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“...employees manufacture the cigars for which Havana
I is justlv famous, an individual lightens the monotony
' of their labours by reading aloud some popular work or
newspaper to them.
There is no lack of diversions in Havana. The Chinese
section is of interest to the unsophisticated traveller, and
there are numerous cabarets. French and Spanish opera
companies occasionally visit the National Theatre a
handsome building—in winter. The most characteristic
game is that of jai-alai, known in Spain as “pelota,
which is interesting and exciting to watch.
Marianao Beach, on the Gulf of Mexico (10 miles west
of Havana by electric train every fifteen minutes from
Concha Station, Carlos III Street, or every few minutes
via Vedado), is much resorted to on account of the
delightful surf bathing to be enjoyed there. The train
runs through < some of the most attractive suburbs of...”
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