The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-16
On board s. s. "ARABIC"
Eoh ~ 1O07

us for an early breakfast on th
morning of the 18th and we hur
ricd up and looked out of the por
hole to find ourselves at anchor il
the harbor of Cadiz, Spain. Th'
distant city, white and beautiful
rose out of the sea with the glow
Of the rising sun behind it and W,
no longer wondered why it haC
long ago received the name of thu
Spanish Venice. +"
Later stream tenders carried II:
all safely ashore, where carriage.
awaited us for three hours drive
around the city. After doing th
usual round of historic spots, d
number of us went on an exploring
expedition around the old city on
our own account, wandering thro
the narrow streets Tan inheritance
from the Moors) in and out of the
shops bargaining and bargaining
pursuit always dear to the femin-
inc heart. Our guide was an Alger-
ian Moor, and one of the most in
telligent men / ever met and l now
understand more clearly than ever
depicted him in Othello. His ex-
acter of the Moor as Shakespeare
depicted him in Orthello. His ex-
planation of and comments upon the
Spanish Netional affairs, as well as
those Of the world at large, showed
him to be careful observer Of the
Current Events. | asked him how
Spain likes her new king and his
reply" "Oh-he is very young"
accompanied by significant shrug
of the shoulders was very express
i've. l could fill whole letter with
interesting matter gained form this
Moorish gentleman but time is fly.
ing.
Our party here divided-some go
ing to Granada-some returning to
the ship-others going on to Sc
vile. l elected the latter with all
Of my own contingent and we had
a very delightful day in tho "Paris
Of Andalusia. :"
We attended mass in the Ma
jestic Cathedral-one of the most
snpeab edifices in all Europe and
listened to the Gregonan Chant by
the fine choir us well as to the
splendid organ.
!. We stood by the queer sarcophagus
remains of Christopher
Columbus, looked at great Murillo
st. Anthony's Vision of the Holy
Child"-l saw scores of other inter
esting things In this great eccles-
iastical treasury but which have
not even time to mention.
And then we went to the bull ring
not to see fight but merely to see
what sort OF a place these tourn-
aments Of cruelty are held In. Spain
Is certainly field for the s. F.. p.
y A. for the poor horses are
shamefully abused during their use.
ful lives and then come to an in
glorious and tortured end in the
bull ring.
All Seville turned out that after
noon to see the funeral procession
o! a celebrated bull fighter who met
his death In Mexico. His body was
brought to Spain and as we drove
past the wharf We saw thousands
awaiting the boat that came up the
Gaudalquiver from fCadiz bearing
the body. The hearse that had the
honor pf carrying 1t to the cemetry
was decorated with imitation black
plumes In the midst of which rose
the Crucifix bearing the body of the
merciful and loving Christ! Com
ment Is unnecessary.
The next day we returned to Cadiz
went on board ship once more and
sailed for Gibralter. When we
awoke next morning we were at an
chor under the shadow of the Big
Rock In the midst of forest of
shipping from all the ports of the
world. After an early breakfast we
went ashore and spent the day first
IN Q visit to the fortifications-after-
ward driving through the city and
IN the shops The tunnels in the rock
are called galleries. and at the end
Of the long climb upward and at the
point where visitors are not allowed
t9 90 further one very young lady
looking somewhat mystified inno.
comfy ssked; Where are the pict-
qres?" The word galleries meant
y her only picture galleries.
Goods Of all kinds are cheap in
Qibyalter-sspecially the merchandise
Of 1pdla--as the Rock is on the d.
rect line from India to England and
as no duties are imposed 1t is the
place OF al others to delight "the
eternel feminine" ip search of bar
gains.
The Grsnsda section re-jolned us
1t Gibralter a2d as our tender
moved out toward the Arabic in the
afternoon We met the great ferry
host bearing them I'll over from AL
gecirss. The terminus OF their rail-
way ride tn the llpck for their three
hours ride before soing on board the
S,,eh shonfinx ard ersa,,ov ana