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Stepping aboard his cruiser, The Repulse, the Prince received official farewells from President de Alvear. As lie steamed toward Buckingham-on-Thames, rumors again circulated. This time the story went that London awaits him as "The World's Greatest Commercial Traveler," expects him to tell British business men how to capture South American markets...
...pillared magnificence of the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires. . . . an interior bepeopled, bejeweled. On stage: Beniamino Gigli, Metropolitan tenor; Claudia Muzio, Chicago soprano. . . The music by Catalan! (Loreley). . . In the box with President and Mme. de Alvear, a pleasant Prince. For a further account of the season at the Teatro Colon, see Music, Page...
President de'Alvear and the Cabinet met him. They drove up the Calle Florida in a state carriage to Government House with every loophole and cranny crammed with huzzahing populace, with every now and then the raucous voice of some exiled Britisher rising above the general din, augmented by the racket of airplanes overhead...
...Prince, on subsequent days dined with President Alvear, attended a gala banquet, went to a reception at the Naval Club, visited the Agricultural Show, graced hospital functions without number, mid cheering delighted Argentinians...
Then began a round of heatic entertainment. A call on President de Alvear, a visit to the races, dinners and sightseeing tours...