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Show Hnv:in:r Confection Pnlritcnu Musical and merry are the Havana dul-oeros dul-oeros or street confection peddlers. These are nearly all negro lads, and are the brightest bright-est of the Havana lowly street folk. A number num-ber of large concerns lil;e "La FiJosofla" and "El Bueu Gusto" furnish the sweets which are sold on c-jui mission by the duiccros. Tlmy are temptingly displayed on a light canjon do dulco, which confection box is daintily balanced iton tho dulcero's head. Each one has an individual sonata call, or song, tho oli'ort bein:; both to com pel stiles and advertise the m:i!,or of tbo wares. These songs uro most melodioiedy given, and are always followed by tho cry of "Dul eel Dul co!" given in a piercing treble, and a list of tbo wares, rendered with all the unctuous unc-tuous dinblerv of the mrriest ne-rn min-etrelsy.-Ldgar L Wakcuau in New York |