Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-22
OMAHA PEOPLE IN ROME
Letters from Members of the ROsewater
Party in the Eternal City.
PEN PICTURE OF WORLD POSTAL CONGRESS
Granada lighter of MIR. ROsewater
TELLS Graphically OF Trip from
Paris 20 Interesting
Italian cities.

Letters received from Hon. Edward
Rosewater and members of his party at
Rome tell Of an enjoyable trip from Paris
to the Eternal City. Mr. Rosewater first
received news of the death of General
Thayer in the telegraphic reports of the
Paris-New York Herald and Of the death
Of Mayor Moores in copies of The Bee re-
ceived at Rome. He writes that the open
ing Of the Worlds Postal Congress, which
he is attending as a delegate from the
United States, took the form of a spectacu-
lar reception at the capital by the king
and queen, followed the same evening by
a banquet given by the minister OF posts
and telegraphs. The first formal session
took place in the Colonna palace, as all
ready described in the press dispatches
He writes further. that his time has been
taken up largely with formal and informal
visits and presentations between the dele
gates from different countries. Among
the first OF his surprises was to meet his
friend Archbishop ireland, who offered his
assistance in arranging for an audience
with the pope Mr.. Rosewater, however,
deferred taking advantage Of the offer UNI
al after Easter because pressure for pre-
sentation TO the pope was 50 great at that
time.
Mrs. A. d. Brandels Of Omaha, who is
in the party, in a letter to her husband,
describes the first session of the postal
congress as follows: This is the opening
day and we have Just returned from the
session. There were very few ladies pres
eht-rperhaps twenty-five in all. The meet
ing took place in a long, narrow hall OF
gallery OF the Colonna palace. About $50
an in Ft1fI
so we could not distinguish what country
they hailed from until the roll call was
given. The delegates sat on benches be-
fore desks, on which their names were
printed, the ladies at the rear end Of the
gallery. I sat next to Mrs. Doran of the
English delegation. The proceedings were
in French and owing to our being so far
in the rear we could not comprehend the
speeches, but got the sense of the meet
ing.
Mr.. Rosewater ana Captain Brooks were
placed well forward. The italian minister.
whose name I do not know, invited us
after the adjournment of the session into
another smaller gallery where tea, wine,
sandwiches and cakes were served waiting
upon us himself He inquired Of our homes
and we tried to explain Nebraska to him
but the only place he knew Of was Wash
ington. The gallery is a very fine one
full Of pictures and sculptures and is oper
to the public twice a week"
Beautiful Nice-Dirty Genoa.
Another letter from Mr.. Rosewater't
1S-year-old granddaughter. Nellie Elgutter
to her father, describes some of the incl
dents on the trip in & graphic manner:
After leaving Paris. we went to Nice
There is not more beautiful place In
that part OF the Riviera. Think of seeing
palms ana rubber trees growing as ma
pies and cottonwoods do in Omaha. The
olive trees had no olives on them but the
orange trees were covered with oranges
The lemons were thick on the trees, bu
were a little green.
Leaving Nice we went to Genoa.
never in my life saw such dirty city. Tn,
dirt was about an inch thick everywhere
The only decent-looling people were tn,
tourists and soldiers Everybody else looked
as though they had bath last summer
We saw Columbus birthplace don
blame him for emigrating. The street oil
which the house stands is about feet wide
The house is about as wide as the street.
was mighty glad to leave there. We mex
went TO Pisa. Buffalo Bills show IL travel
ling over here. The signs are lots OF fun
to read. This is one part of one: 'Jeun
Files ct Cowboys Did you ever SCI
such a mixture?"
Mr.. Rosewater is in the best Of healtl
and promises to write some letters OF hi
observations and Impressions for the read
ers OF The Bee