The Falls City tribune., 1910-10-21
miss CEILING IN EUROPE
AN INTERESTING SERIES FROM
NOTES MADE DURING TNlP.
Three Articles + Interest 10 Miss
sue Genling'S Many
Friends

abroad. Miss Sue entered upon
her school duties Immediately upon
her return, and, without rest, was
unable to do herself or the trip
justice upon such short notice. We
feel however, our friends will feel
well repaid for the wait, and it is
a great pleasure this week to offer
the first of the three articles that
will appear
We sailed from Boston on the S.
S. "Romanic". of the White Star
Line at 1920 a. m. Saturday, Aug.
6, 1910.
There were 200 saloon passengers,
loo second cabin and 500 steerage.
Among the saloon passengers 135 OF
them were members of the Knights OF
Columbus and their families and
friends who were bound on a pill
grimage to Genoa, Rome, and Ober-
ammergau.
The Boston Knights of Columbus
gave us magnificent reception at
the Parker House Friday evening
and on Saturday morning we were
also given a rousing send off at the
wharf, several hundred friends being
present to wish us God Speed"
We were blessed with delightful
weather. To sit or walk on the
deck of ship and experience an
August sun bath, surrounded by wat
er of heavenly blue, was a novel ex-
perience for me and it filled my mind
with many agreeable sensations.
Lectures were given daily by
Prof. James c. Monogram, the noted
educator, by Mrs. Margaret Coope of
Washington, d. c., well known
student of art and other noted lect-
urers.
We landed, August y, on St.
Michael the largest, richest and the
most important of the Azores Is
lands This island emerges abruptly
from the ocean with sharp volcanic
peaks and lava cut valleys. Its
vegetation is luxuriant land
scapes charming, and climte delight
full
The inhabitants are of the Latin
race and Portuguese is the language
spoken. The state religion is Ro-
man Catholic. The people are of a
kindly disposition, given to hard
work, orderly and clean. Their
amusements are extremely limited,
and are confined chiefly to religious
festivals
After spending several hours visit
ing points of interest in the city of
Ponta Delgada, we sailed for Glib
ralter, a seaport in the southern ex-
tremity of Spain, but a British pos
session since 1704 We reached
this place on the morning of August
18th. Here our eyes feasted upon
the huge rock, that makes this place,
the strongest fortification in the
world. s..
After spending three hours eSs:in
sight seeing we returned to our
boat and set sail for Maple. We
entered the Bay of Naples very early
Thursday morning Few spots on
earth awaken such absorbing inter
est, not one surpassees it in beauty.
1t is not merely nature that attracts
us to this bay, as each hill that
rises from it's waves, as well as
every island that rests upon its trans
parent surface, is crowned with the
memory of some illustrious Roman,
who once made this shore his home.
At every step we pass the site OF
some imperial palace or patrlclan
villa, and towering far above the
BAY to an elevation of four thousand
feet. rises Vesuvius with its dark
smoke ascending upward to the blue
sky.
We landed at about 1900 a. m,
found carriages in waiting to take
us sight seeing. The surroundings
of this great city, with population
of S00,0 900, is simply beautiful.
In the heart of the city there is
r an admirable structure of recent
origin. 1t is a high-roofed, finely
decorated promenade. 1t resembles
and has the form of a large cross,
and is rooted in with glass, along its
sides are cafes and attractive shops
1t is said to have cost about -four