Show s SEVILLE TIRE TilE CAPITAL AL ON TilE TUE City Tho and City of Spain and tho Mos In History Art and The Tho Cruel His Gorgeous and M Pastimes S 2 u u u u Correspondence Seville Spain Jan 21 1 1900 Qui en no ha lito Sevilla Noha ohn maravella moaning meaning that he who Vho hat has not seen lIeen Se yule has bat 1 seeing a a proverb which Its clU ons delight In InThe The same might be truthfully said ot of other Spanish cities but this Anda lusian lulan capital differs from the rest with a warmth and gaiety ot of life lite pe Its OW own II and abounding remt ot of the noble and cultured Moors palaces and villas were Unlike those In any other part of at the world Through hundred years year It was Wal their thelt sacred city In which they thoy gathered all that trat wealth could coull buy or fashion design or bravery win Its splendid mosques moques were crowded with r ot of the prophet when from the th lofty lotty Gerald Geraldl the called the prayer Its schools were thronged with eager ocer students In sd enc ence and Ind the arts and In its It glorious house houle of at Caesar were gathered the statesmen warriors and courtiers ola ot a great and powerful peo people le All this began In III the eighth century and ended more than two hundred years before the Western world was wal discovered Jut but man mans ot of otTilE TilE THE PALACES are It still III Intact and the glories ot of that long period have left OD an Indelible Impression upon the tho whole region ot of the Lon Long II long before the day of 0 the tha Moors Seville was oM old and gray Its Ita foundations having been laid In the Iho twilight of history b by Ie lea himself It If anybody doubts the tradition he JOO may be reassured by reading a Quaint Inscription carved above aboe one of the elt city gates which as i sects sert that Hercules was the founder and that Julius Caesar captured It from the more than halt half a century before betor Christ was wal horn born We kno know that much of the wealth for or which Tyre and ond Sidon were renowned was wal derived trout the region ot of the of today a land lind ot of promise e especially II protected by the cods and coveted b by men Its marvels figured prominently In classic as related by Homer lIer li er Cicero and others It was WIla on the Island Illand of Juno JUliO you OU remember near the rivers mouth slaty tulles miles or hO ao be below low this point where Geryon pastured his nocks flocks The chief city ot of which the called So Se phella and ond the Homans be became came a rich and powerful capital l under Julius Caesar who changed its lis nome name to Julia Homula In recognition of 0 Its old aid during his wars with y It was the sent seat ot of the proconsul and the favorite residence ot of the nobility Three nom unman an emperors wera born Adrian and ond The At the toot foot of the olive olivo covered hills hili I OC five miles away awny Scipio built a 11 splendid pleasure resort a 11 spacious amphitheater and many mony sumptuous residences Like other nOM ROMAN AN CITIES In Spain the ruins ot of these have served as a quarry for generations of subs quent builders builder iffy rny et be cleny 1 though Its walls and those thoe ot of palaces went to make modern breakwater In the tho to furnish building material tor neighboring convents and andeen even een to pave pae the streets ot of Seville Many ot of the busts bUIU and statues ot of Caesar time now grace Irace the Spanish museums and the palaces of grandees II and the very ery pavements you ou walk upon today tuda may have hae been trodden by the tho noblest Roman of them nil all In the an dent elt city A portion ot of the double atone wall waits which Julius Caesar built around his capital are yet et Defended b by barbicans and flanking towers the they look u as formidable as when they the repelled the attacks ot of bar though scarred by the storms and ind wars ot of twenty centuries Most of the walls however that to toda today da day surround Seville are ot of Moslem bUildInG their six or eight miles mile In cir clr cult pierced b by fifteen enormous gale ways and surrounded b by watchtowers In the days ot of tho caliph there were ot of these quaint towers but when the Holy King Saint Fer Ferdinand dinand drove droe out the In infidel In the ther il r In n year oar Un the rut rest were demolished In Ihl lids dry climate the tho passing centuries have lIae made little impression on the old Moorish houses houles