Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-03-03
Il Trip to the Orient on the Steam
Ship "Cincinnatti"--- by Peter Brack
Following is the third nstallment of this story,
which will be continued weekly until completed.

Friday, 18th. Went ashore to
look for the post office and took
the car for the park. The park
is on a very high hill planted
with palms and many other fro
eign trees, water cascades, walks
and stairs and the view of the
lower city is fine. | walked back
to the ship passing many statues
Victor Emanuel, Columbus and
others. The bay of Genoa is a
beautiful horse shoe shape har-
Dor. The shipping is protected
by break waters running out at
two angles with the entrance at
the center. After lunch | went
ashore and visited the Cathedral
built in 1415-16th centuries, there
are some very fine paintings,
two of them were carried to
France by Napoleon 1st but re-
turned to Genoa. There was
pointd out to me a carved coffin
said to contain the bones Of st.
John, and the chain that he wore
in captivity. Outside it is
built of alternative layers of
black and white marble. There
are many twisted columns and
stone lions ON either side of steps
in front of the building. | went
up to the park again, it is won
derfully constructed, | do not
think it is more than 400 yards
square at the bottom and about
100 yards at the top, the path
ways wind around the hill and
every part is used to the most
advantage. The paths are wide
and we'll kept, on top there is
a large supply Of water let down
the whole hill in cascades, sup
plying ponds everywhere, where
in floating about are water fowl
of many kinds, and in grOttOS
are many animals. 1t is covered
by vines, orange, palm trees and
many other kinds of shrubs, the
very rocks are dressed in vines
and moss of many kinds. The
view from the top is fine, the
bay and nearly all the whole city
can be seen. You see few or no
chimneys on the building, but
a sort of pipe like ventilators.
Many of the houses and build
ingS can be entered by the roof
from an upper street. On the
whole Genoa is very beautiful
and clean city, with a large and
clean population. We left Genoa
at 1870 Saturday morning.
February 10, 1910. Left for
Villifrance s. miles west of here
along that beautiful shore call
ed the Rivera with towns and
villages every few miles having
beautiful houses and large fine
hotels, on the side of the billy
coast with the mountain for the
background. We arrived at Vii
lifrance about $50. | did not
60 ashore till after dinner. |
took the steam railway and went
up to Monte Carlo about TWEEN
ty miles east up the hills, we
reached there about 9 o'clock.
1t would take a ready writer
to describe Monte Carlo, and |
am not that. The mass of lofty
and beautiful buildings. the
grounds and the surroundings
are a poem. The crowds of well
dressed men and j5weled women
in every direction. Money pour
ed out like water at tables cards
and lotteries. The vast halls
and reception rooms were fur
niShed and decorated like king S
palaces. There was a ball and
charity lottery going on, with all
other kinds of play. l returned
to the boat about IL p. m. with
out making a hit or placing any
money at Monte Carlo.
Sunday a. m. / went ashore af-
ter breakfast and took a car for
Nice, France, four miles to the
west. Although it was raining
and the shops (the BEST closed
In Nice, yet | enjoyed the ride
all along the shore, the rugged
rocky hills are cut and carved
for roads and villas lots, with
beautiful gardens terraced up
and up the hills covered with
shrubs and grapes. Here morn
ing and evening if is very chilly
and it penetrateS your clothes,
and | do not feel too warm dur
ing the day, and l feel the cold
chill in the evening. Nice is a
town of considerable size with
open streets and squares and
they say fine shops, 1t has a
small unprotected harbOr. At the