The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-01-25
Portugal's Coney Island.

,or. setting out for Spain. Political and
educational Matters in Portugal.
social Correspondence of The Journal
tN Iol TIE TO. CADIz, Dec. 10. 1899.
lore bidding adieu to Portugal, you
il, .ld spend day at Cascares, the fash
..rtule sea side resort, fifteen miles from
SOON. The village, whose name is
.. bounced as if spelled Kas kali enge-
la. n>l north of the Tagus' mouth, on
n Atlantic, and may be reached by rail
SSH. nom Lisbon, or by boat down the
..... II has a tiny harbor of it's own,
l1tt and is supposed to be protected by
Dre of antique forts-which an Amer
.a 1an-of, war would send to kingdom
iu half minute.
Y riding to Portuguese ideas, life is
y whirl at Cascares, particularly
the season. when the roval
eSerts AJuda to occupy its palace
Everybody arises before the sun,
-eglige of any sort, providing that
uUl and easy, saunters down to the
perform their abiutions and witness
copies. II line were stretched
point straight across the broad
1T the Atlantic, the other end of
thousand and odd miles would
J.la
milality between the two resorts,
due allowance for the different
The same motley but good nat
1Nds come over from the near by
t.iis, composed chiefly Of hoi pojloj,
b a sprinkling of upper crust,
having good time, regardless Of
nces. The bathing arrangements
cares are even more unconventional
lose that distinguish our popular
Here a group of white cotton
we hastily set up every morning at
lax, their tlimsy walls atfording
Protection against prying eyes, and
securely guyed that every sportive
TU threatens to snatch them off to sea.
NJ - heaven knows what. among
Jessing and undressing people. Last
Frenchman tried hard to induce
-oyernment to permit him to erect
Il substantial cabins, to remain
nary during the season and be re-
.,11 D.. I. !
.p- French in this Peninsula, that,
-h he offered TO pay well for the
lege, it was refused by the poverty
ken Powers that be. -
However, nobody seems to mind dis
mforts at Caseares, nor the imminent
auger of an expose at critical moments
miles in the transparent tents chatter
My with one another, or with friends
l-sing outside, while donning the blue
mel monstrosities that do duty DIS bath
suits. then rush into the surf-,nen
"i women, royalty and commoner clay.
splashlng and spluttering together.
seven o clock the morning dip Is over.
beach deserted, the tents struck and
people gone to breakfast Afterwards
body letires to his room. If he has
and is believed to indulge in a long
sta, while tourists and non residents
about On he sands and in the CORR
$, seeking shady places and generally
a.. i L
means wuoing all those in retirement
uld YOU get peep behind many of
Yse carefully closed green shutters, YOU
aid see merry gaming parties, male
female, in light and airy neglige,
tl cigarettes and iced drinks much in
ld ence, aud little piles of pesos rapidly
,nging hands. The true "portugee."
either sex, is a born gambler and dice
s. he favorite method of gratifying his
ttural propensity. They 60 at it with
.e feverish reeklessness Of the Latin
impairment, and never know when to
top but happily the stakes are low, as
much from poverty of pocket as because
liking the boldly venturesome spirit of
lie Anglo Saxon.
4 bout 40 p. M. outdoor Cascares
gain becomes animated There is level
Jsetch OF road on top of the cliffs, ex-
ending north a mile or two, where both
reeze and views are glorious. But the
corning Arcadian simplicity has depart
IL; everybody is out on dress parade, in
lis OF her best clothes and company de-
ortment. J gu observe that nearly all
lie ladies whose days have passed the
Getting bloom of youth, are built on the
Id fashioned generous model that Bant-
az would like to Danish from the face of
he earth. Like the typical Virginia table
'befo' the wah," their only fault is too
bundant plenty; their round, white
houlders uncovered and their shining
resses elegantly draped in the coquettish
nd always graceful lace mantilla. Those
L loot move with a superb dignity of
arriage, unfortunately very rare among
merican women. But you look in vain
mong the men for any such liberality on
he part of mother nature! They are
Universally understood and sallow faced.
hin, nervous and eager in appearance
With delicate, unmanly hands and feet
7hose Smallness Boston or Chicago girl