La Junta tribune., 1908-08-08


Gus. energetic people. with noble
and fellow instincts. lovers Of home.
devoted to their families. courteous
and polite. They are all artistic.
They are musicians. have fine tastes.
love the beautiful. and have furnish
ed the world with its great musici-
ans. sculptors. painters and archi-
tects. | hope the word ''dago''
may never be applied to them in
America. for when they become ac-
quainted with our ways. they adort
them and become loyal Americans
and good citizens. The Italians are
a great people. We have much to
learn of them. So many have come
to our country that find friends of
America everywhere. Ii is their
highest ambition to come to Ameri-
ca. They point to Americans with
pleasure and pride and give US a
smile and a cheerful greeting. Ii is
true they beg. but il is also true
they want to do something for you
to earn some money. Often a child
will run for a hundred yards along
VITA ou. carriage to sell us a SOU
venir card or lemon or a handful of
fruit for one cent.
| visited the Sistine Chapel in the
Vatican, made noted by the work of
Michael Angelo, who painted some
of his greatest paintings upon the
ceiling and walls of this world cele-
brated chapel. The chapel is a
large. high room. AT the farther
end is the Judgment Day" repre-
senting Christ sitting in judgment
with his mother by his side On one
side the righteous are coming from
their graves. are blessed by the
saints and angels and ascend into
heaven, while on the right. the wick
ed are coming forth in tumult.
crossing the river in Charron's boat
going to pe-dition. The ceiling
represents scenes from the Bible.
commencing with Adam and setting
forth some of the most familiar
epochs of Bible history. The work
is wonderful work of a great
artist. 1t needs but little education
in art to appreciate the work of a
master. Michael Angelo was not
really a painter. but a sculptor. but
ne excelled as sculptor first. then
as an architect. for he designed st.
Peters and some of the greatest
works of architecture in Rome. and
lastly a painter. to which proud emi-
ence the Sistine Chapel is high testi-
mOny. saw his Moses. an i'm
mense marble statue. representing
the great Israelite leader and law
giver sitting erect in the act of ris-
ing. his countenance stern and his
eye commanding. saw his David
today, a giant statue of a strong.
muscular youth. with his sling over
his shoulder, statue like a living
being, though only lifeless marble.
Michael Angeles. "Pieta. is ten
der statue Of the mother of Christ
holding His dead body across her
lap. mothers grief and tenderness
in her face and being of sublime
figure and mien the object Of her
grief and pity. | saw also in a
church is risen Christ. a life-like
picture of the Holy One. You have
probably seen copies of all of these.
as they are numerous. still it is
worth great effort and sacrifice to
see them as they were conceived and
executed by the great artist.
There are 50 many beautiful and
wonderful and interesting things to
see that one in so brief a trip can
see but very few of them. When |
return you will ask me Did you see
this?" Did you see that?" will
have to answer. mol" to almost all
of them. Why it would take a year
to see few Of what one wants to
see and many years to see and study
them.