The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-07-09
ROME
The Eter,o al city as Viewed by an
American.

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Charles Warren Stoddard gives vent
to some reflections on Rome as n whole.
He SAYS: think OF it as city OF tan;
gled, dirty, aud very ugly streets; OF the
neople as mass Of cheerful, quarrel
some. superficial souls, who wolk hard
for Gying-it is hard work loaiing IN
this climate-and who have no home
lire according to our creed. The 10,
man houses are gteat barns, as ugly ana
as inconvenieut as possible Inc pal
aces-auy large house that has once
been occupied by n dignitary is apalaGe
roreyermore-th palaces are Il ll'tle |
larger, little less ug y, and niue
more convenient than the rest OF Ihe
buildings, and this is the only diner
cnce, You occupy room or Il SulCe
of rooms on a flat, and it is by no means
necessary to be on speaking terms WI
the rest of the house. You have your
servants who provide for your table IN
the house, or you go cut to a CAFE az
YOU please. The rooms are usually
furnished with cheap and gaudy trlm-
mipps. Il quantity of very bad paintings,
and n tolerable proportion of useless,
ugly. and Anticipated furniture. You
receive your guests, who are directed 10
your door through dark or Dadly ilt
hall by porter or pOrteress sitting at
fine hau door, which is nearly always
suggestive of stable. You go out OF
an evening COR by day, walk in the md
, die of the street, or ride If You prefer
~. haunt thr thre, or four villas that
+ are thrown open to MS, oVerrun py
fine very mixed public. There is no Sc
rusion, no rest for the spirit, no com
, fort for the body. 1t is almost iatal 10
bathe in Rome; You may molsVeh your
self occasionally, but there is an ever
, lasting fear of fever, and the fever Is
, almost MS serious as death itself Inc
a hotels are like all hotels, KIND OF con
a ventual life without any OF the graciouS
o henrGts of convent. There are lnnu
o merable petty cliques IN TINS poor ol'
,r citv-modcrn innovations. The yount
- Protestants, who here spring mp llk
!, onshrooms and flourish like them; TIT
4 Catholic party, having grand con con
# tempt for the outsiders; the 'o'lr
y norty, chiefly represented by yonIt
IT, officers, resplendent in gold lace ah'
"a with the slim legs so common III lt"'yI-
most Of them disappear mys'eriousi,
No ot nicht but reapprar in the morning
@ rs gorgeous and slender as ever
y, know some one who has trapped sewers
m of these daSh'nG young ,1nSn inon 'morters-
Y. them IN eXceeoipB'I o,oho ho,,a No. solor
D. but, rest their so''iS' .lt' .'"ru ~ 70 thni
Of to speak OF, ana nloS1 oi ~ tIIomseIvrs- Ham
ta lor Tue arIl"'S uro ~ VN, - conrs,
o. a house OF many hlGua'0p'' ina t', ;rortisti
he but one thaS eAc'u,'es ',o ;,mnrs ,yl
cy Then come tle fcSlue,'v Insa ioirh they owl;
W. have almost forgotten Wneio c., ;sooni
he lnated--H very eo'n''I'" .h nna m viii Give h
OF IN Lurope-pu.' e'In Ii,,o'n,ing " nn son
to or her receptou' "'u,n'n,p5 httt5oct;nr Etr AZ
ols floating cc4eofl'S 'oi a. s;,oi nue nnoth,
cir SO they manage W sli1., li'"t r;th ost(
eat making and losing irleha' WV WV t,' Fnr,
ace ishing facility. heS lI' tnno "iU ,n,dn n
es- certain dear lfienIS 5 ar " ni1 Rome !
his must leave mere, looi - V',' ",d ynre a
,el. wonder II tho I'oin"il" ll''''Iorro II SOC
smaller than tieSe IIo'l'in1 1t LIS, ono on,
almost III nt'st'Jh 'st how thew blew hot n
Ne. i"'I A., ,o,,oa of Rienli, and all the
- cold III 'ile ,'S";nno '"''aj W ore later Rienz
mc"erh ch"itpII" In Jning wonders
cr- who pre'eh" 70 Wv ost rn6amntion.
the old Guy 'ilo' i9l - 9ltaiu p"ir class Of Anne
by IL common '9r " ;no uu 'fr heen abroad TO
cans, Hiter ll'''46 Us ;gnore their IN
,,t liz tied period, 10 lRioio '"o,' ,ro
'N'' This is, perhaps, ho"her1 'r, ilo' oe
ca ticeable than IN hoine. ~ f,;enI
80 foreign manners and foreign lrienT
+ of even find 1t hard TO eAPt'an or nnosas
nee TINT rare accomplishment and u
vida pains to avoid thelr co,th'i u y n tIn low,
, " times speaking Fc1fh'u'Iy ., IN Tn' ri%ht '
= their birth. well II 10 ~, ,, IA
the warrant You. "hcn1Io' 1I;o IA von ,
we'll American VINO ignores Haa ,'' GOOD n nr;,
be pretty sure ho nus hIf g I,;a