The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-31
BY CHAT.


 mode of address that will embrace all the Languages used at Triesfe--you are certainly at sea there even before you sail.
 History doesn't say that the tower of Babel ever saw the Austrian Italian Armenian -German-Dag shores of Trieste. but history sometimes makes there. 1t should have been. for there is certainly babel of tongues to well come you at the station and to see you cff at the steamer where money alone talks Just try any other language besides francs, fires and cronins and see If you, or rather your luggage, doesn't get left
 The money Is almost as confusing to get straight as the various tongues going across the continent You no sooner get to have a real affection for the French franc and the Italian Ira, which are of equal value, than you en- counter the Austrian cronin which calls for q cents, instead of like the others, for 20.
 But even money doesn't talk at the bank. and some of the officials do, at least you don't consider that any one talks, unless he speaks English, and their French in Austria is q shade worse than yours. At the rate of in- terest the Triestians have taken In your language you would get left If you were trying to catch a steamer If, on your way, you stopped at national bank to explain your stringency in the money market. It takes hours for them to translate a SIC check even Into their own money and when 1t comes to francs look out for trouble.
 Besides having had to contend with German-Italian which is the real language of Trieste, you are now most unwiiiingly translated yourself into English. and altogether your know as little about pounds, shiilings and pence as the bank clerks do. yet after all the 1ranc-lira- -cronin calculation is made you cannot even then get a good old scream out of the American eagle. Tho only thing to do is, with tears in your ayes and lump in your throat, keep ! repeating Tn God We Trust" Fair exchange knows no robbery" and oth- sr stimulating notices.
 The reasons for the troubles of Trieste is easily explained and that is because it is not on the tourist map. There is only paragraph or two about it In the guide books and that makes 1t more than compensating. Yes, indeed, one of the most compensatlng thinRs you soon learn about travelling abroad ts to be able to tell other tour fBts about some place you have been &04E Ihoy n&YenC.
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 Few BaedelEer joys are equal to the amount of pleasure that this superior aty over other tourist feeling lmparts for you have been a, sufferer in the same way from others afflicted like yourself. But Trieste is one of the real joys on the map It is just as foreign as you could wish aud yet just aa clean and sanitary. When Austrians build a city they do 1t always on the Vienna plan, with large, handsome, aubstantial-loolring buildings and nu- nnerous squares and gardens with shady trees and green grass and shrubs. At Trieste the mountains slope down to the plain on which the business section of the city is located After that they slope down to a road built along the sea wall which leads to Mlran1nr. EF fasf3 ff Fs
 This drive to MlramaF.is picturesque in the extreme, for along the hillsfdes are handsome villas and cafes wiiieh peem to extend right up Unto the hflls and far away. Along the road you Frequently meet peasants. real peas- ants. the kind that wear abbreviated skirts, usually blue draped up over red One vari-colored stockings and wooden shoes. and their head-gear is . basket of merchandise. Then there are soldiers along the route and sta- tioned at the entrance to Miramar paI- ace as well.
 But 1t doesn't take the sparkle of gold lace and brass buttons to make this one of the most beautiful spots in the world. To start with the garden (snd if you start there you are more than apt not to get away at alb is laid out in true Italian landscape gar dening style with vineclad pergolas and beds. and hedges of evergreens, Everything in. this wonderful garden is ever green, so whether it is Decem- Der or July the effect of the coloring is always perfect, the green against the blue water line of the Adriatic. and the soft cream-like yellow of the pal ace itself.
 There are lots of people no doubt. who have never heard of Miramar but Maximilllan, Emperor of Mexico has a most familiar sound. It is not only fa- miliar but sad, for if you neve- felt sorry for him before you certainly do after seeing the beautiful home he sacrificed to be sacrificed himself in a foreign country.
 AEaxImiIian's Palace.
 The old soldier who shows you through has coat that is well sup piled with decorations. rewards pos sibly for the vicissitudes of life through which he has s-passed. He tells you with tears in his eyes how he saw the Emperor go down the steps that lead to the sea and on which he em- parked in his yacht never to return again.
 A portion of the palace was fitted up by Maxin1illan before he sailed to represent this royal yacht. and a right royal yacht it must have been. for everything in the palace of Miramar is of royal good taste. Even the Van deTbllts and Berwinds would gladly