Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-10-01

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The real old Roman Forum is not far from
, the first place we visited. We stood un-
der the Arch OF SevcrnS. saw the column of
| Phocas, three columns of the old temple
of Castor and PolluX, and all those things
of which Professor Martin has the pict-
| ures and used to tell us IN Latin class.
| Where the old treasury used 70 stand
there are now eight granite pillars There
is one place where we could look down
| into the Great Sewer, which has been in
use tor twenty five hundred years, and is
still in good condition. We stood on the
spot where Mark Antony is supposed to
have delivered his great Grafton and trod
the old stones of The Via Savla. The
Whele Forum is surrounded by Il railing;
'ti> all forty feet below the level of the
present streets. Wild morning glories
creep along between the worn stones of
the old pavement, and ferns grow among
the crumbling bits of ruin. Scraps of
marble with fine carved work lie about
every where, and that's what is left of The
glory of ancient Rome, all vanished
away" We walked to the Coliseum and
entered the great circle. ''ris the mos.
impressive thing we've seen in Rome.
The pictures give but faint idea of its
immensely. We had drive in the after
noon and visited st. Paul's without, fbe-
yond, | should say,) the walls-a church
built on the spot where Paul was Martyr
ed. 1t has been DESTROYED several times.
burned III 1923, so that it looks new.
There are rows OF splendid gray granite
columns on each side the main aisle, and
the most beautiful alaba stcr pillars [ ever
saw on each side the entrance and sup
porting the high altar. Ills marble, al
most translucent, and variegated with
rich yellow brown tints. Round mosaic
pictures of all the popes extend in long
row round the walls. The cloister has n
garden spot' where we saw orange
trees with green fruit on them ana pink
daily roses i'll blossom. They We're not
so large as ours sometimes grow to be,
but | know they're the same kind. In
that church we came across two parties of
Americans-One was Cooks caravan of
about forty. We eyed each other in II
manner and passed on. The
other company was the one which attract
Pd our attention most. | recognized the
face of gentleman whom [ noticed as
first cabin on the City of Paris. | made
up my mind then that it was Mr.. Forbes
Of Pilgrim church. He was superintend-
INT of the Sunday School while | went
here in st. Louis. SO when | saw him
n St. Paul's told Miss Daniels who
hought it was. She found out it was he
md spoke TO him. One of the gentlemen
vas a former trustee in Ripon, where
Miss Daniels graduated; another was
ol mer professor in Madison; so it was
luite a reunion for them,
Wednesday, August 9TH Ills just ar
er dinner and we're going to leave in
cw minutes for Piso, where we shall
pend tonight. Visited the sculpture
ooms i'll the Vatican this morning, and it
vas a new world for me and a bcwilder-
ng one. We saw the Apollo Belvedere
nd LAGOON group, besides works OF
ireek masters and Canova, Thorwaldsen
nd sculptors ''ancient and modern.''
We saw The great Sistine Chapel yester-
ay morning. 1t did not impress me as |
ad expected, but we did not have the time
)r it that We needed. In the picture
allery we saw Raphael's TRANSFORMATIONS
nd Ma ionna d Foligno. I'll tell you
bout St. Peters and the Catacombs some
ther time. The bride and groom have
one on their way to Constantinople.