Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-06

TO the hands Of speculators.
We see the results Of their
action in the new quarters which
have sprung up with such incon-
ceivable rapidity in all parts of the
city. Everywhere the same glarinC
white bOulevards are hewing their
way, and I'm their path the wind
Ing streets and the old houses with
roofs Of every shape and color, and
corners jutting out in all directions.
are fast disappearing from view.
And now, in order to facili-
tate the construction of formal
squares and rectangular streets, the
| government has introduced sys-
| tenn known as the piano regIiidt0re,
| by which the seven hills are TO Ice
leveled and the valleys between
them filled up. So the very face OF
nature is to be changed, and the
most renowned feature of the Eter-
nal City is to be done away with.
Go where you will in Rome, there
! is no escape from these new quarters.
You find them in the grass meadows
at the back Of Castle Santo Angelo,
which made so pleasant a walk TO
-. Peters; on the quiet slopes Of the
Cmlian and the Aventine, where
you could ramble through monas-
terry gardens full Of medi;eval mem
Dries, and dream Of Gregory and
Augustine, Of Dominic and the
Knights Of Malta without ever
meeting a soul. They stretch far
outinto the Campagna, and spoil all
the charming districts beyond Porta
NOmentana, where Anio used to
wind between willOw-fringed banks,
and Saint Agnese and saint Cos
tanZa stood out in the lonely plains
as you looked across TO the faintly- |
flushed hills OF the Sabine range
and the blue peaks of SOraste. on
the other side it is still worse.
II there was a place which |
should have been sacred in |
the Roman eyes, il was the
Lateran. No church in Rome
has more glorious memories. Here
is the hasilica, founded 10y Constan-
tine, the place which was for four
hundred years the home of the
POpes, the centre Of medieval |
OBsIdiiBl uT6is Ct o-6iS
eccyesldruDI mailer At cdput. Pill
grims came here from all lands
some to climb the Santa Scala. some
to gaze on the chapel Of the Sancta
some for the sake OF
Constantine, others for that OF
Luther. But all alike stood on the
steps Mt the west end Of the basilica
and looked out on the sunny terraces ;
where the medi9vel Pores took {
their daily walks, and Fnucis of /
Assist, the German hero, threw him. ,
self n the feet of Pope Innocent
III. The view from these
steps was simply the grandcst O
N Rome. and always beautiful. in '
he dim blueness Of early morning
md in the rich glow of evening
ight Generations Of poets ana
lainters have celebrated its charm,
md looked out from this point-on
hese plains ''spiritualized, wrote
Sterling, "by endless Tecollections., ,,
Vow the avenue of lick trees Is cut n
iown, the roses and expresses are .
'one. A block Of factory-lookjnr
lOuses shuts out the mountain and n
he CaDpana, and that perfect view e
5 for ever ruined. I,
The "imprOvemenis- Of the mu- :
icipality in this neighborhood die ;
ot end there. Two years ago saw 9
be destruction Of the Ghetto. that I.
uTious medieval quarter which had IL
cen the home of the Jews for n
ne last three hundred wears. n
he names of the Via Piazza del "
lanto bore witness u the wailipc N
this unhappy people on the day 8,
hen they were driven from their IN
ONES by command of Paul the n
ourth. and forced to take up their OF
Dode in the limits Of this narrow of
strict. Every Sunday for centu- M
es they were compelled TO hear a -
'rmon IN the Church OF Saint An a.
Flo IN Fescheria. Pho Mono was n,
lie first Pope to abolish this custom. ii,
M to remove the barred gates of w
ie Ghetto, which beftre his time h,
NJ been closed every night. And nj
't,in spite fits crowded population, N
spite, too,of the filth and squa;or ri h.
any Of its narrow lanes, the Jews, ar
larter was the healthiest of the is
~, and the death-rate of this dis. n,
lct was lower than that Of any ha
her. a walk through the Ghetto sci
rs a unique experience. Artists wi
ere attracted by the quaint char =
ter Of many Of these old houses
cir round-headed archwnys. steep
ghts of stairs and Gothic win
VS. The courts and ALLEYS
med with life. Black-eycd bows
tn curly heads and shining WI
til pursued the stranger. tn,
Imoring for quattry1, Jew VIC
i-faced women sat on the ab
orsteps darning bits Of silk and :
e from the rag heaps at their feet, abb
d vendors Of old clo' carried on :
SIX bargain. There was ALWAYS me
chance Of finding some lovely 5
OF Oriental br,cade or rich hal
mask, some gem or cameo Of rare S
rkmanship, under these piles of her
'bish. And as you treaded your her
y through some dark lane YOU 5
yht see the figure Of a seven $
nched candlestick carved on the ME,
!, a relic of the departed glories S
uooAIHls anu o4 the OLD faith her
which the exiles clung through S
5 OF persecution and misery. not
IN the outskirts OF the Ghetto n wic
ct led TO the Portico Of Octavio. s
ere Titus celebrated his TRIUMPH syn
Syrian captives bore the spoils s
the Temple in his train. The and
II was strikingly picturesque. 81
many storied houses of the mar che
street almost shut out the blue Isl
overhead, and the sunshine and
AIMED through the meeting roofs. pric
he glittering scales Of fish and aye,
worn marble slabs which had ii
in use since the days of The be d
'lrs. A few steps further on was has
theatre which Augustus built OF W
ionor OF the young Marcellus. love
g we are met by another ofthose ri
nge contrasts over which Ann Ia Ia
loved to moralize. Under the 7oI