Evening journal., 1910-10-26
CITY PASTOR
In ANCIENT ROME
D. M. CIeland Writes Of His
Impressions in Italian
City

"I am here in the Imperial City,"
and Is certainly seems like the center
of the world TO me. From the window
OF my room / can see the tower from
which It is said Nero observed the
burning city playing his fiddle mean
while. A little to the right Is the
great fountain in front of the Kings
palace with its stone statues OF the
Irwin Brothers" Castor and Pollok
aud their great war horses carved IN
stone six hundred years before Christ
and the shaft between made In Egypt
1900 years B. c. Yesterday | was
introduced TO the wonders of the Col
losseum and other monuments that
stand as memorials TO the wonderful
powers OF mind and soul in the an
cient Romans. / think II they were
living now they would put these pow
ers to a better use? Am going over
this evening TO view the Colosseum
by moonlight II Is said TO be
wonderful sight
But while I write- hear the bray
ing Of one OF these hard worked and
insignificant little donkeys, whose
name is legion hero and as | came up
from Naples within five days ! have
Just now been served with an official
notice that | must present myself TO
an official of the government every
day for five days TO let him see wheth-
or or not | have the cholera. So by
these things am reminded that |
stlll am I'm modern times and lot OF
other things here remind me that we
arc living I'm the best time In all the
history Of the world.
ION the ship coming over at our
IA H., fut fhg ahfn
doctors. professor i'm the public
schools of Naples and student Of
the Royal University. These were all
very scholarly and accomplished
Italians. who could speak fluently In
italian, French, German and with the
exception of the professor and one of
the doctors, In English. They were a
very desirable company, but consider
ing that / could speak only English !
frequently felt like zaccheus, the Pub
lican--diminutiye of stature and up a
tree. Now here IN Rome, in this de-
lightful home. where lodge there are
at our table some thirty young Ro-
mans able TO speak three languages
beside the Italian. They are most
successful young people and it Is con-
sidered here essential to success that
more than the natural tongue be
spoken. | serve notice upon the
young people Of Wilmington and all
America that unless they want to run
the risk of becoming the north end
OF everything go south after while
they had better get speaking knowl-
edge OF these languages. The more
the better. There IS in all civilized
countries now wonderful mixing
process going on Our country Is
leading I'm this with an average of al
most 1000 every day landing on her
soil. The children OF these people
are now coming up to enter the ousi-
ness and professional life of America
and with the knowledge OF these dit-
ferent languages they VIII take the
business from the natives Just as the
mixing OF nationalities here In itaiy
As doing to-day. The real problems OF
immigration with us is TO be IN the
next generation and TO the young
Americans / would say, learn to
sneak Polish. French, Italian, Ger
man and as many other tongues as
possible i'm your days Of preparation
! for your life's work, If you wish for
the best success.
In case here I'm Rome ! wish 70
do some shopping | will hunt up the
store where English is spoken, or sup
nose | need for example a lawyer 10
help me to prove to the official here
that the cuticle taken of the end Of
my nose by the sea winds and sun IS
not evidence of the cholera, ] VIII
certainly seek for one who speaks
my language. So they are doing In
America now already, and banks ana
other business interests are recogniz-
ing this more and more.
Speaking of the cholera | was very
fortunate to get out of Naples without
running into a fourteen-day quaran-
tine, or longer That was my only
danger there.
That was good trip over the
ocean and Mediterranean and Tyrran-
ian Sea. There we're about 500 steer
age passengers aboard besides the
messengers IN first and second cabins.
The big hearted "Capitano" gave me
the freedom Of the ship, and of course,
! had opportunity to study the ques-
| tion Of immigration in some new
phases. Last Sabbath afternoon !
held q service In the steerage with a
young man of Philadelphia as in
terpreter. l never had a more order
ly audience. They we're mostly peo-
pie who had saved their money after
labor and who were going back af-
ter their "signoras" and "bambinos.
Some young men were going after
their "signorinas." The hands OF all
looked hard and rough, the results OF
the hard work. They we're an honest
lot who paid their honest bills n
America. Who will deny them thS
right to take their hard earned dol
lars back TO their families In the home
land?
When asked how many expected {,
return to America l think every han,
went up, except those who we're be
ing deported, for whom much sym
pathy was expressed.
One man, whose business Il wa
to guard a crossing for the Penn
sylvania Railroad In a city near vii
mington. was returning with his wifi
and little girl. When he landed a
Naples all came out in new clothe
OF latest design. The man looked a
sleek as a bishop, the wife was dress
ed in brown silk and the little gii
looked like a real American with he
white dress and big hat There wal
no doubt. a big sensation that Nigh
back IN their little town among IN