The Arvada enterprise., 1910-09-16
Aryada Boy Visiting
Por1peiiii ii and
Climbing vesuvius.
Con,iausd from pegs 4.

Nousi10oA ItCm p03y \.
are about 100 Americans here
MIR. and Mrs. Ross have the room
next to mine and we are coins
to do Rome together, and with 81
many Americans, Ishall feelquite
at home in old Rome.
The first sight l had of the city
as | came in on the train was the
mighty dome of St. Peter,
looming up above every other
building. | know l will have a
fine time in this wonderful city;
have just taken walk of a
couple of hours SO as to get my
bearing; | will stay here week
or more.
The prevalent impression that
summer in Italy is unhealthful,
unpleasant and oppressively hot
is | think erroneous. tits true
have found some hot days, yet
generally it has been very pleas
ant. Italy, the land of history
and romance, the home of art
and song, has now become the
central shrine of the American
traveller abroad. 1t is true that
one may more pleasantly travel
here If he has a certain degree of
familiarity with the Italian Ian
guage but the English language
is so widely spoken along the
beaten paths: l was surprised to
hear the street vendors use many
English phrases, for instance, a
post card boy with whom | was
bargaining quite a necessary ac-
complishment here, said to me,
Cheap at half the price,; at an
other time when said mo" en-
phatically, the quick response
was, Nothing doing, skidoo!'
One must always be on his guard
in receiving change as there is so
much worthless money in circu-
lation; the traveller should en-
deavor to keep a generous supply
Of coppers or small change and
give the exact change, thereby
eluding the possibility of being
cheated. The system of tipping,
so prevalent in Europe, is abom-
Unable, you must, or better said,
you are expected to tip every
where and at all times; for in
stance, you hire a carriage at a
fixed price, when you pay, the
driver expects a tip or if you
don't give it to him, he asks you
for it; the Italians say "Maca-
rome" or the French word Pour
boire'' which, means For a
drink" if you buy a dish of ice
cream the waiter expects 2 tip.
An American was returning to
New York after a summers ira
vel in Europe, he had become
very much disgusted with the tip
ping system and his Indignation
was at fever pitch when he saw
on the steamer in his stateroom,
Tip the basin," his tort reply
was this: 1--WE tipped from king
to beggar and | positively refuse
to tip the basin"
There are lots of beggars, espec-
tally at the church doors; find
that there are less in Rome than
in Naples, Italian beggars are
not SO persistent as the beggars
in Russia, there they will follow
you until you order them away
or give them something. un-
derstand that the Pope will for
bid the beggars to beg at the
churches; it will certainly be
pleasanter for the tourist as a
greater part of his time is spent
at the churches.
must tell you something
about Rome, the ancient mistress
of the world, there is so much to
be said that it is difficult to know
where to begin and when to end.
1t is a city full to overfowing of
wonderfully interesting things.
ong..ellow has said: "Tis the
center to which all gravitates.
One finds no rest elsewhere than
here, there may be other cities
that please us for a while but
Rome alone completely satisfies,
it bee ONES to all a second native
land by predilection and not by
accident of birth alone. {" | can
see how one may spend months
here and not completely exhaust
its treasures; repeated visits te
each shrine alone will leave last.
ing impression of the "Eterna
City,"
/ am staying at Pension ir
the wing Of the old Rospiglios.
Palace dating from the 18th CEN
tury, one wing is at present occu.
pied by dukes, another by cardi.
nails and high church dignitaries
there are many Americans here,
in fact one hears at the table no.
thing but English. In one part