The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-02-06
SALUBRIOUS MADEIRA.

tazV. Clean, Picture sque and silent. VII
lasto Rent at Prices Absurdly small. Max
inc social Calls in Hammock.
special Correspondence ofThe journal
FrNCHAL, MADEIRA, Jan. ,, 1902.
pears at first sight, it improves on
u~t acquaintance. AS one becomes
4miliar with its labyrnthine, COW
U.n streets, winding steeply up hill
ar down, he discovers many objects
. interest that make him forget its
W k of architectural beauty. Nowhere
.Iee IN the world is there a city SO we'll
UuN. from the standpoint of ''the
remal ttness," in which architectural
H has been SO entirely ignored: no
.Ayre one so cleanly and prosperous,
,rr the lazy people seem to live with
Wo1k. The houses are ali plain and
liIe generally two distorted. succeed
. white washed outside, with green
uusits, behind which the Portuguese
sit tanning themselves and smil-
M passers-by, Many of the build
lave queer little balconies in the
ud STORIES where the families re
their evening guests. their gay
ugUese chatter, light laughter songs
-u5tarmusie plainly audible in the
below Al this. combined with
tNtrcme frjendlness Of the people
tie loyeIiest climate outside of
LII,
,$ou on lie stranger aud is no
.lt n important AID in the cure of
lids hundreds of whom come here
l- all parts OF Europe in successful
arch OF health.
art has accomplished little in Fun
nature has done her best to atone
line omission. The vegetation of
$50 zones seems to be equally at home
a,-the palm and the pine, the cy-
r>s AID magnolia, the apple aud
effee-tree, bananas, Walnuts, guavas.
nus almonds, INTERVENING their vari
shades of perennial verdure; while
.,u and cane-tields lend the landscape
ts OF green and yellow, pomegranate
assoms flush the hillsides. vines and
~es Chamber over every wall and trel-
and flowers of every hue and spicy
don grow wild in untold protusion.
HE city Of FUnchal shows evidences
GOOD taste, as well as of wealth and
wtort. The central square, Praca,
portuguese, occupies the middle of
main street, at one end of which
uds the quaint old fort with its
t.Que guns and small peaked turrets;
UU the other end is terminated by an
lent cathedral with affairs, doors and
.ug- of juniper-Wood, beautifully
we'd hy monks of long ago. Passing
his principal street from the land
under a shady arch Of sycamore
e~, set in double rows on either side,
through the Placa-of course on
You find the hotels at the tarthest
of the town, on the northern
pes of tie steep hilisides BY the
al }ou need fear 40 hardships i'll
lad1la in the way of accommoda-
.s The hotels are many and good.
tucr eharges are remarkably low.
erated IN English money at the rate
tum Eight to fifteen shiIlings day.
Nave beautiful gardens attached and
'Amuud glorious views of sea and
CONTAINS, and cleanliness is d cardinal
tua among the ISLANDERS. You NAV
..l.,.
uhulg. the Hotel Horta' and
ant Ana and dozen others, and be
appointed i'll none of them. We chose
alst named, because of its honey
sNdd after long,Wandering.on the Afri-
continent. 1t turns out to be not half
Grand as It's high-sounding title would
aJ one to imagine-more like an Eng
-h cottage than the leading hotel in a
~ OF thirty-thousand residents and
ajf as many ''transients' during the
u"rthem winter The Royal Edinburg
stands in the middle of a big garden,
"ulch, like all the other island estates,
surrounded by enormously thick
4alls twelve feet high and topped by
alb the glass bottles which its English
equenters have been emptying during
fnr last decade-and that is saving
lfeat deal for the quantity of glass
top. The whole garden is rooted with
"uWery tTelIis- work, overgrown with
tssion-vine and cematis, beneath
@uich wonderful roses bloom and cape
rSsamine and other flowers perfume
Inc air. The low-ceilinged dining room.
Nth its wide-open folding doors, over
ooks paved courtyard, extending
4ong the back of the house to the sea
wall, against which the Atlantic SOFTLY
urges. The courtyard, like the garden.
perfect bower, formed by skillfully
1terlaclng the branches of the trees.
nom which hang cages of tropical
brds. Bright little lizards flash over
Viz sunny walls like living jewels. and
wicker chairs, set in shaded places amid
Jumps of ferns, invite the lounger.
his is not hotel advertisement. please
Understand; for we are assured that the