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years became associated with El Mundo. 

 In this paper he was in charge of the sport- 

 ing page and also of the Washington corre- 

 spondence. His journalistic ideals are 

 based upon American models, which he 

 has studied directly in the newspaper 

 offices of New York. Even the terminology 

 of American slang he has transplanted to 

 Havana journalism. Lately, without giving 

 up his interest in the records of sport, he 

 has developed in El Mundo a special sec- 

 tion called "Round About the Capital," 

 which gives the Cuban reader information 

 in regard to American social and political 

 life. His purpose in this department must 

 be regarded as educational as well as enter- 

 taining. The picture presented in El 

 Mundo of the life in the United States .is 

 derived from a careful reading of the 

 principal representatives of the American 

 press. An idea of the aims of this type of 

 his journalistic work can be derived from a 

 selection published from it, called Junto 

 al Capitolio. This publication will soon 

 be followed by another book, a realistic 

 novel, called Sangre Africana. 



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