Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-03-19

broIdered dress is usually SO or $50.
Yet ready sales are made at these fab
ulous prices, and tourists go home
heavily laden with purchases.
All work suspsnds here at III O'Clock.
when everybody takes breakfast.
The shopkeepers usually eat their
breakfast in the shops. where. often
table is spread aud the meal serv ed
TO proprietor and clerks alike. In
some instances the shop is the parlOr,
dining room and living room, -all
rolled up into one. The banks close
at 10 o'clock and open again at about
l o'clock, allowing the clerks to 90
home for breakfast. But few Cuban
women wear hats, the black or white
mantillas being the popular head COW
ering. These are sold in the shops
and are in a variety of length, tex
lures and quality. They are graceful
and artistic and becoming 10 many
types of Spanish beauty.
Next to the Cathedral perhaps the
most beautiful of IIavana's churches
is the San Francisco de Paula. II is
near the water front. Perhaps the
wealthiest Catholic church in Havana
aud most artistic is the Mercedes. Its
main altar is a mass of coral as beau
tiful as il is artistic and unique. II
was built in l1I6 aud rebuilt in 1872.
The church contains many handsome
paintings. a full orchestra plays
here on Sunday and the congregation
is a large and fashionable one.
Not the least among the allnring
features of attractive Havana are the
parks, drives and boulevards, the lat
ter Of which extend through tho centre
OF the city from the water front on
the Gulf. The central parkway is
the Prado. which connects Columbus,
India and Central Park with Punta
and the beautiful Maleeon. The parks
are ornamented with beautiful statu-
airy and filled with luxuriant growth
of trees, vines and blooming flowers.
The laurel trees, beautifully trimmed
are a feature of Central Park and the
Prado, aud the masses of rare foliage
and flowers of every hue enhance with
their wealth of colors the striking
decorations that contribute 10 the
unique effect of beautiful landscape
gardening.
Central Park, as its name implies,
is located in the centre of the city and
amid Havana's social life. 1t is well
supplied with seats that furnish i'm
viting retreats under the shade of the
laurel trees-a restful nook from the
hot sun. The Calecon is most beau
tiful and picturesque spot. 1t is near
the sea at the entrance to the harbor
and commands view OF MORO
Castle. Cabanas, the Punta and it is
the aristocratic boulevard of the city,
broad and handsomely built. 1t is
beautifully parked and lined with
fashionable hotels, cafes and clubs.
Near the Malecon is located the great
Carcel prison or penitentiary and
portion of the old wall of the city,
against which there took place in 1871
the slaughter of 1.-The Innocents.
The remnant of the wall is appro-
priatelv inscribed and is a monument
to the martyrs of this tragedy. The
story is too long to tell, but briefly.
Some young medical students visit
ing a cemetery made remark about
dead Colonel of Spanish Volunteers
who was killed in duel for having
made some derogatory remarks in his
paper relative to Cuban women. A
soldier overheard the students and re-
ported it to Spanish judge, court
martial was ordered and 43 of the
young students were tried, but the
Grated them. This enraged the Span
ish volunteers, and the boys were
again tried, and eightof them CON
demned TO die. In vain their fathers
pleaded for their life, the weatky
parents offering all their wealth to
save their sons. 1t is said one father
offered TO give the Spanish volunteers
the weight of his son in gold as n
ransom for his sons life. The execu-
tion took place, however, and the
boys, the oldest of whom was but six
teen, wers shot against this wall on
the Malecon that is nov a memorial
and is pointed out to sightseers.
Malecon is the Spanish word for en-
bankment, or wall, and a substantial
sea wall extends in a curved line
around the Malecon, which is border
cd. by n macadamized driveway. A
music stand of classic design, the
dome of which is supported by TWEEN
ty Ionic columns, is located in the
centre of the park. The view of the
water front from the Malecon, with
like a beautifully painted picture.
At sunset, with the exquisite after
glow and cloud effects, the colors of
sea and sky, the waving palms, moss
covered forts and landscape and ma
rine vistas, the view is enchanting,
and at night, with the myriads of
electric lights reflected in the sea,
the stately MORO with its great beacon
light across the harbor, and the moon
light cleaning over all-the sight
beggars description, the picturesque
ness of which must be seen TO be ap-
preciated. L. A. q.