The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
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SORNER TINE
Delightful Scenes Which All
Tourists Miss.
MUSIC is EVERYWHERE
And the italian Is a Man of
Leisure and Peace.
MUSIC is EVERYWHERE

The tradition Of a northern summer
ana southern winter has become ven
cradle. To suggest Italy TO the well reg
uIated tourist for his summer outing
ana north Holland for his winter visit
would be 70 attack his religious creed
On the face Of it his present system l.
such a plausible one-in line with man
eternal effort TO get ahead OF nature.
Nature sends some sc0rching days. tn
30 10 the north pole says the man, in
my boat and get cool" Or she sends {
blizzard ! VIII go 20 the equator IL.
my steam car and set warm" retorts
still triumphant man. Yet how imper-
fectly ne fuldus mis- proud intention,
Down comes q cold wave, mild for his
proper habitat, and catches him III his
equatorial refuge without 50 much as d
parlO- stove 10 warm him. and he learns
Tor the first tine IN his life what cold
can be, while let a warm wave overtake
him in his Arctic sojourn and there is
not SO much as a lemon or an ice box 70
comfort hsm. II there were no other
thing = be gained by spending one south
ern summer. that one would be econom-
ically spent IN learning how to keep cool
with view 10 future application. But
there are other reasons he does not
know the south anywhere VINO has not
seen 1t in the summer, and he does not
know tie summer VINO has not loved it
somewhere in the south.
Perhaps It was because all this was re-
membered that one was not unduly
frightened by the pursuing chsnt al the
way frsm New York 10 Florence-"Bat
you car not possibly summer in Romel'
not even when the promise Of Roman
fevre vas thrown in and not even al
though Baedeker gave midway as the
ultimate for departure and added from
the end Of May till October the heat is
almost unbearable We came then.
when tie tourists Ieft-the blessed tour
lists. fyng away in the wrong direction
at the wrong moment. Thus, a4Ler hav-
Ing known the tourists Rome. We have
come &c know Rome when it is really
for tn, Romans. for the Roman PEG
PIE especially, for the popolo" and the
popolan." for now even the court IS
gone. and the rich and great. and some
who ar neither Yet never was Rome
more Pine and in many ways never
was it lalf so attractive
Hot sarely it is, and we see by the pa
pers th't New York is hot. and Chicago. !
and eva Boston: but with what a differ
ence dc they wear their heat here. Not /
only is it hot. but it is humid heat 4
Night md day our mercury. high UP /
above his breezy piazza, does not fan /
much Glow SO; ones hair drips things /
stick tgether. there IS every token that /
goes signify 'prostrating heat in 1
New Y5rk or Boston. yes is no one pros /
trated-simply because it is the south. 1
where hey build. and dress. and eat, and /
sleep, nd form their habits OF life with /
relatio. to the heat Here are the i'm (
penetrble palace walls. the cool per-
;iani. ne shady loggia and airy balcony. /
he rof garden and the inner court. /
Everything is done here for the heat. /
lext 70 nothing for the cold. Rome suf- /
ering an opposite delusion from New /
,ork
For two hours 4 day Rome becomes /
on-eistent. From past noon till three /
.cIoc< a pail of sleep and silence falls I
pon the CRY. Nearly every shop Is T
loset; the streets are deserted. except /
or Numbering figures Of men wome-. I
nd children who prefer 10 take their 1
lestl on the sidewalks or perilously /
trest itself. in the SHADE of their draw. /
p carts The very cab horses so To
heep IN rows along the shadowy sides OF /
squares It is the palace Of the Sleeping I
Beauty on a large scale. Meantime al /
this hour New York. Chicago. and Bos
ton are doing a rushing business; the 4
tired cut clerks and business men and /
women have bolted their pie and soda /
through the blazing streets. or perspir- 4
Ing over desks and counters IN the fal'
pressure OF the traffic Of the day And 4
about the hour when the Italian energies
at three o'clock-fresh and cool in his
linen suit or her afternoon gown ready
TO resume business or begin pleasure
the American is dragging himself home
wards. or counting the moments till he
may.
Meanwhile our Roman. when his day
OF work is ended. gets him 80 some cool
out-of-door cafe for his frugal but leis-
ureIy meal Ne one thinks Of eating be
fore eight o.ci0ck, the bills Of fare are
not ready nor electric light turned OF.
TN then bat after that hour one may
see q goodIy portion OF the population
Of Rome dining 81 the open a.r. perhaps
under the vine covered courtyard II an
old palace perhaps AT a sidewalk res
taurapl bordering one OF the many
squares wherein the hands play. or
If hapIy our Roman diaed at home. h,
comes forth % take his coffee and smoke /
his cigar. II he belongs to the favored
class here, and therefore keeps a car
riage CHE FIRST sign q a favoTite Of the
gods OF Rome be has been driving from
six TIL eight O'Clock; and II he has II
carT1age but possesses the second sign
OF celestial favoritisa. leisure. then ne
has been watching others drive This
pleasure never pals After the drive
The dinner and the concert. which latter
does not think of Beginning until nine
clock At the earliest
Two little matters these. which make
greatly for health ara comfort. and
therefore order ID q summer cicy-the
open-air cafe and the concert. we hear
great deal Of the quarrelsorsa Italiaa
IL America-always out with a lantern
looking for trouble according 10 the
newspa perSs how IS il that IN n city fun !
81 Italians under passionate summer
sun crimes Of violence are 50 few and
good nature 50 prevalent - even q
strike with wonder one born Of TIE most
good natureds race alive2 As much as
anything believe It 10 be the blessing
OF the open air ard the constant music.
co into those wretchci quarters Zola
has described where the misery and