Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-13
ATTRACTIVE VENICE,
An Interesting Account of Life In Its
Watery Streets.

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Watery Streets.
The road to Venice was very inter-
esting We got back into the beautiful
farming country again, and passed
fields of rice and hemp, and mulberry
trees with grape vines trained on them.
We had a good lunch on the train
We first saw Venice by moonlight, for
at eleven o'clock as we rode up fror>
the station in our gondolas, the moon
shone over the Grand Canal. There
was a charm in the whole scene, and
we were not disappointed in Venice
At our hotel we met some Atlanta
girls who came over in the Spaarndam,
and they gave such a good account of
the boat that we are encouraged about
our homeward journey. Only one per-
son on the boat missed meal at the
table during the whole trip-the food
was delicious. and the boat very clean
The lady who directed these Atlanta
girls had been to Europe before on the
Etruria and liked the Spaarndam bet
ter.
The first morning in Venice, We Wis
tied several churches riding in Condo
las. 1t is an ideal way to travel if one
is not in a hurry, and it was too hot
while we were in Venice to want to
hurry. The gondoliers were my spec
ial admiration. [ should think they
would fall off out of the end of the lit
tie boats. Then how they can guide
straight with only one oar, don't see.
The first church we went to was San
Giorgio Maggiore which is out on an
Island. 1t has some of Tintoretto's
pictures. We climbed the tower and
by the water. The small canals were
hidden by the houses, but we could see
the entrance to the Grand Canal.
Next we went to Santa Maria della
Salute, impressive by its position,
size and general proportions. This
is from my guide book, with which l
thoroughly agree. Mr.. j. says he
thinks of sending his Baedeker home
with his love for this weeks letter, he
has so much to write of.
The third church we visited, Santa
Maria Gloriosa de Frari, contains Ii
tian's and Canova's tombs, and one of
Beilini's best Madonnas. Canova's
tomb is one he planned for Titan, but
which was refused. Titan died of the
plague in Venice when he was ninety
nine years old His tomb is one of
those so elaborate in detail that it is
tiresome to look at.
In the afternoon we went to three
more churches-Sts. John and Paul,
St. Zaccaria and Santa Maria Formosa.
In the first we saw some fine bronze
panels and the elaborate tOmbs of many
boys who turned somersaults at the
lOor. In the second church was an |
,ther Bellini's Madonnas, and in the
hird was Palma Vecchio's beautiful |
st. Barbara, and a good SassaferatO |
Madonna. St. Barbara is one of the |
loblest women I've seen.
There was a fourth church, ST. Roc
%, that we went to in our first morn
ng in Venice that | was about to leave
,ut. We went there to see an adjoin-
ng hall of Tintoretto's pictures, but
leard music and and went into the
,hurch. was very glad for l heard
singing. The organ was
inc and there was an Ochestra OF
tringed instruments, but the best OF
Ill was the voice of an Italian. He
ang a solo as went in and his whole
oul was in it. His sheet of music
hook like leaf. / saw the pictures
but | do not agree with
suskin in his opinion of Tintoretto.
Wednesday morning we saw the art
,allery. Chief Of all the pictures to me
vas Titian's Assumption" Its glory
5 hard to describe. Next came Bel
ini's ..Madonnas." There was that
colored s.Daniel before the
King" and Sassaferato's .sSt. Celia"
Wednesday afternoon was so warm
hat we didn't go any where as party.
,mma and 1 did some shop window
-azing on our own account. Really
m sick of jewelry shops I've seen SO
many.
Thursday morning We went through
he Ducal palace, and saw the council
of the doges, and many 9TH
+ rooms with elegant gilt ceiling, and
ne frescoes by Veronese, Tintoretto
nd Titan. We saw little hole in
he ante-chamber of the council room
1to which people used to drop anony-
nous letters accusing different persons.
We also went into the cells and out on
0 the Bridge of Sighs." We saw the
lace in the small stone hall where
eople were executed. and there were
hree holse for the blood to run through.
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