The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-08-19
WAR HAS BROUGHT OUT. LARGE
NUMBER or sALLApe PEcUL-
lar TO PRESENT siTuATloN
IN ITALY.
ALICE ROHE TELLS II
BY ALICE RoHE.

fE AUntteu frehB NOTfchpouututJ
Rome. July is.--(By Mail) .-Moon-
light In Rome. the sound of a guitar.
singers voice declaiming deeds Of
war. OF love. OF partings. Of promised
returns. in ancient palaces heads ARIA
siihouetted sEainst yellow squares Of
light. In the piazza > crowd gathers
about the singer.
Yes. this Is twentieth century Rome
and the singer is no medieval troubA
ador. But he is quite as picturesque.
quite as recommendation as sA-rzs he
had lived hundreds OF years ago. For
he is an improyisator ANA he rep
rescnts a custom as old AZ the hnci.
ent palaces under whose broad por-
tails he Is singing. -
His name IL Sor Cnpanna and h6
is known from one END OF Rome 20
the other for d he not the composer
Of that modern satiricai song. -Bfg
wnliamT' He IL singing II now and
for one soldA you may buy the snnA
poetic narration Of the improvisatore's
estimation Of the kaisar.
sor capanna Is one Of many impro-
viastores in Rome today. for the en-
trance OF Italy into tho war has
brought them all out again like mush-
rooms--of perhaps one should ssse
flowers after rain. They sing.
most OF them. sonsa OF love. fare
wells Of soldiers departing to the
war. Admonishing their nveethearts
70 be brave and true during their sh1
sence. Many of them sing the com
poaitions Of Bor Capanna, peer oe IN
proyisatores. but the majority Of them
IMPROVES. An inlprQyise the music
20 that the words you hear sung un-
der your window 1t night may b NbeJ
same you heard the morning IN ne
piaxEA. but the music h altogether
different
Sometimes . group OF imprcvisa-
torres. with harp and violin ana "
singer. recount the sorrows and The
yearnings Of ihs departing soldiers.
But Rome stops 70 listen. The ser.
want girl brushing a tear from her
eye surreptitiously buys copy Of
the touching ballad for penny
Others crowd forward to listen to ID
words. From morning nnfii night
you may run across them. these sing
ers in the squares. beside the Span.
ish steps. near the churches. soma
OF the improvisatores strummng
their piaintive tunes on the guitars
use ballads OF other days brought up
to date. And II the improviaatores
collect a couple OF lire from ono con-
cert and sale Of Iibrettos they are
moro than satisfied. ~
One OF the songs heard most FRO
quently in Rome has a highly eugenic
fiavor-even in its dialect.
10 scarto di vittorio non 10 veslic.
"Quando rivis- n milo amore me 10
piElio."
Which is to say;
Those refused BY Victor Emman.,
uel do not want.
when my love returns from the
war ] win marry him"
Other famous songs beloved Of i'm
provisators and populace are ~Addioxs
mia bella. Addio." which unpoetioslf1 l
trnnsIatsd from poetic italian baIia6o
Of the people IL Good b.. my love. !.
good BY. The army Il depart.nr ana
II did not depart would fe : m.
lian. But am not leaving You done.
J leave you = little son who win con.
sole you. the son Of our flrnt love !.
30 that Italy Il commemoratin1
its war-habiss IN ballad form.
Another ballad which hrinrn tear
70 the eyes Of the girls LEFT b,h,nd
II "Tisaluto. smorosa mia"
= salute you my love. I am eoinr
away but will return. wien a.
turn ! will bring you = fowsr. Lone.
1--we love. When l return I bring yo,'
nower. Long Live Love an1 -
Who knoNs how TO love" ~
lt {. needless 70 ~ tknf thts so.~
y 90 q shs hits q Dc az, a Il. /
wey oets many . damp oys fro,a ~
'iiateAin1 throns.
Anx thore esea nsany oshors 11if
: 20 lFaStq on1 lov1 lS1sa e 1s~i111
stsSsugA sn16Eiof ti1nrlStIoh. ~
~ lUr DVf1o1Sf.' 60 = 4.