The Republican journal., 1900-06-28
LETTER FROM ITALY.

We have been permitted to publish the
following letter from Miss Fannie J.
Dyer to her father and mother. Mr. and
Mrs. u. W. Dyer of this city. under date
of >iena. Italy. June l. 1900:
If one wishes to have an easy time in
travelling it is best to go into person
LAZY conducted" party and let somebody
else attend to tickets, luggage and other
details. But If one wishes to learn good
deal about foreign ways there is moth
ing like depending upon ones self. We
find. too. that it adds a spice of novelty
not to understand the language. This
neceSSitateS the use Ut considerable pan
tomime and ii is surprising how much in
formation can he ccaveyed by signs and
the mere sound If the human voice. l
always know WI en- I've made a mistake
III taking a wrong street, for example,
after inqulring of the natives. by the
way they shout and gesticulate making
the most frantic efforts to set me right.
Along the We'll travelled routes one has
no difficulty. because French and Eng
llSl are everywhere spoken. But we
are loulneying Just now along routes
that are less crowded by tourists and
seeing considerable of the Old mediae-
val Italian towns. TO me ii is most en-
tertalnlng TO plunge INTO place With
out being sure whether we shall
bring up al the hotel we are seeking or
be landed III 2 police court. from lack OF
knowledge OF Italian However. We
have Jared famously thus far and I'm
beginning to feel that life will be rather
tame when we reach home and talk only
straight American. And it will seem
4 ,,.I, n GU, md
make purchase without beating down
on the price. Here no one expects to
pay the sum first asked. The shop
keeper offers an article at his price and
you mention yours. Then ensues lot
of parleying on both sides. he affirming
in effect. that he and his family will be
utterly ruined to accept your offer This
is said with a struggling of the should
ers and rolling of the eyes impossible to
describe. The little farce usually ends
by obtaining what is wanted at about
third of what was first asked. and the
signor politely bows you out to the street
calling down the blessings of half the
saints i'll the calendar on your head.
We left Rome in company with Prof.
and Mrs. Brady of Smith College. de
lightful people whom we met at the pen
sion there. The train bore us swiftly
away from the hills that were 1.-THE pride
OF Horace, the dream of Dante and the
JOY of Raphael's seraphic eyes. and the
old city, baked by centuries of burning
summers, soon disappeared from view
But the Tiber like thread of hurnish-
ed amber-that's rather poetic, for it is
a very muddy stream-followed us all
the way to Oryieto, where we stopped
over train in order to visit the cathe-
dral. whose facade of moSalcS and mar
bleS is said to be the finest III Europe.
We reached there about noon and our
first care was to leave oIlf hand luggage
at the station Thugs have progressed
since | was here before, for the system
HOW is as simple and safe as at home.
There we leave our bags ana take a met
al check. Here we received printed
ticket ON which the man wrote our name
and hour OF arrival. HE charge per
day for each article is the enormous
sum ot' I've Centeslml or one cent. Like
So many Italian towns. OrVieto is perch
ed OF high hin and the railroad is usu-
ailv Il mile or two down in the valley.
Casting about for some sort o1 a com
veyanct we Were politely conducted to
a cable car which climbed up the steep
ascent of several hundred feet. almost
pelpendicuIarly | confess my heart
was III my mouth III we were oepoSltea
safely at the top. we palo een'S Tor
uelH@ llanied mp Ill inns leall'{l FASHION
and then started To walk to the cathe-
Nfal. NJ INNS lilc same l0lile oilitl''i 'e-
gan 70 gtStlculate WIN the great Ntllt-
lnenfe ana p"uF loflh d No4leN "l lldl-
AN NOT Wofd OF which we c0uld u'l-
deIStalhi. ~ lhe same llllle ne KEEP
VolllllilS 10 d llolti ollllli'''S "l." li'ous II
we saw "lheis VIC came w III NE V"i
Walking, we de'lael 10 rae; 10 our
as1ohlSliinent we i"ulld tlial lHe eleven
cents covered tiie eoSt "i llaiisl'"i'"-
non ny lhe nus also. ne ildllaiiS ave
certainly very kllld-hearted ana c"''lie-
Gus people. hotWl'liSlaiuillS lhe STORES
mat are I"Iu Oh lhtlI oiH'iole9S!. y
the cathedral our guide was pteaSal
raced Young man Who scenes 70 ne
ooth iteo!ytt aliu af'tS1. allo WA" tE-
pta!heu the 1feSc"es WIN All We grace
of chesterfield: ht>t mural p"lit-
lhgS ny Nlghoreih ana oihtf llttelllh
century artists can be seen al 'fN'e'o
ANA >lena better than almost anHW lere
else and we found them Moh"tl1'liiN N
teIestlng. l!atevtr TIE leA2loUs ne
lle1 Of us modeIlls. there Is L" as'Niht
that those old PAINTERS mao q I'm faltA
III literal hell OF IRE ana primsf"lie
ana III an actual resurrection OF tine