which are still the tho best bestIn bestin In Seville The Tho Moore Moor by the war wat dl die carding the tho name undertook to resume its III remote Chaldean title litle Seph ella but In their rendered It has hili been cor corrupted corrupted to the present name pronounced by the Spaniards Sah veel sh Fully ully half the city preserves Its ancient char actor to I are taking place over evey year The narrow winding hap hazard streets com by spacious man alons with ample courts courtl and gardens so admirably suited to the summer climate ot of this Oren Oon ot of Spain nl as the section Is II called ore are slowly but alas too loo sure lure surely ly Iy giving WilY way to wide avenues with alleged improvements In their mall email hot place houses open to the tho noonday blaze In Inthe Inthe the Moorish quarters where the fore forethought ore thought of the builders made the streets so 10 narrow that tha two carriages e could not pass pau one another barriers are placed at each end to pre prevent prevent vent wheeled vehicles from attempting to enter In some of them an ordinary umbrella when raised will barely A clear the walls In turning their zag corners and donkeys filing through the solemn procession jostle pedestrians with their bulging panniers The names ot of the streets are In themselves an INTERESTING STUDY hn having reference to some lome celebrated who In them or an historical event thAt transpIred Jn In orthe the neighborhood The word Calle street never appears but merely merel the tho name all as Juan Junn do de lIna Abul aim Autu de Fe etc AI Ae In oriental communities the different sects are separated the tho Jews beIng restricted to toone toone one quarter the Moo Moors to another the gypsies to a third The Tho wide mansions with their cool courts court and ond gardens and walls almost meeting overhead In the winding alleys alles are as charming as unIque and prove the wll door dom ot of the Moors They The are generally ornamented with Moorish I brings called and have hn on an en entrance I trance arch called m Ft Arabic which leads lead to the chancel or great gate ot of Iron behind which the family life lite goes on securely l locked ked from the public gaze The Inter InterIor for valle always enclose patios o Clr open courts surrounded on aides b wide corridors supported by In lire better houses houe mud and lime In th the poorer In the summer Bummer the court Is covered by an awning toldo and then becomes the draw drawIng Ing room of the thc inmates Inmate where hero they sit lilt all da day long IonG dine and receive their guests In coolness and comfort Hero Ire are given ginn the pleasant informal which are about the only evening parties ever er given glnn In Seville These patios show very ery clearly the individual tastes or of their owners Each aoh has n a central fountain or n a very e old null wull with olives banana pomegranates and oth other other er trees tree growing around It some are brilliant with glowers others enriched with statuary and others have hae ancient cypress trees cut Into FORMS FOn IS ot of temples and pagodas The or short hall whIch leads rota th the street to the patio II s the place where the young oun ladies of the receive their ladles on the tho In Inside Ide ot of the tho high carefully cardull locked lockel gates the gentlemen on the tho outside If the accepted lover Iver were to be admitted to the parlor or even enn to the patio In the I presence pres nce ot of hi his father tather and mother It would be considered CAUse for scandal so 0 he patiently hang hangl upon I the grating night after atler however long the years ear between betrothal and I the earning for tor himself the title tille corner orner who lives Jives on Iron No chairs are allowed In the I for If the lover were made too he might ml bt never Ira go away It Is 11 not uncommon to see pe en ed couples standing close together on opposite sides of Jt the gate att past mid midnight night perhaps with the rain blowing In on them oblivious rt cf all sublunary other dU the things win dos ow s t Seville are with Ith iron tron gratings and those thele too ate lue for lovers Eer evening you ou may see ill ot of nm and Jull etc etl making makinI love through the Indo bare bar each slim gallant wrapped In a ar r of n Spa es kt he ic g r s In their beet attire with smiling powdered faces and roses to In their halt hair Fre Frequently Frequently Romeo brings bring his guitar and his hll