Show 0 4 r J U 4 t 7 A 7 F 4 X V elevator in street in lisbon preparedly prep Prepa redby red 1 by the national society wash In irton D CA C ISBON capital of the ilke republic L LISBON of Por portugal fugal where a move to restore the monarchy was recently nipped in the bud has a strange appeal for the seeker for quaint and individual places this po port A of portugal which harvery ha svery aptly been call edthe kernel odthe of the country law the commercial pride of flans and heard the fervent prayers of vasco da gaina before J lie set out ou on his perilous voyage in sea search rell i of india the th land had lured navigators for or centuries i lisbony Lis bons ancient name was Ull which caused many greek scholars to gryto try to connect it with the ilke wanderings of ulysses but the name probably originated from two iwo phoenician words i meaning pleasant bay which Is made doubly plausible because the mouth of the tagus just beyond the city widens into one of the best harbors in the whole whale of europe the romans knew lisbon as felica tas julia and li it grew to be the second city in Lusi lusitanian tanin that famous district of hispania in time of the caesars caesara Cae sars its temple and theater ruins attest its P occupation successively it has hag been seized by the the ae VI dg the moors and the crusaders the kindly influence of the english crusaders who mingled with the portuguese ti lasses leftists left lef titS its mark and has has shown i n itself in the friendly relations that have practically ever since existed between the two nations men alen of letters have sought sough tout out the city forath for its individuality and beauty which caused the ecstatic byron upon firof beholding from the bay its iti terraced I 1 seven hills bills to exclaim what beauties doth lisbon first unfold 1 her eler image floating on that noble tide which poets vainly pave with sands of gold what the city ls Is like commercially the city has natural lad advantages vantages in its harbor which can accommodate the largest vessels and a nn n advantageous position on the atlantic at present its trade Is iscon con fined chiefly to exporting cork W wl 14 iqs is olive oil and tropical fruits to and im porting coal wood corn rice and ninfi nitI articles cles from england bea zil and its own african col colonies anle along the tagus vegetables fruits and flowers tire piled in high heaps eager of every description from froio the din dingy gy little fishing smack to the ladylike atlantic ill linera der arel reloading oil ding find and unloading their cargoes and the fish peddlers who are to be seen everywhere in the lisbon streets are raucously bargain ang in for their stock in trade with the fishermen along the wharves 1 then houseago hou house seabo above eho house use in ever as cerk bending ding terra terraced cei the city ati proper rises above the water front it its white te building ng gleaming ln in the sunlight inthe in the hills near the city there Is a limestone 11 as S w white hite and soft haschalk as chalk which be comes hard upon exposure and tills this lies lias largely been used as building roa ma aerial many of the buildings are fac edwith colored tiles and other sare washed pink or blur but there li Is a softness in the general impression nevertheless erth eless which asvery Is very pleasing the old tiled roots roofs which are warped and curving with their grass grown furrows are lisbon u Is interesting to visitors not only because of I 1 ila setting betting and its architecture but also because of the conglomerate population within its limits here way may be seen representatives of nil the verlous nationalities S which fluxed into homogeneity cliar clar ize the urban population of por for today traces of many peoples people the prolonged visits of the phoena clans romans moors and spanish had little effect or inocence InOue nee nce an on th the estock stock af pf f the ceetle iberian folk in the Inte interior rIoT and districts of portugal while along the coasts the afie cities atles absorbed alt all thosa strangers into its urban life the conquerors co tell victims to r racial iclal absorption i AV consequently I 1 in lisbon lesbo 11 often invaded and brought under alien t ir uie rule atre ara found types w which h lab distinct distinctly ay betray their origin front from one or another of the shifting dominant races pure pura celts belts from the hills bills are in met et on on the streets their pugnacious visages markedly bretones oue el their costumes like ill all celtic raiment and ad their side whiskers his justas just as bristly traces of imported rt le negro negra slave blood are distinguishable as also ate are jewish types de ants of the refugees froni from spain one man els at the strength of limb and neck of the basket baket peddler girls whose profiles complexions completions complex ions hair and stature find a parallel in the descriptions of the phoenician phoenicia 11 women of old striking moorish types are at also go often seen dark skinned with the black bronze branze hair large barge brilliant black yes eyes and pearly teeth of their ancestors they lack OV of course the thick lips and flat noses of the ahe african types type from more tropical regions than the mediterranean coast but by bf far the greater number ot of people on the streets are araI portuguese a race in which Is combined something fr from m each ij of falong a long list of descendants of successive invaders they are ara clean regular featured fedt medium sized people of fine appearance their type tipe Is somewhat akin to the tha greek but they anre more swarthy and also more urbane even tempered and cordial s portuguese of the upper upp 7 er classes are amo among ng the most cut cultured aured and gracious people OV of the world hospitality Is ij a characteristic generosity also alio and the n arts arts sciences and ethics of civilization are appreciated and employed portuguese men engaged in business and commerce are cosmopolitan in the range of their operations and in tile tha compass of their influence ty ancient and modern mingle all the linguistic inheritances ces and racial divergences of the portuguese haea direct influence on the life architecture abre and economics 0 of f the city the hie roost most ancient of customs a and t ind the most antique ot of implements arp are found side by side with electric cabs care automobiles mobil es modern banking i li piously rlou sly furnished fu homes and ultra styles 3 yet so perfectly natural and andena fectea are the people that nothing no seems strange or out of place tile the city Is isa a mosaic of and glaring antagonisms have melted into the picture because earthquakes have shaken 1 the city disastrously di S in the past an architecture hasteen has been developed ta resist earth earn afrem ore tile the best examples I 1 construction lie in the bust business n es S Section ebion of the new city the i cidade baiba baixa the business s buildings which house pie he banks jewelry stores trading hope of all kinds and 0 offices M ces are aceb built all t of light likht materials with walls covered with ceramic tile base stories are frequently cOn constructed strutted of st banne que 1 fiut but one sees four fo drand and sli six story f lighter then the av era two story loft building in america tile the tile covering COY erl is Is generally in small sections six to eight tactics inches square and highly colored in most instances blues greens yellows yel lowa and browns 1 the te use i of tile all wall space pace Is a uni eversal beisal com complaint plaint with portuguese archy but it hi Is 11 matter of law in Lisbon light materials above the first story must be lagud the eight streets et running bort north and south in the cidade pour into th the and the praxada Pra Pir cada the roalo Is a beautiful stuaro square remarkable ab lefor for its ita pavement laid I 1 in n a mosaic pattern iglich produces an optical il 11 tt lus loir for its popular nick y X nanae roiling square f |