BUENOS AIRES AND ITS RIVER OF SILVER 



405 



© Publishers' Photo Service 



GRAND STAND OF THE JOCKEY CLUB, BUENOS AIRES' MOST FAMOUS SPORTING 



ORGANIZATION 



The horse-races of the Palermo Hippodrome, as the track is called, are held all the year round, 

 but the most important events are scheduled from April to November. 



beds. Visitors are forbidden to take 

 photographs there. 



The Chacarita Cemetery is much larger 

 than Recoleta, but arranged on the same 

 lines. As in New Orleans, graves are not 

 used, but all burials are in mausoleums 

 above ground. Many of these are very 

 beautiful, with carved angels, massive 

 marble walls, and glass doors protected 

 by ornamental ironwork. 



Usually the doors are locked, but are 

 opened on holy days, when relatives spend 

 long hours with their loved departed ones, 

 and in every mausoleum one may see 

 black-clad women seated on low chairs or 

 kneeling on stools, telling their beads and 

 tending, the waxen tapers and incense 

 lamps. 



The coffins are arranged upon shelves, 

 tier on tier, covered with lovely hand- 

 made lace draperies and usually piled 

 high with flowers. 



Up and down the narrow streets, be- 

 tween the houses of the dead, stroll many 

 people, and the scene, while not lacking 

 in solemnity, has none of the melancholy 



of our cemeteries. It seems as if the 

 Argentines keep in closer touch with 

 their dead than they could if they were 

 buried in the dark ground. This im- 

 pression is heightened by the architecture 

 of the tombs, whose soaring angels and 

 uplifted crosses speak of hope and of 

 faith in future reunions. 



PHIEADEEPHIAN BECAME ARGENTINE 

 HERO 



Two or three hours in the Historical 

 Museum are well worth while. It is 

 filled with mementos of the various 

 famous men of the republic, such as San 

 Martin, Belgrano, Rosas, and Uavalle. 

 There are old uniforms, weapons, and 

 pictures galore, emblazoned battle flags 

 taken in the wars with Paraguay, cannons 

 captured from the British, and other 

 relics. 



Public life must have had its disad- 

 vantages, judging from numerous pic- 

 tures labeled "Last moments of General 

 Blank" or "Execution of General Blank." 



One may also see "Uniform worn by 



