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POSTCARD FROM ST. MARGHARITA N IF* r 4 BOUTItJUE 1 ’ itnAi WU'I'E'L "~T J s /L Tin t ristorahteT 1 ’Wn npHIS is a sentimental 29, 1930, Guglielmo Marconi display. No modem statues roadside cafes. Nothing ■1 Journey. S. Margharita artfully con- though; they might injure alive though. I saw them to half way between strutted electrical devices) marine life. poking for it Rapailo and Portoflno. switched on the lights of Portoflno was originally The visit to the shade of Rapallo of course is Max the "Eapositione Universale a gghing village, but with Max Beerbohm was sad. Beertohm. Portoflno to di Sydney in Australia. tourist trade fishermen The 20th century he tried persona Nearby, in the bay of S. dropped their tools and to escape from has caught Many man? years ago, Fruttuso, the Italians sank started making fortunes up with him. The Villa has when I was still impression- a huge statue of Christ in carting visitors around in been sold and rechristened able. I was to meet a girl the ocean. There it stands, motor boats. They got so (probably for income-tax there. The assignation was tn the green peace of deep soft that today I’d not trust purposes) “Villino Chiaro." made by a long-distance waters, looking after the them with a cracker, let It stands in a street with call, the connection was drowned. Fish circle around alone dynamite. heavy truck and coach bad so I went by mistake like decorations in an Tffiey are at present traffic. The pub. whose to Positano-a much better illuminated prayer book. building a bonfire on the l! ght ? s £ one fnendly in place ' t S 51JT 5 R occurred to me harbour square. I don’t 1 many hundreds of miles that u solution for know why. It’S three away. We did not meet, our Art GaUery By g in king storeys high and consists and as a result both of us ha]f of statuary in the mainly of packing eases; ‘ lived happily « ver afier. Harbour not only will but it also contains baskets, , ’* r ’’7 s 1 On the church wall valuable space be created boats, rocking chairs, wash- B ” d which martlie claques record local but also extra revenue and stands, doors and a pigeon looked the way Max saw statistics gossip, and his- great interest in art. Thou- loft They dragged in a few it The horiion was still inrirsi events. From a boat sands will come to look trees, and managed to en- there n Nave die Miracoli, through glass-bottomed tangle in the foliage a few anchored here on March boats at the underwater chairs and tables from —George Molnar

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Press, Volume C, Issue 29554, 1 July 1961, Page 8

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Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Press, Volume C, Issue 29554, 1 July 1961, Page 8

Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Press, Volume C, Issue 29554, 1 July 1961, Page 8