Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-22

specal Correspondence
cDorlotte Amalla, st. Thomas Island
,n S-one Of your first surprises on
.ndlnp at this port Us the cab system
,r" ,shicles are not Of the snowy order
1 ,bo horses might be valuable az
o." Of anatomyi but the price
=, in Keeping with the outfit Ten cents
nne il the regular tarIif-and mo-
'bere else are miles so short as In the
measurement of these 81, Thomas
isbps Up hill and down dale you are
,atled, regardless Of bumps ana
,,rulses. at the utmost speed the half
starved animals can make under the
Incentive Of cruel lashings' whenever
,ys find ourselves compelled 10 paltoh-
,,e ths mode OF locomoton, we hlre
,ha drivers, at double tariff to put by
,be whip aud then, Of course, the Ihlles
ore shorter than ever Most tourists
urefer 10 travel about the country on
he little island ponies, which scamper
aver The mountains surefooted as gOats'
nine hot, moist atmosphere rs not con-
5"c,ye 10 pedestranlsm, and the most
,,"eterate walkers, who have climbed
me Alps and tramped over half the
,yorld on foot here grow lazy as the
isglest ana are willing to ride In any
Enough the Islands themselves are
h.autlful beyond compare their prlncl-
vSI XIV. Charlotte Amalla, has no at
,ractlons TO boast Of, The walls and
roofs of IT'S insignificant houses are
mostly a haphazard tumble Of sheet
zinc boards and shingles. In some
M the narrowest streets the low-Gell-
,nged habltati0ns have oyerhanslng
haiconlps that almost touch those on
tbe opposite side-thus forming tunnel
ike aleyWays, through which persplr-
Ing black crowds push aud surge, each
individual unit apparently trying to
make the most noise, Ladies of color
eIt IN these balconies all day long, Cos
.,ulng with friends across the way, Of
len exchanging nelghborly courteses
Lv tossing things over or even leaning
ont of the windows to hand their babies
across. The windows are generally
Without glass, being closed at night with
blinds Of solid wood, If closed ~ all
Both doors and windows stand wide
open all day long aff0rdlng free views
of domestic operations and scantily
furnished interiors Another peculiar
uy OF West India houses Is the absence
of chimneys. OF course no fires are
needed for heating purposes in this re-
zion Of eternal summer. The kitchens
are detached from the better houses,
and "all outdoors serves the purpose
among the loWly, whose cooking Is done
over a little pile Of sticks in the open,
or a clay pot containing a handful Of
charcoal
AS for sights the round OF them Is
soon made There Is a big, new hos
ptal. which looks az clean as II freshly
scrubbed and sand-papered every day,
and quarantine lazeretto on Mullen
leldt point, around the curve Of the
bay--from whose Inequalities may the
good Lord deliver US. There are sew
eral well-kept squares each a little
open garden, beautifully kept a thea
ter public library, reading room. half
q dozen churches, including a Roman
Catholic cathedral and a Jewish syna-
gogue a college supported by the Dam
lsh government and a fine Moraylan
school About two-thlrds Of the
population are Catholic and
me rest English Episcopalians,
Lutherans Reformed Dutch and Mora
yians-haye q church for each sect.
Heavy cumberous carts, each pulled
by string Of from four TO eight ponies,
rumble through the crowded streets 20
and from the wharves, to the peril Of
lives and limbs, The drivers. shouting
with all the bower Of their practlced
lungs have reins to. the wheeers and
a boy runs alongside on the right,
guiding the leaders with a single rope
Inca survival Of the postilllon, but
dIsnounted Cows are rare In the ISL
inds, the milk Of goats being generally
used. Early In the morning the milk
vendors 90 their rounds, driving the
goats from house TO house. A customer
selects the most likely" looking goat
and has It MIXED IN his doorway--and
meantime a group Of mischlevous chill