La Junta tribune., 1912-01-20

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do any thing. There are three grades
OF them, distinguished BY their dress.
Their hats are especially peculiar.
I One day in Turin Herbert and I
started to the Royal Polytechnic"
to look into the library. and when
We reached the place We found con.
siderable number Of people standing
In front and q strong guard OF police
men at the door. We guessed at once
,ha. the king must be inside. for We
had had q glimpse Of him . few days
before. So We waited with the crowd
to see him In q few minutes there
was stir among the crowd at the
door. and some very distinguished
looking elderly men with tall silk
hats on came out and stood on either
side, then some uniformed men came
out and entered the carriage. These
were the bodyguard. Then a spright
ly little man about Herberts age.
and not much larger, came quickly
down the steps. shook hands with
the aforesaid distinguished looking
men, entered the carriage, and was
quickly driven away. Herbert turned
to some one by his side and inquir-
ed RE Italianol" and received the
answer Isl, ST. Re ltaliano.'
We lef, Turin for Milan on the
las, day OF September. This is n
city OF abou, 5Oo.O eco people. and is
ono OF the wcalthiest manufacturing
towns In Italy. Here we found every
thing much more up TO date. and
many people who could speak English.
Profi,ing by our experience In Turin
we wen, to frs, class hotel at
once and had very nice clean room.
As prices In the hotel restaurant wert
very high We took our meals at a res
;aurant where English Was really
spoken. We always went to the
same walter and he soon got 10 re-
serving table for Us. This hotel Is
Milan. the third lsrgcs, In tho
world. I, was begun In 1856, and Is
built entirely OF white marble. but
Il much weather stained OF course.
The greater part OF 1, Was oomplet.
81 In the fifteenth century. but some
parts OF II are not yet nnshed. From
hVtv A.~ e-nfhs..
G-ai Is simply magnificent. with its
, innum.rable spires and pinnaolcs. the
central one OF which In about $50
fee, high. 1bcI' Ar" also about 1000
statues adorning every spir. and
angle. think every Ha.nt II the
category must BE- represented. The
trades OF dclicst. tracery and lacs
pattern. Tho building u nearly
fee, long and 2ss feet wide. and the
height OF the nave inside In 1856 feet
The Interior 10 supported by fifty.two
columns about ten feet In diameter
While there II much that is beau
tifui II 10 10 dreadfully dark and
gloomy that you can hardly See any
thing. as there are no artificial lights
The windows are magnificent and
wonderful In color and artistic effect.
Two especially large and fine ones q,
the hack of the choir look A. though
II might have taken 100 years to
make them.
Was In one day when = iot Of
priests were chanting their service
and II made me feel like ws had beer
set hack TO the middle ages and vas
In an old monasi-ry. We went to
the top OF the highest spire the day
befor. We left Milan. On clear days
they tell Us the view 10 grand and
one can see all the surrounding coun.
try and tho distant snow-capped Alps
Though ~e had waited during all our
stay for n clear day TO make the
ascent there was no good one.
Just the day before Ne went TO
Milan, Italy declared war on the
Turks. and there was considerable
excitement and enthusiasm manifest.
I'D on the streets Of the city. On Sun.
day afternoon We looked out Of our
window on the fourth floor Of the
hotel. upon = crowd II some two or
three thousand people marching aionu
tho streets and singing patriotic
songs. We supposed they were
though we could not understand them
hear there 10 TO b. another de-
monstration tonight In honor Of the
departure Of more troops for Trip.
oil.
Since the above was written Il
seems there 10 q great decline In
Dtaiy's enthusiasm and that TripoiI
has become 10 warm that many Itai.
ians are fleeing north 10 escape Il.