The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-01-13

quake here, not long ago, and their prin-
cipal ruins are the result of it.
We had been wandering around trying
to find an European kealia, where we
| might rest from the labors of pleasure
seeking. We had been smoked out o
Glasgow-blown away from Edinburgh
logged out OF London and frozen out OF
Paris. Macon would have been pleas
ant, had it not been inundated-Aix-les-
Bains was like "The last rose OF sum-
mer," and We moved on to Turin. Now
Turin IS fine city, and has attractions
enough TO last long while, but the
gentle breezes from the Alps, in winter,
are not favorable TO the growth OF sugar
cane, or the comfort OF cane growers.
San Reno is just tar enough within
Italy, not TO be in France-although if
there had been level land enough here
for the French TO stand on, they might
have gobbled it when they did Savoy.
1t was built in l, e or 2, with few
additions in the shape OF hotels, when
strangers We're found to be more profit
able than Olives. The town, that is,
the hotels, may be said to be suspended
on the side of the mountain. The rail-
way occupies the level land near the
sea. The streets, IN some places, are a
succession OF steps cut in the solid
rock, and only wide enough for the
pedestrians and small donkeys to pass
up and down. Most OF the carrying
trade is done by women. | have seen
four women carry good sized piano on
their heads.
The houses are all OF stone or rough
rock covered with cement stucco. Even
the roofs and floors are generally stone
or tiles, and consequently last forever,
unless tumbled down by an earthquake.
In the cid parts OF the town it is not
uncommon to see arches extending over
the narrow streets as supports or braces
for the houses on either side. AS rule
the houses are square built, and an
Italian villa is about as far from our
ideas OF architectural beauty as it is pos
sible to conceive. They call them all by
name, generally a feminine name, as
that seems to be their idea OF good form.
They say leila e." literally "she is" in
stead OF ''voi siete," you are, when they
want to be very polite. Or 'comanda,"
literally ''does she commando, for
what do you want?"
AS people, the Italians are far ahea1
OF what | had supposed them to be.
They have been down-trodden for CEN
turtles and are poor to the extreme, out
they are Industrious, frugal, polite, and
generally honest-at least in the north
ern parts OF Italy. hope to see some OF
the good families isay Piedmontese)
transferred to our sugar lands, where
they would make good laborers and
think fair citizens.
And this reminds me that have just
been reading about those dreadful Chi
nese who have brought Mr.. Kinney
back from San Francisco. didn't
scare much over the revolution, but l
must confess that the S. F. Examiner
made my hair stand what there is left)
by its graphic account of the "Chinese
in Hawaii l had no idea that they
were taking possession of Hawaii" Sc
rapidly. And when read in the Bull.
letin the speech of my friend Tommy
Lucas to the effect that it might be
necessary "to bust up'' the plantations
in order to get rid of the Cinnamon, ]
Immediately sat down to write to Morgan
to discharge all his carpenters. Abou,
that time / received the plantation
monthly report, and copy the names o.
the carpenters employed, with the rates
of wages paid, for the benefit of those
who think the plantations are employ.
ing Chinese to the detriment of white
men.