The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-12-11


over her bosom, Ia Marie Antoinette,
and tied behind her slender waist, leaving
bare her arms and a part Of her bust. She
has bold aud fresh voice. IL expresses
wild cries, smothered sighs and earesses.
She dances the fascinating fandango with
slow and skillful motions of the hips, the
eye fixed, the arms extended as though
unrolling garlands Of roses, the bosom
heaying apparently with mad desires, and
the small heels gliding or stamping on the
sonorous board. She discloses her charms
with rapid motion, and conceals them
with another no less rapid She twirls
and whirls, throwing her glances like har-
poons and her arms like net When the
spectator closes his eyes he sees golden
showers, and be feels warm aud volup-
tuous breeze. The songs will ring 10 his
ears for days, aud he will hear them 10 his
dreams. The gypsy race leaves its imprint
on humanity. Its strong appreciation Of
the beauties Of nature, its love of pleasure,
aud its ungovcrned sensuality weaken the
morals and unnerve and corrupt the tastes
Of nations of vivid Imagination or a ro-
mantle nature. The Hungarians preserve
in museum the portrait and the violin of
a great Tzigane, Bibary, who died nearly
blind, forgotten and wandering through the
streets. In his youth he had been an ar.
tist Of great talent and reputation At
one time he cast eovctous eye on the
beautiful Empress Marie Theresa. She
plauded him with her white hands, and
with her generous heart forgave his folly.
In Spain the race wins the heart of the
people. II enters the abodcs of the no
biliiy and even the palaces ofkings, through
SUFFRAGE, the product of miscegenation
with the lower classes. Such are called
famencos. The aumencos have a theatre
in Madrid. The people 90 crazy over
them. They frequent the cafes to hear
their stories of adventure. They lionize
them, fall in love with their wives and
dang ghters, repeat their songs and spend
with them the earnings Of the week, while
the wife and little ones at home shiyer be-
fore iireless hearth. The famencos give
soirees at the mansions of the wealthy, to
which only favored few are invited
Dainty countesses dance the fandango
young ladies sing fearlessly and comment
shamelessly on their songs, always spicy
The poison filters into the veins. Every.
body becomes gypsy, At the theatre
drunkard who sings malaguenas is ap.
plaudcd by the noblest dandies and the
most charming marquesas Of Madrid. The
latter go there gorgeously attired, and
with their children witness from their
boxes these licentious dances. The high
nobility crowd the parquct, and curious
strangers, toreros, idlers, rogues, young
boys and girls iDhale the poison of sensu.
ality. Such is the Theatre dc Ia Bolsan.
The wife Of pure Gitano has only one
desire, that Of her husband one object, to
make him happy; one dream, to take him
out of prison when he is confined. If he
is imprisoned for stealing, she will steal to
procure him money. If she, herself, falls
in the clutches of the law, the son aud
daughter will steal for the parents. The
wife sells flowers and picks up rags; the
husband, musician in the country, has
in the city no equal as a horse trader.
The Gitano alone can make blooded horse
out of jaded and useless animal. They
clip and iatten him, and by means known
only to themselves they iniuse into him a
fictitious and temporary life and teach him
jaunty pace, which the poor animal for.
gets as soon as the sorcerer disappears.
The gypsy thinks of stealing another horse
only when his money is all gone, his wife
half nude and his children starving.
Deadly combats among them are of fire..
queut occurrence. If the cause be Just,
the gypsy king attends the duel. If there
be no good cause and the king is apprised
he comes between the two combatants, un
rolls long silver chain from his belt and
tosses a dagger, the symbol Of his authori-
ty, in the air. The fight ceases instantly.
Sometimes jealousies arise Tie chiefs
hate each other. Parties are formed.
Fights are planned Before Mortified
population, at the beginning of bull fight,
ere the police can prevent it, hostile groups
OF Gitanos leap into the arena, long blades
Hash in the air, groans are heard, gash af-
ter cash is made with lightning rapidity.
the women goad their relatives to the me.
lee and revolyers, navajas, puuales, scissors
and other weapons are freely used. The
police appear at last, but ten minutes have
suthced to strew the arena with human
victims The terrified multitude admires
the courage of the combatants. They
follow the cart heaped with the dead and
visit the wounded at the hospital. Atthe
point Of death the gladiators exchange
kisses with their wives, who are with them
to the last. The dying men are proud of
their living wives and the living wives are
proud of their dying husbands. Five
years ago We witnessed such scene at the
hospital in Zaragoza. But after these
slaughters the women, il in Spain, rest at
their freside listening to the strains of the
guitar, In Hungary the Gitano is called
Eva in Spain, "Concha;" in Russia,
"Galoubehick" If the officers of the law,
who always keep sharp lookout for them,
inquire about their family they answer
with q smile ;--"My father is a crow, my
mother a magpie" Ifthey wish to dazzle
the unsuspecting officer they sit at the
door of an Austrian cottage, or Of a Rus
sian isba, and play with wild fury or flow
ing harmony lassau, frischka, or car
das, lfthey observe suspicion still lurking
IN the mind of a Hungarian gendnrme
they strike up the march Of Rakotizy, that
Marseilles hymn of the brave Magyars.
ln the pangs Of hunger kiss consoles
them. If the hand of grief lays heavy 10
the cottage, music wipes away their tears.
OF their chiefs, Of their customs, of their
secret laws, which are written 10 their
memories, no one knows anything. When
questioned about them they smile. They
die as they live, as they are born---in the
woods, in the streets, 10 rags, singing,
smiling, loving, free and proud.
DRAuoHTs OF CoLD AIR IN THE SRA
BLE.-Horses are quite sensitiy. to chill
ing draughts Of air blowing upon them, aud
especially on their heads; hence, in the
construction Of stables this should be
borne 10 mind. Many stables have the
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