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Highland Park Press, 13 Jun 1929, p. 36

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34 I at there for an hour feelinx' lighter and litehter hearted u the Inseam claim time. 1 - mldien an horseback, uhree hiking. pr'ieets in gorgeous red. 9313:: in black and cold. people of every nut run short. I saw iii-tend of n few statues. Some. Before lunch t walked our the Cookout” Bill to look dcwn on the forum. so beautiful now with Wisteria and the th".ertntr Jub- two that it h at if nature wished to show that . thousand yenrs of pomp Ind glory b good for no more ‘now than a Enchant“! on wb'eh her plants can climb. I continued the day with Mac!) atone of the lovelieu mutant-ht! in the mid look-‘ ing out from end to end of Rome, Md walking thrd the idle: grove- of Virgil and Horace. where even the sunlight i boar). mun. down any-green thrtt the ancient mam-mt trees. Then ten. in I lovely garden cafe. - - - k A Tonight there in an American link-Ky dinner. where I Ihl" no again In“: others one of the men who made the origin“ ftittht over the auntie can ”an an. no in .3 Mods: and uni-mint In [Andy and My: quite and”, "of course I was seatrql-- neared met. We all me." Then he nddgd 1'1 wink in good for gym. to It} "-o, This morning I started out to go to the Capitoline Museum. I felt terribly conscientious and busy, so much so that I very nearly took a taxi to save the: But the morning was. so glorious that I begged time off to walk as far as; the Piazza di Spagna and see the Bower market on the steps. Once there I climbed to the Pincian‘Gardens for a mo- ent-just a moment-and on' the way down found the house where Keats lived and died. _ _ Then feeling guilty I hurried on to the Corso, wondering if I still ought not to ride. Arrived there I found one of the almost daily pa- rades in progress, music, crost, sunlight, color, gaiety. Perhaps it was the song they started singing but suddenly my orale broke down. It was as if a catch” id my knees Mad tr'wert_yoty. I found myself sitting down at a side%i0reiireuitd,erdtrtmr---0 wells“ unkind to tell you bat it was only safe»: lain. I do my two tub.” I my new tut.mrutwttttNritmtBeTdite-r two minuul. _ - . . . '& go this In 1Eeeo Dom“: [at "ht the The main thiittris pet 2o get too' serious over seeing Rome. As ‘soon as you begin to consult your watch and figure out if you tan get to that gallery before it closes, just find the nearest cafe and sit down. ,. It_is nice to be. on one’s second trip to Rome-not that I should ad- vise omitting the first, and begin- ning with the second-but Rome is so vast and so confusing, it mingles so many different ages of history, so much art, that it is like reconstruct- ing one of her own' shattered tem- ples, to build one's impression of her: On the second visit the build: ing must be done again but We have a. sort of ground plan, like the tam: ous one-they found on thb fdrpiii, of what it should be like yhen’jt is dope. _i-rirc-, "rr-:' -tr"tr'f-"'tc-r Id .4‘ "Eeeo Roma!" In the old days the visitor or pilgrim to Rome, in the midst of a long weary journey would feel his stage come to a halt, would see the driver rise to his feet, point- ing with his whip and hear him in a voieeHutr of emotion pronounce those magic words. Then through a mist of tears and an“ would the traveller. look heroes the flat com- pagna to his prpaniaed Und. Haven't you read (in the from; of your'guide- 13001:) this account from, many a pen . . r . - Now whining up on to the Na- plesLRome express we have scarcely time.to glimpse a Roman aqueduct, the ruined temple of Minerva, the bubble of St. PeUr's in the distance and then to lean out and start shout- ing "eabe1lero" or whatever it is one shouts for a porter. _ _ (ECCO ROMA) l' ESTHER qcilw‘s _ hTRAVE L - i _t..___Q,o, RNE R ' own where' lush Ind “no!!! did “Aid." even " well u it in do!» In Chl- mo. tomorrow a drive into tho eon-97 to m thecComplm .tettmt hand. no 5 what] many! not “tun; too-cloth overRome. AiaiiiruVidl,Uriairrii pm and under in 1 “din: for her, I” won- der and n love and In nppmhtion he Ill her grant. 't.toer.. foe all tho “glory that RAYMOND-WHITCOMB I NORTH CAPE-BALTIC kw RAWOND ' WHITCOMB COMPANY 116 No. My Avenue “A, . Td. M "" include muted hoine- ward, aetxtmmoattiarta by and: noted Cunard tunic”, "Berenga'riu" and “n.. .