Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-08-16

. Seum3 contains OuC IlLtie Oh inter
est but relics from Pompeii. Ma.
ture, it would appear, has so lavish.
ed her gifts on this favored spot
that the energy and strength OF
powerful people and nations have
invariably succumbed to its effemi-
mating and alluring influence. Tie
Greeks, Oscans, Romans. Goths,
Byzantines. Normans, Germans
and Spaniards have in succession
been masters of the place, yet it
has hardly attained any reputation
for anything except what it owes
to nature itself, unless it be the
graft and dishonesty Of tue trading
population. 1t is the n0isest city
in the world. The shrill cries Of
the hawker and the ceaseless im-
portunities Of cab drivers, gni lea,
street vendors. beggars. Of which
there are thousands, the crack of
whips on poor incffending donkeys
hitched to loads far in excess of
their strength. mixed with the cur
sings Of the drivers. rather causes
YOU to lose respect for a city gov.
eminent that tolPratrs such con.
duct. On one occasion. nv guide
took occasion 70 ask a driver why
he was beating his donkey so, lie
replied with great deal of scoin
by asking him what good it would
do for him to beat the cart.
The old streets Of the city are
narrow and it is an easy matter for
the occupant Of the upper room to
carry on conversation with anyone
at window opposite. Their
clothes lines are stretched from one
window to another, and the lines
run over wheels so they can be run
ont and pulled back. 1t seemed
that every dav must have beenwash
day for they were always there. The
people Of Southern Italy show
their inferiorty to that of Northern
Italy very marked.
The great tourist people, Thos.
Cook X Son. render to all travellers
great service and their efforts have
t, a great degree made foreign
travel much easier.
They have Offices in every city OF
Europe. in fact, of the world, and
their employees can speak many
languages, and there is no question
that they will not take pleasure in
answering. TO their offices, near
" all tourists have their mail sent,
they will for ward it for you. they
will receive your baggage or ex-
press and ship itanywhere you wish,
store it for you, change your mon
ey, furnish you guides, sell you
railroad tickets hotel tickets; they
have daily carriage trips with
guides furnished around the cities.
automobile trips; they maintain in
many of their offices reading rooms
with American newspapers, and
writing rooms. Any information
as to trains, schedules, sailings of
vessels, rates, ETC., can always be
obtained at their Office.
You possibly do not know that
European r. RS do not have
schedules or time tables as ours
have, and if you see one you cam
not tell anything about it. The
employees Of Thos. Cook \ Son
meet all trains. and are easily To-
Gated by their Uniforms.
To persons abroad for the first
time, their services are almost in.
dispensable, for with them there is
nothing of graft, excess charge or
dishonesty. sThey are English
people, with their principal office
in London.
| cannot say that | found any,
thing very cheap in Naples except
wines and oranges but | am to
some extent inclined to think | had
not entirely caught on to how to
deal with the grafters. When thew
priced an article to me at. savN 90
| possibly offer them 81 90 and they
would take it when ought to have
offered them 75c. They will often
ask you ten times what they wi
really sell it for. That is their
custom and il you were to offer
them one tenth of what they ask