Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-30
SALT LAKER WRITES FROM ROME
Ezra T. Stevenson Who is CrCumnavgang the Globe Tells
of the Sights and Scenes in the Eternal City
Now En- Route Home

would talk those ladies 10 death. real
American ladies, but / couldn't help IT,
/ had box OF figs along, and coaXed
them 20 eat figs while 1 talked. But
OF course, / was polite, you know, you
always taught me that, and 1 try TO be
90 ladies. When they found ] was from
Utah the interest did not lag bit, In
fact, they seemed glad from number
of questions asked, 90 learn Of Utah
and her people a long way 10 come
isn't IL 90 learn about Utah? But we
did have "a good time and parted with
regrets that time had been so short
The lovely scenery was allowed 10 take
some OF our attention. The fields and
vineyards so fertile even 10 the noun
tains. Old castles here ana there added
TO the picturesqueness OF the scene and
as We neared Rome I'm the dusk the re-
mains Of the long aQueducts suggested
what greater might be seen within the
city itself.
Today has been one OF immense
pleasure and qualification Of desires
long since conceived To really see the
wonderful ruins and view the art Of
this great city is the opportunity Of a
lifetime Armed with guide books and
a good map Of the city we started out
on sort OF a go as you please ramble,
ready for anything that we might run
across. or course ye had some OBJ
jective points In mind, but as Bro. IIOl-
brook remarked while we took a stroll
last evening. one doesn't mind getting
lost in Rome as he cannot 60 amiss, he
Is sure 90 run across something inter-
esting We first made for the Capt.
tolcum seeing en route the great
columns Of Marcus AureIius and Ira
Jan. built of great blocks Of marble
and covered with carvings ascending
spiraily iu order IN relief These were
originally suruounted with statues OF
the above named, but the popes re-
placed them with Saints
Ascending the steps toward the capl-
t0l we see on the left small bronze
statue OF Cola hi RienZO. last Of the
Roman tribunes murdered by partizans
OF the C0lonna 1900 not far from the
spot Next Is a large iron cage con-
tanning a couple of wolves In COM
memoratlon Of the wolf that nourished
EOmulus ana Remus. At the top two
large statues Ia marble of Castor and
POlluX standing by their horses. found
in the Jews quarter about the fifteenth
century The statue Of Marcus
Auiaius stands iu the center Of the
square Originally 10 stood IN the
Forum and i5 the only one out of
twenty-five that stood in the Fora and
streets of ancient Rome These. Of
course. are an very interesting. The
buildings are modern. passing which
we gain "a splendid view of the ruins OF
The Forum with LIS temples, triumphal
arches. etc. Some Of the original pill
lars still stand also the great triumphal
arch Of S-verls, wonderful IN its prescr-
Walton no the right in the background
the paatiuc hin, where are the ruins
OF imperial palaces. Farther and DE-
rectly back stands the immense Colos-
scum So often described by pen and
camera These wonderful remains are
awe inspiring In their magnitude and
as we wander through the arena which
would easily receive the Tabernacle
within its space, we picture The wicked
entertainments which took place there.
where thousands of Christians lost their
lives 20 crafty Pagan Rome
From here we went 10 the beautiful
church 81 Johns Lateran The wealth
layishCd upon its decorations has left
results that truly crafty the artistic
eye. The ceilings designed by no less
than Michael Angelo, while every pic
ture upon the walls is "a gem Of art
The gildings and statuary are equally
grand. Rome abounds In fine churches,
a number OF which we have seen today.
The museum In connection with St.