Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-01
PRETTY CUBAN sENORITAs.
Who Raise Funds I'm This Country to
Help Along the Insurgents.

Help Along the Insurgents.
Tampa F1a.) Letter in Philadelphia Times.
Hundreds of pretty little Cuban senoritas
IN TINS country by the toll of their dimpled
hands are playing no inconsIderable part In
carrying on the war for the freedom of
their native land. There is not Cuban col
ony CT dozen households in this republic
whether in the great cities or in the towns
and villages along the South Atlantic and
Sulf states, but there is to be found a club
or society formed of girls of Cuban parent
age Tor the purpose OF raising funds for the
cause or Cuba. Their names have not ap-
peared in print, nor have their valiant
services been given publicity or receiv ed
lh1t NEED OF praise they SO richly merit
for some reason these admirable little pa
triots seem to have been overlooked by the
American press, ard, too modest to parade
Too si cere for idle demonstra ton they
nave simply gone about their labor with
their needles around their freside nlak.ng
little articles for sale. or giving Their en-
terialhhents or baZaars singing their
songs and dancing with their castanets to
raise money to be sent to the wounded in
surSents who fall in battle on the unhappy
island.
There is a world of interest in the story
which tells CT their shining deeds. lust "a
there has always been a fascination and
cnarm TO the part woman played in war
mere IS a pleasing glaElor Of romance how
eflng over the memory OF the late war he
tween the states that historians hands
nave Lever pictured, and that Is the story
CT Wom2n's loyal love for the blue and
Wo'nans prayerful faith in the gray. How
the women of the north and the women Of
the south toiled at home for the cause of
thc Two opposing armies; how, with the in
ulte lefVor OF their souls, they went about
the task of administering comfort 20 the
SICK and wounded can never be fully
known till the record of noble deeds is read
beyond the skies.
SO with these pat,-ptir i;t.Ia
VINO far from their island home are toll
mug TO earn money to buy food and CLOTH
ing !or the army that is battling for the
freedom of Cuba
Down along the Florida coast there are
large settlements of Cubans In Pensacola.
tampa and Key West the population IS
!aIs made up of settlers who came to
TINS country from the island with the in
creasng growth of the cigar business
huhdTeds OF large cigar factories have
been built in these cities within the Dsst
Few years, and each of these EMPLOYS from
~, 10 'bD cigar makers, all of whom ar.
CubaEs. In this way there has been a rush
OF CUBAN immigration to the cities Of
florida on the gulf coast. the wages
being good and the conditions of I:fe IL ~
more favorable there than in Cuba with
the Ills of Spanish rule complained of for
the past lew years. In Tampa SO great
- me percentage of Cuban population the
SIGNS over the stores for the most part ar.
presented alike in English and Spanish
language. The Cubans IN these cities arr
an intelligent class, and make good citi-
ZcnS. They are represented in the CITY
councils and hold higher offices of mimic
tfust. They have their schools and col
!eSes, and their children are growing M,
with fair advantages for enlightenment
ard culture along with the American vonth
OF modern times.
Since the war in Cuba began the Cuban
population in this country has been large
~ ~ Increased, the number of refugees from
havana being something enormous with
the arrival of every ship. OF course
among the Cubans here the spirit of pa
triotism runs as high as it does with their
neiio -touhtryfnen who remained behind.
and thousands of dollars are sent from this
S.de by the CUbans here to carry on tbe
war. In some of the settlements if has
been determined by the Cubans to give 10
per cent oil their weekly wages 10 the cause
or Cuban rights, and large funds are thus
raised and sent over constantly to bro
mote the Cuban side of the controversy
with Spain
winter tourist on the west coast of Florida
but lar more Interesting yet are the cus-
toms and faith of the Cuban senoritas as
.iies so ABOUT their part in promoting the
cause lof Wnlch the insurgents are fighting
on the island.
Many or the girls are pretty; some are
beautiful. All are average types of the
genuine senorita to be found on the tsl.nd
both in point of facial outlines and drass
they never having lost their fondness for
the pretty laces and mantillas worn in Gu
pa since they came to live among Ameri-
can girls with their modern American
dress. They are well educated as a rl1l.,
and some Of them have talents and accom-,
p1shHents that many an American girl
may wen envy. VI the talents common to
them, music is chief Scarce indeed. are
they who cannot sing with charming
sweetness of tone. or play with that char
acterisnc soul-soothing touch the piano,
mandolin and guitar. The Senorita who
isn't graceful with her tiny feet is rar.
Nearly all of them can do the clever turns