | the city. { Has Parisian Air. Buenos Aires is essentially cosmo- politan. The skyscrapers suggest New York or Chicago. Its broad, tree-lined avenues and boulevards, its numerous | parks, museums and art centers and | its nlzh‘ life are reminiscent of Paris. Its fine® buildings and great monu- ments remind the visitor of Berlin. There is also something of Liverpool in the busy port, terminal of more than 10,000 ocean vessels and almost as many river boats, that dock along- side its modern darsenas every year. As the center of Argentine life and political Capital of a republic with 12,000,000 inhabitants, Buenos Aires offers innumerable attractions to the visitor. Aside from its many beautiful public buildings, including the ma- Jjestic Congreso, with its lofty black | dome, the Post Office Department, | the City Hall, the Teatro Colon (one | of the largest and most beautiful of | the Western Hemisphere). the Casa | Rosada (Argentine’s White House), | the Hall of Justice and numerous TOURS. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 25, One of Argentina’s Numerous Scenic Splendors The visitor to Argentina encounters rare scenery, in climate ranging from the tropical to the year-long snows on the Andes. Here is one of its splendors, the Falls of the Iguazu. viewed here from the Brazilian side. These, the San Martin Falls, are —Copyright, Bourquin & Kohlmann. ‘| ment Co., told a group of hotel man- | have ever seen. The high rate of for- | | encourage large numbers of European | | visitors to our shores. 1934—PART TWO. - INTER-U. S. TRAVEL BOOM IS PREDICTED Hotel Man Says Depression Has Quickened Desire for New Places and Faces. NEW YORK, November 24 —Stating that “America is again on the move” and that the United States is about to enter an era of exceptional business and pleasure travel, Ralph Hitz, presi- dent of the National Hotel Manage- agers that millions of people are get- ting the urge to travel and will turn it into action within the next two years. Hitz’s company directs several large hotels in New York, Detroit, Dallas, Tex.; Cincinnati, Dayton, Ohio. “People have more money to spend than they have had at any time throughout the long years of the de~i pression and one of the first major | activities of the public is to spend some | of this money in travel for pleasure and for business,” Hitz said “I predict that the next two or three | years will witness the greatest moving | about of the American public that we eign exchange will tend to keep Amer- | icans in America and, further, will “The repeal of prohibition has made it unnecessary for Americans to flock | to Canada or Mexico to enjoy legalized beverages. These things, coupled with the fact that most Americans have not been financially able to travel for sev- | eral years will, in my opinion, bring the greatest migration of individuals, | families and organizations to various cities, resorts and spots of scenic or | others. Downtown Buenos Aires has | numerous banks, stores, clubs and | offices housed in luxurious, modern | skyscrapers. Notable among the many | monumental churches are the Cathe- dral, built along the lines of La Madelaine of Paris; the Russian Or- thodox Church and the Jewish Syna- | gogue. The visitor should not miss the strange cemetery, La Recoleta, veri- | table city of the dead. Its avenues and “side streets” are lined with im- posing mausoleums, clustered together like row-houses. Many of Argentina’s great and near great are brought to their final abode here, and some of the more pretentious of the scores of mortuary edifices, done in resplen- dent black and white marbles with masterpieces in statuary and decora- tions, are higher than an ordinary two-story house and just as large. After admiring the huge ombu tree in a small park facing the cemetery, whose low-hanging limbs shade an area 75 feet in diameter, a visit to the Restaurant Criolla, across the park, will be worth while. There| many tasty typical dishes are served in the patio under a shady, vine- covered arbor. No other occasion would better lend | itself, naturally, to regale oneself with | some of the excellent wines of old vintage that Argentina so generously TOURS. HOLIDAY CRUISE! Deck sports . . . swimming pool, de luxe food (with wine included) . . . nearly every cabin with bath or shower . . . Broadway entertainers . . . famous orchestra! CHRISTMAS AT SEA! should make it impousible to wisit *1f condition. Havane, u Prince, QARIBBEAN CRUISES: 18 days. February 15, March 8, and March 29 ASK YOUR TRAVEL AGENT FOR BOOKLET AND DITAILS French (ne ti, sill be substituted. Murphy, General Agent, 924 Fifteenth St. N.W. Tel. Met. 1440. CRUISES Sailing January 31 and March 9 Shore Trips Oprional $520 v» FIRST CLASS Discriminating travelers will pick these cruises for their star features: #The 45,000 ton Aquitania—renowned for spaciousness and Tuxury and service. * * Officers, seamen, stewards and cruise scaff whose mother tongue is English. * # *Sponsorship 'and management of two_great companies rich in Medi- i #* % * % Programs_that an from end o end, with $ days in ERypt. % % * # # Prices that are extreme- Iy low. * Visiting Madeira, Gibralcar, Barce- terranean Cruise experience. cover the Mediterras ® produces in its western provinces, and to relish some of the delicious fruits that are shipped to the tables of epi- cures in many countries of the world. Drama in Many Tongues. Buenos Aires night life, particularly | during the Fall, Winter and Spring | seasons, has enough features to satisfy even the most fastidious. The music- l Delightful Interlude. thousands. And last, but not least, | the equine sports—polo and horse rac- ing, in a country famed for its horse- men—are equally popular. The Hipo- dromo of Buenos Aires is among the | finest in the world. | | One should not leave Buenos Aires without visiting El Tigre, on the delta lover will be at odds to decide between | of the Parana River, some 24 miles the opera, the symphony concerts, or | north, for a delightful interlude. Boat- recitals at the Colon, or at the various | ing and fishing are at their grandest