The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-09

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ride no other wheel u his own. an,
should he permit his brother to use hi
wheel without a cense the authoritie
would seize and retain the machin,
until a heavy fine was paid.
Another peculiar custom is the wa,
in which an Italian will beckon will
his hand. In America people wave tn,
hand toward them when they desire 4
persons approach: in Italy il is jus
the opposite. When an Italian waves
goodbye to you with his hand you i'm.
agine he is calling you back. and il
he wants you to approach he motion.
with his hand as Americans do in max
ing a gesture of repulsion.
In New York there are morning and
evening papers. with a liberal outflow
of extras between. In Italy the news.
papers reach the public about . O'Clock
at night.
Around every school door. when
classes for the day have been finished.
you VIII see a gathering of men and
ome These are the parents. who
come to carry home the books Of their
children.
When the family wash is ready. the
mother carries the basket full of clothes
on her head to the public wash house
the lavatoJo. Here she pays a tax for
the use of the water and for a place at
the scrub bench. Women readers know
how heavy a large basket of wet clothes
becomes; how il taxes ones strength
to lift ii from the ground. And yet
young girls in Rome may be seen care
fully picking their way down a steep
hill with basketfuls of wet clothes on
their heads, balancing them with the
motions Of their bodies and singing as
they go. The working women have
necks of steel, owing to the develop
ment the muscles receive in carrying
such weights.
In rowing the Neapolitans face the
bow.
When at a theater or on any public
promenade in Italy o may stare to
your hearts content at your neighbor,
but should it be a woman at whom you
gaze you must never smile; If you do
it is considered an insult.
Among the common people soap and
butter are considered luxuries, and
should you be able to have a stove in
your house you must pay the govern
ment a tax for its use.
Wine is the common drink and spa
ghetti the standard dish. Ii requires
no little skill to eat the latter, for the
long wheaton tubes are the hardest
things in the world to get into your
mouth with neatness and success. But
the native born takes his dish, and
with a few skilful turns with his fork
startling Roadway. 1t is an art
and requires long practice. yet some
times American lads at the schools in
Italy calmly and quickly finish a third
dish and then sigh for mere.
The social hours of the day in Rome
are the two preceding the ave. or the
bell rung at shutdown. In these two
hours 1t is proper to maks and return
calls. to drive in the public park, or
to attend the concert given on the Pin
clan hill. 1t is during this time that
the queen takes her drive She is new
er seen with the king. Ever since the
last attempt to assassinate him he has
taken careful precautions for his safe
ty. At his side is an officer, and fol-
lowing the carriage are two private
guards armed and ready for action.
Every n loves the queen. She is very
devout, and now and then she steals
from her palace dressed in plain black
and mingles with the worshippers in
the churches. AS for the king-well,
is another story.
Bananas or peanuts are never seen
in Italy. As for han organs and the
monkey, they are seldom seen
IN the city streets. A peasant from the
mountains bringing in vegetables to
sell to the city folks must pay a tax at
the gate before he can enter the walls.
At the first sign Of snow the Roman
0N-''A DOsS toNN n IbltIdN. /
There are a great many suicides in
Rome, and the favorite way is TO throy.
)ne's self over the Pincian wall, or go
TO the suicide bridge out on the Alban
Hills and leap from it on to the rocks
800 feet below. And when a person has
nus ended his life, the natives think
I proper to cut a small cross on the
pot from which he or she plunged Ia
ieath. As many as IL crosses have
been counted in as many feet. and the
bridge is rather long.
To refuse a pinch of snuff is a griev-
'us insult. To walk in the sunlight is
o class yourself with dogs and barbar-
ans. To enter a shop and to walk out
Without making a purchase is to cali
Town upon your head the wrath of an
tallan tongue, whose superlative ours
IS would make a New York truckman
with envy. The reason of this
S that the windows of the stores con-
ain everything in stock with marked
'rlces, and the shop keeper hates TO
ak unless there is a sale in prospect
t the end. He may have done moth
ng but sit and doze for an hour before
'ou enter, and he may do nothing else
tier you leave, but should you fail to
he considers himself the most
.bused man in the city. whose time is
upon fools in general.
1t Is not always the native guide that
; the best. One day at the Church Of
I. Peter in Rome a party of American
boys were watching the crowds
ome n go, when a swarthy-faced
approached and asked in the pur-
ST Italian IL they wished a guide. On
spu of the m one of the
oys answered him in Greek. he fell
Nv gave them a keen look: then, with
broad grin and a still broader brogue.
aid:
"Arrah! Now phwat are We givin'
he! sure, an / know we are Ameri-
it's mesel' that's Pat Bran
igan.' And that man could tell you
lore about Rome in five minutes than
native could in a month. Two years
fterward he was on the Rue de Rivoli
/ Paris. He was driving a hack. and
Is French was perfect. ,
one grows careless in travelling and
things slip the memory. hut there
one thing that II takes months to get
to-a Roman funeral. OF
i sights. a burial procession in Italy