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- .i-.t-8 ' THE OREGON SUNDAY -JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, i 1911. GLIMPSElOF O. HVBnrton Relates Hla Impression of Spain's Ancient Capital Whero b lienuufcabl Small Area But Happy Withal, Each an Aristocrat . , : .. By O. W.-Burton. Madrid. I am" sitting; here In my room writing this letter ioo yards from the 'en terror the world - Th center of ' infinity 1 anywhere and everywhere.' So It is with the tfnter of this world " cf oufsrWe atr knoarwhere the "Hub "of the Universe" Is In the world 'of a treat many bighlr intelligent and very fine people. The Chinaman: thinks his -JMFlcrwerjrKingdore! is aJso'Th- Can- tral 'Kingdom" and Is full aure that Chin is the center of the globe. To '- the ' southern , California who would Altera say thatXoslAngele is. on the rim? Arid the dweller by the Golden Gats will become Indignant If any . dare ' aert that la Uy 1 not 4,ho most cen tral spot from which all latitude and longitude, must" date.-while the Port- 4 lander Is Just, as sure that the sun in 'Ma diurnal course does not look down upon a bit of. country comparable - in any iresiKsLyjth ihevaHir Oh -Wtl-lamettefrom the forks of that dellght- . ful stream to .where it mingles Us wa ters' with those of the Columbia. - MadrW -te -Malaga -at -tn-outhern4-' ' end ' of the Iberian peninsula is tit kilometers, to Santander on the north coast, in a. straight line the distance la BOi kilometers, to Barcelona 685, and to : Lisbon 6. These are railroad dis tances, find in no case are the places absolotxlyi the farthest from the capl-. tal to lha-eoast. To be sure,-Lisbon is not In Spain,, but once It .was, or what was the same, was under Spanish control, and. this is another case of things being What they should not be. The patriotic Spaniard, la fully ' con vinced that it was a Jiard and unfair decree of fate, that his country is not still what it was In the days of' Philip II and much more besides. Surely the : world would be abetter If the wrong cause had, not triumphed and deprived the world of . so able a mistress. But fate won, and we shall not be able at this late-day to change her decrees -and make what should be the things that a hall be. - yA.v. , ... ' I had heard a great; deal ef i the ; Puerta del Sol, or the Gate' of the Sun, and had my own Ideas about this In teresting dot on the surface of the , earth. Now I am little given to con sulting guide books. I. find ; thej1 loo often lead me Into the wrong; paths and leave tne to find my way back to fact by my own unguided efforts. I do not knowi "Kind Readerwhat jyoit think cf the "Puerta del Sol" Just as you sit there on the shores of the far away Pa ctflo at this moment . As I sat there a few months ago I had in my mind la connection with . these . ": fascinating words a vision of an ample park with stately housea on all sides and fine trees and flower beds full of oolor and beauty all between. 1 never pretend to more knowledge than I possess, and am making a clear breast of my lgnor anoe, as It was last winter when I sat where you sit now. ; WelL there you have the Puerta del Sol as created "by my misguided Imagination. Here Is the spot aa It stands . before me from my windowhere. In old Madrid. ... ? Population Condensed. "We reached the Hotel Londrea at mid night of a certain day. It la a regular hotel, not large nor fine from our point ef view in America. It la called ."Q rand.1: as are all hotels here. . Meas ured by things In Mew York it Is not dear. But I knew I could get Just , as comfortable entertaining at a pension for leas than half the "tariff at the hotel, and early in the morning sallied forth la quest of my Ideal.' I found It in, 15 minutes, and It was at the very edge--of the. Puerta del ,8oL - This I found to be a bit of the city In the shape of a horseshoe which some one gave a hard blow on the toe,, thus flat tening the curve. Frbm heel to heel across the straight part of this square the distance Is 600 or 800 feet, and around the flattened curve It might measure somewhat more than 1000 feet Hera 10 of the principal streets of the city converge and here come all the streetcar lines of Madrid. Here also congregates at,- noon a maea, of the populatlonthat .fills it aa thick aa an anthill In a summer field, brhe mouth of a beehive when the flowers are all la bloom. It Is a flower bed of color, to be sure, but the flowers are human, the beautiful women and handsome men of Spain, and. the color Is tnat of the robes they wear. How wide apart are facta and fancy 1 The houses aregood all around the horseshoe, but not grand In any one instance. Two or three are hotels, all "grand" by the signs, they bear, but not one so good as a second class hostelry in any large city on the Pacific coast No wonder