10 THE CUB A RE V lEW 



Cuban Athletic Club Beats Legion Football Team: The crack football team 

 of the Cuban Athletic Club won a well contested game from a team of picked members 

 of various posts of the American Legion players from Florida, by a score of 13-0. The 

 club, besides having one of the best football teams in Cuba, has the champion basket- 

 ball team on the island as well. 



Prominent Insurance Men Visit Havana: President Kuhn and officials of the 

 Bankers Life Insurance Companies of Des Moines, Iowa, accompanied by seventy of 

 the leading policy writers representing that company, gathered from all parts of the 

 United States, recently spent several days in Havana. During their stay a banquet 

 was tendered to the Gold Medal men of the company at the Hotel Plaza in apprecia- 

 tion of their work during the past year. 



Dr. Crane Addresses Local Societies: During the visit to Havana of Dr. Frank 

 Crane, the well-known writer, the people of the community were very fortunate in being 

 permitted to listen to a number of addresses given by this prominent journalist. 

 Among his audiences were the American Club, the Rotary Club and the congregation 

 of the Presbyterian Church, whom Dr. Crane addressed on the subject, "What Is the 

 Matter with the World?". Dr. Crane drew large audiences upon every occasion. 



Kings' Day Celebration Held by Band of Mercy and K. of C: January 6th, 

 or Kings' Day, as it is popularly called in Cuba, was celebrated in the usual manner 

 by the presentation of numerous gifts to poor children by Mrs. Jeanette Ryder, who 

 heads the local Band of Mercy. A similar celebration took place at Havana Park, 

 under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus. The management of f^e park kindly 

 donated all the amusement features to the children, who were favored by the distribution 

 of gifts and candies. 



Cuban Market for Cosmetics and Perfumery 



Harriet Williams, clerk in American consulate general, Habana, December 11. 



[Owing to the almost universal use of powders, rouges, creams, etc., by the women 

 of Cuba, there is always an excellent market for toilet accessories of this character. 

 Most of the fine soap imported originates in the United States, although a small 

 amount of French soap costing twice as much per kilo is imported, and some English 

 soap as well. In the case of perfumery and cosmetics, Cuba obtains about one-half of 

 its supplies from the United States, but the French preparations exceed the American 

 in aggregate value. A considerable quantity of American face powder is being handled 

 in Cuba, but the essences, extracts, and perfumery most in demand are of French 

 origin. The Cuban public has been so long accustomed to buying French toilet 

 requisites that considerable advertising will have to be done to acquaint the people 

 with American manufactures.] 



The principal Habana dealers in toilet requisites of various sorts state that the 

 bulk of their sales consist of face powder. Practically all the powder sold is white 

 in color, with a small quantity of the rachel or brunette shade in the higher grades. 

 However, one of the most prominent beauty parlors here is attempting to introduce 

 an ochre-colored French powder. There appears to be no call for pink-tinted powder 

 by the Cuban market. Adhesive and semi-adhesive powders are sold. The best French 

 powders seem to be composed of the usual ingredients, such as oxide of zinc, kaolin, 

 talc, carbonate of magnesia, and rice flour, their greater popularity being due chiefly 

 to their more pleasing fragrance. The cheaper grades of powder often contain 

 precipitated chalk, and one make is said to contain bismuth. In point of adhesiveness, 

 the American powder is far the best. 



However, a much greater quantity and variety of French than of American 

 powders are displayed by the Cuban merchants. The French powders are well put 

 up, the highest-grade goods being packed in satin boxes and some in crystal containers. 



