Show m m N j WEE YEEK IN SPAIN C Moro Mora Then Than Those Tho or of Rome Romes I Yet Quaint us os the Plays Play or of the AU Age or of Cordova the Gray Grey Old Capital of 01 the tho Onao Had Hod a 0 MillIon population ond Now Than Thon Forty Thousand fj t c Ld s ur I p March n n h I Sail U Lake City we weh w h 11 L In j the verv thiCk of OC Wk k j II nowhere on 1 h II tn In Spain with Ir J and nl I U al the of o I Yr by ar iii tb crow poorer these osre re Irr tr In while r re lall II fl the quaintness it t the mtr hi t f the middle a attract attractIng Ing of at lei tor from alt all parta t f Li 11 Pf pe In Seville I Ii hoir It lt outdone In the pomp and fl IIi nee nce ul the great cel r and u that gayl II well III as IIII r I thy Ot of S ln I Ii OUt Int ir ur railway rid from Cordova hll hI join the thC crowd ot et ICI tu 10 the ri t Cry err town and nd city ot of Spain great f Ire are md made In advance for ek and all 11 the people ot of the thed tJ d 1 flock to the oen 1 4 f to Ih r In the treet and mak rg IK l ot f It If th the hare not th n t 10 j or to rr All Mt the Itta are And h hu newly WhItewashed tin n I ii id In and every nr Ital l atI the th awful tragedy ot of twenty II tUr III Ie eI 1110 g Is II set Mt forth as 10 I 10 ke a deep on the Pt tent beholder In many I the te full Plo Pia Play II UI tt r da after day lIay by the thi the ik and cap i Jr I Jui J u b by men mounted Oft on lion don il Roman soldier trial condemnation H j tr and Ind afterward the thi rIg or OP OF Lr y by 1 i I I J L i nl ut It b by emI 1 In t aih ah en The burch hurch how r II little part In Ih rf fan until the f with U it q enin aoi Intended to typify tile the mournful throng that once the Via Ia Dolorosa on Its Ita way la to Calvary Every In Spain hu hac It I Cofradia or brotherhood aI pointed appointed a ac body guards to th patron Int Whose hOle status Ilal Above the high attar altar It Is II aJao the dut duty of the Cu Co fradla fradl to superintend th the puos palOlo and Ind to toNt tolee Nt lee that no hitch In the per I YH church has haa Ita It Uon of 01 Image the saviors vir virgina gina and nd In 10 their respective niches which are kept stowed away for tor theas Some of them are ot of great antiquity and profoundly yen ven vented crated ted for lor the mIraculous eur cures they are to have wrouGht anti and all are brought forth decked In their richest robes robet for tor Corpus workmen have put up awnings over the and nd squares along which the tho processions will pu pale chairs for tor to tore are set thickly all alonG the way and ver overlookIng window and balcony I ii decorated with garlands of flowers nd fIlled with lAd ladles I Many ot of the balconies are re gully gaU draped with velvet or spangled tulle like and everybody III Ia proVided with nowen to east Call before the sacred Imaged A Ac there are upward of 01 a 11 hun bun hunI bundred d dred churches In Seville anti and each ha halIa ia I Its lIa especial I paso all meeting mUng at last laIt In inthe the cathedral are C trim frem dawn un till far lar Into the night The Tb ot of each ch Paso II I always alwy the II a the they are celled called the of the church wearing dominoes In a highpoint ed cap and amI rope girdles rob reb robare are scarlet purple black and whit with tong train crimped and which th they mange manage with lIh the graceful fleas neN one might and each ch car ries a andl halt half a yard Ions ion Next of Roman so eu hone and foot whose made mad ot can and waving waln add adl nl fluch uh to tn of the fant Then rom Caine the u upon a t platform borne born on the of men and by ly and nd fe ec orders orden Th Thi of th the images Ire are of the rIch and Ind moet x dt of III every wooden an of and rubI lII jewelled brooches 1 ever a pill DIn tU cai b be the shoulder ot of such each with a velvet Ivet cloak glittering with gems and nd with go DId I embroidery m worth a princely toe for I tune tun In the Ile mIdst of 1 this I ICO CO of saints the forlorn of our fallin under t lbs of at the th cro cross It Ice face streaked with blood dou doubly I painful by contrast contrat wIth the guady oC the other othen Immediately In trust el elin I Uti in platform walk a bevy of little girls supposed to be cOlt costumed as aa angels In very ry abort of spangled tulle flowers In the roadway A band or two of music each ch p lon and the rear II up It I Iby by a mighty following ot of the theAll All atoll Ion the line of march marTh are Potted posted In double rows row to order and Ih the stirring of mill tar tory hand bandl th the blaH blase of 01 innumerable candle the th gorgeous and aad intense ot of th people earn bine to render the scene Ren on one never to tobe tobe be forgotten though ot of it feature may be It is II a pec to b wItnessed with awe aw lUll and reverence on ot of the deep rea re fervor of 01 the tbt sand falling upon At the iii ap of the thi precession upon their lips and ADd from their yea A the platform laden with images II very ery heavy havy It II Ia Impossible to t carry It more mort thin than a block or two without stopping to ret reet During each halt the CHANT A HYMN ud aud when It I is concluded the bearers bearer ral raise the platform again to theIr the bum bumping heads heds and aud JostlIng on one another as aa thy are elevated and the Ibe resumes Its lis wear weary march Arrived at last a athe at atthe the cathedral the PASO ador adores the host hOlt which is II In a splendid In the menu ment The nIe latter laUer II a tall W wooden tern tem tempi pi plc made In painted whIte while and gilded It II 1 feet