Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-10
SEEING CUBA N AUTOMOBILE
MANY MILES OVER SMOOTH
HIGHWAYS.
Interesting Guanaiay. Quaint Artemesa-
A Taste of Sugar Children
Clad Only In Heavenly Smiles.
MILES OF ROYAL PALM AND
FEATHERY BAMBOO

Leaving havana we passed through
Camp Columbia, then Marianao. We
| sped along by way of a palm-l lined
| avenue for miles, and over a course
which is ideal for long distance rae
ing. The scenery was superb, the air
delicious, the sunshine invigorating.
We should have liked TO bottle some
of that sunshine for use these many
| dreary, cloudy. rainy days April and
May (thus far) have inflicted upon
us since our return TO the States.
Oh the glorious sunshine of Cuba
There is nothing so exhilarating. 1t
cheers one, buoys his spirits; life is
worth living when the blessed sun
shines upon us every day for months,
as ii does in Cuba. About | o'clock
we stopped at town called Guiana
jay, where we had luncheon. A
| typical Cuban meal was served and
we enjoyed the high seasoning and
the delicious steak served with slices
of orange. After refreshing ourselves
we took in the sights of the town.
We saw the loading of sugar cane
TO the cars for transportation and it
was here that we first cultivated
taste for the cane, long sticks of which
were igven us by the man in charge
of the shipment. The chauffeur peeled
| it with knife and cut off sections of
| the cane which we were asked to
chsw as the natives do, who apparent
| ly have sweet tooth, or two of
them-upper and lower. The dead
sweetness of sugar cane is not enjoy
ed by the ave rage northerner.
ON the streets in Guanajay we first
saw children in their birthday clothes.
1t was rather nique sight for us,
but a common ev ery-day occurrence
in Cuba. Children of any age from
one to eight or nine years were play
ing on the sidewalks clad only in a
heavenly smile, without even the
string of beads with which the inhab-
itants of Robinson Crusoe's Isle be-
deked themselves in addition to the
smile. When one of our party alighted
from the automobile to photograph the
group she found the younger children
not even wearing the smile, but a
| frown instead. They protested against
| posing for camera, or having that
curious lens fired at them. The elder
children did not object in the least,
and a number of bareskins were photo
| graphed.
Leaving the thrifty little town of
1 Guanajay we proceeded some fifteen
1 OI tWCutY HlltS lnIOuku AAOLnCA
stretch of beautiful country to the
| town of Artemesa, a quaint, distinctly
| foreign town which seemed to have
but two streets. Here we saw many
novel sights. Not the least of which
was an oxen being shod in black
smith shop, certainly queer and in
| teresting procedure. We visited a har-
ness and saddle makers place of bus
mess and here saw the quaintest of
saddles, those entirely different from
anything manufactured in the States.
/ A portion of the Seventeenth Infantry
| is quartered at Artemesa, and our time
here was taken up exchanging greet
ings and partaking of the hospitality
of Lieutenant Price and his sister al
their charming native Cuban home.
Although Artemesa has but two
streets, it has several drug stores,
whose variety and assortment of the
best and finest cosmetics and mos
delicate perfumes would rate those OF
many of the Broadway stores, New
York, and certainly of the Lexington
street drug stores in Baltimore. The
Cuban must have face powders, rouge
and perfume and a ready sale il
found in every village and hamlet OF
the Island.
1t was our intention to visit a to
bacco plantation beyond Artemesa, bu
as there was a distance of sixteeI
miles further to travel, and as the day
was declining, we were obliged Il
forego the trip and to retrace our way
to Havana, which we reached in
early evening. On the homeward tril
we were entertained at the home o
the owner of the automobile, Mr.
Frank Cruz, at whose handsome resi-
dence at Marianao, refreshments wer'
served. 1t is to Mr.. Cruz, a wealthy
owner of large tobacco plantation
that we are indebted for seeing Cubs
in an automobile.
ceiving party.
The dance was from until H. 30 a
m. A portion of the Naval Academ,
band furnished music. There wer
twenty-four numbers on the program
Shortly after o'clock at the cal
of the bugle, the High School stu
dents formed for the grand march
led by Miss Elizabeth Worthington
After a few very pretty evolution
the dance program started with ;
waltz. Although the floor was un
comfortably crowded for dancing, tn
hop was one of the most attractive
lever given by the High School. There
were more real pretty girls presen
and the gowns worn were pretty, fresl
and dainty. Nearly every younl
man was in evening clothes and nearl.
every girl carried flowers, and tn
sight from the gallery was that of
beautiful garden of blossoming human
rosebuds. The young girls were chap
eroned by mamas. aunts, older sister
and friends, and the dark gown
worn by the chaperones formed
pretty setting to a handsome picture
Fruit lemonade was served through
out the evening. A number of out o
town girls were present, and conspic
uous among the male dancers was t b.
Governors son, Edwin Warfield, Jr
Some of the chaperones were Mrs
w. S. welch, Mrs. Tisdale, Mrs
Edward r. Robb, Mrs. Robert Moss
Mrs. Frank II. Thompson, Mrs. Gage
Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Joseph Duvall
Mrs. William Feldmeyer. Miss Wool
ley, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. j. w. Martin.
The committee Of young girls of tn
class of 'O8, CT which Miss Lillia
Wells was chairman, is to be congrat
ulated on the success OF the very in
teresting social event Of the Annapolf