The Washington times., 1906-12-23
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Via San Sebastian-o! ."

Via San Sebastian-O"
IT HUS Boy" aged five. set our Ro-
man address 10 a tune OF his
own making, ana Chanted it
twenty times a day at the
the top Of lusty lungs. for muemotech-
nic purposes. He was never suffered
10 go into the street alone, and when
mere, was held closely by the hand of
MS nurse, who regarded those Evetal-
lans' as bandits ALL ready and eager 10
kldnap fairer skinned babies-Americans
IA particular. But in case he might slim
MS moorings, the name and number of
the old and brief street. where We had
set up our Lares and Penates for The
winter were fastened upon his glib
tongue by the aforesaid process.
Ierzo' pronounced "tertzo') ..Diano.,
meant thar we toiled up two flights of
stone stairs 10 the third floor Of the
'u4uIhs-once a palace-that looked
Dut from The back windows upon the
FlncIan Garden-a never ending daliobt
% ola and young Orange trees flow
cred IN the court at the rear and tba
steep little street made n short r,,,, a.
roht down TO the world-famed Piazza
Il Spagna.
Where Italy Yields to France.
Location was all we could have asked
-'or were the interior accommodariors
--Hlss 10 tenants who had by now he
come III measure aecustomed 10 stone
walls. brick and stone floors. and kitcb-
ems Ike penal cells IN dimensions ana
baroness. anu
Cuf rarisian kitchen was tiny. but
bright and even gay with the touches
u decorative art the French lend To tba
tommonest household appointments
mare albeit not a commissioned cor
don bleu,' sported a ribbon in her can
border or upon the pockets of her
broad white apron. Her marketing al
ways Included a bunch OF flowers. to be
HVlded between the salon. dining room
ma Kitchen. Her very manner of dis
'2sing herbs intended for soups and
FINISHES had suggestion of fcstfvftv.
Ny italian kitchen was. if NOT abso-
llely gloomy, dingy and ugly. Instead
c the white tiled range and floor. We
+ad an iron stove and brick floor
here were four holes in the ton of rbe
tove, i'm one of which burned q low
pirIJed charcoal fire. A box of char
'dl stood In one corner; in another
.as heap of kindling in the form Of
ais or shayings dipped in rOsin- They
-AA' tA t4ltAr atL name. and Suffirad
boil The kettle for afternoon tea. and
make the coffee for breakfast OF 10
'ok the eggs for The same meal
The BODY OF the range was taken m
what the ItlIlan-speaking member
the family informed me. after con
1itaton with the presiding genius OF
he precincts, was a pldte-Warmer
Where, then, is the oven? You must
ave misunderstood her"
Another consultation ensued. In which
e native was raked fore and aft by
TIE energetic young foreigner, the for
r emerging from the dialogue flushed
fearful. but resolute and respectful.
she insists that no private kitchen
htted up with a range oven: that.
lie she can boil, hroiI. fry, stew and
-te like an angel, she never was called
n To bake bread or roast meat. Such
ITS as are not TO be braised must .
sent 10 the bakeshop around the
uer. Just as one sees in Hogartn-s
lures" concluded the student OF art
/ languages, with evident relish of
situation
A Gem Of a Cook.
Sc bowed 10 the inevitable more
lplaisantly than would have been
sible year earlier. and entered upon |
apprenticeship in Italian cookery. !
q eook-Sentima by name-was pref /
r OF feature and simmer in build ]