Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-19

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the comfort of strangers and.if one
can talk a little Spanish he can get
1along quite well. Ttsis necessary to
understand and speak Spanish in
[order to engage in any business in
1.-THE city. ~ i9-is-' tFa tiso
Havana is very clean city and
the many nice parks make pleasant
resting places for adults and de-
lightful play grounds for. the chill
dren. The citizens, in elegant CO.'S
tunes, assemble in these parks every
evening andare well entertained by
|good bands of musicians, in fact
these parks are vast, beautiful, we'll
lighted reception grounds, filed
with statuary, fountains, foliage and
we'll dressed people Of all ages and
colols and every shade ofcolor from
the blacklist to the whitest. ..oe
The tavorite conveyance Of
Havana is the two seated, one horse,
rubber tire English coach, These
are standing almost everywhere
ready to. carry one or two passengers
to any part Of the city for 20 cents
Spanish silver, if more than two peo-
pie enter the coach at time an.
additionalnickle or dime is required.
The city is supplied with street
cars and bus lines but the latter is
patronized mostly by the laborers
and negroes. .' ., ......3 , .',i' y
Department and general stores
have not yet been introduced, here.
Each merchant. has his own small
compartment we'll filled with his es-
pecial line Of goods. Shopping is
not difficult Obispo Street is one
continuous line Of stores containing
elegant goods Of every description,
each in its own room, but one soon
learns where to look for whatever is
needed. Goods from the States are
more expensive than at home but,
the incest goods of all kinds are,
brought from Spain at reasonable
prices. 2 @al3 aI4 z
Ladies do not work in Cuba.
They are not supposed to lower their
dignity by any contact with business
not even entering grocery store or
eating in a public place with nen,
consequently most Of the marketing,
clerking, sewing, cooking and work
in general is done by men. There
are a few exceptions however, for 1
just saw colored woman go down
the street with barrel of potatoes
on her head. -
The streets are very narrow but
well paved. Most Of the traffic is
carried on by means Of one mule two
wheeled carts and it is interesting
to see how these faithful animals re-
spond to the demands of their mas
tiers and wonderful how they sue
coed in retaining footing on smooth
pavements while pulling loads
weighing from one to five tons. Ac-
eording to law, one ton is enough
for one mule, but sometimes a driver
is arrested who has doubled or quad
Irupled the standard allowance. /
have fallen in love with the mule
since coming to this country. Cuba
cannot do without him.
l came to this much talked Of land
intending to give it as thorough an
Investigation as eyes and ears would
allow in a brief fortnight, especially
along agricultural lines. l wanted
to learn for myself what industries
would be most pleasant and profit
able in this land Of perpetual sum
mer but a badly fractured arm. pre-,
cluded all possibility Of either stage
or equestrian travel in the rural dis
tricts. eea .si;l
Railroad and electric car lines are
being built quite extensively. and
will soon give all the interior good
outlets to cities and ports, English
German, Canadian and American
colonies will soon transform much of
able stock ranches, fruit farms and
market gardens. # is only cues
ton Of time when thew can have
their own schools churches \ and
societies. 2,
Thin blooded people who dread
being pinched by the rieors Of North.
ern winters can here he coc,mfortable
without shoyeling coal or saving
wood. This country iaminus stoves
and chimneyse no fuel used excent
4 for cooking which is mostlyrdone :by
charcoal furnaces, 5alIf
There are No. screens or f3ies aho,,
this hotel neither are there any buas
around the electric lights ) in The
narks or in NV. oman :. roo,n Hnn