it Is a beehive of hu manity. Here (centers the civil, mercan tile and social life of a city of 500,000 people. It is a city, too, hot of busy mercantile t people, or of manufactur ing plants, but mostly of government officials, or well to do people whose business la that ancient trade of killing time, of visitors from other parte Of Spain, and of tourists from all parts of the world. There are here in our pen sion eight to twelve persons day by day, Most of these come -from Amer ica; once In a while comes a German or a Swede, or a man or woman from England. Of natives there are some here at; any time. This pension is Mai rid In epitome. It Is a flat with an area of about 80 by 60 feet. This is sub divided Into 10 rooms, all bedrooms ex ceptlng the small kitchen, the smaller j "sitting room" with a piano that occu pies one third of its space, and the din i Ing Toora-4-by-4 V where al aseore of people eat three times a day. The space is about that of the bod room floor of a pretty good American house . where would be-found four bedrooms, a hall, and a bathroom. Remember, this ; is maae' to answer for 10 rooms, and here more than a do2en people find ac- ' commodatlon all the time. The sleeping room -'are -fitted up with from one to three beds each, and these are shifted xrora room to room as they are needed ah are - single beds, tl is scarcely worth while to say that some of these rooms are mere holes in the wall, with no light from outside nor ventilation eaceptlng from the small halls, almost always hermetically sealed from the outer air. In the center of the flat comes. down a light' well 6 by 10 feet which greatly, reduces the , available r-Simcer-VTHs-'ia-used to dry her-clothns, which are washed in the kitchen. .This flat has flvefloots and a mansard utory undr the roof. - The ground floor Is used for stores; Jo all the others peo- 1 pie live more or' les, packed together. The' building la flanked on both sides and In'-the rear with others Just like it, only the rear one has a light well be tween U and the others and those on all sides share In the light. The air is not enough for a bird in a cage. So It goes up and down the street and SO in all the other streets near the cen ter of the city, j All the houses are five to six atories, mostly .'five, eacepting a few Id"ones.of one or .two.; .if all the floors of the building are as well occu pied as ours the four; principal floors lodge and feed ntiarlySO , persona, As the storf keepers lve in the rear of their stores, and aa the: mansard accommo- .dUt .avcmLjcixcinaXhla..ana.a cfto by 60 feet .on tho ground With Its six stories gives shelterto about half a hun dred people,, and.' 20 such spaces will lodge lim). . r .. V" , - - " l-VaWlng of the 'physical features of MADRID AND I I'--- ftrttttttl ' 1 ' iCsaaaZZsaaaaaaSZZlll " I y ''''' :':'ij--''r'- Top Royal Palace, Madrid." Madrid calls up Ha position with regard to the surrounding country. The city stands on a slight eminence In the midst of a great central plateau around which runs a circle of high mountains. In the late fall and' winter snow capped as td their highest peaks. This plateau cen turies ago was covered with a dense forest of magnificent growth. The peo ple t of theee olden times forgot they were to have children Ho succeed them and that these generations . would need wood for various purposes. So they in a 'most wanton way, used up the woods, leaving a treeless, bleak and sterile plain for miles around Madrid. Hence come the high cost of fuel as well as of Um ber for other purposes, and worse still, the awful climate of Madrid. It has passed Into a proverb which you 1s ear on every hand that the climate here Is made up of "nine months of winter and three of hell." You realise It at whatever time you come. Moreover, the climate Is subject to great changes because of the winds from the mountains around. It Is pleasant In the winter during the hours from 11' a. m. to 4 p. m. The nights are very cold, and also the morn Ings and evenings. The Gulf streanf spreads Its vapors all over western Eu rope, rilling the air with moisture, and while it prevents the low temoeratures of .New ; Kngland, the dampness makes the less degrees of cold or heat all the more trying. ' I love- to dwell on the narks a tma European cities. The park commissions of all our cities should visit these coun tries ana learn. Madrid has dozens of small plazas' or squares all over the city. It has the Prado, with Its pro longations around the loutheast side of the city, perhaps three miles in alL It is J50 to 600 feet where it enlarges into a plaza here 'and there. It resembles the avenue .Champs Elysees in Paris, All along are trees with walks between them, flower beds here and there, and fountains and monuments to the mem ory of great men or