The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-18
HAVANA'S CARNIVAL
The Capital OF b Long Isle and Its
Scenes OF Gnfety.

What particularly impressed me In Ha-
vana was the general good mature that
prevailed among the people,. The South
American is not slow of blood. He Is
sensitive. Jealous, apt to be suspicious
and very passionate. And yet, although
I was in Cuba in carnival week, and
thousands of people were on the public
streets and in the various public thor
of Ss a3scon;. ! never , SaW q SINGLE acs
word of braWling or uuarrelling. Every
body drank a little wine. apparently, and
yet an "a astoonsshing sobriety prevailed
or Two people Who had continued to look
on the Wine when It Was red, but they
We're In the genial and benevolent stages
of inebriety. The Cuban does NOT, like
the colder Anglo-Saxon. condense his
Mardi Gras. into a singi day and might.
weil To t1eshN.sna rfi,5p is such svrsse.
sorrow'-tnat he takes two or three days
in which he is to do his farewelitng. In
THE early afternoon of carnival days
he stocs work. He has not worked hard
in the early part of the day He never
does that. He thinks too much OF his
Nothing is overworked in Cuba. ex-
c.espt horses and certain forms of insect
life. About 4:30 or s O'Clock in the after
Prado. Multitudes are in masks and
donlinoes; other multitudes are fantasti-
cally dressed. but without masks. Drums,
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people chaff each other good-naturedly,
and evidently a good deal Of Spanish
wit is interchanged. Clowns and caval-
whistle. Black and white mingle freely
and sociably together. ASpanish grandee
will ride by on a sleek and handsome
following in an open barouche, driven by
l.veried servants. And so the procession
moves through the streets ana AROUND
o'clock the same people are going to
the various. balls which are given n all
parts OF the city. attended one Of
house near the hotel. The immense room
was crowded with dancers and pronena-
ders. Some Of the women were masked;
The average Cuban woman is not "a
thing Of beauty and e Joy forever"
Hgniso she is she HEAVILY Il i1 ncwaereed No mat
ter what may be her age color or pre-
vious condition Of seryitude," the Cuban
woman To,ln Ma always oas - JOCKS ok n as II a L barrel sadrireslotf
cred as Wen as white. There was what
Of the hall. mainly CONSISTING 81 ! a
"spirit-stirring drum and some KIND
of a brass instrument, the loud peni-
fitted for the near approach Of the Len
ten season. But the dancing was the
charm of the entertainment. ( saw W
canes %a}fs s one b was the Es most co, fnnere eal
cupied a space about the size of an or
binary bath tub, and confined, themselves
impartially to their allotted territory.
A lot of Hot Springs rhenmatics might
have excelled in that dance without
fear of violent exertion. The other ex-
hibit.on of tatory enjoyment was a
which was probably an humble imitation
of a kangaroo polka. Then the painting,
Joining rooms and consume what the
deluded and ~creGu1ous Cuban has been
taught to call ice cream. Those who were
bors in a squeeky falsatto, which sound
ed like the Punch and Judy show that
delighted our juvenile days. About 5
makers nois.ly finding their rooms in the
dimly lighted corridor of the hotel. Lent
of f,fu ro eeguh aEs AsHeJn n 4o des sbk s- sae PMS na,is
Globe-Democrat.