The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-04-04
Correspondent Gives Interesting
Description OF Trip Over
Eternal City.
WONDERFUL SCENE UNFOLDS
Plan to Make Aerial Tours OF City an
Attractive Feature for Visitors
When Normal Conditions Re.
,urn--Trip 10 Marvellous
Exper' ence
BY LLOYD ALLEN.
Western Newspaper Union staff Cor
feGpo1dent

faftctshi. 1910 ~ Western Ssw. uager I nIon J
Home When you make that long
promised European trip to see the
great hattlehelds IT France ana Italy
aud get 10 Rome you win undoubtedly
have the opportunity " inspecting the
Eternal City from the deck Of ii dirt
git,le,
lily the time Europe hnS set It's house
IN order mud Inns recovered sufficiently
from war "a make tlurists comfortable
Rome viii be featuring an aerial tour
Of The city which no one VIII care 10
miss. even though the cost OF the trip
may be something like $50.
Instead al numbering through the
stferts IN the old.tlmc rubberneck wag.
ous. or In taxi. you viii be able 10
lounge comfortably IN well padded
sents Of an alrshlp and see al fairly
close range the layout Of Rome with
Its glories of ancient and modern archi-
lecture nnd al the same time feel per
fectly safe. because diriglble moves
Pullman sleeper or American parlOr
ear.
have Just landed from such an In.
speelion Of Rome. Except for Il few
moments unenslneSs while the ilrigl.
bic was leaving the ground the trip
was marvellous experience and nj
most absolutely free from any anxious
moments. even though the big ship
sailed along 1000 feet In the air ut
times. II was a war craft. built for
scout duty and capable of carrying 30
persons and was nothing like the com
Portable passenger nlrshlns that are
now being planned aud which viii soon
be In actual operation not only In
Rome but Ia other European capitals
as we'll
The big factories and the men who
designed these ships arc now turning
their thoughts To the possibilities OF
passenger traffic and they know that
Americans are going to be some OF
their best customers during the days
OF enormous tourist traffic that are 10
come. la Italy. as well as France and
England, II h taken for granted that
The dny "f air travel Is here,
No Chance for Civilians Now.
just now, of course civilians nud Il
Impossible to lly over Rome. or even
visit Rome for that matter. unless
they have special business there, All
transportation facilities are being used
to demohlllze sections III tho armies
aud there Is general congestion OF rail.
ways and hotels. Hut this recnnstruc.
tIon period is not expected to last
many months
~ guests OF the Italian government
and armed with special permit Ia tly,
our party III American newspaper mon,
eight ia nuuoer. We're tnken up NJ mid.
afternoon for one hour hight Ia
which our ship did ngnre-elght
course over Rome. flying directly above
the magnificent structure of 1t. Peters.
The Qalrlnal palace. the Coliseum and
The newer monumental editce In white
marble aud geld that has been erected
a. commemorate the creation OF new
Italy, the vast edtttce of simple and
severe architecture Of the monument
10 Victor lnnnnuel III.
In automobiles We Mere rushed cut
Of Rome through the ancient city
walls, setne of which were built during
the days ut the old Roman republic.
across the gardeaiikc campagun Of
green fields an1 tlpckS of sheep 10 an
immense air,irome in the prairie land
The Whole OF the Interior was one
vast rnoH In which three dtrIgthlcs
we're moored safe from rain and storm