Show SIGHTS bights SEEN IN CUB CUBA A notes of an observer wito who accompanied the senatorial party upon tipon the second lay day of our stay in havana avana tile the senators were aver e united to the homo home of the captain general tho the invitation being sent through the american consul gen williams in accordance with the ho invitation tho the party of dis ti guidce via jeros amoric americanos anos tool took carriages about midday for tho the home ionic of the gre great at dignitary in the suburbs we ive made a funny string of dilapidated victorias multitudinously patched anil and mended and measly little horses which in appear appearance beat the lie mule in iii dorrow ful fill abstraction and utter uter hopeless hopelessness nes we went in a belter way up tile the prado past tile the campo marto and out tho the paso tacon to the noted gar gardens lions and country house of the spanish ruler in the tropical gardens are w worlds ol of fruits and vegetables many of which we never see ECO in the north why to see them once leaves your mouth month a 1 little like that of a hungry dog eyeing a forbidden boric bone in ili tho same gardens thero there may bo be cocoanuts cocoa nuts dates lemons oranges kd P limes dillos za pomegranates broad bread fruit bananas tam arands pine apples manghes mangoes man inan goes alil alligator gator pears star apples grape fruit guava custard apples yams bams rose apples citrons citrona cit rons and so on oil in an all endless list tile workmen were negroes and a few coolies blares or ex slaves and some were nearly n naked aked and all nako naked 1 to the waist in the workshops voik shops I 1 gain again observed a curious thing and diat that is the tendency to make inake all motions away from tho the body they sharpen sharlia 4 pencils whittle how hew and saw never inward or toward tile the body it looks odd to see them saw N with etli the stick fixed in position and the davv held perpendicular in front of it with its back to the body and thus raised up and down when a person Avi wishes to tc beckon another lie he holds up his hia liand land with palm palin outward gives a sharp p s 8 t 11 w which aich is tho the universal hailing bailing I 1 signal in cuba and then waves his iran hand outwardly in exactly tho the opposite motion to what x I 1 it we ard would make while wo gathered at the stables the captain generals daughter had her splendid saddle horse of puro Auda lusian blood and brought over from her home brought out and shown off for us while a groom clung to him desperately to keer keep him down out of the clouds finally we returned to the house and proceeded informally to tho the dining room where all were seated around a single long table except tho captain general himself who remained standing behind ills his daughters chair during tile meal our party was a good deal embarrassed by this for as we just filled the chairs it looked as though liou gli we had biad crowded out our exalted host wo then concluded that it was through gli point of etiquette or ceremony that lic he did not sit at table with us so anxious wro wore we ave t hot aliat one of our ladies asked ME his daughter and slie she explained that at bucl affairs her ter father rarely seated ile he liked to stand and overlook the tablet table and see that the eer servants vanti neglected ric one he never ato ate at such entertainments as ho he has a weak stomach tj for in diligences ces and takes only very plain and simple food regularly regul aily the servants were in gorgeous livery the wine avine was waa superb so that some of the connoisseurs of our party felt their eyes ayce sparkle and the refreshments simple in character and plentiful when it camo came to the champagny cLam cham the captain general made a speech which abic was translated by tho the consul gon general cral and mr clr sharman responded the consul general again translating and all drank standing the speeches vero the usual conventional exchanges of compliments and good wishes but the consul general told us afterward ard that the captain general saoko with moro more warmth and evident sincerity than was usual with him on such buch occasions before we left im an invitation was given to come a again ain inthe in the evening when there would be music and dancing A large number of our party accepted and our young ladies were much admired and mado made a great imari impression sion the spaniards I 1 I 1 were greatly pleased at the ladies coming and dancing and our young man mail showed ed somo some of ti beno ritas a thing or two in wall waltzing zin 0 the 1 moro we saw of cuban women the more unqualifiedly we acknowledged their wonderful beauty we vc hardly saw a homely woman in I 1 lavana havana and wo raw caw some beautiful beyond description thero there is a sameness about the beauty that aliat might in the collective grow a little monotonous but an ail individual instance is incomparable even E en if the face is not othen otherwise vise fino fine tho the lustrous eyes can light up and glorify it and tl tile a eyes of tho the cuban women are arc like stars stai s of tile summer night flight and the velvety black of hair bound about their kleir heads and till list abrou through gli with a gold bodkin after custom immemorial in old spain truly womans comans crown of glory tho sensuous perfection of their forms in and graceful outlines the witchery of tile the lark dark eyes and alluring ill lips A full and rich tho the sly graco of the tj lie fan or cigarette tho the dainty arched feet with gold embroidered black stockings and ancl that most beautiful of a all ornaments ornament 9 for f or the alio head the tha mantilla banfil la havo have often been I 1 celebrated in ill song and story ani and poetry I 1 but they never Vece received ived any in more oro pra praise or admiration than they deserved cuba cor cincinnati comm commercial erceal gazette |