Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-17

liged 70 take new bearings altogether.
| The reason why there are not more
fatalities In the slx-fUOt-wide streets Is
probably traceable 70 Dutch lack Of
hurry. Carts can barely squeeze
through them, the ponderous hubs Of
their wheels grazing the walls on
either side and scattering pedestrians
into doOrways. There are tramCars-
heavy, square. curtalned boxes. with
dashbOards so high and seats turned
the other way that the motor" 1.-TWO
dlminutiye donkeys 10 each carr Is not
visible. You soon learn that the city
Il divided by the clover leaf shaped bay
into three district parts--Punda, where
the government buildings and princ-
pal commercial houses are located,
Banda (other Blde)-a pOpulous resi-
dence quarter; and schar0, the Fifth
avenue Of the island Each OF these
divisions has Just one broad smooth,
main driveway, encompassed by net
work OF alleys. Naturally, everything
on wheels seeks the three wide thor
oughfares, crowdIng them from curb 10
curb and making them more dangerous
than the comparatively deserted alleys
The carriages OF Curacao arstocrats
are drawn by the lively, half-wil1
horses Of Colombia which disdain con-
troll and dash ahead at break-nock
speed, whatever may stand IN the way.
People pass from one division Of the |
city 10 another By tramcar, which |
makes the circuit Of the bay. or In |
ilat-bottomed boats or punts-the |
latter method Of transportation
being a regular and we'll |
conducted business, Punda Sec
ton includes the old Span |
ish city Of Santa Ana, and It's
modern eastward extension.
Close to the governors residence |
stands the Dutch Reformed church, |
whore Peter Stuyvesant worshlped |
when he was governor Of the island,
before being transferred to New AM
sterdam, which Is now a part Of Great
er New York. A little way back Of this
qualntest OF sanctuaries is the nearly |
ohliterated ruin Of the Stuyyesant man
sion, and In an adjacent cemetery lies
one Of the Stuyyesant's legs. or course
you 70 TO service In the Dutch Re-
formed church on your first Sunday
morning In Curacao, and perhaps sit
in the governors pew, which Is as high
as the pulpit ana quite as conspicuous.
As you pass out OF the door cloth
bag Is presented 10 your attention, In
which you are expected to deposit an
offering for the church, and after a 7
O'Clock dinner you should follow the To-
cal world to the governors house, aud
promenade therein, 10 the music Of the
government band. for an hour or two
Following the band, you go up the wide
staircase Of the mansion, into a series
Of lofty saloons. all looking out over
the bay Presently dancing begins,
(although II IL Sunday evening", and
perhaps the stately governor, Baron
Won Heerdtot Eversberg, leads the
measure More likely, however, he Is
busy with his male friends In big
apartment to the right, where side
boards and decanters are the consplcu-
ous articles OF furniture; or else he is
In the card-room, where beyy OF gem
tlemanly, prosperous-looklng men are
NJ whist, or some other game that Is
played with cards. What 10 your sur
prise TO observe IN the midst the
preacher Of the mornlng-the reverend
divine whose powerful discourse re-
minded you 20 much OF the late Henry
Ward Beecher-his hands full Of kings
md aces, his little guilder stake on the
table fragrant Havana between his
lips and glass OF brandy-and- soda at
his elbow We are assured by those
who live here, and therefore ought TO
know that there are no better people
on earth than these, both In intention
and executions but their ways are not
exactly those TO which Americans have
been accustomed. out In the streets
looks equally queer and i'm
the street urchlns that
itand ready to dive for the pennies sou
hrow into 20 feet OF water and the
lalf-nude b0atmen will row YOU from
place 10 place In the town 10 yarlously
'olored women selling fruit sweet
meats and tobacco, and ladies' trailing
tllily starched skirts at their sllppered
reels.
The official language OF Curacao Is
Dutch. but English, Spanish and
french are also commonly spoken. The
mancpated negroes who comprlse the
lux OF the population, speak a strange
atols called Papamento--a word
'hlch literally translated means 10
peak lies 1t Is soft rnd llquld as that
{ the South Sea islands. and evident.
y grew from a Spanish base In tbe ola
lave tines. Dutch, Danish and Eng.
sh words were also INCORPORATED Int
one OF African origin. All harsh CON
onants have been eliminated. all long
.ords abbreviated and after three hum
red years Of growth n has become a
lnguage by itself Children have
armed Il, generation after generation.
nd the Roman clergy have given n a
xed grammatical form. 1
FANNIE b. WARD. 4;