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42 WILMETTE' LIFE June 7, 1929 ~ .... _ 1 ---------------------------~ LErs ALL RIDE THE WHOOPEE ·1·oe · 1 'If ESIHE.R courn·s AUTO COASTER A Brand New Thriller-Fun for Young and Old Located permanently directly opposite Holy Ghost Academy on ~TRAVEL CORNER. gallery before it closes, just find the ECCO ROMA .·, ear,est cafe and sit down. "Ecco Roma !" In the old days th e This morning I started out to go to Yisitor or pilgrim to Rome, in the midst o f a long weary journey would feel his the Capitoli11e Museum. I felt terstage come to a halt, would sec th e dri\·er rise to his feet. pointing with his whip anci' hear him in a voice full of cmorion pronounce those magic words . Th e n through a mist of tears and dust would the traveller look across the flat compa1.!na to hi s promised land . Haven't you read (in the front of your guide-bonk_) this account irnm many a , pcn? ~ow whizzing up on the NaplesRome express we have scar ely hnc to glimpse a Roman ~qurduct, the ruined temple of '!\fincrva, the huhble of St. Peter's in the distance arul then to lean out and start shoutin~ "cahellcro" or \\·l1atcver it is QtH' shout" for a portt:r. It is nice to he on one's second trip to Rome- not that · [ should advise omitting the first. and beginning with the second-hut Rome is ~o vast anJ so confusing, it mim~·:c:'l so Ptany dif ferent ages of historv. -;o mnch ~1. rt. tl1at it is lik e reconstructin~ one of her 11\\'ll shattered temples. tn. build one's im pression of her. On the second visit the huilding must be clone 'lgain llltt we have a sort of ground plan, like the famous one t hcv found of the forum. of what it sho-u!.t he iike whu1 it is done. The m<_!.in thing is not to get too serious oYer seeing Rome. As s0011 as you begin to consult vour watch and figure out if you can ·~C'f to that ribly conscientious and busy, so much so that I -ve ry nearly took a taxi to save tim.e. But the morning was so glorious that I begged time off to walk as far as the Piazza di Spagna and see t.he flower market' on the steps. Once there I climbed to the Pincian Gardens for a moment-just a moment -and on the way down found the house where Keats lived and died. Then feeling guilty ·I hurried on t o the Corso. vrondering if I still ought nCJt to ride. Arrived there I found one of the afmost daily parades in progres~. music. crowds, sun light , color, gaiety. Perhaps it \'\·as the song thev started "inging hut suddenly my morale broke down. 1t was as if a catch in my knees had given way, I found myself sitting down at a sidewalk cafe and ordering0 well, it is unkind to tell ,·ou but it \\'as only cafe au lait! I sat there for an hour feeling lighter and light er hearted as the ~1useum closing time came. I sa, ,· "oldiers on hors eback, sabres flashing ,' priests in gorgeous red, prie ts in black and gold, people of eYery nation, in short, I saw instead of a few statues. Rome . Before lunch I \Yalked over th e Capitoline .Hill to look down on the forum, so beautiful now with wisteria and the flowering Judas tree that it is as if nature · wished to show that a thousand years of pomp and glory is good for no more now than a hackground on which her plants can climh . · I continued the day with lunch at one of the loveliest rc taurants in th e \\'Orld looking out from end to end on Rome, aften,·ard " ·alking through the ilex gron's of Yirgil and Horace where even the sun light is hoary, sifting down gray-green through the ancient indifferent trees. Then tea, in a loYehgarden cafe. Tonight there i:; an .-\mt'rican Em bassy where I shall sec again among others one of the men who macle the original flight over the Atlantic ten years ago. He is as modest and unassuming as Lindy and says quite readilv "of course I \\'as scared-scared stiff. \\' e all were." Then he added: "I think it's good for anyone to get scared. I do e\·ery two \Yeeks ." I mentally noted that what with foreign traffic I do e,·erv two minutes. So this is "Ecco Roma." Last night the ope ra where Muzio and 1f artinelli did "Aida" even as well as it is done in Chicag·o. tomorrow a drive into the country to see the Campagna at first hand. This is what I mean by not getting too serious over Rome. And through it all. seeping in o\·er and und er is a feeling for her, a wonder and a love and an appreciation for all her great history, for all tbc "glory that was Rome." Waukegan Road Near WIDow Road AHut 4 MOe· We·t of WINKTitA WHOOPEE! Drive your own car over a mile.. long plank road that has all the thrills of mountain driving but none of the dangers! WHOOPEE! 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