Kansas City daily journal., 1895-06-09
A rrN PICTURE OF ROME.


immeNsliy or II! one ought 20 i've mere Il
couple Of hundred years 20 set into the
spirit OF ii and it would take about that
length Of time to give a casual glance,
even, at every object Of art. ancient and
modern, gathered here, When one medi-
tates on eleven hundred rooms In the vat
ican alone and considers each separate
work Of art therein contained. and multi
plies those by whole page OF other pail
secs, galleries and museums that have 20
b. done-1ll IN two weeks soj0urr in the
eternal City'--it IS something TO turn
one gray with apprehension. one needs
not only. as Charles Dudley Warner sug-
Tes,s as n irst requisite for gardening,
"a cast-irou back with a hinge 20 IT," but
n cast-lr0n for'ltude under suffering, only
possessed by the early Christian martyrs.
No wonder the impression has gone
abroad that the climate Of Rome is deadly
and that one must Hec from II after a cer-
tain length Of time. But VI isn't the cli-
mate that kiils-lts "Baedeker." ff one
could go sercneiy out To the Colosseum
these lovely spring mornings and sit on a
fallen column ana gaze up at the waiis OF
this magnificent ruin with IFS dome OF
italian skies overhead. the rugged ralattue
NIL with its pirtQreSque RUNS 10 the Ittt
ami he original old Roman Forum stretch
ed out In front and IDLY ~ and gaze only.
high and how broad it is or how many tiers
Of columns and arches go to make Mp is
beautiful, impressive whole Il would be
delightful iuiad, But there is no time
TO enjoy ones SELF with Baadeker to the
fore. especially when one, stops TO think
how few pages OF his historical work
one can cover In a large mornings prowl.
among his ruins! Yes, Baedeker IS
for him, we should never have known OF
the immcnsity OF the work we have un'
heartedly, along. picking out delishtiul bits
here ana there Troians column. the
Arch Of Cons st2nt'ne. the Golosseum; IS
moon, the Baths of Caracalla, the Pala-
tine We should have strolled along the
severns. the Temple OF saturn, of Castor
of the ves,ai virgins and their temple.
ourselves. We would even have cheer
fnlly tackled the museums and picture
galleries OF the vatican had we not known
In advance there were 100 of EN-.
Now n our guide book had told us It
was LOO miles around St Peters and the
vatican to the entrance Of the museum
Of SSGuntgEe at the other epd Lot, Of t. he he
fellow mortals and saved one Of them from
the Herculean task Of trying to walk
there As 1t was, / arrived just in time 20
take a carriage back TO lunch, a good
deal ruilied as, to temper, very weary Of
circular streets, back alleys and statuary
as Til take several more trips to Olsen,
tsnse tan HoTsysr SAW aS af aso ta9sSn 600
minor works of art and can very well
psnstpqne the rest till next wets Then
from Vienna to help me bear II. 50 | may
live TO tel you the result another day.
fndyiag the map Of the city and its eitE ehief-
est attractions to save them from some
Of the delqsjons and Pitfalls which have
knowing a word Of Italian its not always
simple matter 70 md the place
habitants and innumerahle short, crooked
streets. Like the Indian who got bcwi-
own that am 'i6st. III The "wlewams''
seem TO got misplaced very often And
rather droll are some Of my experiences
sometimes.
There IS certain kind Of common sol
about half a hlshcl az cocks pmrn,s
banging down on one sde-so thar their
narrow street one day when suddenly a
head of this kind appeared on either side
of me. Rather. startled, / stepped back
pace, when a dozen more heads shot into
sight looked behind me-, lismaycl TO
find myself surrounded By a herd Of them:
muskets-aud to ms excited fancy-paw .ng
the earth ms they came: Thought Of ali the
Wild West stories of the presence Of mind
displayed by people In .Se peril, but dis
carding one after the other ] simply hrd.
ranks | reached q point of safety in an
omen doorway where only the laughter Of
convinced me that J wasn't either trampled
into the dust y the plains or strewn on
the heII OF bdttle'
--,
inc lldH1f, It.tI III NJ. uniform or NENt
gray. sIlpri WIN S"aflet, rs y thing OF
beauty and a joy forever but quite the
rrvcrS" ls the buffalo hoaUcd italian SOL
d!er-hurryjng some whtr. In squads Ev-
tT}hGdE s"' ms 10 go lr squads hero Long
rows of priests ule rWp boy two through
the streets, lu'rraa.Ig- other flies Of
priests, EolnE elsewhere ph- city just
Farbs, red, brown, white, yellow ana black
and all looking uuruWmJuly hilarious and
well cared for They visit the palaces and
galleries ana seem guile as intent on pleas
ura as Y.tty
Yesterday I visited the Farnrai wilma
,ov.Iv oIi nalacr ouff" -rIt Gff F,G,,' -
.st of the yyorI1 bt ra,so, az ~ ,i,,.
lion az fha surrrr5r,I mo gtr..t, - .,,.,
Cf N. Ls1 ~ H.. ri,'r i,te,s -, ~
forr,ls kind ~ n t,r,,I,,, - I-fnl ~
~. ~, ~ , ,r" ,t any .,W't hrlIHnors, DhlE
,G.I a., ''-,'' WIN lI'-.' .','7 ny ft-
~ rt,,.cb! - b. ','g5 y" '," iH'I ne Myth
sri ''a 1i Hi'-slEm pictures,
N.IS 81. W HNt pl. aSlhE. me olFer
"tIl tru,,t l'',ru, IT, oH! one lirSe" hy raphael
alS.' ny +o-.rh i-'iaiatea shfFouul"l by
iyltphS anu tuptlS bolhe across the sea
IN a .9heH sheil, whign looks IA her faded
IoI lts snare ol praise because BaedPker
says KS a1I py the masters own hand"
There Is no question TO the beauty of
the Sistlne chapel decorations which have
been e9retully housed and preserved but
exposed 10 the weather in an open court
I1r couple pr nun 5rsd years more or