in cages. There is privacy from the world. Another interesting spot in Bolivia is the finca at Camargo, known as San Pedro. We went there in March for Easter, which came very early that year. The peaches and grapes were nice, but they were almost at the end of the season. San Pedro had been the property of the Ortiz family since 1550. The late President Ortiz of Argentina was of this family. Now the finca is run by a stock company controlled by Señor Simón Patiño, who is one of the world's richest men. Señor Julio Ortiz, the manager, was a most delightful host.

The land goes as far as one can see, and then beyond. There are 5,000 acres in the finca. It supplies much of Bolivia with flour, pork, and wine, of which a million bottles are made there each year.

Francisco, who was our gardener and general handy man about the place, must have a place in this tale. Whenever there was a turkey that was fat enough to kill, we always had guests, and Francisco usually had the job of killing the turkey. On one occasion, I told him to get the bird ready for the kitchen, and went into the house. Before he would do it, he sent Nicasia, one of the servants, to get almost a cupful of whiskey to give to the turkey. Nicasia got out of the house before I could stop her, and the whiskey was poured down the turkey's throat. When I asked Francisco why he gave the whiskey to the turkey, he said he wanted it borracho, or good and drunk, so it wouldn't feel the axe.

When it came to buying things, it was sometimes a little difficult, especially a gift for a birthday party. Mary wanted to purchase something for one of her little friends,

so we hunted around in the stores, but she failed to find anything to her liking. She came in from playing one day, and told me that she knew exactly what she wanted to take Ann for her birthday. In answer to my question, "Well, what is it?" She replied, "I want to take her my favorite little black chicken." The chicken was put in a sack, and Pinto, the chauffeur, proudly took Mary and her present to Ann's house. The chicken was the sensation of the party!

In the colony of company people who lived nearby, was a German boy, Gustav, who often came down to play. He had a very much coveted bicycle, and many longing looks were cast at it. Mary's bicycle had been left in Beverly Hills. Finally, Gustav said Mary might ride his. He evidently had not thought that she was capable of it, so he commented, using three languages in one sentence, "Mary can andar sehr gut.”

Gustav's mother also had a habit of mixing up her languages. When talking to her one day, I was complaining about how diffi cult it was to cook meat in the high altitude. She said, "You must get a Dampfkessel," which I promptly did, and in the new pressure cooker, the meat was much more appetizing. The kettle came from one of our American mail-order houses, without which it is hard to live in the lonely, far-off places of the world.

While we were in Bolivia, our main longing had always been for the time when my husband's contract would be over, and we should be homeward bound. But when this time arrived and we were ready to leave, we had many feelings of regret. The Bolivians had endeared themselves to us; the servants in the house wept, and I wept.

Héctor Poleo

Eighteen paintings by a distinguished Venezuelan artist were recently exhibited at the Pan American Union. They have the sculptural quality of pictures of the Italian Renaissance and are notable too for their warm earth colors and symbolic elements. The artist, who was born at Caracas in 1918, entered the School of Fine Arts there at the age of eleven, and eight years later went to Mexico to study mural painting. After visiting the United States, Colombia, and Ecuador he returned to Venezuela in 1940. In 1944 he came again to the United States, where he is now living. His paintings are owned by museums and collections in this country and Venezuela.

THE Eighth International Conference of American States, held at Lima in 1938, approved in paragraph 3 of Resolution XXIX a plan for the registration of treaties in the Pan American Union. The purpose of regis tration is "to keep the Governments of the Americas regularly and fully informed on the treaties which they may sign between themselves or with other States, and which may take effect in the future."

Complying with the procedure set forth in the plan, several Governments members of the Pan American Union have registered since December 1939 a total of 342 bilateral or multilateral treaties, conventions, and agreements.

This practice enables the Pan American Union to act as an inter-American treaty information center-a center which is at the service of all member countries and interested persons.

The method followed in each case is for the respective Government to transmit to the Pan American Union a certified copy of the treaty, convention, or agreement intended for registration, together with twenty-five additional uncertified copies. The Pan American Union thereupon issues a certifi

cate of registration and transmits it to the Government registering the document, certifies the other copies and forwards one to each of the other members of the Union.

The benefits that could be derived from this procedure have not been fully realized because only a very limited number of Governments are following it at present. The universal adoption of this system would make it possible for each Government to receive from the Pan American Union certified copies of all the instruments signed by the other Governments and would make the service rendered by the Pan American Union far greater than at present.

In compliance with Article V of the plan mentioned above, the BULLETIN of the Pan American Union has published regularly a list of the treaties registered. The first list appeared in November 1941 together with the text of the plan, the second in September 1942, the third in September and October 1943, and the fourth in December 1944.

The complete list of the 59 treaties, conventions, and agreements registered with the Pan American Union from June 30, 1944 to June 30, 1945, is as follows:

Notes of March 14, 1942
July 17, 1942

Feb. 10, 1943

Agreement regarding a health and sanitation program.
Agreement regarding a health and sanitation program.
Agreement regarding a health and sanitation program.
Agreement regarding a health and sanitation program, and
notes exchanged.
Agreement regarding the detail of a naval officer to Brazil. Sept. 29, 1944

Nov. 25, 1943

Mar. 14, 1942 Oct.

Notes of Nov. 9, 1943

Military service agreement and related note.

Agreement continuing in effect the naval mission agreement of Nov. 23, 1938 as modified by the supplementary agreement of August 30, 1941, and extended by the agreement of Sept. 22 and Nov. 5, 1942 and further extended by the agreement of July 23 and August 7, 1943.