representing some mythological subject Simplicity Is the feature that strikes you. The plan Is all for convenience and to please the eye, and this Is done by the closest ad herence possible to nature. A)I that Is done Is to make walks and drives. These and the monuments are the only ob trusion of man Into the realms of na ture In her simplest moods. Beyond the Prado lie the parks, stretching for miles, all the creation of art whose pur pose Is to counterfeit nature as nearly as possible and at the same time permit the people to come into closest contact with the simplest moods of nature and enjoy the beauU.es of the parks. El Parque de , Madrid and El Rettro are contiguous, and both lie five minutes' walk from the Prado.. Meaty of Water. Outwardly Madrid is very clean. It is mostly so Inwardly, too. More than !0 years ago the city spent $25,000,000 to bring in 300 miles from the moun tains a very bountiful supply of pure water. This is piped through the streets and to the parks, where many small lakes have been created. Every morn ing city employes hitch long pieces of nose to faucets in the sidewalk ' and flood the streets. There ls.no mud nor dust in the streets or the air. In the hot-summer the atreets awaprinkled in this way several times a day, cooling tne air a great aeai. What I have been trying to do in this letter is to present a view of the house in which a great municipality dwells. Now about the family. In other words, let us turn from Madrid the physical city to the humans who make their home here. The first thing that ar rests the attention of the careful ob server is the sharp, contrast revealed between wealth and poverty and at the same time the comparative plane of equality on which all stand. Madrid is a city of great wealth. This is mani fested in the rich shops where clothing, furniture. Jewelry and comestibles are sold. Only great wealth could call such establishments into existence or keep iHm-Ln. Jjein g xne .equipages seen along the Prado and the richly dressed children in the parks in charge of well clad nurses teach the looker-on that he is In among a people of taste and wealth. I saw babes in the arms of nurses in costly livery with hundreds of yards of fine lace on the little things dresses. The Groat Kiddle Class. And Just as much In evidence Is the most abject poverty. -The great mass in the passing show of ; course Is the middle one, the most Important In all cities and countries tha world over. These make up four-fifths of the peo ple you see. They are well clad, well fed people who have ho great cause to complain. The other 20 per cent is equally divided between, beggars and humble persons on one side and the "great world" on the other. . Some one has said that a church is a place where Trr06orrmeetf6getirer, and God hath made them both. Then Madrid closely resembles a church, for all classes go to all placet at the same time and in the-same way. The Prado end the parks are where one sees the ITS;;PEOPtE Half Million People Are Uouaed With Democratlo Way.- Brrnrrwjfs SJaLfiCGLfoi Bottom Street In Madrid. people in all their phases. All after noons when the weather is bright these places are as populous as a bee hive. Here go the perambulators with the laoe bedecked babes of wealth and fash ion In care of nurses In gorgeous livery. Sandwiched between pass the children of the middle classes. Sometimes the parents , of the children of . the laces walk by the aide of the little carriages, The middle classes take charge of their own offspring forvthe most part And the crowd is all shot through with peo ple of the humblest; walks of life, both old and young. The parents sit in the sun and chat betimes while the children skip rope, play horse, hrow balls, and Indulge in all the sports of childhood that are older than all histories and antedate all cites. - - So at noon In the Puerta del Sol. It is a motley crowd. The grand dame steps from her carriage and the rich merchant toalks the sidewalks cheek by Jowl with the, street sweeper who has the noon hour off, the street car man who Is to get his lunch, and the omnlp resent beggar, fas ..well as small boys and girls, old men and women in poor clothes selling all sorts of things use fin or otherwise to catch a penny for the dally needs. Here passes along regiment of Infantry, colonel and cap tains in gorgeous array, foot soldiers well clad and carrying their guns, and the street gamins run in and out among the ranks. Here Is .an urchin with a broom he has borrowed from the street sweeper on his shoulder mocking the sergeant by whose side he struts. In a monarchical country, ' one in which birth 'and position count' for so much one might expect to see much repres sion' of the common people. As a mat ter of fact there is no such thing. The commonest men and women go