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him my study and explained that I had
| no intention to appropriate any military
| secrets. l finally satisfied him, and upon
: his leaving me 1 resumed. my work, and
at evening 1 had blocked in the fore
ground. Next morning had scarcely ar
ranged my palette and snugly settled
| down to proceed with my painting when
| espied another officer with his companion
! coming toward me. This very jealous
gentleman could not be satisfied by argu-
ment. A peremptory order to leave the
field was his reply to all my polite words.
handed him my card and gave as refer
ence Signore Visconti director of the
Vatican Museum. IF I would accompany
him 10 the fort he would telephone to the
office of the commandant of Rome" 1
marched with him about a mile through
the broiling sun without a vestige Of
shade, to another fort lying to the right Of
the road. Arrived at the ponderous en-
trance gate, l had to submit to being
blndfolded. The gate swung on its hinges,
l was led over drawbridges, through tun-
nels, landed in the barracks and was
ushered into room, apparently my cap
tors. The 'kerchief removed from my
eyes, I observed a repast consisting of a
large dish of macaroni and a loaf of dark
bread spread on table, set for two, and
a goodly number of straw-covered fiascos
filed with red wine in one corner of the
room. 1 received a polite invitation to
partake of this frugal meal, which 1 as
politely declined asked If l
was prisoner; no signore!
Would he kindly make inquiry at
the commandments Office regarding the
Permesso? At this moment he was called
10 the telephone. A large number of SOL
diers had gathered near to the windows
and entrance grinniug with joy. l heard
the ominous word "Spione' pass among
them. But very soon after, the officer
returned; coolly sat down to the table
and began swinging the macaroni In the
most approved style into his mouth, pay
ing no attention whatsoever to me. l
again asked him if he had heard from
Rome. You are free" he answered.
| ICan l go on with my work?'-I was
more anxious about that, than my free
dom. Where could 1 find spot SO ex-
| actly to my wishes as the one had Sc
lected on that forbidden ground. AT iast
I he announced that l could proceed, the
Permesso had been granted. This was
relief to me. thanked him for his trou-
Bile and begged that he would order one of
his men to carry back my traps, which he
did. 1 felt greatly exhausted and over
heated when l got back to my place, but
went on with my work l had not felt
well for several days. and with the ex-
element and heat of that morning I was
i'll for ten or twelve days, and with diff
Guilty regained my strength. AS soon as
the doctor would allow me to go out 1
drove to the grounds of my adventure and
finished my study, which required three
or four days more, but not until / got to
Naples, breathing the fresh sea afr, did 1
entirely recover.
The Bay of Naples.
1 have painted for my second panel
studies of the Bay of Naples from Capri;
Vesuvius and the peninsula of Sorrento
in the background. On the base of We
suvius lie Herculaneum and Pompen, the
one covered with a stream of black lava,
the other partly uncovered from the SEQ
riae and ashes with which ii was over
whelmed in the year 70. From these two
famous cities much of the scuiptors art
has been recovered and is now displayed
in the museum of Naples. We have TWEEN
ty of them in perfect reproductions in our
Hall Of Casts" and l think l could not
have found better and more interesting
subject for the frieze.
For the third panel l have painted stud
les of the Temples at Paestum. three IN
number. The largest and most beauti-
full is that in the center, the
so-called Temple of Neptune, probably
the most ancient specimen of Greek art.
For the middle panel and opposite the
entrance to the hall, on the west wall,
/ have painted studies of the Acropolis
and its surroundings at Athens. Greece.
In the center the ruins of the world ia
nous Parthenon; to the right the Arch of
Hadrian and the noble group Of columns
of the Temple Of the Olympian Zeus, "a
work of despotic grandeur says Artis-
totle. To the left the Theater of Diony-
SOS and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus,
the most conspicuous among the ruins
at the base of the Acropolis. and to the
extreme left the so-called prison of Soc
rates. This panel will celebrate the I'M
dying fame of Phidias and Ictinus. II
was their genius that gave to the world
the "Parthenon," the most perfect mon
ument of ancient art.
The sphinx and Pyramids.
The fifth panel will represent the great
Sphinx ard Pyramids Of Gizeh. Egypt
is not alone the cradle of art, but OF
civilization itself, and no better subject
can be found to represent ancient Egyp-
tian art
1t is difficult to treat this subject on
a panel Of the proportions as those in
the frieze on account Of the great length
compared with it's hight, and express the
hight Of the Pyramids. The largest OF
these Pyramids. 1t will be remembered
measures 76S feet at the base and was
originally 4S2 feet high. AS It stands to-
day these measurements are somewhat
less. the outer layers OF stones having
been carried off and utilized in building
the Citadel Of Cairo and other buildings.
This stupendous structure covers an
area of nearly thirteen acres. According
TO Herodotus there were about 10000
men employed annually for three months
In constructing the Great Pyramid Of
Keeps. They first made the road for
the transport OF the stone from the Nile
to the Libyan mountains, for the length
of the road amounts to five stadia 0O17
yards). it's breadth Is ten fatoms go