--.t-" A- well I the “Carin- aiat.tahipd--tthe newest qqpsttders-apeia11ar, cle- signed for quitting. Sail- intriuat after the close of schools and colleges these Cruises have con- sistently attracted 3roundefpeop1e and fam, ities bound far a Iraca, tion together. .They may he taken as a complete holiday in themselves (generous shore excur- sions characterize the programs) or as a de.. lightful new way toParis. The routes include Ice- land, the North Cape and Haptmertert, Trond- hjein, the most beautiful of the Norwegian Fjords and the cities of Scan- dinavia and the Baltic--- Bergen,0elo,_Stockholm, Vichy, Tallinn (Esthe- 1tian capital), Reltring- fan (cipitdl’ of mic land) and Copenhagen. ss. "Grtnthu"- Juno " ss. "Funeonlo"-Jum " ?9tmtnd-Rhiteorp.tt North Capo'Cruineo for almost ten years have been the moat popular Summer Cruise. to tail frmnAmerien. Thinner there will be TWO Rar. mond - Whitman]: Sumr mer Cruises to the Land of the Mdnixht Sun. Thecrupue-atsim willbe tatm-Moo up"- " THE PRESS Carpenters are now being paid at the rate of $12.50 for an eight hour' day having been granted an increase from $12 a day last month. ’This wage will remain in ether throughout the present ‘season. ' c' An amusement enterprise of no lit. tle magnitude known as the Whoo-, pee Auto 'tfirasster,a's now in full oper- ation on the Waukegau road ttetween) the' towns _of. Gleriview and North-i brook. {This new, novel and thrill“ ing riding, device was ‘couatrgmll and is, being operated by uyr9iiuitirr/ Construction Corporation of Shiiaitpf/ of which Thomas J. Hughes in presi-i dent and general manager; Kent Hos-1 mer, field manager; James Hughes, resident manager; J. Frank Picker-i ing; director 'of publicity and Ror Whipple of Glenview, _ superintendent of construction. ' . _ The building. laborers are. to ie.. ceive an increase from 90 cents to 97%-cents an hour under theagree- ment while hoisting engineers also profiting by the increase won by the Iron workers, expect to reach :an agreement on a $18 a day wage basis. Carpenters, building laborers and hoisting engineers in Lake county are assured‘ another rnis'e in wages ef- fective on October I as the result of a tinnl settlement of controversies be- tween representatives of the building trades unions with contractors and. builders association, according to the Waukegan Sun which says: -q Under the new agreement cemen- ters will receiye $13 . day, which Will be the same " that athttted to the iron workers after a strike last- ing tour and- one' half days.. Mrs. Lane died nineteen m6nths ago. The only surviving relatives itrtt two nieees,.Mrs. James, Enright, of .488 Park iivenue. and Mrs. Alice Lard- ner, 470 Park avenue, Glencoe. Carpenters May Get _ Another Par Increase; _ , New" Agreement Made Whoopee Auto Coaster Located Near Glenview This ride is an entirely new amuse: ment feature and covers an, area of approximately twenty acres of ground with fourteen thrilling humps and numerous straightaways over which a person driving his own car experi- ences a thrill that. has never before been equaled in any amusement rid- ing device. TheAuto Coaster Corpor- ation have taken tr two veptleaae.of the grounds from the sisters of the Holy Ghost academy voluntary con- tribption of ten per cent of the gross receipts of the refreshment conces- sions operated by the Coaster corpor- atiim. . Michael T. Lane, r.i're 95, the last surviving Civil War veteran residing in Glencoe, died at his home 490 Park avenue, early last week, following a very brief "illness. . _ Mr., Lane was born " Kenosha, Wis, and as a member of the Seven- teenth Wisconsin Infantry, served throughout the war.“ He lived tor many years in Chicago, where heArtis an active member of Winfield Scott Post, Grand Army of the Republic. Gleneoe's Last Civil" T War, Veteran Is Dead Funeral services Vere eondueted " Sacred Heart church. ‘GleHCoe. In- termth was at Calvary cemetery. THAT’S the right, kind' of an' ‘idea to have-a speed idea. These modern times a man dbesn't wait "to all a' special election 'rrssrv; time;he_ wants i 5015' dork. He wants actions:- sieHuiitistr-it., T. Ill. DECKER & C0. {517%.T'ZEEBASF l, s'Lzuaagy 3 Lsérpmcr mat _ Phone Highland Park 3515 Plumbing and Heating Highland Park Mantel 6: We Co. James Nielsen (Notlu) _ Tile F"arora, Walls. Ceilings, Fireplac- Phone Highland Park 201 nus IS A SWEET AND CLEAN LAUNDRY V PROPOSAL TN 926 LOGAN STREET 15 B. St. Johns A've. -THE Thursday, June 18, 1929 Th

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