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Show SNAPSHOTS IN SPAIN." PAST OftANDCUt! cvcnvwHcnc VISItlLE. (IJMlea Are Math la I vlJeoea And In Spile of tlrnernl lllelrast Their ( Ileal-Ing Ileal-Ing Words I lad treilenrn anil Beture the loin. (Special Letter) Spain! the Ideal what a dream! the reality what a disappointment! Three centurlea ago one ot the most powerful power-ful countries of Kurope with the fin est colonies, now a mere wreck, with lis last possession Just wreited from IL The shades ot Charles V everywhere are visible, and especially at (Irnnada one of the most beautiful spots In Spain, with glorious rcmnanta ot a Moorish civilization which It waa too wise to spoil There may be some remnants rem-nants of that curious and ao called lm moral race called Uypslei Cervautei ny of them These (lypslei are but a good-for-nothing people, and are only born to pick and ileal" The handsome young (lypsy fortune tellers are popular, they prophesy money to Spanish men and husbands to Spanish women, and In spite of a general distrust dis-trust In their cheating words, a little credulous faith will atlck with listen If I I p 11 SK KINO OK THE OYPSIUS. era who readily believe what they vehemently ve-hemently wish. The picture shows the king of Oypslei In full costume. Oypsy dwellings aro often cnvei cut ln the rocks, closely packed and with little air. They make baskets and metal Instruments, In-struments, such as trays, palls and small ornamenta Their dancing Is 1 roost graceful, peculiar and at times dubious, but la wtlt worth stelug. f Spain's maiden at pretty; they nearly all look like Murlllo'a Virgin, with dark hair and glaring black eyea, and the aweetest of smiles and tempers tem-pers Tbey exert a wonderful faiclna tlon over all who visit tbelr land, and few are they who do not carry with Ibem pleasant memorlel of the daughters daugh-ters of Castile |