Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-08

Height Of The dark mountains behind
seems 10 dwarf the puny works OF man
and gives to Charlotte Amalia the
diminutlye appearance Of a toy village
or rather Of three villages, each on its
own little hlll and the tall straight
top-hoayy palms so Ike The miniature
trees that children play With add 20 the
Illusion Then there iS the toy-like
fort. with bastlon. battcmcnts and har-
bean strongly suggestive OF cake'or
numentltion, all brlsJng win little
guns and alive with Toy folders A toy
public garden lies close 10 the landing,
and over the tops If The trees you can
soe a Moorish looking structure. appar-
entity suspended In mld-air which might
be- Noahs ark full Of toy animals
but turns out 10 be- the crack hotel Of
the island
Meanwhile long before you
have completed these obserya-
lions the nubbub Of "totin' coal
has begun Score Of npgrcs8es
In line, each blacker than the black
diamonds she carries in basket poised
on lu- woody head sing or swear &C.
curdug To- the mood of the moment
Fortunately for ears polite, their
rlbald cha tier 10 mostly unintelligible,
though among the half dozen different
languages spoken IN This polygot CONE
munly hat which passes for English
ured0mluates, ApCng all the negroes
OF the West Indies there is still q sur
vINal Of trat strange dialect which
Morayian missionaries compiled into u
sort Of literature nearly two centuries
0gu--a queer jumbo OF Dutch French
English a Creole words. mixed with
borrowings from every civilized country
arI unknown tongues from tribes of
Darkest AiHca The baskets carried
by these half.naked females weigh
when lilled, from 70 Nv 100 pounds each,
yet they wing The burdru jauntily 10
their heads and trot gai,y or with IT,
erect az statues-to and fro over the
gangplank all day long IN the blazing
sun, or all night II need be, for the
pitiful hire Of 10 cents an hour The
lcssoes Of the st. Thomas wharves keep
cXhausIo,s supplies Of coal always on
hand, ana Tor many years our naval
and merchant vessels az well az those
Of other nations having business In
these waters. have made this an I'M
portant port Of call
There is not the slightest doubt that
Uncle Samuel would have bt n doing
well for himself had be purchased the
island ~ double the price agreed upon.
The famous port which lies on the
south side Of the is.dud, midway In the
coast line--is directly IN the path Of
all the vessels that ply between Eu-
rope and South America, Europe ana
Mexico, Europe ana the Greater An
allies hosldcs oy tFng tne track Of
thpsc bound - aah from me ports Of
thu utuited states. 70 cpN do many
s.r3mshit Hires todCl here regularly
FOR coal, but great many
other vessels put In Tor repairs. or for
shelter IN stormy weather The great
circular harbor Is 80 we'll protected that
ships are perfectly safe In 1t from all
the COLES tnat rage outside. There Is
a commcdious floating dock, and a
steamship capable Of handling the
largest vessels.
OF course, tns I ado Of St Thomas
amounts To little. ~ Denmark would
not have lrft a. Wi'i'ia &C get rid OF
hPr. lut the Yankee netio, win change
lll that IN ths ,sat futdie. For more
nan ANN NNuAN AillN AhH Ittn "a lAFt pull
with not customs officer anywhere
about Therefore articles of foreign
make, for use or wear may be obtain
I'd very cheaply in Charlotte Amalia
sans duty, The finest Cuban cigars
lr example. which sell In New York for
2 TO 20 dollars per hundred. can be
bought here for eight or ten dollars
md come OFF without duty. The finest
nay rum, too--the very best ever made
sells today In 81 Thomas for 20 cents
j point, while al home the same-after
,eing bountIfuly "doctored," costs
I've times as much.
The town Of Charlotte Amalla Is one
II the most attractive In all the West
ldes with delightful scenery, condi-
ions Of infinite rest and an atmos-
here of eternal summer tempered by
,almy tradewinds As before mention
"a, Il Is built mainly on the seward
Hopes OF three hills. with handsome
'lllas dominating the upper heights
md pretty cottages scattered through
he valleys. The whole island-only
bout 10 miles long by four wlde-ls
ugged and picturesque. with a noun
ain ridge Of volcanic origin run
llNk hNlbFh ~ anu ANh NNhfH dlf SUI
ounded by reefs and breakers.
.andng In front Of little plaza,
,verhurg with palms, and mango
lees, you are at once In the midst
4 strange but good -natured
white brown and yellow
men, women and children, with hard
Y an Anglo-Saxon face among them,
NE clothing OF the crowd Is peculiar TO
lorthern eyes. as lavish In colOring as
Canty In amOunt-the men, as a rule
wearing nothing but cotton trousers
nd a straw hat, the women. a single
.arment Of gaudy calico. or bedraggled
White muslin, always hltChed up on one
ide to the bare knee and topped by
wst of bandanna handkerchief. beside
which, for blending of hues, Jacobs IA
nous coat would hardly be worth men
ioning And then the astonishing num-
Yer Of children that tumble about
under foot-White teeth
cleaning In perpetual grins ana black
yes shining like Get beads Ion a saucer
# dark mOasses-all dressed In suits
II fast black Tor should We say un.
Iressed kld?) just as nature made
hem! Women aaunter along carrying
,rOad fiat trays on their heads. heaped
With vegetables, fruits, bread, sQuaking
hickens tied leg TO leg, chunks OF raw
neat, bloody liyers and kidneys, trlpe
nd fish, Others importune the strang-
II to buy strings Of seashells. seabeans.
Jobs tears, pieces OF coral. seafans.
md other ocean products; while others
quat all day on their heels. under the
friendly shade Of the mango trees. be-
Tide their little piles OF vans. peppers.
lines and Joints Of sugar cane. The
business part of the town is COMPRISED
II one long street that follows the cury-
ngs OF the shore. and at either end
nerges into a road which encircles the
sland Red-tled houses rise In regular
,radations up the steep hilsldes. Climb
my OF the cross streets and presently.
cooking backwards you have a charm.
ng picture OF villas I'm the foreground.
ialnted In rainbow colors, the beautiful
,ay with rs ships and lslets In the mid
Ne distance, and beyond, across a blue
Xpanse of ocean. the dim shane of
Porto Rico. Santa Cruz and other Of the
lesser Antilles,
FANNIE r. WARD
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