Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-15
UNDER ITALIAN SKIES
Traveller I'm Land of Sunshine
Views Much That Charms

the place glamour OF romance Wnich
only great genius can bestow.
Tomb OF Juliet.
4. An ancient Roman sarcophague mas
been designated as Juliet's TOMB. anu
many tourists pay fee 10 visit ".
Though thus ancient and replete win
, historic and romantic interest, Verona
Is not like many such towns. a DEAD
place. There Is large population
outside the walls and much activity.
, Being near the Austrian frontier.
large garrison Is kept there, and l
was much interested, both there ana
elsewhere in Italy, in closely obserV-
in the troops in barracks. on guard,
and strolling about the streets. They
are a very gOOd.looking and weifset
up lot of men, and they wear a great
variety OF handsome and weli-htting
uniforms, giving them altogether a
smart appearance on the whole more
so than any Of the continental Sold
iers. While the French in the re-
cent maneuvres have shown great ef
Efficiency and wonderful endurance In
marching, having covered. as Gen.
Wood, who was present says. on some
days about 40 miles. they look slouchy
compared with the Italians. The ltal-
ian officer gives one tile impression
OF coming from the educated class.
Italy maintains large army. and 1t is
said that the people generally are be-
ginning to show the benefit Of the
discipline and training they receive
in the service.
Italians Are Politicians.
Verona, like most Of the cities In
Italy. has statues to Victor Emmanuel
and Garibaldi. and has plenty of poll
tics to go around. II seemed strange
enough to see crumbling old walls in
the narrow. crooked streets. where
one would fancy nothing modern could
ever enter. placarded with fiery mani
festoes of the radicals calling on the
people to rise up and drive the Pope
out of Rome. and breathing threats
to the clerical.
A couple of hours farther on comes
the delightfully."- quaint and cafnpact it,
tie city at Padua. with nothing what
ever new or modern about 1t. but alb
sorbing attractive and interesting.
One Of it's oldest traditions is OF citi-
zen who was condemned to death G%
the Emperor Claudius. and who took
his fate in somewhat unnanly fashion.
whereupon his wife. seeing that he
was about to die In an unbecoming
way seized a dagger and stabbed her
self Then withdrawing 1t from her
breast. she said quitely to him as she
expired. lyon see, my friend, 1t is
nothing great after all"
There are many other charming le-
gends OF PadIa in its early and med
ieval days. and one feels within its
walls as though he were living in
another age.
The famous university whence a
learned doctor OF laws was supposed
to come who con!uted Shylocks
reasoning in The Merchant OF We
nice" was founded in 1922. and was
very famous seat Of learning in all
It's early history. Here Calico taught
and Oliver Cromwell was a student.
Not far from the university buildings
stands the Campani!e, from the top
of which the great astronomer made
his discoveries.
Hard by. at the corner Of mar
row street. is the crumbling tomb OF
Petrarch, and not far away the house
where Dante lived at one time, with
the great artist. Donatello. The build
ing begun in 100 for the administra-
ton OF justice is very fine architec-
turally. and contains one Of the larg-
est halls In Enrope eIabOrately decor
ated with old paintings and frescoes.
There are several notable churches.
one with a chapel painted entirely by
Giotto: another with superbly cary
ed choir in OAK, which required the
constant labor Of % men for more
than twenty years TO finish. These
Old artists and artisans loved their
work and put the best Of themselves
with untirirg labor and patience in
to it.
A Beautiful Church.
The Church OF ST. Anthony is one