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Homes in Havana's vSuburbs. Mr. Adolf B. Horn's villa, "Bella Mar," near Camp Columbia. 

 It is a fine specimen of modern architecture in Cuba and the house is built in accordance to 

 hygienic requirements, and is supplied with all the modern improvements. 



tured Cubans have homes very similar 

 to those of people in their class in any 

 land, but the above is the average, and 

 is seen daily as one passes open doors 

 and windows. 



In the suburb of Jesus del ISTonte, an 

 American comoany bought 10 years ago 

 the deserted farm of Cubans too poor to 

 hold them, and of Spaniards who were 

 leaving the island. This district has 

 now become one of the most beautiful 

 of the resident sections. One property 

 secured for $16,000 has been cut up 

 into lots, of which a third only had 

 been sold when the investor had trebled 

 the price paid for the farm. A small 

 building lot sells here for $300. One 

 house just built in the so-called Ameri- 

 can style, as above described, cost, with 

 the lot, $20,000. Some of the finest old 

 Cuban homes are at Jesus del Monte. 

 The Yznaga place, the childhood home 

 of Consuelo, duchess of Manchester, 

 and the residence still of her relatives, 



is here. 



Laundry Workers Out. 



The women ironers' strike, which did 

 not seem far-reaching in its consequences 



when it first began some weeks ago, has 

 developed into quite a serious affair, 

 threatening to drag along indefinitely. 

 Both the workers and the laundry owners 

 are holding fast to their position, and the 

 Secretary of Agriculture's efforts to bring 

 about an understanding thus far have 

 been fruitless. 



The Rev. Dr. Charles L. Thomson, of 

 New York, secretary of the Board of 

 Home Missions, in an address at the 

 Presbyterian General Assembly on May 

 25 at Denver, Colo., praised the United 

 States government's work in Cuba dur- 

 ing the intervention, and said that the 

 Stars and Stripes had no sooner vanished 

 out of Havana Harbor than Cuba started 

 backward, gambling and bull fighting 

 having new sway. 



The President on May 14 ordered the 

 payment of $26,000 to private citizens whose 

 lands were appropriated to establish the 

 United States naval and coaling station at 

 Bahia Honda. 