tet bl high h by 10 feet square at tb the base baN adorned with gl gi gantle status of 01 the patriarch and andI I apostles U and Ind illuminated bY b two hun hundred hundred dred diver lamp lampo and a wax waxen waxin in en tapers Mote lore singular than all the rest nt Is III the billet that I Is danced by br ebor chor twice every year In the cathedral In celebration of Corpus and the Conception A group croup ot of beautiful boy bol In plumed hate and costumes Ium of um time of Philip III red anti and white tor or blue and white for the Virgin execute var Iou pimple evolutions In front of UI the high altar much as David may mar ha hue th Ark Arll The sing In an anthem which like a MOZArt an anti r b by flutes RM at In Ian an Ih hose ii Certainly Ic 18 or of tural precedent for hut bal It mut JHo b that tM the an 11 intimately with worldly ilo sound decided decidedly ly h out lilt of nt In a dim and a It after all U I not that a o or avid and the Im Tr 1 fl ment is II acceptable to the Lord why not net another and who hall ahall say aay 1 H I II better pleased with drum or OC viol huts or mandolin or the prim I IU U tiva tipe ot of Ian fr from m whIch the organ we evolved Only u upon On this on one august occasion of dots the Seville cathedral permit all it rIches to 10 be ex cx worth worthA A tar far to see ee Th The and walk waDe are hung with brocade RED WITh e gorgeous folds lold relieve the tart I it or of th the Interior which is still fur lur tIter durIng HoI Holy Week Weak by the d that velli the lIaised Ila Wind There are re eight of I thue the superb window each a triumph ut of art b by a hand band and nd the they t ten thousand dollars soUn apiece at the value of SpanIsh moD y The with its tamp lampi and thousand tair r I 1 erected Only enly tar this occasion and the pIa within it II and In of tt It standa Md the enormous I bro e twenty feet high carrying a candle that contain bait a 11 ton tart of wax are continuous In Inthe Inthe I the various chap IM and the music ot of U the comprising the be singers b by the thundering Ilia I of two of the organs In the II solemn and tin Oil On t the t afternoon of 1101 holy Thursday secure another strange the or of lb feet Iet The In alt all the glory of his hll pur purple pIe rubes and anet snowy miter with Ute the copal the thi and doubt CU borne before the where t twelve HV with bare bar barteet test teet lilt alt awaiting hit hili arrival Ills 1111 ix ex at t ones once to buln business kneeling do before the first man In Inthe the lb row and hIs hi feat then hn along alone on his hll knees to and the same duty till All have MYe been bien similarly tN treated It Is II COI a most distinguIshed honor to tobe I be glen gIven a place arnon among the twI and large sums ot if money are re bowd upon the church In the wa of alms to secure It After the prayer and anol OF hOLY the rigorous fasting of Good PrIday the Ule chanting of the and aDd the of 01 the th paso the fee I tint of Kalter em II as 1 it powerful Not ot only dues Spain lilt lift u up liar voIce oft In common with all ChrIsten dom dam In Te Dums and aM to brate the resurrection of our Lord I I but abs Ie goes COlI a farther larther than most Get and gives ex cx to her ber rejoIcing la hi a grand lull bull On Easter Euler auay the first flut bull bult fight ot of the season takes pia from which tIme on there are perform shoes aMeet every Sunday lundlY afternoon through Ut summer In this dilapidated old nid Cor Cordova ovi WIth It lisa than 4 bitt I and It il II hard to 10 rf r the th ledIG I capital of Jf th h laran Athens Whole bule once hed a milliOn It Moslem j n I N d ci ar are to be believed thu city of Nine Abdurrahman whose personal revenues amounted to sIx alx millIon dol laze a sIx hundred mosqueS eight hundred eighty thou three hundred thou thousand sand house fifty hospitals h seven Beven hun hundred deed dred Inns Inn a library of nine hundred thousand volumes and a thousand fill hub lie lic MUll baths besides three thousand was beth bath of 01 wealthy Moors loon along alone the It was the capital of the nent and most OIt powerful u well ell AI aa tit the most cultured monarchy In Europe t the e of eighty elbl large larre cUI citIes three hundred towns ot of the I ond class sad Innumerable which twelve hundred la Ia along Ione the banks bank of the But even tb tIre RIVER h has dwindled and nd since that golden da day Ilk like everything else elM In paI Th Then It w was a noble stream end and now It its I shallow and mud mudd muddy d dy current I Is worth bridging It at this point In time neither Rome Damascus Bagdad adad nor could hold hoid a candle to Corva for riches and and to thIs at of learning cam stu ItU students dg dents from all parts part ot of Europe to be b by Arab sages In th the arts art cad ad sciences music poetry try and as al astronomy ll th thet glories vanished 1 with the turbaned OU who ho carried aw sway with them to their own Morocco lorocco even the secret of makIng the tbt once celebrated CordovA Cordon leather lether leaving be behind I hind neU neither er trade nor manufactures and almost no life ot of any allY kind The town ot of today impresses you a as being Ib ut th the as 1 well as al the jad d deat and shabbiest on earth Its It ill II streets lined with crumbling ease bulging balconies Alm almost tous overhead are po narrow a to preserve perpetual twilight and nd so 10 that you are re warranted to lose 1011 f In their dirty labyrinths with withIn In fA three minutes after leaving tb the It If venture out without a geld FANNiE B WARD WAnD WAnDa a |