about much more independently In aristocratic Madrid than!, in the most democratic cfty in America. All asked here has nothing to do with wealth or position, with clothes or other outward clrcumr stance. Any person goes where he will provided he has the price to pay for what he wishes and will behave himself properly. The laborer Jostles the count; the poorest Bits at the next table to the millionaire in any public plaoe where each pays his way or where ad mission is free. In all their bearing the utmost independence Is marked in the conduot of all classes of people. All you can say to the king is "senor," and that the mono who robs you for moving your trunk, if he can, expects. "Si el le gueste a usted, sehor," is the way the humblest expects, to be ad dressed. The girl of all work whose wardrobe la worth 12.50 and whose monthly wage Is $3, expects this of all guests, and gets it That is all you can say to the mistress. The English is "If it pleases your honor, sir," So It goes In this old monarchy where aiistooratlo dignity clings so to cere mony and every man is in his own eyes a hidalgo and is treated so by all the most aristocratic people with the most democratlo ways. PIONEER OF OREGON DIES AT DAYTON, WN. (Special Dispatch to Ttt JoarnaL) Dayton, Wash., March 4. James Simpson, well ; known pioneer mining man -of Oregon, Is dead at the farm of M. Maynard six miles east of Dayton, aged nearly 89 years. The cause of death is given as senile decay although the old man had not been sick long. Rev. Warren Kennoyer will conduct the funeral at the Maynard , place tomor row morning and the remains will be brought to this city. Mr. Simpson came west about 60 years ago from New York where he landed from his native heath, Scotland, when a boy of 18. He claimed to have been born in the same neighborhood with Jtobert Burns, the immortal Scotch poet. He severed his family ties' when he left Scotland and has left no rela tives that he knew of. On the frontier most of his life, Simpson took an active part In tha-lnnlngoftheJweat-and fought many Indian battles. ; He was never -married. He lived in' a small house on the outskirts of Dayton until three, years ago when he was burned OUt 1 '-' i V SOON BEGIN WORK ON , WASCO'S COURT HOUSE (Special Dbpitcb to TDa jnnrriL) The Dalles, March 4. Wasco coun ty's new. $100,000 court house Is to be built on the corner of. Washington and Fifth streets, "the prop'erty occupied by the First Baptist church, the county court having closed a deal with the heirs of the O. D. Taylor estate for the purchase of the ground, a tract 100 feet on Washington and 174 on Fifth street The site selected for the court house is one ..of.thabeat ,ln , tha-ottyrlt-teelag sufficiently close to the business streets and at the same time far enough out to be away from the noise, besides it Is oh one of the most generally , traveled streets In the city. The ountv hn I bargained to sell a quarter block It ' -'..-.--'-.,-. m- - ,. owned on flooohd street to" the govern ment for a location for tba government building for which there Is an JSO.000 appropriation,, and will likely sail the quarter-block on -whioh the xld oourt house stands for business, curooses. It i Is expeoted i that' work'6f oonstruotlng tne new. court House will be oommeaced not later. than June 1, and it is expect ed to-complete It before the end of the year.'.-.:,V : -. . :;?r ' " r' NO B0XING J0UTS - : :; :ll&iNcimo:$ALSM t Balenvdr.,:, Marohi4-drdlnancesi of the. city of Salem do not permit prize fighting ; and r Mayor ; Lachmuhd -. has Issued an order dlrectlng;that Chtef of Police .Hamilton prohibit future boxing bouts In tba. city. . ; A fight that '.was to have been pulled off last nlghtunder the auspices of Company M of the Ore gon National Guard in the ' armory. which is located on , the third floor of the city hallwas called off. .t . ;. y-U-r some bouts have been held from time A Man I s A . esiost: US MMl ;'....-.i:'.;';'.W'V":r--'-''-' v ,vr-.,i!:?.jy r; ,i - v-v-;";'- ... .!TlKMyi;'.;'ii'ifjra'.i .-1!!. , V ".' " V 'J' , V 1 ' I . ' ' t " ' ' - ':;-'- " ' . V. i.' , . '-i. "-1 If" 'IlllW.