The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-01
THE cHAIsMs or CAPRI
Grscian Grace of the womsn,- = ou.sr
Social Life.

Grsclan Grace of the womsn,- Quser
Social Life.
To analyze the charms ofCapi 1, saws
the London World, is difficult. II is
simply an island three and half by oIs
ana half miles broad at the wide vt part,
rising procipitously out OF the water.
with clifton the east side 900 feet hi gh. In
shape the island suggests q sphinx being
formed Of two bills, Capri being on the
ower hill and Anaoapri on tho higl iorhili
or head Of tho sphinx. The whole island.
except the summit of the higher hill, is
green and fertile beyond expri .ssion.
covered with orchards and vine yards.
ana groves of fig, orange aud lemoI trees,
between which wind innumorabl,, paths
meandering ruggcdly between tone.
walls, overhung by trees and idowsrx
| ana Uvtrrun by basking lizards. Hero
| anu there YOU come to n terrace ON
which is planted some villa or cottage
overlooking the sea, tho abods CT some
philOsophic soul for whom thu hurry
aud worry of city life no leng,,r hays
clnrms. Above, on the crest OH he mn
ia the town, afringe of white ARID rose
colo ei houses, with fiat rot,fs AM
archdesi and still higher up, the brew
Roman ruins,of one OF the villils of IN i
begius. All over the islanl delights \
walks may be made, and evarywhoI :,
you una the ameevor-varsing mixtu =
Uf SEA, mountain and garden scener -
smiling beneath the clear hluo skv. q, u
animated by processions q harefeoh ,d
| girls and women balancing on th Il,
neal s--this one AN amphora of ~.
tique form, this one " bnrrel n,
wine, this one basket OF A Or
and all walking with tho stop ol
goddesses, aud laugh ing and chnit Ing
Raily. The Capri woIncn arc almoss i,,
yariably handsome gnd healthy look mo
In the course Of halt au banr's walls Won
viii distinguish In the women anaI ;irls
you meet pure speclf mems of Phugnks jan
Roman, Saraeen, Spanish and u reai
types, snrvivnls OF the suDoesslsa con-
querors of the island. But what Il riks.
0oo ooes "uS',g oS ~ .ne stateesque gra ,eful-
ments. However mean their a. 1--we novc-
stnna nr cIsmh,n pe Satnylng % ilding
mortar ON hor head, ths Caprio 4 .,s,
will always bs gtaceful, and the iiness -
her body in mo'tion will always eall N.
"reminiscences 81 Greek art. M ,is facF
together with the scenory Of the islanS
the delicious climate and the eh sannssI
OF living, has made Capri a .ay .or}te -
sort for artists Of all nations. SeversI
artists have wived with mon NJ
tae counkry their former modelsN
aud seAlVI down to ~ strang.
half-wild and half-civillEf a exls-
tence. 9th er residents, who Il ,r varior.
roasons have settled ut Capri, have lika
wise taken unto themsof yes hand
maideas and spOuSes from lmong the
women ot the country; AM 4, ms thoee
residents belong to all nation alities. win
perhaps a majority or Anglo- Saxons'von
may iulagine what - curi ana. hstsyr'
geneous and thoroughly unconvensio
ahair t'apriOte society" Ia A mnn wha
has had the force of chararter 10 cut him
sci on nom the life of cities and To come
and I've, year IN and year out, IN hraut,s
IN, calm and sleepy Capri, Is . widely
ailurent creature from tho ordinary
mortal, for whom il is supreme bliss IL
take an excursion train Il Uerne bav'
where he sits upon the boseh. binds a
green bandsns round bis no, q and eads
lne morning pnsI, Al The foreign resi-
repay study, aud thcir itoas and man. man
ner oi living would mol provo nm nm.
grateful subject for tho psveiist.