The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-11

| view them for small sum per capita. II
| is a fiction that the artists bones lie in
( the, great cathedral, under the deceivng
| slab that bears his name. and is said 10
| have been placed, at his request before
| Campana's picture of the Descent from
the Cross which Murillo so much admir-
! ed. They were buried in the parish church
Of Santa Cruz; and there remained until
| Soulte caused the church to be torn down
| and the revered ashes scattered to the
| winds-an act OF vandalism which sadly
| dimmed the warriors fame. He also caus-
| ed the destruction of the Magdalena
| Church, in which Murillo was christened
but somehow the bGptismal entry escaped
! and may still be seen in San Pablo. The
| date-January l. 1918, and the humble
| names Of his parents, are distinct as il
| written yesterday. They must have made
! better ink in that early time than most
| of the writing fluid one buys nowadays.
J Murillo's wife, the rich and titled Dona
| Beatrice de Cabrera, died some years be-
| fore the painters fall at Cadiz which caus.
| ed his death. They left three children
| The eldest son started out in life an In
| different artist, and afterward became a
! better priest. The second sor amounted
| to so little that his vocation and career
are entirely unknown. The only daughter
named Beatriz after her mother, went the
natural way Of women in marriage
doubtless TO some serenading scaIawag
with full equipment of Spanish cloak gut
tar, and Albucete dagger; and her great
great greatgrandchildren in Seville are vet
Dragging about their illustrious forefather
There is fine statue OF Murillo In ths
Plaza del Museo, opposite the picture gal
lery which contains some of his most IA
nous works. Here is the celebrated Con
ception;'' St. Francis embracing the Christ
crucifed; St. Felix with the infant Saviour
in his arms; ST. Anthony of Padua, kneel-
ing before the child Jesus, who is seated
on an open book; and a score of Others
which the world will delight to honor as
| long as paint and canvas can endure
Strange-is il not?-that the hardware
OF man should look so bright and fresh
hundreds of years after the hands that
wrought are dust Murillo's Christs seem
much more real and childlike than those
Of Raphael, his saints and virgins more
like natural men and women. II is worth
coming to Spain merely TO become ac
quainted with the best specimens extaut O:
his work. Through them one seems 10 be-
come acquainted with the great master
himself, and TO love his simplicity and
sweetness, which remained unspoiled in
spite of wealth and honor, till his untimely
death at the age Of sixty four
Churches ana Converts
Though their churches and converts are
so namerous-about one to every hundred
inhabitants-and the bells thereof are con-
tinually calling 10 divine service. the Sc
Williams have the greatest reputation among
all the people of Spain for liveliness of
character and enjoyment of worldly pleas
ures. The past and future have few con-
Germs for them; it is the present they care
about and how TO get the most enjoyment
out of every passing hour. There Is a little
while in the middle OF every day when the
streets are comparatively deserted. while
the local world enjoys its siesta but pres
entity they are filled again with moving
throngs. far into the night, while every
plaza has its band Of music, every opera
house and gambling place and clubroom its
full complement. and every patio its sing
ers and dancers. No evening promenade
even in gay Paree." is more brilliant than
Las Serpes. a street so narrow and crook
ed that guards are stationed at either end