Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-27

narrow, and the tall stone houses ex-
tend out over them. There are many
balconies, and rs there are few back
yards, the family washing is generally
hung out from them over the streets.
1t flaps to and fro in the breeze as one
walks through the city, and now and
then the pearly drops from n newly
washed shirt or pair of unmentionables
drop on ones hat or down the back
of his neck as he goes through
From the harbor the view of tho
city is beautiful Great walls, which
look like forts, rise up from the
water, and back of these the houses
mount the hills in terraces. Many of
the buildings are painted in bright
colors. and under the glorious sun of
the Mediterranean they shine out re-
splendent. The city has some fine
structures. 1t has an opera house,
in which Patti sang the first time she
came to Malta. 1t was when she was
still a girl and the price she received
was SOS.
Another building of note is the
Church of st, John, containing the
tombs Of the grand masters Of the
knights of Malta. This church II
one of the most remarkable in Europe,
and II is revered by the knights
throughout the world, 1t Is now over
900 years old, but 1t is still in excel
ously decorated. 1t has an altar mag
nlficentlv carved, and fairly loaded
with gold and silver. The railing in
front of it is made of virgin silver,
and beneath it are kept the keys of
Jerusalem, Acre and Rhodes. Sons
of the paintings in the church were
brought from Rhodes. and 1t has
tapestries made In Brussels at a cost
OF $4,000.
You have heard of the Cappucini
cemetery in Rome. the ohapels OF
which are walled with the bones OF
dead monks ! visited similar one
q few weeks ago during a trip t.
Palermo. the capital of Sicily, and l
find here at Malta another evidence
of the grcwsome taste of the pious
fathers of the past. | refer TO
church here known as the Church OF
the Monks, In which the bodies of the
deceased are put away unburled. Their
skeletons are wrapped in the cloalSs
which they wore in life, and thoy will.
j suppose. he thus clad until the day
of judgment. The place Is hideous
one, and visit to it sometinse af-
fccts people seriously. Not long ago
a smart young fellow went through
with his sweetheart. He thought he
would have a joke upon her, and
when her back was turned he slyly
pinned her skirt TO one of the cloalSs,
AS she started to go the skeleton was
pulled forward, and it fell upon her.
The girl was terribly frightened; and
1t is said that the shock destroyed her
reason.
PRETTY MALTESE MAIDENS.
like the Maltese girls. They have
large, soulful eyes, beautiful features
and compilations the color of the dark
moss rose. They wear great black
hoods over their heads with long black
cloaks hanging to Them so that the
most of the person is hidden and lit
tie more than the face and eyes shows
out. This part of their costume is
called the omnella. 1t is usually made
of black silk; and the hood is bound
at the front over a thin piece OF
whalebone. which is drawn over the
head, forming an arch. The left arm
Is usually covered by one part of this
dress, and the right is used for hold
ing down the other side and bringing
the two together.
In most respects the Maltese Of the
better classes dress much like the peo-
pie of Europe and 1t Is only the peas
ants who have costumes at all out of
the way. The peasant women wear
hoods Their dresses are Of strip
ed native cotton, and they seldom
have shoes. The men wear short