Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-02-04

feet wide, but mother said that
some were. There are lots of coffee
and wine places that are always full
of noisy people. I don't think any
people are as noisy as the Venetians.
But of course I haven't seen many
Italian places yet.
Our hotel is nice. The clerks and
servants speak Italian. What a
queer feeling it gives you. Our
room is on the main street leading
into the Piazzo di San Marco. |
sat on our little balcony and watch
ed the people until mother was
quite urgent about my going to bed.
1t is a shame to waste any time in
bed in such an interesting place.
Most of the Italians are dark
complicated. They have black,
black hair, and are very thin. They
are medium in height. They are
very nice looking. The women
wear their hair in a knot at the
back of their heads They leave
their ears uncovered. The officers
look very nice in their fine cos
tunes.
Dunbfounded at Sight of Square and
Grand Canal
Thursday: This morning we went
to San Marco The piaZzo is per-
fectly wonderful. / was just dumb
founded at the sight of the square,
and the Grand Canal with all it's
boats The church is very nice,
but rather oriental. The frescos
are very beautiful all in mosaic,
but very bright, so much gold. The
pillars and walls of marble are
gorgeous. The marble is much
more beautiful than any | ever saw
before. We went into the sacristy.
There are wonderful frescos there
The mosaics in the yestibule are
very nice.
Piazz0 San Marco certainly is
the only one of its kind, the finest
in the worid-(the art is lost)
nothing else could be SO gorgeous.
There were so many pigeons and so
tame Made wonderful picture.
We walked around under the ar
cade and saw all the little shops, 50
much jawelry and so many things
that would be lovely to take back to
America. Everything is rather ex-
pensive though. Lovely post cards
and water colors, how much | want
ed to buy. The shop keepers run
after you calling their wares in
English that is not always grammat-
ical. We went to the post office and
mailed some cards. There are so
many lovely cards. The canal is
such a beautiful thing that the Ital-
ians want everyone to know how
wonderful it really is. We sat on a
bench under the arches of the
Doges' palace and watched the peo-
pie pass, so many English, Ameri-
cans, and. Germans. Mobs of tour
lists, everyone with Baedeker guide
book. All the people were so
dressed up, silk dresses and high
heeled shoes. Very summery too,
some all in white. The weather is
very comfortable though.
Italian restaurants are such odd
places. with windows wide open and
curtains from the middle down. The
food Is very good, but you always
see someone pulling something out,
glass, bits of wood, or other things.
/ don't understand it. Fish is a
speciality. never ate such won
derful fish as there. They have fine
vegetable soup and give you such
large portions that you are abso-
lutely filed up after eating bowl
ful of it. The cakes are also very
good, and the shops where they are
sold, very attractive. The places
where they sell chocolate are just
irresistible.
The DOges' Palace
The Doges' Palace is the thing
that impressed me so very much,
next to the Grand Canal. The fact
perhaps that II is so famous makes
YOU feel familiar with it right away.
The symmetry Of 1t is unsurpassed.
1t Is said to be one of, il not the
most beautiful building in the world.
The columns have such wonderful
Iy carved capitals. The door and
the staircase are very beautiful.
While we were going up the golden
stairs we met a party with an Eng
lish guide. We had tried to find
one who could speak English so we
asked If we could help pay this one
and. go with them. They We're very
nice, and we attached ourselves to
the party. There was a great deal
that he explained that otherwise
we would not have known.
The paintings are very beautiful,
I liked especially those by Paul
Veronese. The Rape OF Europa"
and others There were several
things by Titan and Tintoretti.
Most of the rooms | thought very
tastefully decorated. The pictures
in the large hall. Tintoretti's Par
adise" and several battle scenes,
were very interesting. The Para
disc" is the largest oil painting in
the world. "a yards long and 23
feet high.
The old armor and spears were
very odd. The people must have
been giants ever TO wear such
heavy things and carry such spears.
The dungeons were dark and terri
bile. Only wooden bed TO lie on in
the one where Byron staid for 80
hours to see what kind OF feelings a
prisoner would have. Perhaps 1t
was to get atmosphere FOR his
Prisoner OF Chillon.' There was no
window. only a small hole through
which they gave the food. The