. The Cuba review and bulletin. CAVE NEARCAMAGUEY,ONE OF THESIGHTS FORTOURISTS. t THE CUBA i^EvlEW 29. HOTEL CAMAGUEY, IN ITS PICTURESQUE SETTING. night balls at these clubs that one sees the inhabi-tants to the best advantage. The first Sunday wewere there, we elected to go to the Cuban club,having heard that it was the live-lier of the two. We sat on thebalcony, which encircled threesides with the duennas and otherspectators of the halllooked down upon thedancers. On the floorwas a heterogeneous col-lection consisting ofblack-coated Cuban civ-ilians, officers of theRural Guard, handsomeand i
. The Cuba review and bulletin. CAVE NEARCAMAGUEY,ONE OF THESIGHTS FORTOURISTS. t THE CUBA i^EvlEW 29. HOTEL CAMAGUEY, IN ITS PICTURESQUE SETTING. night balls at these clubs that one sees the inhabi-tants to the best advantage. The first Sunday wewere there, we elected to go to the Cuban club,having heard that it was the live-lier of the two. We sat on thebalcony, which encircled threesides with the duennas and otherspectators of the halllooked down upon thedancers. On the floorwas a heterogeneous col-lection consisting ofblack-coated Cuban civ-ilians, officers of theRural Guard, handsomeand impressive in theirgilt-embellished khakiuniforms; a captain ofthe United States army;two young Canadians(temporary residents ofthe city), and a host ofCuban women, many ofwhom were beautiful, but whose pale cheeks the sensuous danson failed to flush. Theywere dressed in very bright colors, but despite the heat none wore a low cut corsage. TheCuban danson is very peculiar and consists in swinging your partner around and aroundin a narrow circle to a sort of waltz step accompanied by the weird throb
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