Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-12

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the sultan personally, but we saw
Haiku Bcy, who treated us with the
utmost consideration. The sultan.
) however, sent the men each a pack.
age of cigarettes and he sent confec.
tlons for the women.
1--WE spent Palm Sunday at Mes
sina. From there / took short ex.
cursion to Taormina, at the foot Of
Mount .Etna. At that place there
are the ruins of an ancient theater.
The view there Is considered the
finest In the world. On one side Is
Mount Etna, with its smoky, cloudy
environs, on the other the straits of
Messina, and again on another the
coast Of Italy. The coast itself Is
beautiful. The climate is as pure as
any In the world. 1t certainly is a
most delightful spot. more so, posi-.
bly,, than even the Riviera. The or.
chards along the roads are teemin:
with lemon and orange trees In
fact the lemons are SO cheap this year
that they are not being picked.
saw Pompeil and Hercuianeun,.
I'VE left that beautiful spot and
landed ut Palermo. think the bay
ut Palermo Is more beautiful than
that Of Naples. We went up to
Naples, assembled Mount Vesuvius,
and saw Pompeii and Herculaneum.
We took trip to the Blue Grotto on
the Island Of Capri One enters this
in boat through narrow opening.
Inside the grotto the walls are high
and rocky, but the beautiful sight
Is the water, which Is livid blue.
"IIoly week and Easter we spent In
Rome. I heard the 'Miserere' en-
Good Friday at St. Peters 1t was
an impressive occasion. The voice of
the priest who chanted the penitent
hymn reminded me forclbly Of the
one whom I heard chant the Koran
Mt St. SOphia's, in Constantinoplc.
The choir sung without organ or any
accompaniment, making all the
changes without any guide from In.
strdmental piece. The singing was
masterful. and I>doubt II any Ameri.
can choir could duplicate the work.
ave were interested IN the many
churchc, Of the Eternal City, We
saw the Slstine chapel, the Vatican
and the museum Of the Vatican, and
all the other museums of the city.
We saw the original painting Of the
Last Supper and Of the Judgment,
the LAGOON and the Apollo Belvi.
derc and the Venus Of Prayiteles, and
all the wonders Of art In which
travellers are interested. Naples and
Rome are the two cleanest ci ties
have ever been in. The drink ing
water Is the best In the world.
"FrOm Rome We went to Pisa to
see tho leaning tower and than back
to Geno from whence we sailed for
New York.
Mock Trial ON Hoard shin.
Coming back we had a mock trial
aboard ship. The sailors do not re-.
gard clericals very highly, and, us VIC
had with US two Episcopallan bish.
ops, one from Iowa and one from
North Dakota, we tried them for pro.
ducing the bad weather. +. S. Win.
ston and represented the prosecu.
cution, and Mr.. VANITY, OF Grand
Rapids, and Mr. Ford, Of Ydungs.
town, the defense. The judges were
Lyman J. Gage, Mr.. Scott, and Mr..
Armour. Although friends tried to
corrupt the jury, we succeed led In Sc.
curing q conviction.
NJ think that oil Of US were broad.
ened by the trip We found many
things which we did not have ut
home, some better and some worse
conditions. At least we saw that the
same conditions cannot exist every.
where. One thing that noticed -
the houses In all the different coun.
tries are not 90 warm as they are
here. At 6rst ! was inclined to feel
cold all the time, but when I came
back and took berth In a sleeper
the atmosphere seemed oppressively
warm. have Q book full OF short
hand notes which took, and may
some day write q short account Of the
trip, unless business prevents"
To the Readers Of this Paper.
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