Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 26, 1920, Page 2

AGE TWO , CUBA FAILS TO. PLEASE LADIES, NEN DIFFERENT Women Become Bored with island] Country and Drag Husbands Ayay from Saloons and Races By PREDERIC J. HASKIN. HABANA, Mar. 26—Cuba may be ®aid to have Jost millions of dollars this year by reason of her failure to please the ladies. ‘ She does not cater to her visitors of the homelier sex as. skillgully as she! might, either, but a good many of the! men who came here this winter and} stayed only a few days would have lin-| gered on to have anotber drink and another look at the j,xaces if their women-Tolk would have let them. A large percentage of the women become bored after a few days, and want to go back to Florida. Early m February it was reported that nearly 90,000 passports for Cuba had been issued. in the United States. it seems not improbable that during the whole winter the number who have journeyed hither will redch a hundred thousand, which is certainly a large percentage ofthe population to visit a single winter resort. ae And all of these migrants braved serious difficulties to get here. They! staryed on the trains, which never car ry more than one dining car where Uhree are needed. They stood im line at Key West for hours on end to make the purely perfunctory statement that hey had paid their income taxes before leaving home, and they paid the out rageous price of about $20 each te travel the ninety miles between Key West and the island. This enormous crowd of people, there- fore, came to Cuba impelled by a strong predilection in its favor, And yet Ha- bana is hot crowded and has not been crowded at any time this winter. It is far easier to get a room here than at Palm Beach, Miami, or any/of the other | leading Southerh resorts in the States. Habana hotels are said to be able to accommodate enly ‘20,000 visitors, ‘s0} presumably there have never been that many visitors here at one time this winter. This mvans that ‘most of the | persons who have come here, instead | of staying for the season, have stayed | only about a fifth of the season. By/ the same token, Habana has made only | a fraction of the money out of her visitors which she might have made. This failure of Cuba to hold her guests as long as she might is not due to any indifference on the part nf the Cubans. They are éager for Ameri-| can visitors and American money, It has been charged that they are impo- lite and suspicious toward Americazis. No evidence of this could we find, The Cuban, on the contrary, seems >to be the most polite, good-natured and tol-. erant of men. He meets you with a smile on all occasions, the polished sur- face of his courtesy literally never cracks, and he has the highest respect for personal liberty, alléwing you to do just as you please, insofar as he possibly can. What. Cuba Jacks is not a friendly and‘ hospitable attitude toward her “guests, but the mechanism necessary 1 Rosalind, Countess of Car- liste, Pres. World W. C. T. U. In April the world’s convention of the Woman’s Christian, Temperance Union will meet in London, The na- tional president of the union in the United States, Miss Anna A. Gordon, and Miss Sulla Deabe, editor of the of- Ocial publication of the organization, ; the Union Signal, will Jeave our coun-° try for England on’ the steatier Phita- deiphia, sailing March 20, Miss Gor- | don, being one of the sécretartes of the ‘World’s Woman’s Christian ‘Teniper- ance Union, finds it necessary to be in } London two weeks in advance of the tore than two hundred women, ga- | tional officers, state presidents, organ- | izers and workers of prominence in the union. After the convention has been held Miss Gordon and Miss Deans will | begin a tour of the world in the inter-| ests of furthering world . prehibition, | the goal which has been set for the | Westminster Abbey, Where World Convention Meetings Will. Be. Held. A jubilee convertion was held in St. Louis, Mo., in Novembek, ‘at which re- jolcving over the *ictéry.of the federal amendment was mingled with plan- ing for the work of the future. .The at- tainment of the chief objective, thie prohibitive amendment, has freed. the aerganization ebergy for extending the many other Sorts-of welfare \work in which it has been engaged and the se- curing of a million-dollar jubilee fund has provided the means with which to carry out the extensive program that has béen lala out. Departmental work will eompass world prohibition, Amerl- canization, child welfare, henlth and morality and sclentifie temperance in- struction. This world convention of the Wom- an’s Christian Temperance Union will be held in. ‘the historic Westminster ‘ Anna’ A, Gordon, President W. C. T.'U. cof America. ident of the World's W. G. T. U a ofthe British Union, will be host- e&s to the delegates, among whom will | be the president of this state: Plans will be developed. to make the war- Time experience contribute to the fur- ‘thering of prohibition in thos¢ Knro- | Dean countries that had ‘to recognize | the value of prohibition fh the army, | no doubt, as the same experience was utilized in this country to crystallize public sentiment for prohibition. In the around .the world trip that Will follow the convention in London, Mtns Gordon and Miss Deane expect to include those new cotintries that have grown out of the war, cotntries in which government principles are in Evocess of development, with the hope that they will prove fertile fields for