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

tried to make him understand that we
were rich and did not mind twenty
five centlmes. The jewlng process did
not come natural and when we asked
TO have price lessened, our counten-
ances betrayed us for novices, and we
probably paid round prices for our
souvenirs. In Geneva a ped6lar tried
to sell us some mosaics at five francs
each. In jest and to be rid of him, l
offered him one franc. He laughed in
derlsion, but soon came again and Of
fered me six at one franc each, and /
had to take one at probably its full
value. We watched the modern pro-
cess OF setting mosalcs. They clip
long needle like rods of colored glass,
set them in a bed of cement, and there
are a great many bits in small piece
of work. In the Arcade at Naples we
were in beautiful shop with most
courtly proprietor. He greeted us joy
fully because he recognized us as soon
as we entered, we had been in his
store in Chicago in '93-this was after
he had learned we had visited the
Fair. He would sell us things cheap
er because he loved the Americans.
Also my mother reminded him of his
mother, now departed, and he serious
ly accepted my remark that one could
have many wives but only one mother.
don't think our purchases were equal
to the occasion, but we enjoyed it.
From Naples to Rome, with its many
domes, all repeating St. Peters in min
ature. We visited ST. Peters on Sun
day, during an installation of bishops,
but the cathedral is SO vast that the
ceremony only occupied one corner or
chapel St. Peters, the Vatican, the
Colonnades, the fountains and The obe-
lisk are on so grand a scale, with no
plgmy at hand by which to measure
them that it is some time before one
can realize their largeness. (Perhaps
as good way to show how we worked
in our sight seeing will be to give our
guides program fer one day. Ii is
pity you cannot have it as spelled in
mixture of English and I,alian
Monday morning-By tramway to st.
Peters and the Vatican, the Scala Reg
gla Sistine Chapel, Stanza of Raphael,
Loggia of Raphael, the Picture Gal
lery, the Vatican Museum of Statues.
Afternoon-By carriage the Trajan
Forum, the Capitoline Hill and Mus
cum, Arch OF Titus, Arch of Severus,
Basilica Ginglia, Via Sacra, Caesars
Palace, Palatine Hill, Forum OF Cupid,
the Coliseum, Arch of Constantine,
st. Peters in Vincoli, Baths of Titus,
House CT Lucretia Borgia, and some
thing else | can neither read rCr
remember.
Nature gave us a shower bath in the
Baths of Caracalla, contrary to all pre-
cedent in August, and appropriately
! finished our Roman visit with an
earthquake as we sat in the cars at the
| SldllOH. we uISI IliuOSuI IllS
was start, but as we saw the sway
ing signs, the trembling wires and the
excited people, we recognized the
quake. Some stones fell in the Col
oseum and woman was killed. The
increasing heat FASTENED our depart
ure from Italy, and in Genaya we only
had car-side by night. But even
that had some excitement. The friend
ly porter gave four innoceEts into the
charge Of the conductor and we felt
safe. We frequently gave him cop
pers till he was satisfied, and we gaz-
ed, and spoke our foreign tongue,
While the natives took stock of us and
talked too. But the conductors
changed twice. and we felt uneasy.
Alone in foreign city at 10 p. m!
Did the conductor know where we be-
longed? We changed cars, too. Fi-
nally, happy sight, we came in view of
our hotel DR.. Hughes, six footer,
made one stride from the rear OF the
car to the front platform, waiting not