The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-24

q Roman tower which reaches mp to their
armpita Then they stick long iron down
The horses throst, which prevents him from
two OF our horses in this way, and after all
failed to ride them. In Spain We did not
do we'll. for we were there during the
influenza, and who could have
done business then? The Italians are poor,
but they are nothing to the Spaniards.
Countries where little bit of q coin like
this centime, q fifth Of our cent, is in circu-
lation must be poor countries. In the west
our smallest coin is Is cents, or one hundred
and twenty-five times one of these, and we
call ours bit What would the boys call
this? We like the Italians of the upper
classes, who are very polite, but the lower
classes are mean and not to be trusted. OF
course one has to excuse great deal, as
they have not much education. Yes, we
did have good deal Of counterfeit money
passed on US in Barcelona, but it didn't
make much difference, for in Spain the
banks trade in counterfeit money, and we
took ours to a banker and sold it!
1.-The Indians are receiving the greater
benefit from travelling in this way. They
had no idea whatever Of the world outside
of their plains and prairies, and this is open
ing their eyes wonderfully to the. earth's
magnitude. take them sightseeing with
the United States government to instruct
them in this way. They are great sight
seers and enjoy everything Immensely.
They will know all about this arena, its his
tory and uses, before we go away. It's
mystery to rs how they PICK up tnei II; 1nfor
they feel as if they were ina dream. took
five Of the chiefs with me to Venice, and
when in the morning they woke up and saw
the gondolas floating by the doors Of the
houses they had to stick pins in themselves
to make sure they were awake. Yes, they'll
~ ALL ~ 1n,, khoxy
home. In Rome they received the pope's
blessing; in fact, noticed he blessed them
twice, probably because he thought savaRes
needed it more. We had to obtain special
dispensation for them in order that they
should not be obliged to wear dress suits,
which is the regular thing on such coca,
sions. A curious thing we have noticed
here in Italy is the similarity between
Indian and Italian customs. For instance,
the methods of building the tombs is the
same, the custom of decorating the outside
of the habitaJions with paintings is the
same, the cloaks the Italians wear wrapped
about closely resemble the blankets of the
Indians
For two hours before the doors opened
the people began to gather around the
amphitheatre. Vendors Of paper pinwheels
and of Italian pasta at centimes cake
were plying their trade among the crowd.
We entered through a sombre passage: up
on the walls of which, about ten feet above
the ground, were the marks of the inunda-
ton of the Adige in 1882. Further on we
came to the gladiators' cells, with their heavy
iron doors. In this hall of the gladiators
there is in the pavement a trap door open
ing upon stream which flows into the
Adige. It was into this stream, it is said,
that the bodies of the gladiators and
Christian martyrs were thrown. The crowd
poured forth upon the steps of the amphi-
theater through number Of "vomitorii''
and distributed itself in the different priced
seats which we're partitioned Of by boards;
Only the best places at 3 lire eco cents) had
chairs. The other spectators were obliged
to sit upon the stone steps or do as the GUS
tom was with the Roman ladies-bring
shawls and cushions to sit on. The women
in the audience looked exceedingly pictu-
rescue with their black lace mantillas or
shell combs. As they entered their pointed
wooden sandals struck against the pave
ment and made noise like the gurgling of
water through a long-necked bottle There
were peasant women in brilliant cali
Goes of blue and red, pink and
arms. In the more expensive seats black
eyed damsels, with oval cheeks of olive hue,
could be seen sporting lorgnettes and wear
ing real hats trimmed with brilliant green.
There were men smoking extravagantly
long and slender cigars called Virginias,
dAO uO O1N VI UARAOAy OuSCACuS kAlp-CNSCA
soldieFy. There were even tonsured monks
in flowing gowns of brown, and black-robed
priests to be seen whom illustrious men
from distant land called forth from their
cells. Italian walters in swallow-tail coats
and heads with an astonishing profusion
Of black hair passed beer about, calling:
"Fresca birra, Signor, birra frescar'
When the show finally made its appear
ance from beneath the emperor's balcony,
from which formerly the wild beasts issued,
the enthusiasm of the Italians was I'M
bounded. They literally showered Buffalo
Bill with superlatives: "Belissimo uomol
Magnifco! SUPERIOR and .'Boofalo Beelv'
resounded from all sides. The Indians,
although they were thought to be Africans
by many, were none the less interest
ing. II passatempidei cowboys'' and II
cavalli bucking'' were pronounced to be
very wonderful. The Virginia reel, which
was described in the programme as "Un
ballo Virginia reel a cavallo, esquito de ra-
gaze DELI Quest cowboys" executed by
the girls of the west and the cowboys, was
much admired and the '.Attaco della dill
genza de Deadwood dagp Indiani, defesa
operate dai cowboys al commando di Buffalo
Bill'' simply brought down the house. As
the last horse of the last cowboy disap-
peared from the ring after the Salute
finale' the small boys of the audience.
after the fashion of small boys at a show,
swarmed down the steps of the arena, and
we wondered as we went away if after those
bloody spectacles for which the edifice was
built the Veronese boys of eighteen CEN
turtles ago had done the same.