Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-25

one. Saw San Angelo castle or tomb of Hadrian. and the old stone bridge connecting it with the Vatican. Over this tue Pope escaped to the castle in times of peril Sunday afternoon We went to Mamertine Prison. where Peter and Paul are supposed to have been confined; it is said Paul wrote most of the epistles here, specially Philippians and Timothy. There is a dungeon, yerk dark. damp place, new meaning after seeing such a it makes the Epistle of Joy have d place.
 We then went down into the For nm and walked for two hours among the ruins and enjoyed it so much without a guide or anyone to tell us to hurry on In the Temple of Vestal Virgins were parts of fifteen statues of maidens. some almost per feet. Pieces of beautifully carved marble were scattered everywhere. Saw the Three Graces carved on a frieze. We stood on the remnants of the Rostra. or orators platform, and talked of Mark Anthony, Rienzi, etc. We had been hauled around by guides so much the quiet time was unusually enjoyable. Going back to the hotel we went over Capitoline Hill l believe all Rome was out walking or driving never saw larger crowds in New York city. but such a happy. jolly croWd-the young man and his sweetheart together the father. mother and children. laugh- ing and chattering. We could bard ly cross the streets for the carriages :: they are very cheap in Italy and sure ly are we'll patronized.
 We left early Monday morning for the return to Naples. The train stopped at Pompeii for three or four hours. and we walked and walked through ruins of homes, temples. etc l could not realize that l was in the ruined city of @ A. D. It was very interesting. though most of the stat nes and frcscOes had been taken tC ] the Naples museum. where we saw ]. them the next day. Went in the house of the Tragic Poet" supposed , {r, ill the last days of Polnpei: a very | spacious home it had been. the atri- tain in center, runs all around this but there were two peristyles, open courts or gardens, with columns all around that were very handsome. On the vestibule was the mosaic of d dog, with the inscription Beware of the Dog"
 l In the house of Vatic we saw beau | tiful frescoes on the wall, faded some by time. but wonderful when we con- sidered how long it had been since ] they were painted. The friezt
 
 around the dining room is very strik- ing, with the Pompeain red much il evidence. In this peristyle were stat. ues and two columns, one with mems heads on them, and one two-face1 person.
 ] We went in wine shops galore, one right near the ruins of the tragic theater, so ii seems that the customs and morals are the same today as then. There were very large wine jars ill these shops.
 We went to bakeries, where were the stone walls for grinding the wheat, the large stone trays for mak <, ing the bread and the brick ovens fol ! baking it. We saw some of the 1 bread found here, also cake, ill tht museum. We saw the gladiator! barracks: siXty-two of these were found in the ruins, two in chains The tragic theater had seats of mar i ble, out ill the open. The comic the ater had seats of lava
 Next day, in Naples, we went to tn, finest museum in the world. Man, statues, mosaics and paintings wer, from POmpeii; the statues were greer from the smoke and ashes. Ther, were also many statues from Her culaneum, black from the lava. Tn, cities were destroyed one by ashe, and pumice stone, the other by lava
 In the museum were also fine stat ues from Rome, the Farnese Bull the Hercules, Venus Vectrix, etc., i is the Farnese collection of marbles We also went to the aquarium which 1 enjoyed very much, seein! the sea life of the Mediterranean Il .Ie