The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-06-17

| LIS uOStnA OIL tine lIuildCulHIe lSUHCep'
| ton. This Piazza is the center of the
English quarter of Rome. At one enc
Is the Geologic di Propaganda Eide
| founded in 1862 by Pope Gregory XIV
Hundreds of young priests are to be
| seen here (among them / noticed many
blacks from America), learning the Ian
guages of the many nations to which
they are to go as missionaries. How
many faithful young priests have
| turned their eyes upon this delightful
retreat as they have journeyed forth to
distant lands to torture and glorious
death for the sake of the cross. In
front of the college is stand for omni-
buses, which run every ten minutes to
st. Peters, passing Castle Angelo. We
frequently went thither by omnibus,
and by fiacre or cab, but preferred go
ing on foot, for I could then stroll leis-
urely and take plenty of time and enter
many interesting places where car
riages could not penetrate. Let us then
start forth on foot towards the great
basilica; we will cross the Piazza di
Spagua and walk along the Via Con-
dotti this is a very long street lined
with an innumerable array Of shops of
jewellers, sellers Of Mosaics, photo
graphs, antiquities, bellum book-bind-
ings and curios. There Is an aqueduct
beneath the Via Condotti which con-
ducts water from a great distance TO
the Fountain of Trevi. After walking
down the street a few minutes turn
right about and look back towards the
Piazza and the sight of the ship foun-
tain, the white marble steps with the
obelisk above, and higher still the
church of ST. Trinita de Mont, with its
Italian ilexes, make a delightful pic
ture, and Rome is famous for many
such pretty, refreshing surprises.
Another thing to be noticed in Rome
there are over a dozen Egyptian ODE
lisks in different parts of the city, and
they are placed in such conspicuous po-
sitions as to be discerned at the termi-
nations of long streets, and some like
the obelisk in the Piazza del Popolo, can
be seen at the same time from four or
five streets. These Egyptian mono
liths seem to bring the antiquity Of
that mysterious land right into the city
of Rome itself; in fact ancient Egypt
seems to lend part of its own hoary in
fluence to the things of Rome, for COM
pared to the ancient civilization OF the
city on the Nile, Rome is a mere infant
of days. I often stopped before those
obelisks and thought of the countless
millions of human beings who had be-
held them. Some of them have stood two
thousand years in Rome and they have
witnessed the vicissitudes of Egyptian
history for four thousand years (per-
haps much longer) previous to our era.
The Pyramids, Sphinx and these
Egyptian obelisks which are now stand
ing In Rome were white with age long
before the Alban shepherd lads fol-
lowed their flocks over the green hills
which were afterwards occupied by the
city of Romulus. A very short walk
brings us to the Corso, a narrow street,
but the finest in the city. 1t is a most
and historic thoroughfare.
the via Flaminia of the an
Gent city. through which Roman
drove their gilded ehariots far
away to the capitol. TO have seen
this street when it was spanned by its
arches Gthe arches of Clau-
dius, Marcus Aurelius, Domitian and
Gordian,) must have been a glorious
sight. Every trace of these noble
arches has disappeared. they exist only
as things OF history. But this is not
the place or the time to describe the
Corso let us press on towards Saint
Peters church. Soon after passing the
Corso, we come to an imposing edifice,
It's magnificent facade and immense
extent at once command our attention
and wonder. This palace, for such 1t
is the Borghese palace which
was erected over 300 years ago. The |
Borghese lived here in state equal to
hat of kings, their style Of life was
ruly regal Pope Paul V. Camille |
reigned from 1905 to 1921, and |
his wealthy family attained to very |
great wealth and influence. Don Paolo, !
he present prince, inherited a fortune |
which yieldedsover $4,000 year, and |
lutte recently has been totally ruined,
Ind all his ancestral property has pass
ID from his hands. In reference to
his great loss due to speculation In |
and building, Pasquin,i who seems TO
till live in Rome, eXclainls, "Paolo con-
ruxit, Paolo destruxitn The magni-
icent art treasures of the old Borghese
amily, even the splendid portrait of |
cesar Borgia by Raphael, have been
rought to the hammer. The Borghese
we're the most powerful and wealthiest
amily in Rome. AS long ago as 1912
'ardinal Scipio Borghese received from
he benefices of the church an annual
ncome of 100000 Scudi. The different
lembers of this family had received as
resents up to 1920 from the Pope Paul
:. temporal Offices, villas, magnificent
ewels, furniture, carriages and hard
ash. as we in our prosaic day term
, amounting to millions, They owned
yer eighty-five estates in the Cam
aqua, their wealth in other respects
ras incredible and their influence was
,ithout limit
The Borghese villa Just outside the ;
orta del Popolo, was owned by this
anne family a magnificent palace with ]
cry extensive grounds. Here is to be {
zen room after room filed with most ,
frescoes, mosaics, marbles, ]
ronzes, tapestries, and the rarest OBJ I
,cts of ancient art; to give any idea {
, the magnificence Of the contents Of 1t
lis palace is beyond my powers Of q
ascription. These are all in the hands 4
; Prince Borghese's creditors. 1t is f
sad sight to witness the decline of 7
lch grand old family, to see'it sink
to obscurity, having lost all which it
ld accumulated for centuries. AS :