The morning times., 1896-11-09
MOSES AN ORIGINAL ELK REVIVAL IN ALL SECTIONS
Col. Ed. Hays Interesting
-. Discovery in Rome.
SKETCH OF HIS JOURNEY
Lecture at Lafayette Square Opera
House largely Attended-Story
of the Mistress OF the World From
Eneas to Leo XIII-Ancient and
Modern Art.

IL is not generally known that Col. Ed. b.
Hay-ol this city had for sometime Ia st
summer exclusive control Of the vatican
Col. Hay announced that fact last night
himself at the Lafayette Square Opera
House, where lfe-uelIvercd thoroughly
entertaining lecture on The Eternal City;
ancient and modern; its churches and
l-ruiiis.9 .----.,--
Tins was one of the many times in which
Ccl. Hay has given his services i'll the cause
of benevoicnCr, The occasion Ia st night beng
a benefit fer the charity fund of the Bency-
olent and Protective order of Elks. The
order, as is well known, is large and rep
resen;ative of the best people Of the city,
and whatever is done under it's auspices is
always sure to enlist the good feeling OF
the public. For this reason Col. Hay had
not only Il large but u very discriminating
audience.
A DISTINGUISHED AUDIENCE.
Afeature of the attendance WAS the num-
her of the Catholic clergy, prominent
| among them being Rev Dr. Richards,
president OF Georgetown College; DR..
| hooker, OF the papal legation, Father
Mackin, of st. Paurs. and others. Com
! missioner Ross was also among the we'll
Known public men VINO Went On this de-
lightful excursion with the lecturer.
1t was by far the most interesting of
the subjects Col. Hay has yet chosen
for treatment public. There We're
parts OF II which were OF high literary
merit. such as his description OF the Coils
cum as it is and particularly as it was;
his description OF st. Peters, the new
ST. Faui's, the CatacombS, and his conclu-
sion, which was a splendid rhetorical
as well AS philosophical contrast of the
passing OF the Pagan Rome and the dawn
and Development of the Christian world.
The stareoptic illuminations of Col.
Nraro tAurf i.ttlp ri,
was especially true OF the views of the
most famous places of sculpture and paint
ing in Rome. or the former Were the
Dying Gaul or Gladiator, the Apollo Bel
videre, the Capitoline Venus, Venus at
the Bath, the Croucting Venus, Discobolos,
PerseuS and the modern Venus Borgbese
pauline Bonaparte(. The views of the
interiors of the modern churches included
some of the famous paintings, such as the
tranSfigurations and of the ancient wall
paintings, the sun god preceded by AurOrII.
which he said was the iayUrite subject for
all CopyistS- in Rome
--. r GRAPHIC PICTURES.
Two of the most graphic Of the pictures,
as well as OF the description, Were the scene
of the conflict between the wild animals
in the red Coliseum with the Christian
martyrs, and the same after the conflict
with the angles of the new religion descend
iIlt- W ItttlNt ltt SoulS ol tHt iiHil lNTs.
OF the oldest relies he had presented the
Tarpeinn rock, the Flaminidn Way, the
modern Cursu, the column of Traian, the
Pantheon. and many Others too numerous
even to mention.
Col. Hay did not go to Rome without
making some discoveries more interesting
To the ElkS than any that Will he found
either along the Appian Way or in Pumpei.
one of these discoveries was the apparent
NOT historical epnnpCfinu hpfWp Wp,.n Moses
and the most honorable order of Elks.
He showed that the Moses by Michael
Angelo had marble horns, ergo, Moses was
the original Elk.
PRETTY LEGENDS.
He pointed out the exact spot on which
Marc Antony stood 10 speak the funeral
GRAFTON over Caesars corpse, and iold in
Il delightfully."- conversational way most
OF the pretty legends and short histories
of the Mistress OF the World, such as the
stealing of the Sabine women the ar
rival of EGeas, Romulu>, and Remas, Rhea
Silvia, the death OF Virginia, and in modern
times the story of Beatrice di Ccnti, how
Italian counts woo American girls, 'he c.
COmplished heggarS and a hundred little
but very interesting things that are not
to lie had in guide books or in pretcn:iouS
books of travel.
Col. Hay. OF course, described the Vatican
and the Quirinal. the antithcseS of the
government of Italy, 1t was during his
visit to tile Vatican that Count CaSsel
his ciccrone. left him in charge of the
palace of the pope. Col. Hay said that he
might have changed the map Of Europe
and of the world while lie was thus in
vested with authority, but unfortunately
there wasn't soul i'll sight vino under
stood a word he either said or could have
said under the extraordinary circumstances.