The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19
Letters From Abroad.
continued from Page One.)
of ten. | can deceive them into being
Receives The Attention of Dark Eyed
Beauties.

price of anything or make any in
lilies about it-that will too often
betray your ignorance Of their money.
But just call for what you want. hand
them certainly enough or more thar
enough to pay for the article. then as
sumo an air of Importance and look
wise. | have worked that scheme
With remarkable success. | now have
1t down so fine that, in nine times Okt
Spain is an exceedingly poor cOun-
try. 1t is lacking in two of the great
elements Of observation-disclosures
and manufacturing. Almost the en-
tire country is mountainous and de-
void of timber. The level soil has
been exhausted of its fertility for ages.
The blight Of the MOors is still on the
land. The rural sections are for
saken by the people and the cities are
teeming With paupers and beggars.
In no other country in Europe are
there so many whose only occupation
is begging; grown, a~ble-bodied men,
healthy boys and women galore beg
ging. The government is pOwerless
to stop it. They cannot pay a fine
and the worthless government is too
poor to feed them if it undertook to
imprison them. The King is a mere
~non-entity and the men in other
branches of his government are
~grandees and grand ounces. If Spain
had a man for a King like the En-
roror of Germany or the President of
the United States, and a few judges
like that Dutchman up at The Hague,
new life would be put in the old land
and some of her former glory return.
Outside of the beggarS II the aver
age amount Of ~rascals, the Spanish
people are clever and nice. | have
revised my opinion of their national
character. The cruelties of the In
QUESTION and the sport of bull fighting
have caused many TO believe that al
hcar1 the Spaniard is a savage. That
is not true. The cruel bigcts in au-
sponsible for the Inquisition, and not
all the Spanish people attend the bull
fights. Only a few years back people
Wore burned as witches in u country,
and we still have the prize fight which
is more brutal tina the bull fight. Il
would be unfair 10 judge American
character by those who burnt witches
and those who patronize the prize
fight. The Spanish people are warm
heated, genial and most obliging-
= heir country is poor. and most Of
them are poor in this worlds goods.
but rich in tina best OF all wealth. a
,heerful heart. They are incessanJ
+alkers and laugh much. Like chill
dren. a mere trife Will tickle them.
You need no Introduction, Just go
;head and talk to them-if You can.
: lie young people are not c~eremonious.
d ~ StLSIiltSI lB40I-it-IA III < L.
.t3rt Il conversation. If you assist a
young lady 10 put her packages in the
9 rack, she goes at once to cOnvers-
ing With YOU. In this way L have had
seN eral very pleasant ex Darte CONVEX
s1tions with Spanish beauties: If
they travel any distance on the train
they always carry along lunch and a
bottle of wine. They rarely ever fail
10 offer YOU some of both. And not
withstanding the very clerical look
which | try to assume. still they poke
their bottle at me. l find ii a little
T. Gre difficult TO decline on a cold day
and in a cold car. They are very
clever also about giving information
end otherwise assisting a traveller.
heir complexion is dark. The wo-
nlen are perfect ~brunettes. | see no
n ore blue eyes. light hair and rudy
fees. I see no more of those pretty
blondes. They are UP yonder north
CT the Rhine Now il is the equally
4 pretty black eyes. raven hair. dark
eyebrows and a complexion which
rivals the glo~, o. an astern dawn.
Lcrd Byron. in his rambles in Spain,