Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-15

every alcoba and Granny from roof to cellar.
Pausing at the second gallery Ruperto with q
grandiloquent wave Of his hand remarked:
"Here was once the oldest aristocracy OF
Spain. We are the later and better bloodp
could see that nearly every one of the
nearly an hundred alcobas were occupied.
Dim lights shone from the open doors or the
paneless windows. Here and there could be
heard low and earnest converse between chu
las, or chulas and chulos. Oaths, impreca-
tions or drunken shouts filed the place.
Here the thrum of guitar; over yonder the
sobbing of some woman; near the click of
the castinet; beyond dancing or baeohanalian
song. We came to the third gallery and en-
tered near alcoba. There was no light
Ruperto remarked upon it and added: "It
is easy got" Then he spurned something in
a corner with his foot. A little cry of sur
prise and pain, but with not a reproving
tone In it, was the response. He then de-
manded light, and the chula that had been
thus affectionately awakened sped from the
room and soon returned with a pewter lamp,
lighted and burning brightly. The mite Of
ment in her great lustrous eyes at the pres
enoe of the stranger, but he paid no atten-
ton to her inquiry save to order her to in
form her companions in the old fonda that
Rupertc ard guest desired entertainment.
There were four bare walls here; couch of
rags and cheap blankets where the girl had
been lying; one stool which had been os-
tentatiously given; few gaudy ornaments
of Ruperto's displayed on pegs eloquently
greasy guitar: not q half dozen pieces of cut-
Ierv and chean earthenvare. a nartJv con-
snmed bottle of vine. and half a loaf of tha
coarsest of bread.
"Love REQUIRES little splendor in Spain.n
remarked Ruperto, as his eyes followed mine
around the desolate alcoba. "If the stom.
ooh ia fnlI The nnrsa mot ali akin the vaati,
dos avcalIsnt he heart iiohA and ones anna
ohed;ant What mead for mora,,,
Considarino INV snrronndino had M In.
clination towsrds sroument- and temnor;zed
as yolublv as INV limited Spanish wonId per-
NIT. making up for laok In that regard with
smiles. shrups and antics of excellent spirit
and humor. Through the open door could
listinonish numerous female tones of sur.
prise and merriment. and male voices of net.
nIent protest the resnIt ot Rnnerfo,s chr,Ia,s
,o;ssinn Tiohts heoan tn GROW ynoye fra
onent in the old natio. the t1n;no of a. fev
mn.;oaI instrnments vara ha.r5. now and
then castinsts cIattsrad a staccsto a. In nor
tent of COMING nossihi,ities. INV ovn cem.
nanion Sisnosed of his hncs csna and
,p,r;nned h;p,saIf mn h,t. and IN 3 sbo,h
tg;naa tha IttJa n,assanoer rst,,rned notabiv
;..,.o,sa =, rr,,, e IL. a,,S -;tb
.mplosoo u. ~ ue. pmn H lHM,,M en- nHa VII h
sio S;S 9ne "osu assad ort ,,on .ha t. .ai,ayv -
iha nA as, n, "e 49, e1, ooyern.d sisve W.
n erst ~an. 1a1 fro,,, sIoobs to a1ooha srorrS
thrsa ~ tbs oaI1arias having onr resnaots To
those found within ha;no racaivsa With
sncb conrtesies and With 40 many ss0raciasT
That II swant one's fancies to the romances
of tba snsnish kniohthood of middle aces
~ saonaad o. tbono6 one had baen transnort,
al IN q trioa to aonoa wonderfnl masona ~
Snanisb nohiIitv in rsos Tn one alcoh. a
ohpu1n NOS s1asrin, Of the affeots of f;arv
sauardian,a h;s 70 1drv fnerv ohscnrad hy
hss hnas osna vh;ch covared him ant;ra,T
h;s io1sI obr1a WAITING at his eide n rninis,
To-, ~ bic s1inh.sst dr1nLen whin, ~ naad
To- onothar tSrss br;aht avad chn,as va-a at
rorI - r dafti. ,,iaiting sarons w ,,ouohss for
IonLar haoLa from rnshes thew had them.
