The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-22

Aside from the people, there are not
many objects of interest in Triana. TIC
> the right of the bridge, the once for
midable castle afterwards served for
many years as the Inquisition. Being
almost swept away by a flood, the dread
tribunal was removed to a palace in the
Gale de San Marcos, on the other side
Of the river; and then to its laft Sevil-
liam quarters in the Alameda Vleia.
There is a queer old church in the gypsy
suburb, called the Parroquia de Santa
Ana built by Alfonso ell Sable, in the
Il year 1916. 1t is a fine specimen of Goth
ic architecture, with pointed doorway,
nave and aisles supported on ponderous
columne. In contains a great many
paintings, by Campana and ether artists
Of the day, and the quaintest tomb l
ever saw, of some long-forgotten Bish-
OPP, covered with gorgeous purple and
yellow tiles
Crossing small park, over-grown
with weeds and cuttered with rubbish,
our guide conducted us to house
where he said dance was goingAon, to
which he thought we might gain admis-
sion. 1t had once been a splendid man
sion. judging from the highly ornament
cu IdCduG-d TOW Oh LEU eldluGG
filing nitches along the walls and an
escutcheon over the doorway bearing
the lilies of France quartered with the
arms of CASTLE. 1t was probably the
residence of some titled grandee, before
the Gitanos made this a rallylng- place.
| But its glories had vanished long, long
ago, together with the fortunes or It's
owner and the heads and arms of the
NEUROLOGICAL heroes in their nitches.
Now ruin and decay hung over all, the
windows were curtained thickly with
cobwebs and the doors shut and barred.
But there We're indications of merry life
lithin--the tinl1le of guitars, the rhyth--
mical pattering of feet, the clinking of
glasses and castinets and high-pitched
voice singing the familiar ballad begin
ming:
! Breo ell pie como Andaluz,
| Los ojos de matadoro"
| The guide gave a resounding knock
upon the door, when instantly all was
silent as the grave Another laundering
knock brought Misunderstanding face
to the little square opening halfway up
the oaken door; when lengthy expana-
lions ensued, in which the word ami
gos," Grends) was frequently used;
then some coin changed hands and the
door was thrown wide--to be quickly
barred again after we had entered,
Why the gypsies make such a secret
of their dances nowadays, | do not
know, since civil law no longer inter-
feres with them. In times past royal
edicts have often been issued against
them, and for centuries the Church has
never ceased to hurl anathemas at
them, but in vain. The scene that met
our eyee was as striking as it was pic
turesque. We We're in a spacious patio,
Or inner courtyard planted with
orange-trees laden with golden fruit
and in the centre of the grove the re-
mains of a beautiful Moorish feuntain.
At least two hundred persons were pres
ent, of all ages and both eexes-most
Of them eemi-outlaws, no doubt, If not
worse But true Spanish politeness pre-
vailed, whatever their sentiments to-
wards LOS Estranjeros" Detaching
himself from the crowd, young man
came forward and made us welcome in
the usual extravagant, but meaning
less phrase, bestowing upon US the
house and all it's contents He was a
handsome fellow, in wild, reckless |
sort of way veritable hero of the oper-
attic stage and dressed for the part to /
perfection in black velvet knee breech- |
es, leggings of yellow leather, richly en-
brodered, green velvet Jacket with |
double rows of peeetas, (slver coine), |
for buttons, and upon his head the ma
tional catanes, the ugliest hat in ex-
istence, which seems to have been mod
ali O yyo ell, howl q told |
that he was the owner of the house and
a very wealthy man; and it was after
wards whispered in our ear that his
riches came through smuggling, and |
certain secret expeditions to the noun
tains whose object would better not |
be too closely inquired into. We were
given seats close to an elevated plat
form, wher we had a fine opportunity to
study the faces of the crowd and to
note that the fiery eyes of many gilt
tered with anything but pleasure at the
intrusion of strangers, Women were
largely in the majority all in the mNst
brilliant colors, gorgeously embroidered
silk shawls and garlanded with
flowers. Some wore girdlns of
red and white
roses; others had their jet-black hair
entirely concealed by solid mass of
rose buds extending to the eyebrows
and covering the head like closely
fitting cap. The orchestra was COM
posed Of tambourines, lxettle-drums and
guitars, and their monotonous tune was
by some of the spectators,
who clapped their hands and chanted a
barbaric melody in the Gitano jargon.
Suddenly tall girl glided upon the
platform and began the "Ole." She was
dressed in a skirt of yellow silk, reach
Ing half way between knees and ankle,
a low-neck basque Of scarlet velvet,
and white shawl beautifully embroid-
cred in flowers in their natural colorS,
In her hands she held a pair of ivory
castinets and clattered them incessant-
y. Warming up her work she moved
to the very edge of the stage, till we
expected everyF minute to see her tum-
BILE off upon the heads of the people, |
and contorted herself as lithely as Lit :
lie Egypt" on the Midway Plaisance
But this was not by any means the
lance of Cairo The Ole seems to
oring every muscle of the body success
5ively into action, head, arms, waist
playing as prominent part as the feet
Another and another girl