Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-19

beauties were III mask during the earlier
| hours, but unmasked la,er In tho eve-
ming. Some. however never tool. their
masks off at all. Colonel storm thinks
they must have been nh, ugllest ones.
but he says some OF those whose masks
were removed were very pretty. They
| seem 10 make specially of black ewes
ana very white SKIN, and don't mind put
ung on INC necessary powder to produce
| inns result, Occasionally. an unnatural
| tinge Of red on the checks would be seen.
but for the most part they were natural.
so far as our bachelor critic could Judge
DESCENDANT MUSIC.
| THE Cuban waltz music is awful" said
Colonel Stern. mot unlike the dlscordant
SOUNDS OF the bands In the streets Of
'alro SO Ismllldr at the Worlds Fair.
and the dancers wriggle around I'm the
same spot as If making ready for a wrest-
ling match, and fl was surprising when
| the music was over that nobody had been
| thrown down."
Inc military men from this city and
their travelling companions braved the
horrors or MORO and went through the
fortress against the advice OF their Off
Ger friends In the army. who told them
IT was an "unclean thing" and so IL was.
A special permit had TO be obtained from
General Ludlow for this. as he has de-
termined TO keep out all visitors for the
present-not only on account of the dan
ger to health. but because the ever-pres-
ent relic-hunter is a nuisance. and it is
not considered safe 10 have him picking
around among high explosives for some-
thing 10 take home to his friends.
SOLID GRANITE WALLS.
The walls of Moro are solid rock.
which harden by exposure TO the air.
Great cuts, so feet deep in some places
and 20 10 30 feet wide run in various di-
rections' ana an army of men could have
been concealed there out Of danger
This fort as well as Cabanas could
never have been knocked down by shot
or shell. but the guns might have been
Knocked off in course Of time, as they are
all en- barbette-that is. above the top
OF the works These guns are mainly.
no good but there are several Krupp 10
inch guns. which would have done our
ships much harm II an attack had been
made upon the forts The magazines
however. are old things, with no modern
improvements for handling heavy shot
and 1t is doubtful If the Spanish could
have manned the guns under a rapid fire
The place where the Spanish murdered
the Cubans was pointed out. 1t Is in
court cut out of the solid clay rock.
perhaps three hundred feet Of wall sur
face, along which is n painted. black,
horizontal line, about high enough from
the ground to be on a level with the heart
of a short man. The victims were OBJ
liged TO stand with their faces to the
wall, their backs 20 the soldiers detailed
10 shoot them, and at the signal the
\ ia mt .T int al
at the height OK the back line or
the heart.
HEROES or THE MAINE.
General Anderson and Colonel Stern
went with the stan officers 10 the cere-
monies at the graves of the victims Of
the Maine on the 18th the anniversary
of the sinking OF that ship. The pro-
cessiOn was u very large one, composed
OF the marines from the Brooklyn, an
escort OF one troop from the Seventh
Cavalry, under Lieutenant Whipple; all
the American officers Of high degree
Generals Brooke, Lee. Ludlow, Keller
and many of the lesser lights all the
American ladies. and many Cuban ladies'
and gentlemen. Cuban societies, etc.
The ceremonies We're very imposing.
The immense crowd was kept back few
feet from the mound, some sixty feet
as TO permit the marines and sailors 10
march in single file around the square
and deposit the flowers; then the ladies
in the same way for the same
purpose, and last by the Cuban societies,
who placed large floral designs upon
he mound. Some Of the flowers are made
IF porcelain and last many years. and are
very beautiful Then General Lee came in
With a part of the Second Illinois and
Third Kansas Infantry. troop Of Seventh
ravalry. a dismounted battery of First
Maine Artillery, and mounted battery
IF Second regulars He marched his COM
nand to the graves, where the band play
% a funeral dirge. then taps, all heads
icing uncovered. and not dry eye 10 be
een. There We're no religious services
NJ account Of the differences between the
and the Protestants.
THE OLD FOURTH.
OF course the Virginians visited the |
ANN of the Fourth Virginia, and were de- |
iehted To find them comfortably fixed, |
md in good health. and showing, every |
,dicer and man, that the regiment is an |
,rganfzation Of which every Nirginian |
bould be proud. They have withstood |
.ntold suffering since they left Rich |
nond last June, mainly from the heat |
nd dlscomlorts Of camp life, poor food
I times. hard marching and drilling, and
1isrd duty. but they have borne 1t like
rtie men. and are ready and willing 10
hey any order that comes without kick
,g or finching They are anxious TO get
ome. but there is no squeal in them, and
chen they do come it Will be the work
Z some one else, not theirs. Their camp
, In a clav-held, and the slightest rain
takes IL almost impossible TO walk from
he immense quantity Of mud that adj
eres to the shoes.
There were very few sick men, none OF
hem seriously i'll. and the sick well cared
Jr.
General Lee has a beautiful home at
uemados. and Mrs. Lee and the young
dies seem TO enjoy the foreign life very
.uch
DON'T LIKE THIS CUSTOM.
One of the most amusing customs that
,tbered Colonel Stern was the manner
which the senOrita receiver her lover
he stands inside OF the barred window
itb her mother by her side, as If they
ere in prison while the sutton stands
,tside in the street and makes love. II
~ Girl accepts there is no way TO get
her 10 show how glad you are, not
zen being permitted 10 hold the tips OF
- fingers through these iron bars. The
lionel doesn't think there is any danger
such a custom getting TO this country, |
M saws he had rather live in the hope
smile from one OF our beauties Of l
edmond than 10 catch al! the bellies Of
lba. j