THE CUBA REVIEW 



31 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



■COMEJON' 



There is a most remarkaljle worm which 

 makes itself felt in Cuban homes and offices, 

 known as the "Comejon." This little worm, 

 not much larger than a small ant, will burrow 

 itself into certain kinds of wood and through 

 paper and fabrics. The greatest damage is 

 done to furniture. When it gets into the wood 

 of a desk it will eat the entire heart or core 

 of the wood, leaving the outside bark un- 

 touched like a shell, and the first intimation 

 that the user of that particular desk has of its 

 presence is when any great pressure is brought 

 to bear on the infected part of the desk or 

 chair and it crumbles and falls to bits. 



MONUMENT TO T. ESTRADA PALMA 



A popular subscription has been started in 

 the city of Santiago de Cuba to raise a sum of 

 money which will be used to build a monument 

 to the memory of T. Estrada Palma, first 

 President of the Republic. The proposed 

 monument will be situated in the city of Santi- 

 ago. The committee in charge have already 

 made a request to the municipal authorities to 

 designate a place where the statue will be 

 located. 



The contract for the statue to be erected to 

 the memory of T. Estrada Palma at Santiago 

 has been awarded to Senor Ugo Luisi. The 

 statue will cost $5,000. 



A REMARK OF A RECENT VISITOR TO CUBA 



"It is a good sign to see the large number of 

 clean cut young men employed in the differ- 

 ent government departments at Havana, and 

 it is becoming more and more important that 

 they have a knowledge of English. The mun- 

 ber of Americans and other foreigners in the 

 departments is also very striking." 



SANTIAGO AQUEDUCT 



The question of the cost of an adequate 

 aqueduct sj'stem for Santiago de Cuba has 

 been estimated at a total of $6,074,000. The 

 time for its construction would require three 

 years. 



HAVANA 



The new money is hardly in circu ation and 

 the majority of Cubans have yet to see any of 

 it, which makes it easy for the counterfeiters. 

 Already a possibly good imitation of the sil- 

 ver dol'ar :piece has been passed on the un- 

 wary. It is stated that the coin is slightly 

 smal er than the legitimate one, and not being 

 composed of silver it does not ring true. 

 Samples of the counterfeit are in the hands of 

 the treasury and the secret police, and efforts 

 are now being made to discover the coiners 

 before they have had time to circulate their 

 spurious money throughout the island. 



AQUEDUCT FOR JARUCO 



A commission of citizens from Jaruco has 

 had an interview with the President on the 

 necessity of completing their aqueduct be- 

 fore the heavy rains make the ordinary river 

 water muddy. 



CONVENT OF SANTA CATALINA 



The old convent of Santa Catalina on 

 O'Reilly St., in Havana, is celebrating the 

 anniversary of this saint's death by the ring- 

 ing of its bells at intervals of every 30 min- 

 utes for periods of 24 hours. This event hap- 

 pens once each year and to the visiting tourist 

 is the cause of happy reminders of the begin- 

 ning of another New Year. 



GUANABOCOA 



Work will soon commence on the proposed 

 street railway connecting with Cabanas and 

 Morro Castle, which points are on the oppo- 

 site side of the bay from Havana. This will 

 provide better facilities for reaching Morro 

 from Havana and in connection with the 

 "Luz" ferries to the town of Regla and rail 

 from Regla to Guanabocoa will give the much 

 needed communication between Havana and 

 the opposite shore. 



BRAZIL'S SUGAR CROP, 1914-195! 



It is estimated that the sugar crop for the 

 season ending September, 1915, will amount tr> 

 1,800,000 bags. 



