El Pabellón Argentino, de 1889, en la Prensa de New York
The PARIS EXPOSITION has given South American countries an opportunity to assert themselves among the nations, and they have grasped it in a man- ner tint elicits the surprise and the admiration of Europe. Particularly noteworthy is the ARGENTINE Republic.
ARGENTINEs an agricultural and manufacturing people, to whom harmony of color and chasteness of Outline are yet unknown. "How long have you been preparing for the exhibits'' was asked a commissioner, an elderly Spaniard gentleman, who confidently asserts that the ARGENTINE Republic is destined to be the greatest republic of the to the United States.
We had our own woods, "Quebracho Colorado, a wood that grows wild in our country, is used as a dye, imparting a quality to leather impossible to obtain by other. The preservation of meats is one of the most remunerative industries. "But the growth of the republic is no- where so convincingly shown as in the cenient map of La Plata, a town laid out in the province of Buenos Ayres five years ago, and numbering today a population of "Buenos Ayres is the capital of the republic. It has formerly the capital of the province of Buenos "When it became to there- public what Washington is to the United States La Plata was laid out and made the capital of the province of Buenos Ayres. It has electric lights, cable cars, libraries, hippodromes, theatres and a splendid cathedral"
"What nationality "We have a great many French and Italians. Swiss lead the foreigners in number. Then there are Portuguese and Spanish. Native ARGENTINEs are the minimum." "You expect an increase in immigration after the EXPOSITION, no "Day and night we are besieged with peo- ple inquiring about the country. They want to know how soon they can start. The population will doubtless double in the next two years." "What is the special "The government is very liberal in its terms. It pays the emigrant's passage, gives him so many acres of land, supplies him with farming implements, and no payment is asked until crops begin to yield, which comes in about a year or a year and a half."
"The exhibit here is a good investment, "Yes, yes, yes. The building was erected for a nominal sum. After the EXPOSITION we will tear it down and carry it in two ships to Buenos Ayres, where it will be rebuilt and stand as a monument of our first representation at an international EXPOSITION.
There is the man, Gen. Roca, president of the republic from 188O to 1886, who gave the impetus to our present and he waved his hand toward the portrait of a strong face in determination was strikingly marked. "He has wonderful foresight. He has the welfare of the republic at heart. He is very popular and will no doubt be the next president. The term of office is sis years." "Have you made educational progress "There are eighty-seven schools and universities in Buenos and he turned the pages of a book containing pictures of splendid buildings in which the "young idea is trained to shoot." "Our school system was adopted after the system used in the United States. The United States in turn have a school desk invented by the ARGENTINEs. The first impetus given to popular school education in the ARGENTINE Republic was brought about by a native diplomat sent to represent his country at Washington. He brought out to the struggling republic a colony of American school teachers. The men were failures, but the women met with flattering success, and many hold professorships in the colleges and universities since founded." Struck with the absence of art and all traces of woman's work iu the exhibit we ventured to ask: about the women? Have they wakened The Spaniard rubbed his eyes significantly and looked in a vague, questioning way. "Do they assert themselves in works of philanthropy, take part in the discussions of the state.'" was explained. no." came with gusto from the suddenly enlightened masculinity. Take no part in politics. They are poor good mothers and careful
LINDA ROSE MCCABE. NEW YORK,
