The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-06-23
AMONG THE DONS.
REV. NAYLOR GIVES AN INTERES :
ING TALK ON SPAIN.
JOURNEY TO GYPSY VILLAGE.
New Recruit Leaves Spain For Cuba
In Great Spanish Art Galleries
and Descriptions of Famous
Pictures.

Rev. S. W. Naylor gave the third of
a series of talks on Spain at the Park
Avenue church Sunday night before
large audience. He said in part:
AS we reached Gypsy Villa we were
besieged by beggars, for the most part
children, who plead with voice and
rhythmic motion of the body, as near
dancing as possible. having also to
keep up with the drivers pace. The
voice of the Spanish beggar child is
beautifully plaintive with the usual
appeals to " Signorita or Signorito and
La Petita for Cingo Centimos." One
of our party, against all persuasion,
would throw them pennies, and so the
swarm increased as we went on, until,
when We stopped on the eminence near
St. Michael's church to view the city
and the Alhambra, this man was tor
mented by more than score of per
sistent little beggars, who, thinking
they had found a tenderfoot, were de.
termined to make the most of their op
portunity. He tried to scOld them off
and to run away from them, and much
to our merriment without SUCCESS.
There were few girls from IA to l6
(who with little home care would
have been beautifully among the COM
pany begging as brazenly as any. More
the shame because one could not help
the conviction that this little flock were
not beggars from necessity, but from
the encouragement largely of travellers
who had tossed them Cingo Cen
limos" when they began to toddle
about the streets and chase carriages
with other children.
We had a splendid view of the Al
hambra from the court yard OF st.
Atichael's and its amber towers and
battlements lost none of their beauty
"a the sun sank behind them, seeming
to paint them with his own glorious
hues. In the distance we could see the
mountain called The Last Sigh of the
Moor, y where Boabdil is said to have
turned and looked for the last time
upon the pride and glory of Moorish
civilization, just then fallen into the
hands of Christian" king. AS we
returned to the hotel funeral process
sion passed us, producing wierd eff
feet in the gathering twilight as each
man followed the hearse with lighted
candle in hand.
After passing few stations we were
attracted by weeping and loud laments
outside as we pulled up at small vii
lage. It was on account of new re
cruit leaving for Cuba. The poor wife
las we supposedly was kneeling on the
ground, with her face in her hands,
swaying backward and forward in the
most demonstrative lamentation. The
soldier, fine appearing man, Of which
there are many in Spain, rode in our
compartment, but as we {" no compre
hendo" one another, the conversation
was limited. 1t did serve, however,
for him to save US from losing our
change of cars at one place. This in
stance of the soldier gave US the sub
jet of an interesting conversation with
IL travelling companion for part of the
way. His parents were German, he
was born in Spain, so is subject to
CONSUMPTION for the Cuban war. He is
ii travelling man and must needs be III
Spain much of the time, and thinks it
not at all unlikely that some time he
will be called upon to show his pass
and subsequently be enlisted. Having
been resident of England for six
years, he intends telegraphing for nat
uralization papers at such crisis. he
is interesting young fellow; to
mr o0 sd 601v8rsing with the
-..sh, Spanish and
speaks French,