Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-15
WINTER IN ITALY.
INV Il is Financially Attractive
To All Visitors.
.,ev Economies May Be Observed in
Modern Rome.
,.L., One May Live in a Carrot ana
be Respectable.

one who takes up temporary
-..;aence in Italy hnds himseiI pres
.,,y and pleasantly beset Win iettefs
go his emulous feilow-couhtryiheh
-. more likely women) begging 10 De
va nyecisely what it costs 10 I'VE IN
WV wv, y This is much like asking tine
hsS' a diamond" Something de-
on the color, shape, and size OF
wn. s,one. something depends upon
IN. ,1,sw of what living is-and no
. y neople have exactly the same con-
80, NJ the same term, writes Grace
NJ ~, Channing in the Boston Tran
~, Nevertheless. these letters
10 an irresistible appeal. 90 not
ma that the occult bond is between
A and Italy-but it exists. Ger
:, is that every impecunious
;oan who needs a vacation or
.,,s an inspiration reverts fondly TO
hone Of "wintering in Italy'|t
having been established IN the uarh
..se that Italy is place 10 winter H.
Tbav have all heard that Italy IS so
,haonn-otherwise they could not nope
zoo # These are exactly the people
,onos 10 help realize their paradises
,nore especially if one, as an I'M
,,,ious American herself, has tried
"a fonnd II good to pass on the fruits
a.'u presents itself as an &C
-. thank Offering for benefits re-
ceyed. .;or
have been asking ourselves Tor
.on,bs and marvelling at our own re-
enea for we always decide she Is,
pa 90, taking the facts separately, 1t
.nas NOT seem that she has any right
~ no On And cheap as she once was
even twelve years ago, she certainly ho
longer is.
Cbsan at all she does not appear to
=, 6rst glance. Every individual
,h,ng is as high or higher than IN
America. Rents are high, food is high.
Ma, and salt, -four and sugar bring
What would be riot-prices at nome;
svan fruit is not cheap in land OF
t,u, orchards except with very small
.rcsptons. Dry goods are as dear and
"a, nsarlv so good as with us. Every
romsahIe small convenience, from q
ea,iron to an ice-cream freezer. has
hsen imported, proudly boasts It's
accordingly. Lamp oil, calling ltsei'
'petrolio Americana" costs mar
raising figure; fuel is expensive. bu'
now for the paradox; we pay more io'
MIR coffee. our bread, our milk-1or eV'
srv separate article We eat and we GER
tainlv eat as much, yet 1t costs us less
IN cat than it did in America. We pay
more for our stockings, our under
wear the fabric of our gowns-yet
costs us less to dress than it did there
In short. every item is less cheap, pu
the aggregate is cheaper-eVidehtiy
case where the parts are greater tha'
the whole.
How is this accounted for? 1t Is ac
counted for In two ways-the one gooo
the other bad, but even the good de
pending somewhat upon the bad Ior IL
existence Two things make lie Il
Italy easy and cheap. for the lndiVidua
Of small means-the cheapness OF Id
Dor, and the possibility of living
lmall" Milk and butter, as l nav
eaid cost more than in America, Du
what firm there will deliver two cent
worth of the one and three cents wort
Of the other each morning? Instead on
must buy perhaps eight cents or III
one and fifteen of the other, the
waste two-thirds of both or beconl
compulsory benefactor to some thir
party, with immediate loss here an
now and no compensatnig gain mere
after compulsory benevOlence not ei
tering into the celestial account.
But your ice-chest," says IN
thrte, A
madam; first buying your ice-ches
and then an iceberg a day in order
induce the glittering ice-chariot
pause before your door, In Italy tT
milkman or wineman is your ice-cheS
and will send in two OF one cent
worth of ice at any moment when you
caprice takes you: and the wee pat
eaf-wrapped butter and the We
nasco of cream have no more failed
mus far than the sunrise. Thr'
cents for the cream and two Tor u
butter-it Is still too much, but TN
IS needed to graft Italian thrift {
american extravaganza. Whenev
my conscience has urged a reductit
Oh that wasteful five cents to four.
my American ancestry mas arise
"''hiu Hle 10 REMIND me Ol the iuhC'
eight steps land no "life'D up whi'
mat nickers worth must climb dali
ms Is supeTfuous foolishness In m
TIE milkman would be the first to mi
esteem me If he knew-but ci vuo
pazlenza. And here one may menti'
~ passing that which Is no proof
part OF Italian economy. but is q pa
vi i'aian pleasantness--the green lie
anu iairy fiasco. of which we hold
neetng ownership an hour a day. .
oos'on butter came cunuingly enous
4 outtered paper and cardboard be
snu perhaps more hygtenically. If Y
n,ak Of germs; but then. If you
'alnk OF germs. America is rather I
p'Aee Tor YOU than Italy. The value
4n green leaf-that is what we ha
w yet learned in America.
Ah summer We have counted It
rit Of our joy to order for lunch a
IAN Tor dinner "a portion" of fru
IN greedy moments two portion
america that means a plate
epes or peaches with a fruit knit
Naiy it prefigures Il whole sacr
.she First the bowl (unless it ha
IN ,N 10 be deep silver dish); then
.n"ns OF superb grape leaves. chos
t.. "1e Tor its perfection; then ca
V iaid in purple plums, or bel