The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-08-14
TOUR Of THE
CONTINENT
Mr.. and Mrs. Rahung, and Children,
had Very Pleasant Trip
Abroad.
The WONDERS OF The old WORLD

WI. anu MiS. L. ID. f1dTJuuB, uduBHt-
ers Lulu and Marie and son Paul,
have just returned from an extended
tour of Europe. Mrs. Hartung, when
seen at her home today chatted very
pleasantly of her travels. She said:
1--WE left Canton in the early part of
March, first visiting Washington, Phil
adelphia and the cities of interest in
the eastern part of the country. We
then went to New YORK, from where
we set sail on the 18th of March, on
the 'Phinasia." The weather at that
time being rather disagreeable, we
were on the water fourteen days. We
sailed down the Atlantic, passing
through the Straits of Gibraltar and,
through the beautiful southern waters,
to Naples, Italy
CITY OF BEGGARS.
| Naples is a very beautiful city, al
though not modern in its methods.
The tourists in the city, especially II
they happen to be Americans are be-
sieged night and day by itinerant beg
gars. They are there in hordes, both
young and old
after the Italian housewives finish
their weeks baking, they arrange
their bread and rolls on heavy cords
hanging it out in the sun, where it
collects all the dust and dirt until 1t
is ready for use. Contrary to the
usual belief there are very few fruit
stands. only occasionally we saw old
peasant women, seated along the curb
stones, trying to dispose of supplies
of oranges.
FRESH" MILK.
THE milk vendors there bring
their cows, hitched to queer little wag-
ons, before the homes of their crrs-
toners, who are allowed the privilege
of milking the animals themselves,
thereby making sure that their milk
is pure and unadulterated. At Naples
there are more Oh these curious GUS
toms than in almost any other city in
Italy. " .lile there, our headquarters
were at the Grand Eden hotel, newly
erected. 1t is situated on a hill over
looking the city, and is one of the
most beautiful places | have ever seen.
OF course we visited Pompeii, just a
few miles from Naples. This ruined
city is too familiar to the average per-
son to require any description, but |
might say that we saw everything
at is was on that fateful day, when the
catastrophe occurred. Relic hunters
are watched very closely here by the
guides and very rarely get a chance
to carry anything away.
"Our next point was Capri where we
visited the Blue Grotto.' We went in
small boats. The water was a deep
blue and a blue haze surrounding ev-
erything so that the rocks, etc. seemed
that color.
AT ST. PETERS.
"Eastertide we were in Rome and at
tended services at st. Peters. There
were large crowds coming and going
throughout the entire day. The music
and flowers were simply beautiful
There are no pews in st. Peters. Ev-
. eryone VINO enters remains standing
We were unfortunate to find the art
galleries closed during the holiday
season. We saw the vatican. 1t is
simply immense, containing 1,10(
rooms.
"The principal attraction of Flor.
ence is its cathedrals, some of them
being over three thousand years old
Our next stop was at Venice. There
are only two streets in the city that
are used for pedestrians, all the rest
of the travel being accomplished by
water. Gondolas are the principal
! conveyances, although few of the
streets are wide enough to admit
steamers. There is not horse in the
city.
PENSIONED DOVES.
"A pretty custom of the Venetians
! Is the feeding of the doves. of which
4 there are thousands These are very
B tame and come and perch on the
) shoulders of the passerby. A certain
queen set aside large part of her for
tune, for their maintenance and every
morning, noon and evening, womer
A Hircu loT ING puIpoSo Will uSocmplc IL
\ the square and feed them bread
D crumbs. This has been the custom
5 for many years and will doubtless al
ways be-
milan was our last point in Italy
, and was the most up-to-date city WI
were in. 1t has all sorts of moderr
\ methods, including electric cars, ele
D waited railways etc.
0 UP THE JUNGFRAU.
Leaving Italy we went to Switzer
D land, visited its principal cities ant
= beautiful lakes. lne mountain traiI
: took us up to. Jungfrau and Silverhorn
! the two most famous peaks of thu
0 Alps, the former being 5000 feet abov,
sea level. We, started at $3.50 a. m
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