The sun., 1900-07-22
CUBA'S WOMEN TEACHERS.
rWO IMPRESSIONS OF THE VISITORS
Ar CANBRIDGE.
Trouble Csyed for Chapsrons a. First BY
Their HHthusiasm In Adoptins American
ws,s-Their Looks and 7 heir Dress-Fitrts-
,,p, q. .onx On, but serious work Also Done. |

w.-Tb.,r Look, and Their Dress--Fiirta
nan, Z. o,ng On, but serious work Also Done
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.,,, ,ha ,uhars said ohapeyon who 70,
~ II b,d ho., living with eishteen Cubar
-, The povelty has worn of for both
,..A.,s and Americans The work Ia settling
,n,,,. The br,t ebnlli,ion Of enthusi.
80 L,. u,ssed the reaction also has come and
"a ,l,. -,har .acond thoughts are finding
-,
..rh 0rs, no,nt ~ General interest Ia the per-
- ,r,.ar,ncs of the Cuban women. The
=, ,,.,,al obseryer think IL struck BY the
-, ,,,,ors they wear especially by the prev,
-. nf mink and blue When they landed
r.. tho ,ranspor,s they wore lavender silks s
d I,.,.tr tr,in,ned mn-lins and now when they
.., a,ulrsious where they have to walk
~ ,t,,ugb tho dus, and dirt they wear white
,,,,a .kiris over red silk petticoats and deck
,h.r,.elv.s ,,it h futtering tags OF ribbon. They
t,.,,,,. ia. American costume of shirtwaist
ol,,b skirt and sailor hat but always without
.,h,,,inr the trlmness Of the American girl,
.,J TIN. in spit. of tn. fact that nearly all OF
tts,r youur girls lace to an abominable degree.
Tho ,rimn,.s Of the waist is offset by the bad
carriag. b, the -lackness In the adjustment Of
holt. and n.cktIr~ by the elabora teness Of the
hai. that are almost universally worn and by
tho veil. and rbbuls and iaces. These are sell
DON, perfectly fresh The prettiest women
are seen and those who seem 10 belong TO the
hes, families are an exception. They wear
black for the most part and the Older among
them wear the mantlla
NV experience IN the house is that it ls i'm
nn.-ibla 70 make a Cuban girl Keep her belong
lg- In order She seems 10 shed articles OF
snparel over the whole house. The Cuban
woman old or Young is devoted to her wrapper
And dressing ,acque. II she has only half an
hour IN the house she is out Of her dress and
into her wrapper IN an incredibly short time.
ard has al least twenty minutes OF comfort.
She goes to her breakfast in her dressing sacous.
une>s she l. going out to reciiations immedi-
e'ely after aud she wears her hair down either
loose or in a braid MANY Of the women have
heavy growth Of hair but It is seldom beapt-
fuI for il has tendency to coarseness and oili-
nes, In spite Of that they wear II down their
backs frequently. | see women Of rs go TO
classes with their hair In braids and know one
married woman who wears hers 80 all the time.
The ,,Ibau women have no objections to
receiving men when they are in their wrappers
and when their hair is done up on pink and blue
curl papers This was matter which shocked
the American chaperons to considerable ex-
tent during the first few days when the men
we're making early morning calls on all the girls
Of their acquaintance. Yet the same girl
would make careful toilets for a walk on the
street or for dance
No toilet is complete without a flower or
ribbon in the hair. much rice pow der on the
face and mrch perfume ON the handkerchief
The use ~ the pow der j. convention, probably
the result Of the climate Of Cuba, and In no
way corresponds 10 the habit of painting or
rouging II does not even pretend TO deceive
for II is put on in large Quantities and neither
rubb-i In nor brushed on.
The hands and arms Of the Cuban women
are usually bretts. bat inclined 20 plumpnees
They show 10 advantage. however, in the man.
acement of the tiny fans which all the Cuban
women carry with them day and night
The Cuban foot, like the hand IL short and
almost fat The stores In Boston and Cam
bridge have much difficulty in fitting H. and
vet Unfortunately, the two things which every
Cu'an wants to buy are hats and shoes |
took tSo pretty Cuban girls shopping one day
They reduced the salesman in the shoe store
:" state bordering on mbecility by their
constant cries Of " ider' wider.' Their mother,
VINO vas with tbsr, cre,tad ,no,bsr d,vsrsion
nv refusing TO let the sales IN an take of her old
shoes or put on the new ones Low shoes,
hr the way they will not even look at High
bgttoned boots are their preference, always
black and never tan. Slippers however. are
favoriies with them. ] found one Of my girls
aN'ring N on an excursion with slippers and
rIbh"r>, which struck me as an odd combina-
tun 'pr long walk
I,r time il seemed as though nothing
would satisfy the cuban craze for shopping
MAJ II the women have been saving money
f"' months until il bnrnel In their pockets
Ba-id" that. they had put on their spring shop
rng, A. an American girl might IL she were
on or way 10 Paris They bought every
tIng clothes 'or their famil at home clothes
f"r r"m~nye~ and keepsakes for their friends
Mm' ~ them we're eytravarant and insisted
on 'Iyng furs and feather boas which they
c"pit never use in Cuba Mrs Brooks ad-
dr'S't the women in Sanders Theatre and
warned them aGains, srch foIies There was
~'lGnt reform after that The large shopping
parties continued, however although on more
econ 'mjcal lines. and Harvard was hard put
70 u to provide guides and chaperons As
'he 'nbans, men and women both are re-
qneSted not to go TO Boston alone, guides are a
necessity
The whole question Of the social relations
oi the Cuban men and women has caused end
l'.S trouble in Cambridge Partly To- act as
buffers betwaen Cambridge landladies who