The Republican journal., 1899-06-08
.,r0 Cuba With Clara Barton.

correspondence of The journal
,,osrsA. CENTRAL CUBA, May 18th,
II has sometimes happened that
.4s M greater distress than really ex-
of the points indicated have come to
ned cross managers, and supplies
,o, IN response to those appeals
were needed much worse elsewhere :;
.cup communities of starving people
o,r been heard from at all, until a
remnant was accidentally discov-
Besides, the U. S. army is issuing
sin many Cuban cities, and it is not
.-sa1ou to duplicate that good work.
ars Miss Barton decided to make
., If the island, to see for herself
.1i been and should be done, in
make the best possible use of her
,,-r.nt stores. Several of her staff.
.. saur correspondent, accompanl-
t.. lud also a number of trained
.. vao are to be left, one by one, at
.r-. v4trr their services are required.
uur new headquarters in the
.H ,a1urb of Habana at ) o. clock on
N, morning, in one of the beauti-
.a-topped ambulances recently
-.raI oy Auxiliary Society No /. of
r.l.s.al. aud were driven to the
....-t uou; where we took a train for
gsI.g The country was still wrap
4pory vestido de noche might
md houses and paint trees
.-g- l Of the magnificent highway
.s 0aue>t IS the Capital with Guines-
.u ~, four good roads in Habana
-c spanish block houses are thick
--. 81 tour or five yards apart-some
.- -nd and red, just large enough
.r staIy sentinel; others square,
u t-a Vellow, capable of sheltering a
a erS: and others more preten-
.r, I5-- TWO stored, tile-roofed and
.. weTed, all now alike deserted
NJ INTO picturesque ruin. Early
aa-. men were atield, blowing, hoe
panting-not by any means be-
.,- tSr farmers are more industrious
nose If the North, or will get in
.- 10f-s Of labor! between the twilight
- tseus and ends each day, Cuban
aNau h1rn Of torrid climate, COM
.slF-- 'yoI K at the first peep of dawn and
s.e- .lg siesta through the noontide
H.- Hose who are blowing at five
.oss Ii Jhe morning will go to break
a.-st ol ]. as will also the carpenters.
-lsoss n4inters and other artisans; and
r 4- 4our until p. m, or later, all
..-.e vtkmen will be absent from the
4ai 4auon.
l7-Hs way, it has always been believed
rl.H aIt 1uly oxen can pillow the land,
7..H lIug the dry season became hard
e- t5mi2ed road, and that a good
..t can pillow no more than half an
anu half days. An Ameri-
men who is doing some expert
--- aiming in Guines valley has de-
1as lie untIuth of the proposition,
rauunded establishment of the
Happily. his farm lies in the one
~a-feus of the island, or perhaps
0t have done it. lie softened
-s 4sed soil by turning the water
days; and then, with pair
and an American steel pillow,
4.l8 acre of ground in one day,
fju u twelve inches Hitherto.
'. udred years, only the surface
.ts been scratched with wooden
more than four inches deep,
below in virgin richness; and
clent old time methods have
well, our American friend
Nlects some wonderful crops
ole thorough cultivation.
l s't-a concentration, San Felps
~ as 3een SO thronged with chronic
lts whose rags and sores and
'~rt we're their stock-in- trade, that
.-usd t0 run the gauntlet of their i'm
To-day, wonder of won
-..ere IS not a beggar in San Felipe
.0d Dr, Hubbell went there
'--- with three Red Cross women,
; al
t4e little station about a. m.
54 uIselves besieged by crowd
'-itnt c2mplexion-nearly the entire
I.'.n9. men, women and children,
'-g- ly he Mayor, the Judge, the
tie Priest, and a delegation of
QUITS lunging flowers to honor Miss
''''t and thus escorted-after the
0''4y-ions had been made and speeches
est we marched in triumphal pro-
@A through the stony streets of the
RUE town. In the Doctor house
'ssi n san Felipe-coffee was served,
SasJ icing yet four hours ahead,
~'alng 10 local custom. Then we
us brand new asylum, with ,the
t''.e still. at our heels. What change
"-es Of comparative comfort had
the erstwhile beggars, whose
A'q become so unpleasantly familiar
'+' frequent trips through the place.
-"tles full stomachs and assured
'a Lad made them altogether
l' teatureS. True, the Home"
''7bby one, furnished with discat I'd
''At Jrs. blue granite table service