Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-27

the minutest lines Of the figures. al OF
the subjects are Of q joyous charscter.
One scene is particularly Wen executed
aud in perfect preservation. IL repre-
sents a number OF dwarfs mounted on
stills exactly like those which boys use
to-day-who take this easy method
Of gathering grapes, which they are
tossing to girls furnished with baskets,
who are standing under the vines.
Diana id the chase is n favorite theme,
but the most common is a conventional
set OF female figures with transparent
drapery, who represent the four seasons
andthe four periods OF the day-Sunrise.
Sunset, Noon, and Night. The Naples
painters of today copy and multiply
these figures without number. They
are about o foot high, usually occupy
the centre of q panel painted black, aud
cannot be surpassed in ancient or
modern art for perfect grace OF position
and perfect suggestion of graceful move
msnt. All the floors OF these rooms are
paved with Mosaic. An endless variety
Of figures composed by means of small
black and white stones about q half an
inch square, one of the surfaces of each
of which is polished, form the sub
stitute and quite possibly the origin
of our carpets. The first form OF
every substitute being an imitation Of
that which it ESSAYS to supplant. In one
of the servant-rooms / noticed n large
black stone. which the guide assured me
was the polisher for the Mosaic work.
ANCIENT cocKNEYs.
As / left this handsome house ] no.
ticei over the figure Of the wild boar
which | crossed on entering the word
HAVE, and it is worthy OF remark that
nowhere in Pompeii do you find it writ
ten AVE. The other WAS probably the
more modern form of the familiar vel
come, as Hadrisn for Adrian or may
be-horrible thought-the Pompeiians
were Cockneys, and misplaced their his
And as | leave and turn to say my
"Vale" Inotice two stone shelves in this
vestibule, about ten feet from the floor.
Upon these we're the domestic gods-the
Lares and Penates-many of which were
found in place.
You must not suppose that the mural
paintings | have described constituted
all the art OF Pompeii. Some Of the
finest bronzes of antiquity were found
here and some OF the best marbles.
HOW THEY T1cKLED THE EMPEROR.
Shortly after leaving this handsome
residence l came across the building
cleared ont a few days before in presence
OF the German Emperor, and where seve-
raj valuable bronzes were discovered.
asked my guide. with as much gravity as
/ could assume, if it we're not strange
that so many beautiful things were
brought to light Just that day, aud he
replied by sticking his tongue in his
right cheek and eleysting his shoulder;
to his ears
THE FULLERs AN IMPORTANT GUILD.
And so We roamed on to the Fullers
estab adjustment, on whose walls complete
representations in fresco OF the various
processes of their craft still remain, as dc
the watts in which their clothes were
washed, aud what is more remarkable,
some of the soap they used. The large
tanks in which the clothes were rinsed
after washing and the pipes which sup
piled them with water still remain. The
fulIers were obviously the principal trades
people in Pompeii. Indeed in all time
the tendency to localize occupations has
probably existed. To-day 80 per cent.
of the bungs used for barrels made IN
the United States come from Cincin.
natl 80 per cent. Of the writing paper
comes from within a radius Of fifty miles
OF Nashua: 80 per cent. of the felt hats
within an equal radius Of Danbury +; @
like proportion OF stoves from Albany
and its environs, and so on.
The Fullers had an exchange or guild.
hall, adorned with many statues, erected
by them to their patrons or protectors.
| One OF these bears the inscription,
"Eumachia Lucii Felia Sacerdos Pub
lica," though what particular favor Miss
| Eumachia conferred on the Fullers must
remain forever unknown.
Among the many temples is one con
| secrated to Isis-not called in the in.
scription "tempsum as all the others,
but simply "Domus Isis" This
proves both that this Egyptian cuitu'
had been imported into liberal Rome,
and that it was already under
some sort OF ban, as well it might
And so from dwelling-house TO grocery
stores, from temples to tombs, from
theatres to wine-shops of thes,
latter IS Immediately opposite the public
baths and must have been largely patron
lied from its size-I strayed along, the
smoke of Vesuvius streaming iii a Ions
white ribbon over my head, the incom.
parable beauty of the bay and the Sci
coming to me IN glimpses at every turn
and across the sheet OF water Virgil
tomb, the villa that Augustus offer
visited when Rome wearied him /; thespo
where the most OF the Kneid was writ
ten, and many another place linked t.
the and things that make all tn
interest of the past. and | could no
wonder that even in the ancient days tn
Romans christened this loveliest spot Oh
earth "Campania Felix" A. M. X.