La Junta tribune., 1913-03-15

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prohibiting = parent from punish.
ing his own child and there is no
compulsory education. Their pub
lie schools. by the way. only take
the child through the NTH grade,
and then private institutions do the
work. but only the higher classes
are able 10 pay for H. Their peni.
tentiary is said to b. the best
boarding house in the city and they
have Tom lyman. the warden OF our
boarding house at Canon City, skin
ned To finish in lot OF Ways.
The pen certainly has no t.rrUrs
for the Cuban.
There Is no speed law to proven;
the motorist running you down and
you can equip your car with a horn
that sounds like fire whistle II
you want to There are lots of autos.
one OF which | examined hayIng a
horn Ike a caliope only worse The
noise here is something fierce and
am not a bit nervous. either The
horses all wear bells and the street
cars ring their gongs all IN. time
like fire wagon This is really
necessary though. for some OF the
streets through which the cars run
are 50 narrow that II the r.shsn,
should poke his head out tn door
Unexpectedly the car might take bis
scalp off The houses are built
flush with the street. sometimes
with no sidewalk whatever There
is but one style OF architectuFa the
buildings being low with ceillrzs II
to 20 feet high. thick walls. and a
court or patio In the center There
are no back doors. the from door
answering all purposes OF mgr and
eEress. The carriages are driven In
at this huge door. and now thar some
have automobiles. they are taken IN
where the auto was starting iH the
front hall There are no car1rf- or
rugs. the floors being OF heaTy til-
ing aud among the poorer people.
the ground answers all purposss Ey-
en- the recent houses. modern iu some
respects. Ike the old ones. ar built
like fortress. always with IRON
bars over the windows This snrtns
a double purpose Of keeping robbers
out and the girls In
Havana has population OF 900 600
Of whom 1000 are Americans These
figures are only estimated az no
accurate census has been tabHu. I
should Judge they would have to
count some OF the burros And goats.
which live under the ~ams s,of. In
order TO get this number However,
the cashier OF the National Bank OF
Cuba. with whom | talked said tha;
h. considers the estimate cons.rSa.
tiy. as he knew Of single blocks
where a thousand or more ar.
housed Speaking OF morals. again.
the cubans are raising part of
the money for running the govern
mcnt with a national lottery, the
drawings for which occur twic. a
month They are very rourtcous
peopl" on the street, but whether
this extends into tho HON. or no,
am unable 10 say. but ] doubt It.
The men OF the better lass ar.
fine looking and some Of ras women
are stunning TO say tha cast. es-
p"cially IN The cveuiug ahou you
cannot see the paint ln #rHss these
ladies are the envy Of N.H York's
four hundred and their laaIs dazzle
the eye.
The city is clean. tharE 10 Gov.
ernur wood. whom the rr 4 States
put in charge iH 1900. bga no gave
the Cuban a practical Lesson IN sani.
tation THIS is going 20 Do. further
Improved as tunnel o. n1x being
built under the harbor Foo -srry thu
sewage out to tho open The
tunnel u no great rHEH.. nr feat
as tho solid coral r1Ck afHnds to
sufficicnt depth and fH tssk IL
simply one Of making "a l.N through
A. Such tunnel ps.Hs under
The harbor entrance haH INJECTED
the forts for many year,. nd In
fact the fortresses are huHry.comb.
ed with these UNDERGROUND nassar.
ways cut In the solid rnlk
| said IN my first communication
that | would make nay letters brief
This one is certainly somewhat dis.
iointsd ~ well. bg, I preslm. this
Is allowable In birds rys view. :"
Toerc Is much ! would Ike 20 write
II had the time aud space. about
the customs In eating and queer
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