The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-03
I11prlsoned Princess Still
Affracfiuo Bait for Many
Illealfhu Foreign Gentlemen

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Mythical Castles by .tIle Sea
Add XEncll ntment TO
lmpos II 4: &
lsRHNADA Spain July 81 -:
have t#com1ngEsto
IN search of the beauti i fuIl
sssand wealth princess Imprisoned
darkYdam Stower$by aGgreedy
!; uncle who's anxious; tosannexg11l Her el.
81 fortune
e hist ORIG old Spanish swim
ole apparently #has gone out OF
fashion1 in the United States, but
ssstiIin-yoguein4oth other parts Of
stheSWorld.. ~ Germany has recently
qui tegs al crop of @k kind nc :
Shearted GENT emen who advanced
SInoneySfor the3reIease ofgtheS dark
eyed Spanish beautySWho was suff-
gring in rat-tnfe sted cell and
sIowly dying on diet Of dry
i bread and watersswhile the bats
sslHaye herb ad8and added
9fEtfthe SterrorsSof8h er@ olitary# con-
Granad a has ways been a
center for the men who
have sto the relief of
imprisonedsbeau Washtngt ton
sgIrYingsandSsco lesser writers
redited%G ranad aawith Shay--
ingsmores beaut iful women than
ssaEnyaother8cityi int tn world. The
ofsthesR Rose f%the SAlham-
bra and sstheH stories of the three
Zayda, Tor
ayda andszora hayda, hover about
sStheH Alhambra and make 1T the;
natural refuge for disappointed
distressed beauty.
Vaudeville stars always have
onndatheEnames of Moorish prin-
cessesgproftab1es playful Is. They
carryMwithssthe EN- the atmosphere.
sssof theAharem, of the yelled face
@an heEorientals dance. They sug-55
gest Alham bra and mil lions OF.
sSoId and the price 1ess moorish
jewels5 which Boabdil and his
%couTtSaresrep In slegend.to
have ssecretedS1n their beaut1fu!
twas surrendered,
and Isabella. Boab-,
AdUx andshiss queen#are supposed to
a cavern 1nEthe neigh
TbaringS smountainss waiting for a
Aenagicscall from Mohammed which
StEWEiiI restore them to their old
sSgforys IN the Alham bra. Every
turret, every Em1naret
in the old Al.
has its legend:
SsSositssissnot strange that search
Sars forSprincess should come to
having sought vain.
yIySforanythical easiest in mythical
Most of the modern
SpanishSprincesS are being helo
IN castles by the sea. Cas-.
sea aresSo much lamp.
and Sthen ii is much more
ssromantfcsforr rescue parties to APP
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES coast in ships
and%MaHes the imprisoned pr1n-s
cess Who@wi1I promptly tear her
cIoThiug bits and make a rope.
Syifhghich she#will lower herself
sEfrondAthe#g1oomy tow er.
5sNfanyzofA the imp who are:
narkefingadyen to credulouS
5sinYsstorssgiYe their princessest the:
IN ames OF famous women who
ssIIays,e been dead for centuries.
:nroraymahgand sAishah, queens OF
8stfie NIoorish 6regime who have
emdeadsforsoY er44 o 05years, and
many othergce celebrities Of history
8 legends have lent their names
5QI411NCoSS5
distress:
elkeeperss ina Granada have
Sbecome sgskilled stnSSd etecting yisi--;
searching foreimpri--
soned beauti es. They usually.
smaKesYer inquiries and
seldom admit they have been
duped Frequent they inquire
sforgypsyf fortune tellers. or as as
who robably charge
wei fort eirrsss servi ces. Letters
the distressed print-
Scessesasrssi1s aa1l UNMARKED strictly
conhdenha1sand instructions are
thing must be said
the life Of the prin-
cess angered. Most of the
dunes ares to much ashamed OF
l::ghtstos onfesS openlyst
fhgyShaYesbeenSgulled,b ut5 an oc-
ascasfona approaches some
nsu1s or seeks the
safdsof op1tce In trying
@fosrecoNersmoney advanced to the