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* WILL SEABROOK'S TRAVELS
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(By W. B. Seabrook.)
Special to The Herald and News.
Naples, Italy-In the cross-roads
grocery stores of Arkansas and Mis
souri, it is often said of a vicious
mule that "he can kick the molasses
out of a ginger cake." The young
sneak thieves of Naples, however, sur
pass this proverbial performance
they can steal the sugar from a cup
of coffee! I've seen them do it, more
than once, and on each occasion my
admiration for their dexterity in
creases. They usually operate in
front of the crowded cafes of the
Galleria Umberto Primo. where the
tables are placed in the open air, up
on the border of the promenades.
Having encountered an acquaint
anee while strolling one eveningin
the gallery, I accepted his invitation
to sit down for a chat over a cup of
coffee; the waiter brought the cof
fee service upon a tray. with two or
three lumps of sugar laid in the sau
cer. at the side of each -empty cup,
and then withdrew, leaving us to
serve ourselves: at that moment my
companion was calling my atttention
to a newspaper dispatch announcing
the tragic death of M. Catulle Men
dez, the French playwright, and as
we were both bent over the journal, a
ragged urchin of 8 or 10 years. who
had evidently been crouching beneath
the. very table at which we were
seated, bobbed up like a jack-in-the
box, darted forward a grimy paw
with lightning rapidity, and before
we could recover from our astonish
ment had disappeared with the sugar
from both saucers. When we called
the waiter, he uttered a patient sigh
of -comprehension and brought a see
ond supply of sugar. He was pester
ed night and day by the little vaga
bonds, he said: occasionally one of
them was caught and flogged or sent
to the reformatory, but these meas
ures had at put a stop to the nuis
ance; every big cafe in. Naples, he
declared. was subjected to the sanm I
kind of pillage.
It seems that -the pilfering of sug
ar is a regular trade, a means of live
lihood for hundTeds of street oamins,
-who hoard away their booty lump by
lump, and after collecti.ng~ a half
pound or more distpose of it to the
lower class restaurants along the wat
erfront, sometimes selling it, some
times bartering it for food. The
price of sugar (and of salt) is exces
sively high in Italy because of spe
cia'l taxes, and. t.he proprietors of
small eating-houses naturally encour
age the young rascals, who supply
them at reduced rates. These details
I learned from the exasperated wait
er. The little thieves are so stealmiy
and move so silently on their bare
feet that they sometimes manage to
creep under a table,- filch the sugar
and escape without being seen at all
-a sleight of hand performanceI
which occasionally gives rise to amus
ing situations when the victim is a
stranger, unacquainted with the prae
lice. The ragamuffins nearly always
pick out tourists and foreigners,
knowing from experience that they
are the easiest marks.
But such tricks are not confined
exclusively to street gamins, or even
to the poor. lower classes. One of the
most aggravating and most character
istie qualities of the typical Neapoi
tan. even the well-to-do tradesman. is
his pa.ssion for pettv thievery, his
constant planning of mean little
schemes to gain une or two dishonest
pennies. I can pity the wretch whom
huanger drives to theft, I can feel a
certain admiration for the bold hign
way robber, who shoves a gun-barre1
in my face, and even for the~ crocked
financier, whose shady transActio~ns
involve fortunes, but- these thriving.,
prospirous Neapolitan merchants who
are ever ready to sell their souls for
*a miserable copper soldo, fill me with
contempt.
I want to relate a case or t a in
point.
The other morning, while purcha;
inz provisions for a tramping excur
sion in the country, I entered an es
tablishment on the Via. Toledo--a
big store, resplendent with plate
glass and marble .fd.rnishings-aind
asked a celerk for ten cents worth .f
black olives. ITt happened that one of
the proprietors heard my mnoduct re
quest. Fearing that his employee
might so far forget himsef as to treat
a stranger honestly, and judging
from my imperfect accent that I
would not understand his words, he
edged up to the clerk and whispe- ed,
"Give him only nine cents worth."'
How Strangers Are Victimized.
On another occasion it was a tooa
conist who gave me in change for five
lire a handful of nickel pieces, each
representing five soldi. It was the
first money of that kind I had en
countered in Italy, but I saw that it
was bonia fide, uncounterfeited coin,
so I accepted it without protest.
When I got back to the hotel, I learn
ed that the coins were of an old ma~n
tage, had been formally withdrairn
from circulation long ago, and were
consequently without value. Of
course it was useless to return to the
tobacco merchant, but I went back to
see him, promptly simply by curiosity
to know what kind of a face he would
put upon the matter. Only ten minu
tes had elapsed, but he was not at I
all embarrassed and swore by St.
