The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-17
IN FAIR SANTIAGO.
description OF the Famous Old Cuban City--Not
Case OF Yellow Fever in Eighteen rlonths

palms and bananas the low-roofec
| houses set in among trees on hill tons tbs
| RUNS OF ocA-houses. toy warfare, al
TENDS 10 make an impressive picture OF
lovely spot one not easily forgotten
The steamer anchors In the bay. com.
pelling passengers TO reach the shore in
| small boats, not creditable condition
! Tor an enterprising American steamship
| company, then the Custom House inspec-
| ton and hotel
Had Poe been in Santiago under the
shadows OF the cathedral and had seven
! hNes scared out OF him with the daboli-
cal discord OF the cathedral chimes. ."
ms Bells would never have been written.
or III written, would have been phrased
differently. I'm season and out OF season
1t - "tinkle tinkie. tinkle. bum. clatter
smash, bang, with dscord let loose and
smashed To pieces. And then a peculiarly
aegressiVe-toned bell breaks loose and
makes the stars shiver. The sweet chords
OF the Monastery Bells" are a shattered
dream, and from now on the word chimes
has new and night-marish meaning
There IL goes again!
the climate Is constant surprise Here
In what is said TO be hot summed, tie
tfermometer ranges from IS TO 80 degrees
IN the middle or the day. At night but
once H. SIX weeks nEy n npen realty
warm. and then IL was not what Newark
knows as uncomfortab BILE Frequently. here
IN hotel IN the centre of the city a
blanket Is needed for comfort while in
the country two blankets are REQUIRED
every night This is UNDER the tropics,
ana To man who might be callel fairly
Wen read and something of q traveller,
IL comes as daily surprise. This is ;he
hot summer The winter months, az
Ter Inc tall rains, are said to be charm
ing; which compels the impression that
II much or any more charming than now,
there can he nothing finer on the round
globe. There Is this 10 be said the heat
while not excessive is persistent. IL is
every day, hence Il is part OF daily life
10 stop work at about IL and rest until Q
in the afternoon
For three hundred years Santiago was
dirty: the buzzards were the scavenCers
The habits of the people were filthy. OrraI
was thrown in the streets. which I'm rainy |
times were impossible, muddy. fostering |
sewers so TO say. until the sunbaked a |
crust on top, making passage and traffic /
possible. For three hundred years the |
city was never without yellow fever
waiting yearly for summer 10 make il epi-
lemlc ana menace 10 the southern cities
~ the United States. The advent Of /
he American army and American san.
tary methods has wrought its good
'hanse and today the death rate Is p in
he thousand as against e6 i'm previous |
ears and not case of yellow fever for |
fghteen months. Another year and |
santiago will begin TO he known as
winter health resort and so far as ma |
ure can provide. without a peer Manv |
II the streets are paved with asphalt or
rick system OF sewers is i'm course
II construction. new and good water
upply is being arranged for. Nestled in |
mong the mountains stretched along the
hores OF beautiful BAYS. and near ,hs
road ocean. IL has only been through the
egligence OF shiftless race that santa
o has been kept from being a world
amous resort.