Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-11

nary casual intercourse. but when they
touch on politics. as they are much in
clincd 20 do. for that Is "a most en-
gaging subject with them then look
out for avalanches Of Vcrbiaro, such as
one never heard before. accompanied
with every possible contortion and mo.
finn Of tho human body from head
60 fopt.
In order to set the full effect Of such
an inviting political discussion. set I'M
ono of their second class railway
coaches and ride awhile Their frst
class coaches arc only our average car.
not quito that. but their second class
coaches are more kinds OF second class
than YOU cvcr saw before But never
mind. N YOU arc fairly we'll padded
ana can stand "a really hard scat for
while without very great inconveni-
encc. get right i'm. and the chances ar.
ten to ono that before YOU nave ridden
W minutes the fun win begin
BE II remembered in tho first place
that railway cars here are always thu
scenes Ut noise and confusion. m Won
have the idea that people bore quieflt
set In car. take a scat. aud tank in
reasonably low tone " voice to each
othcr. AS do other people. you have
very wrong idea Of them. They do
nothing Of the kind Every one gets
talk faster. louder and more continu-
ously than anybody around him or her.
ana above everything else To be som
To attract attention. TO be noticed 10 BE-
gazed at This Us the delight OF tho
cuban. man or woman II they can.
not get this attention by sitting dosn.
thcy VIII get " by standing up Ia their
seats. IN tho aislcs, anywhere so that
only they can attract attention This
they simply must have. ono favorlto
device. particularly with the women. is
To turn over the seat and sit so that
thcN can sit facing the whole ear.
saw one colored lady" once 20 into
apparently frightful spasms. after turn
ing over her seat so that everybody
could see her Tho conductor I'm great
alarm rushed "a doctor i'm from tho
hrst class car, who after carefully ak
aiming her. declared there was not n
thing the matter with her she there
upon seeing that her game for svm-
pathy and attention would not work
sat up with great calmness and began
arranging her hair and adjusting her
numerous ribbons
Now. remember stH further. that
about every passenger i'm five. male or
fewale' mas one or more rOosters. or
hghtng cocks with himself or herself
Win pcrhans a hen OF two besides
slowed OF the seat. under the seat. lr
held by the legs head downward. and
that these fowl add their protests TO
the general din. and you can then inn.
agine that Cuban railway car is not
exactly the place for a rest cure This
state OF things ordinarily obtains.
without politics thrown in. and whom
that element enters 10 certainly does
seem, for a time. as IL the very furies
had been let loose
This usually starts by some big ne.
gro either sitting down. or more usu-
ally standing up. throwing out his chest
ana beginning a diatribe against the
United states our moor country al.
most always has 10 take il first. Il IS
used az kind ~ buffer as il were
mat an hands can kick at or as a
KIND Of orchestral prelude 20 the com
Ing political play Anywise il is al
ways lugged In, usually at the begin
ming II IS the Americans this. and
the Americans that, with no very com.
plimentary illusions. The brave Gu
bans had the Spsniards beaten to a
"frazzle." 10 use word Of recent pr,yl-
dental coinage. and just then ths
Americana bad 10 como and stick his
nose into the fight and take all tho
glory away from the Cuhans
II the Cubans wanted to they could
meet tho Americans even handed. and
drive them into the sea; they could an
initiate them
BY this time excitement Is pretty
we'll started, and then they begin uo
quarrel about their own impalpahle DO
htical differences and BLACKBOARD earn
other. \ description Is well nigh inn
possible. Chaos cannot be described
n must be see and heard 10 be appre-
ciated. They shake their fists In each
others noses. comfort their faces. roll
their eyes. shiek. yell and howl I 10
not know that anything more can oe
said. but have not exaggerated. This
is literally "A calm statement OF their
political discussions. Any American
would conhrm this statement who had
lived here any length Of time. and had
begun 10 understand something Of the
people
CUBANS ARE UNGRATEFUL
Another trait OF the Cubans Is ;hrir
ingratitude; willingness TO receive
anything or everything from any
source as il II were matter OF right.