. The century illustrated monthly magazine . ems to affect their particular intonation sim-ilarly to the climate of America. Often in anunconscious moment the ear is deceived bya call which in New York would be at oncerecognized as that of the boy with voices are seldom sweet, and when awoman with her tambourine sings under thewindow some snatch of the opera or the music of a bolero, the notes are generally of rather ahard contralto voice, and are by no means aspleasing as the sight of the woman herself ina strong-colored petticoat, gay apron, and asquare of red or blue cloth bo
. The century illustrated monthly magazine . ems to affect their particular intonation sim-ilarly to the climate of America. Often in anunconscious moment the ear is deceived bya call which in New York would be at oncerecognized as that of the boy with voices are seldom sweet, and when awoman with her tambourine sings under thewindow some snatch of the opera or the music of a bolero, the notes are generally of rather ahard contralto voice, and are by no means aspleasing as the sight of the woman herself ina strong-colored petticoat, gay apron, and asquare of red or blue cloth bound round herhead. If one finds the subjects of Velasquez, Mu-rillo, and Goya everywhere out-of-doors, withindoors a stranger often chances unawares uponsome scene, the objects, colors, and chiaros-curo of which could be transferred without achange upon the canvas of either of thesemasters, and which resembles a picture twoor three centuries old stepping from its ancientframe into the present. One of the most vivid STREET LIFE IN MADRID. 37. %. T?s< ; A SPANISH LADY. of these pictures which I came across was theinterior of an old curiosity shop. From a narrow, winding street, whose whit-ish houses were closely shut up except wherean occasional red or blue striped curtain keptthe heat out from the little shop within, weentered a long brick passage-way, so dark itcould hardly be seen by any one coming fromthe glare of the street. A narrow stairway ledto the floor above, and here a door made ofa great many little wooden panels, which lat-ter indeed formed nearly the whole wall, ledinto the curiosity shop. A stout, pale Spanishwoman received and conducted us into an in-ner apartment. The room which we enteredwas dusky, but our conductor drew up a Vene-tian blind that formed a roof over a very largeFrench window, and through the slats of whichthe rays of sunlight straggled into the room,lighting it imperfectly. Here in the shop werea multitude of curious articles that were streak
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