The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-02
A DIsENgiIANrEDy ROME;
Anithe IlIusiohs or the Modern Trav.
cller Vanishing from tho Eter-
5s \, NAL CITY, "a sS6SI&

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~ si ius,ons j q IS. she . MODERN rrav'
S " ,,,a,lIa.o in 'ho hoH
sg i22s- ..s-A-1s..@
The,distant dome Of St. Peter,s "a sol.
emnlyiimpressiye ID ever, hMtl1,o the
disenchantment begins before Won arc
actually under its mighty shadow, The
trainefrom Civita yecchia half makes
the circuit Of the walls before rnnnino
into the great station III The Ouirinal
And In the sernicircular course wa pass
through a sad panorama of ruthless de.
lnolitions ana scandalous treconstrnc-
tions. Here is a venerable ruin cut
clean,in two. the gaping windows and
severed, Il arches yawning pitifullyIin the
sunshine, willie the ewnlls stronao .and
solbsos ever they were. are totterinp to
tho: c:stfokes Of the pickaxe. q There is a
tai. factory, with its smoking chimneys.
as you see them in Bermonds or on the
plain Of st. Denis. while hard byis the
spruce habitation Of the prosperous
owner, who, no doubt. duly paws his
high rates and taxes and is a jealous
advocate Of architectural reform.
Emerging among the clamorous omni-
bus cads from the railway station, which
has effectually thrown into the back
ground the neighboring Baths of Dio.
cletian, you see that the capital associa-
ted with enterprise has been energeti-
callv ar ,yorlr Tho n O,,;,;,,,I =, 80,
oe fha stoo,, 30 10 80 'pi.o
Iio;a,,, a.o,,,o,,aa Ill ~ s.',.'' ti'''
l,,ond ~, s,,,o,..o, 60 ~, III - +"
hat n,av VIC -, ho;n,,t,, @ - ,sn,.,' ,u
viii thoso 30 1on,,s 80 Va Vt GU" pro"''Ii I1e''
onlv Eno,vs 1r,,at ont;o,,;t,na - ,'o,.a ,'ae,'
S,yc,,t ~ 90 tha NOV - ~ s.;s,a 80 wv, ooail
ssnch 1,on1son,o shons ond t hotoIa go ~ w.
NAV And oil tho vn,,d ~ ~. ] 49, "J ~
strol, alone anv 90 tho u,er,s,,od ~,
atreets ,vhoro l,,,i,d,,,a o,ons h,,;a,,,,, aa',
haara a,d uo,, ,nn,, seo e,o.,.,,,,:ao. s ~
lavork lk laid hars and snhtarrn,,n.,,, ~.
sarchos half 'dnmol;shod wh,oh ,,a,,,1
MAKE tbe fortuna - tom ~ tha
track Of tho tourists onvwhora - tho
ssno3rth of tho nlna Tho nr;oa 80 os,o,,',,, ~
ssib,as oona IN fohr,o,,oI,, ~ tsiaoo,,, >
Mas ,,ean snreod;nr 70 tho o+ono,, a.
Ethe Form, to tLe pinoion ond thnno 10
5no ;i,t SAVING yyhero or ,vhon = ,,,.u ~,
$As 3. fomilv hoto,s ), oro ho;na o,o,,a,, no
sclose Nv the Pantheon % H. ,;nas 80
fomhs oiono. +ho nn;nn W. 49,.
Mace ~ ro,ys of ep,,o. so,,,; datoe,,o,1 "a
Villas. The vsoT froia tlio ..sa.. .. ns..,n,,
ade before the Church Of st. john La
teran used to be the noblest and most
romantic within the walls Of Rome,
that from the dome of st. Peters not
excepted. We went to enjoy it in the
freshness Of early morning the other.
day, and looked across to the Alban
Hills over the roof Of factory, through
the black clouds hanging round the
lofty, chimneys that certainly did not
consume their own smoke. A venera-
BILE building in semi-square of massive
cloisters was being blocked out by some
hideous houses being run up against
time. Yet it would be unfair to de-
nounce the municipal authoritiesas de-
structlve rather than conservative. We
naturally bent our steps to the Coli
scum, and If the fate Of Rome be bound
up, as the old prediction has it, with
that OF the colossal amphitheatre of III
tus, there can assuredly be no immedi-
ate prospect OF the decline or fall of one
or the other The amDhitheatre has
been buttressed by stupendous struc-
~ '.es ~ s,,., So DoT ISL ] %" .oA"oln