The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-14
ANDERSON FOLKS HAD
4 Many | !! DIFFICULTIES
COULD, NOT GET AWAY
FROM GERMANY
ACCOUNT OE wAR
ACCOUNT OF WAR
Young Ladies From This City
Could Not tseesar Accornoda-.
tions end 'Slaet in Streets

Living In peacelul Anderson, II is
rather hard for local people to gain
any clear cnLcealIon OF conditions
now existing in tn- foreign countries
but letter Just received In Anderson
from Misses Florfde. and Gene Harris,
touring the old country, gives s.;id
account OF the things they have under
gone.- One OF sno most striking fen
lures of the story coming to Anderson
Is tho fact that Miss Nell Barton and
Miss Bessie Major. who are also In
Europe. were forced to spend one en-
tire night on tho streets OF Berlin.
The young ladies. were stopping ut q
we'll known hotel there. but when the
war broke out they gave up their
rooms and went to the station, expect
ing to get transportation home, They
returned to their. hotel. only TO find
that 1t had been tiled up and all other
hotels in the city were full to over
flowing. Both the young ladies had to
spend the night on tho streets and
when last heard from were still in
Berlin. f
FlOridc Harris will be very interest
ing TO every ono living In Anderson
county: r
& Sorrento. Italy.
Dear Homo Folks:
We have had the time OF our lives
recently. This has heen lovely trip
down here-is one oft the prettiest a
person can take. We went from Milan
to veniceN Our flSat view OF Venice
was In the rain, and disappointing
We took gondolas up to our hotel and
1t certainly was novel experience.
These tiny little canals winding in
and cut among these ancient old
buildings. It. took, -uB about As min
utes to get to our hotel. Ono. to love
Venice. has to certAinly.se II by night
for in the day time It; ;ts horrid 1 These
canals arc far from clean and you can
see anything Heating around on the
water from dead cats ,on up. Ali the
Italian cities wcs haye seen need q
board Of healthsand q general cleanup
day, AS 1t was raining. We took a
walk upf ito St; Marles square We
took the man OF our PARTY along as 1t
Is not Bafe even III day time for US to
go 6ut atone There arc no horsos
here and few streets. The latter nre
very little over four feetswide. and not
marked and Il got if6af several, times
We saw ST. Merk'@ chaFsh, Art sas,eT-
les and Doyess, palaeeS ttse lprison I'm
dcrncath it, and saw tllh' "Bridge of
,Stghs." the Bell. Tower and lace fac
tories and other wonderful things to
uE. Tho shops. were the most fasci-
mating, that we have yet seen. The
beads here were very beautiful and we
all made some purchases for loved
ones at home We took an ice at the
famous Florian restaurant. !
The square of st. Marks. deserves
all that we have read Of It. When we
stood In the plaza In front Of the
church and fed the hundreds and
thousands of pigeons, that fiocked all
around us It was an,ihteresting sight.
We took kodak ptctureaSo OF each. other
with pigeons resting ON our heads.
shoulders and arms; The; rain ceased
AND: we, finally. went go1dolning that
night in the grand cafihk It was in
terestibg to 1uEt font 9i6ng and see
tho queer old sbuildlngs brilliant lights
reflected In tfiet. water; We passed
floating bargeB With people singing In
them, and itiwas thrilling to .be in
Venice at night listening to the Ital-
ian music. Nextsiay w6: went out by
boat to LIDO one. .of Europe's most:
fashionable seaside resorts. It is OH
the Adrlatfe zen, .eppos sitH to rus on tho
other, side Was% Trieste In Austria
Hungary tSW elpnioyed bathing in the
sea very mtloIf though the buacli is
shallow One had to Wnfk some DIS
tance'iny shallow water t,afore 1T got
deep enoughst6lie enjoy .it8We passed
Two or sthrs9 Italian menTof war .on
our way our VIII ,h'we :iooked at.with
great INTEREST $50 =. t';.-
Wet went next to Florcnca. Stopped
at q. hotel snade. of an Did castle that
was once occupied by. BonAparte's
sister III. was d lovely piace.SWe also
visited the kings palace, even went in
TO his bedroom. 1t was tho most gor-
geouB place 4 have eyer seen.. The
name OF; this home wasx Pitt Palace.
Had our ptcttreSS taken ION top OF 1t.
Next we went I'D Pitt art 5gatery ad-
Jpining the ikthg,s palace course
We saw pictgrss hya fsARhsaI and All
the famous italian hrt 3 Ne have
seen lRaphaels. Michne1 Angeles. Rub
ems and, others works 10 much now
TINT we feel we'll a-quAihfeil with the
I old gent tleIfen e We afs6Sriafted, the
.UtHzfsart ga1fety and We went in 80
MANY cath sdtalh, churches; otc. there
apafes fin3e I'd 9infrtfe- you of
them RentA throngh aliess Protestant
Gem msfafys tiietp5an sasSa tSra: Brown
lnxssS grass{ Took q lbng ride over
yieWAdt Fiofenee from ashigh hill and