Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-27

I each doorway, between tho rooms, ~ a
| r1oto from some old muster huge
| open fireplace gapplcs the element on
| warmth and comfort which is saulS
| lacking In most Itnltnn museums
| Among the rare treasures eNhlblleu
| the chief Is a huge bcdsteed. ses.li
| feet six inches square, belonging 10 Wy
family OF Falconcini Of NolterIi, t .,,i,sI
| entirely Of Iron wrought INTO tle ltVsee
! delicate decoration. Another object oil
nnluue interest Is weighing m9chln
| The work of BencVeuutu C@llHh lV'
dellCncv uf design battles descrlptlo :
A v.rouQht-Iron balcony might nave
served for the origlnHl Juliet. The COZ
| lection includes fire dNge. klofhel >,
candIestickS and cnndclaptn' olu WY
artistic enough to arouse the envy ot
| private collectors suggestive or we
remote past Is an Instrument ol ht,ely
pointed spikes, arranged Ike dish
mop. Applied TO tho back OF would
be saint, II was supposed gteatly !"
stimulate pious feryor
EASE AND POLISH.
At thc prIyate Wow which preceded
tha nubIle oponing VI she tnU scum the
vourg marcheso received his guests
with an ease and polish truly Italian,
and discussed his treasures WAN all
earnest enthusiasm and prl ctlcal peIlI
most reoogilizably American. IN re
sponse to my request for an interview.
he led me into a fourth room, as Scs
unfuruishcd, IN which stopQ ll's 49, ~,
ACQUISITION. Il splendid church lecteIn'
,'-rhBs Is to be my library he salu,
II have heaps and heaps OF DOCKS alu
nv mother has turned over to me az
The family archives. which contain,
much exceedingly interesting htstoriSal
Information. | expect to make this
room, he continued, what TOR Wail uA
better namo we must call Sai"H-
on certain evenings l nope ~ oSrtistIc
here young men of literary and attl .s-'.
bent who wiil profit by eentralis9noh
cf interest There Is great AWAKEN
ing now among them In Italy, But tAes
receive scant encouragement, AulllVI-
ship Is very Ill paid Contributors 70
italian periodicals are made 70 ieel
thar they are under obligations 10 lha
rropretors for giving them Ri oppor"
tunitv 10 address the public a..
.Then Won are still interested IN lie-
eraturo as well as artf
ayes. Indeed. regard literature as
NV real profession. but that does not
prevent me from doing my best az MY
thing else. Aside from establishing frly
museum. 1 had another object ~ Wow
n, telsIre IN lronwork. 1t WAS TO help
the peasants on our estate OF Tosi, near
Nallornhrosa. have equipped a sinl 10y
thero for them They are splenuIu
worSnlen I furnish them with de-
signs and provide the material. They
have made excellent copies, too Oh
Inany things in the museum.
TO VISIT AMERICA
"po you intend to visit American"
ayes, I shall cert ainiy go there before
long. Whist one reads about America
here--ts prodigious sIsyscrapers, It's an
s0rpsion In the pursuit OF wealth. mere
Nv, the feVeriSh unrest of life thete-
may not be calculated to progresses one
o an artistic temperament In MS favor,
But I should much like TO see 1t ana
fudge of II for myself. for ann aware
chat owe much to my American blood
/ have a sister living In Boston, Mrs
Edward H. Eldredge, and i am looking
forward to paying her visit VITA
much pleasure. But l think Amerl cans
make a mistake in levying such hisn
tariff ON works OF art 1t hampers their
own artistic development. a collection
such as mine would be quite Impossible
tnere-NnTess one were "a millionaire
what started you on your collee-
tion2"
ooh / followed the bent OF most boys,
began NY collecting stamps and other
things and at Is / turned my atteh-
ton To lronwork. That appealed to me
as none OF the other things | had been
collecting did and. he added, with
characteristic mOdesty, 1.-THE rest fol-
lowed naturally There Is really no 9TH
err such collection In Italy, and, OF
course, ii is Abe mere nucleus OF what i
hope TO make It. Everything IN It is
representative and genuine with the eS-
ception OF the amd-irons IN the IRE.
They are of my own design, for one
hardly likes to call on the old masters
for something of daily use. The iron
bedStead is the gem Of my collection
Its like Is not TO be found In any other
museum, and there are only four such
IN the world. lrOnwork is a most fas-
chatting study. When 1 open my salon
1t will be with a lecture on ironWork.
+ have delivered one lecture on IT al.
ready before the CTcolo Filologlco, and
repeated At later in English.
Sitting in the light Of the great open
fire he told me OF his literary plans. OF
his friends among the antlquares or
how sometimes he rubs elbows with
D'Annunzlo, also an ironwork lover:
OF how he cares nothing for balls and
society functions, hut collects because
he loves art and writes because he can
help It. Although lac Is obviously and
unaffectedly proud of the Peruzzl and
MedIcI descent. his energy and enthu-
slasln. his faith In himself. gave me
the impression THAI it was New Eng
land rather than an italian young man
who talked go freely TO me-
MODIFIED BY TRADITIONS
Bat It is the New England character
modified by italian traditions and en-
vIrOnment which he represents, Had he
been reared In the new world one would
predict OF him that he would some day
be "a very rich man, The accumulation
OF wealth, however, has no place In his
dreams. Literature and art are his mis-
tresses. Besides his comedy and trag-
edy he has published a little volume
called "Canto Deole StaGlone," which
presents some charming legends of
Rome.