Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-04
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HOW cuBASs DRESS


HOW cUBASs pRes2
Many statesmen here are clad only IN patent
leather gaiters silk hose and pure linen trousers
and shirts, but these are spotiess Indeed the
Cuoans are the ceanest people regarding their
oress ever Knew. stevedore viii load molasses
On ss osS n whole week and you can hardly ind
comeS somehow your sense OF propriety is not
onenoed when you see cash boys, errand boys and
ton shirts and as airy breeches and siippsrs
oIen. zoo. Tor change. here VIII stand three or
loui packers or boxers or something OF the
oy gay sash, anu with naked cleaning waisaS
arms ana shoulders But they all nc marvelously
but an Sccas sop scenes and nobody taints assy
Iui American women who are naturally horr1fted
AZ .nis put whose tea-party fortitude Is equal 70
under IT,
woNKS WHO DO NOT wosx.
One class you viii miss I'm Cuba-uoe only IN
shops but everywhere else-is the women
workers The most sensible and often the hand
soonest OF women can be found occupying phases
OF trust In American mercantile establisnments
anu omceS In all Havana but one place Is no
uceu where white women are employed This is
scraggy lot indeed Women In CUBA are lsiieA
wasierwomen, or demimonde. shopping Is done
oy ,ne Iair senoras or senoritas In the afternoon
anu one Will then certainly see beautiful women
lhey are neither nppant nor trinilg IN their pur-
enaseA as IN some countries No salesman would
nsly enter upon iseaso ~ t ISs rnem OF cea,
40 they inform shopkeepers OF their own or their
nelgneors' Intentions They seem to know last
"nAs tney want ana go straight way ana yet t.
THE ruKNoUrs ARE VERY Gar;
thousands OF women meet mingie and pass grtet-
ings; but there seems 10 be general underst nd
Ing here that shop is not just the place In which
ladies should entertain one another This NAV
arise from the fact that spanish women are we'll
their own dignity and the home. The cafes OF
Havana are as bright and wlnsome as those OF
Paris put are more attractive at all seasons Of the
year, Tor the Climate allows OF a greater opeppess
70 the street. This Is taken advantage OF IN All
lt.le ways OF Decoration and arrangement that
are very grand affairs but all possess an atmos-
phere or snugness and dairtness that Is delicious
Indeed, IL must be set down TO the credit OF ali
these people that the delicate rennemenIs OF life
are inherent courtesy, politeness, Consideration.
or, at least, the surface use OF IL are uniyrrsaI
Inc, ney are an artistic people IN the environment Of
tnat national characteristic; and both facts are
oenghtful 70 one who tarries with them Havana
quality OF tolerance or Consideration. or kindly
indinerence, or Of whatever IL Is, that allows Z
Respectable stranger or a domestic tramp to rest
hustled-or worse, levied upon and brutally men.
aced into purchase vine her or not-is a grateful
one; ana you may SIT in church all day, 10 a cafe
50 long as you like, or step into q shop and take
possession OF one or the rocking chairs that are
Ioundey rywhere, remaining there 70 contemplate
SSSueS Jay, IL you WISH, anu no one
Will approach you, unless you Indicate such desire
CITY RESTING PLACES.
These cafes and fondas (or eating-houses, for
the latter are equally resorted tor are the resting
places OF the gay city. Their number and patron
age are remarkable They are all wide open "a
the street, the year round. One fancies they are
almost a part OF II, as frequently more than one
half the care is underneath long, wide, huge
piiiared porticos. Here chattering crowds BY day
and brilliant crowds by night, under the flare OF
cease cigarette smoking, gin and wine drinking
although all liquors, however frequently ordered,
are use In sparing quantities. Aud bel ween the
Shrl cries or the dulceros or CONNECTION peddlers
the hoarse opportunities OF the lottery ticket
MODS the ever-ininor music OF the wandering
street MINISTRIES, and the numberess sounds OF q
marvelously gay but never brutal and more than
haf oriental city life. the ''cick click click!" OF
tne universal and never silent dominoes upon the
marble tables, come to you as an undertone STAG
cato or myriads OF unseen castinets
EDGAR l. WAKEnAN