The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-01-17

beginning Of the war II was for n short
time the seat Of the general staff.
Even today It's streets. cafes and ho-
tells are thronged with soldiers. They
monopolize everything. They have ia
ken one Of the eight churches which
20 To mike up the Intensely interesting
baslllca Of Santo StefnnO. Tearfully
the sncrlstnn's wife told me how they
are using the building for n storeroom,
how they have damaged the walls and
ruined the paintings. As the guide book
fails to give ever the merest descrip-
ton of the church in question, II Is
doubtful II It contains anything worth
special protection. Possibly the sacris-
tan's wife exaggerates. But she IL
antimilitarlst and wound up Il long re-
cital OF her woes with the reiterated
ejaculation And to think that there
are some people who wanted this
war;" Since the war began hardly a
soul has visited the tombs OF Saint
vitalis and Martyr Ag~ricola. Churches
Seven and Eight r closed. Life is
indeed askew.
The military have occupied the park
above the Piazza deli 8 Agosto-a re-
mlnder Of the heroic days OF 1913 and
Italian "rlsorglmento.'' Here rs
throughout the entire European world
the military are the masters.
1t is market day. All Bologna Is in
the streets. The Piazza di Re EMO IL
the scene of n motley throng. The
BOlogncse are handsome and intelll-
gent. The town is the center Of the
book trade. II brcathcS culture. II Is
also II center of industry and has II
socialist administration. This fact has
undoubtedly clnhittcrcd the struggle
between Catholic and freethlnker,
Crusade Against Profanity On.
ON the walls of the cathedral / no.
tlced n strange announcement. Tomor'
row. II Informed me, the church would
witness the inauguration Of II crusade
against blasphemy and foul speaking,
10 be undertaken by none other than
his eminence Glorglo GuSmlni, cardi..
nal prince Of the church and arch
bishop Of Bologna. Cardinal GusmInl
has recently opened II "sChool Of re-
llgion' In his own arChlepiscopnl pal
nee, intending thus to inculcatc more
firmly the rudlmcnts Of Christian the,
ology among the lay youth.
But the cardinal hus outlined no cas-,
task. The ancient MOTTO Of Bologna Is
"libcrtnS," cnSily taken to mean free
dom from restraint. The Bolognesc are
additionally turbulent. Early In thcll
history they embraced the cause OF
Guclf against Ghibclllnc, burghel
against knight. and though they Dor,
the yoke of the proud B~cntIvOgllO fam
lily, theirs was no ~hcrbivOrOus SuhmIs
sion. The civic thcatcr today oocufio'
the former site of the Bcntlvoglio pal
nee, burned In 1907 by un angry mob.
With Milan, Bologna pours forth cveI
fresh life To the socialist llbrrallst cur
rents In Italian politics. And, cOlnci
dentally, Milan and Bologna are tn,
only W. towns In Italy whore there
exists anything IKE the SO-cnllcd nigh
life of great capitals. In this respcc
ms In many others Bologna "foclS big
ger" 20 the visitor than the number o
It's inhabitants would imply.
Additionally, the entire city Is II
contrast with the ardent ~plensure.lov
ing character ol the inhabitants. Til.
gothic municipal buildings, which ties
tify 10 an ancient ana intense com
munnl life, the many fine churches, IN
hundreds of fin" priypl" palaces, IA
towers, the miles of arcadcS, the well
supplied yet severe display windows
give II thoroughly munustic mir To ia
place. AlnS for cNtvrnulS One 500
discovers that cafes ar" numerous an
f.. We'll ~fruqucutcd. The easy freedom a
Bologna might be tukcu by II pictist fO
. simple gudlrSsurss. Yet Bologna Is tC
day ouc uf the most Interesting elite
/, In Italy. Too long 1t has been buric
!, Ludcr the reputation of | ],oronc". rlcl
or Ia museums surely, bur not r"arl
SO interesting % modern city, nor IS q Hu
IA specimen - lar antique. EN.yyuall
: Fu.ogua bears COZ. purIsun with 1t
c Tuscan rival.