Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-03
SUBURBS OF iABANA.
adjacent Villages as they Look 10 dey--Ameri-
can improvements. Etc.

there is n regular Briadway blockade.
rauped by a uulccuft ahead. OF hnli ~
dozen donkcyu hitched In line, the nose
~ one donkey just touching the tnli OF
the next The sidewalks ~ the scan
~ strips OF naLginR which fac" me
house. fronts can he ao called match
the proportions u the streets, twenN
Inches being generous average. Two
persons cannot possibly walk side by
aid. upon them and In passing one
must step into the gutter.
VI sounds Ike an iriHhmanh ffnnrh,
but IL nevertheless true, that the nrHt
pert ~ the city ia outside of ~ ihn,
IL beyond the limits n The ancient
walls, whore the buildings being ~
later date. look more IN keeping WIN
Inc times. Portions ~ the old walls
ar, vet oNtant. crumhling ana decnyfh.
but cmlnoutly picturesque. lncrraHri
rnpulatlnu aud business long since TN'
tended their ntruciufoa Far out mo
what was once tie ruhurba. leaving
tho walls ana thuir bitches ~ the henrt
III the modern city Mitch ~ me HpH.e
they once oocunlsd ~ now hlltd win
Uavnrn'a abandonment realdences.
Bulidlng.room Ia that section 10 very
pfarre and corrcspondingiy expensive
say $4,000 Tor lot" Co BE- 'nufelN
erelnred by the house walls. with no
yard except the central patio.
Leaving the Criie San. LhGnro. the
Vcdndo road winds close nlpnE IN" cur
ilrg surf. with low blum On the lot
on one OF those hills sits the 'nhthg
del puncinr. the chief fnriihcatlpn ~
the city. and others are crowned Win
N" newer forts. Intended Tor the anti
hiintlon 81 Americans. which tho Dom
had no opportunity to use Anon you
an. bounced over huge boullrrH. par.
TALLY hidden In the ehrth.end YOU Won
der what tho road-mnKcrr of tuba
have been about during three hundred
aud nfty years. These coral rocks az"
the foundation Of the island. built up
from the bottom OF the sea ana Ia
many places yet scnntily covered with
soil Come ~ the rocks are overgfowh
with the atuntcd grnpe.trecH ~ the
region. but there Il no shade. nn grass,
no vegetation worth mentioning cN-
cspt here and there a stately palm
tossing itn plumngc against the nzurc
sky. After n time you come 10 houses,
set close together In rows. and by that
token YOU know the Nodado " reached
American soldiers ARE now cncampcd
ON the common that used ~ be- n bali.
ground. the principal hotel has been
converted into q military hospital and
a nearby Hlnrlcta serves ne temporary
barracks A Einrictn. by the way. u
an Institution peculiar 10 rural cuba
II ~ little more than large. Hqunrf
platform. with open sides ana roof ri
tii'n. thateh aud canvas. but wonder
fully bedeched with flags, atreamori
ana Earlands ~ paper nowufu. In II
people 81 the lower and middle clnHaoi
afnuhe themselves on sundays nnt
other holidays with music ana daylight
dancing. In this hot climate, HtranF'
10 say. there II ~ much ut-doni
northumberland even violent exercise
not IN the line ~ wofh-aH In cnldel
| countries. Racing. bull fighting dane
| Ing una riding are the customary diver
rlonr ~ SundnyH and saints days. an,
] the latter comprise NEARLY every day o
? the 1fi
che pink, blue and canary -coioret
I villas ~ the Nedndo are nearly nii Ho
back from the street. with yefandna IL
I front and surrounded by gardens. u
! agreeable contrast to the city houses
! iiuHh with the sidewalks. their window