The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-20

Mingle as the Ship Sails into
Harbor
Great Tour Of the Mediterranean
Ends and Marion Members Of the
Party are all Safe and Sound
On board r. M. S. "Oceanic"
April 16, 1907.

April 16, 1907.
Dear Mirror:- After two weeks
in delightful Cairo, we went back
to Alexandria and went or board
the dear old Arabic Our ship home
again. We were all together once
more some having come from a
IL days stay in Palestine, others
from trips up the Nile and the
rest Of Us from the various hotels
iii Cairo. 1t was like family
reunion, and questions went fly
ing back and forth like rockets.
.sDid you have good weather in
Jertisalemf' "Did you enjoy the
horse back trip through Galileef'
...What day did you 60 to the
Pyrahnidss', "Were you at the ball
at Shepheard q'' Wasn't It great
shopping in the Mouskif" And
every interview ended with "What
did you buy, and how much dit
you pay fer itf" For we have lost
oil the good breeding we ever had
hi such matters, and next to the
pleasure Of looking over each 9TH
er's purchases, is the satisfaction
tS knowing that we made the bet
ter bargain!
After three days sail we arriv-
ed ct Naples one sunny morning
soput ten clock The beautiful
bly, looked delightfully."- familiar,
the blue waters dotted with is
lands, the white city curving around
the bay like . horseshoe, and frown
ing over al, ask old vesuvius
with i.s long stresrner Of smoke
spreading out over the bay. The
great eruption Of last year chang
ed the shape of the cone entirely,
500 feet Of the sharp point hav-
ing been blown off and leaving
the top of the volcano a round,
dome in shape.
The same merchants with their
wares of ccral, shell, canoes etc..
crowded our decks that we saw last
year and the same boats filled
with singers swarmed around the
Arabic while the tinkle Of mando-
lin and guitar accompanied the
lovely Italian songs "Santa Lu-
Ella" and "Laddio bella Napoli. ("
We went ashore In the great
tender and drove first to the Mus
eaIns then to the Aquarium( one
Of the finest in the world) and
afterward to the "Galleria Victor
Immanuel', an immense GLASGOW
cred arcade filled with shops, with
such . bewildering array Of beau
tiful things, that everybody bought,
and some of us almost completed
the financial ruin that had been
staring US in the face since leav-
ing the fascinating bazaars in
Cairo.
We lett Tor Rome at II O'Clock
and had a splendid ride of five
hculs through old Italian towns
past villas and ancient castles
through lovely vineyards and gar
dens, and when late in the after
noon, we passed the noble ruin.
bf the ancient acqueducts and soor
after an enormous gray bubbl,
] lifted itself above the mists q
. distant city, we knew that W.
were approaching the "Eterna
City" and that our eyes had ono,
more looked upon that eighth won
der of the world--St. Peters
Rome is rapidly becoming th,
most attractive city in Europe pe-t,
, tourists. With its magnificent ruin,
which speak Of the wonderful pas
when Rome ruled the world, it il
5 CT supreme interest to the student
u u the mecca of large part o.
the Christian world. 1t is tn,
shrine Of all students of art ant
architecture. While to the travele
who is not especially interested i,
any Of these things, 1t Is still at
tIactive with its mild winter eli
mate, its beautiful drives and, it
superb hotels. 1t Is clean. wei
paved beautiful city and coul,
but envy the friend whom me
s At the Hotel Quirinal, who ha.
spent the winter there, ''havin,
the time of her lifer as she ex
pressed n. 1t was our great goo,
fortune to spend Easter SUNDAY
in Rome and joining the multitude
we entered one of the thousands o
cabs, oil heading one way, towar'