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las skimming the turbid wave; her feet
are balhed by the waters of East river,
one of the most stately streams, | think.
that ever lay outdoors, andyet New York
hasn't got rampant to her beach.
The architecture of Milan embraces
many types, but good deal of it is me-
dieval with roof of the same. Flor
ence, however, has some palaces that are
mediavaler than those of Milan. | think.
Milan used to have 24O churches, but III
of them did not pay and were suppressed
by Maria Theresa and Joseph ii. Since
that other churches that were doing well
few centuries ago have ceased TO attract,
and now there are not over eighty out OF
the original 240, and they have no trouble
doing the whole business. / could have
purchased controlling interest in three
churches for SIT. The Cathedral at Mi
Ian is frst-raie in every respect and Is do
inc we |. | sometimes think that IT J.
foolish for other churches to try and COM
pete with a cathedral They may sue
ceed for a while, but sooner or later they
will have to acknowledge that they can
not keep it up.
Everywhere we 60 we find the Cauca
sian race in the ascendant. ! sometime
think that the blood of the Caucasian l.
mork largely red and has wider circu
lation than any other. Bet this is a de
Walton from what was saying.
The Cathedral was begun in the year
| 1866 and worked along toward compile
ton till 1905, when Napoleon subscribed
quite a large sum towards it and sent hi
Nams to haul lumber without charging
for it.
Milan is situated in latitude 1928
north and longitude 9.11 east. There arr
over 100000 people now living in Milan,
and the place supports one of the mos
wide-awake and pushing cemeteries il
Europe. Milan also has Corso whicI
| heard many speak Of in the highes'
terms, though | did not 90 to visit II
fearing that it was some kind Of a resor.
where liquor is sold.
Naples is a pretty good town to stano
off and look at from the bay. 1t is loca
ted on the brow of hill, extending iron
the Costello del Orc to the top Of the Ca
podimonte and, ranged around the semi
circular hills as it is, it reminds me forcI-
bly, Of Tompkinsville, Staten Island.
The newer streets of Naples are quite
pretty, and extend several miles out be
vond the town, like those of Fargo, OAK
where sidewalks several hundred miles in
extent were built at the expense Of tbs
county. In this way Fargo bad sidewalk;
that extended for miles in every direction
through the neighboring farms, and the
county paid for them. Fargo has been
striving ever since to live up to her side
walks. Aside from this there is littl'
similarity between Naples and Fargo
The old streets of Naples are narrow ano
crooked, and the houses are so high thai
a ripe pomegranate dropped from The
roof on the hat of a passing tourist J.
permanently impaired and the hat pros
trated.
Neapoltan people formerly used th'
Toledo. a street now called the Roma, fol
kitchen, dressing-room, bathroom, iron
hall and storm door. Here they ate
drank, slept, dressed and undressed theii
children, washed, ironed, quarrelled, sang
starved, begged, died, r.asted chestnuu
and prepared their macaroni and lazza
roni for the American market.
Naples cluims to be the leading ldzza
roni vineyard of the world. We try t'
initiate her in New York, but we fail
We have poverty enough in New Yorl
and fluent, extemporaneous beggars a
we'll as more or less disease, but we hav
not been able so far to unite our povert.
and disease in such way as to success
! fully initiate the picturesque lazzaroni G
the East. Our poor people in Americ
, are too robust and our invalids are to
many Of them wealthy. So long as 1t
that way Europe and Asia will do ou
: lazzaroni business in spite Of all we ca
/. do to prevent it.
, We can get up fair specimen to loo
r at, but it lacks age and The air Of trayC
e as well as the pleasing malformaiions p
D culiar to the lazzaroni bijouterie Of th
5 Old World. sometimes think that th
= reason Naples so long retained her st
t premacy over other cities in this line va
/ largely due TO the stimulation resuliin
from the close competition between Vet
a vius and the local talent of the lazzaroi
0 in the matter Of eruptions.
Naples was at one time the county sc;
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