European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Collecting coins in the Fountain by John Phillips United press International Coin Tomud into it to nil Fountain Are now being used Tor the Fountain Upkeep. W hat happens to the coins tourist throw into lha Trevi Fountain in hop of one Day resuming to Rome until a few months ago Only theto Taneri knew the Scrol about the landmark immortalized by Anita Ekberg in one movie and by an Oscar winning song in another Fontanari Are enterprising Small boys who dragged the Waters of the 16th Century Monument in gangs every morning Between 2a.m. And 3 . And made off with the coins. Not surprisingly the Fountain never filled up with Money. But after a tip from police City fathers slapped b 24-hour guard on lha baroque Monument last june to Heap the Fontanari at Bay and organized a weakly collection. Kalian coins Are Pul in the municipal Cotters to help finance Upkeep. Foreign coins Are donated to the red Cross. Gathering the Cash takes up to two hours. The ritual seams to Delight Many tourists who stumble on ii each monday morning. But others question whether City authorities should Benefit from the Fountain s legend which has it that a traveler who lobs in a Coin will return to Rome. Do they need to collect the Money with All that the tourists bring in asked Eddie Hernandez a philippine businessman irom Manila a a team of municipal workers arrived in a truck cordoned off the Fountain and began letting the water out of a Sluice. The Money should stay where ii is he said. Hernandez 38, threw a 500 lire 35 cent Coin in for curiosity s Sake. Hopefully the legend la True and i can come Back with my family he said. Italian newspapers were Quick to Point out that the italian conc among Tom 2.5 million to 3 million lire $1,7b5 to $2,142 collected each week a not go a King Way toward paying the wages of the night guards and the official Coin collectors. As water Drant irom the Lount Aln four of these Burly collectors wearing Brown waders begin sweeping the coins into piles with brooms producing a Jolly jingling sound. The loot is then scooped into buckets with plastic Dustpan and poured into Whita plastic sacks traffic police the Vigil Urban who double As City watchmen tie and Seal the sacks which Are loaded onto the truck. Those Guys have got Eagle eyes joked Urb Meyer of Anaheim Calif. I bet anything Good they see they Meyer threw in an italian Coin All the same. Our italian guide told us it s the thing to do said his wife Ruth. The couple Lisl heard of the legend when they saw he 1954 movie three coins in the Fountain. The Clifton Webb Dorothy Mcguire film tells of a father who brings two daughters to Rome where they meet a latin Lover played by Rosanno Brazil it won an Oscar for Best color photography and another for Best song. Jule Slyne composed the Muste for three coins in the Fountain and Sammy Cahn wrote the lyrics. Swedish actress Anita Ekberg also helped sprees the Fountain s Fame when she took a dramatic Moonlight dip there in Federico fell no s 1860 movie la Dolce Vita about decadence in the eternal City. Architect Nicole St Al built the Fountain in 1762 on orders from Pope Clement Xiii to decorate the outlets for water piped 12 Miles from a country Spring. The water is called t Acqua verging after a Virgin who is reputed to have showed roman legionnaires the source about 19 . Perhaps not everybody who throws in a Coin will return to Rome. Personally i think it needs More Money than that one italian guide quipped to his flock of elderly British ladies. But visitors curious to learn More about the Fountain May ask permission to see the vast engine room behind the facade two powerful electric pumps were built in 1920 and a Decalli flying plan prevents the hard Mazlan water from damaging the sculptures of tritons seahorses and the spirit of the today s crossword by Eugene Sheffer across 35 old oath1 Ridlon 39 prong Amateur 37 outmoded head conk 38 Rio de b wants 12 concert Halla 13 venetian coins 14 Madrid cheer 15 role for la 40 dullard 42 off 43 do the work of a bee48 Lyric poem mills17 Mauna _ 18 sell19 lie played chill lip chan21 in null fur24 Indian z6 Venezuela Copper center26 grieved 30 take Romance 31 Light boat32 Money of account33 compared critically Ian Coddens so pit Cheryl Toady s word 52 British gun s3 beloved Down i school dance 2fuss 3 singe Torme 4 flowering Plant � tribe6 female red deer7 sub bird8 facial part9 tadpoles 10 medicinal Plant solution time 25 mum. Lint Miqu Bara Row answer it Calendar duration it Strong urge 20 Spanish Gold 21 secular22 Singer gutkle23 voting fees24 goad 2b surfeit27 undivided 28 epochs29 Honda county 31 part goodies 34 ignited 35 deserved 37 Viau dish38 stratagem 39 ball40suede shoes 41 Pearl Buck heroine44 table leaving 41 solemn wonder 46 Hyson or Herb 47 do human 1-20 Hubert Page 18 the stars and stripes tuesday january 20,1887
