Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-19

among the negresses, who wear brilliant
yellow or red dresses, with bandannas
around their neckS or over their heads.
The negress has a peculiar old-fashion
way of dressing her hair with rats" so
as to make pufS of wool on each side Of
her head. Many of them. and especially
the old ones go through the streets puff
ing cigars. The volante. the old-fashioned
Cuban carriage, is no longer seen i'll Ha-
vana, though 1T is still used in some dis
trictS where the roads are very rough In
it's place in Havana has come a little vic
toria, drawn usually by very sorry look
ing specimen of Cuban horse. There
are three or four thousand such vehicles
moving reStlessly up and down the streets.
The established fare to any point within
tho city is one peseta or 20 cents. Com
pared with prices of other things in Ha-
one rides in Them from the bootblack to
the mill onaire.
Ride In Carriages.
You will see washwomen carrying their
weeks wash to or from home In victoria.
The horse cars. which are very shabby,
are drawn by three horses. one of them be-
ing hitched in front as lead horse An
other odd sight frequently seen in the
streets is a train of from ten to twenty
horses, the halter OF the second being tied
to the tail of the first, and so on. AT
point on the water side of the city horses
are taken for bath In the sea. When the
sea is running high this Is an Interesting
sight. The man In charge of the horses
strips down to one garment, and orders the
lead horse into the water; the others, tied
nose and tail, meekly follow. When they
get into the breakers the line of horses
will rise and fall with the wave, and the
horses will plunge about In a lively fashion.
There are always scores of horses being
bathed in this way In the rocky inlets near
the Hospital OF st. Lazara.
The great numbers of soldiers every
of those that appear at first sight to be
soldiers are policemen or members of the
civil guard. Their uniform is much the
same as that of the soldier. The soldier
wears O blue linen suit and either a soldier
cap or a. straw hat with q rosetted cock
ade. Their regiments and the branch of
the service to which they belong is indi-
Gated by the color OF the collars and cuffs
Some are red, some green. some black and
some blue. The collar snd cuffs are de-
tachable. and can be removed when the
coat is sent to the laundry. At night in
the neighborhood OF the opera houses enc
will see cavalrymen on guard in the street.
The people and the authorities make much
of the opera. and no vehicles are allowed
to pass near enough the opera house to
possibly interfere with the full enjoyment
of the music. In the harDor are hundreds
of little boats, propelled by sails and oars,
that carry passengers to and from vessels
or on expeditions around the bay. They
have a shelter over the stern, an awning
supported by bamboo rods bent over bow
shape, from thwart to thwart. No vessels
except Spanish vessels land at the docks
so these boatmen do rnucn business taking
travellers to and from the boat landings
One of the stranSest sights Is a Havana
piIkman on his rounds in the morning
He brings the milk to the door in a natural
state-that is, in the COW. fIe stops at the
door, kneels by the cow, extracts the
needed amount OF milk in the usual fash
ion and delivers it to the servant, foaming
and unstrained. A milknan usually has a
drove OF several cows. The method insures
unadulterated and fresh milk. II. p. q.