The Washington times., 1906-04-08

~ ITALIANS are often criticised
said an Italian business man
who has lived in New York
i several years, because they
do not come intending to stay perma-
nently in this country, but only until
they have made little pile with v'hich
they can go home and live in comfort
But, on the other hand, Italians often
wonder why Americans themselves DO
not do this very thing More on thtFn
would, if they realized how much mere
they could get for their money over
there than here. In Genoa, for instance,
on the Via Giula, which is the Fifth
avenue of Genoa, there are modern
apartment houses with every convent
ence. These apartment houses are much
handsomer than those of New York
They are all built around courtyards,
which are paved with marble and have
handsome carriage entrances, big vases
filled with biossoming plants and marble
staircases leading up out of the courts
You can get a five or six room apart
ment in one of these houses, with bath
and electric lights, for from 1000 10 l,oVO
lire a year-that is 500 or $500
Genoa is Thoroughly cosmopolitan.
The restaurants and cuisine OF all ma
tions are to be found there, and every
Language is to be heard. In the thea
ters, from the Teatro Paganlnir Where
evening dress is required. down, tne
best Italian plays and operas are 10 De
heard 1t is possible TO hear Duse or
Caruso for 20 cents. There are delight
full cafes chantants and outdoor restal
rants. Up on the hill, in the que r-sf
called CarignanO, there are big Old
palaces set in great gardens of trees
and flowers with the whole panorama
of the bay spread before the windows,
where three or four rooms can be got
ten for So a month. On the CorSo Sol
| ferino a high street full of gardens, IS
a month will get five rooms and both
on the first floor.
THE climate Is much more agreeable
than that OF New York. and Nice. Mo-
naco. and Florence are within easy
reach There are all sorts of interesting
| tourist stunts to be done, both in and
| out of the city; fine drives and excur-
siOns to quaint little ancient villages.
old castles and suburban resorts. At the
hotels freQuented by tourists prices run
up. of course. but at a quiet family
/ hotel. such as might be used by we'll
| to-do middle class Italians. a couple
I could get a large furnished room with
| board for so cents a day for the two.
/ Genoa is the America of Italy. and
| there is no other point in the peninsula
where the prices are so high. Let us
/ take Sicily. for instance. the other ex~
I treme. Palermo is one of the most
| beautiful cities in the world. and sur
! rounded by some of the most beautiful
scenery. and the climate is simply per-
| feet. The heat Of summer Is always
| tempered by sea breeZes; IL IS green
all winter. and the earth is a delirium OF
| fruit and flowers nine months in the
year. 1t slacks up in November. De-
| cember. and January. and begins in
| February. The Concha d'Oro-shell of
! gold-the far-famed plain around Pal
| ermo. is an orchard of orange and lemon
| trees. and they throw away roses by the
| bushel basket fun to relieve the bushes.
| The daily carriage promenade of society
| at Palermo shows as much style as
| Fifth avenue Two families may DOS