The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

of which cannot be accounted for in l Italy. was taken by Napoleon I.
 The Ceuneiis.
 If your character, especially the political side of it. didn't stand in- vestigatfon when the council of ten fnfshed with you they turned you over to the council of three, and after that you were told to take through ticket
 over tho Bridge of Sighs." with stop over In dungeon where the Pullman Accommodation were of rough and ready stone and that your destination was the bottom of the canal. The
 dungeons are still popular resting
 places in Venice for there are 500 pris- oners in them now.
 St. Mark. looking down from Heav-
 en. certainly must feel proud of what
 the venetians have done to show their appreciation of his patronage. The cathedral Is Byzantine but not bizarre
 even with its wealth of Mosaics and
 it's altar piece of gold and precious stones made In Constantinopie. The
 bronze horses of much travelled fame over the entrance look ready to take another race track course around the world in case there is trouble with the powers, but the winged lion on Its ped- estal near by doesn't seem the least inclined to take any aeronautie expe- ditions. st
 The Place St. Mark. as they call it. Is bounded not only by the Doges Pal ace, the Grand Canal. the Royal Pal- ace, the Cathedral but ,by giass works and lace factories as we'll. They are much more important judginE by the prices you pay to get through them than all the other places. Maybe you don't know that the Mosaic frames
 ana other things are made of tiny bits of glass. you see little boys and girls
 making them as we'll as the beads. but there are those of older growth who are putting the finishing touches to | the wonderful carved furniture for l which Venice Is also famous.
 Venice is the home of Venetian glass. and you can get all you wish of it for the same price you pay for 1t at Tiff | fany's. in New York or Paris. or may
 be for q little more. If you go shop 1 ping with man you will have difh- of the forty-eleven glass works on the square for you are always mistaken | for . bride and groom and they don't see how he can refuse.
 Brides. and Groems.
 Brides and grooms are very prevalent | In Venice Qt Is a regular Niagara Falis) and So are the lace factories. | and so is. the lace. You can see that for yourself, and all ages and sizes of l pretty Italian girls hard at work with their needles and threads for the large sum of francs week, which Is con-
 sidered good pay. It is one of the
 most Interesting as well as the most ! expensive sights of Venice, for you couldn't think of leaving without a yard or two any way. l The best-fed inhabitants of Venice
 are the pigeons in St Marks. They are held sacred because their grand father and grandmother pigeons brought news of Venetian victories. You can feed them for . penny day and
 for grain or two of corn, thousand will eat out of your hand at time. I The centre of the square is marked off to show where those of high rank and the Best families could sit, for l Venice was very aristocratic in old days. and you had to have your name enrolled in inc "Golden Book" to go l in society at all, which book was pos- sibly to Venice what the Blue Book
 Is to the cities of the U. s. A. There | in the square these nobles were in-
 structed in painting by Titan, Tinto- retto, and others, but you never seem
 to hear anything about Michael An geio. t,. f.. .. ...
 Mark Twain says that Italy was con structed by God after designs by Michael Angelo, but he certainly couldn't have intended to include Yen-
 Ice as we'll, for that city Is in a state
 of preservation due to Rusltin. If 1t
 hadn't been for Ruskin's "Stories of
 Venice" by this time every one of the
 Grand Canal palace marks would have
 fallen. Nc matter where you 70 and what you see with--a Baedeiser or an alive Ruide--you hear what Mr. Rus
 kin thought about thus and so,
 | But who cares what MT, Ruskir thought. because he came from Massa.
 chusetts and you come from Mf iie
 The tomb of Capova is wonder and
 one of the most beautiful menuInentl
 in Venice, no. matter what Mir, Ruskin
 said to the contrary. You wouldn't take his advice either about going to | st. Roco, especially If 1t were cold day tn December, even thought 1t is
 interesting to see what Titan and I'm
 toretto painted at the rate of cents
 a day. That was Bon Marche (D price when you think now about the l price of paint, but, of course, they did not belong to the paint layers union. IllDsiOns Dtspelled.
 I Many of your illusions are dispelled | If you go to Venice in the winter sea-
 son. There is no singing on the Grand Canal; the cafes are open, but are un-
 der cover, but you do ind an occasional Venetian Maxims, where you can feel perfectly at home among the Italian
 circles who frequent them. Another dispelled is. the idea that the Rialto, l the old bridge which is the chief shop ping mart in Venice, is not the Rialto
 spoken of fin thet Merchant of Venice.
 That was near there, but in the market place with a church and warranted
 la Waterbury clock so there wouldn I be any mistake about the hour.
 l You mustn't think the Italians lazy. trifiing lot. either: they are extremely
 energetic when 1t comes to assisting
 you out of a gondola. for which they I must be paid naturally and hberssly.
 The small boys are bubbling over with mersault enthusiasm. They will
 keep up this athletic performance just
 as long as the pennies hold out. The
 entrance to a church is the favorite
 stage for tn ese performances. One of
 the things to be guarded against in Italy Is this going to churches fever | that you are sure to be victimized by