. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. 19 twenty-five thousand members in good standing. While any white man is eli- gible, objectionable characters are not admitted, and all who apply are not accepted. Nationality is no bar, and many Americans who occupy clerical positions in Havana are members. The dues are one dollar and fifty cents per month, and when one studies the bene- fits to be obtained from this trifling sum, he soon realizes that the financial end of the club's affairs is in excellent hands. The new clubhouse was opened a year ago, and is one of the show places of Havana. It is locate
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. 19 twenty-five thousand members in good standing. While any white man is eli- gible, objectionable characters are not admitted, and all who apply are not accepted. Nationality is no bar, and many Americans who occupy clerical positions in Havana are members. The dues are one dollar and fifty cents per month, and when one studies the bene- fits to be obtained from this trifling sum, he soon realizes that the financial end of the club's affairs is in excellent hands. The new clubhouse was opened a year ago, and is one of the show places of Havana. It is located on the Prado, near the famous American Club and in the very heart of the homes of the aristocracy. The club privileges are more extensive than those of the States, as the members have the right to bring their families, and, besides, it is an ex- cellent educational institution, where their children may be instructed by com- petent teachers. I recall with pleasure several visits to this spacious building, and especially my visit to the schoolrooms, filled with bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked children. The boys occupied rooms on the lower floor. A fair business education may be se- cured here, and those whose inclination runs toward some trade are given a course in manual training. Upstairs is the kindergarten, where about two hun- dred tots are being started on the road to learning. In near-by rooms were girls just growing into womanhood. Paint- ing and music are taught, the latter in a most thorough manner. The Cubans are a music-loving nation, and learn it readily. The members themselves have night classes, where bookkeeping, sten- ography and English are taught. In nearly every shop in Havana there are clerks who speak English well—the re- sult of a course at the night school of the Clerks' Club. The clubhouse is admirably adapted for social affairs. An immense ballroom covers one entire floor, and is as pretty as the ballrooms of the swellest clubs on the island. Balls are giv
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