The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-04-07
MORE ABOUT CUBA

Mrs Synder Thinks We have Tnken Un-
due Liberty with Her Letters
Dear Sir Editor:
We arrived from our southern trip
on the 29th and SO glad to be in our S.
d. home once more. On looking oyer
our accumulated mail was chagrin-
ed to find published in the dear old
GRAPHIC letter | had writer while
in Cuba to my brother living in Memp-
his, Tenn. (who by the way is married
to Mrs. A. j. Reber's sister, which fell
into the hands Of Mr.. Reber. the Add
we all know and it is not always easy
to tell just what he will do. You did
not even do me the Kindness to correct
the NANNY grammatical errors or tine
rude expressions. Had l only known
anyone of your numerous readers
would be interested IN the many inter
esting things we saw in Cuba l would
have been glad to inform them. For
insta nee the wonderful water system
of Havana put in at a cost of thirty
millions dollars, bringing the finest
water to the cily, Il distance of 81
miles from Ventura Springs through
an immense aqueduct and was many
years in course of construction. How
the sewers are cleaned by sea water,
some rigid customs as to sanitation,
the disposal OF city garbage, the very
narrow streets Of old Havana and the
beautiful wide drives or sPrados" of
America Havana. The exquisitclv
clean large parks. The funeral of the
city's dead, Il noted general having
died while we were there giving us an
opportunity to observe their funeral
customs. Their home life-as we lived
in a native home some weeks to ac-
quaint ourselves with this mode OF
life: their religion and what the prot
estant denominations have accomp-
lished since American occupation.
In the letter you published you
make me says'the women scrubbed the
barn" 1--WE copied it as published in
the Waterloo Courier. Ed.) Anyone
who has visited Cuba would wonder
where saw any Cuban woman work.
ing. Their women do only the light
est kind Of work, such as lace making,
all drudgery being done by their old
servants. who have lived in the family
for generations-and they all have
large familles-no danger of race sui
eide in Cuba. And you should see the
sweet little black babies, for they are
So intermarried with darker races Of
mankind that the little ones are quite
black. The old Cuban "mammies"
care for the babies and children and
love them dearly. The first garment
an American mother puts on her
child is the last one Cuban mother
has any use for--much to the constern-
alton of the American tourist.
The young sonora, with her quaint
mantilla asa head covering, accom-
panied by her lover and her old duenna
would make chapter in itself. Equal
ly interesting would be description
of the sacred spot wherein lie the VIC
TINS of the Maine disaster; the dun
geons where the five American pri-
soners put in long hours and days,
while the method the Sp2nlards took
to rid the island of spies caught would
make one "see things of a night
The suburb of the city where resides
the American consul is a picturesque
spot, and there are a handred and one
things, both humorous and pathetic
that might interest the many readers
of the GRAPHIC. But bit of gossip
to the home folks iotted down hastily
one rainy morning did not appeal to
me as being much OF letter for a
ne ~spaper like yours. All this is b1t
a passing glimpse of Cuba, and as my
speciality is not newspaper writing l
appreciate the honor of your selection
Have just heard of the gift the
storks brought to your home-the
brightest jewel in any mans home. l
wish for the little chap nothing bet
ter than your responsibility OF his
coming
Send us the GRAPHIC as usual, the