The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-17
BACK TO HIS DUTIES
REV. CHARLES ii. STR0NG's
HEALTH GREATLY RESTORED.
HIS THREE MONTHS ABROAD.
GAVE HIM OPPORTUNITY FOR
STUDIES OF THE ARCHAIC.

Mt. Strong Returned Last Night by
the City of Augusta-Left Mrs.
strong and Her Aunt, Mrs. Rogers,
i'm Rome, Where They VIII Re-
mnin for About Two Months-Mrs.
Rogers Illness Caused the Party
to Give over Their Projected Trip
to Greece and the Holy Land
weather, Too, Was Miserabie-Mr
Strong Suffered with His Eyes
While Abroad-win Deliver Lee
lures on His Travels.
Rev. Charles Fl. Strong, rector of St.
Johns Church. arrived last night
aboard the steamship City of Augusta,
after having spent three months
abroad. Though Mr.. Strong's health
was not good prior to his departure
from Savannah and though he suffered
greatly with his eyes while abroad, he
returns much restored, and will at
once resume the discharge of his par
ochial duties. which, during his alb
sence, have been performed by Rev.
DR.. A. c. Bunn of Brooklyn, N. Y.
When Rev. and Mrs. Strong left Sa-
vannah last November it was their
purpose to remain abroad five or six
months, and their trip, as outlined.
embraced a journey through Greece
and the Holy Land At Rome. however.
Mrs. P. V. Rogers of Utica, N Y, an
aunt of Mrs. Strong, who was travel
ing with them, became i'll. The pro-
Jected trip to Greece and the HOLY
Land, therefore, was abandoned, Mr..
Strong returning to America and Mrs.
Strong remaining in Rome with her
aunt, where they win probably be for
two months
Gibraltar, Algiers, Sicily, Pompeii,
Naples and Rome were points of the
itinerary. The longest stay was made
at Rome, but the weather there, Mr..
strong said, was cold and raw, with
excessive rains, rendering it very dis
agreeable for any other than Romans.
Scant comfort was to be secured. and
1t was but slight wonder that tourists
feli Ill, as visits to cathedrals, old
places, crypts and catacombs, damn.
cold work at its best were rendered
especially trying because of the
weather
While in Rome Mr.. Strong was un-
der the care of an oculigt. his ewes
having suffered from excessive use.
During the days at Rome he was ac-
customed to go sightseeing, remaining
long in the gloomy cathedraIs and cat
acombs. AT night he would read, pre-
pairing himself for those interesting
personal studies that he made the fol-
lowing day. He underwent an opera
ton, which aided his sight and he now
suffers little inconvenience in compari-
son with the period of his greatest
trouble with his eyes. On his return
to New York he called on the oculist
whom he has had advise him,
and received assurance that his ewes
had greatly improved. Save to demand
the use of glasses. they have returned
to their normal condition.
Systematic studies of all the wonders
of the places he visited were prosecu-
ted by Mr.. Strong, who kept careful
notes and preserved his impressions.
He will probably deliver lectures upon
his travels. The catacombs We're visit
ed often by him, and they will be made
the subject of a lecture.
Don't ever tell me anything about
Nero's Golden House, said Mr.. Strong,
whose impressions of that place were
not confirmed by the visit he paid it.
1t is underground, and the eoldest,
most cheerless and altogether unat-
tractiVe place | was ever in.'
While abroad Mr. Strong wrote the
Morning News several interesting let
ters, descriptive of the places he Wis
tied. Among these were letters on AL
giers, Naples and Pompei. All We're
read with great interest, not only by
those personally interested in Mr.
Strong, but by those to whom the
charm of his writing and the enter
tanning subjects he chose appealed.