Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02

| Founding Home. with its swinging
cradle IN the rear wall. in which un-
welded mothers may deposit their or
spring, under the friendly cover Of
darkness, sure that the Door little Jet
sam OF sin VIII be received and cared
for by the good sisters inside, and that
no embarrassing questions DIS 10 pater-
nal responsibility viii ever be made.
When the cradle IN the wall swings
around with its living burden. II rings
bell, which summons the nun whose
business IT Is 10 be always within hear
Ing, and the little one Is at once con-
veyed 10 the nursery All the tiny
cast-aways Of Portugal. having no
names Of their own, are given that ot
the bishop at their christening together
with the name OF the saint, or seintess,
on whose day they were brought TO the
asylum. and so the reverend celibate
Is the foster father OF several thousands
and his august name has become more
common than Smith or Jones in the
United States. A similar arrangement
prevails In all Latin countries: and
whether II Is wicked encouragement
OF vice, or vastly better than the
Anglo-Saxon manner Of leaving un-
welcomed infants on door-steps and in
by-ways Is yet a mOoted question
which each mind may solve for it.
self.
Oporto's well-apponted museum con-
talns, among many other interesting
articles, a more complete collection of
Brazilian curloslties. especially the
wonders OF the upper Amazon. than
even the great Museo OF Rio dc
Janeiro; also a full representation from
the Azores Islands. the Canarles. and
other Portuguese possessions. Most val
liable and Interesting " all. because
unique IN It's way, Is an old gallery OF
portraits OF the royal family and 9TH
er personages, spelled with a big r.,
who have figured in Portuguese his
tory. Their Counterfeit presenti-
ments" are all there, male and female
the six kings John the two DOms
Pedro, Catherine Of Braganza, Ines de
Castro, down to Pedro Sesundos' little
granddaughter. who
DIED IN BRAZIL
Just before his enforced retirement from
the throne Vasco da Cana. Albur-
querque, and other historic characters.
far more interesting 20 the world at
large than those who We're merely born
to the purple, occupy obscure corners In
the badly-lighted room, and In their
quaint black costumes call TO mind
those mythical but sometimes potent
gentlemen, the Jack OF Clubs and the
Jack Of Spades A number Of these
l0ng-dcad scions Of royalty do not
sleep In Portugal but their restless
spirits wander--lf ghost do walk al all
about the scene OF their greatest
sDlendor and subsequent disaster, Ear
~ aag Dnfaf.vHVr
VI, who when sober. was all that could
be expected Of Latin king, but when
drunk allowed his soldiers TO divert
themselves by tossing squealing pigs
and Portuguese babies on their spears
was buried In the Ajuda convent OF
Rio; as was also the late emDeror's
mother, and sister, and the young
daughter Of Princess Isabella.
The large English colony Of Oporto
has a church and cemetery OF its own
the former, Of course, Eplscopallan.
These eXlled sons Of Britain, who are
the leading merchants ard importers
Of the place, manage TO make life en-
joyable here, In spite Of the plague
and the unpleasant cllmate-finding
something very like that OF the right
little. tight little island in the nasty
fogs that every day come stealing up
the Douro at the turn Of the tide. shut
ting of the landscape as with a thick
veil. within an inch or two Of ones
nose. The few Engllshmen who have
families here live on the breezy heights
above the unhealthful heart OF the city,
while the
BACHELOR CONTINGENT
inhabts the Factory singular
name, by the way, for 80 magnificent
a club. There the male stranger within
the gates Is entertained right royalty
while visiting ladies are taken care Of
by the English families on the hilltop.
With commendable national pride, the
first thing these good people Will show
you when setting out 60 do" the
town, Is great double decked bridge
over the Douro, which marks the site
Of the Duke OF WelingtOn's famous
passage Of the river. in the spring II
1909, when he surprised and put 20
flight Soults army Of double his own
strength.
There are two rather handsome rail-
way stations In Oporto-one sending q
line TO. the foot OF the eastern noun
talns via the frontier town Of Valen-
ella, on the Mimic; the other running
up the valley OF the DOurO, TO PHO da
Ragoa, where 1t forms a junction with
the Spanish road from Madrid C Paris.
thus materially shortening the Journey
from Lisbon 90 the French capital
IL Is astonishing how much business
IS transacted in Oporto. every day In
the year. Aside from the manfacto-
rles, which have given IL the pseudo
nyin OF The Manchester OF Portugal"
the royal tobacco-works. royal soap
factory. and other crown mOnopolies.
here are manufactures OF silk and
cotton hosiery, Of silk brocades, and
10th Of gold. lace, buttons. glassware,
pottery, furniture, gloves and dozen
'ther articles. employing several thous-
md skilled workmen Excellent linen
$ also made and exported, leather
goods; ropes. sails and other things
pertaining 20 the vast shipping inter-
SITS. and the goldsmith's work Of
)porto Is famous the world over. The
Export 81 port" wine alone amounts
o many millions year. Next comes
ranges and oil; then grapes, lemons.
lnions, preserves and wool. England
las the lions share Of all this-nothing
'ut a little wine coming TO America,
nd only our Goldfish going 20 Oporto.
FANNIE b. WARD.
SIMPLY HUMAN.