The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-08-14

ANDERSON FOLKS HAD
T MANY DIFFICULTIES
cou1D NOT GET AWAY
FROM GERMANY
ACCOUNT OF WAR
Young Ladies From Thi. City
Could No. Secure Accomoda-
tions and sIpet in Street.

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any clear conception OF conditions
now existing In th- Foreign countries
| but Il letter just received In Anderson
from Missc; Floride and Gene Harris,
touring the old country, gives a vivid
account OF the things they have under
gone. One or ine most striking fen
lures of the story coming to Anderson
is the fact that Miss Nell barton and
Miss Bessie Major. who are also in
Europe, were forced 10 spend one en-
tire night on the streets of Berlin.
The young ladies were stopping at a
well known hotel there. but when the
war broke out they gave up their
rooms and wont to the station, expect
Ing to get transportation home. They
returned to their hotel only to find
| that it had been filled up and all other
hotels in the city were full to over
! flowing. Both the young ladies had to
| spend the night on the streets and
when last heard from were still in
Berlin.
The following letter from Miss
Floride Enrris will be very interest
/ ing to every one living in Anderson
county:
Sorrento. Italy
I Dear Home Folks:
| We have had the time OF our lives
recently. This has been lovely trip
down here-is one OF the prctticst
| person cnn take. We went from Milan
| to Venice. Our first view OF Venice
| was in tho rain. and disappointing.
7 We took gondoias up to our hotel and
/ il certainly was novel experience.
| These tiny little canals winding in
l and out among these ancient old
/ buildings. 1t took us about IS min.
4 utes to get to our hotel. One. to love
4 Venice. has to certainly see 1t by night
/ for in the day time 1t is horrid! These
canals are far from clean and you can
/ sec anything flootin around on the
water from dead cntS on up. All the
i Italian cities we have seen need q
/ board OF health and q general clean-up
i day. AS It wns rafi. ig. we took
walk up to st. Marks square. We
took tho man OF CUR party along as 1t
Ii not safe even: tn day Tins for US. to
Il go out alone. There are mo horses
hero and few streets The latter are
very little over four feet wide, and not
marked and I got. lost several t!mes.
We sRw st. Marks church. art CALLER,
les and Doycs' palace, tho prison un-
iernenth It. and saw the bridge OF
Sighs," the Boil Tower and lace fac
tories and other wonderful things to
us.. Tho shops were the most fasci-
mating that we have yet accn. The
beads hero were very beautiful and we
Il nll made some purchases for loved
/ ones ut home. We tooif an Ice at the
h famous Flerian restaurant.
II The square Of St. Marks deserves
- yt,n
stood in the plaza in front of the
church and fed the hundreds and
thousands Of pigeons that flocked all
around us 1t wns an interesting sight.
We took kodak pictures OF each other
with pigeons resting on our heads.
shoulders e I'd arms, The rain ceased
An:. -a ai.1'T wtsni -EnndnIning that
night on thu grand canal. 1t was IN
teresting to Just float along and see
v the queer old buildings brilliant lights
4 reflected in tho. water, We passed
tfloatil,E 'h::.es ylth ~cnple singing In.
FFthem and It was thrilling; tn be In
1Vefiice at night listening to the ltas-
ian music. Next day.wc went out by
boat to Lido, one OF Europe's most
n fashionable seaside resorts. It ia: on
| the Adriatic sea. or osite to us on the
other side was 'este In Austria.
| Hungary. We en- ~ yed bathing Ia the
| sea very much & ,ough the beach is
1lshailow. One ta,l to- walk some dis
II tancss In shallo,: water before 1t got
RI tieop eT:nugh'ts enjoy, It'll We. passed
two or three italian men OF war on
our wny out ..ilicir we looked at with
great intereEt,- .,,s. .s.. Z
We Went TsXt to FLORENCE. Stopped
M n fnto1 con6e NJ nm old caHt1e that