wooing Is no whispered confidence but a lovelorn serenade which every everybody body may hear It Is the fashion ap approved proved ot of parents parent and guardians since time Urne out ot of mind and for tor the lover loverto to neglect It would be to forever for tor felt his sweethearts favor The young oung lady who can boast the most Iron eaters I Is the belle ot of the locality but fatal tatal frays ras sometimes occur as the re suit ot of her coquetry when the arriving Romeo Ram finds hi his place preempted by another You hear bloodcurdling tales 0 of the swift murderous use of at the thelong long knives which everybody carries when wielded by jealousy Jealous Don Dan Pedro the Cruel set the example In Seville Beville and his hll ardent countrymen have not been slow to follow tollo It h The poorest servant WEARS WEAnS A R E EIn In his sash Insh and many a gentle dame secretes a 1 dagger daner In her stocking or as asa asa a hair hairpin pin In her shining knows well how to use It when her tern tem temper per is I aroused The true knife I la about eighteen inches Inch ell long Jong longwith with a 0 broad blade and a powerful It Is held open b by a curious little wheel between the blade and handle and In native hands is 11 used with eQual to slice IL a melon or sharpen n a pencil or sever n a Jugular vein The handle Is ot of tortoise or Ivory ory onon richly carved and Inlaid with je jewels Ill with Ith a crucifix or an im image age of the Virgin or the Savior upon It but the Christian emblem does doell not prevent It I t from being bathed In human blood Speaking ot of Don Pedro Pedra nicknamed The Cruel ruel his influence In seems to per Ado 8 Seville e much liS as that ot of Philip II does the When he wan wana a aa a small child his hili mother fie fled with him to Its Alcazar the most beautiful sh building In Spain whIch we his ta fa favorito palace when he came to be king and the tho scene of his wickedest deeds Here he lived with Ith beautiful Cu Cas girl Marla de whIle widle his lawful queen the poor French rench princess p Blanche de after being persecuted and to imprisoned for Cor Years ws wal finally put 10 death death at In Alc Alcazar Pedro redro received the Red ot of Grenada witha with n a promise of sate conduct and then murdered him for tor hi his jewels one ot of which the fair ruby great like Q a rack racket et ball today adorns the crown ot of lIere too he hall had his brother Don t assassinated after atter In him to be his hll guest ruest during a tournament Marin Marla de Padilla knew his coming tate fate but dill did not dare to tell him though from the beautiful window over oer the gate she watched for his arrival and tried to warn arn him by her tears Six years eats later this murder i was wal avenged en ed by Henry ot of who STABBED PEDRO to the heart but Maria Marla was wall already dead and burled burld with the qu queens in the royal roal chapel for Cor after atter her death Pedro acknowledged ed her ber as his hla wife and the 10 called marriage reo re received the sanction ot of the Spanish church On on an upper floor ot of the Iro zar Is II Don Pedros bed bel chamber and outside the door still hang a row of grinning heads hUdA ot of people who Incurred his hi displeasure It was wasa a favorite little Joke ot of his that he had his enemIes placed where he could watch them Another pastime ot of this strange monarch was Wal to go out cloaked and disguised At night to serenade his hl various arloua lovers beneath the window bars after the tho fashion ot of Seville and woe betide the previous lover ot of any mold maid who struck his hll fancy Ito He is II said Bald to have stabbed to the heart beArt n a score of rivals Don Pedro and his hi victims have hae long been duet dUlt but the lovely gardens ot of the Alcazar which he caused to be planted still keep his unlovely memory green as a well aft as the grinning skulls and gruesome traditions All Ml along Its paths patha are magical fountains planned by him which when a key is II turned sod sud suddenly denly spring up and shower the walks and blossoms and make fairy rainbows In the sunshine You may pick oranges today from the trees that Pedro planted and flowers owera that are arl descendants ot of the tho same that the cruel kIng used to gather for tor his beautiful which sometimes lie he vent lent In mockery to Torre del det Golden Tower where bl his casl off sweethearts were im imprisoned FANNIE B WARD |