. Book of the Royal blue . oke and no fog to dim thevision. And there lay the rusted hulk ofthe Maine, adorned with many wreathsof flowers, for it was just nine years ago onFebruary 15, 1898, that the fearful catas-trophe occurred. These decorations are runners take charge of all their patronsbaggage, attend to its passing through theCuban customs and delivery to the might be a matter of twenty-four hoursbefore the baggage reaches the hotel, butpatience is the thing always necessary ingoing from one foreign port to another. It had taken just sixty hours to reachHavana from Washington,
. Book of the Royal blue . oke and no fog to dim thevision. And there lay the rusted hulk ofthe Maine, adorned with many wreathsof flowers, for it was just nine years ago onFebruary 15, 1898, that the fearful catas-trophe occurred. These decorations are runners take charge of all their patronsbaggage, attend to its passing through theCuban customs and delivery to the might be a matter of twenty-four hoursbefore the baggage reaches the hotel, butpatience is the thing always necessary ingoing from one foreign port to another. It had taken just sixty hours to reachHavana from Washington, and the jour-ney was so interesting as to make it seemshorter than that. The first question in the minds of tour-ists is why the vessel doesnt go right up tothe wharf, as the harbor is deep enough toadmit vessels of any draught. The Cubangovernment has a monopoly on the revenuefrom lighterage, and every passenger andevery pound of freight must be brought inon tenders, and an enormous lighterage fee THROUGH FLORIDA TO CUBA. A WORKSHOP IN iJil. is charged. It is claimed that it costs asmuch to have a cargo taken ashore from avessel five hundred yards from the wharfas it does to bring it all the way from Bos-ton. When in Rome you do as Romans in Havana bear in mind the samemaxim. Consequently, while we had arousing good American dinner on board theboat the night before, passengers, insteadof being served breakfast before leaving,were served coffee, as is the custom ofthe islands. This repast consisted of fruit,rolls and coffee. Breakfast would be ob-tained in the city between and First impressions of Havana are delight-ful. It is so clean and bright, and abso-lutely foreign in every way, with strangesurroundings and strange customs. Machina Wharf, which is the govern-ment landing, is a busy place. There werehundreds of one-horse, open victorias wait-ing for fares, which by the way is the mostreasonable expense in the city. Two pas-sengers will be
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