Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-09-13
By S. V. LEIGH. d. d


the Hours on the Great Bell.
BY S. V. LEIGH. d. ID.
When an American arrives at We
nice, gets washed, and enjoys good
dinner he calls for gondola; and he
tells the gondolier To take him TO the
Piazza San Marco, which is the most
beautiful open square in Europe. 1t
is the rendezvous of Venetian society
and foreign tourists. Facing it are
st. Marks Cathedral, the great
Campanile, the Mint, the Ducal Pal
ace, the old Palace of the Procura-
tors, the new Royal Palace aud the
Bell Tower of st. Mark. The four
sides are lined with long colonnades
Of marble; and under these areades
thousands of people look into the win
dows of numerous souvenir stores, or
the stores where the famous Venetian
glass companies and sculpture compa-
MES, and furniture companies, sell
their costly art works TO foreigners.
And under these arcades hundreds of
women and men sit and drink wine,
DGtIs lOlltt vi iClbOuuQ6 dAd tdtti
ice cream, called .glaee. Pigeons,
by the hundred, eat wheat and corn
in the open space; and at 2 o'clock
each day they come in great bodies for
the meal furnished, for seven centur-
les, daily, by the municipal govern
ment. The beautiful stores are full
of souvenirs for tourists to bring back
for friends at home
The magnificent Gampanile Is 35S f..
high. Napoleon once went to its top
on horseback, so the Venetians say.
But l gravely doubt whether he ever
rode up those winding stairs on war
horse or seated in saddle. David
wrote Il said in my haste all men are
liars" If he lived now in Venice he
could substitute for the word haste
the word ''leisure. y
The famous Clock Tower contains
the most wonderful clock in Italy. 1t
is so constructed that great image
of the Virgin Mary appears on a
throne located on platform
between two doors. The right hand
door opens. Az angel steps out, blows
trumpet, bows to Mary and passes
through the other door. Then come
"The Three Wise Men" Moorish
kings, one of them being as black as
ever was oid blshop Wayihah, ihey
DOW ana pass on. Ineh tue uoofs
close. Two glahos, WIN sie',ee iiail :
ihers' slrlke ohe hoais ol ole eiano
bell.
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historic spot. everywhere mere, ana
dii over venice, are caisea iiol nea IL
ana Mons representing the Lioh Vi
o. Marh' Az Ohis piazza 'iiahy
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occasion ol MS marriage ehifey ohou
saho guests lor leu aays-so lhe
Veheeiah Annals say. 1hin6 the
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lie. AROUND 1hls Square each newly
elecueu poee was oofhe III s1ale III
royal cnair' WINE ne scattered goia
coin among Tue people. mere, III the
Vestlpule OF Inc Cathedfal IS star
showing where Tue great emperor
freuerick barpdrosd laid MS ihpefldi
neau "neh ene rope put MS sacred
loou on Ihe Mig neck, sympoilzlhg
tne supremacy oi e1e fohliiis over All
CIVIC rulers. Inc ropes nave ABOUT
enaeu tnat KIM OF sympoilshi, al
thougn Inc consciousness OF this TACT
occasions lamehtabioh among tnese
holy personages.
Inc Doee's falace IS magnincent
marble edlnce, enclosed by Two stories
OF coionnades. Here are the s.Golden
stars trodaen, 10 the middle ages,
only Dy the Ieet OF the nobility. In
Inc '.Golden Room was The "Golden
BOOK 10 wnich, with their own hands
tney recorded oirtns, marriages and
deaths among the venetian aristocra-
cy. Inc urand han OF Council"