Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-18
Woman in Cuba.

Correspondence New Orleans Times
1he lie OF the Cuban woman is uneventful,
ana, to the American mind, mouotonous
her principal occupations before marriage are
sewing fancy work, making preserves, levando
amores After marriage her time is divided
between the care OF her family and following
up the very inefficient and unreliable servants
OF the country. She has not yielded to the
temptation OF intellectual tastes and pursuits.
inns Is Tor the present closed book to her.
sone Is mutually bright, animated and industri-
Gus. ana, ike all women OF southern climates,
nuch more active than she has the
r re OF being, although the warm
and the Sedentary life custom aliots her are
not calculated to encourage activity Like our
gear good creole women OF Louisiana, she is
klnu and sympathetic, Especially in time of
Sickness and distress. Neither venturesome
nor seii-reiIant, the women here are tenderly
ana jealousy guarded by their men. A Cuban
,itu!' except III cases OF urgent necessity-and
tleh she lnufHes up closely and hurries along
Tue street-neHer goes out alone. The native
woman VINO ventures on the street alone is
brave. Such Startling proceedings are only eX-
cusable III the independent "Americana'' Go
ing out Tor d constitutional is unieard or /
know women who, except to visit tie sick or
distressed, never leave the house. year in To
year out.
island, 10 own a carriage, even by families of
small means, was matter OF course and
women oil position never went out on foot. A
carriage then was such a necessity that have
frequently seen, in small houses where the par.
lof Is entered directly from the street.-The
means OF the family being too limited TO allow
them the luxury OF house with "A '.Zaouan'-
lhe Carriage kept i'll the parior. In houses with
a Laquan the carriage or carriages are kept in
the Zaquan, just inside the large front door
shopping WAS and is still done by those who
own Carriages from the carriage; the ladies stop
before Inc store and the goods broug ut out
10 the carriage by the clerks for their inspec-
tloii, but from the lack OF prosperity now so
general ali over the island few keep private car
iiages and many shop on foot A great deal OF
Tue morning shopping Is done at home. Indeed
TINS Is Tie IaNorlte way OF shopping during the
warm hours OF the day. ~
A New Disease among Ch,,dran
From Science.
Professor Lemaistre, Of Limoges. describes a
new disease which is at the present time quite
prevalent among the school children OF France
IL Is Known among the common people as per-
teche, and is contagious. 1t consists in an abra
sion in the corners of the mouth, which become
little ulcers and sometimes bleed: il LASTS from
Two 10 four weeks. The description given of il
corresponds to what Is commonly Gained IN this
country a "coid Sore or ''iever blister" In the
sore LelnaiStre has found a microbe which he
calls streptococcus picatilis. These have been
found III drinking water, and it is surmised
lhitl they nave been transferred TO the lips OF q
person, thence to the edge OF a cup, and thus
ali VINO used the cup became affected. Pro-
lessor Lem;tlstre has examined the $500 chill.
afen VINO attend the thirty-two schools of
Limoges, and has found BIZ, or one in seven.
teen, affected with the disease. Although Pro
lessor Lemaistre is connected with the Ecoie de
Medicine, OF Limoges, his EXPLANATION is to he
accepted with Il good deal oil caution II is
hardly probable That new disease has been
discovered, or that is methods OF propagation
can Oe SO easily explained. The difficulties
surrounding the demonstration of the connec-
ton between microbes and the disease are so
great, ana the men competent to trace the
shall ieei compelled walt tor her evidence
before we accept periecj.e as u new disease and
thla variety oi streptococcus Us its germ.