Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-07-11

even the ceilings and windows
were completely covered with pic
lures representing different pas
sages OF scripture. There were
about one dozen confessions i'm the
place, at, or rather in each one OF
these was priest, and on the out
side sat victim speaking into
something that looked like fun
mel. From the expression on the
priests face | Judge that the indi-
vidual on the outside was not tel
ling him any funny stories. All
OF these boxes were busy, so we
come to the conclusion that Naples
must be q very wicked place if
these We're confessing their sins.
We visited church called the
New Jesus church, and the cathe-
dral which are not so beautiful as
st. Glare, but was run on the
same principle. l forgot to men
tion one thing that struck us quite
forclbiy in connection with st.
Glare, in the back OF the church
there is q large glass door through
which you can look into another
building which is used for a min
istry. We were permitted to look
The people in Naples are nice
looking class, but the most of
them are poor, but the better class
dress we'll, and are good looking,
especially the females; better
judge of beauty than myself might
call them bashful. We were in
buildings that were built early in
the l4th century, and they were
curious places. There is very Lit
tie English spoken in Naples. 1t
is at Naples that you see the Great
Versuvious, the greatest volcano
in the world, and we thought it
we'll worth seeing. In the dark
you can see the red fame or smoke,
in daylight there is always cloud
of smoke. The volcano lies back
from the city. Seven or eight
miles behind this volcano lies .he
RUNS OF Pompii. This is one of
the greatests sights in the world,
but we we're doomed not to get te
see it as it rained until IL n. M
This did not make much. difference
about getting around the city, but
as we would have to go by carriage
to Pompii it would have been bad,
SO we did not go.
In Ancient Naples the streets
are very narrow, and are usually
in bad repair, filthy and dirty.
The poor people are very poor.
The women that keep the doors at
the churches seem to be of the
worst type. When l ge.ve one OF
them small piece of silver they
took my hand and tried to kiss it.
l objected to such procedure. j
was tlmid, and not used to such
things, but after t'ais | found this
to be n common occurrence. They
get down on their knees as you
are passing. Our guide told us
in broken English that Naples is
made poor by churches. This
seems quite plausible, because
there is a church on every corner
but | noticed that there was one
class of the population that seemed
to be we'll fed, these we're the
priests. From what ] co Md see ans
learn, / come to the conclusion
that Naples was priest ridden. In
this monastery that / have spoken
of we could hear some ono wailing,
perhaps some poor soul that had
entered and repented-perhaps
some poor victim put there by
force-perhaps this was on the
bills and had to be played that
way, and all | can say is perhaps
some one was really waiting.
In the morning as soon as ii
was daylinht ourboatwas surround.
ed with people in small boats
Some had their wares to sell, others
were full of musical instruments
and singers. the majority of which
we're ladies. The singing wat
very nice but of course we coulc
not understand the language, bu'
could not help but appreciate Their
music. They have beautiful flow
ers, but we did not care much fol
their fruit-perhars this is not the
| fruit season. We boupht q few