The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-23

the tub washing with her luminous eyes
and sad face, and one will hardly be-
lieye it. big red rose was in her hair.
which was carefully and beautifully ar
ranged. All Cuba as tar as flowers are
concerned. bursts into red. The country
is warm with tropc passion and Grim
son in its blush.
OF course, there was much of novel
pleasure in seeing from across the count
ry the tents OF the Sixth Missouri peace
full on the hills The men were tired and
knew they were nearly at the end of
their days march. But Major Smith was
very strict: he gave orders that no
man should 20 into town that night: he
knew the North Carolinians were order
ly, and he did not propose for them to be
blamed for the sins of the Sixth Mis-
souri, whose reputation was not of the
best. But there was dress parade in
the afternoon Of the two Battalions, and
the scene was impressive. All the peo-
pie of little San Antonio were gathered
Loyalty on the hills. and they crowded
about the camp after the parade was
over. In this way some of the Officers
Officers only--met some of the Senori-
tas: for they have Il great idea of an
officer. and were very reserved with
them Together with some of the Of
ficers. / called that night at the private
residence of Cuban. The young ladies
were too reserved even to play the piano;
but the father played while the officers
talked English and the young ladies'
Spanish 1t is safe to say that there
was no understanding reached. though
Captain Hill worked hard on the pref
tier of the two young ladies. | was in
|. private" uniform kindly lent me by
Captain Beavers and a seargent's coat
lent me by Lieutenant Christian. They
seemed to turn up their noses at me,
and / confined my attention. of necessi-
ty, to the music The old man was
playing after The Ball. the only
American air that is known in Cuba, and
it seems to be played on every piano tha
will stand it. 1t has kind of a sad
twang that pleases the Cuban ear. The
Cuban ear must have IL color of sadness.
] had nothing else to do while the
Cubanitas were smiling at the officers,
so | went TO humming After The Ball
until finally one of the young women
asked who / was anyhow. Capt Hill
rumLtly responded that | was Il Gen
eral'' in fatigue uniform. Then things
frightened up somewhat for me- and ]
did not feel 50 alone We asked to ac-
company these young ladies to the plaza
where the band was going to play but
| their father smiled and said No" that
| it was against the custom of the
| country.
Even the counting is done openly. The
| Did folks sit i'll one corner: This was a
| scene we stopped one morning TO wit
ness in an open-doorway of a residence:
| there were two young couples against
| two sides of wall of one room. Each
| fellow and each girl had hands folded in
front. but they were whispering so
amororlsIy that their breath seemed al
Most scarlet: and the old folks went on
singing and sewing in the corner The
| women are very closely guarded. They
| never come to the doorway: they look
out from behind the bars with which ev-
! cry window is equipped. Nor does a
| Cuban lady appear even i'll the street
| alone Even in the Sunday night prom
| enades in Havana where fully 1000 peo-
| pie or more walked around to the ro-
mantle music, the father or brother or
mother was along. and there is not so
/ much as Il glance or smile from any eye
or lip of all those CubanitaS.
| But the people in San Antonio We're
| friendly to the Americans. They got out
a little printed circular in wretched