Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-11

you have no need Of me-that j can be
Of no service to you now, but if ever in
the future dark hours come to you-ii
ever | can in any possible way be of ser
vice to you-if you ever need friend,
come to me-remember my child.
He is the very soul Of generosity and
goodness. / believe he is truly Chris
tian man, and conscientious in all things.
He is a loyal Catholic, and attends msss
every morning at st. Isadora. He said
to me, " could not work with the heart
| do, if did not attend mass in the
morning. 1t makes me strong for all
day." He has been the recipient Of
many honors but with all his talent, his
heart is as pure and simple as that Of a
child.
THE CHURCH OF ST. IsADORA.
st. Isadora is charming little church
on the Pincian, not far from my studio,
and it is no wonder that Mr.. Healy and
other great artists before him, have chos-
en- it for place of worship. The high
altar is adorned with picture of st.
Isadora by Andrea Sacchi, and the
church also contains paintings and fres-
Goes by Carlo Maratta. am often there,
and have penciled down some of the in
scriptions from the tombs and monu-
ments, which would interest you, / am
sure, but Twill not send them to you
now. Going from from my studio to st.
Isadora, pass under the four beautiful
rows of trees extending from the church
beside the (Capuchin) convent, S. Maria
della Coocezione, down into the Piazza
Barbarini which is ornamented in the
centre by the picturesqe Fontana del
Tritone. Twice day for year now,
going to and fro from my studio, have
passed by these beautiful trees and this
old fountain, with its mutilated statue
and wide-mouthed dolphins, and they
are to me the most home-like objects in
Rome. They are like dear and familiar
faces, always welcome--never to be for
gotten. h.,b uao3 al8lit
CARRARA.
/ must not attempt now to tell you of
Carrara and our wanderings among the
great marble quarries. How we started
up the mountain early one morning, and
were led on and allured by glimpses of
other quarries farther up, until the night
came on, and found us still lingering
and exhausted. | found
among the white ledges of marble some
large blue, bell-shaped flowers, and /
modelled them in clay, for they reminded
me so much Of the great blue bells we
gathered on the Dead Lake hills near
Madison, Wisconsin, when was child.
Our descent from the mountain was
something like coming down Vesuvius,
only more fatiguing. The ride from Car
rara to Leghorn, and from Leghorn to
Rome, was full of pleasure. The road
was bordered with fields of grain, red
with scarlet poppies, and We caught
glimpses now and then Of the Island Of
Elba, lying like dream upon the blue
Mediterranean. ri.a.4 IA ifI
NAPLES.
| have not written you yet of our trip
to Naples, 80 dolce Napoli I" as they
call it in their popular little song, and Of
my impressions of the wonderful crater
of Vesuvius, of our ride through the fra
grant orange groves of Sorrento, and the
delightful trip to Capri, set like beauti-
full gem upon the bosom of the Bay of
Naples--of our visit to the weird blue
grotto, and so many other places of in
terest.
CARDINAL ANTONELLI--A PRESENT FOR
WINNIE.
will also have to defer writing YOU
now of Cardinal Antonelli, who has paid
us kind and marked attention. He calls.
at the studio and house often, and is sit.
ting to me for his portrait, great honor
to me, because he has refused to sit for
some of the most distinguished artists.
He has invited my parents and my sell
to visit him at the Vatican often, and
yesterday we spent four hours there de-
lightfully He went with us all owe his
apartments, personally, explaining to MS
the rare and beautiful works of art which
crowd his rooms. | have visited public
and private museums in England, France
and Germany, and have gazed in won
der at their magniicence, but | have
never seen anything to compare with the
costly, priceless gems and jewels and
rare objects of art arranged and grouped
and crowded into the apartments of An
tonelli. He told me that he had been
collecting and concentrating these treas
ures since he was a young man. L
He brought me splendid likeness of
himself, in which he is seated in his room
in the Vatican, with the dome Of st.
Peters seen through the open windows
beside him, and he brought me to-day
present Of large locket me
dallion ornamented, in the center with
the head of Christ carved in relief on
stone cameo, and elegantly set 1t is
perfectly beautiful and rare work of
art
Addio for the present. In my next /
will write you more on this subject, and
of other things interesting to me.