The Republican journal., 1901-03-07
nrrp DAYS IN GRENADA.
kH' ,;..l of the MOors in the
the an r,,eutieth Century,


70 the An'', twentieth Century
,ondence of The Journal
t'p'' : 1901. Surely you would
fBBh' m Of spending less than month
not dIe'r' a wear would be BETTER and
% Gfel.ap"'s some hours of every day in
Of p'SS'D9 If its former kings. 1t re-
the Pa'a s,,nv visits to understand the
qaiFe' i. At first you are dazed with
Ajh'iu1 '.rs and possessed with a strange
itgoau If living a fairy tale or walking
ieelIls y, Familiarity dulls this i'm
ha l'' bnt it never quite fades from
pes 'o-1 and ne matter how long one
the 'l' nore one can never truthfully
liagf" te has had enough OF the AL
81! ,D'' uonotony is impossible amid
b'nl0'S oas of beauty, to which every
,1f' dar and night lends its own
hO' .sqrm m peculiar effects OF
,IF'' shade in order to avoid in
Iis" p.rsteution from troops of
@' 5des tlAt nfest the entrance,
st''' .... arm Yourself at the begin
l@ rdtr from the governor,
ah- .t..rr" What there is about
. ao,r which produces such
W. s. 6o not know; but you
p'- silently exhibit it and the
gov ..-q. nu melts away without a
NF tMyr aIl things, do not fail
p' .-..t.a.t Of Lions the culmi-
n..r.r tbe beauties of the AL
''' ,. A.. ruoulight. Then that most
u'. ,.uns work in existence, re-
,.-. ballad and chronicle forcen-
..an~ l8 expand in size and
,...i, ..4uLht in FURNISHED silver;
+.s..-us aolum changes are yelled
..-. ladoW and the faultless
J.. .. t0o Nr1bian palace comes
ifs original splendor. No
.... Boom I'm the world has been so
.., mr drawn and painted and
,Ic.aauritrom every point of view
t.a-. ..-erbrd intellectually, az
.a4,3.e Historically and historically;
and y.t NOD adequate idea has ever been
q,ero. IT'S eH4usite elegance and per-
s.+ farnur again and again you
.,adt0l+ tic court is oblong in shape,
,s4 tte. oar by ~ wide, surrounded by
galleries supported upon hundreds of
slender WAITE marble columns, with two
,ongrf puipc'ug pavilions, elaborate
T.ra1mel and rooted with domes.
l-.m, does rot sound so very remark
'..r--iul gives no remoteSt hint of
Me gi.s liable grace, elegance and
Btasu 04ut} of the Arabian archi-
nf. -.- wonderful lightness of the
n4d-, # aDt work filagree that seem
1fu- tie air: the stalactite pend
sty of Tie jumeS. blazing with scarlet
and qaj,i. Tire strange Cutie letters and
Tms .-yts from the Koran at every
-rn I'll. .o4E colonnades, through
Fria. lft tn- rays of the moon or the
a. .r.. ,.I. the Jalousies, carved i'll
.a4 1tl0uS forms: the checker
q fuu., le gorgeous tiles, encrusting
nell. uI nGsters, all dazzling the eye
a00 t04 spendors; the unglazed
7m0g, Hto which birds and breeZes-
.u .H-M of flowers and orange,
.B,- tHD Irpe access. And if even
-0g rur UNaoreds of years-with Or
aDO-- yEed and faded, stained
af U and defaced by vandal
GD tse scenes can so enthrall
yn what were they in their days
u luN Hu he gilded arcades were
'IH. .uuIs of the harem. In
@l'r nagk eImchs in silken robes,
&Qlsl Guarding their charges with
@e-a.,tj Scimiters, we read that the
MSc.ltyt> boy who laughs at lock-
Md55 Wd- at ms old tricks even then
ha n.H q light of the harem stole
itr3 ~ meet her lover-and to swift
i% to both.
laeeeehrated fountain in the centre
q s'r court. supported by the twelve
ions -um which the place derives its
Ans yi ,neds its crystal streams, as
q W. 1a}s II Boabdil. The so-called
'aols H the way-unlike any beasts
'& even walked the earth, and looking
Ae Ne lssrrian sculpture-are not to
N regarded is works of art, but merely
@S!uhos vt strength and power. The
baSin of purest alabaster,
'lIueu-ed by a smaller but equally
F'lt'lA aasln is engraved all over
'u' Ii poem in honor of the founder,
0I'i THIS III this complimentary fash
oa " SUM of grandeur, prudence, wis
'0u. courage and generosity, who sur
passed. tAe heights of the stars in the
Ngl st the tirmamentl Thou art rails
quo tae Aorlzon of the empire, like the
'u4 To dSSipate the shadows created by
'pPleSSon and injustice. Thou hast
recJed even the tenderest branches
''M the breath of the hot summer
'uN and made the very stars to tremble
I'LL Me vault of heaven"
Id d recess near this fountain stands
wig aach photographed Alhambra vase
al immense affair, higher than a
4'l 5 head enameled in blue, white