Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-08-21
SCENES In NAPLES.
ma Metropolis of Italy a Great
&C City that Seems Far Back
In the Past
s,m. Decidedly UnoOmplimentav Com
usus Upon the Character of
Iu People.
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.,de,t from the last-named city to
San Francisco Chronicle, and the
..,srss, m they excite stands in the order
= which they are placed. Considering
-. = number of pages it filled in the
-orld's history Genoa should offer more
statements to the tourist. SO also
.houId Pisa Lucca, and other cities
!. The north. whose deeds are recorded
:, length in Sismondi's Italian Ram
hssu But though every part OF Italy
h.s it's legends. its queer customs and
;,s quaint rural modes Of existence 1t
sOuly the great cities or the places OF
,,shionable winter resort that present
,,scieut allurements to retain the
uift and unresting seeker after the
,orld's novelties. As to Milan, it Is
handsome, but too enterprising and
NO modern to suit the taste of the MI
rssory American. who sees at home
mite as much of life in the active form
:. he desires. Naples is still ancient
and dreamy enough in spite OF the ef-
tor,s of modern enterprise to infuse
some of the spirit of progress into its
inhabitants. What medicine is there
drastic enough to cure the malady of
traditional idleness? What invigorat-
;nr remedies can enable the system to
successfully resist the languors of 4
climate whose soft airs seem to invite
70 everlasting repose' So it is half
swake, yet dreaming. while representa-,
tyes of the northern nations. Germans
principally, though the English colony
arc numerous, try to infuse the energy
d the cooler regions into its veins.
whose stagnant blood is filled with a
laAsnt fire. The passion of its people
h like that of its volcanoes, ready to
burst out at any moment.
There are symptoms of progress, ed
ucstional. industrial even, but they are
slight and they do not seem as yet to
touch the seat of the disorder. To the
American visitor who comes here full
d the life and movement of his own
country the great and not unbeautiful
city seems far back in the past. 1t is
more modern than Pompeii, but has it
really made any advances on that
memorable city of the deada 1t curves
tAs green sickle of its quiet shores
shout the blue waters of its tranquil
bay. Vesuvius lifts forever its un-
suenchable torch beside it, and its peo-
pie. idle or laborious. according to their
social station, their necessities. or their
inherited customs labor, dream,
browse. sleep. lounge. ssunter, or in
dulge in characteristic amusements
much as they did century ago, or
long before the railroad startled the
quiet of the valleys and disturbed the
nurmer of the sleeping sea.
There are among the Neapolitans
some very admirable persons. but as a
whole the manners of the people are in
marked contrast to those of the citizens
OF Rome. At Naples the lower classes
ne vicious and disagreesble. The
boatman who takes you on shore from
the steamer, and the coachman. whose
draft animal is neither a horse nor a
pony, but somewhere between the two,
viii endeavor to collect fabulous
amount Of money from you il you do
not stand constantly on the defensive.
Ihe conductor Of the street-car is often
out OF humor, and scowls upon you.
Inc guard OF the omnibus will quarrel
with you on slight provocation. and II
y by no means impossible, that he will
threaten you with knife should you
become little too earnest in your re-
monsranceA The entire population d
sne city, 40 at Suez or in Algiers, az.
pect you to take them into your service.
II you ask person in the street sbou,
some distant locality he insists On .c.
oomPanying you to the spot and then
demands to be literally paid. II be
even lifts his finger to indicate . pl.er
not ffty feet distant be expects at le..,
soldi. Ii you wish to make a DUR.
chase some pretended interpreter in.
'ervenes and asks payment for the use.
less and unAsked service. Efforts to ex.
pio't you are constant at the hotals-
though in this respect honorable s1cep.
oons may be noted-while q the o.fe,
"elyone seems to bs looking 70,
an extra copper. and 10 illnasursd IL i,
rs not forthcoming.
Although among certain clss,,s .,
nome the Stranger finds himsslf i'm
posed On. d 10 not general. Thsrs i,
~ a,niability that pervadss I'll classs,
o. TIE people. not alone the sxistocr.t
T" and middle classsa vAo are slmos
universally kind and polite, but th,
"scnmen and conductors Of street chr,
uu ommouses. petsy merchants an,
sven iaborers seem to partaks of tn.
general good will And though Grim,
not always proportionate to th,
amount of politeness in any given com
Sonl'y' yet in respect to Rome an,
NAPLES 1t may be said that one NAV b
,en - gauge of the other. Th
'aaeness and coarseness of the com
mon classes at Naples is in direct rati,
70 the coarseness and rnd.,.. :. a.: