Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-08-10


was the queer leaning tower Of which
our history books tell Us and from
which Calico conducted his expert
ments in gravitation.
"A long ride through dirty smoky
tunnels past the whits marble noun
taias Of Carara, brought rs at last
( to the priest-and-soidler-rdden cap
ital Of Italy and to the ruins Of the
grandeur that was Rome
! In the realm of art, esllciaily
as regards sculpture, Rome is still
/ mistress Of the cities Of the world
and tts eight days we spent there
. we're all too short x see the many
I famous art galleries, museums and
( points Of interest. Needless to say
each member Of our party hos a
/ bGudiug art collection 81 his own.
Rome was flooded with AmerI-
can tourists and We met a rar'y OF
three charming Chattanooga girls
. and .deir chaperoHe at our hotel.
oar hotel was situated nst to the
, Royal Palace and on the occasion o.
! lie visit Of the pres. don't Of the Al
gentino republic, we saw not only
that dgnitary, bat the king of ltajy
rs well, escorted by what looked to
be the entire Italian army
The heat of Rouse was almost UNI
bcarable and our movG TO Naples has
/. brought US some relief,
Visit City Of Pompeii
Yesterday, we visited Pompcii,
jhe old Roman city, which has been
unearthed and stands today mucn as
it did 1850 years ago, and Mt. We
suVius, walking around the summit
OF the crater and watching the white
smoke POUR forth and balls of red
fire shoot up accompanied by deep
rumblings IN the bowels Of the earth.
When we leave Naples, our route
lies to the north again, and two days
in Rome will be followed by week
In. Florence and week in Venice.
when We recross the Jtalian border
and enter Germany to witness the
Passion play at Oberammergau on
Sunday, August s.
While Switzerland was a clean.
uP-tordate country in which TO live.
Italy has not fallen short in this re-
sreet, Dirt, dust ard filth are as
characteristic of the Italian country
as black eyes are Of The Italian peo-
PIE. The farther south in Italy one
travels, the more content one finds
them to live i'll squaior and filth and
the lower one finds the standard Of
civilization. The country seems to
live upon the tourists and everywhere
the people hang on t. them like
ieeches. Il is i good place to see,
but also good place to get out Of.
Rome and Northern italy, how
ever, approach more nearly the
French and German standard of liv-
ing and seem far less intolcrahle than
tho southern part of Italy.
Goats and dcnkeys are all the
rage here, the former roaming about
the dirty streets in herds and sup
plying milk and the latter pulling
carts and wagons.
THE people of Italy, generally
are small, smaller / think than The
French, and of dark eyed, heavy
haired brunette type. 1t is the low
er southern type rather than the
higher class Northern Italian that
5warns in such great numbers To
America, I'm glad our government
IS putting a stop to this sort of I'M
migration.
"0n our trip to Pompeii yesterday,
we came across a group of twenty
Italian American students who are
sent here from all over the United
States by the Order of the Loyal
Sons of Italy Of New Yorl, city, to
what a hokus pokus squaHd place
their ancestors lived in. ] dare say,
they will be glad to get back to
American soil again.
Yesterday We went to Capri, a