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Show Comprise Two Cities in One Life of the Roofs a Distinct Future. There still exists In Italian cities n life of the roofs that Is distinct and characteristic, and of which the mere foreigner and tourist Is entirely unaware. un-aware. Particularly Is this the case In Florence. Mount to the top floor of one of these grim, big palaces standing stand-ing In Home gloomy, sunless street, often approached by a stern, forbidding forbid-ding doorway and dark, steep stnlrs, and jou will hold your breath with wonder at the surprise that awaits J on. For here before your eyes stretches an unfamiliar city, a red-and-grcen city of wide expanse and arylng altitudes, n city no less architecturally archi-tecturally beautiful than the ono you have left below, and enlivened, too, most unexpectedly by verdure. In the veiy heart of the city, on Its topmost apex, there Is no trace of grime: the air Is pure and wholesome. Indeed, Its breezes are charged with no small suggestion of sea and mountain moun-tain breath. As for the smoke tine would expect to And hanging above the roofs bt a densely populated city, It Is conspicuous by Its absence, and only at the hour of meals does some faint blue column rlso for the briefest space Into the atmosphere. Century. |