Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-02-29
EUROPEAN LETTER.
what On American sces In Spain Life
Among the Gipsies.


cans and Disconnected English aud one
finds the people ~ musical, picturesque
and unclean ~ could I've wished. The
local color aud lite have withs,sh the
comparatively little Invasion ot travel.
and though Granada with IT. incumpar.
able Alhambta has been the goal VI more
curiosity and sight seeing than other
Spanish cities II retains many " II pure.
ly characteristic and delightful features
one OF these is the gypsy camp In the out.
skirts OF the city We drove there late
one afternoon aud saw the gipsy IN his
native lair jeryAnt.@ alone describes
these people 81, Just ~ God made them
and often times worse" Education has
never laid her rule ~ ferulr on them
huns-ty aud morality have passed them
In despair. and Il the pto,erb affirming
the oxinity ~ CLEANLINESS and g,sili
hess IL true the giI-ir- are way OIL" It
has been enough Tor them that they live
aud they have never asked thp-. rniguat
teal questions whence, why aud whittier
Their houses are caves and W. were nj.
lowed a. ~ through one. The first run
was the kitchen aud the last aud choicest
one the abode of "a. pigs. There were
many ~ theae compartments about the
size ~ u steamer staterpm aud n one
CROPPED his way 10y the aid ~ n small can
die into the depths II the hill, the -mrll
became painfully prominent The pig-.
though, like the gip-irs, were coniented
aud the fact Of lEing kept IN the parIor
~ spare room added no arrogance Ia their
amiabie manneta. Evidences " certain
| luxurious tastes were Ia p seen IN the
cave, such ~ u piece ~ carpet before
each bed On the earth ilpr, and a stove
pipe running up from the kitchen IRE
place. lndse'i, artistic taste was also
manifest. Tor hanging over the bed In one
Of the rooms was highly colored al,rr.
tiscnIent ~ n German beer.
When We left the cave W. were told
that We could -ee the real aud genuine
gypsy dance Tor the muiest SUN VI seven
dollars but W. declined. our interpIe-
ter. after consultation with the gip4irs.
told III that our economy would be re-
-p"cted aud the dance given for five dol.
lars, A. W. drove regrrtfully away W.
were again Informed that. though IL WAS
great sacrifice and altogether unpar
allied In the annals ~ history, W. might
srr IL for three dollars, We accepted this
proposition. though II developed that We
really paid four dollars. III" last one br.
lng In redemption ~ counterfeit dol.
lar that had been substituted for agush
one We had given. The coin was prob.
ably n proiuct Of gip-y ingenuity and ~
Tar ~ | know, the tranaction may be- one
~ their established ways " making an
honest dollar. ~ to speak. The dance,
however, was quite worth the experience.
Accompanied 10y our two guides and two
policemen who. IL was explained were
necessary for our safety, and whc only
added 10 our general feeling Of inscuri.
~. We went up dark alley, u darker
light Of steps and into tiny room where
the orchestra and dancers were As~rm.
bled The orchestra consisted ~ three
men who played the guitar, mauduline
and taDbOurine. The dancers wrl' four
ugly women and pretty "n" all gur.
ge0usly arrayed In bright calirss nni
with artificial flowers in their coar,r
dark hair The services uIH'Ird with u
frightful song that nearly drafrl"i the
audience which un account ~ the lie II
rrs. Then III" women danced together,
an active spirited dance such H. klraliy
lahnrs IN vain Ia get This Wa followed
hy "a sort ~ dan~e du Nrntrr. There were
several graceful figures danced ly the
women and then "nr la llata" 10y the
taminuriur player aud III" pretty glrl
which was quite the prrttlrSt II all, AIi
would compare faNuihlN with III" hest
dances On thu Nu,"llrdn stag. luIiug
the performance Wondered that some
rntrrpri-inR American had not lmIr,ii"d
them all ~ America anl made hi for.
tune H. putting them uu the stag unr
d"rs not hnh such an abandon animation
and natural grace In III" dancers who
learn On chalkd squares Will" the!
count one. two. three, one, tw", three.
The pretty woman had four months
old baby In the ruoni. AMI the little crra-
tutr actually waved its arms when the
mother danced, ~ though already inter.
i..I IN nj ha