Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1925-01-30 | Page 7 | Peculiar Qualities of Spanish River

Peculiar Qualities of Spanish River Count Pedro Maura y Sereda stiid at u dinner at the Spanish embassy: "Madrid is on the Man.anares river. The Man.anares probably contains less water than any river in the world, yet no stream has ever been so joked about. "A German said it was the best river lie had ever seen, as it was navigable nav-igable either by automobile or on foot. "Ferdinand II used to declare that once, when a visiting prince desired lo take a walk along the river bed, it had to be watered first to lay the dust. "Count Ronianones said the Manza-nares Manza-nares was the best river in the world to dry washing in. "Once a young woman from Seville grew faint at a bullfight, and they brought her a glass of water, but she waved it aside and murmured : "'Give it to the Manzanares: it needs it more than I.' " Buffalo Courier.