Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-29

Last Tuesday the musical selections were
by the popular alto singer of the Plymouth
church choir, Miss Glidden, and her asso-
ciate, an increasing favorite in musical
circles, Miss Hawkins, and Prof. Leib.
Mr.. Titcomb was the accompanies. The
paper on Venice was by DR.. Dana, who has
ever been ready to fill out the programme
when necessary, from his store of reminis-
cences of foreign travel. His portrayal of
Venice was quite racy and seemed to in
terest, and certainly instructed the large
numbers who listened to him.
How strange, he said, were ones sensa-
tons on arriving at Venice, which more
than any other city has an INDISPENSABLE
witchery about it. Leaving the long, sub
stantial depot. you found porters wearing
the various badges of the hotels they rep
resented, and surrendering yourself to one
of these you were escorted out to a sort
of veranda and then down two or three
marble steps, into the oft imagined Condo
la. Seated in the latter. away you were
carried through broad and narrow streets
of flowing water. Here and there the
| lights of some chamber in the houses that
lined the canal falling upon the water. rip
pied by your swiftly propelled boat, or
perchance the lamps on either side of some
hotel irradiating the solemn darkness.
| Who can forget the outlook from the over
hanging balconies of the hotel when the
morning sun lit up with silvery radiance
the wide reach of waters which spreading
out into a broad bay were dotted here and
there with little islands. upon which stood
looming I'D in solitary nagnifcence the
churches that crowned them. while in all
directions were the somher gondolas ply
ing their way, giving animation and vari-
ETY. TO that unequaled water scene. In the
midst of 2 crowded cluster of islands,
formed by the confluence of several large
river channels with the sea is Venice Three
large and ia small islands rising out OF
the gloom mud of fruitless sand fats and
banks, furui-h the basis for this city set as
has been vel said. like golden clasp on
| the girdia of the earth, to write her history
| on the white scrolls of sea surges. and TO
| gather and give forth in the worldwide
pulsation- the glory of the West and the
East. from the burning heat of her forti-
| tude and her splendor." Fifteen thousand
houses. many of them palaces of elegance
and historic note. 147 streets of flowing
water, spanned by 378 bridges. many of
them of stone, all in circumference of
seven miles. may serve to give you some
idea of Venice. The piazza of st. Marks.
crowded summer evenings By the gay and
| pleasure loving Venetion populace: the
famous and unique church of the same
name, with its mosaic pavements. and
roof of sheeted gold, and storied walls and
domes; the Dodges palace with its weird
history and chambers of state and prison
vaults; the isolated square campanile OF
st. Marks, affording from its summit g
singularly beautiful outlook on lagune
and sea; noted churches with monumental
aisles and paintings warm with the bright
coloring characteristic of the Venetian
school of art. These are but a few of the
features of this ancient but now decadent
metropolis. Canova's tomb and that OF
Titan's in the church of Franciscans are
unsurpassed for beauty of design and ex
| quisite finish. and in one of the art gal
| leries the latter's masterpiece-"The As
sumption of the Virgin" each of them bu
samples of the great art treasures which
invite and reward the study of tourist ant
student. 1t is city of graceful arcade