The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-03-26
European Correspondence.

FLORENCE, Oct. 81, 1869.
II Florence, the city of sunshine and smiles, hai
poured upon us the greatest deluge of modern
times. It has rained incessantly for four days
and the Satchels will not be eomforted. We
stand at our elevated windows and gaze upon q
feet Of green umbrellas navigating the streets.
/ am bound to believe that this is charming
city, because BaIdeku says 50; and to dispute
: him il to be an out-and-out idiot. We flee from
city TO city, village to village, and still that
literary eye-sore protrudes from every man g
pocket. Murray & Bradshaw, being ponderous,
generally are girt about with strap. Half of
me lore OF Europe emanates from CobIentz &
London.
The six Satchels have bid last adieu to Como
/ that lake Of lakes. Shouldering our arms we
sauntered down to the wharf one day, and sailed
away from beautiful Belaggis. We always go in
couples. and at distance, so that the public
may not think we one party. We went by
boat to Como town, and thence by cars to Milan.
When we make an exit from train, and rally
round an omnibus, all the previous occupants get
out, and we fll the vehicle most comfortably.
Miss Satchel says people say, " Oh the Satehels
are going to that bo5el-I guess we won't go
/ thereu be no ROOM Milan, however, held
4 Us, and hundreds of others. 1t is beautiful
Acity-for Europe The main street, '' Victor
) Emanuel" is quite Broadway. The shops
are all open and everybody promenSdes. The
1rst thing on Milan programme is to see the
athedral This magnificent structure merits all
f. fame. Ny only disappointment was in the
Faulting, which is not carved but fresco. The
deception would be perfect were it not disclosed,
and in places destroyed, by the weather. Miss
Satchel and I climbed to the top 600 feet or
fnOre) and had no view. But from that tower
2 all the kingdoms of the world are to be seen.
We knew that mist generally covers the land
fape, but we hoped to see the Cape Of Good
Hope, and the first load Of Chinese starting for
Aneriea- The fragmentary news we get from
4he United States is quite amusing. In Belaggis
pc considered ourselves well posted after reading
the London Times.
Milan has its countless churches and its picture
salleries among the latter most interesting |
tplleetion Of drawings by the masters One feels |
much nearer an artist after seeing his scraps |
"a paper, which reveal thousand ideas and the /
srangest combinations. Milan possesses q per-
iect gem in Carlo Dolei's Madonna with the |
infant Jesus and Joseph. 1t is one of the few 1
Faces THAI stand before one at memory's bidding |
q few such paintings and marbles have seen |
AGt of the thousands we walk by every day. |
put OF Milan you can read to your hearts con- |
.fent, 50 let pass on to Venice. We have
fsted No city which l left more willingly. Il |
ihe "a City of Song" but a very dirty, disagree
sole one Cologne " is nowhere - in comrari- |
In 80 49, r...c.- Il
she city is dumped into the nearest canal. and
lere it rocks on gentle tide for days. Venetian
Arehiteeture speaks for itself. Would that we
Had moro " Sears Buildings" and New York
cadeuies of Design. The fashionable world of
en'ee assemblies at night on the Piazza of San
Afco, the most celebrated square in Europe.
surrounded by the beautiful DucaI Palace.
Mark Procuratie Vecchis, Procuratie Nuove
pa Atrio. The most tempting picture galleries
JeWeiry stores add to the gay face the Piazza
ears at night. On one side series of cafks
ece the traveller. One of our party e1claims.
What is a mans life worth if he hasn,t
the Colosseum by moonlight, and eaten AZ
'an's." This cafe has continental reputa-
d 50 We tried it. Patriotism the most pure IL
81 have been that drove the ladies of Veniee
nom such coffee, bread and butter, though
.'iaa music and uniforms offended the Italian
4 very day, st. Marx strikes the hour of
e :, hundreds of pigeons drop into one cad Of
1hzz2 and are fed by command of the city
-ositles It is wonderful that they are ALWAYS
une-" There 10 no more beautiful sight in
81 ice than the feeding of pigeons Gondola
- - '4asaut while q no-.It.. -. .o.. l. |
'zes an old nd disagFeeaole story. We had