Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-16
ROMAN GUIDE TELLS
STORY ON TRAVELLER
Visitor Said Americans Could
Build Colosseum in
30 Days.
HOUSES SCARCE IN ROME
Renter Sneaks Nights Sleep
Before Police Eject
Him.

ROME. July i5,-Hot weather hav.
'nS virtually ended tho spring tour
ISL season. and tho advance guard
or tho "schoolmn'ams" who ara viii
ling TO brave III. heat In order To
soc tho glory that WAS Rome no,
having arrived the dIsrouso,u,e
guides ar" reduced To passing tho IN
'"rF"i By swapping stories nbou, ,ho.r
patrons For "Innoccn,a Abroad
would hay" been IA different "A .tury
II tho guides had written II as thu
statute In Acsup'a fable had n lion
instead OF "A man boon tho eculu.or
ono of the additions TO tho rn.
written lnnoc"nts Aboard" IS the
t'o'y IG'd" tells of an American
:" whom he showed tn. Colo.,,um
Tho American !poked AZ the massive
RUIN with calculating eye uni TO-
narhod:
In thirty days wo could build It's
twin in America"
AZ the Pantheon. the baths OF Cara
celia, the place Of Spet!mus scvcrus
everywhere. the American cut shor,
inc guides harangue with an exact
statement % how much more quickly
'he sam" structure could be bull, IN
America
The guide said no moro. lu, .cI
the way TO -. pe,ars The Amer
leans eye ran admir!ngly from Der
minis majestic roiunnadc 10 Michel
AMOS celebrated dome
WAT church ~ thar no asked
I'm hanged u know" said the
guide. 1t wasn't here yesterday
onfc 'ins Mark Twn;n's statuc.
Marx 1wa!n's remarks ubou, Ital-
IAN gunfrs may or may no, have
caused tao conspiracy ot silence. hu.
The fac, remains tha, .ew tourist.
seem 10 know that Rome contains a
statue %! the hurnoris, /, IL IN the
sranddaddy ~ nomnn cafes The cafe
"Feco founded in !7CI-moro Than
''' ears younger thsn yrocope's
~ tn" rue dc !'hncicnne Co.ncGio in
iar!' tn. Greco was one Of Marks
ihNofite hanuts. The ancient waiter
MI! snow you several souvenirs o.
'b- american wr.te!. and. II you In
s!s'' VIII siE" you-it h. nnds one
copy OF Il iit.i. booklet about Tho
fc.ebfiN1s "ho have tcqgented the
place when an eutc.pr!sing pro-
nrieior had published To the Ils;
. winch contains such names az Ciounud
/, ana beriipz future editor MAJ add
sinclair Lewis The cat. STU! leads
quiet. detached existence desp!,.
the busy charter which Is once aris.o-
cratic street. the Via Condo,,i. has
assumed. And II remains the render
'ous OF artists, musicians and r!i,-
"fs from 'hc neishhorlng French
academy and the studios Of VIA Mar
suua. 'he Greenwich village or
Rome
HouHinx ShorfnR- SIN Exists.
The dead" season caused hv tho
neat aud consequent annual heg!-a OF
romans 20 seaside and mountain re-
FORTS does not seem 10 have made
the apartment hunters task easier.
Nor mas the as,unixhin. energy
Which Rom. has shown in th. las,
&c" years IN the construction o.
apartment houses. on nearly al! NE
edges OF the city new buildings are
going up. but II seems that most ~
the apartments are sold before the
ink IS dry on the plans. I, wouId
appear that Il - now the turn Of
!;aiy-for centuries overrun nv to.
hordcs o! the North--to do little
"Herrunring on her own account.
Meanwhile. the action o. Congress in
t"mporarl" stcmTH.uG Ihe tide OF
emigration Is putting money in the
pockets o: Roman contracio.s i'm
rromptu beds la the public squares
and perhaps mrisk"'s t- o.. .,ls Of
other C..l- I
Desperate Renter sexes Apartment.
Giuseppe Fort.ni. hy dramaiizinE
IN" housing shortage. gained lodging
the other day. though IL wasn't pre-
"Ise!y the kind he wanted Turned
ont. bed ami bcdstcad. from his
apartment, Giuseppe did no, m.d.t-,c
revenge. His country gave tho
world vendetta" lie armed him
sen with muskct. assembled the .
cohor'S OF tho Renters League and I
marched That night into the apart
'hen' In which his successor had lost
not tim. IN installing himself;
he new occupant Giovanni Fran
rfsch'. took one look al the cnacting
claus" and obe%cd the law as For:iu!
laid IL down While his household
GOODS were being deposited in the 4
street those OF Tortini wer. resum
inS iheir customary places
With the door boIted-and ro doo-
Tor the number and impressiveness
Of its bolts san equal the ordinary
ltai!an door-Fort!ni slept the sleep /,
"i the Just until the police interrupt |
cd him in the morning.
roof rortini' as the Italian pa
pers said. He had to put his furni-
ture back In the street and take IN
his abode behind a door. where the |
hars were even moro numerous than |
tho bolts
And the POPULATION keeps on ont !
stripping the brickyards.
&C. 1922. Public Ledger Coz