Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-27
Now an Agreeable City.

These reforms have made Naples very
agreeable place to visit, and women can
come here now and enjoy themselves
without being imposed upon.
Many new and fine buildings are be-
ing erected on sites which were formerly
occupied by antiquated tenement houses,
and the parks have been very much inn
proved. The harbor facilities have been
extended and there are six large docks
belonging TO the municipality at which
the largest steamers can land their pas
sengers, instead of. sending them ashore
in lighters, as was formerly the case.
The permanent American population of
Naples is very small. a few young peo-
pie come here to study music and art
because of the small cost of living and
the low charges of the teachers which
are only one-fourth or one-third as much
as those I'm Florence, Milan Paris and
other places Naples has never been an
art center, although the museum Is full
of fine pictures and the coast south of
the city is probably the most picturesque
in Europe and is visited by thousands of
artists every year. Elihu Vedder. the
famous artist, who lives in Rome, has a
villa at Capri, where he usually spends
his summers. Mr Coleman, another
American artist, lives at the same place.
and one Of their neighbors is Thomas
Spencer Jerome. formerly of Detroit, and
son OF an ex-governor of Michigan,
who has a beautiful home on that most
DSdutilul VI isldIuS- MIS- Marion NTdW-
ford is still occupying the Villa SAINT
Aguello di Sorrento, where her husband
lived so long and where he wrote SO
many novels, and DIR. Frank A. Parret,
volcanologist, lives in villa on the slope
of VeSuvius. where he studies the lido
syncrasies of that eccentric mountain.
Mr.. Parret goes Frequently to Etna,
Stromboli and other volcanoes to make
observations. and has made several inn
Dortant discoveries. He recently was
kpIchtpd nv the X ing IF JfaIV haCanSp IF
his contributions to science.
Eruption Expected Soon.
An eruption of vesuvius is expected
very soon unless all recognized signs
should fail
There Is no increase of population I'm
Naples because so many people emigrate
to the United States, but the city is grow
ing In wealth as we'll as in appearance
and in the volume and value of its COM
merce. IT is probably the cheapest of all
food and rents are low An unfurnished
apartment of ten or twelve large rooms
can be obtained for a hundred dollars a
month, such as would cost five or six
hundred dollars a month I'm New York.
and smaller apartments. for lower rates.
Servants wages correspond. Woman serv-
ants are paid five and six dollars a
month, man servants eight and ten dol
lars month and coachmen twelve and
fifteen dollars month. Vegetables, fish,
meats Of all kinds poultry and eggs can
be bought for one-fourth or one-third of
the price they bring in our cities. and the
truck gardens in the vicinity of the city
produce all the year around
The price of board at the pensions cor
responds. A good suite of rooms, fully
furnished-two or three-with coffee and
rolls inNhe morning, can be obtained for
twenty-five or thirty dollars a month, al
though they are usually three or four
long flights upstairs without any elevator
1t Is customary for the occupants of
such apartments to take their MONDAY
breakfast and their dinner at the restau-
rants, which are numerous and of all
grades of prices. The hotel charges vary
and the patronage of the house, but per-
manent arrangements can be made at
frst-class hotels at $3.50 to $500 q day