The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-31
CITIES OF THE ADRIATIC
 AS SEEN BY A MOBILE LADY
Chat Says That There Are So Many Languages in Trieste, the ToWor of Babel Must
 Have Been There.

palaces for just such. There Is g. | throne room, a modern one with won- derful carved wood and frescoed walls 1 and ceilings. bed rooms with all the comforts and luxuries of home, and the | grandeur of a palace. There are state and a Japanese boudofr that makes you think that Mrs. Fenollosa was anything but extravagant in 1erprafse of such works of art In her Breath i of the Gods" The walls in this room are entirely papered. so to speak, with old Japanese embroidery done on black satin, and all of it's furnishings are equally as wonderful and Japanese. Opening into this room Is a replica of China which is just as beautiful as Maximiiian and China could make it.
 After all, though, one of the most interesting things in the palace is the table which was-s made in Rome and is inlaid with Mezaics representing the Coliseum, Forurn,s etc, on which Max lmiiiian signed his decree of Emperor hood as well as his Mfe away.
 Then there is the Miramar blue of the Adriatic. If you have never seen that wonderful shade equally as be- coming to blonde or brunette. go to Miramar. One whole roQn of the pal ace Is upholstered in satin of that color and then all you have to do is to look out of the window from which there is wonderful view of mountain sides of evergreen verdure sloping down Into Adriatic which has been similarly upholstered in this color by the Almighty.
 The Ols Adriatic.
 That same old Adfiatic which has given to the fashionable and dressy world one of it's. famous colors is mighty deceptive body of water. It may look placid and blue and smiling from Miramar. but that's when 1t fs on its good behavior and which unfortun- ately isn't every day in the week. But what could you expect from. the most immoral body of water in the world, with d record for marriages not equalled even by Lillian Russell or any of the Newporters. The Doges of course have long since passed away, but the A1riatic still remains to bear the brunt Of many marriages--few won- der that the Pope allows 1t to lave the shores of his cherished Italy, but you do not wonder with SD many trous- seaus to prepare and husbands to ap- pease that 1t Is often of fretful, tur- bulent and even in a horribly angry frame of mind. and waves.
 If you were going to sea on the Adri- attic now. what would you take. If you read the name of the line on which you were to sail on the sOesterrichischa
 
 nouncing dictionary now, wouldn't you? That Is the only thing that wouldn't seem romantic about a voy- age on the historic Adriatic, especially when that voyage was 4o be made on the "Semiranus' from Trieste to the Egyptian shores of Alexandria. Could anything sound more romantic and De less so2
 The first thing to take when making a voyage on this sea Is an Esperanto dictionary or q first aid to the injured VolapuS, for every language under the sun. moon and stars you will hear spoken. Next to the supply of canned tongues, warranted to be thoroughly dfgestib1e, take the best known rem edy. for sea sickness. These will be excellent furnishings until you get to 1 Brondisi about 16 o'clock Chats reai- 1 ly 0 D. m., you know, by the time keep ing method of the usual ItRlian) the following safterDo0n! 'onef9 ie
 Brindisi, which is really the German 'Teh bring dir sfe," and is equivalent to toast is the ons and only foreign word in the Italian language. but 1t seems like home sweet home to an Adriatic voyager.A You are thankful to get there and likewise glad to get glimpse of the first really eastern e0lorihg. There are large palms. too. that stand out aen6inel like on the hor- izon as If to warn the captain of the difacult and narrow passageway up to the mainland It is a lonesome lock- ing town, this same Brindisi, although the ever ready Cooks man tells you that 1t has as many as 5O,00O tnhab- itants If this includes babies and goats you can readily make the call cuiation but If the goats are excepted 1 there must be some mistake.
 Old, Beyond Doubt.
 Mir. Cook, who invites himself to l take a drive with you ,also tells you l chat the scastIe fand there is always a castle, you knowl is very. very old. 1t l really looks as though it needs 70 be supported by the sentinel who stands guard. You take his Itafian word for 1t that 1t is in no condition to be vis- tied.
 If there wasn't q cathedral In Brin- dIsi with a painting by Michael Angelo Brindisi wouldn't be allowed to regis l ter Italy. But there are other things more wonderfully picturesque than the l Michael Angelo, and that's the children and the little plaster huts in which ! Mama, Papa, the dozen babies, the l cows, the goats and the donkies live. You can see right into these houses i without half trying for there is usually about one room allotted to the whole | crowd
 The children. both the boys and girls. are very pretty Italian types and usu- ally Papa is, too, but Mama looks fat and matronly Much of the life in | Brindisi seems to be a very natural kind. for if you are thirsty you catch your goat and take your evening meal of goats milk and fruit right in the middle of the street, which Is so mar row that it is really only a door step. 1 Mir. Cook shows you the house in which Virgil lived and somebody else | nd hA keeps singularly quiet about both of