- r r -mm, . . ' I mmmmmmmu ll"'lllIIIMlir Illll II III II Ill -,- 1 T HI - llllirmi IMIIBBIIIMIIWIIIMIBII I Ill IM II I lll 1 1 ! II .. I. I Hill sUi eUi aUMs ; V V ' 1 T r W I InT vvjj- " " 'V'i Jj II ' vsi rv t1 OFFICE HOURS 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. ; Sundays 9 to 1. DR.' W. A. WISE, Prei; and Mgr. Phones A and Main 2029 OFFICES IN FAILING BUILDING, THIRD AND WASHINGTON STlTslsECOND FL rihe Fiiir This book contains Bud Fisher's best cartoons, the funniest series ever pub lished. A treat for young and old. Printed on good paper, with heavy-cover.' Will Appear in The Journal Secure seven consecutively numbered cou pons and take them with 37 cents in cash to any of the distributing depots.4' ; ; Or subscribe to' The. Daily and Sunday' Journal at 65 cents. a: month. paying. hv ad . vance.for four monthsand secure a book free. By mail 10 cents extra for postage. Coupons and Subscription Orders Taken in the Following Places THE J. K. GILL COMPANY OLDS, WORTMAN & KING Book Department .to time In the city halt by ttie militia, and there baa heretofore been no Inter vention on the part of the authorities, There have been details of police prea en't, but the contests have never been so severe " as ff merit any Interference. The mayor' says'ne .would probably al low boxing bouts to be held by an ath letlo - organisation providing the- bout was held In a proper place and , no de cision rendered on the outcome. . . . . ;v; .0- V Teacher Reengaged, vv '; :; 4 i ! (Bptcifti Dtptch to' Tbe Journal.) '. Freewater,! Or., March f. -The Mllton Freewater echoolfboard-fcae reengaged nearly all the !; teachers ; for" it 11 , that taught; :iast fiear. .Prpfewwr) 1, E. Young; will ho 'the principal " for the Milton' -school v . and Professor W.': H. Musselman . has - been : engaged as . the principal for the Freewater school. Mr. and Mrs. L.- B. Bevy, Mrs.. Jlorehia -KeU ly, V Mra-Cbarles-, Bliss,' Miss , Bessie Morris. - Miss Olga Oleson, Miss ' Nell, Miss .Mary Graham, Miss Alice Comp- ton are the rest of the staff with one more; teacher to be engaged.; I f v.f K rib w n by the Company ' .' 1 ' , ' ' y- ' ' v . ' " " ' (Li'- I . ' -V I NOW, CUNtf TO TH06G COOPOKS J J? JiU. jU U IrSX ill? j THINK OF U5 IN OOOXFqBM.MtY . "r- agjr SOME CLASS' SHAXSfTARC HASJNCTNWG , ' rX-X ON BODBWeRHOW. eREi YAMHILU v jf v. ! M I 'i V 4f IWOKCtR wta5TH. CAH BE w Xi . - VSl Vltvl- i J' r )&fiKr Iiknow I SAYS TAFT PLAYS TO III STREET La Police Charges ' Interests Are Benefactors ot;japanf ese Treaty.". - Press Lenwa .Wim.1 . : Madison, , -Wla. March 4. "Dollar diplomacy,"' Japanese . exclusion and : a strongscorlng of President ; Taf and Secretary Knox in connection rwlth those 1 themes is the central Interest this, week TIiq teverert teil of 'gboij dental it ME. Cr woA na ben on trial for nearly twenty-five ywk. 1 Our bu$ines increase eacKyeariWn the answer?- A promise is one thing, performance is - another. Any dentist can buy space in a-paper. and promise . everythinjgven things that are impossible of ful fulment. We-would not now be in business in : : Portland if we did riot Jive up to oiir promises,- as -time alwavs tells ;the,talev It has always been our object and aim to give the best possible work at a ; price within reach of people of moderate means. No WArt IC vr cli'Vrko4 . U1. tti it.. ' ,!'y'vw,v.vi.ijum u uiu unite, .dim uuui uic " simplest to the most difficult operation you can feel fully assured that it will be as good as it is possible to produce here or elsewhere. .' Painless and gentle treatment have also been leading factors contribut ing to our. success. ' GooiJ Rubber Plateseach . . ... ... .$5.00 The Beit Rubber Platei each ; , . ; . . . . v . . $7.50 &2k Gold or Porcelain Crown for . . . . ... . .$5.00 22k Bridge Teeth, guaranteed, each . . . $5.00 Gold or Enamel Fillings . . . ... .... . . . .$1.00 up Silver Fillings, each . v. .50c up Painless Extracting . . ..... . . . . . .1 . . t ,50c up ' ' ' ill mi I i ii iiiii . ,it I m il i 'in. I. i nn mi. i l i iii wn ". Wiiviiiiiiwii.iiM,i'''ii" !il'inr II MEIER & FRANK COMPANY Book Department UPMAN, WOLFE & CO. Book Department in La Toilette's Magaxine, Its leading article contains this passage: , ; '.!, "ThelTaft-Knox: dollar diplomacy has : scored again. This time It Is ;on trade, with Japan, ' America ' has .abandoned its right to exclude Japanese Jaborers, , leaving In Its place a "gentleman's agreement' which, without a treaty pro vision. Is nothing. : In return, if there Is any, consideration given, it must be found in the likelihood that certain New York bankers -will be permitted to -participate in concessions for the con structlon of Manchurlan railroads. - ' "Dollar diplomacy is mora Interested In Morgan concessions than In Japanese exclusion,- Dollar diplomacy traded the navy's secrets for contracts xfor the Bchwah flhlpbuildinglcompany. .It ' -Is-meddling in Turkey to get more con cession for American financiers. What next? Is. there anything more, anything which. Taft and Knox will not, give to" foreign nations In exchange for the "business' desired by their Wall street friendarr A ' ::'- ': -VS ''-t ':. fi Journal Want Ads bring results. He Keeps Outiof -Town PatienU' Work Completed in One Day ' When Necessary. MEANING of a GUARANTEE All work is guaranteed against imperfections in material and . workmanship and against all . breakage, due to, the. same. The . dental work done under this con tract is guaranteed. ' - - - T7 A-