The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-02-07
FRANCE CONTRASTS IN Rome.

FRANCE CONTRASTS IN ROME
so,ts and Conditions of Mem Jostl
one Another In the streets.
perhaps 1t Is true that the imprea
49, which Roma makes upon
,s.urhtful man vary more according
!. M wind and tho time Of day thai
49, he feels in other cities. Perhaps
Z. there is no capital In oil the work.
Ian has such contrasts TO show with
Z mile of each other-one nigh
.huOst say within dozen steps.
az Of the most crowded thorough
,.res Of Rome, for instance, il the Wis
II Tritone, which Is the only passage
tstveen the Pincian and the Quirina
silk from the region Of Piazza Colon
z toward the railway station and the
~ quarter. During the busy hours
Z The day a carriage can rarely move
through its narrower portions any fas.
I, Than at foot-paoe, and the insult
eaient pavements are thronged with
rsdestrians. In measure, the Tritone
4 Rome corresponds to Galata bridge
i Constantinople. In the course of a
,ssk most of tho population OF the
nv must have passed at least once
through the crowded little street,
mich somehow. in the rain Of millions
that lasted for two years, did not man
~ to attract to itself even the little
nm which would have sufficed to widen
n ~ few yards. 1t is as though the
cuatents Of Rome were daily drawn
hreugh keyhole. In the Tritone are
y be seen daily magnificent equipages,
BANNED In the string, between milk
carts, omnibuses and dustmen's bar
|roSs, preceded BY butchers vans and
followed by miserable cabs, small dog
carts, and high-wheeled country vehi-
Hes driven by rough. booted men wear
In green-lined cloaks and looking like
strange bandits; even saddle-horses are
sonetimes led that way, to save time;
Ina on each side flow two streams Of
human beings Of every type to be found
between Porta Angelica and Porta San
Giovanni.
4 prince Of the Holy Roman empire
pushes past troop Of dirty school chill
aren, and is almost driven into an open
barrel Of salt Goldfish, in the door Of
poor shop, by blackfaced charcoal
man carrying sack on his head more
han half as high = himself. A party |
y jolly young German tourists In loose
plsthes, with red books IN their hands,
laa their field-glasses hanging BY
traps across their shoulders, try to rid
henselves Of the flower girls dressed
! sham Sabine costumes, and utter ex-
1aRations of astonishment and admir-
lion when they themselves are almost
~ down by coupls Of the giant Roal
rsnadiers, each six feet i've or there
bouts, beside nine inches, or 30, Of
rested helmet aloft. gorgeous, gigan-
y and spotless. II
Jerks by the dozen and Nveried mes
engers Of the ministries struggle in
b press; ladies gather their skirts
'0sely, and try to pick dainty way .
here, indeed, there il nothing "dain"
word which DR.. johnson oonfesses
1at he could not find in any dictionary, ,
" which he thinks might be very use
VI; servant girls, smart children with
aEses and hoops going up to the Pin
. black-browed washerwomen with
6 baskets of clothes on their heads, J
nnpy little infantry soldiers In gray 9
liforms, priests. friars, vendors of I
'ot-laces and thread, vegetable sellers I
shing hand-carts of green things in t
q out among the horses and vehicles 7
~ amazing dexterity, and yelling
cir cries in superhumanly high voices &
here is no end to the multitude. 4
L the day is showery, it is sight 6
see the confusion in the Tritone 9
len umbrellas of every age, material =
color are all opened at once, while y
people who have none crowd into Q
Goldfish shop, and the liquor-seller's I
the tobacconist's, with the tradi- =
nal con permesso Of excuse for en- \
ing when they do not mean to buy
thing; for the Romans are mostly g
' people and fairly good-natured. :.
rain or shine. at the busy hours, the ,
&c is always crowded to overlooking 4,
. every description Of vehicle and u
y type OF humanity.-Marion Craw- Y
4 In Century. e.
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Baby's Clothes. =,
ne baby's bath, next to the baby's q .,