New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-31
SUMMER DAYS IN ITALY.
THE BATHING SEASON AT LEGHoRN.


| ING EsrABIIsHMENTs-A GOOD REASON FOR
| KEEPING NEAR THE sHoRE-wAYs AND Gus
| TONS OF THE UNDERSTANDING COLoNY-PRo-
| FOUND soLICITUDE FOR THE WELFARE or THE
| AMERICAN NAVY
lFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
LEGHoRN, Italy, July 11.-Leghorn, or as the
Italians call it, Lvono is the only fairly large city
III Italy that does not with tourists the year
round Sightseers generally leave Leghorn off their
lsts Tor ten months in the year, and only visit il
during the bathing season. which lasts through July
ana August. The reason is that from September till
the end OF June there is nothing for tourist to do
when he gets to Leghorn except to go to sleep.
There are no churches, picture galleries statues
IN the town worth looking at, and the only monu-
ment of any consequence is about fourteen miles
out at sea, erected to commemorate certain naval
battle between the Livornese and some Moors,
which resulted very uupleasantly, as baseball
| critic would put it, for the "vsiting team" It
seems queer thing that monument should
be set up in such q place, and though
without doubt the builders knew what they
were doing when they located it
nineteenth century people can hardly repress The
thought that the location chosen was better adapted
Tor the erection of home for the aged and uscd-up
barnaces than for the planting of historical monu-
ment
In her role of a commercial city Leghorn is the
third port of the Kingdom, and does passably good
her trade with America is very heavy indeed. 1t is
a fortunate thing for Leghorn that there is such
country as America, with an enormous laundering
after olive oil. old rags Carrarr marble and candied
cltron. 1t is unfor mate, however, that the Leg
horn merchants have come TO think that they have
not only good thing in their American trade, but
also sure thing for sometimes they make mis-
takes like that of tho woman in the fable whose
avarice led her to wiring the neck of her
golden pp Il An uefn of
near-sighed policy occurred last year in con-
ncction with that very sticky substance
candied citron. Several of the Leghom mer-
chants, seeing that times were very prosperous
in America. and anticipating that in the ensuing
twelve months there would be large consumption
III America of pies, cakes and puddings made wholly
or in part of candied ciron combined and corncred
about all of the citron in the Leghorn market Then
they fixed the price, lower than which they would
not sell an ounce. They stuck to their price and
the ctron stuck to them, and in a few months Leg
horn was full of candied cron that could be bought
for less than the cost of the raw materials used in
its manufacture Meanwhile. some inventive
genius in America probably a brother to the man
who makes jamaica rum out of old boots and
water set at work making candied citron out o.
cucumbcrs and canteope melons, and the result
may be considerable curtailing of Il very import
ant branch of Lcghorn's trade
THE SEASON" AT LEGnoRN
But though Leghorn is for ten months i'm the wear
given up to unntercsting and very slow commercial
transactions, there are the months of July and An
gust during which it brghtens mp wonderfully. and
becomes the gayest city in Italy. Lcgforn il the
fashionable watering place of Italy. and Viareggio.
which is perhaps the most popular summer resort in
Italy, Is In no respect rival to it, Italians who can
afford Leghorn choose ii, and leave Viareggio to
those of lighter pockets SO if n tourist wants 60
find out how Italians of the highest social standing
look, dress, live and enjoy themselves when they
have their best clothes and company manners on he
houd by all means come so Leghor2 for "A dov or
two in July or August.
Sunday is good day to see the place il ones rom
science will allow him that sinful pleasure for on
Sundays the city is fuller than on week.davs and
because on Sundays the people give themselves nm
completely to the enjoyment of what they consider
holiday and not holy day. The Liyo.
nose, like all the Continental people, ae
sad Sabbath breakers. Americans who come across
the water are surprised to see what a good time
Europeans manage To have on Sundays | believe
the worthy Bishop Of Baltimore, when he was at
Rome, had some very serious talk with the Pope on
the subject of the Dissertation of Sunday in Cont
mental Europe. He told the Pope that over in
America good Catholics behaved themselves in n
proper manner on Sundays, and that he did not see
why European Catholics should not be compelled TO
do the same. Ii seemed to strike HIM as a very un-
fair thing that American Catholics should be Obliged
to behave better than their brethren and sisters this
side the Atlantic. He urged the Head of the Church
to issue encyclica letter. calling for mere cor
rect keeping of Sundays. But don't think the let
ter was ever written. The Pope knew very well that
such letter would good. am sure the Italians
would pay little attention TO such a letter for now
thai they are free to do they please they bestow
small reverence on priests ana give SNAIL heed to
priestly iniunctions.
CHEAP RENTS IN DESIRABLE QUARTER.
The summer life at Lcghom centres in u district
just outside the city gates that extends for about
two miles along the seashorc The locality is most
enchanting There is magnificent street running
parallel to the seashore, with handsome villas and
apartment houses on the side, and the sea on
the other side, the sea and then hidden from
view b. beautiful little gardens and groves which
are the property OF the city. Tne street s as smooth
ana well Kept as one of the Central Park drives,
and 1t rs no wonder that the people who roll along
this street in their elegant carriages look happy,
even to the verge of imbecility. The villas along
the way are all of them handsome and some of
them look fit to be the residences of kings. They
are rs "A rule, occupied by their respective owners
The apartment houses rented to the first re-
spectacle applicants with whom their owners
can come to terms. Italians consider the
rents of these apartments very dear but it
strikes me that they are very low indeed A house
with a KITCHEN, dnng-room paror two bedrooms
and u servants room costs from Is TO 20 francs a
day. and larger houses cost from these prices up to
90 and 10 francs. A family of u dozen persons and
there are many families of that size Italy, to live
nicely would require house costing about so francs,
which, TO speak exactly, is equal to SO Co. Taking
into consideration that the houses handsome and
that they are handsomely furnished and are deliv-
cred all ready Tor housekeeping, the price seems