Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-03-18

pldCtS III lnlS country are not Hldut 10
give heat, but simply to smoke-and for
revenue. have visited Turin, Milan and
Venice, and spent but a few days in either
place, on account of the cold foggy
weather, but FASTENED to reach ''sunny
Florence" to get thawed out. Delusive
hope. A cold north wind has been blow
ing here for the past week, searching
wind. coming directly from snow clad
mountains, where there is snow enough
to make good sleighing for all Italy if
properly distributed, wind that makes
you wonder. even when encased in fur
wraps, whether it wouldn't be possible to
strike cafe where you could get hot
Scotch" and that reminds me that in the
ancient city Of Turin. wandering around
the streets, came across handsome
looking establishment, with american
Bar" in heavy gold letters, over the plate
glass window. | don't often drink cock
tails. They are not healthy. But it was
cold and foggy, and | was yearning for
SOMETHING AMERICAN,
and as there was nothing else American
50 convenient, | concluded | would em
brace the opportunity. and warm up on
an American cocktail. The interior was
quite American. only the bartender. |
knew lac was fraud the minute | saw
him. He didn't show any shirt front at
all, and no diamond solitaire was visible,
not solitary diamond did he sport SAYS
|, To myself, In my softest ltalian,-you
wouldn't pass In America. Ben Everett
would't hire you to wash glasses. |
walked up to the bar. aud said to him in
my plainest United States language. Il
will take rye cock tall a little absinthe
and very little sugar, If you please.
That reminds you that the authors of
PinafOre receive. | have no doubt, the
heartiest endorsement in continental
Europe, for everybody here says If you
please"
think il kind of nuisance. but all
Americans seem to like IT, 1t gives them
such an opportunity to show their know
ledge of foreign language. Most, any
fool American can learn ISL vOus
plat" in France. "Ich bittel' in Germany,
'Se vi place in Italy. Thank you seems
to be the correct thing also. they at any
rate sling IL eXtensively-in French.
"Merci.' in German "lch danke,' in
Italian wi migrazio." You see they are
not hard to learn. With this extensive
knowledge of European language, and
any place. But to return to my cock tail.
The bartender didn't catch on at all. !
then ordered American whiskcy. After
ringing all changes | could lhink Of;
"Neisky." ''Weisky." etc. | managed
to get adrink of Scotch Whiskey. |
hadsa notiou to buy the plant and
run it on United States basis.
did better in Venice. Venice is evil
nently progressive city. Books of
travel and letters from tourists. would
not convey the idea to You. but a lengthy
stay in Europe has taught me that tour
lists here don't usually see much, except
what their guidc-bOo tell them Is worth
seeing
Now the guide books tell You that We
nice is the last place in the world where
there is any progress. Reading guide
books and letters from tourists. YOU would
think before you arrived there that the
entire population of the city we're forced
to use gondolas In going from one part Of
the city to another. and you would men
tally calculate the amount the gOndolier
fares would foot up In seeing the sights.
The evidences of progress are rather
slender, admit. ! saw one building that
was erected as late as 1853. but | found
two American bars. lmbibing good square
democratic whisky, instead of their ltal-
ian wine, most Of it very thin, who knows
what the result may be. Probably the
the old republican form of government.
GoNDoLAs AND GoNDoTIERs.
As for the gondolas, You use them the
same as you use cabs In other places. En-
cept the hotel gondola. which conveyed
me between the railroad station and the
hotel. rode in a gondOla only once while
in Venice. and that was to make tour of
the Grand Canal in which most of the fa-
nous old palaces are located. Riding in
Indian canoes Is not novelty to me-Of
that hereafter.
There are about one thousand gondolas
for hire in Ncnice-farc one franc. 20
cents. per hour was informed that the
gondoliers make but a bare living. Lively
little steam ferries. similar to those in use
In the Thames in London. plying in the
Grand Canal and making frequent stops,
have cut deeply into the business OF the
gOndOlier.
You can go to any part Of the city ON
foot through narrow streets, and during
all hours OF the day and until late hour
vt night, there is an cver-moving throng
of people.
like to wander around the streets ON
foot In European cities. and seldom take
cab unless time Is an object.
Everyone that reads knows all about
Venice, its ~ islands, lac canals. 3Oi
bridges, its beautiful palaces and numer-
Gus gondolas, so will save you dcscrip-
ton, but there is one thing about the
gondolas which think everyone does not
know. and | will therefore take the
chances on being mistaken and say some
thing about the gondoas.
NOTORIOUS CHINESE.
arrived in Venice at night. and when
came to the gondolia that was 10 take
me to the hotel, solved in my own mind.
the mystery of the ancestry of the Indians
of the northwest. for there, in the dim
light. | saw an Indian war-canOe, such a
canoe as you can see at Victoria at any
time. The resemblance was startling.
The beautiful lines Of our Indian canoe
are certainly not the result of improve
ment in naval architecture among the In
dians Some person. at some period. must
have had knowledge of the gondOla. In
no part of the world. | believe. VIII you
find such beautiful and perfect Ines
as In the gondOla Of Venice and the
arge Indian canoes of the Pacific coast.
II the generally received theory that q
Chinese crew were shipwrecked and
crossed Behring straits ON the Ice is cor
rect. why do not the Indians have Chi
nese junks. the clumsiest vessels that
float? Pursuing this theory further, we
find that the Indians of British Columbia
have preserved the artistic instinct of
their Italian ancestors. Witness their
carvings i'm stone and wood. There was
evidently no artist among the early set
tiers. but probably all of them were
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