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lation of Madrid goes in the evening
TO partake of the fresh air or, on
h lidays, to drink coffee or choco-
late or eat ice-cream. The paseo
consists Of three streets running
parallel with two broad strips of
park separating them. The middle
street or section is very wide, being
for carriages only. The two out
side sections are for heavy wagons
and street cars. There are broad
cement walks and stone benches at
regular intervals Of about twenty
feet on each strip of park. These
are shaded by trees all along them.
Here and there near the walks are
booths where one may buy refresh
ments, newspapers, magazines,
writing material and postage stamps
Opposite the cafes there are tables
and chairs on the paseo where one
may procure coffee, tea, ce-cream,
or any cold drink. People sit down,
give their orders, get what they
wish and stay there and talk until
at least II p m. Many stay until
2 a. m.
Every street car has on it's side
the words ''Tranvia de Madrid"
On walls and buildings, instead of
the familiar sign post No Bills, ;"
one sees the sign ''Se Prohibe Fyar
Carteles." The heavy loads are
pulled mostly by oxen and donkeys.
There are from two to five dolkeys
hitched to a load. They are in a
line and are hitched one ahead of
the other and each one has around
it a string of bells that arc like our
sleigh-bell The oxen are yoked
as they formerly were in this coun-
try.
Another place of interest is the
Museo Real in the Prado where one
may see the fine paintings of
Rubens, Titan, Velasquez. Rofael
and Murillo, compris ing the great
est collection Of master pieces IN the
world.
Near the place where the Gale
de Fernando del Santo crosses the
paseo there is another paseo going
at right angles to the great paseo.
A few blocks along this and one
block south is the Plaza Dos de
Mayo Second of May) SO named IN
honor of the day on which the
French were expelled from the city
in one of the opening years of the
nineteenthacentury. There is also
a Gale Dos de Mayo. Some of the
names of streets that sound SO well
IN Spanish do not seem so nice in
English; for instance-la Gale de la
Luna Moon Street) and la Gale de
la Estrella (Star Street,
The Park or Parque de Madrid is
in the extreme eastern part of the
city just south of the Gale Alcala
and not far from the Plaza de Toros
(the bull-ring.) Tt contains beauti-
full broad drives and walks shaded
by tropical trees. Tt contains an
animal museum the price of adnis-
sion to which is 50 centimos 90
cents. There are also many la
goons and many fresh water springs
in which the water is very good,
being nearly as good as that in the
Klondyke Spring. On the shores
Of one Of these lagoons there is
rising large memorial to His Maj
esty Alfonso Twelfth. It was near
here that Alfonso Thirteenth was at
celebration with fireworks on the
evening of July 4, 1905.
In Madrid there are five good
Opera-houses and numerous lesser
ones; there are several large banks.
The Hispano-American bank is
having large modern edifice erect
ed next to the Equitable building.
This last mentioned building is one
Of the finest in Madrid.
The chief magazines printed in
the CITY are A B G Blanco y Negro,
and ell Nuevo Mundo. The leading
daily papers are Ell Liberal, Ell I'm
parcial, and Ell Heraldo. Ell Liberal
sympathizes strongly with the Re-
publicans whose strength is rapid
ly increasing.