New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-29

CURIOUS COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCEMENTs
IN CONTINENTAL CITIES-ART GAL
TFRIES As BAD AS SHOPS.

American and English women travellers and
shoppers in Continental Europe get no little amuse-
ment on; 81 advertisements printed in very bad
English for the Americans benefit. To he Informed
OF "hos cries confectioncd On measure" Of com
pete dinner thea services for six to forty-eigh per-
SON" or OF "manufactore prices" e not 50 produc-
tive Of conviction OF entertainment
\ couple of delIghtfuy phrascd italian an
no,,ncoments are as follows. commission for only
one shirts are also received that the clients may
experience the quality and exact confection.'
The other reads. Free entrances. so that ever
NAV form an exact idea OF he good quality Of
things ard price advantages without buyin. en-
gagement."
curlo seller In Granada. Spain makes the
sweeping statement that "all other hand made lace
Is imitation. being machine-made in France or Bel
GUM"
In one OF tn medieval palaces OF Genoa. now
used as a picture gallery is splendid painting Of
a cavalier with crimson sleeves In the Official cat
aIogiis he T., known a a man with red handles.
The praiseworthy enterprise Of Florentine
hotel-keeper in heating his rooms for winter is de
scribed rs having "caorhcs i'm all floor. and an
other Florcntine advertses his possession OF a
premium steam mandatory Of Marroco leather
and grant wear
The English catalogue OF the Tntcretto pictures
I'm La Scuola ~ : Rocco Venice. is a gem II de-
scribes the lower hall having "drei navrs sup
ported by C)rynfhiau pillars, and mentions among
the paintings "Venice reeafed Of he plague. "thc
multiplication Of the loafs and fishes, "Ioise. WHO
makes the water spring" the ccroned Virgin"
the 'probatie pond" (Bethesdal. Daniel in the
trench Of lions and Ella l'fted 10 Heaven
Worth of att milton" declares this catalogue are
as well the wood carvings around the wall sides 10y
an ANONYMOUS" In the choir 10 adds AR"
twenty bas-relcefs divided into compartments eacn
representing ~ different fact out Of the live Of s.
Rock. while the other four at each eN
tremetfes rapp an allrgOrical figure
The managers OF fhe Austrian STATE railways aD-
prise English readers 10y pacards In their that
in this tof certain delays the re-eXpedition
OF the luggage can only be Effected by directing a
written requ st. in addition with the keys tho the
baggage left h"hnd and the receipt got while post
Ing the aforesaid goods
American dentists enjoy such a high reputation
abroad that mon Of other nationalites attempt TO
profit by il "Hadad liadgy Assad American dem
fist" * "a sign which. In Alexandria, Egypt. usu-
ally makes a woman tourist from the States smile.
In the same city one OF the hotels 1dvertisos
magnificent panarOma. situated in the centre Of
business
dealer I'm the Ham quarter Of Cairo announces
that he is a "daer Of Orcntale cureuseities.' The
French words "carlpets Of every sort" he trans
lates kinds and rugs.
\ quack in Rome advertises that - tablets
will cure the most rebel cough and the manager
Of health resort that "invaiids will regain their
health and for sufferers from hailmenis such MS
rheumatism is the only place 10 go"