. The Italy of the Italians. oom, for the convenience of journalistswhere they can write and wire at their ease and which furnishesthem with a species of club. Families and householders as a rule subscribe for their daily papers. Such subscriptions cost less than buying the paper separately, despite the fact that in that case ^TscribeJs. *^^y ^^^ ^^* through the Post; for thePost, by a special arrangement with the papers,carries their matter at a cost that is infinitesimal. Indeed,dear though letter postage still is in Italy, the postage for allprinted matter is very trifling and far cheaper t
. The Italy of the Italians. oom, for the convenience of journalistswhere they can write and wire at their ease and which furnishesthem with a species of club. Families and householders as a rule subscribe for their daily papers. Such subscriptions cost less than buying the paper separately, despite the fact that in that case ^TscribeJs. *^^y ^^^ ^^* through the Post; for thePost, by a special arrangement with the papers,carries their matter at a cost that is infinitesimal. Indeed,dear though letter postage still is in Italy, the postage for allprinted matter is very trifling and far cheaper than in Italy has other postal arrangements that Englandcould copy with advantage, such as the convenient methodof money-order cards and the cash-on-delivery system. Tosubscribers the newspapers offer every New Year a gift thatmay consist of a book, a picture, a piece of furniture, a case ofliqueurs. It is difficult to understand how with their cheapsubscriptions they can make this pay. No births or marriages. The Press 35 are announced in the Italian papers, only deaths. Thesanctity of the home is jealously respected. Hence we meetwith no interviews except such as concern politics, no manshouse is described, no society ladies figure, there is no liftingof the veils of privacy. An Italian would be pained andscandalized if the picture of his wife or mother or sisteroccupied a full page in a public journal. The Agenzia Stefani is the Renter of Italy. No newspaperhas wires of its own because the Government exercises acensorship over all news. For the samePress Agencies, cause, too, obstacles are put in the way oftelephonic extensicMis and the officials of theMinistry of the Interior have the right of Ustening to telephonicconversations whenever they deem it advisable. Some ofthe larger papers have now instituted telephonic commu-nication with Paris and get their news in this way. Thisincludes extracts from the English papers, especially fromthe Times, so that the e
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