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The Tigre has luxuriant vegetation along its banks.
-+- W H A T DOES the average person think o f on I f a person should go to the second largest
hearing the w o r d Argentina? — Tangos. L a t i n city i n the w o r l d d e s i r i n g to see these
wonderful sights, I assure you he would not
What does the butcher picture?—Herds upon be disappointed. Compared w i t h most o f the
herds of cattle rushing through the corrals to American cities I have seen, Buenos Aires,
the freight cars. Again, what does the baker w i t h her narrow streets and her houses w i t h
see when A r g e n t i n a is mentioned?—Great, no f r o n t yards, coidd not be called beautiful.
open, level fields w i t h golden wheat w a v i n g Her monuments and public buildings make up
triumphantly under the bright blue sky. But for it, however.
what do 1 dream of at such a time?—Why,
nothing but HOME. Plaza M a y o may be considered the heart of
Buenos Aires. I t is a beautiful park, in the
I am sure you are asking: "Have we a center of which stands the "Piramide de Mayo"
South American savage f o r a f r a t e r n i t y sis- to commemorate the independence o f the A r -
ter?" Well, I am not quite a savage, although gentines f r o m Spanish rule, in 1810.
I would not doubt that my brother has at
times thought me so. I n fact, I am an A m e r i - On the east side o f Plaza M a y o stands the
can g i r l . M y father was sent to Buenos A i r e s Government House, c o m m o n l y k n o w n as " L a
on business six years ago, and there we have Casa Rosada" because of the rose colored brick
stayed. with which it was built. On the north side is;
the beautiful cathedral of San Martin. The]
People have asked me over and over: "What cathedral has twelve Corinthian columns which
is Buenos Aires like?" I could spend hours give it a resemblance to the Madeleine of
describing the city and giving main facts, but Paris. These columns represent the Twelve
even then you could not picture the true Apostles, and the facade is decorated w i t h fig-
Buenos Aires. The only way to know Argen- ures—Joseph e m b r a c i n g his brethren. Thisi
t i n a is to live there and learn at first hand decoration was to commemorate the family
the customs and ideas of the people. I t is use- compact of Buenos Aires with the Argentine
less to think that one may go to Buenos Aires provinces a f t e r the c i v i l w a r s o f 1853-1859.
and see the i m p o r t a n t buildings, monuments, The interior o f the church is b e a u t i f u l . I t has
parks, and then know Argentina. twelve chapels, in one o f which the tomb con-
