Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-31
Peculiarities of Corpus Domini
Day at Venice Related.
Venice q Perfect Dream of Delight in
the AfterglOw of a Perfect Sunset,
the Loyeliest Hour.
A Great Processlon-Ths Grand Canal and It's
Views The Dinner Hour and Inter-
esting Comment Thereon.
Special Correspondence Of the Gsze.ts.

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to be Corpus Domini day. Thi.
remarkable day has already proved
to contain seventy-two hours, and
every twenty-four hours there is q
procession somewhere. We went up to
me Canariggio yesterday to see one.
we have fancy to take private apart
ments somewhere on the Grand canal
for we are bored beyond telling by peu-
sion fare. 1t is the same everywhere we
go; the only variation being in the cook
ing. Every evening we writhe ut the
ldea OF having to come IN just at the
loVellsst time of day. the sunsetting, to
SIT Tor an hour and half, or two hours
waiting for the soup plates to be taken
away and the fish plates brought; then
waiting for the Ash itself to ap-
pear; then for the fish plates to be
removed and the mutton or veal plates
to be brought; and so on through the
vegetable course, and the chicken and
Talad course, end the pudding course,
and the fruit and nut course, all the
while knowing that the lagoon is all
rosy and S. Georgia illuminated; that all
| Venice is
PERFECT DREAM OF DELIGHT
in the afterglow OF a clear sunset. l
grind my teeth regularly in the fifteen
minute pause between spinach and
chicken, and declare that we must take
private apartments or live without din
ner. So yesterday as we sailed up the
Grand canal on our way to the proces-
sion we looked for white tickets on closed
blinds, which meaus rooms to let. Our
gondolier was most deeply interested
IN the search, Che is paid
by the hourD and insisted
upon visiting every white ticket,
knocking up the proprietor and making
Inquiries. Was there ever such q pretty
way of going visiting as to draw up in
slender, graceful gondola at the front
door steps; 10 have the gondolier get out
and ring the bell, and then help you |
from yonr cushions onto the marble |
threshold? We found nothing at all to |
suit us, but il was q most enjoyable |
search, and then il gave us the opportu- |
nifty TO decide upon our palace. / think |
everybody who visits this enchanted place |
decides to come back IN some happy |
sometime and stay forever, a the pal
ace might as well be selected before
hand. The Palazzo corner with its grand
colionated front is very i'm posing but
we should not like to turn the prefect-
ure out of that. We have a facny, too,
for the Rezzonigo with its arched
and pllared balconies,
but then we hesitate about dislodging
Mr.. Barrett Browning, and 1 see by the
way he is having his posts repainted that
he expects to remain there. We prefer
the gothic style of architecture, the Casa
Orc for instance. The whole front OF
hat is lace-work of pointed and trace
led gothic windows delicate as embroid-
'ry, but grand as well. Of course we
hould have the trout gilded as it was in |
he old time, but after all it is rather
arge and think we shall settle definite
y on the little palace where Desdemona
iTed.
'DEsDEMONA PALAZZO''
ounds well, and it has the daintiast of
gothic windows, and balconies
# sculptured stone. The next important S
question is how we shall have our posts t
for nothing is of more impor- 1
ance In Venetian life than the eight or 8
en- tall posts in the water In front of the +
oor-unless it be the gondolier's cos
ume. We had not yet decided as to q
neither or not our posts should be g
ainted red white and blue, with eagles b
q top, or whether our gondolier should r
ear white trousers, blue blouse and red g
ecktie, with "E pluribus unum'' on a
is cap, or our gondola have the lone ii
ar flag flying at the PROV, when we | t.
lrned a corner into the Canareggio, VI
here our attention was absorbed by one q
the gayest and drollest of scenes. Ii
We looked down into a canal as wide "
J eood-sized street, and what is most a.
nusual here, bordered with wide side W
alks. The fret thing that struck our n
les was the color flowing from the cc
'uses-bright rugs, curtains, table tt
'vers, anything that had color, was bl
spping from the windows of the high or
abby buildings. Every window was W
ii of heads, the sidewalks and bridges
ere swarming, and the water black
it'll boats. Around this canal is the
orest part of the city. The procession
Is TO pass from the church on the cor
r of the Grand canal, along the side n;
ak, over ths bridge and up the other
lie of the canal. Our gondolier had
en- here before, so he drew us I'D as
ar as possible TO the sidewalk, and in
ere we waited. Boats were still pour bu
: in, and we were soon packed in | dit
hit; in fact the whole canal was literally m,
Il and the few gon6olas trying to pass wi
rough had to be pushed along by plc
HELPFUL HANDS IN OTHER BOATS. tire
0f course we knew the procession WI
uld not be on time, so we settled our of
yes comfortably to watch the people. ier
e boats around us were not the dainty A
we'd and cushioned gondolas of the civ
y, but rough, plain gondolas OF the cal
Ind people who had rowed in to see ad
show. They had brought lunch with yo,
IN, plain bread without butter and cot
lie; now they were eating with great
oyment. Occasionally private gon-
q, like swan among ducks, would
Is, working its slow way among the
tionary feet. The private gondolas y
'ays have two gondoliers who are at srt
I'd In very natty costumes, with the mo
1 OF arms embroidered on a band ,,Ia
uud their sleeves. All the rag-tag p p- :
venice was moving along the side
i, ,o1r O1 ~" easer Tue hon
q with their country cousins and ,ar
ain seats in their goudolas. -.
8 was case where the country 49,,
SINS had the advantage, right in the vsa
100, and they sat serenely in their &c
Is eating and drinking, while the city IL,
IS wandered restlessly seeking a good -,