se,.a. ostharad slono the nnner hanks of tha
Gance Nnevo river In another a oav chnlo
raclinad against the wall accomnanvino his
own not nnmalodions sono nnon the onitar
whi1a his ohnia sat near cross Ieooed Iilte a
tailor werkino AZ for dear life at ioininc
huge untanned skins of pigs. in which the
native wine ia stored. and bv the wine car
riers oonvsved on donkeys or hand trucks
.e,s frer, Joor ~ door Tn anotbsra half doSan
vorno woroan wara at work nnon a rnda Find
oafIaaSs Mao- these fonr m oarrv and oera-frae
ohnio. ,-ars riaHino at cards and Srint;n1
N.a.o VI. - Late1I.. f-o,, ,,h;,h .tt.s
WINE >lrou. Jul nuSo n0sSa"' a.I' 80 "hu' a.sS.
tney "ere ass.seo ne :" .t" M, my ~ wouae. ~
squlft sien4el aIoe. s'lesm 1:s. -. ..om L.1
moosn tnIougn 'neV open ups .nso sneal
ever tnirsty In 1nroass. "a sno:lef Young
giIi was ~ % Mi'n .uuIenIH, 10. na.e ooMP0n-
,n;I .Ui uSs h;4 - ~ datastsh1a ,aaIa ~
.n;,e saA so ta,Sa. haa.taJ oh.1as go, ,.ass
w,nrI;,r n;tS;, bar s1ooha and nosL;no har
ss cn-,fortahIa 90 81 their nnor roaans wo1fd aI-
low HS Evsrv one a. Of % thess % nearly n an hundred
rooms was the only home the ohuIa ever
Lna,r ~ Lnows Whether sha Ishors as or;.
ada ada" or - servant % a. some inn. works At a fac.
torv fourteen hours a day. or wrings from
endless toll within these rotten habitations a
weakly nittanoe. every peseta ia wrenched
from her bv her kniehtly chulo. the return
for wh.oh ia the priyiIege idolizine her own-
ar hlova k,oks and at Last the knifa-for
from bar a1cohs sha never ooes sava in ssr-
.;oa of har nhnlo .snd m ths rarno canto
.;tb LII " Ln;fs thrust At ber throst ~ baaYt % ss
a ssal ~ her iovaItv ~ even an IN dssth 70 her via
master. who holds her life as less worthy a
thing than that of his pet game cock or dog.
And Ruperto was proud to make this clear
to me in the rusty old dining room OF the
fonda, where q number of these unfortunate
beings had gathered for music and dancing
obedient to his whim of entertainment
ssSee!" he said gaily, Rrasping his own
chula by her luxuriant hair and whirling her
6ercely about. "See!"-he ran his fingers
into her pretty mouth and pulled her tongue
from it, as one would handle an ailing horse
-"Carlota once spoke impudently to Ru-
perto. Zi-i-i i-i-pl" here he viciously tapped
his knife-the tongue went half in two! Is
it not so, little sauce pot?"
"Si, 81. Senor!" radiantly from Carlota.
"Aha, Isl, ST. senorita mea! And the
next tirne"-here the brute epun the girl
away from him among the daucers-sfthe
next time il will ali 90. and the beautiful
head with it!'
All this may be attractive to painters, dra-
matists and poets. The chulo may be pic.
turesque rogue, his poor slave. the chula, 9
woman of fateful passion, ravishing beauty,
pathetic history and all that, But I confess
to a loathing beyond expression In the con.
Temptation of the reality in this sort of 0ro.
mantic" life. Spain is horribly honey.
combed with it. The chulo and chula prin.
oiple extends far beyond these degraded
types into highest grades and Glasses. Wo
man is merely an animal in Spain. She Ii
the creature Of mans whim, as q cockade II
worn in the hat. a roaette on the collar. 4
hsnh1a On tbs sIeava II 10 aosv n soconn,
s"s s~.S Sn.;n,, ~ 5eean n, ..;on -, H. wh.-.
ZOE Spains uecay: NO nstloh can Hse wnel'
wA0Ho tno poIson, 9uo IAkutss tuo poeeAOAi