. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 27. A Cuban Hnt Among the Palms Una cliosa cubana entre las palmeras. Un americano escribe de La Gloria ensalsando a los ciibanos de sti vencidad, los ctiales dice son miiy sociables y hospitalarios. Social Life of Americans "Most people imagine that life in Cuba is extremely lonely for the American. While it IS different, it is nevertheless far from being isolated and lonely. In fact, not near as much so as in many places in the States," writes very interest- ingly H. E. Kilmer of Palm City. "All the holidays of the United States': Fourth of J
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 27. A Cuban Hnt Among the Palms Una cliosa cubana entre las palmeras. Un americano escribe de La Gloria ensalsando a los ciibanos de sti vencidad, los ctiales dice son miiy sociables y hospitalarios. Social Life of Americans "Most people imagine that life in Cuba is extremely lonely for the American. While it IS different, it is nevertheless far from being isolated and lonely. In fact, not near as much so as in many places in the States," writes very interest- ingly H. E. Kilmer of Palm City. "All the holidays of the United States': Fourth of July, Washington's Birthda}^ Thanks- giving Day, Christmas, New Year's, are all celebrated in their turn with banquets, beach picnics, ice cream socials, weekly singing meetings, fishing excursions on horseback or by boat. Then there are al- ways visitors from other colonies or tour- ists from the ; ^Ir. Kiemer says further that "even if there were not many Americans, there would be no need to be lonely, as the Cubans around here are very sociable and hospitable. Treated properly, they respond with showing their good will in all ways possible. Whenever you call at their shacks, 'bohios,' they serve you either with fruit or with the typical Cuban coffee, which only the Cubans know how to make. According to their code, they are probably more polite than we are. In- stead of being lonely, we often wish for more time to ourselves—for reading and writing, and when our friends in the States write expressing sympathy for us in our great loneliness, we must smile at their wasted ; New Life Insurance Company Col. Le Gage Pratt has accepted a prop- osition to become vice-president and man- ager of the Compania Nationale de Le- geiros de Cuba, a new life company just about to begin business in Havana. This is the iirst company to receive a Cuban charter from the Cuban government. Ac- cording to the director of public health for the island, the mortality the
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