Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-06-14
PORTER OFF TOPALESTINE
A Wanderers Diary

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hundreds. Wine shops, multitude.
Legions of priests, friars, nuns and
soldiers all too many. Longfellow sand
IT'S the centre to which all gravitates
lone finds no rest Elsewhere than here.
There may be other cities That please
Ius for q while, but Rome alone com
fpletely satisfies" He is right but a
boat leaves Naples May "a for Beyrout
and by leaving Rome tomorrow | can
do Herculaneum and Pompeii and the
great Museum at Naples and sail for
Syria. Did churches San Croce de
Gerusalemme. ST. John Lateran, the
head church o fthe Roman Catholic
world, and the Sancta Scala close to it.
lDevOut worshippers were climbing the
rs stairs in the Sancta Scala on their
knees. Some were very devout and
Eothers seemed less so. 1t is believed
StHelena brought the stairs from Pr
late's hall in Jetrusalem 500 years af-
ter Jesus trod them the day of his
Icrucifixion. In San Croce it is said
she left piece of the True Cross
That cross had not been discovered
when she left Jerusalem-and the old
lady died a year or two later Met
sixty pretty Roman misses nine to
twelve years with their teachers. each
lgirl carrying an Indian Club. There
jare thousands of pretty children here
and the prenatal influence of all the
lmadonnas and statues and lovely art
work and music everywhere has had
something to do with making them
beautiful. | love these Italians Their
Language is ahead of the French ton
que. The latin words / remember
come very handy now. We get a long
lride on street cars for 3 cents. Tapes
/ try | got 1910 for So can get now for
l29 lire STA. Big Eucharist Congress
opens here May "a. They are placing
seats in St. Peters. That congress ac-
counts for presence of so many brainy
looking clergy. Just got bill for room
IA days. Are kinds of Govt stamps
on it which amount to lire. But the
/ bill is less than IS for a quiet, clean
room week close by seven churches.
one fountain and u S. Embassy and
cheap enough. In a restaurant they
give you bill if you only get Maca-
Ironi and fish They put on Oh 3 lire
for wine if you don't have any wine
May 19th--Went to Naples 157
miles on express train, fare 81. You
lcome into intimate relation with these
Italians on a Sd class train if it is
lcrowded 1t is much like coming home
from Lacrosse Fair on crowded
train with a few drunks twenty years
lago. No one is drunk but they are on
1.-THE move eating and drinking. Got a
nice room with balcony for II lire a
Iday in Naples; stamps and tips inelud-
led, it costs T5 cents a day. No bugs
Tor fieas yet; clean beds. Occupied IS
beds without bugs. Wonder If third
lrate Wisconsin hotels have any better
lrecord. Streets of Rome are washed
daily; those of Naples are dusty and
wind blows off the sea.
May 20th--Got pound check cash
ed at Thos. Cooks. Always love to 90
TO Cooks. They are so kind and oblig-
ing. Got APT lire for $22.10 u. S.
money, the cost of the pound check.
That makes the lire and a sixth
cents of our money. VIII leave my
lgrip at Cooks and take onyl canvas
bag to Palestine.
Sunday, May FL Shops all open.
Took long trolley ride. Ate chocolate
in room. Got kilo of oranges and ate
lsix in the forenoon; rode to great Mu-
lseum. Saw art treasures from Hercu-
lianeum and Pompeii. Got macaroni,
lred wine and bread at restaurant. This
lis great town to get a square meal
lin. The restaurant as we find it in
Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Eng
land and u. S. does not exist, or fail
to find it. Bread and wine seems the
staff of life of these people, and the
bread is hard enough to club cat TO
death with. Old Vesuvius is smoking.
They use more whip lashes here than
in any other city. They are cruel to
their donkeys and horses. Met police
man in distinctive uniform; on cop, the
words, "Humanitaria Animalia"; had
gun and hand cuffs; was watching for
overloaded teams. Told him in Amer
iica we had men like him.
May, 22nd-Went to British consuls
to see about landing in Alexandria,
which is now in a separate Kingdom.
He assured me if / remained on an
Italian boat while we stayed there,
there would be no trouble. Bought
ticket from Naples to Haifa on "Sit-
mar" line for S48.75. Will take a
week TO reach Haifa. Stop at SYRIA
cuse, Catania, Port Said, Joppa, and
Hand at Haifa. Have no desire TO get
off in Egypt. Too hot. Dysentery.
If the good Lord spares my life ex-
pect to be back in Rome in weeks
ana NOuiu De pltdSeu 10 RGI letbSi
from relatives and friends addressed
Care of Thos. Cook and Son 81 Piazza
Esedra, Rome. Hit right restaurant
today. Waiter knew little English.
got zuppe, maearoni with green peas
and grated cheese and a fine beat
steak with fried "patetas," all for deci
Hire, half dollar win hit that place
tomorrow, my last day in Napoli.
May 23rd--Attended some kind of a
college lecture today after returning
from Cooks. There were 40 bright
young students who carried canes and
paid close attention to the lecturer
who sat while he lectured. Had an
other fine dinner and went to wharf to
find location of the Umbria, the snip
il sail on at 10, the oath. A hearse
with four black horses drawing 1t
came from ship. The lamps on the
hearse were burning brilliantly. Hats
came off as the cortege passed. These
people are more polite than we are.
And feel safer walking through their
narrow dirty streets than ! did walk
ing the streets Of Washington and
Chicago. G. v. P.
Mistake objectionable