Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-18

- 'HS vol SHY summer Scn0Ol, seeking
10 make up in some measure the year
and a half of academic work lost
while abroad. After concluding his
duties as an American guard at the
exposition Mr.. Lyman and a COM
panion walked through Spain, drifted
down the Rhine and did the continent
in other unconventional but very de-
lighkful ways.
"Dosthe Spanish people hate Amer
leans " he was asked yesterday. "Are
the people intelligent, the women
beautiful"
Answering these questions in a
general way" he replied, ''it may be
said that the people as a rule are not
intelligent, that they do not dislike the
AAmericans, that the women are not as
beautiful as they are pictured, but
the bull fights are more cruel and dis
gusting than they are generally con-
sidered. The Spaniards seem to have
accepted the results of the war philo-
sophically, and therefore do not feel
any particular enmity against Ameri-
cans. This lack of bitter feeling is
also due to ignorance. Over one-third
of the Spanish people can not read or
write and of course their ideas on the
war are rather vague. In the noun
tain districts where we spent a good
deal of our time the dense ignorance
of the people is rather startling. At
one place where we said that we were
Americans they asked if America was
farther away than France. People
possessed of the extensive knowledge
of geography indicated by this ques-
ton could not have been greatly
troubled by the loss of colonies as
much out of their ken as if Columbus
had never discovered them. The
Americans are called Yankees by
those who know what they are and
where they come from but we never
heard any illusions to the Yankee
pig which played such prominent
part in the Spanish cartoons during
the war. In our tramp we had good
deal to do with the guardia civil which
patrols the inland roads and with the
carabineros who are posted along the
coast to prevent smuggling. They
were always very friendly and willing
to help us as much as lay in their
power. They showed considerable
curiosity about America and inquired
whether it was richer and larger than
Spain. how much the soldiers were
paid, was military service compulsory,
etc. The Spanish soldiers themselves
are poorly uniformed but well armed.
The carabineros lived in houses on
the shore and patrol the coast at night
to prevent smuggling. There are To-
900 of them employed in this service,
and every inch of Spanish frontier is
watched. However, the Spanish Of
ficers in southern Andalusia connive
with the smugglers who bring goods
from the free trade Gibraltar, so that
dress goods and some provisions find
their way into the interior.
Love Making.
s.Spanish social customs in regard
to love making have their drawbacks.
All counting must be done in the pres
ence of the senorita's mother and
even after couple are engaged all
their meetings are presided over by
the terror-in-law-to-be When a young
man calls on his fiancee and finds that
her mother is not at home he must
stand outside in the street and say
what he has to say to his sweetheart
who is behind the bars of the window
on the second floor This is quite
common sight in the streets OF Span
ish city and it is sign that the two
are engaged, for they must be en-
gagged before they can be allowed this
kind Of long-distance love making.
saThe standard of feminine beauty
in Spain does not come up to its rep
tation to any great extent. There
ore a few who are strikingly beautiful
b,t they are GASES in desert OF small,
dark looking and often mustachioed
females, who, when not engaged IN
raising families, are busy making
cigarettes for the rest of the popuiace
+o smoke. The cigarette industry is
one of the largest in Spain. Eacn
large city has it's tobacco factory run
Inv the government and employing
from 5000 to 10000 cigareras or ci-
\ garet girls. Great precautions are
! taken to prevent smuggling All tne
emnloyes are searched on leaving the
factory and in Seville deep moa'
surrounds the factory on all sides so
4hat tobacco can not be taken away
during the night.
Bull Batting.
.The bull fight is the most typical
Snanish institution and is the one
which has best withstood the invasion
Of European customs and the attacks
which have been made upon 1t. 1t is
the national sport Every town OF
anv considerable size has its bull ring.
The spanish town which lies just
across the frontier from Gibraltar has
= bull ring costing $4,000, but no pub
I,c school of any kind. The bull rings
- tbe larger cities are large arenas