Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-15
Come Gondoliers to Ply Boats
Through the White City.
HISTORY OF THE GoNDoLA.
R,aaiias OF ihsPasi, Remembered In Poetry and
In sonu-RsrOss al The Paddle
and The PronS-"siali"
and "Premi"


,,rnd,,c.,J a, ~ fsbicayo exhibition of
iss,3 sena " ~ the sondolas which take
~. nI,N'. g. .srriagss and render the
nrj,i I,,ai VI - ne Adrintic 20 poetic
mi !, H., ,''ri,tc viii he sent TO Amer
~ ~ haen In Venice can
forgot ths I"ht graceful rondolas. that
sl;,fe tsa,. io,,'r tLs c,nnls livery
S sr"~si go sm i. 1s some exquisite star
i'm eyeninr spent on one OF these
nsc,nr,..,,,,a No Jonbt what Is so
innntifni w "V III iarnons will have A
yr,snt s,,sc v In Ameriea,
I'M ',oyJnias fbnt are being sent to
Chirngn nrc nnt Ia be uniuted black like
tho ones now IN use in Veuice. but col
orel hn,i,,,, ,be feIse tcabinl TO match.
There s1, n'v NH 'bbe e pipT. blue and green
pondnios Viii cabins or ornamental
stuffs Of tho same tint.
The pondnIns are twenty in number;
fifteen have covered cnbins, the others
ara .ren IAyeive have been built In lie
dock yar1 Of Napoleon Fassi at &.
Giovanni q paola. the eight are built by
Michele Cnsnl ut San Vito. Fnssi's
,ynnJolns nr" tbe host for exnctness OF
shan md precision OF work, and are
splen1iIlv decorated.
Uesides lie twenty gondolas, four
bissone will he sent I'hesr are special
honfs also macmillan 10 Venice. and there
IL only ono design. so that Is difficult
for the builders TO make n mistake in
the proportions. tradition guides tLe
wofhnlen, but where tne ShiehHo gohuo-
,as u,ii't Is tnat lhg,eHn a. Ioiutnf 'H ,aa.
with tLa tvo rpyyer. 80 that they will
be less swirl me bissone also will hold
twenty persons, but Will have only two
rn,yrr,
roW'Is, Vii. .,.u
AT thicag0, as az Venice we shnli
nielr me traialuonal eR 81 inc gonuo,
Ilcls, sun auu a JiMi VIII w
gohu9lns meet u cry wheh nhSht pe
i lrills,ua'Si ,g s,op unu indS1 mast,
OF the cAbman's whip, The horn OF the
,ta,nW"y ana inc "nisle OF lhe r0l'
WAY
me sost OF these gohuoias VIII pe
nDout oYV frames ior those covered ~
oi's hnu 81 francs ior those covered ny
th' ielse; Tue prlct OIL the Dlssohe Is
calculated ~ liOO irahcs' lneiudlhg pack
my;
Inc contractor OF the gondolirrs -
MI bounenlc9 Moretl' venetian VINO
mas resided thirty-tWo years IA America
anu Y Is ne Who has undertaken TINS task
lor the pAhibiuoh, M9rettl, however ~
seems mas MOI engaged only professional
sohdouers OF those acknowledged by
Le tragehelll OF fraternitles OF Condo
hcrs, as meinleTa. He nus chosen his
men mere ana There, ana in Venice they
rather lnugh ~ these fresh water Condo
ht'S' WIN ~ s"ihs W .hhV ihc EluliouS
tradihons OF The oar TO the United States.
Amongst them however, there arr. some
true Sohdolffs especially three, Lnigtc
ana brancesgo Haneila and Giovanni
torrauinl, wLQ are winners OF reEattas
a9l amongst the BEST oarsihen In Venice
II would certainly have been better II
Morftl had engaged only professional
guhuollers' lhlgi Iahelln Is the most
famous winners of regnttas, and 1t Is
WIN nm uiat The Venetian custom men
TONED further on has originated. lie
was Tue hrst TO arrive hvc tunes at the
winning post aud is The glorious posses
sOr OF hve banners.
HE eNportaiioh of the pretty swift
sunuolns To lineage IL 4 charming idea
ana no less dcligLtful will II be to tind
portion OF Venice ut the Worlds fair.
IN the 9th OF April htty-slN gOndOlers
irlt Venice for Chicago. They do not
reeve any payment until the day of
,he TRANSFORMATION, Durihg the voyage
lhy parthkn ot the same food as the
Hauors on We steamer hut are not TO
~ pHlli;;, Mhrh thyy arrive IN Chicago
anc} WI n1 lodged 70 u wooden house
"'u llv'u ne Iay lnat they enter into
s,i IVY th'| WI hnNe ~ francs mouth
ni.u tn'lt heep' winch WIN consist of
o'.S,HaN'as'' l9hcheon ana dinner,
n, TX, WorAllE hours OF the gondoliers
~ 1nff"gY W'l pe from a. m. tin III p.