the> cultivation of prohibition sentl- ment. , | Western Electric This machine will make a permanent | | place for itself in any household. It does the ironing as well as it can be | | f done by: hand and, more quickly, . ‘Where’ there is a Simplex Ironer there is a tremendous saving’ on laundry bills. ‘ The increase in the amount of things Jaundered at home will not cause ser- ~yant trouble—it entails no extra work, The SIMPLEX IRONER will do— next five yeurs’ service. ' att. Rosalind, couxitess of Carlisle, Now the Cubshs will give you food “how to prepare chicken and rice in seV- As for the expelise of living In Ha* and lodging and the rein ief their city eral tempting ways. The salads are ana, it is whatever you choose to make’ and that’s about all, You ean have a f00d and a great variety of fruit is to it. In the best hotels, rooms are from drink any time you please, of edurse, be had. Incidentally, this light fare is §5°a day for a small one without, bath, but the man with money doés riot lack Tar more conductive to health in the ‘up to €10 and $12. Cheaper for a drink wherever ’he may be. There | tropics than a heavier ménu. But the Which ere clean and habitable ainy be is also x rubberneck wagon te show yon) steaks and chops and roasts, to which fouha wittout aitjeulty. Food is, on Handkerchiefs, napkins, nightgowns, pajamas, bed spreads, sheets, table cloths, curtains, aprons, blouses and other ‘plain - wearing “apparel, underwear, hosiery races and Jai Alai afford splendid op- | portunities for gambling, but the races are not-as good as some that may be seeh in the United States, and Jai Alal seems to be little patronized by visitors. | This is not an attempt to disparage and a taste for roaming may. amuse himself there almost indefinitely, But the typical American tourist is not ac- customed to amusing himself ‘that way, | ja the Same way with Hinting. But which was ruined by a storm; and his wife and daughters are‘still less” bale it’is the!bathing which disap-| rénaired. ‘Tis ‘project “has vee! than anything | istence! a long time, decorated with American women who else, A very large percentage ‘of ‘those | far ‘not a stick has look bored. ‘There are not éyen any, Who go to the tropics.in wititer look’ so. Every hotel lobby in Habana is comfortable balconies where they may - sit and watch ings go by. So they gather in the lobbies and ‘ip. and knit and remark to each other that it isn’t much of, a. place after all. And a few days later they pick up and de- the city, and a few regular éxeursions | the American is aceustomed, are lack: ; the whole, cheaper than ade into the country, for the purpose of; ing. ‘The native beef is grass-fed and resorts, expecially H you seeing stgar mills and the like, “fhe! stringy, and imported beef is very dishes. The cafes are crowded only scarce and expensive. The American nearly always order ‘beef fromm habit, and is nearly) always disappointed in what he gets. ty If you want ‘to Play~ golf in Cuba, you must get an Introduction to the Cuba, which is really a charming place; / native club, and then your links is a One with an eye for the piuturesque long way from the city, Its equally hard to play tennis. .To go fishing you tust expend a deal of parsonal e: fort in‘finding»«: boat and boatman. It points’ more. visitors forward to the novelty of winter surf- bathing. none. The beach nearest. Habana is that of Marianao, which is twelve miles away. The part) of the beach which may ‘be ‘used for ‘bathing is hardly 50. for their entertainment, espelally for>payt, dragging » possibly reluetant hub; ; feet long, and not much good at that. the better half of them. ‘The Ameri- can who goes to a resort expects to be amused. He expects his hotel to provide him, not only with food and shelter of the kind he likes, but also with golf links and tenuis courts and a bathing beach an@ a place to dance and congenial society, If he wants to 0 fishing or hunting or ‘horseback rid- ing, he expects merely to mention the fact at the desk to be assured that it ‘will be arrangéd. He does not care to exercise his ingenuity In anrusing him- self. He expects the hotel management to supply the ingenuity. Palm Beach is a typical product of the rich Ameri- desires.. There every minute of his time is provided for, and every day a printed program of the things he may do is plawd ‘in his hands. by after them. Where the American) woman won't stay the American’ man can’t stay, Even so, the visitors are at least 90 per cent masculine, and this shortage of feminine society is also a drawback to the piace as a resort. A goodly per- centage of the men, too, have some kick.or other to make about the place. vertised in Habana, as one American jmemarked, “as though it were ‘some- Most of them kick about the food. Moét of it is occupied by a small Cuban ub. ‘The visitor who is able to pre- sent a letter of introduction may get Se admission to this. Otherwise, a primi- tive little shack is his only dressing room, practically no \women and only & a few men brave the inconveniences of this, place, Which is quite svidély .ad- “T thaven’t had ‘anything to eat since , thing.” T gol here.” said a little fellow from Chiesgo. me a sirloin steak,” at very reasonable prices. A great va- on every bill of fare fy This, the beach Mfe, which is such “T've got to go back and get an important part of that of other win- } ter restorts, is totally lacking in Cuba. 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