The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-15
)UCHESS DIAMOND.

.1 night was a short, wiry,
figure standing IN
ont of. San Marco. 1t was a
linger and listen, to expand
IN the moonlight, From the
nal came the quavery foreign
, soft dip of oars, gIints of
wisps of melody. 1t was a
win one from bed, a night
Id day; a Whistlerian noe.
IA San Marco clock doomed
twenty-one times, proclaim
.our Of nine after the olden
wing each hour of the twenty
iQhtful count. And with the
hoing boom the piazza band
, q rousing military strain,
I'd the center Of the square,
d by a throng of night-pleas-
the Venice season was on,
'ky thronged.
|siy.looking figure in front Of
10 stirred, stopped out, and
ward the music, slipping in
4 before a table in the out
noirI'' he ordered from an
/ waiter, and sat musing be-
music and a hilarious party
|ans drinking champagne at
|sble.
ID tell all American wherever
cried the modishly dressed
|0w who was buying the bot"
Id with excitement and wine.
nan from Manhattan you can
by the cut of his coat, his
moth face and keen eyes. -
is the American eye for
I'd business, | presume,'
a Engishman in the party.
We to earn ours,n answered
q youth. 1.-THE majority Of
es aren't old enough to in
b. The aggressive American
|es its print on all of us. Do
you could mistake one Of US
iskered Frenchman, an oily
stolid German, or a tight
EnglishmanS''
Is patriotism because this is
|pendence day. I presume,
Englishman.
\ Of July ought to make a
Of his country. You people
h holidays, Christmas and
Is; that 5 all. Did you ever
alRr Fourth Of July celebra-
know; beastly vulgar, charm
hinese; fireworks, songs,
We'll show you a Fourth of
fation.'' AS the band stopped,
& American jumped to his
waved his hat.
b for Fourth of JULY" he
lmericnns! Americansl We re
Jolt old Venice with a real |
July celebration. Anybody |
SING Yankee Doodle or
me over here and help. Unit !
ud. This is our day, gather
Id we may even find some |
o knows the words to
1own amid reproving glances
Conservative members Of his
pardonable patriotic grins
others.
4 for Fourth Of Julyl We re !
came n cry from the other
square, and minute later |
/ college fellows burst upon
II Americans.
ne to our city; my name IS |
alasco Bowen. Glad to see
is auspielous day; sit down |
the sizzling fireworks drink, !
cal champagne. Forward, |
~ He bcckoned TO the
pt the band, and a number
came.
; n New Yorker" cried |
owen, spying the wiry little |
g at the next table slipping |
ar little eXcitedly. "I can !
" his derby. Come on in; |
d wine is fine,'
ely looking man picked up |
d joined the party, introduc- |
( as Mr.. Hardy-none other
|t0pher Poe.
al togetherl'r cried Bowen, |
3 Yankee Doodle and sur !
natives. One, two, three!
)oodle came TO town. a rid |
He picked up an empty bottle |
1t as baton in time to the |
& led by the college men sup |
9 dozen others. Passing Eu- !
nllcd indulgently at the mad |
and quite a crowd gathered
he refreshing novelty.
onl'' cried Bowen, as the
TO an abrupt finish. "We'll |
Nd on all the stores around |
bee what we can scrape np
y of fireworks. Then we n
nch and take a trip on the
husiasm was contagious; of |
OF Americans only three |
Drop out, and while the col. |
Qshed OFF to find a Chinese
q might furnish fireworks.
nteringly persuaded Mr.. and
Wendt, the chief dissenters.
daughter Constance would
spectacle and that it was
as Americans to go along.
nme the scouts had returned
In Roman candles, nigcer.
pod old fashioned fre-crack-
g and lanterns, tho number
y TO thirty. A launch and a
ne orchestra were hired, and
'uts OF "Three Cheers for
snatches Of Dixie. F" and
'e5ces Of patriotism, the gay
|pd up the Grand canal. set
fireworks, making speeches,
'nd doing hundred mad
y shocked the staid, respect.
'klans plying back and forth
somber gondolas, and made
ambitious reporters and cor
nai rang with uncorked pa
'1n those who had been long
9ome were widest in their