The Ordway new era., 1913-12-19
Impression of Americans on
Tour Of Eternal City.
On Banks Of River Tiber-6rief Re-
sumo Of the Historical Sights OF
Ancient Capital Depicted In
Humorous Vein.

London.-There Is a large place
down in Italy between Naples and
Florence that is known as the Eternal
City. You may have heard of 1t. 1t
was the place. you know. where Ro-
mulus and Remus: julius Caesar. the
victim of the black hand plot; Nero
and some other famous persons USED
| to hang out, and which was once
saved from some one because bunch
Of geese cackled at the psychological
moment. Young Remus and his broth
er Romulus, it seems. started the
place and 1t has been eternal ever
| since, although a number OF lowbrows
attacked 1t with armies and broke up
great quantities of its statues ana
statutes and tried to swipe it OF the
map In other ways. But it bit It's
thumb at all these agitators and still
manages to worry along on the lire
and centisimi 1t can wheedle out OF
curious visitors. Hotel keepers have
become its principal citizens.
For many. many persons. who Just
love antique things, go TO see Rome
every year. Yes. that is the name OF
the place. II you haven't already
guessed it. If you want to do as the
Romans do. you can call it Roma.
The ruins are great stuff for those
who like to investigate the civiliza-
ton of the folks who lived at the time
| that Uncle Remus drew a circle on
the map and called II Rome. and when
Julius Caesar flashed the news to an
eager world that all Gaul is divided
Into three parts. You must remember
when he did that all the papers got
out extras"
We were in Pompeii one day and a
soldier In the place that must have
been the corner grocery of the Pom
peiians. for 1t still seems to be the
favorite bang-out for soldiers. guides
and other unemployed persons. told
us that although these were pretty
fair little ruins, IL we wanted to see
some ruins that were ruins we should
run over TO Rome for few days. we
had been out to the Blue Grotto the
day before, and as we were still feel-
ing rather blue from the experience
we decided to take q look at this
Rome place and see II we couldn't get
cheered up a bit.
SO we caught a train that after
noon that happened to be going to the
Eternal City. We entered a first
class compartment. The man who
collects the tickets came around after
while and asked to see our billeti.
He looked at them a moment and In
formed us in a grieved tone that 1ey
we're for the second class compart-
ment. We assured him politely that
that was all right: that we should
Just as soon stay where We were. as
We didn't like to change now that we
we're all settled And Just to show
him that we had no hard feelings to-
ward him we gave him a couple OF
lire. He understood at once our aver
sion to making a change and locked
the door OF our compartment SO that
we shouldn't be disturbed. Those con-
ductors are charming fellows.
We arrived in Rome along about
nine o'clock and took a carriage to
hotel. In the Eternal City at last"
we murmured. Every one else was
tones as he got into his carriage. SO
we did likewise. thinking 1t was GUS
tomary; 1t seems to be popular re-
mark. Just like every one pulls the
old one about seeing Naples and dying
when he lands there.
Early the next morning we started
out to see the Eternal City. We had
to admit that It was quite a place,
and that the two famous brothers
started something when they founded
the city. We strolled around to look
at the Tiber. We couldn't discover
why any one should look at the Tiber.
but 1t seemed to be popular pastime,
80 we Joined the rest of them. Red
Baedekers flashed in the sunlight as
. long line Of sightssers leaned on