The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22

N 1,nst the Museum, into tho regi Ion OF ftne
"a Forum ana Ct the Bisilica. This part Of
\ the city WIS eXcavnted perllnps thirty, OF
a forty years ago. IN thls vicinity ts tl1c
7 main Forum or public gathering place,
/, .with thu tribunals clustered inrot,nd w.
\ ,rhe Forum wis I'm ancient times sur
4 rounded With nn8arcndc Of fire mn rclc
4 nIllnrs and cnbelllshed 9wit til b hnrldsoinc
i stntuos but only fragmc Its 5o 81 these re-
\ mnin now, MI tho best ~ WIN ~ beer
4 transferred TO tho museunli sAtsT 10 pies lies.
a Near tho Forum stood tho .13a silic q
large court adorned with nrcades 81 Z, n1n r
i Bio columns In which was III cnt cdf9tho
a trlbunals Of tho judges OF the city Scat
4 tered here untl there throughout tho city
4 may be seen the foundations or nriouls
\ heather temples, suoh rs tho Temple OF
Mercury, the Temple Of Apollo, the Ten-
1 Bio OF Augustus tho Tolnple OF Fortune.
and others. ~ Ss u ss5S 55fiB5 ss
The Two Theatres. NJ
lSsS On a slope toward the sput bern section
Of the city stand St1e rstna lns Of two
theutcrs the some a tho Great Thent CT, 4
with 10 seating capacity OIL 900; nm the
other, few yards distant tho as Small
IThenter,'' 4. which sg would M accomlno nte
1900 spectators. The thcntcrs are both
built upon the natural slope Of the hi,
according to the ancient Greek custom ls 2 n,
8, In m lin stone
: - ~ chea ~ the
Su ~ ryod serc md there
z tos va : ,r,,sen walls, which
formed part Of the stage. Now tufts
of &grass@nre springing up NIL & yer tn
ruins and green lizards dart Inland out
among them.) 8 Immediately & behind rs
.s1i M !. - - 81, fo,r@ sides.
a., ~ 49,, ~. ~ t;as rl1ia tors
-, 20 a. q tnia vhic
ur.u =, .nes Lass nreaeryod,
= 4 - a,Innosed
- 80 q elntlhtors who
4i,ar., ttev ,xero ni,nr tered
-. -, trt 9 ~ Ana non,,n ca
- =. ~ a., pnInneii "a
- y 1,,,t soma Z ~ In Il, nil,cll
=, than others,
-. :, yn rvf.l - tho
MA - "a m t,,ra lly collansed
o ~ an -, u,e,rht Of u shes and
Ny, IT,, ain y, pom nell.
clliueis !, ~, ~ hnIvcver r,ro-
$500 ~ = = !. ,H,il soma houses appear
~, ~ ,,,h nsrfact excent little damage
,.,,sni Nv the coilnp ne root. 81 g{
go Ani....s. . :. ,.r,,,i + :, !, !, =,
A1t1uenCe anu L L-'y1"s!lsl
The interior wall decorations ire. IN
many instances. In an excellent cond ton.
Some Of the houses give every indication
Of afiluence md luxury on the part o.
Their owners, In their elaborate wall
paintings and frescoes' II is simply won W. d
derful how we'll preserved many OF the
interior decora tons are nnd the Scolor IS
with tho familiar Fompelian req prevail stlli.
ing. look as fresh and bright as II Stl,,ey
had been put on only last year. SO 81
pcrior arc tho pigments and 80 Il s E'kil
tho workmanship . It hardly seems posi-
bic that such work could have been done
over eighteen centuries ago 8and {$5 be
withnl so fresh and brilliant 70 ga
Not a few OF the wall decorations and
fine mosnics have been removed to the
museum for safe presorva ton, 81 For such
fine wall paintings would necessa rllys lose
ItheirEpristine lustre In few years Wheh
exposed TO tho action OF the! elements
in a roofless house. as the Pompelian
house to-day stu many q tn mes
liz mle roof AVER
t,,ts \" - ror their artistic
I, - - t,,oI. frash
..so :, i, !,
'lin ,,,,,, az, va,,
IN, ny .wsa4o -, ia. aro nnfroncinelv
WIN . !, I
Deautliu, po1n ~ ~ ~ - ,,non
lou WI. " a.i - Ia, = "a =
mem wltn lns,eas,..s ~ oo,,,o
i,ect tna ~, a. = "a
DOWN .hrougn. 30 a.,a az ~, H. cots ~
SUI ~ puriune tr,,ts ona IN Hl,n,crs
artstlc u'a -
ltlnuscupes ny =, -
Portrhyed ~ e n4u ~ '1rn ~
coiorihs. NinS ~ nv ass a',s liz, nn,,
nl,u ny
sunl.e ssh !, g .n1 i, ,hnao y.
Neeaiess ~ Ivy ho .o' - - t,o
MOSQUES nave pee. a.s''st tha, ~, t,e
Snp,es i' ~ s n,to ! o mon 10
rom ~ lg
OF ne = ~ y ossi
see ~, 80
houses any =
still exposed 20 theI Wen Inc l.s goya
ernlnent guhrus' s.ul.ons nofo =, ,mT,o
,nrougnout tne .'a :. nv nv ~
lnp1led Eolty. pleys -! 1'' u'''S
grant aols o9 'uhun a.,
House OF Tragic Poet.
Among tho most beautiful houses may
Id mentioned tho house of tho Tragic
Poet, 80 called because in 1t was found
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