New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-30
QUIET NOOKS IN HAVANA.
PICTURESQUE AND ATTRACTIVE SPOTS
THAT ESCAPE THE AVERAGE
VISITOR.
Havana. October ..

cause the season is too early for them. When
they arrive il may be assumed that all the
places OF interest will he discovered. This will
not be from the guidebooks Of Havana. because
these are meagre and incorrect. But the in
stinct which carries the professional traveller
and sightsoer forward 10 fresh discoveries with
out chart compass will assert itself Many
nluSty old places viii be uncovered and, If the
smells are rot too pronounced. they will he
plored- Perhaps after this seasons incurson
a Bacdcker OF a Murray will appear from the
publishers press. and in so many inches of
space tell how everything can be seen in a day
by dividing the twcntyfour hours UP into hf-
teen minute sections.
Those who come and who will get
around without a complete gudebook Will have
the enjoyment OF their discoveries. They
will stroll the length Of the Prado under the
shade of the laurel trees. and will watch the
breakers beating against the rocky base of
MORO Castle. They viii enjoy the splendor OF
the tropical sunset Everybody who tarries
day in Havana takes this stroll along the
Prado The members and attaches of the vari-
Gus commissions which have been sent down
from the United States to prepare for The Amer
lean military occupation in the midst Of their
pressing duties find time for that recreation.
The promoters and business men NhO have
come in with rush and who haven't an hour
to spare for fear the other man is getting ahead
of them relax enough 20 make a running jump
and reach the foot Of he Prado IN time 10
catch the sunset. They likely to remark,
Fine view. CHI" before huriying back 10 the
hotel for dinner. and to come a few SECONDS
earlier the following evening
These people. who turn neither TO the right
nor to the left in their walks for recreaton'
will never learn how close the byways Of the
city are to the main thOrouGhfares. Ihcy may
be persuaded to deviate a few hundred PAGES
to the right in order to watch the Spanish sol
diers who coming across from MORO ana
Cabanas and disembarking at La Punta, but
the probability is that they won't move an
inch. From where they are they can see the
walls which were spattered with the blood OF
the medical students executed during the Ten
Years War to appease the blood demand OF the
volunteers They can also take it for granted
that the old walls of the town were here When
Havana was surrounded by those medieval
ramparts of defence The probability is that
they will show no curiosity in this respect and
will not want to excavate for ruins. 1t viii De
necessary to leave them and take ones way
alone
A WALK UNKNOWN TO MANY.
The walk from the Prado to the little ark
Of the Punta Ia. es hardly more than minute,
vet this spot remains unknown to many Per
hans the surroundings have something 10 30
with it. The park nestles behind the royal
nrison or Jail This Jail. seen from the decks of
the vessels entering Havana HaTbOr. is one OF
the most imposing structures Of the city. 1t is
q ouadrangular building. well proportional and
spacious The walls are painted n mixture OF
yellow and cream. and at distance look clean
and neat. Within there is said to BE- much dirt,
but this does not spoil the beauty Of the exter-
nal aDpearance to the observer. But as a rule.
when he learns that the building is prison, he
does not explore the neighborhood for hidden
GASES. If he did he might go astray and expert
ence disgust by walking Unexpectedly into the
stockade which ncloses the "obras munich
males" or municipal works. They are better
known as "los pasos." the bitches. 1t is here
that much of the misery of Havana has hud-
died during the last two years, reconcentradoS
from the country and the starving city popu!a-
ton Jumped together in abject distress The
remnant still huddes in "the bitches"
He who has not become accustomed to the
dcnths Of human suffering which are encoun-
tered in Cuba will hastily retreat. and his re-
trcat will bring him right into the little park
sometimes called Neptune's domain. because
the old sea god is there with his trident The
fountain flashes gently at his feet The statue
"a not of heroic size. and a side view looking
toward Moro Castle is preferable to square
look In front 1t was a gift from Don Miguel
Tacon the Captain General OF Sixty years ago.
MIN ,nixed beneyolence with tyranny IN Whlm-