, 1881-04-17
4. Procession Of Devi1s-Flower and
Conpetti Days-Rosina the
F!oWer-Girl.
Livingstone, Tie CRAY american. and Ills fwenty.
in-Hau4- Sle7tesciip" Ut The
Theatres.
A Maqnificens Bali at the Famous Borghese Pal
- ace-!hs CoilIion--Re9c!ing Il the
"scg;ione."

terly i,n1s,sibl: 10 write yut; about idea
and zone ages: as it Ma,ld be f,,r me to s
down intu the S5ypts Of OLD c:lthedra!s, look
Ing fur inscriptions G1l crulntlny toE1bs, whtl
tic gay living present asserts itself all oya
Florence. Sc his letter will he full Of
I'll: FOAM or t:os>lr,
which must Je brushed away before 60 Il
br1;er things.
This CaI;liyai-time Florence only half ar
1ays herse:r. bu1 to Americans there is inuci
that aa:,!s:s and Interests. Night Is InaLt
ilidcous WI. the noise If the Jewellers, Wit
have perfect license ta sing and Shout u
an,cl. as TIE; please. l think the American
boy would n= happy ii he could be III n laid
Of Carn,;ais. F.,rr:l, Of Ju]yis u1thing toit
Going through, the streets yesterday, l met 4
parcal OF beggarly Italian boys
dressed IN their mothers old clothes
with hideous masks On their faces
their great feet revealing the sex frum ou1
the shabby skirts With broousticks III their
h:ulds, tic: were shouting and chasing each
other, OF pulling off the lnasks,-couling SO
near re In the scuf1ie that l was glad TO hurry
around a corner and be out Of sight. The
central streets are crowded with people, aud
often a Carnival crowd passes.
saw u curious procession the other day.
A large wagon held a gayly-decurated boat.
In this we're
"sEyES pry11s,'
dressed in red and black. They had guitars.
yluilns, and Il cor11et,-singinv and ulaylng
until was glad to hold my ears. Tie cart was
drawn by one puor little gray rat Of a donkey.
On his back was a stuffed ct,iyy Of red
devil. The donkey instinctiycly felt the pres
ence of the evil one. and would stop now
ami then and kick with att his strength. with
\ vain a,rpm,,t m IN. ri,l of his ,nwplco,ne
visitor: but the devil stuck we'll. and the
abused animal ,noy,,.t nm an,i ruad;, rim hest
offf This nu4rr ,,rocpssfon had = e,,ard
Of devils marching Al the side and be-
hind. The devils were a little tlisorder1y
as they turned n corner: getting fnto
an I1alian fight.-yhlct, means plrnty of
loud wild taking and ces1jcuIatton. hut mn
blows: SO uuconsclously they carried oit the
deyilish character ro perfection. The more
coppers were showered upon the troupe
from the people in the windows, the oftener
ther RECALLED themselves with red wine and
cigars,
sTRoILEG SINGERS
in masquerade dress, with guitars slung
across their shoulders with gay ribbons, give
us Italian opera under our windows for
Jew soioL some OF tnese costumes are very
gay, though most of them look as If they had
seen many fiesta >: days
~, r,o.+o, 1.,,,. ,ar~,~,r ~, xoor 1+o,;,x,x,,.
~ s,, ets. ~" osss"ts poo1 i.*.1'"''s t'l''s
oe, ne, W. NV pleasule ou. " ll4e' VIII so
~ ~ 14o uIaue ~ lue, cAn nnu ulo1'es enousl
n mel, 1, almost empty pockets for standing
room." Give them the warmth OF the sun,
which Is SO necessary to their hanuiness. and
then If r. is nn1v fpw chastnnte NINA -
h;o-.r',- ho-,., ~ ,,,aoa->,,,; ..sasn, ;. sI,o1
ptsse1 oo"i VI aaeaio4'' vi o1 u Aasea n4ieo
with cheap red Chlante Wine tthey will have
it), and they will be merry aud feast for
day. and leave the resi- To Prnyinpnce
Thr4a dove ~ tho rar,,;roi ~, oo11a5
AAe~ ""'o " .410 eot 41is d a1S e"'teo
TIE FLOWER DAYS,
when the aristocra1ic world dress gayly, drive
in their grind "a rriao..s a1outr rho avarpraanu
- ~, 49,, ~ TO-. .,,n .,.. 49,
a.eusu Sotso' eae Lune A!na' VI III lae parh
OF the Cascine, alld throw lovely flowers into
each others carriages. The "people" cam |
not ioi, this ,,ut ,o- m ,t rho brilliant |
crowd. Rut these arr 1ucky tIavs fnr Ros;na
rhs net fower-5,r, az FInranca sh, h,.
,,,c-.. n,p,..1s 49,, ~ g., ~ ~ ~ 80,
.uo.e otoe enAu sne ca'4 I'LL. Leg oio
ulotneT mas Ao"ef-snop on Inc fashionable
Via Tuurnaboune. and R0sina Is aIways on I
the street and never yaud.rs in vain. The
youne no sweIls W aiwavs I've b,,r ~ hsr sha has 1A .