The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-23

egated with power to rent purchase or
puiiq suitable house, with hospital and
oispensary attachments, to be named and
known as q charitable enterprise of the
keystone states in full accord with. but
eistinctiy separate from the National
~ Sross society: 1t is believed that q
liberal response will be made by PennsyI-
vanians in all parts Of the state. and
that the Philadelphia home will be well
endowed and sustained. The need of
many such institutions Is very great in
DEED. With some other members of the
lied Cross, 1 accompanied Messrs King
ana Steinmetz to Marianao, Matanzas
and other points, on their tour of inves-
ugation. and everywhere we found hun
dreds of homeless children whose natural
protectors had been sacrificed to the cruel
war. Al present the United States army
70 distributing rations to large numbers
u people-for the cost of which Uncle
samuel Is to reimburse himself from the
customs mouse receipts. But the greater
neeo IS ior homes for the poor little
WaiIs, wherein the girls especially NAV
nave care and protection, moral ana
physical, and become fitted for respecta-
Die hves Such home has lately been
established by the National Red Cross
III fumes, some thirty miles from Fla
Vana, In the finest agricultural district
ol Cuoa, which is now exporting large
quantities OF new potatoes, tomatoes and
uSner vegetables to the United States, as
riorioa dld In her golden day, before the
tLosIs. Under the personal supervision
OF LIT. Hubbell, assisted by Miss Trotzis.
MISS Adams and Miss Belts. this Guines
orphanage Is doing finely. We have also
large and beautiful hospital for Ameri-
cans and Cubans in
THE PALATINO SUBURB
edoneo from havana by horse car Tt
mas lVo Deos. cool, marble-foored rooms
ana extensive grounds. and is fully
equipped 1or business when the sickly
season begins with the annual rains
This hospital is sustained bv the Ameri-
can National Red Cross, with nurses
from the United States, and the medical
force is controlled by the Cuban physi-
clan' Dr. Juan Solloso, who rendered
sucn excellent service in Santiago. In
Cardenas are ECO or 300 orphan children.
enCreiy destitute whom the good ladies'
VI the city nave collected in an aban-
doned hospital, and are feeding from
their own limited stores-for EVERYDAY
IN Cardenas is poor since the war. and
tomorrow l am going there-a long davis
Journey by raflway-to learn how we NAV
best assist them. Sad reports of sick
ness and starvation come also from
Sagua la Grande. Puerto Principe. Esper-
itu Santo and many other places. showing
-. We nave 50 Lar accomplished is
r Dul orop IN an ocean Of wretchedness.
iruiy' IN this sorrowful land the harvest
Is ripe. but the laborers are few.
another conspicuous evidence of Amer 9
icanlxatfon-if one may coin a words
touno In the fact that all intelligent Gu
Dams young and old, male and female.
are DUSTY studying the English language,
everywhere you go-in the houses. Of
noes shops. markets, street cars-aiI
WIN whom you have occasion to con-
verse or do business and ESSAY to ad.
oress In your choicest Orlendorf Castilian
reply In strange idioma, which thew
piouoiy Deheve to be American. Eyery-
Eooy to the manor born has an English
olctlonary In his pocket and a Rramnsr
LII hano. hunts for the words he Wishes
" use, ana nres them at your head in
Volleys. and even the naked
street gamin shouts after you, Good
Dye All right" Give me a dollarr,
y one ceases to wonder that he is unable
10 understand what Is purported to he
MS own tongue when he has explored the
popular book out Of which the Cuban
natlon Is supposed to learn English
here are some samples, CLEANED at ran
dom, from the Castlian guide to English
pronunciation:
VI uisch tus- pic'-("I wish to spealx-,
VI ufsch tus-pic Iam-gues- In ode TN
.ra-Vei I'll wish to speak languages in
order to travel)
"A gu zin-quin o'v im-po-tin from Sauz
america, O. quib-ba ?'-("Are you think
ing OF importing from South America or
Cuoa! Fannie Brigham Ward.