Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-14

goes little further in Italy than in France
The general use of the telephone struck me
as among the things 1 should not have e1-
pected to find. If anyone wants to know
something at hotel that is going on at a
theater or railroad station, what so easy as
telephoning?-and the telephone comes in
| accordingly. The newspapers have tele-
phone news, and the newsboys are nearly as
loud in Italy as in England. The European
boys are not up to the American standard
in proclaiming their extras.
The Lifts and the Street Cars.
The italian "lift" in the hotels is jaunty
affair. 1t is regarded as a matter of the
utmost Importance, and treated with the
greatest respect. The car is light, almost
fantastic. There are two seats facing each
other. You enter, and expect ,the small
boy who is anxious to know at what story
to discharge you to get on with you, but be
does not ascend. 1t is his part to turn an
iron crank that applies the power, and you
find yourself '.going it alone, at rate that
is not alarming, but you wonder what has
become of that boy with the red band
around his cap and the buttons. He turns
the crank and you do the rest. When your
story is reached, the boy touches spring
or string, there is a sharp click, as if some
body had cooked gun. the car stops, you
step oil, opening the gate, and, as it closes,
the car most deliberately begins the
descent
In some American cities there are preiu-
dices that reach alarms against the use OF
the trolley system of electrical cars; but
they are not afraid in Florence, and think
they must use lightning, when they have it,
!extravagantly. The amount of fire flashing
from the wheels of q car would terrify an
American settlement; but the Italians did
not seem to mind it.
Where Michsel Angelo Worked.
One of the authenticities of Florence is
the workshop OF Michael Angelo He had
commodious quarters. and his rooms have
been converted into museum relating to
him. On the table near the door is copy
Of the drawings of Michael Angeles ceiling
in the Sistine Chapel, and it is a great i'm
provement on the original-far more intelli-
gible, with brighter colors and in better
Ight-and you have the advantage of look
ing down upon IT. Pam glad, coming to see
this, that Michael did not waste his time
entirely in that old chapel. There are some
letters the great artist wrote with his own
hand, and some of his original drawings
rude sketches-and these 1 much enjoyed,
until referring to the red-backed book
which all travellers are not ashamed carry IN
tnelr hanos, and make themselves known as
in hurry The book said the drawings are
doubtful You see, however, unquestioned
models of some of the famous works and
there Is no lack of ikenesses.
A partition shuts off the desk at which
Angelo labored. His Bible is there, but
under lock and key; and presume nothing
short ola franc would find the key. Over
the desk are two long walking sticks that
have seen service and belonged to the grea.
master.
1t was necessary to attend the opera in
the evening. The piece was ''The Rustic
Chevalier," and the Florentines are raving
over the music The orchestra and the
music were splendid, and the tenor, who
was in love, as is usual in such cases, with
another mans wife, and in much trouble,
had delicious voice. The audience inter
ested me more than the opera. The general
public were in the pit.