Italian castles and country seats . to-night, to heara young American girl, Edith de Lys, make her debutas *Eva in the **Meistersinger.* There seemed to beno real reason why we should not do so, and we music and Miss de Lys voice, which was muchbeyond our expectation. Afterward F. B. arrangedfor a supper at Covas, and we have just come in. Our day with Donna Bice at Desio has been simplydelightful, and I have taken a number of photographsof the beautiful park. I think the best photographerfor developing kodaks that I have found anywhere inmy travels is here in Milan; most people ta
Italian castles and country seats . to-night, to heara young American girl, Edith de Lys, make her debutas *Eva in the **Meistersinger.* There seemed to beno real reason why we should not do so, and we music and Miss de Lys voice, which was muchbeyond our expectation. Afterward F. B. arrangedfor a supper at Covas, and we have just come in. Our day with Donna Bice at Desio has been simplydelightful, and I have taken a number of photographsof the beautiful park. I think the best photographerfor developing kodaks that I have found anywhere inmy travels is here in Milan; most people take kodaksanything but seriously, but Signor Foli gives my filmsevery attention, and I am hoping my pictures of Desiowill come out satisfactorily. Donna Bice seemed gen-uinely glad to see me, and had a most lovely luncheonfor us in the quaint and oddly decorated dining-roorftof the villa, which at first glance at its Gothic decora-tions and fine glass reminded one of a chapel. After luncheon we strolled all about the immense [228 1. AND COUNTRY SEATS park. The beautiful and famous water art of thisvilla quite deserves its renown. Paths lined withstately forest trees lead us, now to a lake where theyellow autumn leaves, caught by the suns rays, seemto star the water with gold; now where a tiny cascadesurprises us with its noisy rushing veil of water; nowa flowing brook leads past the old Roman tomb to thelittle marble tempietto, while long, still canals reflectthe graceful ivy-grown tree trunks that line their sides;each and all are so combined that one beautiful vistaafter another is arranged for the enchanted red-billed black swans seemed to take a greatliking to me, and constantly caught up with us on ourwalk. We had our coffee in a marvellous little thatchedhouse on the grounds, which seem to have been laidout with a fairy touch at every turn. On the branchesof a tree over one small bridge there hung tiny redberries; Signor Tittoni caught up a fishing-pole thatse
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