Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-07
81 Correspondence Of The EvESISo STAR.
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CreJe q water-outt about his person.
BOILING cIGARETTEs-
Seated az ntIle table hot more than two feet
square. wei within the shade OF the cool entradas
OF the better private residences and all pubic
buildings VIII oe seen a strangely grim and Quiet
individual, who l. usually the only nyure M tne
foreground OF lovely picture comprising songful
court, Interior galleries, wOndrous marbles and
colOred glasses. tropical birds anu flowers. This Is
the pOrtero. Though the household depends upon
this man for ali wise protection and safety he Is
Of H. and NJ seems 10 sit eternally at his little
table, OOllSious 70 everythipg save his occasional
Immediate duties rolling out cigarettes as though
his very lie Depended upon this task alone ais
livelihood Practically does, for though faithful
Isort Of annual, he Is poorly paid The many thou-
pcrtaLt factor In cigarette manufacture For
each 5000. which Ia whee.-like package are
equal ~ 10 sninngs IN American money.
HlKBoR BOATS AND BoATMES.
By ant by some one Will immortallZe the Havana
g1atahO and Its swarthy guadanero II song
There > nothing fragile or dainty about these
lltte h2TbOr-bO or their ooatmen: but no Meii-
terraIean UOaI show you more picturesque
watersiue Characters than are found In Ii avana
bay mere are upward OF 1000 licensed guada-
nC-- Each boat IS hooded astern 10 protect lrum
the SUI; Is rSged Win y single mast and sail; Is
painted In al sorts OF fantastic cOlOrs, anu It's
speed and seawortnlnrSs are something marvel
Gus IN this regard they remind one or the famous
Newport c4t-OO4LS and the "quOddy" boats OF our
nortneas, eoast- they are a Jansiing, wrangling
and sunny withaL hos. OF them 1--we over al
kesla, anu under the walls OF the Cabana- They
are illl OF Sohs and wine and Sleep the year round
MANY ave In their lutte boats. They keep alive
TIE Legends Of chiyalry by murmuring loys-songs
70 every thing OF The female form, ana In the moon
Hght upon the larbOr tue " hole sensuous nixht
pulses 70 me rythnalc numbers OF their welrd
xu2r2chas.
MERRY PEDlARs
MUSICAL and merry are the Havana duiceros or
street CONNECTION pedlars- These are nearly all
negro lads, and are the brightest OF the Havana
.0wly street-folk- A number OF large concerns
lac Ia fllosOna' and -El Buen Gusto," furnish
the sweets, MnlcA are soil on commission by the
1ecsiO> Ihel are temptingly displayed on a
nght CANON de duce, which conrection-box IS
u4lhty balanced upon the dqlceros head Each
O1r has his Individual sonata call or song, the
sEolt oein2 10 both compel sales and advertise
ss0 uiAAer VI the wares Here Is one often aea-:
10 ysn<o de Jesus del Monte
llOnde c4nt1n los sin.ontes.-
olnerO c1ento catorce,
N-efe oonzAles y Ogaendoir
come from Jesus del Monta
mere the mockinx- birds sing
1un.uor one sundred and fourteen
D7@~oe- oOok4les and OQueado"
These songs are most melodlously given ana are
Assys LOuoseu oy The cry OF "l)ul-cesr-Dul-
c. given IA piercing treble, and a list OF the
wares, rendered with all The unctuous diahlsrv ar
the merriest negro minsIrelsy. During the h,,sh
and silence or hoy Week, the dulc1ro Ia nor re-
mfrted 70 sound his curious calls. He rhen -.
eandy Enagrs OF sailts, and sIyIy attrzcts cns
L. >~rs by playing al sorts of roliickinx numners