Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-03

bulrlne lu the way of pedestrians.
Every Garden has lta dwarf nfnhAeHs
low trtta covered with scarlet blossoms
and uienndcra rcifumuR the afr. lhe
rciehInted baths. az present quit" pe-
aoftad. are tho uueefcat I have over
soen-unleas Il b. the Mexican rcnotcf.
\ long hirh coral reef has boon cut
and hoiiowcd into dozen separate
wells. lust where the SURF comes tum.
bling against the shore. These caNiicH
arc from twelve tu fourteen feet aquNfc
and six 10 eight feet deep In each of
them is hole. opening to the te",
somewhat larger than the port-lolc OF
ship. Through this opening the wa
ter finds entrance and stands perhaps
four feet above the nOor wooden
roof stretches above these pits aud
zach w partiiioned on ny itself above
the water. thus converting u Into an
excellent private bathroom. open 70
tho broad Atlantic. 80 the entrance
is u wooden noof and "a night u steps
cut into the rock. by which you descend
into the wells The aoa flows IN and uut
inccssnntly. the bottom 81 rough Ia the
feet. the Hidea rugged. crabs como
crawling into the huge tub sea- weeda
float In az the window. and you nrc
troubled by She fear that a shark may
desire to pay you an unobsttucied
visit Yet the whole oncct u unique
horizons rim Trade winds blow lu
soft ana cool. nnd the water ITSELF
though stimulating and cNhilnratlng
leaves none ~ that singing sensation
upon the skin that salt water often
produces The roof 81 fifteen feet above
hiah-tidc. but IN stormy weather the
hrrnkcra Ofton surge over II, ana many
times Tho wooden structure had been
swept away 10 rise ni i've o'clock In
the morning and spend half an hour
in one or these ODD crlnnirH ~ the
coral rcef o. the best possible prepara-
ton Tor n cuban summer day. Parties
81 rny yuung CrvnlcH used 10 come uut
from the city ON ponies. horses and
riders capnriHuned na " Tor The cirrua.
bells jlngling and whips crachnf.
There lH another gluricia down meas the
baths and several places where an cN-
ceilent breakfast or dinner may be- OH
tanned. Tho fashionable hotel 90 other
days was kept by an American, from
Louisiana. II in long. One-Htorie1
casa. at the junction Of two unpaved
rpada. A Wide piazza runs around w..
into which the great windows open
from floor to ceiling. You enter the
establishment through brick-payoi
court. w .hich n carriage " ulwaya
standing. tut that IN no Indication ~
horse On the premiseai II IN the fash
ion In cuba 10 keep your carriage In
the entrance hall, whether YOU possess
a horse or not. and those who do not
own q carriage frequently hire one FOR
this purpose. AZ little tables In the
coach. house thu guests 90 this hotel
take their meals. Another Vcdado
hoatclry ~ called the Lay house. In
honor of itH builder col Lay. ~ tho
Confederate Louisiana Iouaves. The
newest hotel II managed by frcu Ia
MAINLAND very well managed indeed.
II II u nne-aturind wooden structure.
J with q nirht ~ stairs leading Ia thu
surrounding vrraudn. The cool. hrlck-
paved space beneath the house. which
We should call n cellar. serves for diu-
ing. room and office Here had an *.
ccllent midday brcakfaHt-of several
] courses. with ciarct ana after cafe nnik.
and such salad ~ only a Frenuhmgn
cnn make. ana dessert ~ plna-aupl1
soft enough to eat with spoon. ton
never Hcen q decent pineapple IN the
United Stntcs-nll Tor n lot ~ Spanish
| coin which In our money would amount
I 10 about nfty cents
Mariana ~ seven miles from Havana
| IN the other direction. and fvarhcd by
l railway frum the Jesus del Monte sta
I tiun. n IN "a conservative English rua I,
[ with q conservative Scotch manager.
nnd II takes Just forty-aoyen minutes
to make that seven miles. The limo