Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1893 — A Subsidized Inn. [ARTICLE]

A Subsidized Inn.

The only subsidized inn, perhaps, is on the island of Capri. Mine host, grateful for the long-continued patronage of artists, who are the chief loretgn residents of the island, and knowing that they are far from rich, left the inn to his heirs with these curious conditions annexed: The charge per day, two bottles of red Capri wine included, is never to be more than li francs; if any artist is too poor to pay so mu h he shall pay what he can and paint a plot-* ure upon some wall space, receiving all the accommodations accorded to those paying the highest price; if any Gorman artist who has failed as a student of art in Italy shall come to the inn he shall be accommodated, and shall receive the amount of his fare to Germany upon his promise never to return to Italy. The provisions of the will seem to have been carried out faithfully, for the prices aro moderate, the red wine is always obtainable, and the walls of the inn are covered with paintings, the work of impecunious artists. —New York Sun.