The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02
By JOSEPH I. G. A R

rOur centuries OF VlViu nIe
nave made her f~cctivally venerable.
Historic tragedy. Joy. rich romance.
picturesque crime. picturesque comedy
have haf their turns with her. The
gifted o. Spanish swords and the
fash Of Spanish eyes come out Of the
moonlight of her yesterdays. She has
In her time been crowned, discrowncd.
dismantled. rebuilt and remadc, hut
never has lost her cunning charm.
or old she was made beautiful and
strong for the glance and the pleasure
Of the hidalgos of Madrid. To-day her
children toll for her for their glory and
her own. II il the Havana OF cuba
Libre that invites and entertains you in
pous Captains General and the naughty
old Power whose frown seems frozen
into the Wondering forts Of the MORO
that make frontage for her on the sea.
Once it was TO be feared that free
Cubs would go to such lengths In It's
wartime hatred for old Spain that 1t
would blot out the .ast Spanish vestige
from the island. But IL could not lie.
The substitute would he Hisparoid If
not Hispanic. And so. in her upgrow-
ing and outstretching. Havana is hap
PLY as Spanish as ever. To he sure,
the marble eftigy Of the late Queen lsa-
bella, crown. orb and sccptrc. has dis
appeared from the Farauc Central and
IN its place stands Jose Marti in white
marble. melting a populacc in alto re-
ltcvo to throw off the Spanish yoke.
but Marti and the mob are Spanish
OF blood and race. They have torn
own the Tacon Theatre OF old times,
but In its stead and on its site rises
the new Teatro Nscional. imposing and
huge in It's overornate Spanish renais-
sance, to which all CubaIs point in
joy and pride.
With becoming modesty We ma, say
the modern Havana improvements be-
gan with the American occupation, hut
the CUBAN Republic has continued
them and is planning still further on
lines combining the beautiful and the
useful. Havana now mas $4,000 souls
inside her lines. with a prospect of con-
tinued growth at an increasing rate.
As Cuha prospers so will prosper Hl-
vana, and the golden shower OF this
year Of grace. with the moral certainty
OF still another such year. has given
The city an upward Impulse. making of
this ancient place the most recent 90
"boom owns" Corner lots are soaring.
AS this is intended to re all article
OF sitnp!e facts, ] may spare ms read
ers the C.thyTamb.cs that are beating
tihle III my mead as ) th.nH or the
beauty OF the site oi the olue
sea that noWs from turquoise To anne
thyst. tAc white s!ra! '"ssf1g aloh.
the MORO 'ast"' IN" qo'f' o' the II
rie, deep harhor' Il me city itse.f,
naIN i'u OF 'opV ives an" E'i'oN ana
"uu ana gray ana Que an" PINK or
walls .iat sptcads vice UP l" ana no"
over ,he :is"l h'iis t''a' hsed 10 en-
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