. The Spanish-American republics . t is that the buildersof Anglo-Saxon towns in new countries do not profit by the wiseprecepts of the old Spaniards, whose first care was always to provide URBAN AND COMMERCIAL CHILI. 10 their cities with lungs, breathing-grounds, and agreeable meeting-places, that formed, as it were, the common hearth around which thecitizens gathered both for pleasure and for business — the continu-ation, in fact, of the old Roman forum ! The plaza, the cathedral, thetown-hall, the Governors palace, representing the Church, the muni-cipality, and the central authority, invar
. The Spanish-American republics . t is that the buildersof Anglo-Saxon towns in new countries do not profit by the wiseprecepts of the old Spaniards, whose first care was always to provide URBAN AND COMMERCIAL CHILI. 10 their cities with lungs, breathing-grounds, and agreeable meeting-places, that formed, as it were, the common hearth around which thecitizens gathered both for pleasure and for business — the continu-ation, in fact, of the old Roman forum ! The plaza, the cathedral, thetown-hall, the Governors palace, representing the Church, the muni-cipality, and the central authority, invaribly form the centre of theHispano-American towns, and invariably you will find some effort tomake of this spot a point of entertaining resort. Even in the small-est village of Spanish South America there is always a plaza, plantedwith trees and furnished with benches, for the accommodation of thecitizens, the mothers, and the nurse-maids; for the plaza is not onlythe promenade of the grown-up persons, but also the playground of. ARCHBISHOPS PALACE AND CATHEDRAL, SANTIAGO. the young folks, who, however, amuse themselves in a quiet and order-ly manner, having none of those boisterous games and violent exer-cises which are needed to develop the conquering muscle of Anglo-Saxon youth. The plaza of Santiago is of fine proportions, andrendered very charming by the shade trees planted around it, andby the small but luxuriant garden and trellised walks around the 104 THE SPANISH-AMERICAN REPUBLICS. central fountain, which in summer plays amid a brilliant mass ofperfumed flowers carefully protected by iron railings and a vigilantpoliceman, who locks the gate at ten oclock, so that the garden andits blooming riches may not be carried away surreptitiously by I was informed by an Irish lady with a delightful brogue, whohas had thirty years experience of Chili at the head of a charitableinstitution for orphan girls: The vice of the counthry is measures are th
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