, 1879-02-16
EUROPEAN GOSSIP. i.



Alen and women will love one another. even
III suspicious Spain. In real life there is little
climbing balconies, Just as In real life there il
little comedy or tragedy, only the humdrum tlay
following the day. The secluded maiden wins
her triumph on the street or In the church. For.
| bdden to conquer IN the seclusion of home. she
| carries her beauty into the sunshine and under
| the stars, and conqucrs under the all-cououeriup
universe. All her treasure she bears with her
That is ono reason why there is sucn contras,
| il personal decorations between the maiden Won
| meet on the Prado and those you see on the
| Champs Elysees or on Broadway. She comes forth
I arrayed with ali her taste And finery. The vail
is seized in the braided hair with icwe1ed clasp,
| and falls iu graceful folds over the shoulder.
| Frail, floating lacework festoons the rich stuff
which enfolds her form, aud the light Of the
diamond or the pearl flashes out upon you from
under the braided hair or the waving dimple oil
her chin. Around her wrist many-gemmed
bracelets are bound, md rosary fails from her
fingers, which hold the prayer-booK. am
writing about what saw the other morning
more especially, when, as came back from a
ly awakened with the church-bc}ts and I re-
membcred it was Sunday, md along the narrow
streets came my lady on her way ito church.
This is tho hour OF her glory. this is the hour
she gives TO prayer aud conquest. New, II there
entreatv' nr connnest' lex them sneaS Tor this
nour is alone pjvcn. Other honrs ARE doomed
to the latticed windows or the vague,
distant balcony, so my lady moves along
well in snain. At her side II the duenna.
n stiff. elderly lady in black. with eyes nartly
closed, twirlinr her beads with her thumbs, and
nlumbling her lips in prayer. She is thinking
OF the Virgin, or, perhaps, she recalls her own
ing ewes and GRACEFUL fOotsten. she walked these
very streets to church. Rnt they hnve pone.
and she is now dragon herself, and there arc no
more rono11csts for her in this ,yorld. and
nothing remains but Our Lady Of Sorrow.
Here. foo. are the Ro,neos of Cadfz-listnnlnp.
watching. waiting. Ther have arraved them
selves for the ercountcr. The black cloak folds
over the shoulder, You observe thut it SO tails
as to show the silk lining OF orange, or purple,
or crimson / suDuose these colprs hare
meaning, and / fanyicd that when q Young man
is very much in love lie would show it DY the
colors Of the silken lining. man, for instance,
on tl,. threshold nf love seeinp the mystery
inst foominr over hjs hnriyon 1nipht ernress
III hau.;idar;no nonae ~ nranra A. soadnta5
- 80 ~ 80 - -I ouso -. .7 t oss.'S~. 49, aS~eesea
~ 1u''pnals 1o'et :9u'u gfe NY W .us etlo
tlols III crimson. Wnlle tne reJecteu, unhappy
soul could proclaim ILLS grief IN purple.
But my lady moves On to church, her bended
eyes looking from under the drooped eve1astes
lool;lnr COMMUNIST and entreatv' Jf she alsn
nravs az chn f,mhfae f,cr rosary T. ia n 0nr
~, ~ 70 censo,n.tn. ahc ,.,.a ~, - ~ ~ 49,,
1.auJ " >pnoolnttou' oAE AG'Io -. ~ SAe
cluIch anu hueeis ne1ofe lue Atal. - sue nas
inau. M as 10 ~ loss M Wi t sme
eoaqucst oas toa. oeen naucl 1oa WI. 9usersG ;I
a. ~ ~ rar u ,v1 es;t ~ ~
~, ~ 80 81 t'I pmr tnrn a-o - ,anr
d.I;cns i @ os onnornitfes 1,,rn@ Ike Solemn hnnrs
~ . ~ ,co- ha .oe, ,a,;: sr3o,,ca ~ ha
ore en rsn ea tha nc ha.a f tba ,3osne .,
sses, ~ oeG ee nga,aps @ " h tn ne H. u hen e5
anI .trii-e. 6or traest h.. con Enov hcr r.re
t,.,,rht o,,5 eon1, ~ sa,,a an,;,;on ~ NJ.
~ H..na Pnr,ans r he u darnn ~ ~ hos
nn4s "vs "n h.sn - tof +hot such th;,,gs
,,arn ha,,aonod ~ ~ s-o;n Ia NAV have nravsr.
hoat s1,nno1 I1i into IT. bar hand ;nd wiIh;n the
icaves tn..rc viii be fonnfI 5ornet ar a rhanso-
d. Here. @ for in instance. ia % IS one hat read tie
n}i,ar dav r. nra of 4l,e ea1mdst-fnryotten nogels
NJ Cerv,ntas rhvme which n lover siinnei
n,o ~ ~ nan,1s ~ ~ ,o1v ~ h;a ,nrs r. ;e in
o thc forr, orn nI If n fia1orne: ' ~ ''' 0' -
N''e $500. y. w..
2WaanaerMao % lenuefs iove Is s1oofuanats: r,a.
s"jn who snhicrts Inve ~ h;< i1wss
TNvrsis-Ue wlo has constancy and faith.
SVir.-And what arrests him in his tlirat.
1Ayrsis-Persevcriny constancy.
Sytu.-Thcn the sweet irult which may arise
From your fond passion he mar nr!zc.
and though my smothered M tongue oe mute,
MIN I've; Ial.n, so9'l, ~, ! gam my suit.
tnns.;s Mnat pausatna' rot1s tvse'
nix WWhat rosnnn gnstantly IVAN, extinon,sbes It,
YhHrfi8--{Dnfculnt Mt and disdair.
Svip.-And these two feelings banishea.
This is the hour ,r connucst the consnn,nate
hour in tic maiden's life. There arc the even
ins walks on the Prauo, when elances may
come anu 60; ont tneh ali tne ~orld IS m oy' and
ta'ia r"i e tha | nrer feois thaf b H. ~, ~.
,,,,,y,fco,nc he rons to hls lodv,s home TnsteoI
uf sending in his card, and hanging his oycrcont |
on the rack, aud waiting in the parlor until the !
ol Oh nls useas coes ~ sh uoTn, ne knoehs at
r.T '; n,n, nr'..o o, ta ,,t , 1s
make This latter observation more by what I (
have seen in operas than from what / have !
observed in Spain. Most OF the lovers
.!iae ,!i.a nafe ~ sesi ;.ht u. ,,N, .ngn oa.reo
"nnts take if thercfore TINT the o,,;ror
.omes in as overture. perhaps, in the beginning,
before Romeo has made any headway, and when
&c thinks an air from klgoletto" or Don
Pasquale" may develop the situation OF entice
glove or ribbon. It Romeo is known to the
amily Of Miss juliet as serious, proper per-
ion, who has no day Of destination but the bull
ieht or tue Corpus Christi then he is allowed |
% come to the barred window, and Juliet may
ak to him through the raised edge OF the eur
ain. Perhaps he may be allowed to touch her
ip5 with his fingers; but his presence at the
window indicates that nc is u favored lover He