The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-09

every landing. Sometimes these jets
are projected from opposite sides Of
the stairway and you find yourself wall
ing under a crystal arch, in whose spray
the suns rays are refracted into all the
ralhboW's vivid hues. The Darro emp
Ties It's full tide close below the castle
walls, and a branch of 1t boils through
the clustered court, under evergreen
arches. Behind the palace is raised
garden with flights of italian steps per-
forated with fountains Above them
are a series Of Moorish tanks, including
the historic Algibe de la Lluvia, which
John of Austrla's thirsty troops drank
dry. Indeed, the airy palace, with its
tall white towers and long arcades and
garden Of delight might we'll be called
villa of waters. It's interior or deco
rations' are much injured by whitewash,
and its pictures Of Spanish kings and
queens are faded and dim; the the ole
ander trees are all a-bloom fuscias and
roses and carnations perfume the air,
and the box-hedges, centuries Old are
cut in fantastic forms.
Grenadas cathedral just misses be-
ing an imposing edlfice. In the Grae-
co-Roman style, it's great height and
width would be impressive but for its
faulty proportions and the hideous
whitewash which defaces it's delicate
cream-colored stones and gives a mean
and poverty stricken look to the whole
edifce. The immense dome is painted
white and gold; the groined roof is
supported by Corlnthian haf-pil1ars, in
proups Of four, placed back to back;
efflgies Of Ferdinand and Isabella kneel
on either side Of the high altar, and
above them are splendid colossal heads
of Adam and Eve. In every part OF the
cathedral you see two notices, printed
In Spanish and conspicuously posted:
"All good Christians are requested not
to eXpectorate in this holy place and
ANY man walking with or speaking to
woman in this church shall be fined
two ducats and subject to excommuni-
cation" OF course the great interest
of the place canters In the tomhs of Fer
dinand and Isabella. The royal couple
lie side by side In little chapel adjoin-
ing the cathedral Here the story of
the conquest of Grenada is told in a
series Of curious bas-relefs Isabella
elizabeth in Latin), is seen riding into
the city on her white paifry, between
Ferdinand and the great Cardinal Men
doza, who sits on his trapped mule. like !
Wesley. He alone wears gloves, and his /.
pinched, aquiline face contrasts sharply I
with the comfortable chubbiness of the |
king and queen. lie opens his hand to |
receive the key, which the dismounted .
Boabdi presents, holding 1t by the +
wards Behind ride ladies, knights and .
a dazzling company, while
detected Moorish captives file out of I
the gates in pairs. 1t would be hard to
fifind things of more antiquarian inter-
est than these basso-relevos. They go
on to record the Conversion of the
in which the reluctant flock is
represented as being baptized by whole
sale, the principal actors being shorn
monks, the Moors In costumes exactly
the same as those worn to-day at Tan
giers-leg wrapping and all. In the
center of the chapel are two magnif-
cent sepulchres, wrought in Carrara
marble, on top of which are extended
he life-size marble figures of the Cath
bic sovereigns and those of their next
SUCCESSORS Ferdinand and Isabella
est side by side on their marble pill
ows, in the peaceful attitudes of their
eng and happy union. hThe faces are
laid to be accurate portraits, and both
ire simply dressed in the costumes of
he time-Ferdinand decorated only
With the riband of the Garter, and Isa-
,ella with the cross of Santiago. Her
ace is beautiful as ones idea of an
nigel, and YOU remember that Shakes s
'eare callediher 1.-THE queen Of earthly [
ueens,' and Lord Byron described {
Ter as IAN honor to her sex and the
orner-stone of the greatness Of Spain" t
n front Of their effigies an iron door /
lides back and you descend flight %
tone steps into the crypt, which con
aims their dust in Baskets, and also |
hat of Philip III. Imagination reverts
0 the days when these mighty mon /
rchs were surrounded by the flower T
nd chivalrv of Spain, when a retlnue [
obsequious courtiers, pages and ser
ants attended their slightest beck or 7
cd; when they led victorious armies i
and sent Columbus to discover a new n