. The Cuba review. 22 THE CUBA REVIEW. The flour is received here in barrels, in boxes and in bags. The flour barrels are often seen covered liberally with ropes and cords (as in Fig. 4), for the purpose of tightening the heads and staves to avoid loss of flour through opening places. Barrels calculated for shipment to these foreign ports ought to be securely made. There is a great deal of banging about done before the barrel is deposited at the oven of the baker. Some of the barrels have to be emptied en route, and the contents sacked to prevent loss. Figure 5 represents one of the flour tins
. The Cuba review. 22 THE CUBA REVIEW. The flour is received here in barrels, in boxes and in bags. The flour barrels are often seen covered liberally with ropes and cords (as in Fig. 4), for the purpose of tightening the heads and staves to avoid loss of flour through opening places. Barrels calculated for shipment to these foreign ports ought to be securely made. There is a great deal of banging about done before the barrel is deposited at the oven of the baker. Some of the barrels have to be emptied en route, and the contents sacked to prevent loss. Figure 5 represents one of the flour tins. These tins are in great demand. The flour men can utilize them in the markets after the tins are emptied. The tins are worked over into utensils for dozens of purposes. One of the peels used by the native bakers is shown in Fig. 6. American bakers would not have much trouble in getting the necessary machin- ery here for conducting a well equipped bakery. The duties on machinery for this purpose are not excessive. There are plenty of trained bakers about the country, both American and native, and these men can be secured at nominal wages.—George Rice, in Bakers' Helper, One of Havana's Bathing Pools on the Gulf. One of Havana's Bathing Houses In the public bath for ladies pictured above there are about sixty Tooims, all close to the pool; there lare also many waiting rooms, handsomely furnished. The pools are cut out of the solid coral reefs and vary in depth from a few feet to six or more. Ropes dangle from the roof for the amusement of bathers. The small cuts in the wall on the gulf side are noticeable. These are to pre- vent the ingress of sharks into the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Munson Steamship Line. New York : Munson Steamship Line
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