Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-07-26
WORCESTER DAILY

CSioreione was of genius. We have little left O
him but portraits, but these are always grandy rich and
intense color and wonderful in expression and SOUL
At the Manin Palace is gem of this MASTER portrait
of three faces-those of lady, gentleman, and page.
The lady has most enchantingy beautiful face, dark
auburn hair hazel eyes, rich, deep complexion deep
SOULFUL eyes, and noble, pensive eountenance The
gentleman, with short black hair and dark complexion
looks intently and lovingly at the lady, his lips moving
gently that he is whispering, not into her ear o the
attitude is perfectly graceful but for her ear Then be-
hind him stands boy page with handsome cap ana
plume and fine pensive face; the whole picture in Oh
mind, and feeling and poetry, and irresstoy ieaus W
behoder to frame story to explain it. Then there "
the Academy grand imaginative picture by Giorsione
a wild stormy sea, and ship of demons coming 10 sum
Venice and Saints Mark, and George, and Nicholas IN
little boat meeting the demons and driving them AVA"
Paul Yeronese by his rich dresses and ornamentSand
glowing impassioned faces, peases and rlVets tne
tor If he does not powerfully affect his deeper sensios
In the church where buried are some oil his hnest
works.
As we were floating along the canals on first arriving
at Venice we saw young lady who was just like one OF
the Venetian masters ladies, walked out Of the frame
Hr rch redgoden hair deep but clear complexion and
fine Georgone eyes, and NOBLE pensve face, were iascn
atias
This morning, (July 3d. we have seen fine work oil
Paulo veronese at Ia Palace the Grand canal-the
family Of Daras the feet of Alexander The faces are
good and with appropriate expresson and they have
nfe-ikeness and individuality which proves them to De
portraits of some of the painters contemporaries The
mother the wife, and the children of Darias; the eldest
girl holds her head up straight although she knees IKE
the rest but her whole face expresses pride, and no sym
pathy with her position We then went to shakspeares
Ralto Jour third visita little square, now vegetable
market Here the other day read part of the Merchant
Of Venice. This square is near the Bridge of the hao
the only bridge that crosses the Grand Canal 1t has two
rows of shops upon it, and three passage ways for cross
ers one in the middle, and two outside of the shops
You can form some conception of the quiet and sngu-
ary of Venice from the fact that there is not horse or
other beast of burden, carriage, in the city, The mar
streets thronged only by pedestrians go
by water to within few feet any house in the city, and
to the front doors of of the houses and you can also
60 by land to nearly every house, by winding about in
little alleys and continually ascending and descending the
steps of the little stone bridges which cross the canals
As there is only bridge across the Grand Canal 1t
would often take very long walk to go to place just
opposite you, that canal, if you went by land We
engage gondoa for the day. for four of us for 10 cents
American giving the gondoer cents additional, as
buono rnano. The boatman sings sometimes few
verses from Tasso After sightseeing all day, we go FIRE
quenty and battle in the Adriatc at Lido
In Florence we ate sometimes fried squash blossoms.
They are excellent The yellow petals picked, Il pre-
sumo from the unfrufu howers) and fried in light bat
ter Asparagus eaten great deal in France and Italy,
as salad. 1t is brought boiled but cold, and the
eater mixes OIL vinegar and pepper or mustard on his
plate his fork down the length of the asparagus
stalk to divide it into shred dips it into the OIL holds il
by the hard white end and puts the other into his mouth
Asparagus also eaten simply as we eat it, the hard
white end being OFF but retained to be used as
handlesa very sensible custom, like that of us Ameri-
holding corn-cobs in fingers. On the goth Of
April we ate delicious strawberries at Genoa and we have
had them frequently ever since.