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Show , ICES A UNIVERSAL DELICACY ' Psople of the South of Italy Remark-' Remark-' ablo for Their Fondness for This Simple Refreshment If you wish to realize what devotion to Ices means you should go to Paler mo. All over the south of Italy Ices are eaten to an extent of which we do , not dream, but in Sicily and Palermo In particular the custom baa attained ' amazing proportions. Ices are eaten ' by people of all ranks and ages from morning to night. Where a true Ilrlton i would demand a glass of beer the i Palermlan asks for an Ice. Morning, noon and night the consumption of , Ice goes on. They are in wonderful j variety and cheap. t The stranger in that beautiful coun-' coun-' try finds the cafes invaded between 4 and 6 o'clock by Ice eaters. He sees officers and men of the army, mer-I mer-I chants and work people, the rich and f the poor of both sexes consuming Ices f with gusto. No one evades this pleas- ant duy. Llqes of carriages draw up "at life' side of Hie pa re merit "before the cafes, the occupants, the coachman and the footman all with their favor-S favor-S Ite delicacy. At first the stranger wonders, then he falls a victim. Lon-i Lon-i don Chronicle. |