Show n V lentino's s Own Story Storys of Life DUST AND FATIGUE I SPOIL AH U All L LV CITY OP 01 FLORENC Copyright 1926 The New York Graphic All Reser ed My Iy arrival In Florence was not one would describe us lIv- lIv lIvi liv living i ing up to that beautiful city It Is another spot on all this thill where one should l arrive on wings so so- so soto to speak or lide In a a scenic attitude altitude One has no idea how It Is IsIto Ito to be scenic with pieces of ot luggage strapped rath rath- rather rather er precariously to a J dusty car carI I had upon my arrival l In Flor Flor- Florence Florence ence automobile trunks on each side of oC the fender Cender on tho top of ot the car were six valises two hat boxes and a J hugo huge leather steamer trunk throe three cameras andall all the tho utensils I would have re required re- re required but really didn't very much to tinker with the carIt car It tinkering became a dire ne- ne necessity ne necessity I had the unloading and the carB ot o the luggage 11 to attend to of the disposal of 11 It etc TherB Is no night service In the of ot Florence as na there Is In New York In tact as I goon go goon on I find Increasingly par partial to the efficiency of oC the New NewY Y orl hotels 1 01 OT SO POETIC They may not be quite so po- po poetic po poetic as the air of ot desertion and about some of ot the Eu- Eu Eu European but a man I not a poet when ho is dusty tired and In need of oC food rest and attention Poetry Is for OO IS hours of ot leisure not for tor ones one's hours of oC exhaustion Natacha and I feel quite down down- downhearted downhearted hearted On account of the tele- tele telegraph tele telegraph graph service the ty reprehensibility ty of ot which pursues the traveler through my country we missed a marvelous opportunity The rhe opportunity was this Bar Bar- Baron Baron on a prominent both socially and politically a great friend ot Mussolini and also It IC I may say so a friend ot mine owns a m marvelous v lous I cattle Cas- Cas teUo It Is old very very old So old that th the ruins were reconstructed from the drawings of oC the tho original perIod the eleventh century R I PAINTINGS l What Is still more Intriguing or what was especially Intriguing to Natacha and myself at ot least was the fact act that the baron barol has hasa hasa a marvelous collection of paint paintings ings and ono ot o the best col- col col collections of ot of the and centuries Pure Italian Most of ot the old Italian orB represented In that collection oC paintings Ra- Ra Ra all of ot the great and gifted com com- company com company pany whose brushes were vested wIth Immortality are In that rare gallery The ee eye could plunge In- In In i to paint no louger longer paint thus into line so pure ns to to-be to be breathtaking It would be t ohavo an orgy of ot art In that old castle there are aie be besides be- be besIdes sides rare books dim old vol volumes vol- vol volumes umes breathing th the golden dust ot antiquity Frail vellums Words spun Into thoughts now one with the archives oC Itself Precious documents Cor the lover cr of ot words and the coli of ot the tho thoughts and scripts and creeds ot of men Ion gathered to their Cathers OLD A TOO Old armor too Vestments ot warriors whose bright heads are In tho dust and whose ghosts steal forth from mold mold- molding ing tombs by night to rattle again their bright array And tho baron had wired that while he was compelled to lea e for the the tho place was at my disposal tor Cor as os long as I should caro to use uso It And I got the telegram just at the very moment we were leaving Bologna Two days later wo visited the castle at Nettuno built by the architect San Gallo and remodeled remodeled by Allesandro the The castio at Nettuno by a Is where Allesandro Caesare Borgia had their wild parties which still light the pages of history like lurid torches OX EDGE OF 01 l SEA E EIt It Is a n C fascinating place There are underground passages secret dungeons prisons It is built right on the edge ot the sea and below the castle when the tide Is low you can see seo the tho pillars Down there on the floor of the sea are six rooms of oC 0 a huge Pom- Pom Pom-pelan Pom pelan villa that was there be- be before be before fore the sea soa and covered that ground It was a Roman oman anciently used by the Roman who came there tor their Natacha and I had a a wonder wonder- wonderful ful Cui time exploring and allowing our Imaginations to run riot stories could be written or written orre-written re perhaps dictated 1 bythe y the influences that still steal along those damp underground In and out of secret sliding lidl g panels moan In their prolonged captivity In tho dungeons fronting tho aea It would be I think thin an enor enor- enormously Interesting thing to DO astory a some day that would make an ancient place such as ns this one again with Its patterning of blood annd bravery ot o treachery and love dark as wine even as asIt asIt It so vitally lived centuries ago While In Florence wo we went shopping tor books And wo we had rare Iare success In a n section of ot the town known as That by the way is where Dante used to parade In days ono by The well known tableau picture of ot Danto and Beatrice took place on Just that spot On the cold stones we trod today al Immortal love lovo had birth I Celt as though my feet Ceet were rich aromas from the very stones After Acter an exhaustive search 11 wo found Cound a book published In 1500 with of oC oriental costumes of that period A very very ery rare boo It And Natacha just thrilled with delight when sho discovered It And I thrilled eQually when I was able ablo to acquire On to Rome Dont Don't miss 10 to tomorrow's morrows morrow's Installment |