Putnam patriot., 1926-04-16
Sorrento to Capri

Sorrento to Capri
 B4s Sorrento ia t9o delightful a spot ta be ruined hg the weather. and it "a an excellent place ta rest and catch up Wfth correspondence and la bii Of hopping The t0Wn s aeat'F packed together along the irdgH 9t q nigh cIlH tbat cIiF .a frequently pictured With ifs eroWnIug llne gf hateis appar pntly ready ta tumble ntg the sea. , Tbern is a piazza and statue 1f Ias- so Che town greatest -uu- and there is q beautiful view of Naples and there is the villa 8f The late Marion Crawford. which is eagerly pointed 1ut to Americans by every Surrentian who speaks even q shred of English.
 Freed hy the meagFeness of Bae- dekcr on Sorrento and by tho degas- tating rain the two traveller settled in for two days of comfort and rest. There were the shops to be visited where are sold the lovely inlaid wood en boxes which are famous product of the town and also the long frnged shawls of bright eolors which he Ital- ian maiden wears with such infinite grace.
 But even the Tramontauo must tirt 1f driving ram and chilling gusts and when there lull the l'ttle "Priu- eipessa Mafalda" puts out from Ma pies bound for Capri. the passengers from Sorrento go down in lifts tD the little Marina er harbor. and board the steamer for Capri. just around the headIaud that prevents Sorrento from having southern exposure
 We 50 well remember when we fref read anything about Capri II was ia those dear old "Graustark" days when Mrs Humphrey Ward and C B Mo i tutcheeu were varied with those TO- mantle travel stories by C \ and 1 i NJ Williamson This was the afTa called "The Lightning Conductor aaa there was chappie ln if Hh3 loved girl and he took her motoring ta tt top If Capri and there he woeed ana won hcs From that adolesceHt date we never forgot Capri even though it took thc sunny side of middle age ta reach the magic isle.
 The Magic of Capri
 There is one disadvantage. or per haps t is an advantage for the trav= eler who boards the Mafalda" at Sor- reuto. If he Is bad sailor his illness will be brief, for the crossing is ouiN a matter of half an hour er so. But he s very likely te find that most af the travellers wha came aboard 1t Na= pies are decidedly and unhappll= iI The "Mafalda bumps about the wavr7 blt and the crossing s as chaupy Sad Hs rough as winter ou the Channel. But there is fHf Inc deliberately iu- temperate euod strong cUgnae tn be bought and under ts influence Capri becomes mafe and more ailuripe as the t-aHer rlaurhs steadily toward under Che haiaNs of tha taa haH pesk that rIss su maiestleAl end =a HhrnutiE from tbe sea The i#land. 5s a matter ef fact only ab5Ut fIVe and nHr haif quare miles lu ara fl tho amt great perpendicular eliH rise #t4 ftg hteht ef eIght at nine hundred fepf Tu i'm west is Monte saiBta rising 0 even zrsHesl
 teI9ht# h Che saddle hetu-I tbe two hnadIaHd E the town If Capri. while high up at the West and 9n tHe far side If Monte Salara is fhe f.ey town of Anaeapri The boat with df- HealtN lands its passengers and idH- gage at the Grande Marina on be north side of the island. whence ti funcuiar railroad leads up to the tinF piazza If Capri
 One ef the first ahscteanees that #ane makes of Caprl life au landing ls that tho business uf handling baggage is a monopoly "a tbe hands # the grandmother. and great efaHdmathers ut the island From the "Mafalda" bags boxes and trunks and passengers | are all landed nu the little quay from , small rnwhoafs Here they are seized upon by group ef uctngpnariau old P women who think little of balancing a
 wardrobe trunk au thelr heads while
 carrying heavy laden bags iu either
 hand
 a From the quay the traveller ascends [ Ca the town of Capri hy funicular railroad of the sort so frequently and : extensively used throughout ltalX lie 1 ahghis from the ear iu tiuy piazza that literally hangs over cliff Here 5 in one of the few level spots on the island. on a sunny dag visitor and l native walk mp and down enjoying the } view of to Naples for which aperb 2 ls but poor adjective.
 Then there IS the Hotel Qui-j<ana. ] with gardens that stretch down to= j ward the sea to the south and booking ! out upon the "Fararloui three
 great. precipitous rocks that rise i up out pf the sea directly etl the coast | and which have probably been Che sub e lect of more cauvasses than any ether
 of the many picturesque features rt . Capri
 I And now that one has arrived in Capri. what Is one to sec Well of
 points of direct interest there are not so many but everywhere that one
 looks there is beauty and a picture Ii i is, of course. interesting that on the
 highest point tn the east Tiherius
 built great villa te which he retired when he turned over the reius af gev- 2 ernmeut to Selanus. and m three ! quarters ef an hpur of steady climbing E one may reach the runs themselves . Also there are Roman rum, hero and there and the tertosa. q famous aaf=
 went ta be seen But che appeal , of Capr K net for thr Bagdtker . hound Whatever jts history Capri
 must alWay> have been as charming as
 II Is today rhere are the white yll-
 las with thcir decorative perealas.
 hanging almost ta Che sides at the ' ciiHs or HestliHg in Vardened terraces in the hollow on the south where the
 sun beats down and the warm winds
 gnfffe over frHfn Afrtssa Hfssf .,,...r k.