| Show two phases of italian character the italians find a great deal of enjoyment in in the t he silent contemplation 0 of nature art or even the blankest of blank walls ano tw 0 friends will sit side by side for an ail hour razing at the sea they are two fellow clerks in a government office who have come down from rome for fora a holiday Peili aps one of them says to the tha other behold dear there is a steamers ste amerl and the other replies it is proper ly a steamer she mar marches clies by bacchus and then the conversation ceases until it is discovered that it is past noon and time for break 1 fast there is a newly married pair at our establishment and they enjoy unalloyed bliss in this quiet way it is not mhd beauty arid and mystery my astery of the sea that they thus thug contemplate and that charms them to silence tor for they would sit with like silence in ill glaring cam caal it is a certain tranquillity that means peace of soul and that seems odd in the excitable nervous italian but you should see those quiet people at break breakfast fasL the italian is the most abstemious of men and rarely eats what an american eri canor or an englishman would think a bea hearty MY meal but on oil the other hand lie ho enjoys his meals intensely he fats eats it possible with bis friends and they talk incessantly the ne newly aly married pair study and consult together and with the waiter over the momentous question what they shall eat sometimes they will call in the counsel of the dignified proprietor of the establishment who gives his bis opinion as it if it were a question of delicate spiritual casuistry on the right decision of which hung the future salvation of his clients they finally fil lallY select a soup a cutlet soule some string teals beans and a salad and it will take them a good two hours to finish that simple meal they have so much to say how properly sincere is this wine dearest says the husband thou art right by god responds the sweet faced girl and then begin reminiscences of other wines that they have known and wines that their friends have known and hopes and doubts as to future N ines it is not however an excess of wine that loo loosens sells the italian tongue at meal time it is the sight of food that suddenly con converts verts the placid dreamer into a tireless talker and yet as I 1 have said the italian eats simple dishes and of these only in small quantities cor NOW new york times |
