The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-08-07
HOME FROM EUROPE
Miss Simmons Returns From an
Extended Visit.

Miss Luella Simmons VINO recen.Ls
returned from years trip IN Eulups
has kindly given the Herald g plleA
outline of her journey ana tne Va.
ious places of interest which sne sisls,
ed during her stay. she mas 49,
gone a little more than year any
from her description OF the sanuS
across the sea her trip must nave DseA
a beautiful one.
She arrived in London after Gem,
Portable voyage and spent seyeIa w
days viewing the city, in company VIII
Miss Bardowick, daughter OF the ~ ?.
Counsel General to Sweden. Latet
she crossed the channel to the HOOK
Holland" as it is called, and there
visited The Hague and the paiace
where the peace conference was neia-
After spending some time here sne
continued her trip to Amsterdam ana
finally to Berlin, where she entereu
| the University for a special course
in German One of Miss simmons
chief reasons for taking the trip was
| to become familiar with the German
language as she would get it in Ger
many, and in company with her sister.
Miss Blanche, she spent several
months in the universities at Berlin
and Dresden. The famous art galier-
| les of Dresden were, Of course, the
chief places of interest and they mad
time to study the great masterpieces
at their leisure.
Early in March a party headed Dy
Prof. Tear, of Highland Park High
school of Chicago, made a trip thru
Italy visiting the Munich galleries. and
taking in Insbruch in Austria enroute.
| In Verona. they saw the best preserved
of all the Roman amphitheatreF ana
| in Venice, made several trips on the
| .Grande Canale," stood under the rial
| to bridge made famous in Shakes
| peare's plays, spent a short time al
| Browning's home and the Ducal pal
| ace, and made special study OF the
art of Venice as shown in st. Mark s
| and other churches in the city. The
party climbed to the top of the cam
panile, and also spent several days IN
the Academy of Art, which contains
many of the old paintings. In Boil
| logna saw the original est. Cecilia
f! and Michael Angeles "David" in the
| galleries Of Florence. At Orvieto they
| visited the Etrucian Tombs which are
| just being excavated and here they
found many remains of the old cities
end even some of the bodies which
| had recently been unearthed after be-
ing buried for centuries.
From Orvieto the party continued
| it's trip to Rome, the great center OF
| all Italy. Here they visited st. Peters
and heard the lie Miserare as it is sung
every Thursday morning. Only men
are allowed to take part in the music,
and the voices, especially the soprano
and alto, are exceptionally fine. The
party visited the Catacombs ard the
Appian way, saw the church mention'
said to have been
ed in Quo Vadis and the foot print
said to have been made by Christ when
he came to meet Peter. They spent
several hours in the palace OF thf
Caesars and the Roman Forum ano
other interesting places about the an
Gent city.
In Naples Miss Simmons had room,
from which she could see Mt. Vesuviu.
quite plainly. The party went from
Naples to Capri by boat and also made
short visit to the blue grotto an6
the ruins of Pompei.
Passing back through Rome the,
went on to Pisa and Genoa where
Columbus's monument and the Cathed
raj of Milan are to be found. The.
entered Switzerland through the ST
Gothard pass and spent several days IL
Zurick and Nuremberg, where many o
the old instruments of torture ar,
kept. Miss Simmons studied for SOM
, time in Paris and Frankfort and II
, company with class under the ia
: nous DR. Rein she visited all the note,
schools in that part of Europe.
Before returning small party o
tourists made the rhine tour" spend
ing Sunday at Bingen and visiting &c
: ethe's house enroute.
Miss Simmons sailed for Amerie
in the "Bluchar," starting fror
Bologna and arriving at New Yor
last Tuesday. She collected keepsake
and souvenirs all along her trip an
and has some remembrance from a
S most every place she visited.
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