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Show ' CITY WITHOUT HOII8L8. Obltdron of V antra II.. la School In lion-dolaa, lion-dolaa, , What American boy or girl ever taw I n city that did not liao tnoro horses I In It than one would like to count! I Horses ot nil kinds nnd tlies, from tho 1 pretty llttlo Shetland pony, the prldo I of his young owner's heart, up to tho I strong, heavy horse that pull the f great, rumbling louded down wagont I through tho ttrecta ot tha busy city ' Why, there are to many hone no one 1 thinks anything about them You can not walk down the street or even look uul ot your window without teeing soino of thorn Hut there U a city In far-away Italy, across the wide Allan- tic, where thcro It only ono burse, und this horso la considered such a curl-f. curl-f. oslty that It It kepi In the publle gar-r gar-r dens. People there visit tho gardens U Just to see this horso Just as you, per-sen per-sen '.I haps, visit the too In Llntoln Park to Hi tl tea the lions and bears Hut bow do ! Q tho pcoplo In this city get along with fft ft out any honest Well, tho city It S fl Venice, and, as you no doubt know, mm 4 thla city Is a very wonderful ono In BR " some respects, for It la built upon Jjj many amall Islands nnd its streets B are tho canals between the Islands H Water hero takes the place ot streets H ot earth and stone nnd boats take the B place of horses How funny It would B seem to go to school In a gondola, at jBQ they call their boats there' Venice KJB keems llko fairyland at nlgbt when jfljj the principal street, or canals are jHj lighted up and the dancing waters ro- C fleet the many-colored lights of the HB pretty gondolas that dart over tho H waters Some of Ihe bulldlnga are j tall nnd beautiful, und at ou look nt H (hem from a distance they teem to rlw H right out of the water If jou ever go to Vculco bo sure to call to ace Its ono and only horse, fur that Is a noted pcrsouago there, mu ono not to he slighted And yo i n y bo allowed to rlda around on Its back, aa children In New York and Chicago ride on tho backt ot the elephants nnd camels In tho parkt Chicago llccord-Hcrald |
