Standard guide to Cuba : a new and complete guide to the island of Cuba, with maps, illustrations, routes of travel, history, and an English-Spanish phrase book . 22 THE STANDARD SOME HOUSES ON THE PRADO. that the effect is secured by repeating and combining a few simple in the upper grille of the window here shown, there is an S-shapedpiece which is repeated eight times, and a half-S, which is repeated sixteentimes; the several parts being riveted together. The lower member of thewindow is composed in like manner of a combination of Ss. The partsare made by bending a pliabl
Standard guide to Cuba : a new and complete guide to the island of Cuba, with maps, illustrations, routes of travel, history, and an English-Spanish phrase book . 22 THE STANDARD SOME HOUSES ON THE PRADO. that the effect is secured by repeating and combining a few simple in the upper grille of the window here shown, there is an S-shapedpiece which is repeated eight times, and a half-S, which is repeated sixteentimes; the several parts being riveted together. The lower member of thewindow is composed in like manner of a combination of Ss. The partsare made by bending a pliable flat iron rod around a steel shape or moldfastened in a vise; the bending is done by hand, an expert workman turn-ing out the pieces bent to shape with facility and rapidity. En cada ticrra su uso—Every country has a way of its own—saidSancho Panza in accounting for the peculiarities of the houses in ElToboso. Havanas way has been determined by the Havana climate. Every-thing is arranged with reference to coolness. The thick walls and heavyroofs are to withstand the glare of the tropical sun; unglazed windowsare to admit the full inflow of every cooling draught. We need not
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