The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-03-10

to-ll N'et4a 50 l-ISFy any t4ilr 10 nave
pretty clothing
Our leave taking was q formal affair
as we shook hands with each one ard
each repeated the words Of the mother
who asked Us that COD be with Us and
wished Us a pleasant voy1se. having Pfc
viously learned that we were going 10
Key West the next day.
I am writing this from on board the P.
and O. steamer. Mascuite and VIII give
you some of the experiences Of getting
out Of Havana. First it IS necessary 10
get a health certificate. I went TO the
marine hospital ard stated By wishes ard
was asked if had been successfully vac
cinated and to show the marx Now
the last vaccination had is three years
old and the scar has disappeared but
have an old mark and relic Of the bar
barous practices Of earIy vaccination. so
1 showed that The doctor looked at Il
and said "au right. give him a csrtif-
cate" ard passed the next man ia the
same way. although tha scar he shovel
was the result of an accident and he haa
never been vacciuated. I have been Won
dering what college that doctor attended /
However that is the governments busi-
ness and I was giad to set through SO
easily. Next I went To set my trunk
which had been Ieft at the depot Ok the
train bringing me from AIantanzas Here
I met me specimen of Cuban greed
ard how they rob Americans uDon every
possible occasion A cartmau rushed Up
to me, asking in English 4 had trunk.
1 told him where I wanted it taken and
asked him how much he wanted 10 carry
it and received the reply a dollar and a
half I asked him II It was American
money and he said yes AS his knowl-
edge of English was exhausted. / told
him in Spanish that / didn't want 10
buy either him or his mule at which he
Immediately offered to do it for 800
Spanish. I saw I was making money
fast and turned to another when I heard
some one say; "Ie understands the lan-
guage and the customs ten him the reg
ular price" [ Immediately asked him
now much I should pay. and he said %
cents Spanish silver. Then every cart
man there offered TO carry It FOR that
price. AS % cents Spanish is worth bat
Is cents American anyone can see what
price travellers have to pay for every
thing
crowd who were making OH manner OF
pleas why their baggage should not be
fumigated. Many of the ladies feared
their clothing would be spoiled while
others would be afraid TO have anyone
touch Their things for fear something
would be stolen. The officials were out
of temper and I saw it was rot a place
to lingeT. SO gave the man my key and
told him to throw ont everything that
was not allowed 10 go. II surprised him
So to find I didn't have a kick coming
that he asked me If 7 had anything that
IS being forbidden passed. I told him
that I had blankets and pillows at which
he said: Take out the pillows and I
viii pass the blankets. 7 took out the
pillows and he allowed the blankets 20
remain. although he was refusing others
the same privileges 7 had about come
to the conclusion that II a scft answer
turnet away wrath that also a pleas
antly spoken request gains favors and
have more effect than all the blistering
one can put up.
After attending 70 my baggage 7 went
aboard the lighter waiting 10 be taken ont
tn Che ship Most Of the passengers were
going on the upper deck SO 7 sought a
ouiet corner in the lower cabin and set
tied down 20 pass the time reading 7
was interrupted by bubble Of voices in
the Spanish language and look up 20 find
the cabin filed with children while
man and woman stood I'm the doorway
shaking hands and bidding each other
good bye. The woman sat down oppos-
ite me ard 7 heard another ask ~ an
those children were hers and she said
with a great deal ~ pride that they were:
that she had only been married twelve
years and had nine children. counted
the children and sure enough there were
nine Of them. Cust0me are SO different
here from America that fl is perfectly
permissible 70 address n woman AZ any
time. SO 7 had no hesitancy I'm speaking
to her. and asked II she had not made
good record Tor one SO young aa she
could not be over thirty She said she
was q and honed God w0nd send her
nine more. 7 tod here 7 felt sorry Tor
her husband and asked y it was not exc
peneive feeding so many and received the
reply that they dld not eat much and
as her husband had a good business ~ /
Tampa he could anord H. She express
ed q fear that she would rot be able o.
Rct them up The side ~ The shin az seven
= them were too email % Climb The lad
der offered 70 help them up and when
we were along side handed them up "a
the first mate who passed fhcm - Tho !
steward. Like and CUBAN children mos
are lightly dressed. ro1 around on the /
seats paving no attention to che fact 4
that their dresses eaf above trf fr wafrf7 4