The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-30
A Street in Cadiz.

busineSslike lock. Like all commercial
businesslike ports she has a smart
up-todate appearance. There is some
thing about Cadiz which reminds one
of Genoa. She is different from all 9TH
er Spanish cities, even the ports, for
she is smarter than Malaga, and not
so tinged with American and French
as is the marvellous Bilbao. But there
Is something more about Cadiz-there
is her really lovely appearance when
she is approached from the sea.
Just as one should always, if pos
sible, be in q particular mood for the
complete enjoyment of certain expert
ences, so one should always approach
particular cities in a certain way and
the poorest way of all to approach
almost any city is by train. Never go
to Cadiz by rail. Better far, f you are
in mid-Spain and must use the roads
or the tedious ferrOcaril, go to Seville
or over to Tangier in Africa and make
one of those little voyages that are
regularly available, in order to come
upon Cadiz by way Of the sea. 1t is
generally acknowledged that there is
no other sea approach in the world
that is so beautiful as this.
Cadiz at such times and in such cir
cumstances is a glorious picture in
white and blue. She rises up from the
sea on small platform of limestone
rock which only very narrow 18TH
holds 70 hn ir11o nd Tn
jestic silver beauty the houses with
their aZoteas, or fiat roofs, seem to
rise like a fairy city above the deep
blue of the sea, their miradores or
view towers surrounding them. All are
heavily coated with whitewash fire.
quently renewed
Always White and Clean.
Thus the city is always white, quite
smokeless, and is kept spotlessly clean.
1t glistens in the sun against the blue
Andalusian sky, with waters tapping
1t nearly all around. Ehe poets and
the descriptive writer's have almost ex-
hausted themselves in their use of fine
adjectives to describe it's beauty and
yet they feel they have failed Span
iards call it their "tazita de plata" or
silver dish; some Of them say it is
more like 'palacio de plata" beauti-
fully chased, and from another aspect
they liken it to great alabaster ship
floating out upon the waters. No terms
are too strong in which to speak of
Cadiz thus seen from the sea, for she
is indeed very beautiful, vertically ga
white pearl set in crown of sapphires
anu emeralds."
The interior of no city could COM
pletely match such an outside view,
but yet Cadiz, within, is good and
pleasant also, and is always extremely
clean. But it Is very practical place,
and though 1t has it's cathedral with
q spire rising over all, 1t has little in
the way of art-one of the oldest cities
of Spain though it be-to attract the
visitors who need 1t for their linger-
ing at any place. 1t is a place to
wonder at, to tarry at for but little
while, and then to leave, knowing 1t
full we'll to be unforgettable. But in
the new days of travelling that are be-
ginning, no person who wanders
toward the south Of Spain should,
through neglect, miss seeing Cadiz
from the water. 1t will live in his
memory when he has forgotten many
pictures. 1t will hold its place in his
esteem even when he comes face to
face with the incompatible Bay Of
Naples.