Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-04-06
THAT FUNNY LITTLE SOUND.
HOW THE CUBANS CALL PER-
SONS WANTED
The Custom Of Powdering The Face
Some CHASTITY Features PLAYA
Al Marianao Islands Short Twilight
Beautiful Sunsets.
THERE is NO CLEANING ON IS
LAND OF CUBA.

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There is practically no cleaning at
| Havana, or in Cuba. When the sun
| goes down il suddenly begins 10 get
dark. and before one realizes il, the
shades of night have fallen and dark
ness has closed in, in the twinkling OF
an eye, SO short is the twilight. And
such glorious sunsets. IL is worth the
trip 10 Cuba alone TO sec the sun set.
| The beauty, the magnificenee of color
| ing, the superb shades and tints of
| every hue reflected in the western hori-
zon is of such gorgeous loveliness that
were the attempt made To reproduce a
| Cuban sunset on canvas, il would be
| declared greatly exaggerated.
The great orb of day i'm all its gol-
den glow, its mellow shades of orange
and red. like an immense ball of fire
is, as 1t were, swallowed up by the
sea, and there are just enough clouds
TO make beautiful sunset. IL is
seldom, if ever, that one sees sunset
in the tropics without a cloud effect.
4 few small clouds are always visible
and usually pass over the sun before
it becomes entirely hidden from view.
We had seen a sunset in the Rocky
Mountains, but never so beautiful, so
sublime as the sunset in the tropics.
Havana has many customs that
commend themsel YES TO the Americans
who visit this charming city. To
those 10 whom sanitation is a delight
and perhaps a hobby, nothing seems
more worthy of imitation than the
custom of collecting the city's garbage.
No garbage is removed before 10
o'clock at night, and then it is done
orderly and quietly and neither dis
turbs the rest or oflends the olfactories
OF the most sensitive resident. This
night collection of garbage has proved
a great success and has its advantages
in many ways.
We spoke OF funerals at some length
in previous letter, but neglected to
say that the Cubans put their furni
ture in mourning when there is
death I'm the family. The furniture
in Cuba is usually made of mahogany
or the other beautiful native hard
woods. II is all cane. seats aud back,
one never sees upholstered furniture
here. IL is too hot for this climate.
Now to paint this beautiful mahogany
black, when some one in the family
dies, is nothing short of vandalism,
but this is Just what the Cubans do.
Some of the Army officers families
at Camp Columbia who have bur9ht
the furniture painted black, have had
the paint scraped from the mahogony.
Invitations are sent TO funerals in
Havana, and the men receiving an
invitation are expected il they do not
go themselves, to send carriage.
This is another of the queer customs,
and is why often an empty carriage
or several of them is seen in funeral
Ettnarn1c in (suha 1flra
those in Spain, frequently cost
thousand dollars. There is no crepe
used on the door whent here is a death
i'm the house in Cuba. Not even
wreath of flowers bespeaks the pres
enee of corpse within the house.
There is no insignia of death any
where and the absence of crepe on the
door is remarked by tourists as an
other of the strange and un-American
customs.
The proper way to eat an orange
served in Cuba is on fork. All
oranges are peeled and fork is stuck
in them. They are held in this way
AMI eaten. Usually the peeled orange
is put away on the ice with the fork
in il before it is served. Most oranges
sold on the street are also peeled, but
we do not fancy that, as they easily
gather the dust, and of course those
horrible things-germs.
Scarcely have we felt so much at
home anywhere, certainly not in a
strange city, than we did in Havana
when visiting the Fidelity Trust Com
pany,a branch of the company in Bal
timore of which Governor Warfield is
president. OF the branch Office i'm la
vana Mr.. Eschemendio is manager,
and to him we owe the courtesy of
being sho vn through the offices of the
Fidelity Trust Company there. Scarce
ly were we admitted than a happily
familiar sight greeted us. on the
wall in the private Office, looking
down at us with familiar face and
characteristic pose, was a large pho
tograph of Governor Warfield. The
presence OF that picture made us
homesick for moment. We felt like
shaking hands with it, SO many
pleasant memories did it recall of
Maryland and Annapolis. To see
picture of Maryland's Governor in
foreign looking bank, SO unlike any
of our own banks, and in n city so dis
tinctly foreign. was entirely unexpect-
ed and certainly a great pleasure.
We were glad to tell those about us
that this was the picture Of Maryland's S
dist tinguished and beloved chief exec
utive with whom we had the honor
of personal acquaintance.
One scarcely gets to Havana before
he is greeted everywhere on signs,
colonnades, awnings, ETC., with
large question mark-a huge interroga-
tion point, above or below or at the
side OF which is ASK Mr.. Foster
"Who is Mr.. Fost er?'i queries every
body. Some say he is myth, but he
isn't. He's man, real, live, up
TO date business-like man. who can
tell you anything at any time about
any place anywhere. lie has au Office
where he will give you any personal
information concerning Cuba-hotels,
modes of travel, hunting and fishing
lands. industries, etc., and il is al
ways wise and best to see him first.
His information is free. disinterested
Git is said) and wholly impartial.
Mr.. Foster is great institution and
as a See-Me-F First he is great sue
cess. You may not always see him,
but his agents and clerk answer the
same purpose.