Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1901 — Water Rats in Naples, Italy. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Water Rats in Naples, Italy.

In this picture are shown two of the water rats of Naples. They are only harmless boys who have been brought up close to the water. These boys can swim like so many rats and are as hard to catch by the police as are our boys who live along the wharves. These boys of Naples make a living by diving for pennies. When the big ocean steamers come to Italy -frop

America the water rans surround the boats and cry, “Penny, penny In the W’ater, please. Hurry up, please,*' and few can resist their pleadings. So over goes a penny and into the water all the water rats dive at once, and soon up comes the lucky one with It in his month. Then it is “Penny, please,” again until the shin w"*