Show 0 s 0 r al ga lial vo n it turkeys driven to market Through the streets of malaga prepared by the national geographic i A claty ty 1 D C V VAIN P N I 1 ts on once again in the worlds S news been use of its change of IV die but it is 13 chiefly the spain of madrid and the well beaten path between the easily accessible ces sible cities that roost most tourists travel most travelers have their first esperi experience 1 per peri lence ence with the spanish carabi carabiniero nero either cither at the customhouse of iran south of biarritz Biar ritz or at port bou bon on r the mediterranean nean side then they hasten to sun san sebastian on one end of the pyrenees Pyre nees or to barcelona on the other lint annl after a brief stay pro cea cee il to madrid madila lnier anter if there Is tinie to toledo ind and southward to seville and granada thus merely the high spots pre are touched u beauty and interest of spain tying lying along the bypaths remain scarcely known and tie still stilla waiting to delight the venturesome tur esome traveler Q r in id seeking tittle little known spain one of th ebest eibest places paces to start the inest Is on the spanish along the mediterranean conster coast const fr from i gibraltar to almeria AI merla the center eister of of this thil district Is the se seaport per of malaga a city of lawo inhabitants nh hitting hit tint surrounded b by a semicircle e 1 of tu tajes which fo forms 11 1 in a natural riun rampart part a against the cold from froin the north mid and gives to this delightful spot a mildness of winter elli hate unequaled uncounted in till nil europe As a deveral description of malaga Ito i today dixy one need employ only three I 1 words wards clean modern charming polite traffic ott officers leers perti perhaps aps one should say hobbles bobbles because they are dressed in neat uniforms of british pattern direct the ahe stream of automobiles just as theado in london there are broud broad lovely villas and well kept parks in which an endless variety of bright flowers lh lb always in bloom indeed this Andal city nestling on the blue mediterranean I 1 has us um bitten and Is exerting effort toward I 1 its accomplishment to attract the tourists or ht at least some of them who have grown tired of returning year after year to the french riviera in the market place one center of interest Is the market place a large covered building built around r picturesque moorish arch which serves serve s as its entrance there are aisles of stalls devoted to meat list vegetables and fruit but the market tins hua overflowed its banks and now extends out into the adjoining streets bt where in open air there are rows of fruit and vegetable stalls in charge of peasant roen men and women apart from the fruit stalls Is a stand selling earthen water jugs of various sizes arranged along the side wn walk I 1 k these are open at the neck hut but have a tiny spout in the side the peasants drink by holding the ju jug g well above their headband heads head sand and letting the tiny stream of water fall into their open mouths A novice at this method tins has consIder considerable abie difficulty not only with the jilin aim but also with swallow ins ing against the steady stream of 11 liquid julL the crescent of mountains which surrounds malaga Is about 00 60 miles from point to point and Is formed of ave ranges they still bear their moorish I 1 tuines sierra tie de kijus sierra de d e Abda lagIs sierra tie de albaina alhama Al hama haina sierra de tejeda and the sierra tie de Alia ijara which drops suddenly into the sea nr near Almu the old word sierra interra means in spanish a saw and it Is vividly descriptive of those these irregular sawtooth euln lines along tl the ie sky emch each range i 1 in itself cut and katr scarred d into jug jagged ged peaks beaks and precipitous chu chasms sins tho topa being of barren and forbidding rock then low lower er down Is 3 a covering of palmetto grass thickly interspersed witha aromatic herbs thyme rosemary and lavender and ana 0 on the lower slopes to in symmetrical rows like soldiers soldier thousands upon thousands of allver green olive trees here and there on steeper slopes pes the olives give place to almonds und and ln in january their pink ancl white blos aloa isoma which appear before any of tho the green leaves make a littig ittel picture of i fairyland the e valleys are all yellows and greens orange trees lemon trees grapevines and sugar canes artists bhosee who see this lovely country for the first time exclaim that everything il Is pain palatable I 1 able ev every ery tree every k building every mountain top malaga has a dally daily paper la aja union ll of which in all justice it may bv be exceedingly proud A large arge double deck press presa of french make turns 1 i to 10 pages cages every ery day lh in the composing room four lino ino types cilc a all modernity inowe la the keynote of Us its production byet in lavery every issue thedeas ther els a on laSame Th daty r spear in it the brov inc ta g tie bf issue but in G etere therefore are alx or eight acar paced tit at randomly ran random domby by the wel ast but often ghego bacab etore the ilie discovery of america and refer io to Es faintly ally names still hn to he alt d ane e reads in a wite abauer of fact i wa way i december 9 1468 1466 kins king henry IV conferred the title ot of very noble upon the city of 0 antequera province of malaga showing proof of his affection and ca consideration for or the heroic services rende redby its inhabitants I 1 december 1618 after more than a whole year of at drought it rained today th in antequera but it was only a little shower so the hunger and difficulties still conti continue arid these little pictures themselves sometimes gay but more often grave bring the distant centuries with their odd customs and strange superstitions very near to us the narrow streets in malacas Ma lagas center which one passes every day aie are mentioned often where phoenicians Phoenicia ns lived in the very center of the city Is the c r mIn miniature lature mountain which ewh rises straight out of Ma Malaga lagas 8 principal pall streets to a height of fico feet halfway up the approach Is the alcazaba Alca zaba which was the site of the original phoenician settlement it passed through the hands of romans and moors the latter capturing altin it in the year they made tills till vantage spot hali half palace and halt citadel and it was not until aunill august 18 1487 that the spanish standard was flown over its battlements the Alca alcazaba zaba was one of the very very last iasi of the moorish strongholds strong holds on european soli sell today there are a few tortuous streets steep and narrow leading between old houses inan many in rulers and a group of gypsy g apsy hut s at one or two places the streets pass through arch ways with the houses built over them formerly this part of malaga which Is the most picturesque aud and interest i ing was so dirty and the gypsies gyp so wen acine in their demands dedam i ds for oria penny please that tourists were advised to leave bitout it out of their itinerary now it has been cleaned up to some extent and the lahr inhabitants are less importunate port in halt malaga iga as elsewhere in spill spain 11 one sedi sees many apprentice boys ot twelve to fourteen years every plumber carpenter and electrician has a small boy to carry his tools and help with the job in n many cases taxi drivers have a boy to do the cranking and oth other r onerous tasks the hairdressers boy accompanied him to the house carrying a little bag un and jilts sits on the steps while madame Is being mareel marcellea mar celled led in iii fact even 1 for the ordinary ci civilian villan to carry a small parcel of any sort Is not quite the tha proper thing A b boy ay should tag along behind bearin bearing jAhe th burden lo io wever small i |