New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-08

the music for the dance expresses as apliN rs |
anything could the present trend OF Spanish |
society. 1t Is even more typical in its aruhcal |
splendors than is the Palace with its enormous
halls and its big frescces by Tiepoo, q painter !
whose style one can fancy as just shade too |
vigorous for the generation now living in the |
upper Spanish circles.
That generation IS French wherever and when |
eyer IT can be, inside and out, for the book
shops show that It nourishes itself copousy on |
TRANSACTIONS from Zoa. Bourget. Maupassant |
Flaubert and Gyp. The people in the park IN
the afternoon. are nearly all mitators Of the |
French. and II is only after bufght that any
of the ladies' drive in the old Spanish mantilla
and dress. q vivid costume Of black. red' yellow
and white which they put on for the ring ana
for no other festival. This daily turn in the |
Ruan Ratir, lasts from 10 s. or half an hour |
later on the way home e dinner at the best
place at which to stop for an ice is the care
Vienna on the Alcala The ices and cakes there
are the best I'm Madrid, though that isn't saying 4
much Dinner at the hotel is the best meal Oh
the day, but the coffee. If it IS served at all IS
not often good and can best be procured at the /;
Vienna or at the cafe Suzo. in the Gale SeVl-
Ia where the liqueurs also are better than at any
other cafe lp town The circus is next in order
and while It's long programme may seem 70 re-
sn,hln that Of an Inferior concert hall or variety
eho,y I'm America Il ought not TO be scorned, Tor
a. ls very characteristic Of Madrid. There IS a
performances every night, 10 which the people |
come In crowds: and Tuesday and Friday nights
n the Gran Circo de Parish are consecrated 10
nlola, or as We would say - iashon' Oh
these gala nights the diplomatic corps Is ot'eh
well represented. and scores Of the most diSun-
Rushed Spanlards IN the capital MI the boxes
and watch the tumhngs u the clowns ana the
.tolut9ns Of a sklrt-dlncor who gives heE per
f,rl,ance in a cage along with four hons DO
l.ras III, nower-woman. will tell You no" d
,,,, ,our,, noble # Madrid was killed By the
collapse Of the ceiling a year or TWO ago-ah"
oxnlreI owing her 1000 pesetas She may or
NAV not gossip with you IN this VEIN for she -
cr,chottv and peculiar. Dolores IS an institution
f. ,r,5ri1 AMI one not L be dsspsed. She IS
,,r,,-hqired and h.leous with TWO grzz'ed tutts
o, h.r chin tina, really form beard. she wears |
elaborate pearl earrings that make her stlll more
r.-vl4lva Eut Dolores enters the box oi me |
Duke ~ Tarlames one Of the most ar!st)crauc |
r.,yuns I'm Madrid. AMI watches the ring irom MS |
eiI. her flowers in her lap. with as mueh |
ronchalancr as though the chair We're up |
stairs I'm tnr last gallery. At the races YOU may |
e,. her taking very nearly rs great liberties Win
m. Infanta Isabel. and the latter n more DIS
posal e. chide her than arc any or the grantees !
Z, whom sha Soils flowers ar high prices ana |
LEND, mor.y AZ rates higher sill For Dolores |
f. the Fortunatus purse IL the rich, impe'unious |
Madrilcho. the EildeI youth Of the CLUBS anu |
she Is also on very fair terms with MS papa. |
She IS the depositary Of all the scandals Of Mad
rid and the creditor Of half It's idle popuiaUol"
She knows more gossip than any one else In Mad |
r,d and sho ch argos more for her flowers.
Rrt neither Dolores nor the circus necl occupy !
nm entire evening Armed with return check |
,o1 leave the circus after an hour or 50 for the |
Theatre Apollo near by. This is the theatre in |
Madrid I'm which the purest Cast!lian IS spoken !
and in which the most national Of Spanish plays /
are presented The evening IS divided into three |
parts. each one OF the three hours being occu-
pied by a separate zarazuea. or vaudeville III |
which 4 company Of clever actors, aided by 4 |
fair orchestra play their parts after the artl'*S
natural method made familiar in New-York by |
signara Duse. Two Of these znrazuelas are very ]
popular in Madrid just now. The first called |
LA Du, de Ia Africana," celebrates the mlsad- |
ventures Of Jealous Italian manager who thinks |
his wife and the tenor sing the duet from the |
famous opera with too much realism. The lead |
ing role is made eXcruciatngly comic by Kod- |
rl,l,z. the popular comedian here Echegaray !
who wrot. the piece is n brother OF the better !
known scientific writer OF TINT name. They took |
the author Of the piece which is crowding the !
Apollo night after night IS perhaps just as well
satisfied with his form of glory They have given |
his Zarizuela over $50 representations. and there
has even been written a burlesque giving the |
adventures Of Las Africanistas.' party of ac- |
tors who give the play under funny conditions
At the Apollo It is not necessary to see all the
plays I'm one night. \ ticket can be taken FOR |
one or two or all Of the performances. s. on !
one night Echegarays little piece is a welcome |
intcrludc between the first and last attractions |
Of the circus on another there is nothing more |
delightful than the "Verbana de- Pooma." or the |
Eve Of Paloma." The Virgin Of Paloma Is a |
noted saint of ono Of the suburbs of Madrid. a |
saint To whom the Queen herself does homage. |
ON the evening before her fcte day the common |
people. dance and clrousc in the streets, ana |
there ensue entanglements such as that wh'cA !
forms the key To the humorous play at the Apollo !
The outlines Of the plot are not worth the sketch
ing but the picture of local customs which II /
offered on the stage IS one OF the best things in |
Spain II Is Madrid 10 toe life. and 1t IL acted |
with equal spirit, simplicity and truth Mr. Har- |
rigan does something like 1t In Newly rk, but |
there IS an element of carcature in his work |
which is introduced more sparlngy ana Is |
handled with more delcacy on the Spanish stage. |
The types ana episodes in the "Nerbena dc |
Paloma'' and in the numerous zarazuelas with |
which n Is 10 be classed. are curious, but they |
never depart from the rigid truth.
Now after the play Is over. and the closing !
acts in the circus nave Deeh Witnessed IL pelns
after o'clock is It not time to fare homeward? |
Not I'm Madrid. You take n cab. and far up on |
the Atocha in a dngy cafe close TO the edge OF |
the city, you will find n group or Sevlilans dane |
inp the ialeo one by one and then in couples. |
The ialeo pronounced ha-lay-o) has been made !
known u you somewhat by Sargents noted pic !
ture II Is a strange uncanny dance, with pauses |
stranger than Its movements and vocal ac-
commandment stranger than either. Two guitar |
lists provide the instrumental background. the |
dancers adding the sharp click of castinets. 1t Is
mi Spanish,
dance In which the performer seems to do no |
more than glide and sway from side TO Side, fling
ing and coiling her arms. in the mean time. like |
snal<y things around and above herself VileGas |
has made one OF his best paintings from such |
figure. and Sargent's treatment of the dance was |
the first work to bring him into notice. Neither |
In Seville nor In Madrid has the dance seemed to