Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-14

who absolutely refused to do 80 was
the most often aillng. 1t seemed to me
the difficulty lay In the continual
change, rather than in the quality Of
the water
Our day on the Rhine was one of
sunshine and shower, so we enjoyed
its beauties in many varied aspects.
The Fourth of July was spent in a
corridor car enroute from Vienna to
Innsbruck. We each wore a tiny flag
and vented our patriotism in MY
Country 'Tis of Thee" with an oceas-
lonal hiatus while trying to recall the
words. All FIVE men could sing, so we
nearly raised the roof, and probably
made the other passengers think us
lunatics. At least they were lodging
in the aisle in curiosity and they did
not applaud. / wish some one would
get up a new atlas and spell geographi-
cal names as the natives elect. How
would q lone unconducted American
known enough to get off at K-o-l-n
when he wished to buy bottle Of
pure unadulterated cologne, and why
should we write Vienna when four let
ters, Wien are sufficient? Vienna
is a beautiful city and their claim that
their opera house is as fine as that OF
Paris seems justified
What refreshment it was, after cit
les, Cathedrals, museums and crowds
and long days journey, though
through magnificent scenery, to come
to the lIttle town of Innsbruck, lying
on both sides of the rushing Inn, and
nestled among the near green noun
tains. From Innsbruck we crossed in
to Italy. In Venice, on landing from
our gondola, we felt indeed that we
were in a far country. We were at
the Persian Amora, on the grand
canal, and crowds Of Italians eyed us
with their swapping black eyes, and
gesticulated and jabbered about us and
did not seem to be saying pretty
things at all, so | was glad to be per-
sonally conducted. There was a mag
nificent slty-sccpe to add to the inter-
est of the novel scene, boats of all
kinds with sails of all colors, and bare
headed women wrapped in the ever
present shawl, even though tanning
themselves. One eve there was a fes-
tival of music, so aided by our con-
ductor, our local guide and the hotal
keeper, we engaged gondolas at high
rate on account of the unusual occas-
ION. Il was worth it; that eve gave us
the Venice of sScry and CT song; but
imagine cur feelings on learning that
four Cincinnati girls. just arrived at
our pension, had unaided engaged
their gondola for about half what we
paid. Put not your trust in guides
They never all sleep in Italy at one
and the same time Till broad day
light the revelers shouted and sang al
the wine booth next our door and ther
the workers continued the racket and
so we found it everywhere. Venice
smells and looks dilapidated by day
but at night she is beautiful once
more.
In Naples we. had charming loaa-
tion with. a fine view of the bay and
Mount Vesuvius. Just a few steps
around corner, and you were in the
thick of the Italians, who, as after
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houses, and lived on the streets, cook
ing, eating, nursing their children
sewing, dressing their fine hair, and
hunting in it also, till you felt sym
pathetic itchings. We had some dry
cakes in our room left from some lun-
cheon. The maid did not dispose Of il
nally flung 1t to the ground from the
balcony. Such scramble, boys and
haclmen ran and fell on the precious
morsels, and on peeping over a few
moments afterward one little ragged
fellow lifted his cap and bowed his
gratitude. "a penny, penny" beg
bth ~ oman IVY vi tNO VI Jul
20, go in there" was the response
pointing to the bay. In jiffy of
came his trousers with will you give
me penny if l do?" He got it.
became better acquainted with the
natural history of the flea while In
Italy than ever before. At morn ant
eve we searched and always found
We had a fine day for visiting Pom,
} peii. Although very warm fine
breeze from the sea refreshed us, anC
the view of it was charming AS we
, looked at the worn places at the foun,
tains where the small boy had worr
the stcre away in drinking, as oul
small boy does today at the street
pump, and at the pipes laid for con
duc,ing water into their houses, the
Pompeiians seemed very modern and
up-tO-date. OF course we wondered
NJ the wall paintings. and visited tht
museum and were beseiged by crippled
beggGrs and tossed pennies TO the
hungry looking boys carrying away
basket loads of earth where they were
excavating.
As we were leaving Naples we saw {
great crowd gathered in the street