Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
In Sunny Italy.

QUIsIsANA, CAPRI, Aug. /, 1901.
My Dear FrieaadS-I sit on a tiny
balcony in the L of the hotel which
overlooks the garden. At my right
almost within stones throw of the
Mediterranean, as blue as it ought to
be. On the tip top of the hill in front
is building painted white that looks
like an observatory. The upper half
of the hill is bare except for q few
shrubs. The lower half ia in terraces
and has grape vines, olive groves and
lemon trees with an occasional fat
topped white or pink house. It would
be terribly warm if it were not for the
delightfully."- cool breeze from the sea.
| could stay on this island the rest of
my days-particularly when think of
that miserable boat that is to take
US back. We came over in big sail
boat for freight. The steamer had
just gone and we did't want to wait for
the next one at 7:30. There was quite
wind which made the boat skim along
and rock. Twenty out of the twenty
nine of us were dreadfully sea sick.
To-day most of US feel frail after the
experience but suppose 1t was good
for us. Augustus used to like this
place and Tiberius built twelve villas
in different parts of the island. The
climate is perfect.
Our week in Rome was full and in
teresting. Two or three days were
very hard to bear because of the heat.
The thermometer was only S5 in the
hotel but exercising as we did every
morning out doors was warmer work
than we've had; but rain came and
the weather changed in time for our
long railroad journey from Rome to
Pompeii Friday. Monday we had q
very interesting day visiting churches,
comparing the mosaics in the various
centuries. Some of the most beautiful
I've ever seen were IN the church of
San Lorenzo outside of the walls. A
chapel has been fitted out as the tomb
of Plus TX. His tomb is very simple
as he requested, but they have put all
the splendor they could in the walls
and floors and ceilings. They are in
beautiful rich colors. The room salts
fes ones color sense as much as the
stained glass in Saint Chapelle, Paris.
Tuesday morning we went to the Vati-
can, visiting the Stanzi and Loggia
but spending most of the time with
Michael Angelo in the Sistine Chapel.
We stopped on the way home at a
church where Raphael has fresco of
Sibyls. Raphael paints beautiful wom-
en- but they can hardly claim to be
Sibyls. Tuesday afternoon we drove
to st. Petero and saw Michael Angeles
Pieta and the Forli Angels in the Sa-
cristy. Then we drove way up on that
side of the Tibes to the top of the hill
opposite the Pincian hill. 1t is called
Passoggiata Margharita after the
Queen. The road winds up past lovely
parks and green grass to a magnificent
statue of Garibaldi, put up in 1895. It
looms up above everything. Garibal-
di sits on his horse with his head
turned toward St. Peters and the Vati-
can. We got out in front of church
S. Pietro in Montoria to look over the
wall at that place. The Tiber was be-
low US with its high embankments, St.
Peters at the left and the domes ofthe
various churches before us. At the
right we could see the expresses in
the Protestant Cemetery and St. Panl's
without the walls. As we started
down We met procession with Naples
banners and a band. They had q
huge wreath that they were carrying up
to put on the Garibaldi statue. There
is Garibaldi club with a peculiar uni
form the most striking feature Of 1t i
being a scarlet blouse. One morning |