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TAL
ITALY.
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COPYRIGHT 1892, BY THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
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NAPLES,
THE MOST THICKLY POPULATED CITY OF ITALY AND CAPITAL OF THE PROV.
INCE OF NAPLES, IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BAY OF NAPLES,
AT THE FOOT OF VESUVIUS, 118 MILES SOUTH-EAST OF ROME. IT WAS
FOUNDED BY THE GREEKS SOME SIX CENTURIES B. C. IT IS IN THE NEAR
VICINITY OF THE OLD HISTORIC CITIES OF POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM, AND
18 FAMOUS FOR ITS BEAUTY OF SITUATION, ITS BAY, AND ITS WOMEN. THE
PICTURE REPRESENTS A NEAPOLITAN WOMAN IN THE PROVINCIAL DRESS,
WHICH SHOWS TO ADVANTAGE HER RICH GRECIAN TYPE OF BEAUTY. THE
SINGER MACHINE, ON WHICH RESTS HER HAND, HAS DONE ITS SHARE IN
PREPARING THE COSTUME. IN ITALY, AS ELSEWHERE, IT IS THE FRIEND
OF THE PEOPLE.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
