The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-18
TIE GAYSI1'Y OF MADRID.
IMPRESSIONS or THE LIFE or THE
SPANISH CAPITAL.

tndcscrihabic Cayciy and brightness Of the
streets Points of Interest where His
tory Was NADIA Glimpse Of Homo
nad Kitchen.
Sun has tho fortune % lie a little aside
from Cine personally conducted infested
paths of travel "a Sabbath DAYS journey INTO
tho lnni OF romance Us history is hung
about with % glamour such ns nowhere el'e
conceal. iho SEARS of time coz the paliry and
-Yrdid movement of that groat di-enchauier'
iho present There ls probably nowhere elae
people having M great part % the annals
1f tine world whose work ln the vineyard OF
. thouation. i- SD entirely done and whose mn
plrinnco ..1 much % altier OF sentiment
+ Mot even of sulious readers know more
af The lfc OF Spain 900 tho time Of the Moors
ar Of Coiumhu, than ~ today, and 90 such,
specially nov anI m Detroit. where there is
,f ..DaeIal interest iva tina; country, some ex
.rect. from translation of the description
" Madrid written by Elmondo de Amicis
NiI bo welcome
% gives % picture of thcmodern city aud its
poape. written with tnc peculiarly light aud
vivid touch which distinguishes DE- Amicis
and i1 fAc npigcciatiye spirit Of a genuine
c0smop.ife
"Thetan stops. 90 Doe s1vs. 81 get ont and
1ui myself n % square full of earnings, 50
fue midst 0i noisy crowd, thousand
band. n,rr stretched ont toward my valise
q hunlrcl m0uths suriohed boz nay car u IS
in mlosrrtfhl. confusion oi Inrier,, hack
men, guards. eudes. boys and commissioners
IF ca-i- d- huo.uedcs make way for my
..lf with mt elbows and jump into am omni-
bus mIl 90 pnopla anl away cc go We pass
Mrouaha large street. cross a great Square.
fratcre % broad. straight street aud arrlteat
fhe Iu,rfs dI Sol 10 isa .tupeadous sight
&c is an immense eemicrcl.ar space, sur
romI,d Dos hieh bindings. into which open
Nlotcn torrents. Sem great streets. and uom
aver, .ir..f c.m. 10 continuous noisy waveo
l-..f,Is and carriages. and everything seen
f.lr. in proportion nith the vasiue,s OF the
DrtfIfv The sidewalks nIs a- vide as streets
and ihe cafe. "a. barge as squares. the basin
.fn fountain a- large ns % lake. and on every
side fners B.. 70 dense ana mobile crowd,
.l,afeun. racket and au nic-criDab.c gayefy
and brightness m fho features, gestures or
color, which make SOU feel THAT neither the
n.un.aco nor fho c.iy alo strangers to yon.
ana which produces iu sou % desire 90 min-ie
n the tumuit. greet every one and ruu here
and tnelo rathcr to irco Wle persons ehd
things than 90 seo Thorn for tle first time.
81 cet out nf 70 hotel. leave o. instantly and
berlu roamu. about the streets at random
lump into carriage and say 20 the coach
man Nur1r pass the statue of Murlio,
ra~ceni fle street AiOala traverse the street
the ura where Gen. prm was assassin
pf.sl. cross fho square OF the Cortes. in
which the statue Of Michael Cevanias
stands. emerge on the Plaza Mayor. where
thc mqu.>ton lighted IFS pyre,. turn bacs
and. in front of the house Of Lopez de la
Nc-l. como 0uf ou the immense square of thr
Orient opposite the royal palace. where rises
fss equestrian statue Of lhhp Nv, in the
midst oi 60 garden surrounded bv forty coins-
.llsafu.- climb again toward tho heart OF
,ho cify. crossing other broad streets. gay
squares ANA cross roads filled with people.
tlm finally reum % tho hotol declaring
chat Madrid is grand gay, rich, popuious
and charming
SPANISH sACcrs AND GHAVrs
Sicu3r do Amicis leaves bis boiel for a
casa de huepolo.. evidently tho American
equivalent % boarding house Of the better
e.a>- winch bee evidently greatly enjoyed
ue SAYS.
-IH., guest houses are nothing more than
families who furnish board and lodging 10
students. artist. aud strangers, at different
prices. hut always more reasonably than The
hotels. with rhe mestlmabio advantage that
ono enjoys % breath of home life therein.
forms friendships and is treated more ike
One of tLeumily Cham hke hoarler The
Ianlladv pi, "a good womaf bon tho lftes the
widow o. painter who had studied 40 Rome,
Florence aud Naples and bad retained
tarou.heut lle grateful and aifecuonate
recollection of Italy She. too. quite natural
lv,vine.d "a lively interest for our country,
and dist laycdit every day by being present
when lmei. rcr0ntme 60 me the life, death
ana cxul0lts Of all hcr relations and friends
usif we've the solo conhlant sno bad in Ma.
lrd
"a little good Will i-needed in order 90 ha.
h.fuateone. self t0certaiu sauces and sravI.s
peculiar Co the Spanish kitchen-but ] accu-
TONED myself % them The French. who 90
tho matter of cooking are us difficult Co please
al. spoiled children. cry ont against &c. Du
mas Says bee has suffered from hunger I'D
SDsn They mix things "a tr.lle too much,
HNH-a Use use OF llO HIA Nf'tNfA t'i Ni~ nap f
but really not enough 90 taao away Duna,
appetite They arc masters, among other
Things. of sweets Then comes their puchero,
"a national dish eaten every day by the Span.
iaris n every place, and teil tine truth when
say that ! dcyoucd DO with eoracious cn
lovmut The puchero Is, in regard 10 Gull
nary art. what ana anthology is % literature
ltsalift'e of ever, thing and the best
"a good slieeof boiled meat forms tho M
cleus of tho dish. around 30 are tho wings Of a
fowl. piece of sausage. lard. vegetables and
han ave- DO. under it aud boz all The inter
.fices nre carbanl1s These are species Of
bean. but they are larger moro tender and
richer in flavor than ours. such Is tho ordi
nary puchero. but every family modiiies 1t
according o. it- purse. the poor man Is con.
tent with meat and glrhauzos' tine gentle.
man adds toit hundred delicious tdoiis
At the bottom il Is more OF a dinner than a
dish. and many eat nothing else. detroit
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