BUENOS AIRES AND ITS RIVER OF SILVER 



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THE PRINCIPAL, THOROUGHFARE OP BUENOS AIRES IS THE AVENIDA DE MAYO 



This handsome street extends from the Plaza de Mayo, on which is located the presi- 

 dential residence, to Congress Square (see page 395). It ranks among the finest boulevards 

 in the world. 



the native policeman greets you, "Good 

 morning, sir," instead of "Buenos Dias, 

 Senorf 



The city with its suburbs has nearly 

 two million inhabitants, almost one- 

 fourth the population of the country. It 

 is the third largest city in the New World 

 and the second Latin city in the whole 

 world. It is sometimes called "The Paris 

 of the New World" and sometimes "The 

 New York of South America." In 

 beauty of buildings and parks, the first 

 name undoubtedly is descriptive, and in 

 financial and commercial importance the 

 second is equally so. 



Another resemblance to New York is 

 in its cosmopolitanism. In nearly any 

 popular restaurant one may hear diners 

 chatting in Spanish, French, Italian, Ger- 

 man, and English ; perhaps also in Rus- 

 sian, Swedish, or Portuguese. 



A CITY OE OPPORTUNITY EOR THE 

 IMMIGRANT 



Like New York, it is a city of oppor- 

 tunity for the immigrant. Many of the 

 largest businesses are owned by foreign- 

 ers who landed with their belongings on 

 their backs. Serior Mihanovich came to 

 Argentina a penniless Austrian some forty 



