White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06

cytisus and the gold of colchicum,
the creamy white Of arabs and the
mauves of aubrietia, blend into the
fresh foliage of the overhanging trees
and the azure of the new-washed
Skies"
The charm of the story of the origin
of this porcelain garden almost equals
the beauty of the ceramic triumph IT.
self. On a November morning in
1919 a vast crowd had gathered in
the Plaza de Armas, for there was
to be a public hanging, and these
events we're Roman holidays for the
populace.
I The public crier had announced:
'''rhe Warrantable and Royal Audien-
cha of this City of the Kings has con-
Idemned to suffer a shameful death
on the gallows Alfonso Godinez, native
Of Guadalajara, in Spain. for the muir
der of Marta villoslada without fear
of Judgment human or divine Let him
who did so pay the penalty! This
sentence is to be read in the presence
3of all lest they meet a like end Let
Justice be done"
Came Reprieve.
The condemned man had taken his
stand beneath the moose and the hang
man was nervously adjusting the fatal
knot Suddenly monk pushed his way
through the throng, climbed the gal
lows platform, and handed a parch-
ment to the captain of the guard.
After the latter had read it, the two
engaged in a moment of animated
conversation, after which the padre
led the condemned man away and
into the portals Of the monastery OF
San Francisco. The crowd, disappoint-
ed, hung about the Plazuela de San
Francisco discussing this strange over
throw of justice and berating those
who had denied them their holiday.
But later the reason for reprieve
became known. That morning the con-
demned man had made what he
thought would be his last confession
on earth, to the prior of the monastery.
He said that he was a potter by trade
and that he had learned the art both
of making and setting tiles.
Years before, Dona Catalina Huanca
had brought from Spain magnificent
collection of tiles for the decoration
of the new cloisters at San Francisco;
but neither plan nor tile setter had
come with them, and Lima had no
tile settlers. So for years the tiles had
been piled up in a corner Of the mon
astery; many were stolen and more
were broken. Would Providence ever
open a way for their setting?
Here seemed to be the answer;
the prior saw an opportunity to let
the man who had murdered woman
in a drunken brawl repent his sins
in lifelong task of setting these
splendid tiles. So he FASTENED to the
Viceroy to implore the pardon Of the
murderer, and the Viceroy a descend
ant of the Borgias, seeing poetic JUS
tice in RENTING the penalty of the
scaffold and imposing task Of serv
| Tee that would require a lifetime
granted the communication Of sentence
One can see today the wisdom OF
that act of mercy-tempered Justice
Alfonso Godinez was a true artist, who
loved his work and threw his soul into
it. Today 1.-THE walls blossom with pic
lures which in their mellowness, rich
ness, and seductive beauty rival those
of the Alhambra itself; and it is doubt
full if outside of Spain there is to be
found finer example of porcelain en-
tablature in the heyday of it's art thar
here"
Lima is peculiarly city OF
churches, with some 70 in it's limits
and, with nearly four centuries of out
standing ecclesiastical tradition be-
hind them, the people are much given
to buying religious objects. The Ca
thedral Is magnificent structure
much larger than PiZarro built, but
still not so grand as the one erected
during the early years of the vicerega
regime and destroyed by the great
earthquake that wiped out Callao, the
nearby seaport.
The high altar is Of massive silver
construction. In the chapel Of the Vir
gin is a celebrated image presented
by the Emperor Charles v Of Spain
and in the Chapel Arcediano an orig
inal painting attributed to Murillo
representing Jesus and Veronica.
Here rests glass and-marble casket
which is most interesting Of all, fol
| it contains the half-mummy, half
skeleton reputed to be the remains Of
| the great conquerer.
| Fashionable Hats Taboo.
The attire for church occasions II
perhaps the most conservative In the
New world Even those women who
dress in the latest Partisan modes
elsewhere put on their plain blacl
mantilas when going to church. Ir
some congregations those who come
in fashionable headgear are told pc
litely to remove them and substitute
their mantillas before they are allowed
to be seated.
Among the fine old residences o.
Lima one Of the most ilnpresslvel.
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