Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-08-08
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tisb ,uusuaEe. would 3juun' to de-.
scrne Moro. which slls as !, Tic ot
liii8r9 strength and prison ot ln-
1arnal brll upon the heights az hc 'H-
-ranep VT the harOor. We saw the Trap
tiiutrs through vich prisoners We're
,ircpp.t a half thousand feet into the
t1lacEne-s Of the sea-0ur lt'ie party
climbed 10, the top Of the ruin, and
,-Iori,d IN The scars that shells Lad iu-
1icted upon its forbidding exterior,
and at a. cry new ansle of view We
selt a joy,lhat Spain had been wiped
from his American SIDE OF The Garth
Now ! tan hardly fight over again
Ehe battle Of San Juan Hin. or review
1he victories Of FL Caney, though we
saw it Al The impressive problem
rs the flnre Of Cuba. and likely these
Deopie ~Iil work it all out with Uncle
Sam watching over but it will be slow.
scuba is fabulously rich in natural re-
sources. 1but the native market bas
kets stretched across the back of a
Durro % native pony, with sonora
walking alongside. give evidences of
now swift" these people really are.
eur Hamburg American boats and the
English ships make things hum in the
narbors, but back in the inland sec
eions humanity barely moves except
Alpon plantations ruled by the whites.
Cuba exports nearly $90000.000 an
znually re- the United States, and re-
cceives about s40,000,00O from us. To-
saaccU is the handspring of its produc-
zion and sugar and fruits, including
aDananas and cocoanuts, fit into the in
cinstria1ascheme.
may be visited with pleasure, and lest
! have left damaging impressions, let
me add that every moment we spent in
Scuba was filled with delight. We met
many Americans there who declared
&Cuba was "a better place to live than
she United States" and they are re-
scursion point Cuba is triumphant
success. hut have depressed from the
enthusiasm / have felt because of the
serious consideration of it's future, and
these people who have cost US so dear
ly. Cuban people are disappoint-
ment because they are so slow to
grasp the wonderful opportunities ev.
earywhere about them, in land that
God has bestowed with the richest
gifts of soil, scenery and climate.
The Color of the Sen.
There are tasks that require special
Sadaptability of a peculiar nature, and
4 would fain summon to my aid the
imagination of the poet, or the enig.
NAUTICAL methods of impressionists and
s:7abists, since am to undertake the
IgyMnastic literary endeavor of de.
ssscfi3iing the indescribable. Surely the
sea hRs color, and l imagine that
when 1he clouds obscure the sun
1T Is an Opaque indigo blue; but even
now purple lights playfully dance
across the way, leaving in the deeper
shadows lighter patches of purple.
An old sea dog who has sailed for
30 years emphaucally declares that the
sea is always blue, that it is the color
of the sky. and that over all seas
come the same shades; yet l saw nc
such green in the northern waters as
clown near the equator. We landlub
9ers all agreed down there that the wa
tier was blush green, or a composite
tDf green tints with dashes of blue
igneen-but this was the Atlantic, the
water of the Caribbean sea.
The same afternoon we watched the
Kpacifie race across the tide flats anC
splash against the sea walls, falling
back into the sea, muttering mild pro
sests AL the time apparently chatter
nng pheasant greetings to us. There
were no similar shadows or colors il
the thousands of miles in which VIZ
a,ourse1 me Atlantic. The Pacific wa.
"A gray green, and the blue was en-
airely missing
4 have seen swarthy Latin Ameri
ecans in these days whose pepper ant
salt clothing reminded me of this colol
"a chameleon in the Hope Gardens O
Kingston reflected it. Surely the WI
't~r Is Dol always blua-or the color O.
abe sky, or the reflection of the ray:
sof the trepic sun. The puzzling com
aolexity of it all defeats the word pic
aure. A fellow passenger, Miss Stave
sey. has loaned me Hearn's Two Year.
IN the French West Indies" and
adave enjoyed its beautiful description
t1earn says that the foam that falls
Back from the side of the ship looks
like the suns rays falling OIL a snow
aAnk AT first / was inclined to agree
--HparTl is or, fascinating apd onpvi,o