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Title: The Cuba review
Identifier: cubareview07muns (find matches)
Year: 1907-1931 (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
Subjects: Cuba -- Periodicals
Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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THE CUBA REVIEW. 19
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Children of Cuban Tenements. Childien of Havana Tenements. The common sort of dwellings for the poor classes are like the illustration. Rooms open on narrow courts, where women work at the wash tub, while their children play around them—clad or rather unclad in nature's garb. In one tenement a little urchin was seen shoul- dering a broomstick for a musket, a paper hat on his head, and no other covering, while his little squad, likewise unclad, went through childish military evolutions. Cubans are fond of flowers and decor- ate their homes with potted plants freely. The reading of Zola's novel, "Labor," at an Havana cigar factory inspired the formation of "La Crecherie," a society of 100 members for the improvement of homes for the laboring classes. The first fruits of their work was the opening of twenty-five new houses—clean, com- fortable and hygienic in every way. These houses, which are in the Vedado, outside of Havana, in a most salubrious location, were built and sold on the in- stalment plan, and others are now being constructed. The mayor of Havana, Sefior Julio Cardenas, and many prominent men at- tended the inauguration of these dwell- ings. Each member of "La Crecherie" pays eight dollars American currency monthly to the building fund. Although only or- ganized in 1903, the society has already expended $26,500, and the enterprise is proving profitable. Cuban Mahogany and Cedar. Arrivals and market at New York for January, 1909, were as follows: Mahogany: There were a great many more ports represented in the January receipts than usual, contributing a very large number of logs. Some of the re- ceipts have passed into second hands, but the stock that was on hand a month ago has been materially increased. Cedar: There was an unusually large number of logs received during the month of January and a very small pro- portion sold, thus increasing the stock in first hands to a very large extent. As a matter of fact, the present holdings are larger than they have been for a long time, with a very limited demand.— Geo. F. Herriman, Feb. 1, 1909. Among close friends of the adminis- tration it is believed certain that Gon- zalo Quesada will be within a few days transferred to Paris as the Cuban Min- ister, and General Carlos Garcia Velez will take his place at Washington. At the indication of the French Lega- tion, through its Minister, M. LeFaivre, the National Bank of Cuba has elected Mr. Ernest Gaye, General Agent of the French Transatlantic Steamship Com- pany, as one of its directors.

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