January, by the Blessed Virgin, by
his father's bones and his mother's
honor, that he had never laid eyes on
me before.
Every day I meet Americans, who
have suffered like or worse imposi
tions. One of them, as sharp a New
England "drummer" as I have ever
met,' had been short-changed out of
twenty lire by a post-office clerk; a
New Yorker, who had bought a dia
mond from a jewelry firm recom
mended in all the guide-books, lost
forty odd dollars by the transaction.
The diamond was 0. K., but in mak
ing change the clerk had unloaded
upon him a number of counterfeit
gold coin. Another of my compat
riots wanted to have a suit cleaned
and confided tire commission to a ho
tel porter; next morning the suit
came back, the bill was $1.50 and the
I)orter required a tip in addition; a
week afterward the American carried
another suit directly to the cleaner,
was charged only fifty cents, and
learned that the sa.;e charge had
been made for the first suit. The
porter had presented a forged bill.
It is the same old story here, season
in and season out. During almost a
half year spent in France, including
an extended sojo,urn in Paris, I recol
lect having dealt with only two or
three dishonest people, but in Italv
not a. single day passes that. I do not:
encounter a score. I believe there are
plenty of honest and noble Italians in
Tuscany and the Piedmont, but there
seem to be few here in the South.
An Off Year for Tourists.
I am told that this is an off year
for tourists-certainly there are not
so many of them at Naples as at Nice
and Monte Carlo. Thousands of Eng
lish and Germans have been deterred
from their annual visits by the Sici
lian catastrophe, not "that they fear
earthquakes or infections away off up
here in Naples, but most of the habi
tual traveler have become accustom
ed to include Sicily in their Italian
itinerary,. andseeing half their trip
spoiled have decided to give it up en
tirely, many of them packing off to
Egypt instead.
The inactivity of Vesuvius, which
amounts almost to temporary extine
tion, has also hurt Naples as a tour
ist city. The red flames formerly
visible by night and the wreathing
louds of smoke by day made the
volcano the chief attraction of Naples
in the ..eyes of the average stranger,
and ~ev'erv season the desire to see
t[:e' phnomenon drew southward
nany - oyageurs. whose itinerary
would otherwise have ended at Rome.
But, since the eruption which occur
red four years ago, not a single glim
mer' of fire is to be seen even on the
:learest night, and only a thin, ill
defined irisp of smoke by day. Of
ourse it is still Vesuvius, still the ~
nountain which destroyed Pompeii,
till the most famous volcano in the
,orld, but it has lost. at least for the
ime being, more than half its gran
The attitude of the Neapolitan po
""lation toward Vesarius is curious.
With the ruins of Herculaneum and
Pompeii always beneath their eyes.
ike a skeleton at the feast, a lugu
yrious reminder of the snbterranean
forces which slumber for centuries
and awaken to spread death and de
~traction; with the recent Calabriar.
ataclysm to warn them of the in
tability of the earth in all the vol
anic belt of southern Italy, one Ii
night suppose that the Neapolitans
wm!ld fear Vesuvius as a dying sin
ier fears the devil, would rejoice in
bhe extinction of i ts fi erdbnas
~he extinction of its fires and become
!alf crazed with anxiety every timei
he voleano began to showv signs of1
enewed activity. No notion, how
ver, could be wider of the mark.1
l'hey look upon Vesuvius as a sort of
rigantie milk-cow. When a "sure
nough'' cow gives lots of milk, the
airyman 's pails are well-filled and
he is happy. When this Vesuvious
ow gives lots of fire and smoke. the
ourists flock from alh lat.is t. er
he marvel, andl the Neapolitans' easri
riwers ar filled to overflowing by
.1 stre:'m of gold. Now the milk-cow
h.s gone dry, and Naples mourns.
Reent hotel statisties show that
Naples is decreasing ipo arupnlTA
Naples is decreasing in popularity as
a tourist resort and the fact is gen
erally attributed to the above men
tioned cause: but the city 's riehly
deserved reputation for mendaci ty
and (lishonesty is doubtless comnmene
ing to have its effect, and after spend
ing~ several weeks in this, thre most
pcturesque and beautiful seaport of
the world, I begin to understand why
all travelers want to see Naples, and
why few want to remain here longer
SOCIAL. *
The Wednesday Afternoon Club
met -witih Ms. W. C. Schenck last
week and those present had a most
interesting time with the guessing
contests which their charming youno
hostess h1ad provided. The prize wa.;
won by Miss Sarah Robinson. A sai
ad course and a sweet course were
seirved during the afternoon. The
following were present: Misses Eliza
beth Dominick, Maud Langford, Bess
GilOer, Camile Evans, Cora Dominick,
Fannie Mae Carwile, Mary Carwilc
Burton, Carrie Pool, Sarah Robin
son, Blanche Davidson, Mesda.mes
John K. Aull, and Herman Wright.
