Sight-seeing in South America . nd the constant throng of arc mostly mustached men, women and smooth-faced men being conspicuously absent. Spain was longa neighbor of the Orient and the Oriental customs ofwomans seclusion half obtain still in Spanish countries. The best known building upon the Avenida is that ofLa Prensa, The Press, which cost three million dollars,and is the most sumptuous newspaper building in theworld. It contains palatially appointed suites for theentertainment of distinguished visitors in the city, beauti-ful concert and lecture halls, fine libraries, an
Sight-seeing in South America . nd the constant throng of arc mostly mustached men, women and smooth-faced men being conspicuously absent. Spain was longa neighbor of the Orient and the Oriental customs ofwomans seclusion half obtain still in Spanish countries. The best known building upon the Avenida is that ofLa Prensa, The Press, which cost three million dollars,and is the most sumptuous newspaper building in theworld. It contains palatially appointed suites for theentertainment of distinguished visitors in the city, beauti-ful concert and lecture halls, fine libraries, and free dis-pensaries of medicine and law for the carrying on of itsextensive welfare work. Jose C. Paz, who died in Paris a few weeks after wevisited the plant, founded the paper about forty years now is owned and managed by his son. It is the mostinfluential newspaper in South America, and claims to Buenos Aires // print daily more foreign news than any other paper inthe world. \erv little news from the United States is. lliir Loavts of lJiL-;i included, although the copy is written on American tyjic-writers, the paper is printed on American ])resses, and itsreceipts are counted on American ca>h iegisters.
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