The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-25

tsSu paMeu, carried about the streets
on the dirty shoulders Of the vendor
thctless encircllng his equally dirty
neck. and offered from house 10 house
for sale. orit may be, sold By the sl;ce
There were two other American fam
HES, ,ihcluding three ladies' In the
house. beside ourselves, and the day
being excessively warm, after coffee va
dressed in our most diaphnnous organ
dies, and strolled out TO see what mes
sage the Christ Child, had brought TO
The children OF men In Cuba. AT that
time the, oriental appearance OF the
city, the stucco palaces, tho heavy COL
slul:rnned portals, the, Moorish houses, the
dark featured race, the Spanish Ian
suagc and the whole ensemble were 10
new 70 me that we found sufficient di q
version In wandering through the
marrow and Irregular strcets. where
each step seemed TO transport US far.
Their and farther from this new world,
and nearer and nearer TO the hart OF
old southern Spain.
Left the Seductive Sunshine.
Recalling in time the religious signi-
hcancc Of the day, we turned our
backs on the seductive sunshine, and
the continuous ".boom" OF the dynamite
fre-ctaeker (Which is an element en-
terins into every sort of fiesta given In
CueO and entered into the soft and
sEafaowy navc--the calm and perfumpd
alr7cf La Mercedes, the most fashion
able church III Havana. Here. as e!se-
where. the services Of the Roman Cath.
ole church were continued Throughout
the day We found the music solemn
and !ngerr...rc-tsn, is 10 say, tic
voices were fine but The tones OF the;
organ, lie these Of the piano. and all
other musical instruments in Cuba.
were fattl!ns and metallic. III Z.
The church was gorgeous with flow
crs OF silver, and flowers of gold, and
many priceless draneries i Of delicate
and Brilliant satin. gold embroidered
and gold frinsed.
The Glitter Of Gold.
ID .=.
The glitter OF gold Is very dear to the
Spanish heart, but OF the flowers be-
slowed BY nature, not one. And that,
Zoo, in the land, wserc the warm SIN
caresses nature to its most brilliant
bloom, and WHARF tie Flora de Pas
qua!r, The most gorgeous blossom
known to the florist (and for each bloom
of whchr Thorlcy. with smile, thatis
chiid-lille In trust. viii ask you FIVE
dollars) grows wild, along the cactus
hedSe-rows, It is lncomprehensible.
The Cuban will decorate his church,
or his sala.'with the expensive and ugly
flowers of bisques, or even of muslin,
and allow masses OF beautiful blossoms
TO sigh away their fragrant lives in the
open common.
At this time there was not. nor had
there ever been, Protestant church
in the city of Havana. and we returned
to Ia cessa for almeurza, the IL O'Clock
breakfast, which consisted OF six or
eight csutses Of eses meat anu steos.i
OF the unkne~H. lnterspcrSed With Itiit
. %. p -gH.
bananas ard rice with red peppers, ali
in this Mexican house, bathed in oil,
and baptized inigerllc, then We retired
for. the inevitable. MONDAY sirs;a, so
dear to the heart Of the Cuban.
70 shrdlu etaoin etaol n2taoinetaoieia
Present on TIE Prado.
We had been told that nothing short
of deere from the captain general or
an earthquake must prevent our being
present on the prado at o'clock, and
dressed as FOR summer day. with
parasols and fans. We repaired at that
hour to the promenade OF fashion.
Living, as | did for the greater part Of
the subsequent two years. upon It's
broad cxpanac. I became more or less
familiar with the Kaleidoscope gallery
OF the Pr1do. but | still recall the keUe
pleasure it gave me on that Friday to
witness the imposlngpr professional Ut
the church. the glIttering equippagss
of thr officers OF the Spanish army, and
the captain general OF the island. An
otehr feature OF that day, which differ
ed from other days, was the revealing
of groups OF dancers, each group dress
ed TO represent some preferred coua-
try. wearing the national costume. and
dancing the rational dances 10 the
national music OF that country.
Time Works Changes.
IN Temporal! On Si'res!' where Inc