In addition to these, who are the
members, the following guests of the
club shared in Mrs. Schenek's hospi
tality: Mrs. J. E. James. Miss Marie
Tompkins, of Edgefield, Misses Fan
nie and Lucy McCaughrin, Gertrude
Canwille. Waliop, a;:d Ethel Connor,
of Cokesbary.
The Bache.Lr MaiO were mo-,t
charmingly entertained by the Misses
Me.CCaughvIin on Tuesday afternoon.
The foNowing were present: Mis.ses
Margaret Gibson, Myra Mower, Cora
and Elizabetih Dominick, La1la
and Bernice Martin, Carolyn
Cromer, Fannie Mae Carwile, Adaline
Johnstone, Camile Evans, Blanche
Davidson, Daisy Cannon, Marie
Wilson, Bess Gilder, Gertrude Car
wile, Mesdames J. K. Aull, W. C.
Schenek. Herman Wright, and C. D.
Weeks. One of .tihe novel features of
this meeting was the making of paper
roses, and the grize for the. best ones I
nade was :awairded to Miss Myra Mow
er. During the afternoon ice cream
and cake and coffee and cheese
;itraws were served.
The Woman's Club met with Mrs.
P. E. Scott on Tiursday afternoon
and a very profitable and entertain
ig meeting was held.
Rev. J. E. James entertained th-,,
xent1emen of hifs church on Frid.ay
vening at the manse, and the ladies
>f the congregation served refresh
Vents.
SUICIDE ON TRIAN.
3eorge H. Bell Takes Own Life-Re
leased From Asylum Only
Month Ago.
Swainsboro, Ga., March 25.-Hon.
3eoge H. Bell, former representative
>f the State legislature, recently re
aused 'from the Statte insane asylum,
ommitted suicide by cutting his
ibnoet 'while on the Central of
3eorgia train No. 4 from Atlanta to
avann,ah eeirdry this morning. He was
~ond unrder a seat when the train
ea:hed To'omsloro iby Conductor Rob
~rt L. Drake.
He fisrt stabbed himself under the
ieart with a knife, which he obtain
ed from a friend. When the conduc
or picked him up Bell reached into
us pocket, took out the knife and*
nt 'his -t'hftoat. He lived for thirtyv
ninuties, praying all the time to die.
'he body was taken to Wadley, and
rom there sent to this city to his
elatives, who were grief-stricken
vhen they heard the news. In the
~ea.t where he had been sitting was
ound 'a newspaper in which was an
eount of his wife's suit for divorce.
His Eventful Life.
One month ago yesterday he. after
vioosfight, was released fr'om
lieasyumat Milledgeville, on the
trounds tlgat he had been illeg'aly
omrmit't'ed 'to itflhart place. He had. been
onfin.ed there thiree years. The or
er of the judge was that he would
e civen liberty in thirty days, pro
ided he was not legally committed
i) the asylum. The asylum authori
es, however, let him go at that time.
since leaving, his wife 'has entered.
mit for divorce from him.
Early in life he was an actor in a
vestern company. He befriended a
nember of the . company. Mrs.
lanche Burton, who 'was the means.
1mont i ago, of obtaining freedom,
or him. After leaving 'the stage he
".ne back to Swaimnsbo, .wiheere he
tarte.d a newspaper, subsequently
eing elected 'to 'the legislature. He
as about 35 years of aze, was the
o of Dr. Green Bell. Mrs. Burton,
deh lives in Indaa., has been notifi
i. and it 'is possible she will aitten-d
"e f.nierail. No arrangements have
>een made.
ROTICE OF FINAL SETTT.RMENT
Notice is hereby given that I will!
~nake a final settlement of the estate
f Lucindia E. Jones in the court of
nrobate for Newhe;rry county on
Thursday, April 22. 1909, at elevn
r'elock in the forenoon, and immed
itev thereafter apply for letters
uismissory as administrator of said.
deceased.
J. Y. Jones.
Administrator.
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