Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-07

thing In Naples. Here the shops
are clean and wen kept. IL opens out on
Cathedral square. Away from this CEN
ter everything Ii dirty and dingy. The
people seem never TO wash but they
keep their hair well dressed and seem
TO think that is all decency dcquires of
them. The streets, with the exception
Of one or two. are always filled with
booths. some containing vegetables.
others fried potatoes. In others. there
are dishes Of various sorts and mix
lures. | don't think the encyclopedia or
cook book names them. Put them all
together and call II. Chamber OF Hor-
rors. The only honest tradcsnan II the
nilkman. He drives his cows or goats
around the town shouting at the top
OF his voice. People wanting milk come
to the front window on the balcony.
lower their glass or pitcher In a tin
bucket with string attached. The
milkmnn milks the goats In full view
OF the customer. II paid. and on he
goes To the next house. SO he continues,
until HIS goats run dry. I went through
several mnccaroni factories and
watched them make their staple food.
I don't want TO eat any for awhile.
The cathedral II the best building In
Naples. dome shaped. with large col
onnadc In front. ono OF the greatest
frauds ever gone through happens here
which turns to blood. The priests
charge 80 nruch to see the change while
ID goes ON during Easter week. The lg-
norant people thinking ~ getting a
blessing by seeing this holy fraud flock
TO the church In hordcH. The nrst day
while the crowd numbers 81 many. II
takes all day to change. The following
days. as the crowd dimlnishes, me
change takes icns time until half an
hour sufficea. It's shame the govern
mcnt does not stop such things. The
most interesting sights around Naples
are pompcli and Mt. Ncsuvius. In
driving out to Pompcii one gets a good
idea Of the common people IN Naples
MS he drives the whole length Of the
town and can zee the metropolitan life
81 the common clnsr In all It's phases.
You are continually being posted with
bcggnrr from start to finish. on arriv-
INK at Pompcll you pay your entrance
fee and you are then IN the unearthcd
gl1rica Of the once buried city OF
ancient Rome. They have uncovered
Just about half and are stili cxcayating.
You wander around deserted streets IN
vast public buildings. through private
houses. taatcfuily decorated with paint
ingn and mosaic floors. everything
bringing forcibly TO mind what the
grandeur of this deserted city once was.
The roofs are gone. but the walls rtill
stand. The rocks have the burrows
worn IN by chariots. The fountains
have pits ana burrows worn In by tho
rope used IN drawing water and by the
hands aud knees knccling ON the Sides
Everything denotes the Kind Of life
led In that day. You cannot help let
ting your mind wander IN building the
city and nnimnting the life M u once
was. Everything around you makes
such deep Impressions that II becomes
easy to see how II once
was and understand the
life ~ that day The baths are In good
preservation. Some ~ them nre beau
iifully gotten M with bright trcscocs on
the walls. while priceless gems ~
Htntuary nrc hercl and there. one
naturally wishes 10 md the houses
mentioned by Lord Lytton In his work
entitled The Last Days Of pompcil.
The house Of GlacuH Diomcdcs. The
Tcmplc.and the Amphithcatcr. all are
standing na they We're when Lytton
wcnycd his fascinating romance about
them. The wine shops stili have their
Jars arranged on the shelves ms ~ old.
while old stoves have had crisp petrified
bread In their ovens. Everything shows
how quickly the curse descended on the
city. catching the people at their vnri-
Gus occupations plmy tells ~ they
were watching n performance In the
amphithcnter when tho asheH com-
mcnccd a. fall, catching them In the
midst Of II. AZ onr OF the gates was
found Roman soldier In full uniform
cncrunted with lava. showing the metal