The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-03
FROM NEW YORK
TO CITY OF NAPLES
STORY IN BRIEF OF TRIP RE-
GENTLY MADE BY AN ARD.
MORE CITIZEN.


ocean trip from New York to Ma
pies, and description of Nap es, b!
-. j. Stolfa, who was accompanied
by Father Wallrapp, also of this
city, will be found interesting Il
many of our rea ers
On the morning Of June 4th, "Th,
Berlin" one of the steamships OF
the North German Lloyd, left New
York for Hoboken, then through
New York bay to speed across the
Atlantic
The Berlin measures $40 feet in
length. SO feet in width and nine
stories IN height, it makes an ay.
erage OF four hundred sea miles a
day At the time of our voyage II
carried about three hundred first
class two hundred and seventy-tiye
second class and three hundred
s;eerage passengers. Last trip this
ship carried two thousand five hun
drcd steerage passengers.
All nauoua itles were represented
aboard, and good time in store
for all who were not stricke.
with sea sickness. OF our passen-
gers fifty per cent were down with
this malady mostly women
also wish to state that on this
ship the diet was equal to that
T e first class hotel of any large
city.
here is also stationary ship chap
lain on board to perform divine ser
vices.
June 9th We passed the Azores.
( These islands are the garden spot
of mid-Atlantic ocean. They num-
Der eight in all, are high above
the sea level mountainous and all
/ inhabited.
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did one. and the weather simply
beautiful
June 18th, We arrived at Gibraltar,
then through the Me eiterranean to
Naples, which We reached at ,
Il. m. June lIth
Naples is known as the most beau
| uiul city in the world. 1t is from
40 to 30 miles long, from one quar-
ter to a mile and half wide, horse
shoe form and borders on the Bay
of Naples Mount Vesuvius, Capri
etc. are in the background, while
| close by are the ruins of Pompeli
and Herculaneum. These two cities
were destroyed by the eruption Of
the volcano in the first century.
Every now and then other ruins
are discovered which have been
buried for centuries. Every step you
approach gives to view old ruins
OF Roman times. with modern
buildings protruding here an't there,
which mark the past and the pres
ent. Oh, the grandeur which was
possessed by these two unfortu-
nate cities!
The population as rule is very
industrious and also very, poor
The land is cultivated according to
the old method, by hand, with hoe
and spade The climate is semi
tropical. Orange, lemon, fig and
olive groves and vineyards are cult
waited in the south.
New York and Naples are in the
same latitude Still the one is
noted for its mild winter and the
other is remarkable for its cold
weather and deep snow.
The taxes in Italy are something
enormous. especially on tobacco, ci-
ears, matches. sugar, SAT-, etc,
in fact on everything that is con
sumed by the ordinary class Of
people.
The church Of St Januarius is
very magnificent. Same was built
in the seventh century and is the
burial place of many high dignita-
ries
St. Martins Monastery was built
in 1925 and is conducted by the
Rev. Monks and claims a grand
display Of ancient architecture 1t
is situate5 on oae of the most
elevated parts of the city and is
four thousand five hundred feet
above sea level.