New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

The hunger among the Spanish peasantry Is "oFs.
than usual just now. Dispatches oeeiaie ~,
+.,vaton prevails throughout the formerly le''
,oIe,, of Andalusia. Children are living on u.
oopes and the fruit of the wild cactus ne 5
- oudad with persons who have committed l'o
offences but who have given themselves up ~ ~
no1tce on the pretence of having conInltteu ca
= 4.r m GET shelter and food. The workmen are
.aoor,.pg desnerate Hunger riots are OF oaS
,rronoe II "a becoming impossible to MAINTAIN
order because of the government lnac'ioa W.
is reported that some soup kltciel' i ~
heen opened in the worst stricken 'ilias.s 80
cause of this extreme condition Is que ~ .9.,t
that not q drop of rain has fallen IN 'hat ui''t
.,roA March Usually there is no Work lol ms
1ohrtn,- neasant in the months of July ana august
because of the drouth. The winter months aie co.
,eriods of suffering from lack OF Work anu 1o0O
..uro,,ld to God that l had stew with meat IN IL
s1,er, dav of my life, then 1 should be perlec'y
bann,,' This is the prayer Of the Spanish peasant
Ha is not the Spaniard who has been painted as d
person Of lghthearted gayety who does lio'ii,i's
strum a guitar and sing love BALLADS uhue' liz
comics of the peerless beauties OF the Sp'+'
sula They may found in the cities out not III INC
ST. o,.ry Few apparently have taken the
,,h,a m visit the country sections ana STUDY 'ne
life Travel in the out Of the way places VI 'p
&c a hardship that ordinary traVellers uo i10' y''
80 snaip,s reputation for gayety Is bult upon hei
49,. ufo The peasants are, as a ruie' eioolHS'
The condition indicated by the recent dispatches %
- III . little worse than usual Spain Is q
hungry country. It is said that opdI., C. -,t
-, 49, otber nation on the globe. The Spanish
,a.sont is noorlv nourished The country Is su'ie'
ing from ansemia
The peasant eats only two meals day III ~
hos, ~ t,p,.e These are a breakfast at noon ana
anothcr meal in the evening. "Mahana' 'o-iiio'
row is the point of view in this matter DIS IA
everything else in Spain. Oppressed by po'ei'y'
instead of making great efforts to sausiy 'tieit
wants, they solve the problem OF NE ~ o
themselves to want little
Perhaps one is tramping through the country nc
comes to an inn 1t is nearly noontime- He goes
In IN get a bite Of something. AS he SITS IN ZIG
nubc room one peasant after another enters. Ihey
ho-1,, coat themselves about the fire, for Spain
,,.+a g., certain seasons is not mellow as one
,,,9bt desire There is piercing chill IN the ar
.bat makes one feel frozen, even IL the temper
o,,,re is not low They draw their breakfasts from
their ..faias" pronounced "facca'D or great VIDE
eosbas These sashes indispensable article Oh
.+,ra and the Spaniard's sombrero-a thick lelt
he. resembling pork pie in shape-are the store
houses of the peasants. In the SASH each carries
,I+ q cIaspkntfe and articles of food Some
t,r,es the food is stored IN the foid OF the soii
- II is only a morsel he draws forth-a piece
e hraad or FISH OF sausage. or a potato Inc
s,,or5 e endowed with spirit Of generosity.
a. ~, break his fast until he has offered his
- A.. INV stranger who may be present. II a
-. ra does not offer this food in the most
ad fashion He thrusts it under ones nose
1T, ..would you like some SIR" The prof.
80 tood however. has the characteristic OF the
ea.o,1e feast The peasant does not expect that
- 49, NIL, be accepted. There is scarcely enough
for himself s,,s .,,.s an.
so,,e NJ the Goals and toasts upon them bit OF