Show LIFE IN THE TROPICAL ISLE OF SANTO DOMINGO Poli fral al situation has become almost unbearable domestic problems a trial to the housewife used to american methods rapid growth of oar tri trad d I 1 special correspondence the political condition in santo do mingo is much the same as in haiti they each provide an example of what Is known as a one man country mr vasquez the vice president got angry with mr jiminez the president they locked horns and now mr jim inez Is numbered among the absent mr vasquez Is filling out the anex aired term of the executive he chased away and building up his fences to have himself regularly elected when the proper time comes the sober minded intelligent thi thinking aking people know that there must be an end to present political practices before there Is an show of the country being de when they refer to the sub eject they have to in a whisper but they are hop ng and praying tor for something to happen that will guar antee more stable conditions when an american woman begins housekeeping here her domestic at af fairs undergo a radical change to begin with she cannot have any car pets on the floors of her dwelling and she must live in the same house with the horses this is not so bad as it sounds on account of the warm ell mate the the most of the floors are made of stone or marble and carpets are not needed the plan of most of the larger and finer houses provides for the stable quarters on the first floor while the kitchen Is on the roof and this arrangement is not at all un satisfactory when one becomes accas tomed to the novelty of it the troubles of the housewife be gin in earnest when she employs her servants I 1 say servants be cause there must be a number of them the maldof maid of allwork all work and the allaround all round man servant do not abound in these parts the domestics here are specialists each one insists on performing his or her own kind of work alone and are exceedingly care tul ful not to encroach on the rights of others A social distinction is drawn between those who wear shoes and those who go barefooted her help each meal Is the difficulty in k keep beep ing anything over a few hours on ac count of the warm weather the greatest caie must be exercised by the house wife in the purchase of hei provisions while the soil here is very fer fertile tile and will raise almost anything a scarcity of the kinds of vegetables grown in the united states is very nil na 1 am fa r lr F 19 al 4 maz V ko 0 i t the plaza noticeable during the winter month a variety can be purchased in the market but during the summer sea son gon the extreme heat serves to re strict their growth the natives are very fond of lettuce and cultivate it constantly the s griffi cance of the growth of american trade in the west indies and the gradual ado adoption eption of american customs is not fully comprehended by the native he tears fears our soldiers but pays no attention to our men of af fairs one Is really as formidable as the other in havana during the re cent strike the politicians were run ning among the rioters and shouting to them for god s sake stop or you will have the americans up on us the fact is the americans are already closing in upon the west indies our men and women of affairs are saving our soldier soldiers s power the bloodless campaign they are conducting will end aventi eventually ally in victory as pro bounced as any ever won at the point of the bayonet when they finally as sert their authority in a commercial way there can be no revolting from their mandate one of the greatest truths ever spoken was the statement that all fighting is not done with guns 40 4 A ell 4 ta sy A A 4 I 1 aw 11 e santo domingo bathed cathedral al constitutes the problem which tries the soul of the american woman and proves the quality of her religion economy is a stranger with whom no reckoning can be had sufficient un to each hour are the needs thereof is the substance of native reasoning nothing is aved from the preparation of a meal A separate trip must be made to market for provisions tor for breakfast and tor for dinner it is useless to buy more than is needed at one time for the cook will certainly con fiscale the surplus if a protest is made against this confiscation the cook will smile and explain that there are hungry mouths at home which must be fed unless the concession is granted there is an immediate va cancy in the I 1 itchen the exasperated A amer mer can housewife accepts the only at left to her she ders to another c ishom of the co in try ard employs her yankee wits in reducing the surplus to a minimum the cause which doubtless origin abed and warrants the continuance of the cui om of b biding i ing provisions for |