Sight-seeing in South America . the world. Thebest operatic companies of Europe play here every old opera house is large and attractive. The musichalls are cheap imitations of the Parisian ones and themoving picture theaters are only fairly good. There are several museums of interest to the studentof early Argentinian history. The Museo Historicooccupies a large old Spanish colonial home with a patioin the center of a style that is disappearing rapidly. Themost interesting room is that containing the furniture ofthe room in which General San Martin died in Boulognein France. The jNI
Sight-seeing in South America . the world. Thebest operatic companies of Europe play here every old opera house is large and attractive. The musichalls are cheap imitations of the Parisian ones and themoving picture theaters are only fairly good. There are several museums of interest to the studentof early Argentinian history. The Museo Historicooccupies a large old Spanish colonial home with a patioin the center of a style that is disappearing rapidly. Themost interesting room is that containing the furniture ofthe room in which General San Martin died in Boulognein France. The jNIuseo j\litre in Calle San ^lartin is in the homeof President Alitre, and the house is kept as it was whenhe died. The museum contains a valuable collection ofearly books and documents, including the first book pub-lished in South America. It is a book for the instructionof the Indians in the Christian and Catholic doctrines,and bears the date of 1384. Only two copies of thisbook arc known to liavc survived, while no copv exists. Buenos Aires 83 of the first book published in any of the Americas whichwas printed in ]\Iexico in 1535. The patios and barred windows of these old Spanishhouses are lacking in the modern homes. Among- the unusual structures in the city is one knownas the Aguas Corrientes, which looks like a magnificentpalace or government building. It is simply a facing ofglazed tiles and stones with mock windows and doors,enclosing filtration tanks for purifying the water of thecity. It was built at a cost of over a million dollars, tohelp beautify the city, because the water reservoir wasunsightly. Across the street from the xAguas Corrientes, and as im-posing, but of a more solid style of architecture, is theMedical College of the University of Huenos Aires. Itis a ver}- excellent college and is the largest departmentof the university. The buildings of the great univer-sity are not gathered on a campus, but are scatteredthroughout the city. Out beyond the Congresso
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