The Morning herald., 1875-11-19
Ks,.smy Of spaniarAs.

II If Spain soatsives to pay her way {
home in fashion. BY ignoring The claim
. of her foreign creditors, it is owing in
great measure to the primitive and frugs
habits II her people. The Spanish labo1
, ing classes are industrious and economical
they manage to lay BY from their har'
earnisg,, because they have learned Il
support life upon 20 little. Even their so
cial superios have been in the habit c
dispensing with many things which theil
equals elsewhere regard As absolute neces'
sites; Though on the other hand, one and
the other alike break cut in an ocsasisnai
ostentatisn Of display which seems alto.
gsther cut Of keeping with the parsinoni.
ousness Of their everyday existence.
C:ossinx the Pyrsaees from France, OF
even landing in Spain from the otLe,
Peninsula Of Italy, you remark a csntras,
between the countries, at least when you
begin to penetrate the interior Great sea.
ports are necessarily much the same ali
the world ever. In Valencia, Malaga, and
Cadiz, you find handsome shops dealing ir
cosmopolitan luxuries with multifariou.
signs of commercial activity. The busy
capital of naaufa curing Catalonia i,
necessarily \ city apart, and it, broad
Rambla, though somewhat bleak Of aspec,
is one of the most showy thoroughfar~ liz
Europe. The capital Of Andalusia, really
= seassrt to all interests and purposes.
though lying high up the valley Of the
Gsudalquivir, is lot unworthy Of the vo-
lupscus reputation Of the province, and tn,
winding Gale de Ia Sisrpethe stree. Of
the snsk-glitser with millinery, jewelr,
snd fans, and all the fascinating appoint
nen,s Of Southern cequetry. Madrif,
in is modem quarters, is French
a far Is it goe. It has
snoughs it. ,ailors, milIinsrs, hair.dress
ers and res:aura,eurs from Paris, and be-
hind luxury OF pla,e-glass windows they
display protusion of the latest Parisial
novelties at prices tina. should recon-
pense them for the miseriss of exile.
But, with the solitary exception OF ser
vile, these larger cities are oaly hall ;
Spanish. And in the smaller provincial
owns yoa are struck BY the strange de-
ieiency of shops. while in the Villages
here is little to he seen for sale but the
arrest necessities Of struggling existence.
There are bakers who vend patches Of {
'sarse loaves, and occasionally those fair {
4 samples Of their craft which are un-
pleasantly suggestive Of alum to the sus- t
'icisua There are pitchers whs deal t
'hiefy in pork, breaking up their pigs I
nts those scraps and odds and ends
which are to be stewed down in the sue
'alent puehero, and ar.isticallv festoonins
heir recesses Of whitewashed stone with
'rings of sausasss and sraperies of in
estines- There are free Spanish transla-
ions Of our groceries and Italian ware
losses, where bladders of rancid lard,
'agrsns cheeses, and shapelsss jar #
ishl! osoriferoas oil are the predoni-
ant objec:s- There are cobblers and sad.
ler and dealer, in carly Moorish pct
.ry-ware and primitive metal work, and r r
lese, with tie inevitable wine sho,s
mos: e1haus: the country commercial ;,
lsscsory. They all trade chiefly in the .
oss indispensable articles in their sin-
lest ferns. You see none of those Sc
le;ive shows Of cheap sasce. and pickles :.
nich are conspicuous even in English y
l-ases- You are arrested by no invita- >, >,
on 10 try our choice Hysoa" or our ::
Arabian coffee, roasted daily" There :.
e no aaberdashe1 parting with =
IN and ss,ins and rolls Of rib :.
a., bought ior 8 mere ,rise in bank -
pe.y, and selling Of al an alarming sac ~
ice. The most that is to he procured in
E way Of feminine cos.sne is Gu, from =
ne serviceable web Of coarse brown serge. ~
tn possibly some Haunting Barcelona !.
ndkerchie. and staring Manchester Z"
inss- An! en'erprising ,rsdesman ="
aid himself pass quickly into insclven,r p
.e Sc; himssH to inocals;e mis- customers "
n taste for Eo>d. ,ha; are nos in every- :"
= demand and the demands OF his Gus -
ners, With rare exceptions, are strictly :"
nitsd, IS We have said, TO the articles IA
y can scarcely dispense With. But if -
SPasiards can habisualiy live On little ~
" have their own ideas Of luxury. Semi d:
ien.Als in their liking for display. thew T.