Evening journal., 1918-02-08

could not be held IN the nand. Al one
place if you punched the ground with
stick, rocks would fly many feet in
the air. got several pieces Of rock
which when they became cold, hard
ened, and were very beautiful. We tried
to enter cave called Nero Cave. Il was
terribly hot and we could not get more
than a few feet or remain more than a
few seconds. Nero is said TO have sent
his slaves here for punishment.
ION the way down from solfotara we
stopped at the Amphltheatre Of Puz-
zoli, one OF the most famous Of amphi-
theatres in the world. It was built by
the Greeks and Romans. being started
100 B. c. It was built TO seat $4,000 per
sons and is simply wonderful. We saw
piles Of human bones, remains OF peo-
pie destroyed by wild beasts The sub
terranean passages are so vast IL is dan
gerous to enter for fear you cannot find
your way out All the Roman work can
be distinguished from the Greek. as it is
OF brick. Just outside we saw the Tenn
pie of Neptune on the right and the
Temple Of Diana on the left. The tomb
Of Nirgll is also included on this trip
I'VE got back from the trip about
4.3O p M. and after wandering around
the streets for q while. went back to
the hotel where we had ordered a spe-
cial Christmas dinner. After dinner we
went 10 a theatre. It corresponded to
Keith's circuit The customs are far
different from American theatres. Drinks
OF all kinds are served during the per
formance and both women and men
smoke throughout the whole perform
ance There Is constant uproar all
the time. II they do not like the per-
formance there Is constant kissing. and
when they like the act, they applaud
all the time. After the theatre we had
q little something TO eat and returned
to The hotel
"The following day It was raining
but we had already planned for an auto
trip to Pompeli. Twelve OF us hired two
Of the four automobiles we had seen
in all Naples The ride was very inter-
estlng. We saw places Of historical in
terest too numerous 10 mention. The
city itself was the most interesting
thing ] saw. We had 10 rush through
this trip as we had 10 be back in Ma
pies by 2 D. m In order to do some
shopping before leaving on the p. m.
train. We went through all the ruins.
saw peirnod bodies of men, women and
ch udron. also saw bread, household
utensils. etc. The mosaic work and
WORKS of marble are SIMPLY grand and
10 think % was constructed GOO B. Q.
ave visited the House of the Nette,
the Forum. the public baths, the House
OF Lucretius, the theatre, etc. Many
things are IN "a wonderful state OF pre-
servaii0n We came TO a prison In which
were the bones Of a prisoner. This Is
the prisoner mentioned I'm the history Of
the. destruction Of Pompeii. We had a
wild ride both ways in order TO be back
in time Arrived back in Naples about
? p. m and after doing a little shop
ping and settling our hotel bill, went
TO the station and took the p. m. train
for Foggia.
"The trip cost me about $50 lire $50.
but about half OF Il was spent for
clothing and things TO replace our bag
gage. When we arrived home we re-
ceived q wonderful surprise. Our bag
gage. or what was left Of it, mad ar
rived On Christmas morning. Many OF
the fellows lost trunks, etc, but my
t,lnA and tNo SUIT ca es arrived in
tact. The trunk, a new one, had the
bottom cracked open but nothing was
missing Many of the trunks had been
robbed 10 surolv was some great
Christmas present as most OF the con-
tents cannot bee duplicated over here.
aleo fonnd a letter mailed by you on
Nov. 30. It arrived Christmas morn
ing and made the best time or any
have heard Of.
There were eighteen sacks Of mail In
yesterday, most Of IL being packages. 10
comes from Paris about once every ten
days Well. / know you are tired read
ing by this time so viii close and write
again in a few days.
Lovingly yours.
GEORGE"