The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-30

ing aboard 0ooks TO me like one OF
The Corsican Brpthers'). The
other garcon IS a somnambulist who
can already say very good" and
damn hot" in English. One l taught
him, the other. he has picked up
somewhere" He Is fond OF my cigar
cites and they are already injuring
him.
The meals are frequent and excel
lent, but they have a disagreeable Ital-
ian custom of serving them in about
seventeen courses. It's not that / pre-
fer to dig into a Mulligan stew" ev-
cry meal but don't fancy my meats
and vegetables two or three courses
apart However. the wine is red and
after the fifth or sixth course one
does not mind the odd customs at all
This Spanish person speaks Italian
apparently. and In our efforts to eX-
change ideas | have unearthed more
Latin roots than | ever thought re-
mained in my memory.
Il reminds me of pretty girl l once
met In Cuba during a stage drive
between Pinar del Rio and an Amer
leans plantation which ! was visiting.
Neither could speak a word OF the 9TH
er's language. but I happened to have
a little advertising pamphlet with
some canned conversation in the
back Of It, We ran through that sew
eral times and seemed TO enjoy It,
guess. and then the journey ended.
a week OF so after that l happened
TO meet the same girl on the Prado
in Havana She seemed glad TO see
roe. but | had left my book at the
hotel and was helpless. However. I
led her to a seat nearby, and with
the aid of my watch and many ges-
lures ! induced her TO sit there until
I had purchased a Spanish conversa-
tlon book. After that we got on IA
mously.
Tuesday
I spent yesterday in the ruined city
and VIII go ashore again today. al
though | have seen all ! care to. II
IS indescribable and the erroneous i'm
preston which seems prevalent among
tourists regarding the extent OF dam
age IS due 70 two reasons. First,
only a few come here. owing TO the
larger lines having changed their port
Of call TO Catania. The boats that
do call anchor al some distance out in
the harbor and unless one actually
goes ashore he sees but little OF the
havoc on account of the high walls
along the water front. These walls
are Of great thickness and somehow
remained standing. serving admirably
now TO screen the terrible desolatlon
which lies beyond.
The second street back. parallel
with the water front. has been cleared
sufficiently On ten months time) to
allow the use OF a small tram line for
transporting debris. Beyond this street
it seems almost as II the catastrophe
hay occurred but the day before.
] followed little winding trails for
blocks and blocks over mountains OF
debris. Here and there a street re-
tains its Identity for a distance, lined
on either side with tottering walls sew
eral stories high. The massively con-
structed churches were shattered into
huge blocks OF masonry many tons in
weight and leveled TO The ground as n
swept by giant hand
At innumerablo points buildings
seem TO have been split from top 10
bottom. one half stlu standing and
showing the contents OF the now mac.
cessible rooms as they were al the
moment OF the earthquake Curtains
and pictures are stu In place dishes
and plates decorate the shelves and
tables. and frequently one observes a
I disordered bed whose occupants may
now lie buried beneath tons upon tons
| OF masonry.
In scores Of places eNcavaung IS pro.
crossing slowly. frequently under the
| supervision Of soldiery II valuables
are likely 10 bo found In passing on