﻿THE 
  LAND 
  OF 
  THE 
  BASQUES 
  

  

  73 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Casa 
  Lux 
  

  

  A 
  BULL-FIGHT 
  IN 
  A 
  BASQUE 
  VILLAGE 
  

  

  Even 
  the 
  villages 
  in 
  Spain 
  must 
  have 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  bull-fight 
  every 
  year, 
  on 
  the 
  festival 
  

   of 
  the 
  patron 
  saint 
  of 
  the 
  locality. 
  The 
  arena, 
  or 
  "plaza 
  de 
  toros," 
  in 
  the 
  small 
  towns, 
  is 
  

   often 
  rather 
  crudely 
  improvised, 
  however. 
  The 
  national 
  sport 
  is 
  as 
  popular 
  in 
  the 
  Basque 
  

   provinces 
  as 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  Spain. 
  This 
  photograph 
  shows 
  the 
  long 
  blouses 
  worn 
  by 
  Basque 
  

   laborers. 
  

  

  and 
  long 
  white 
  apron 
  and 
  always 
  receives 
  

   the 
  same 
  order: 
  

  

  "Coffee, 
  very 
  black 
  — 
  un 
  anisette 
  — 
  and 
  

   a 
  set 
  of 
  dominoes/' 
  

  

  The 
  cafes 
  are 
  often 
  large, 
  and 
  when 
  

   they 
  are 
  crowded, 
  at 
  the 
  popular 
  hours, 
  

   with 
  every 
  patron 
  slapping 
  dominoes 
  

   down 
  on 
  marble-topped 
  tables 
  with 
  what 
  

   force 
  he 
  can 
  muster, 
  talking 
  in 
  excited 
  

   tones, 
  smoking 
  cigarettes, 
  and 
  with 
  wait- 
  

   ers 
  crying 
  their 
  orders, 
  there 
  reigns 
  what 
  

   might 
  most 
  properly 
  be 
  called 
  confusion. 
  

   As 
  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  heard 
  above 
  the 
  other 
  

   noises, 
  it 
  is 
  scarcely 
  necessary 
  to 
  mention 
  

   that 
  there 
  is 
  often 
  an 
  orchestra 
  rendering 
  

   faultlessly 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  world's 
  most 
  clas- 
  

   sical 
  selections. 
  

  

  After 
  an 
  hour 
  or 
  two 
  at 
  the 
  cafes 
  in 
  

   the 
  evening, 
  the 
  male 
  of 
  the 
  Basque 
  

   species 
  hies 
  himself 
  to 
  the 
  theater, 
  this 
  

   being 
  another 
  form 
  of 
  amusement 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  women 
  participate 
  little 
  except 
  

   on 
  "dias 
  de 
  moda." 
  He 
  purchases 
  a 
  seat 
  

   for 
  the 
  "session 
  of 
  10 
  o'clock," 
  which 
  per- 
  

   formance 
  lasts 
  until 
  considerably 
  past 
  

  

  midnight. 
  Thus 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  on 
  toward 
  

   sun-up 
  before 
  the 
  city 
  loses 
  itself 
  in 
  re- 
  

   pose. 
  

  

  HOW 
  BILBAO 
  WAKES 
  UP 
  AND 
  GOES 
  TO 
  

   WORK 
  

  

  When 
  most 
  northern 
  Spanish 
  cities 
  

   wake 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  certain 
  fixed 
  and 
  

   recognized 
  noises 
  are 
  heard, 
  certain 
  events 
  

   transpire, 
  and 
  certain 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  

   population 
  take 
  place, 
  and 
  in 
  Spain 
  some- 
  

   how 
  these 
  little 
  incidents 
  differ 
  consider- 
  

   ably 
  from 
  similar 
  ones 
  taking 
  place 
  at 
  the 
  

   same 
  hour 
  in 
  other 
  countries. 
  

  

  The 
  whistle 
  of 
  locomotives 
  is 
  heard 
  an- 
  

   nouncing 
  the 
  departure 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  trains. 
  

   and 
  in 
  Spain 
  the 
  best 
  trains, 
  apparently 
  

   with 
  fixed 
  intent, 
  manage 
  to 
  depart 
  at 
  

   about 
  5 
  o'clock. 
  Tiny 
  electric 
  cars 
  rum- 
  

   ble 
  through 
  narrow 
  streets 
  and 
  across 
  the 
  

   plazas, 
  under 
  the 
  dusty 
  palm 
  trees, 
  tink- 
  

   ling 
  their 
  little 
  brass 
  bells, 
  or 
  perhaps 
  

   they 
  haven't 
  any 
  bell 
  at 
  all, 
  the 
  conductor 
  

   simply 
  blowing 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  a 
  small 
  

   tin 
  horn 
  as 
  sign 
  of 
  warning. 
  

  

  