The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-07-29


moment, and forgotten for centu
ries, is like unto nothing else in tn,
world. The weird is borne in upor
you from the moment you step int
: the museum, after entering the
, gate. There is not exactly horror
5 about the place, but the desperation
expressed in the the attitudes Of
: the bodies Tor more accurately the
casts which enclose the skeletons)
taken from the ruins is an exquisite
, torture. Their toilet articles and
urns are an absolute relief for the
senses. The solitude of the ruins
denoted by the one story walls,
broken and defaced; the table, va
cant; the statue, alone; the temple
without god or attending priest,
deserted; the streets, rutted by
chariot wheels, quiet; the rich mans
house and the slaves dwelling, now
without life; the amphitheatre de-
void of excitement; now are all,
once more open to the sight of man,
in their orderly array of 70 A. D.
1t was gay and wicked city and it
suffered the full penalty in it's de-
struction, but it was wonderful
city in its beauty and in its COM
forts. When we realize all that
these ruins have shown us, we know
that to-day, we are using many of
the surgical instruments, which
they experimental upon the human
anatomy with, even as we do to-day.
They, too, knew the joys of the
dentists tender care, and their fill
lngs have lasted these eli hteen hun
dred years, monument to the den
lists skill and the patients endur-
ance. Their weaknesses are also
now unmasked and the wonderful
speaking statue of Iris in her tenn
pie, which held the worshipers en-
thralled was immeasurably helped |
out by the hidden flight of stairs
leading to the little chamber be-
meath her. Even her hands could
conceivably have been made to
move with proper urging. Her
marble pillars are brick inside, but
the Pompeii of yesterday was ex-
ceedingly beautiful in her prime.
The next was a short ride to
Vietri from which, we took a car
riage drive to Amalfi, where we
were filled with the magnificent
scenery but empty of the staff of
life and its associates. We climbed
the many, many stairs half up the
mountain to the Cappuccini monas-
-ery, now a hotel, and that night,
At least, we slept the sleep of the
ust in our little cells, with the little
own, once the ruler of maritime
avs for the whole coast, lying at
Dur feet, her Importance long since
departed but her rare scenery of
ugged mountains and beautiful bay !
lot one whit dimmed. At four in I
he morning, we were called to our 5
Continental" breakfast, which is a
Mostly ceremony of sitting down a
It the table. A little after five, we
eft by coach for the rest of the I
Amalfi-Sorrento drive to Sorrento. n
The whole drive follows the bay e
With its windings and turnings, i
omplete loops being much in order. n
he mountains, which seem to be a
oft rock are very precipitous and o
or the most part, they only end a
1hen the water begins. The road g
, cut into the side and at little q
istance, there seems to be no road X
t all, merely the mountains rising o
'om the water, one above the Others, II
18th glens, and gottos and fantastic
)rms waving their arms from some
harp peak or again, the formation =,
)ok like ruined castles and disman- y
ed fortsnow tenanted by wild things "
the forests and ghosts of romantic n
mes while all along the bay are =
he real ruins of Charles VS. towers =,
hich he caused to be built when VI
e invaded the land. When your &c
,nses are stunned with the wild
nd rugged beauty of the red and i,
'ay rocky mountains, which are ie
,vered by the fruit orchards, rest
g upon terraces, with vines hang
g over trellises and ripening fir
mons, oranges and grapes hanging
meath the leaves, perched in the M
ost inaccessible places, then turn tn
look at the bay with its jade
ned waters merging into the dis he
mt blue, and its rocky little islands
looking over the edge near to the R
ore enjoy the deep puppies and
Diets of the Swallowed water close te
land. Tiny villages literally
ng to the sides of the mountains, to
tn now and then a lonely dwell fal
g higher up, and even on the very
axis, monastery, with its cross an
ising aloft the standard of reli- at
pm. And at the roadside, often
Iilt into the mountain are the ste