The daily sentinel., 1910-04-21


beds gave a very pretty effect.
we secured tickets and in the ev-
} ening went in to see the famous
roulette playing. The building is
two stories and very large. In the
} second story is a theatre, and a long
handsomely furnished reading and
writing room. The lower floor has a
} spacious foyer and six large rooms
devoted to gambling. There we're
beautiful paintings and statuary,
} elaborate electroliers with thousands
of electric lights. Six tables in each
room were crowded with people, play
ers and spectators. There were more
, old people than young playing, and
people of all nationalities. Each
player had caSd on which he kept
tally. | could not understand the
game at all. | saw people raking in
piles of silver and gold, but / also
saw that the croupiers had the larg-
est pile. Some of the gowns were
beautiful. Between acts. the audi
ence from the theatre above came
down and promenaded the foyer and
the rooms. There were settees and
chairs for those who wished to sit
down. We went from one table to
another watching the players. At a
few of the tables small playing cards
were used instead of roulette wheels
We saw young lady in beautiful
evening gown standing at the head
of table, an elderly man, evidently
her father was with her. She was a
foreigner. She tossed twenty
franc gold piece on the table and won.
then she threw several more and won
again and put them in her handbag.
We did not see her play again.
The stores and shOns at Monte
Carlo had the most beautiful and ex-
pensive goods and jewelry.
We arrived in Rome on Friday be-
fore Easter We took a cab at the
station for the hotel we had been
recommended to in Paris by friends.
Ten minutes after another cab was
passing us in the same direction and
the Arthurs were in It. We recog-
nized each other at the same time.
They were looking for hotel too, so
We all went together. Rome was
) crowded with tourists for the1 Easter
festivities. We went from one hotel
to another, MIR. Arthur getting out
} and making inquiries. At the eighth
hotel we found accommodations and
very good ones, near the Borghera
gate and gardens.
We attended services Easter Sun
day at st. Peters, the largest and
most beautiful church in the world.
} There are many paintings and pieces
of statuary by the old masters. The
mosaic flowers and stained glass
} windows are wonderful We visited
the vatican and saw the oddly dressed
guards of the pope pacing up and
} rdown in the large rotunda in front of
his quarters.
We saw half n dozen celebrated
} churches. The coliseum forum, Pal
entine Hill, baths and museum of
Dioclestian. In this museum is one
} of the most beautiful statues known.
1t is called the Maid of Anzio and
was found two years ago in crack
! of the earth at AnZio after a tidal
wave. 1t is worth $25O,000. The
statue is of a young and most perfect
ly formed woman with features of
exquisite beauty and was taken out
without a mar. Pincian Hill is a
fashionable walk and drive where
splendid view of Rome Is to be had.
The Arthurs took us for a lovely
r drive and then stopped to see a beau
tiful sunset at point on Pincian
Hill which is crowded with people at
sunset.
The wine peddlers carried their
casks of wine in carts drawn by a
small donkey. On the front part of
the cart was a large shell shaped UNI
brella, dark blue. which could be
folded together. The donkey had
several small bells on his harness.
The country through which we
passed from Rome to Naples was very
beautiful with the bright green of
early spring. Peasant women were
working in the fields with the men.
We have heard and read of the Man
With the Hoe" At one place | saw
barefooted women resting on their
hoes to see the train pass. At the
stations were peasant women with
red and yellow costumes, gay head
handkerchiefs, coral necklaces and
long heavy earrings, selling oranges.
We meet many sweet faced sisters
and nuns in our travelling and many
, different orders of Brothers and
. Fathers" especially at Rome during
{ Easter. They came on pilgrimmages
to st. Peters. At some of the sta
tions men and women sold lunches
put up in artistic baskets of a small
loaf of bread, bottle of wine and two
, oranges on the stem with few
leaves to make 1t more attractive.
We saw shepherdess dressed in
; a short dress, head-dress, white stock
; ings and a staff Her flock consisted
of one pig, one goat and three sheep.
Oxen were used for plowing. There
, we're many old wells where women
and children were drawing water. On
the tops of high hills were monster
; les and converts and the ruins of old
castles with ivy covering the walls.
We spent only three days at Ma
pies. There has been so much writ
ten of it that / will only say it is
beautifully situated. But | never
saw city where absolutely no at
tempt was made at sanitary cleanli-
ness The children swarmed in filth