The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-22
COSMOPOLITAN TAMPA.

one of the first things that strikes
the average stranger in Tampa is the
kaleidoscope population; the large
of foreigners In the
course of a short stroll one meets arts
tocratc looking Spaniards, heavy
browed Italians, swarthy Portuguese.
nonde-script dirty Cubans. or clean
profiled Greeks, with numbers of Chi
namen. pattering along in their straw
sandals.
The painted signs and public notices
are always in Spanish and Italian, as
well as English, and at the p. A. o..
steamship Office at Port Tampa ! saw
notice in five languages, and one
soon grows accustomed to such names
as Jose Savarese, MARITIME Mustashe,
Vinciente Costello. and worse.
You can walk for blocks Though
Yboe (Ebo) City. and hear perhaps
an hundred persons speaking, and not
hear a word OF English. Yboe City is
the East Side" of Tampa, and is a
most interesting place, with its 10000
polyglot citizens. Its cigar factories
furnish the chief employment. and
when | tell you that the weekly pay
roll OF the Tampa cigar factories Is
between one hundred and nifty and
two hundred thousand dollars per
week. YOU will be better prepared for
the statement that in Yboe City alone
there are more than twenty blocks OF
stores. theatres and shops of various
kinds which keep open from Monday
morning to Monday morning.
The children sing In far japan:
The children sing in Spain.
The organ and the organ man,
Are singing in the rain"
And likewise in Woe City. | think
| never saw so many little black-eyed,
black-haired babies. nor so many
grind organ men, as can be found
here. But Yboe CITY has something
else that lives long in your memory.
when many other things ore forgotten,
and that is the. Gran OEente"-a
Spanish restaurant, and unless you
have been there and had one of Bal
bontln's delicious suppers. you haven't
properly done" Tampa.
The State Fair is In progress now,
and this is Spanish Week" Don RAJ
mon Pima Y Millet. the highest Span
ish official in the United States, and
his suite came down from Washington
on Monday. and in their honor the
Spanish colors- yellow and white
are predominant everywhere.
These Latin races love "A holiday,
and anything approaching a fesuvity
finds them ready to take part.
At this season Tampa is the Mecca
of many tourists, haIllng from almost
every state. as well as different por-
lions of King Edwards dominion
The first question YOU ask, and are
asked, Is. where are YOU from?
Every body comes from somewhere
else. aud a real mll-grown native is Q
curiosity.
Tampa has 10000 inhabitants and
hotel that is perfect picture Of al
that Is beautiful. Built BY the late
Henry b. Plant. at a cost of over Tire,
million dollars, this building, GOVERNS
3 acres. with is enormous verandas
where in 1895 Gen. Shafter and othel
army officers. Richard Harding Davis
and the rest of the war correspond
ents ,mpatiently rocked and waited
for congress to decide whether they
should go to Cuba or not; the eight
white .minarets. which look like they
might have been tak'n from some Orr
entail mosque, the acres of perfectly
kept grounds, with such a wealth OF
palms. ferns. feathery bamboo. bloom.
| ing hibiscus. poinsetta, Chlnaberry
roses and other flowers too numerous
TO mention. does for Tampa what d
certain beverage has done for Milwau'
kee.
The Tampa Bay Hotel is not the on
ly handsome public building in Tam
pa. The postoffice. which occupies an
entire block. is built OF marble, gray
brick and granite, and cost Uncle San
$3.50 900.
The Roman Catholic church is bull
almost entirely OF marble. with trim
mlngs of granite, cost close to -four
hundred thousand dollars and is a
very beautiful building.
The Hillsboro river divides the city
and empties into the Bay. Crossing
the river Is a draw-bridge, on which II
is a pleasure TO stand and look down
the river to the Bay. and see the fleets
OF fishing sehooners coming in early
in the morning, or the fussy, self-im
portant little tugs towing tall-mastet
sloops. Perhaps the bridge whistle
blows. the chains are put across, aDt
pedestrians, autos, street cars anC
carriages halt at either side, while tn,
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