Under the Southern cross in South America . cture erected. This gives an impetus to bothbuilding and architectural beauty, for in addition to the prize, thebuilding is exempted from taxes for a certain period, and, besides,the owner is reimbursed for any sum he may have expended inmaking an artistic street-front. There are many splendid residences, great heavily built structures,with beautiful patios, or miniature gardens, in the middle, into whichall the rooms open, so that fresh air and privacy can be enjoyed atthe same time. It required millions to erect them, and more millionsto furnish an
Under the Southern cross in South America . cture erected. This gives an impetus to bothbuilding and architectural beauty, for in addition to the prize, thebuilding is exempted from taxes for a certain period, and, besides,the owner is reimbursed for any sum he may have expended inmaking an artistic street-front. There are many splendid residences, great heavily built structures,with beautiful patios, or miniature gardens, in the middle, into whichall the rooms open, so that fresh air and privacy can be enjoyed atthe same time. It required millions to erect them, and more millionsto furnish and equip them, but this is not a cause for wonder whenit is considered that there are more millionaires in Buenos Aires thanin any city of its size in the Northern Hemisphere. There are manymultimillionaires. Every one who has made money in the ArgentineRepublic comes to Buenos Aires to invest and spend it. The vastestancias of from ten to one hundred thousand acres owned bythe metropolitan nabobs pour out the teeming riches of their wheat-. LAZAMA PARK, BUENOS AIRES
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