. The Cuba review and bulletin. ainand the sun has obliterated some and brought out others, making as one looks down thestreet the most fascinating of color combinations. We catch a glimpse of the noble parksand see daintily dressed children playing. Those of 8 and 9 were real little ladies, ahnoststately and womanly in figure and demeanor. The Royal Poncianas are simply gor-geous in great masses of orange colored,blossoms that almost hide the leaves. But thehotel is quickly reached, the principal ones being near the railroad have your choice of the Ingla-terra, Pasaje, Telegrafo a
. The Cuba review and bulletin. ainand the sun has obliterated some and brought out others, making as one looks down thestreet the most fascinating of color combinations. We catch a glimpse of the noble parksand see daintily dressed children playing. Those of 8 and 9 were real little ladies, ahnoststately and womanly in figure and demeanor. The Royal Poncianas are simply gor-geous in great masses of orange colored,blossoms that almost hide the leaves. But thehotel is quickly reached, the principal ones being near the railroad have your choice of the Ingla-terra, Pasaje, Telegrafo and Florida,but you w^ill find none of them upto modern requirements. The HotelSevilla is now being built and it maypossibly be that it will be ready nextmonth. This will be first-class fromthe American point of view. Youwill be surprised to find that yourfirst breakfast will be a small afifair,fruit such as oranges, which will bebrought to you on a fork and peekldown to the pulp, pineapples, andif you want a sweet pine, ask for. NATIVE BAND. THE CUBA REVIEW. i7 pina bianco (white pine). Cubans dont care for any other. They are sour to will also get grape-fruit if you want it and the Cuban variety is really dehcious. Cubans up the country around Camagiiey call the grape-fruit the foolish orange,because I suppose it looks like a big orange and it is something else, so you may be surethey dont like it. You will also get coffee and milk. Take a very little coffee and agreat deal of milk, for there is no deception about Cuban coffee. When you get out inthe suburbs and even in the cafes in Havana, the coffee will have a pronounced saltytaste, very disagreeable at first, but }fOU get to like it or at least you put up with it as youdo with a lot of strange foods and customs in this strange land. You can also get aroll for your breakfast and Havana rolls are fine, though those at Cienfuegos are thebest. You might get eggs if you try hard, but you will have to pay extra for them
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