Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-10

instant, and next he shut the door and
stood on the pavement laughing at us.
By that time we had recovered enough to
! laugh too. although we didn't know what
the whole per formahce meant.
| Our hotel was in the centre of the city
very near the Cathedral square. Milan is
very pretty city; hasn't that crowded
look that many Italian cities have. The
fashionable shops are in the great arcade,
the finest OF its kind in the world, | be-
lieve. next TO the cathedral. We walked
through part of it at night and tbs very
brilliant scene when all lighted up. There
are countless jewelry stores and exquisite
| displays in NAVY of the windows. The
| girls stopped and gazed in the windows
to their hearts contents and sighed with
satisfaction on beholding the splendors
| displayed
VERONA, Friday, July 23d.
1t rains this morning and I'm void
enough of ambition to prefer sitting in
the hotel to sight seeing under such cir
cGmstances. We got in about four yes
terday afternoon and took walk before
| supper. Went over one of the bridges
which crossed the Adige river, saw the
the great amphitheatre built in the time
of Dioeletian or Trajan, and walked
| through the market place; it's hollow
square surrounded by old buildings and
columns. 1t all looks as though it had a
history; our guide book tells US that twas
the old Forum of the Republic, and the
| Winged Lion of st. Mark. or rather of
| Venice, used to be on one of the pillars.
Many old houses have queer pictures
painted on the outside; | know there are
ii great many interesting things to be
found here if one took the time to look
them up. The blaver spirits and more
sentimental ones haYe gone this morning
to see the tomb of Juliet. The guide book
says Ills the genuine. "only original,
and my little book says it is ''much visit
ed by young ladies.' After that l would
mt go near it if wanted to (Which | did
nOt.) We laughed at Miss d. for her
eagerness to go out in the rain and shed
tear on the little tomb of Juliet. but she
says she wants to see the place where that
ancient maiden made a fOcl of herself.
There is statue of Dante here " hich they
will see and I'm sorry to miss, but I'm
resigned to the fact that can't see every
thing. We're going on to Venice to-day
either at eleven or four O'Clock. There
we spehd Sunday and get some mail, L
hope. [ didn't get through telling you
about what we saw in Milan. The cathe-
dral is one of the largest in the world,
and you'll find picture of it in the Ency-
clopoedia. | don't like it so well as tine
Cologne cathedral. Many like it better,
but we had more time to examine the one
in Milan. The exterior is very elaborate;
every inch of the marble is carved or Or
namented in some way. There are count
less statues inside and out-thousands of
them. 1t is all beautiful work. but don't
like SO much of it. The front is not near
ly so imposing as the Cologne cathedral;
it seems as though they're not high
enough Some of us climbed to the tower,
some thrse hundred steps, before break
fast Wednesday morning. We had fine
view of the marble roof of the cathedral,
and could see the town beautifully spread
out below us. There was too much smoke
and ''haziness in the air for us to more
than dimIy see the southern Alps. The |
construction of some my sentences re-
minds me of some English as she is |
wrote in Italy. Our circular tickets
from Milan ~ rntllrn haar tbi- potica
Likely travellers cannot ask for allow |
ance whatever if absence, loss of the tick |
ct, illness or death prevent them to per-
form the whole Journey
We visited the Brera art gallery, too,
and saw paintings by Luini, Salvador |
and numbers of others. None of them |
me particularly. There was |
one of an old man that attracted my at !
tentiOn. Twas a very old man, almost |
a skeleton, thin arms and neck, and he |
held a skull looking at it. You would |
naturally think it a hideous picture, but |
when YOU notice the face the hideous part |
OF it is forgotten. 'Tis old age contem- |
plating death: the calm thoughtfulness |
with which wise age faces the last enemy. |
[ don't know the name Of the picture and |
the name of the artist is not familiar. but |
| made up my own opinion of the subject |
and enjoyed it, whether | was right or
wrong. Before coming away on Thurs |
day we visited the old church of Santa
Maria dele GraZia, and in the refectory
saw one of the worlds great paintings,
Leonardo de Finci's Last SUPPER
'Tis painted on the wall and the damp
ness, as we'll as the lapse of years have
greatly damaged it. But the face of the
Christ is a marvellous study - sorrow,
peace, confined ip an express
sion which caunot be initiated and shows
the master hand. There are several CO.
les in the room and always some one at
work on copy. | should like to sit be-
lore that picture for an hour or so alone.
1t is very selfish and rude of me. but en-
oy great many things so much more by
myself than with the crowd. Ireally felt
more of the impressiveness ofa great cathe-
lraI at Milan than anywhere. / wandered
through it and sat and contemplated:
while the others were of somewhere else,
and so | had my solemn feelings to
myself The nearest came to having an
emotion on the Alps WAS when | stood
alone for few moments and looked up
at the snow-clad peaks of Jungfrau.
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