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Show " Cosmopolitan Havana, the Paris of the New World, nes One of the Highlights of Cruises to West Indies fa : J h - -i o?o ftme, MJs--- - n HAVANA ITv,-- - . ; - I "'?T - A During tne forthcoming winter. R f I Is j t VsS! ' B' Havana, gay. cosmopolitan capital of 'nX 1 WKWItfK payers Cuba, will entertain thousands of eti?$kS 'f'' ASKisl?v limit i pleasure-secfcers from all parts of the yp"fTJ , f t?" he world. Not a few of these will visit t , x 'ax, A'-9" W- Ihe the Cuban capital In the course of the Vi! t' ' fe"N iK. v- n nr of various West Indies cruises, organized T'll1 'V ' " s ; ucti winter voyages which aie achieving V Y i jC. . j"'i . 4 the ex increasing popularity with those who $311 ' 'CAT v in would turn up a sun-tanned nose at Tinift 1 -r- uMeMte-'-.i..-.'.; e'' j Old Man Winter and revel In the A Pl)Rz FonZTGESS, l ' fe-Sft-; eIij oalmy breezes of the tropics. One of HAVANA '.. the largest of the cruise vessels will be UocHeSS OPQ&OPOQD. PQOM T 4io reducti During the forthcoming winter, Havana, gay, cosmopolitan capital of Cuba, will entertain thousands of pleasure-secliers from all parts of the world. Not a few of these will visit the Cuban capital In the course of the various West Indies cruises, organized winter voyages which aie achieving Increasing popularity with those who would turn up a sun-tanned nose at Old Man Winter and revel In the oalmy breezes of the tropics. One of the largest of the cruise vessels will be the Canadian Pacific liner Duchess of Bedford, which sails from New York January 9 and February 11 on two 28-day 28-day Caribbean cruises. Havana is a city of contrasts of arrow, crooked streets and magnificent, magnifi-cent, palm-edged boulevards, of palaces pal-aces and huts, of fortresses and botanical botan-ical gardens. From time to time the tourist sees fragments of the old city wall, built between 1633 and 1763 to seep out the pirates iWhlch Infested the West Indies In bygone days. These fragments are now preserved ty the Cuban government as national monuments. monu-ments. One attraction which never falls to interest the visitor Is a quaint little fortress known as "La Funta" (the Point) constructed In 1597 as an outpost of civilization and to protect the early Spanish colonists against maurauding buccaneers. Another famous fa-mous old fortification Is "La Fuerza," once commanded by Ponce de Leon. Morro Castle, built in 1597 after the city had been sacked by the British ant 16 privateer. Sir Francis Drake eon- cent 1 queror of the Spanish Armada, is 1 Burgesi grim fortress across the fine harbor duction where cutlass clashed against cutlass Pub" and where pit-marks of the solid shot al tax used by attackers may still be seen in und ge the walls. Havana's sidewalk cafes, Jirectio reminiscent of the other Paris, ana payers her lavish casinos, reminding one ot ' said til Monte Carlo, attract throngs of vlsl- the P tors both day and night. tpen ii |
