Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-06

was perfect delight to sit and study
that sweet earnest face of the mother,
and the dear baby. Another beautiful
one is, Andrea del Sarto's, s.John the
Baptist 1t is a new conception to
me of JOhn-to make him so young,
but it is such frank, open, beautiful
face.
| Saturday some of us went to the
Cathedral Museum, just behind the
Duomo, where the different plans of
the cathedral are kept and best of all
the choir lofts that used to be in the
Duomo. They are of white marble
with reliefs by DELLA Robbia and Dona-
tello. On one are dancing genii, and
on the other singing choir boys and chill
dren playing ON different instruments,
horns, cymbals and such. They are
beautifully carved and the figures have
a charming grace.
| Next we went to Pizza dell Annum-
ziata. On one side of this square is
the castle Riccardi Manelli from which
the lady in Browning's .'Statue and
the Bust" looked out. There never
was any bust, but the statue is the one
of Ferdidand which stands in the mid
die of the square. Opposite this pal
ace is the hospital with della Robbia' s
porcelain medallions. No two are
alike, and you think each one is better
than the last one you looked at. In
the afternoon we saw whereMrs. Brown
ing used to live and ate watermelon on
the way. We went into shop and
saw them make. inlaid marble work.
The price of one table of black mar
| BILE, with wreath of cream roses with
leaves and branches around it, was
$500. 1t was about a yard in dame
ter. They select marble of the exact
shade, and none of the coloring is
paint In making a rose they first put
the pieces together on some plaster
paris, and then cut hole in the table
as large as the rose and fit it in. They
make great many kinds of flowers,
lilies of the valley, forget-me-nots.
fleur-de-lis, carnations morning glories
and roses. Then they make people in
fancy dresses, shells and a hundred
other things.
Sunday we went to San Marco, and saw
where Savonarola and Fra Angelica
used to live in their convent cells.
Nearly every cell has frescoes by Fra
Angelica. l have learned to love his
work very much. There is nothing
'earthy" about him. In Savonarola's
cell are his crucifix, desk like his
with three books with his own writing
in them (two Bibles and a note book,
his rosary, pieces of his coarse hair
robe, and his portrait painted by Fra
Bartolemeo. My interest in Savon-
arola's life made these places mean
much to me. / crossed Ponte VecchiO
six or eight times; once by the covered
passage way that goes over it connect
ing the Pitt and Uffizi galleries. Of
ten thought of poor Tito. looked for
Tessa all the time was in Florence
but didn't see quite her. But saw
the cart with the bells and red tassels. |
PALLANZA, Italy, Aug. 21, 1892.
Last night there was a terrible thun-
der shower l think / never heard |
the peals of thunder come so close to-
gether. The thunder echoed around
these hills at great rate. 1t is still |
raining so that we can not get the full |
beauty of this lovely place. We look
out on lake Maggion so near that l
think l could throw stone into it. |
Over on the other side of the lake are
great mountains with rolling outlines.
At their base is beautiful little town.
There isn't a room in this house that
doesn't have lake view for the hotel
is situated on a peninsula. The house
is surrounded by beautiful trees and
gardens. 1t seems good to see such
green foliage after the olive trees of
Rome and the canals of Venice. We
left Florence Monday morning, and
spent the day in Bologne. We struck
a holiday, the fifteenth of August, the
Assumption of the Virgin" and all
Bologne and the surrounding country
was out to celebrate. You should have
seen the crowd gather around us while
Mr.. X. was looking for hotel. He
was gone half an hour and during that
time we were the 'sobserved of all OBJ
In other places the people
haven't done much more staring than
we have, but here the people didn't
have anything else to do and so they
their time in this way. We
have seen no drunkenness Or fighting (
on the streets, but every where good I
order. The thing we stopped at Bologne
20 see, Raphael's "St. Cecilia we came
near not seeing. The gallery was to
De closed at two on account of the hol-
day, but by special permission we
three quaters of an hour, {
hough we did not get there till little l
nj, cold hor bod r