Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-24

ceeded in throwing into the marble a,
once strange strength ana peaco ~
sweetness. Mr.. Ezekiel himscii - iiV0s
courteous and agreeable. IL mas peen =,
great pleasure to soc him at worh an" III
social circle. -.
Another American and Virginian ar l.,s
In Rome is Mrs. Leftwich-Douse'
Is a painter. who has lived abroad some
fifteen or twenty years. Many OF heI
pictures have been sold In New hoih ~
elsewhere. Her sons have oono III,
Of the decorative work on inc nc" M
brary building, at Washihs'on y.
number OF American artists III iNO I,n -
large: these two have been fheh'ioiieu
because they are Vlrginlahs' "S wei 90
Americans.
Hon. Wayne MacVoagh Is the nrst
Ambassador" the United states mas nau
at the Court Of Italy. Up TO this time
our representative has been Simply q
minister" Mr.. MacVeagh has occupieu
during his residence here the floiilDilO
Palace one OF the most handsOihe le1,
dences in new Ludovisi quarter AMER
cans in Rome are anxious 10 kno" VIM
will be appointed TO succeed MN
The Consul-General is Mr.. Wallace >
Jones. OF Florida There IS runlol
that he viii continue 20 hold tne con
sulate. This is very generally uesrIee,
as his urbanity and courtesy as wen o9
ability, have made him very popuiar.
Just at this moment he Is represehtlhs
the United States at the sanitary COLI
gress, in Venice. g..
Among the evangelical WORKERS ~
Rome America IS represented by the
Methodist Episcopal ChuIch anu w w
Southern Baptsts. The Methodists nave
n large building on the Quirinal HILL III
which IA the church. their college, ana d
printing establishment Besides services
in Italian, they have preaching III Ens
lsh on Sunday. morning ana al.eIlloon'
Their regular force Of workers is increas-
ed Just now by the presence OF blshol
Goodsen. whose sermons and lectures on
China have attracted considerable alleh-
ton in the Engllsh-spealting colony
Very many Of your readers are person
ally acquainted with Dr. Taylor, VINO
reurcstkts Southern Baptists in Rome. ~
will soon be twenty-four years since ~
left America TO take charge OF the WORN
here. For some ten years he mas resiueu
i'm Via GiuliO Romano. a street haiheN
after a Roman artist OF some alstluC'lo"
From the street there are seventy steps
fo DIR Tavlor's front door, on the fourth
floor. but his apartment Is flooded with
sunshine almost all day long. ana the
windows look out on the square Of the
Capitol, with it's splendid equestrian
statue and noble buildings. No place ll
Rome perhaps. has more interest Tor the
archaeologist and the historian. Less
than stones throw away IS the church
in which Gibbon conceived the purpose
Of writing his Decline and Fan or the
Roman Empire" The wolves kept at
the city's expense. 10 commemorate the
wolf which sucked Romulus and Remus
are almost under our windows, and OFTEN
times i'm the night their bowling prevents
sleep and leads to meditation on the
great events of Roman history. y Tow
yards from our street door IS the spot
where Rienzl fell. slain at the hands OF
the people. whose highest interests were
his aim and ambition. The lofty tower
of the Capitol almost casts its shadow
across our apartment. and we 1.-Two next
door 10 such famous statues as the
Dying Gladiator. the Faun OF PraXiteles,
and the Capitoline Venus. But / must
desist, for TO mention everything OF in
terest near this house were well-nigh 10
write a history Of Rome. Besides his
heavy work Of correspondence and vista
ton among our little Baptist churches in
all parts Of italy, Dr. Taylor breaches
every other Sunday IN Italian az our VIA
Teatro Vale chapel, alternating with
Slgnor Paschetto. the pastor OF the
church. hope in another letter to write
fully Of our mission work.