Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-25
CHANCES FOR WOMEN IN CUBA.

The chances for any woman with fairly
equipped brains are better than for an
other whose chief usefulness lies in her
figure or her hands: the woman physi-
clan, the trained nurse, and the woman
journalist will do better in Cuba than
the shop-girl. the sales-girl, or the laun-
dress. But the woman bound for Cuba
has other things than her occupation or
profession to consider. The right wo-
man in that land of promise will not be
she who thinks to find there a fortune or
a husband. For ever now the island has
20 women to every dollar, and twenty
more to every bachelor. The right wO-
man will be she who hopes modestly to
make a better living for herself or for
others dependent upon her than she is
making at home; who has the physique
to Withstand the change Of climate; who
can either speak Spanish or acquire that
language quickly, or who, when she puts
her foot on Cuban soil, has a capital of
at least $50. She who has not these es-
sentials will be the wrong woman in
Cuba.
Assuming that the right wonan has ar
rived in Havana, which will be the scene
of at least her first trial in Cuba, what
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pocket, her bosom, but she must think
twice before spending one penny. So,
instead of hiring a cab and driving to a
hotel, she walks up to the Prado, a short
half-mile. She is in search of lodging.
Along the Prado, near the principal ho-
tells and hence in the heart of the town,
there are a dozen lodging houses where
rooms, airy and clean and infinitely bet
ter han her hall bedroom in New York,
Boston or Chicago, can be had for a sur
prisingly small sum. The cost of the
room is high or low according to it's loca-
ton up or down the broad, beautiful ave
nue.. At No. is DR.. Wilson will rent her
a room for a month for 500. At No. SO
she can get just as good a room for $40,
She takes this room and pays the land
lord the months rent. She has a bed,
now what about board? Morning coffee
goes with the room. The landlord tells
her about ell canteneros, the canteen boys
who serve meals all over the city at very
reasonable rates. She is now ready to
look for work, says Gibson Welles in Les
lies Weekly.
No matter what her occupation or pro-
~fession, in getting a start in Cuba the
woman-wOrker has but one general
course. She must first call on the
American officials, stating her case ex-
actly. The military officers at the palace
will not be able to help her as much as
the civil officers. She must go to the Of
flee of the sanitary inspectors and make
the acquaintance of Dr.. Drummer and of
DR.. Dudley, both Of these men can help
her. She will then call on the proprie-
tors of the leading hotels, the Inglaterra
and the Passaja, leaving her cards for
the American guests. She will also call
on Mr.. Leonadas, the editor and propri-
etor Of one of Havana's best
Without hesitation she will then proceed
to No. As Monte, the residence Of Mrs,
Jose Gonzales, the head of the Red Cross
in Cuba, and a charitable woman who
knows how to help without giving aims,
Mrs. Gonzalas will be our woman-work
er's guide, philosopher and friend. She
will know just where employment is to
be Observation-Disclosures in Havana or in
one of the other cities, whether in towns
or in the country. She keeps open house
and will introduce the American woman
to the right people. b