The Atlanta constitution., 1896-07-27

flowers OF every kind. and orange and
lemon trees fun OF fruit and flowers. They
are trained to cover arbors. Roses rare
In such profusiOn that IL Is bewidering.
We get a finer view of the bay and Vesu-
Vius from this place than we did at Naples.
The hotel. a delightful one. is on an i'm
mense blum overlooking the bay Of Naples.
We 20 TO Pompeii in the morning.
| We were 50 carried away with Pompeii'
| They have finished IN the past three years
/ what they call the new house 1t Is In
! more perfect state Of preservation than
/ any they have yet found. in garden
/ planted in the court Is a fountain and one
! a. each corner. and the decorations or
what is left Of Them in some of the rooms
I are almost perfect
! We LEFT Sorrento this morning and reach
/ 81 Naples At - minutes after H. and Rome
I ar 4 minutes OF 30-think OF calculating
/ time in this way and keeping straight with
money AT the same time. and yet We have
learned 10 10 H. On our way TO Rome to-
! day we passed twice n great maccaroni
| town ard saw those nasty people spreading
/ it on the roofs OF houses 10 dry with their
I dirty hands and walking over il with their
dirty feet-the dear maccaroni 1 have al
ways liked much.
We leave FOR Florence in a few days. We
have visited ST. Peters and the vatican
-FOUR times and must 20 twice more. We
had spent one day with the statuary at
the vatican. and one on one Of the lower
floors with pictures. but we wanted TO see
the TRANSPORTATION, and Raphaels Ma
donna. and / counted the steps we went
up and there were 90. Today
We went back and decided TO go
10 the dome OF st. Peters. as
sure you IL Is miles To the top OF the
church. and then il seemed forever up
those wind ng stairs 10 the dome. but
tie view was magnificent and repaid all
r4f "a he "a hall nra
top oi the dome you ascend the last flight
by "A ladder and only seven can go in
onc'- ilut We must leave Rome, though il
IS hard 10 do 1 forgot TO tell you tho
house we are stopping at was built before
columbus discovered America. They build
houses 10 last over here.
FLORENCE cannot tell You how queer
every fhing seems here. In the old parts
~ tho Town the streets are very narrow ana
no sidewalks: everyone walks IN the streets
ttelEian block and the cabmen hello as
thcN 20 on To get people out OF the way,
an. y you get run over you are arrested
"tH not ttc cahnlan. Some streets have
sidewalks. but hardly wide enough for one
iersotl Most Of the lower class OF Ttal-
lans live in the streets and it is dirty
crowd The fare at our hotel Is very good.
~ Rome ] n,arly starved before lunch.
our breakfast was honey. cold bread and
cup of tea-and everything so Italian.
her- it is American. We can have toast.
-Es aad cold meat for breakfast We
r- ,bar w,,v, ~ J.., ,ao.s
"t ti' The houses are an 80 ,sn,,
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walls aEc - '.s,oy,efirnes We have pau
fortatle oeus'
pillows . erin 70 Europe as eh-
one can ilne' mae pIeases. but all this es1N '',,t
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over "" - No have looked at plcluie
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