Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-14

fine modern hotel, an administration build
ing, a town hall, general store doing a
business of 100000 year; an electric light
and refrigerating piant-which latter one
needs In that country to make life worth
living-and the Berlin system of sewerage,
more perfect than any which has yet been
adopted even by the most enterprisng
cities in the states.
After all, does II not seem like some ia
BILE of the Arabian Nights? One could easily
fancy Aladdin and his wonderful lamp hav-
ing had something to do with this almost
miraculous change from useless jungle to
prosperous town.
But with its four-sauare American arehi-
lecture IL Is not an alluring town There
is something terribly crude and raw-looking
TO the eye used to the irregular outlines and
suggestive beauty of the Spanish architec-
ture. 1t Is such spiek and span little
town, however: SO clean, so well kept, SO
trim and so promising. with its small, neat
houses and carefully tended gardens-not
al all like the piotous bloom of Spa gar
dens-that 1t makes a distinct appeal of Its
own: and oh. how good 1t is TO get once
more into a real bed with real mattresses
on 1T. after weeks Of sleeping on the pad
springs!
Central Park Hotel.
The Plaza Hotel at Ceballos has quite a
pauant history. for it is nothing more nor
less than as much of the old Plaza Hotel
Wliicli lOf 30 many years St0DQ at the en-
trance to Central Park New York as could
be moved to Cuba. The furnishings are the
same; even the doors are identical; while
the celebrated room OF mirrors has been
transported in toto. One feels upon enter
ing IL very much at home indeed Cebailos
Is sort OF social rendezvous for number
of American colonists from various parts of
the states, from Ohio. Pennsylvania Mas
saehusetts and New York. who foregather
of evenings at the hotel or town hail. their
days being spent in the raising Of cane
bananas, oranges or pineapples, one planta-
ton of $1,000 acres being the largest orange
grove In the world. Here one may see at
certain seasons of the year such well-known
people as State Senator George w. Siebsr
of Ohio, looking for insects on his ps.s
orange trees. or DR.. E. P. Miller of New
York. wandering in oyeralls among his
pineappies. or perhaps j. e. Limeburner of
PHILADELPHIA busy with his 1000 acres OF
sugar cane.
Frederick Upham Adams. the writer.
makes his home there half the year, and in
tends establishing in Cebalos a literary
club of equally notable people, so the muses.
will not be neglected.
Cubans Very Human.
1t is rather amusing to note how the peo-
pie in this American town. far away from
other of their sect. devise entertainment
for themselves. For instance, the native
Cuban of the lower class is naturally musi-
cal, but so indoient that he does not seek
to perfect himself upon the instrument he
has chosen.
Now. the people of cehaIlos decided that
they wanted a good band for their town hall
dance. and one ingenious man hit upon the
plan of offering certain substantial sum OF
money to be awarded each man who, before
group OF Judges. would aequit himsalf the
most creditablY upon his chosen instrument
have not been In Ceballos since this in
ducerneat to acquire musical perfection was
devised can fancy that the sweIrdly
wfstfui waiting of the melancholy Lutte IS
but one of the many musical murmurs that
foat out on the .silYery silence Of the