La Junta tribune., 1911-04-08

trast here, even grC alter than at
Cad!x. is the presence Of fine. rich
homes right along side the very poor
est class In the city, and the homes
here are probably more elaborate
than any found in Spanish cities
Even In Germany the saying Is
God gives his fayorites house In
Seville" With all it's beauty ami
apparent hustle. but more apparent o:
course with the inpouring Of 600
Americans. all thirst for snoppin-.
/ Seville can not beast c! much NOR
than the love OF guitar playing. sing
| ing and gam ling. while the women.
although famed for srac. and beauty.
/ are interested more In dress. the
opera and the ball ring than any
thing else.
SIX hours on the Arabic brings
one from Cadiz to Gibraltar thu
/ gateway OF the Mediterranean. the
/ largest stronghold In the world, and
fortress kept by the English at
cost of s. 100000 year. Rising 1900
feet out OF the sea. strong and STEADY
il is no wonder the great insurancs
company uses IL a. their banner rock
There where Gioraitars cannonod
steep u'erfrOWns the wave" here one
finds rather rough harbor. noE
Icing enlarged because OF the crowd
I'd hsrbor at Malta Anchorage is
often difficult. and often storms carry
boats to the rocky shores There Is
more English spoken here than any
place In Spain. and the one and
only Impression j. that Of an English
fortress The ghole atmosphere is
saturated with martial character
- rocky bas. surrounded by battsr
les and its summit bFistling With can
pom. its soldiers and sentinels, IFS
drums and bugies, and roaring can
non. all denote the worlds mighti,st
stronghold The rock Is honeycom1-
ed with tunnels from whose porthclss
gunn.rs can pour out deadly nre,
they themselves being completely pr
trcted About 5000 men are situatsi
herr for every day use With proyis q
made for an Indefinite number.
One sees quite a mixture Of pcopla
at CadIz. but Gibraltar presents
larssr number The streets. still q
the narrow type. veil cobbled ana
clean. present a cosmopolitan ar
M0ors With their snow white turba1s
about III, first sight Of the Arab
with the hooded garments. bare les
and yellow slippers. long t,arisi
Jews. Turks iu their basgy trous,rs
kpaniards. Portuguese. negroes. NAL
,esc. and the English soldier 400
seem to impress the stranger viii
memorable bizarre not TO De- fors1t-
ten.
Buying i a habit With Americans.
and as each place has IL character
istic product, shopping Is one OF
the main things. afford.ng sishts
srom which hay. derived no nth.
pleasure Every shop IL a bargain
center. aud the scrambliug pushing.
excited crowds present picture
Denver Monday morning sale cannot
compare uith. At Cadiz and lille.
slks. laces. fans. etc. are the chief
articles A, Gibraltar most any thing
T. Oriental character can b. soften.
especially silks. lares. beautiful Nj
monas. evening gowns. etc II an
article Is marked s2o. FOR Instance,
shout s. or even lower. D. offered.
and usually loupht AZ the BUYERS
osn price when return and - 10
buy even an ice cream soda. aith
check Of 10 cents presented am
afraid I'm thso~ up my hands and
say, oh. too much give y0a thras
cents" from habit
You VIII notice / haven't even men.
toned what may seem IN. most i'm.
porthnt. IA" old churches aHd Caihe-
dralS Al these ar" very old. very
beautiful. very impressive. bat TO
riye any description u interest 10
getting lar beyond my ability vrlte
only the words Old and nov cathedral
At CadiI. aud the old cathedral at
Seville. the latter next 10 the lars,st
N the world. at Rome. ami contain.
iag the tomb Of Columbus. the most
Interesting thing | ssW there. These
'athcdrals contain hundreds Of an.
uqucs, precious lewcls. STATUES. etc.
81 a pric. far beyond calculation. /
saw one piece of gold In the old ca.
thcdral at cadir. containing sss 900
Jewels. diamonds. pearl. and emer.
aids