Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-01-16

Mrs. S. F. Teiser, who with her hus-
band is spending the winter in
Havana, Cuba has written a second
letter to the Daily Dispatch about the
life and customs of the people of the
island republic just eff the south
coast Of Florida. Her letter follows in
full: -.1.N
The "fiestas" are over, the last one
yesterday, celebrating the coming of
the Three Kings" when every child
I am sure was remembered and thou
sands of the poorer children thruout
the island received gifts from charit-
able organizations and the army alone
took care of 10000 children of en-
listed men. On January fifth the
shops gave every appearance of
Christmas Eve.
One little girl with a large and
beautiful doll in her arms was point
ing to a Shirley Temple" telling her
papa in disappointed tones that that
was the kind of doll she wanted. told
hers l thought her doll even prettier.
Frequently in doing my best Spanish,
my listener Gf he listens) looks at
me blankly and says mo speaka Eng
lish,' which reminds me in a meas
ure of the Yale French professor who
was asked what impressed him most
on his first visit to Paris, quickly
replied, "that the French people do
not understand their own language"
However, 1 wish to say we have no
difficulty in being understood since
here the same principal prevails as
w. fria hot 4yox al
ler's checks are more important than
a foreign vocabulary. Since I have
transgressed a bit from my subject, I
will now try to get out of the old part
of the city which is so fascinating to
the chief promenade along the broad
Malecon which is my daily walk,
morning and afternoon.
This promenade and driveway
which is just completed almost to the
door of our hotel, runs along the sea
shore and is bordered with splendid
buildings Here pass all the incoming
and outgoing ships in one of the most
beautiful harbors of the world, flank
ed on the opposite side by the famous
Moro Castle and Cabanas fortress
From the roof garden of our hotel we
have a complete view of this as well
as the entire city of Havana.
There are two magnificent monu-
ments on the Malecon, one of General
Antonio Maceo, the great hero of the
Cuban war of independence. The 9TH
er is the Maine Memorial erected by
the Cuban government in memory of
the 266 American seamen who lost
their lives in the battleship Maine dis
aster. Facing this monument we'll
back from the sea is the government
owned National Hotel said to be the
most beautifully furnished in the
world During the revolution here in
1888, it was BADLY damaged when
some of President Machado's official
family took refuge there. It has since
been restored. Continuing along this
driveway one reaches the new subur
ban part of Havana, with it's spacious
homes and gardens, ever blooming in
the exotic colorings of the tropics
avenues of royal palms from
one suburb to another. VedadO
Havana's aristocratic residential Sec
ton and where also reside quite a
large contingent of American fam
lilies here Incidentally here is the
Havana Womans Club, a most inter
esting and active body consisting of
about 5000 American women. AS
member am able to enjoy the beau
tiful club house-its weekly lectures
and entertainments, bridge parties.
the association of fine American wo-
men as part of the official families
of the various legations, likewise to
take advantage of a modern circulat-
ing library. We continue along the