Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-07-19


but when you talk with the Ital.
ians, you must measure it by GEN.
turtles, and especially when it com 8
to speaking Of the age Of some OF
their buildings, their statuary and
their paintings. A house is new
with them that has only stood a
century or two. You may see
whole blocks Of them that have
been standing over 1000 years, and
the insatiate tooth Of time has left
its mark upon them to reveal their
antiquity, so far as | could see,they
seemed to me that they would
weather the storms OF 2OO more
years, yes, | verilv believe that, UNI
less demolished by seismic action.
that they will be standing when
the last trumpet shall sound. and
the material world shall, as we are
taught TO believe, vanish back into
nothinguess whence it came. The
streets in the older parts of the city
| are narrow, very narrow indeed, too
narrow for two vehicles to pass, so
that vehicles have to 90 through in
but one direction. The houses are
three and four stories high, and
the roofs are stone or thing, which
Of course never have to be replaced.
Genoa has less, possibly, of inter
esting places than any other city
of Italy that | visited. As an
American citizen, | went to see
what was pointed out to be the
birthplace of Columbus. No very
pretentious looking quarters, and
It impressed me with the fact that
men who have accomplished the
most in this world have been men
who traced their origin to an hum
HE birth or some humble home, fol-
he was the son Of a wool.comber
He was not buried in the city oil
his birth. He was first inferred IN
the city of Valladolid in Spain
afterwards moved to Seville, later
taken to San Domingo, and now
rests in the cathedral at Havana
Cuba. The cemetery on the edge
Of the city is the most visited spo'
! by tourists, and it is beyond any
thing TIA | had ever imagined. II
stands first Of all the "citie' OF TIT
} dead" for lis beautiful monuments
J its stately mausoleums, its quiet
: and secluded walks and it's well
: kept shrubbery. Millions OF dol
} lars have been spent OH it, and still
, the work goes on, When looked
and saw with what respect tn
, Italians treated their dead, thel
III
rose in my estimation materially
: for if YOU will show me tn
churches the cemeteries and tin
schools Of any country, | can tel
'. pretty we'll what kind of a peopl
they are. Genoa is modern city
so far as. hotels, street cars the
'3call them trans, and other moderl
ideas prevail. She has a great mi
! ny beautiful palaces, some Q
: which you are permitted to v'sl
Our stay in Genoa was short, TO
:. our boat was going Oh to Alexar
/, dria, Egypt, and she was to touc
only one day at Genoa. was gf
ing on to Naples,in Southern ltal'
on her. So the next evening, z
. hours after we had landed, we sal
= ed for Naples, sorry that our sta
:, there had been so short. | still
e while there, kept my stateroom o
the boat and took my meals aboar
= As soon as we touched the eve
ing before. two telephones were
) once put on the boat so that fr
of charge aLY passengers mig
communicate with their frien'
anywhere in the city. cite tn
as an illustration Of what pains u
- =, company uses to add to the co
6 venience of its passengers. | dl
mt avail myself Of their use, no.
~ ever.
- | have not gone very much in
detail of the city Of Genoa. /
! cause Iieal,ze ! cannot do so a,
keen within reasonable limits, t
OF I have not undertaken to publish
in guide book. Bounded by the p
to tience Of my readers, | shall try
a. keen within such limits as may n
a tax it unreasonable, and at Il
5u :,o Won some idea