The Delta independent., 1907-02-22

very interesting letter written by his
daughter. Mrs. George Stephan, who
with her husband. is making foreign
tour.
JAN. 26, 1907.
DEAR PAPA:
received your letter Of Jan. 4, day
later than the one you wrote on the
/ 7th. 1t got slower boat, guess.
We visited Pompeii yesterday and
found it the most interesting trip we
have taken We were four hours in
the city and then did not see it all. We
had a splendid guide who spoke good
English and who was born in Pompeii
(thc new village outside the walls of
the ancient city, We found the For
um, the Basilica. the public baths and
the amphitheatre very interesting but
the most interesting of all was the
house of Marcus Neitti. 1t is one of
the recent excavations and the statu-
ary, frescos, furniture, etc. is all left
lust as it was found. In the others.
all the things have been taken to Ma
pies and put in the museum. They
are now commencing to replace some
of the statues and bronZes with casts.
In the house of the Dancing Faun. the
original faun is in the museum, but
there is a bronze cast in the court where
it was found. They also found large
mosaic here the Battle of Alexander
I k,, h., 4
is really very fine, tho of course dam
aged in places. 1t is about Is feet long
and wide, should guess, and is com
posed of over $50. 900 stones. 1t rep
rcsents the young Alexander, Just
striking down the Persian general,
whose horse he has killed. and the Per
sian King in his chariot. is turning to
fly Alcxanders helmet has fallen off,
and his face and head are very fine.
bought about Is postals of Pompeii
and took some kodak pictures, SO when
return | think can explain the prin-
cipal houses to you so you will see them
as we did. We have two views in the
Forum. showing the temple of Jupiter.
and a picture in the Baslica. We took
our lunch from Naples and ate it in the
public seat in the small forum near the
Dorie temple. Pompeii was beautifully
situated. When one walks along the
streets and sees the multitude of shops,
and the luxurious dwellings,. and the
vast extent of it all. one realizes, as
l.F ,L,t -
it was. The public baths are very fine.
The big baths of cold water remain in
both the men and women s department,
and the stone lockers for their clothes.
Then the hot baths are shown being
equal to our Turkish baths, there being
a space between the walls and floor
which was filled with steam. Then
there was court and colonade where
they could walk about or sit and rest.
In the Casa de Vetti, the court has been
replanted, and the flowers and shrubs
are growing green and pretty. with the
fish pond in the middle. a raised colo
made all around the court with masks
and statues, and the rooms opening off
of it. 1t gives the best idea of the lux
ury Of that time.
1t is raining hard this morning 50 we
are not going out. We had intended to
spend the morning in the museum, but
1t is too bad to 90 out. We had a beau
tiful day to go to Pompeii but it has
ralncd almost ever since.
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the other day. We walked up to the
tunnel that runs thru the hill of Posilip-
po. 1t is about 4 mile long and about
10 or 30 feet high, lined with cement
and lighted by electricity There is
wide walk for foot passengers. then a
paved way for the wagon, then an
electric car line. About half wav thru
there is an elevator. or lift" as thev
call them here. entered by little door
in the side of the tunnel We went up
Tor 30 ccntimes-about 6 cents a
rock shaft. The hill is about two mr.
three times as high as the Garnet mos.
When we reached the top and stcnnod
out, the view was magnificent. The
pay OF Naples. with the white citv
curVing around 1t, the little villages at
the foot of Vcsuvius, the mo,,n,,;,
raising as blue as indigo in the back
ground, and beyond ita range of the
hpchnincS, snow covered, that look ex.
acIl llkc the range of Elk mountains
back of Paonia. There are some bc,,.
t'iul villas up on this hill, with beauti.
fu' grounds, shaded walks, fountains.
orange groves full of golden fruit,
statuary' etc. View were very fortunate
IN obtaining entrance TO one of ,bo.o
'','aS pv joining party Of Americans
VINO had permit from the ownor NJ