The daily tribune., 1903-12-12
TRAVELS OF A
FLORENCE MAN.
L. c. Bailey Gives Some In
teresting Information.
He Tells OF the Possibilities of the
Investor in Cuba Interesting
Happenings During His
Trip to the Island.
(continued from Yesterday J


l will try and give short descrip-
tion of Havana and in describing that
city l describe all others ON the island
for all Spanish cities are ''built on
the same PLAN though some are lar.
ger than others. The houses. rs a
rule. are one story high, yet there are
some two and even three stories. They
are constructed of manufactured stone
similar to what we know as Portland
cement, with a smo 9th. white cement
surface. The color they trim with
is nearly always blue. Go where you
will the colors are white and blue.
The doors TO these houses average
about eight feet wide by fifteen feet
high. The windows are rearly all
the same size. There is very little
glass used, each window being protect
ed by iron bars which gives th1m the
same appearance as one of our prisons.
There are shutters ON the inside to
keep out cold draughts of air or a
driving rain. The ceilings are
twenty feet or more high and the
windows and doors are built high to
give suitable ventilation. The floors
are of tile. There is very little about
a Cuban house to burn and it would
be almost impossible to destroy a
Cuban city by fire alone. Tho streets
are very narrow-about thirteen feet
wide and the sidewalks from eighteen
inches to two feet wide. The stores
are we'll filled with goods and in
quantity and display they equal some
of their amusement is cheir prom.
enade." Every Sunday evening they
gather at the plaza Tor park and
men, women and children. each SEEM
ingly seeking their own pleasure, COM
panion and gait and all going the
same way, walk around the plaza,
making the circle many times during
the evening. On these occasions
consider the women, generally speak
mig. more neatly dressed than our
very neatly dressed. The promenade.
in fact, may be considered regular
"dress parade. The plaza Is found
in all large Spanish (now CufaI)
cities. / remained in Havana over
night.
In the morning started for Glen
fueaos, a town of about 10000 inhab-
itants, one days journey from
! uou.,a IN tb;c iouruay eaparatpd
myself from all English speaking peo-
pie and | learned foe the first time
the unpleasantness of being with peo-
pie / could not talk to nor understand.
The sights on this journey were
strange. queer and fascinating. In
this article | Will speak only of the
interesting. There were the Royal
Palm tree, the orange tree, the banana
tree, the Cocoanut tree, the cotton
and sugar cane. There were no end
of vines aud other trees with odd
Spanish names of which knew moth
ing-and could find out nothing.
tree that especially attracted my at
tentioo, from historical point. wa
the "tree of lfe' in the shape OF th'
undressed kid. He and she were il
evidence at nearly every station
Outside of the large cities the chll
dsen are allowed to 90 naked unti
they are five or six years of age The,
seem perfectly happy in this mud
condition and little or no attention /
paid to them by residents. They ar
all the wild aud happy flowers o
the valley" The mother seems yer
devoted to her children and the chill
dren are all well behaved and hav
excellent manners. | did not hear an