. The Cuba review. 18 THE CUBA REVIEW THE CLERKS' CLUB OF HAVANA. An Admirable Society. Membership 25,000. Clubhouse Which Cost $600,000. Members and Their Families Entertained and Their Children Instructed. Hospital and Medical Attendance Free. One day in Havana recently, during The association was formed by a few a conversation with Governor Magoon, clerks in the year 1880, and really had the Cuban's ability to take care of him- its origin as a beneficial order. The life self came up, and as an example of this of the clerk in the employ of a Spanish the governor spoke in most complimen- merc
. The Cuba review. 18 THE CUBA REVIEW THE CLERKS' CLUB OF HAVANA. An Admirable Society. Membership 25,000. Clubhouse Which Cost $600,000. Members and Their Families Entertained and Their Children Instructed. Hospital and Medical Attendance Free. One day in Havana recently, during The association was formed by a few a conversation with Governor Magoon, clerks in the year 1880, and really had the Cuban's ability to take care of him- its origin as a beneficial order. The life self came up, and as an example of this of the clerk in the employ of a Spanish the governor spoke in most complimen- merchant would not appeal to the Am- tary terms of the "Association de De- erican youth, from the fact that his free- pendientes del Comercio de la Habana," dom is somewhat restricted. He prac-. The handsome $600,000 Building of the Clerks' Club in Havana. Edificio hermoso de la Asociacion de Dependientes del Comercio de la Habana, que costo $600,000. a society which in English would be known as the Clerks' Club. "Indeed," said the governor, "I think the people of the United States should know some- thing about this association and the benefits which accrue from its work to the great middle class of Cuba. If you have any doubts as to the Cuban's ability to take care of himself or to manage his own afifairs, just study the workings of that admirable society. Our people might well copy such an insti- ; A few days later I met Seiior Don Emeterio Zorrilla y Bringas, the president of the association, and through his kindness was enabled to visit the club many times, and from personal ob- servation to learn something of the good which is being done by this society of Cuban creation, with a membership of twenty-five thousand and a clubhouse costing over $600,000. A special hospital, under the control of the club and a part of the associa- tion, is on the outskirts of the city, and in its equipment compares favorably with the best hospitals of the State
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