The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-12
STAMFORD

l Peck Rome and Its Wonders Tine
 Music Miss Bacon's Musical-The | Reed Surprise.
 At least thirty members of the Mems Club of this town met last evening al
 the residence of Deacon Baldwin, in White street, to listen to an informal talk by Elliott w. Peck upon his triI to Europe, but more especially upon his impressions of Rome, and what he saw in the Eternal City. After the transaction of the usual business J. w. Thompson introduced the following
 resolution, relating to the death of the
 late Horace Field, who was member
 of the club:
 Resolved, By this Mems Club, that
 we hereby express our appreciation of l the long continued service rendered by
 our brother in word and deed, for the | country which he loved with such ar dent devotion. His extensive knowl-
 edge of the men and the facts con-
 nected with our Civil War was ever at
 the service of the club, as we'll as the
 schools and the citizens and the hon.
 orable part which he bore in the war gave weight to his words. We shall i miss his genial fellowship, and we l sympathize with his family in the { great loss which has befallen them"
 This resolution was adopted by the club, and copy of it was ordered to i be sent to the widow of the deceased. MT. Peck said he took pleasure in giving the talk and he asked his audit ors to use their imaginations to help fill out the picture. He spoke of his first experience at sea and remarked
 that after eight or ten days on the water the voyage began to grow mo-
 notonous. We had a good supply of fog, he said, and after hearing the fog horn going he wondered how he would ever be able to sleep. He had a room mate some six feet tall who weighed over 200 pounds, and as soon as this mass of human flesh fell asleep his fog
 horn began to blow. The steamers horn was forgotten. An incident of
 the voyage was the meeting in mid- ocean of a Norwegian bark flying sig
 nals of distress. It had been on the ocean for 100 days from home, and all
 its provisions were consumed. A boat
 load of food was sent from the steam
 ship, and then all went we'll Mir.
 Peck gave his impressions of the
 beauty and picturesqueness of the
 Azores, and then he made a hasty run
 to Gibraltar, and was surprised to find
 that the great perpendicular cliff does not face Spain but looks towards the
 north. He said the rock mounts 200O cannon and is provisioned for a two years seize. He added that the steamship company takes Italian pas sengers from Boston to Naples, in the steerage, for $15. It is estimated that the food of these passengers costs but 12 cents day and consists largely of Boston baked beans.
 Naples, said MT. Peck, is the largest city in Italy, having some 100000 in- ha!bitants. But while 1t is beautiful to look at and has a magnificent bay, it is a very dirty city, and he added that if he knew any macaroni came from Naples he would not wish to eat it. He touched upon Pompeii and spoke of the fact that the inhabitants of that ancient town had many of the modern conveniences now found in Stratford, such as city water conveyed i'll lead pipes. The fresh looking frescoes i'm pressed him. He added that there are no wooden houses in Italy. The dream of his mature manhood was to see Rome, just as a boy of IS he had dreamed of seeing Rome. And when he first saw the dome of St. Peters it made nearly the same impression at Washington did. While MT. Peck l was admiring the ruins and the an- | cient and famous buildings of Rome a l lady of the party called his attention to a beautiful dress displayed in one of the windows. "Oh, hang the beau 1 tiful dress" exclaimed the ungallant l Elliott, i've can see beautiful dresses l in Stratford." He stopped at a hotel on street with the queer name of l the 20th of September, the day Gari- baldi entered Rome. There is a hint l in this for us-why not call Main street | the street of the Fourth of July? He said that while on the dome of St. | Peters he had an irresistible desire to throw himself down. The fact that | he did not shows that he was able to overcome an irresistible desire. MT. | Peck said much which was of interest about the Forum, the Pantheon, the the Colesium, several of l the churches of Rome, and St. Peter S. But the subject is too large to be ex- hausted in an hours talk. He spoke | of the tomb of Hadrian, and gave his close of his discourse the club voted him its thanks.
 While refreshments were being serv- ed, Prof. Scott of Bridgeport played upon the violin, Scene de Ballet by Charles de Beriot; Hungarian Fantasia and Seraphine, by Schlepegrell, accom- panied on the piano by MT. Baldwin. A few of the gentlemen present were Dr. Packard, Rev. MT. Shirley, Deacon II Smith, J. w. Thompson, Thomas F. Taylor, the president of the club, MT. Lawrences MT. Shepard, Carlos Blake man and his brother. Edmund Judson, James Mallett, and many others.
 On the 10th inst. Mrs. Clara Bell, wife of Orlando Pickett, the we'll known milk peddler of Otis street, died at the age of 47 years. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at the Advent Christian church, Barnum avenue.
 Miss Edith Bacon of East Broadway, who teaches little people music, gave 3 piano recital a few days ago, when the boys and girls went through a re- long program of some two dozen exercises. The house was very prettily decorated for the occasion and some quite fancy costumes were worn. The pupils who produced the music were the Misses Bacon, Mildred Lee Lavina Baker, Charlotte Bryan, Mar |orie Culver, Ruby Williams, Beatrice