theaters and music halls where artists | here, and a glimpse of the picturesque and maestros of world renown are al- ways big drawing cards. Excellent dramas, musical comedies and revues | are in order every evening. Or maybe the visitor will try his French at the latest play from Europe, performed, likely as not, by the original cast, or follow the plot of brand-new “talkies” | in German or Italian. For the more gayly inclined, the evening may as well begin with cocktails at the City Hotel—the rendezvous of the folks from the United States—to the strains of Harold Mickey's Philadelphians, dinner dance at any of the numerous !mnnd dwellers, who lead a rather | care-free life in their villages built on | stilts, will be an interesting experience | White folks, not Indians, are these people, and bear a certain resemblance to the “hill billies” of Kentucky or | Tennessee. Argentina’s excellent railroads— which pour into the big metropolis more than one hundred million pas- | sengers a year—place a large portion of the beauty spots of the country. | within easy and comfortable access. The visitor may choose the seashore resorts, such as the famous Mar del lavishly appointed cabarets and nightiPlntl. with its luxurious hotels and | clubs, and end with liqueurs and tan- goes at the Alvear Palace roof, whence a marvelous view of the sleeping me- tropolis can be had. As for electric signs and luminous displays, the visitor will agree that Buenos Aires can show a thing or two to Times Square, especially when admiring at the Plaza de Mayo the mammoth sign—the largest in the world—of a local light and power com- pany, depicting a fantastic city at dawn, noon, sunset and night. While busy growing from a small | city of 84,000 in 1850 to the seventh | metropolis of the world, with an even 3,000,000 people at the end of 1933, Buenos Aires did not fail to provide ample breathing space for its popu- Iation. Some of its par villas, tempting golf courses and ex- clusive clubs, alongside the blue/ waters of the South Atlantic ocean.| | Or his preference may take him to | the beautiful hills of the Province of | Cordoba, perhaps the most popular | tourist region of Central Argentina, | with excellent roads connecting scores | of mountain resorts, appointed in the | most up-to-date fashion. and offering | unforgettable scenery under a mar- ! velously blue sky. Tropics Available. If the lure of the tropics beckons | him he will sail up the Parana River, | to the mighty falls of the Iguazu, 213 | | feet high and 275 miles wide, one of | the marvels of nature in a corner are world | where Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina | famed, particularly Palrmo, where meet. He may also go to the Province littde children come to romp and play | 0f Jujuy, probably one.of the most, in an average of 10,000 every day. scenic of the northern part of the Nor have the Portenos overlooked the | country, where he will find a “Ch.‘ pleasures of the sporting life. names of foot ball (soccer) heroes are household words; the city goes liter- ally wild during the championship games and more often than not it is a hard task to keep the most en- thusiastic of spectators from swooping down onto the field and deciding then and there a hard-fought match. 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[ The | subtropical region, unsurpassed in its | natural beauty, merging rather sud- dendly to the west with the drier high- | lands of the Puna, under the towering, | snow-capped Andes. Here ancient races built their famous stronghplds, Pucaras, some of which are being ex- cavated and studied by various scien- tific expeditions. Cacheuta, Bariloche and Puente del Inca, the latter on the Transandine Railway, offer the visitor all the thrills and healthy fun that only Winter | sports afford. And to crown his experi- ences. the Southern National Park. ! with its far famed Lake Nahuel Huap! its numerous coves and sheltered bay | under savage peaks and pine-covered mountains, with the jagged, snowy | Sierras reflected on the deep-blue waters of the lake, offers him a chance to boat, fish, hike and mountain-climb admist surroundings that could hardly be duplicated elsewhere. I Leaving Argentina, he may fly across the Andes, or he may choose the southern ocean route, following Ma gellan’s trail. Of one thing he may be | | sure, he will always want to come back. Argentina is a country that one can not visit only once. ISLANDS ON ITINERARY Chios and Argostoll to Be Visited by Samaria Tour. NEW YORK, November 24—The | schedule of the Samaria Mediterra- nean cruise, sailing from New York February 2, includes two island calls never before visited by a cruise party from America. ‘The first is Chios, in the Aegean Sea, which is said to be the birthplace | of the poet Homer. The second is Argostoll, the largest port and city in the Ionic Islands, home country of Ulysses. GAVE NEW ZEALAND NAME | AUCKLAND, November 24.— Just about the time when Vikings may have been exploring Labrador, Nova Scotia and the coast of Maine, there lived in Ra'iatea, an island of what | is now the Friendly Group, a Poly- nesian navigator called Kupe. He was known for his intrepidity in a com- munity where the virtue was common. Kupe pald a visit to Rarotonga, 500 miles from his home, and there de- cided to see what lay to the south. There are no details of that voyage of discovery. All that is known is that on a November morning Kupe's wife saw the clouds over the land to the north of Auckland, and from that came the Maori narhe for New Zea- land—Aotea-Roa (the long, white cloud). If you suffer from rheumatic-like foot and leg pains, you doubtless have weak or fallen arches. Expert, trained in Dr. Scholl’s Methods, can ?\lickly determine just what your foot trouble is and ou relief with the proper Dr. corrective. Fourth Floor. End-of-the-Month Clearance! FRAMES And Rimless Mountings at *3ad —A special group of newly designed frames and rimless mountings offered at real worth- while savings. Several styles for your choosing and all sizes. 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