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Show LIVE A8 DID THEIR FATHERS. Nook of Spain Which Defies the Inroads In-roads of Modern Civilization. Automoblllsta from Illlbao, San So bastlan and othor watering places drlvo dally to Klhar, whoro the Dasquo fetes, "Euskal Pastae," are In progress, prog-ress, nnd tho queen-mother will probably prob-ably visit the vjllago shortly, says tho Now York Herald's Paris edition. Tho Ilasques aro very proud of their own racial characjorlstlcs and thoy hold iwetry competitions, theatrical and musical performances In tholr own language. It Is curious to noto that dcsplto tho Inroads ot modern civilization, civili-zation, which has rendered San Sebastian, Se-bastian, tho Dasquo capital, almost cosmopolitan, tho country people, on tho contrary, preserve their own languago lan-guago and habits and havo hardly lost anything of their national features. On tho contrary, thoro Is a growing desire to preserve them, which contra' diets Iteclus' remarks that the Iiasque pcoplo Is "un peuplo cul meurt." Elbnr Is n town where what Englishmen English-men Incorrectly call "Spanish gold" Is made, that artistic work of Inlaying gold wlro on Iron nnd steel, known all over tho world. This work was most fashionable somo tlmo ago, and tho Spanish royal family has a set of "Spanish gold" frames for portraits to be presented to tholr friends nnd foreign for-eign sovereigns. Tho Industry has attained at-tained considerable Importance, do-spite do-spite the competition of Ilolglum, whoro counterfeited "Spanish gold" Is manufactured, though .In a rough way. |