The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-03
RICH BRIDES
MAY BE
OBTAINED
With No Great Trouble, Ac-
cording to Rhoades.
HIS ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN
Who Contemplate Settling
Down in Cuba.
Special Correspondence TO Eagle3


special Correspondence 10 Eagle9
Adatanzas, Jan 2S.-Tourists by the
hundreds from the southern states are
here. They come or every ship, and win
spend the next two months enjoying the
climate and getting robbed by the natives
BY saying robbed. I do not mean that
anything win be stolen from them. but
they viii be cheated and oveTchsrged at
every turn. Their first experience is pay
ing for a cab after landing The cab
fare for two persons from wharf to any
hotel in the city is % cents Spanish
money. The law requires that SEIZED
ule Of prices be kept In the cab. bur I
doubt If there is one in the city that
obeys it. The schedules are in both Eng
lish and Spanish. Every tourist. how
ever, is charged 81 American money. and
is lucky if not asked for 81. Their next
experience is with the hotel keeper, who
complacently charges them 50 per day.
although there is only one place in the
city where such rates prevail, all the
others being Sl5Q
Then their troubles begin. As the
voyage from New York is made in from
three and one-half to five days, most of
them do not care about eating just after
arrival. but next morning wake up
with an appetite sharpened in most cases
by several days fast, and Immediately
demand breakfast. All the walters know
little English and understand what is
wanted. but are unable to explain that
breakfast will not be served before Il
O'Clock. They do their best but it is fu-
tile, and finally end by bringing a very
small cup of bitter black coffee with a
piece Of bread. Failing TO understand.
the tourist simply has TO wait until the
hour arrives ard breakfast is served
then he finds that the meal is cooked in
Spanish style and consists Of dishes that
he never before heard Of
If he goes upon the street every little
street Arab rushes up to him and cries.
Charlie. give me one cent" All the
boys under 5 years of age appear upon
the street just as nature made them
while the little girls wear a combina ton
garment from the breast to a little above
the knee supported by straps over the
shoulders 1t is a shocking sight to the
ladies, and as they are under the i'm
preston that the children have no clothes
because Of poverty. their purses are al
ways loosened and the children the re-
ciDients of their contents.
There is a very large fat negro al
ways to be found under the shade Of one
of the trees on the Plaza de Armas with
a table covered with sweets whose bust
ness is considerable increased by these
distributions Of charity. He. at least.
has good cause to think well of the
American travellers.
After all that has been written and
said about Cuba for the last few wears
few people do not seem to realize that
there is no winter here and many are
the EXPLANATIONS of surprise 10 see the
trees in fun leaf, the earth covered with
tender green grass and the flowers bloom
ing in profusion.
Another thing that seems stranga n
them is that the people speak Spanish
and not English. One IS met on all sides
with such exclama lions as. "Oh dear,
How will I make him understand" or.
Why don't they talk Engflsh?"
The most Of these people are NJ the
class known through the world az zen.
Gerfeet- Every one knows the class ana
their actions. Add to their charactarfs-
tics the Inconvenience OF Knowing NOT
word Of the language or what thov wisr,
to do or whittier 60 and Imagination win
well picture to one their utter beTpless
ness The English speaking populsfio,
mere help them out whenever possible bv
acting as interpreter for them ana bv
instrueting them how to ind the different
points OF interest Any journey into the
country must necessarily be made an
horseback. as there fs no good road. onIv
bride paths which branch Of frequent1v
leading to some house and this makes
i necessary 70 have a guide and two
horses. To offer person less than e.
for guiding only an hour or so would be
70 insult him a newcor1er. always paws
the price although II ~ only gave III.
man 50 cents he would come nearer do
ing him Justice. Laborers only receive
% 70 IS cents for d DAYS work ~ ten
hours. Horses ara chareed for al the
rate Of e per day or fraction thereof 20
trait sight-seeing IS expensive.
Almost the first question asked IS about
yellow fever. and then the location ~ the
nearest swamp. The country 80 al line
stone hills herea b0uts. rs iv also Havana.
but these people have frm corvicton
that the island Sc ens vast ewamr AMI
telling them direrert makes ~ differ
ence. They come nreuarss ~ brave ma
laris ard an ether tlls faciaane 70 suh
p formation ard are nor r. he cheated
into the he1ief that fne-s Is 20 need 81
aop1y their nam srras enrs preventative
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