Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-18
GOING TO CUBA
The Editor Of the Ledger Does Not
Forget That Mexico Must be
a City-Thinks Havana
the Winter Resort Of
the World.

MOBILE Ala January IA, 1905 ~
Believing that a mar can do better
work by taking a rest one in o while
the writer is 10 Mobile en- route for
Havana, Cuba, for a brief outing.
Cuba is fast becoming the w~interre-
sort for Americans, who formerly
went to Florida or California The
sea voyage is very attractive, and the
climate In Cuba during the winter Is
perfect. i cannot imagine q more de-
iiehtful trip for January or February.
Os January 5, 1906, the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad and the Munson SIS.
Line established through service be-
tween st Louis aud Havana, Cuba A
fast train de Luxe land it is de luxe
In every sense OF the word will leave
st Louis at 9:45 p m, every Friday,
over the Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
and will reach the steamship docks at
Mobile at 800 p m. Saturday. This
train will DO called the Havana Linn
tied.
The nineteen-knot SIS. prince
George" will be at the docks awaiting
the arrival Of the Havana Limited,
and after the customs officers have
performed their necessary functions
the ePrlnce George will sail at 4:3o.
p. M. and run into the harbor OF Ha-
vana as the sun rises on the following
Monday morning.
The Havana Limited will be a solid
Pullman train composed Of the finest
equipment yet built. The makeup OF
| the train will consist OF a composite
baggage, buffet club, smoking and
library car, dining car, and drawing
| room, compartment and observation
sleeping cars.
In the club car will be a barber
shop and bathroom, with barber and
valet, and In the observation and
| drawing-room cars there will be a
lady's maid in attendance
The Havana Limited will make the
run from st. Louis TO Mobile in seven
teen hours. This, added to the sche-
dule OF the SIS. prince George, draws
Havana within ifty-three hours OF st.
Louis, and makes possible a trip which
will be one OF such ease and pleasure
as never TO be forgotten.
The modern SIS. prince George is
constructed on the lines OF the famous
Cunard Line ocean greyhounds 'Oam-
paniap and"Lucania, " and fitted with
eleven-inch bilge keels to keep her
steady and easy in all weather condi-
tions. She maintains a speed OF nine
teen knots an hour. Is lighted by cleo.
tricity and ventilated by an electric
exhaust fan system.
The prince George has broad shell
tered promenape decks which extend
fore and aft for the free use Of passen'
gers.
The Prince George has accommo'
dations for two hundred first cabin
passengers and ample quarters fol
sixty Of the intermediate class.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad IC
Cuba is perhaps the finest winter tour
ist line for st Louisians and for those
who live 10 the states Immediately
north, west and east thereof.
The route Immediately strike:
south and with every passing moment
of the journey better and bettel
weather conditions obtain.
The route also embraces a sail IL
tropical waters Of over thirty hours
a~ay from noise and dust and dirt.
The accommodations OF theHavanni
. Limited and the IS. prince George
will be strictly "limitedn In character
the idea being to provide a wlnteI
tourist service superior to anything
which is Offered in any direction dur
ing the winter tourist season.
1t Is great relief to a rut-worr
family to get away occasionally from
familiar scenes, customs and localitie
to go forth into space. as it we're, ant
look upon things different.
Cuba is an ideal land to visit, If on
Is seeking for something unusual, Al
) American weary Of business will finI
. Havana, and the island generally, tbI
| very type Of environment and exis
tence best calculated to soothe apt
recuperate his dropping spirits
James Anthony Froude, in 1887
wrote:
Havana isa city of palaces a cit.
of streets and plazas, OF colonades ant
towers and churches and monastaI
les The Spaniards built as they bull
In CASTLE; built with the same ma
terial, the stand urns, which are ger
orally gray, with raised green orna
ments and little gilt frames at th
: top. Here / walk into the night, cor
templating the starry heavens abov
me, and the city below my feet TIL
THE MORO light, as the city beaco
! fire In the MORO Fortress is called,
kindled and beams like a large. stead
ly cleaning star, with the most n
splendent light, over the city. Tn
! air is delicious and calm, or breathe
merely like a slnmbering child
, have tried the other routes to Hs
vana and think the one via Mobil
the most attractive.
The South is In a most prosperou
; condition with high priced c~otton;an
the towns are all becoming citieI
Mexico must follow suit. Keep III
right kind OF men in charge Of th
city government. That's the way
make a city. II. NJ. WHITE