Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-02
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BrOWnell
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/ tve had another long. delightful
/ letter from Miss Brownell, folks' anu
am sure you will enjoy reading sec
tioss OF II.
Dear Margery Doom, and all my
We'll, we have finished our glori-
+ Gus trip through Italy, ana mere Ne
are in Budapest, the Gate OF tne
/ Orient You know, just the ia an ny
/ Budapest had a peculiar IascILa t IN
name to conjure up all sorts OF mali
! savage tales and pictures, ana SO WheH
/ Mn Stork said we would go lneIt
pictured myself clinBing desper dtely
10 him nile we picked our way rear,
! fully down badly lighted streets aho
| bumped into Moors and all SORTS o.
queer people. But, oh, what sur
prise was in store for me! II Is one
of the most up-to- date, fascinating
cities | was ever in. The hotel would
compare faNor@bly with, any IN NeM
York. Our room mas hath, eleStaic
| light, steam heat and every nooeIh
conV enience. and a balcony oVerlooh-
ing the blue Danube Cbiue only IN
song and story II is really CUTE quite
palace on the opposite bank. In the
evening we listened to an orchestra
give what in New York would be
called a symphony concert,
"All of the hotels and cafes nave
tables set out on the sidewalk, with
electric lights and flowers, and be-
tween and II of an evening it seems
as IL all Budapest were sitting out
coffee. They drink it on all occasions
| and low they manage 1t Will always
| be a mystery to me.
| we have visited the royal palace
and most of the public buildings; have
driven through the country and seen
the peasant women doing all the hard
work That is the worst thing you
| can say of Budapest-they work the
/ xrrAf in q
| sidered criminal in the States but
| then they do the same thing in all
the European countries, and after
aw lille it ceases to be a novelty
task to try to give my Impressions
Of Italy. it is a wonderful country,
so rich in sculpture, history and art
that while you are there you do not
grasp ii all 1t is only when you have
left that memory opens up the doors
OF her storehouse for you, ana the
beauty all comes back. In Rome
there is so much that dates back B. G..
that things had to be at least 300
years old to interest Mr. Stork at all.
We went in a great many beautiful
churches. At Florence we had won
derfal tour-days' stay. 1t has always
been my favorite Italian city 1t IS
worth the trip abroad just to see
Michael Angeles David The shops
are fascinating and the embroideries
and laces are, oh, my, so lovely And
you just cannot keep away from the
little old fourteenth century bridge,
which is lined on both sides with tiny
silVersmith shops. Mr.. Stork says
there is no such thing as one price
in Italy, for If they ask ten lire for
an article they will usually take five.
stu: think they ara more honest and
reasonable in Florence than in any
other Italian city.
Venice is of course. the most ro-
mantle. and even Mr. Stork, who is
quite prosaic, was carried away with
ii. We had no moon, but the stars
Our hot.l was next to the Doges
palace. with q balcony overlooking
the grand canal. So many hotels in
Europe haze the little private ball
comics On ibis one we spent many
moments watching the never ending
stream of gondolas and horrid little
s steam which are called the
away from the charm of the city
think. We took hundreds of snap
shots. My letter seems to be growing
lengthy. so ] am going to tell you of
one more place and then win stop
for this time.
From Naples we drove in an auto
mobile TO Pompeii. Ii one has read
Bulwer Lytton's Last DAYS of Pom.
peii 1t requires but l1ttla imagina-
ton to picture the people Of that city
as they lived in. those ancient
times. We were. of course, par
ticularly interested in the remains
of the theatre, and in the museum in
made of ivory and bone, according to
the price. just as they had been found.
Just think, a performance might have
been going on that very night.
From Pompeii we drove to Amel5l
For some hours drive the road was