The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-11-10

NAPLES.
Naples, from out ON the bay, is
most fair to look upon. Rising from
tho. very edes.al Lhszz
faands me OF a vast ampitheatre.
Viewed from the heights on the out
ermost rim of the city, it is vast
succession oil tiled roofs, with occas-
ional riits through which tree tops
show, with here and there a slender
smokestacl The residences of the
rich occupy the hill-tops and the ter.
races, and connected with them IN
many instances are spacious grounds
which show scrupdlous care on the
part OF their owners. The Bay of
| Naples, Of which SO mael has been
reproduced SO many timesinpietures
| that the mere computation thereof
would be ~earying task. is the
most beautiful body of water Lave
ever seen. 1t is positively entraae-
ting, SO supetlatively 50 that can
never tire off am SITTING at this
moment on a narrow balcony that
let's out from AN upper window that
\ oyerlooks the bay, one of hose little
s hanging balconies that are 70 char.
! acteristic of Italy, and with the az
i e9ption OF the interposition OF a huge
4 barracks building that stands ON a
4 bit,sI an island in the foreground. |
! command :, splendid view of the
wide'sweep of blue waters. Over 10
the left, the east, -Vesuvius, a thin
i trail of vaporous smoke slowly creep
i ing out of the crater that lies at its
very apex, and floating idly away;
/ Sorrento, where Tasso lived and
4 sang, a bit further to the south.
/ Pompeii, a struggling village OF a
few hundreds,-beggar infested, Its
buried city, splendid even after its
long sleep, hidden awag--ia little
nook of the bay; Capri, with its or
ange and olive groves, down ct the
very south; bit of open space Saat
stretches away to the sea, and taoz
lschia, off to the southwest, where
so many thousands of people were
killed few years ago by an earth
| quake; then Procida, aud tht gently
curving west shore of the bay, its
foot crowded with hotels and parks,
its head slopes crowned With villas
and domed churches This is q sup
erhcial statement of the principal
points of interest along the shores of
the bay, and conveys no hint, even,
of the glories that lie enclosed |.
| suppose there are FIVE hundred BIO; It's,
! sails, tugs, yachts, schooners in sig hit
as write these words, every one .of
which, as it dances along upon tine
greenish blue waters would make Il
picture for an artist. The larger
shipping, among which is the United
States cruiser Albany, her white huh
looking black as she rides at anchor
right in the dazzling track of the
sun, are in the lett foreground, while
at my very feet a hundred fishing
boats ride at anchor, their pictur-
esque owners having long since come
Isl with their mornings catch. !
realize that this is a superficial state
meat of the elements that constitute
the picture that lies before me, SO | |
am overcome by the hopelessness of |
any effort | may make to convey to
you an adequate comprehension of
its beauties. There are people, gift
ed in that way, who could paint !
this scene in words that would make
it stand out before your eyes, in inl-
agiuatiOn at least, and | envy them
the gift, though | know iull well
that even such writers could not
convey, with all their knowledge of
shades OF color, with all the wealth
of imagery at their command, with
III their nice phrasings, with all their
fine. ord-paintings, even faint con-
cepti. IN OF its transcendent beauties.
You Ina We got to stand on this bal
cony. as 1 have done, morning after
morning, a. I'd drink it in until your
whole being 'ibrates under the thrill
of the touch of heaven that is in it,
before Won can begin to understand
it. 1t must have been under the in
Auencc of the kind Of spell it puts up
ON me that the Italians first made
the boast, "Vedi Napoue poi mort,
see Naples and then dics--and they
must have had the bay more in mind
than the city, which is architectural
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