Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-23

doc girls dresses add 10 rather than
/ mar the beauty Of the scene.
~ you 20 nearer the Tai It's size
/ rapidly Increases, and when at last you
/ mount the steps ana stand upon It's
I platform YOU realize its immensely. The
! marble foundation upon which II Il
! huilt covers three acres and at each
I corner there Is Il tower OF marble or
! minaret, as high n seven history house.
/ The tomb itself covers almost an acre.
I 70 Is a building which rises To one third
/ the height of the Washington monu.
| ment and ends In "A central dome, which
! floats In the sky The whole IL OF the
I purcst white marble so symmetrically
/ Joined that II seems TO be carved out
! ~ one block The dome looks like a
I silvcry bubble which might have been
/ blown from the mouth Of god. 1t T.
90 feet i'm diameter and YOU could
put biz house inside II and II would
not touch the sides. Stll from tho
DlHtforfl II De- not out OF proportion.
and 10 reats lightly upon the great
structure below IL its down like the
tropica! sun when II sets upon the wa
tors Ia the midst Of the ocean. As
the sun touches the sea- the latter APP
pears In rise and pull II down. as IL
were. when II is two-thirds sub
merged n U.s. % lust the shape OF the
dome OF fhe Tnf, perfect In every curve
and wonderfully beautiful
SOME VIEWS OF THE TAI.
despair OF making you see the TAI
Mahal Every point OF Wow gives a
different impression and each has new
beauties. Take a walk through the
garden. IL Is filed with plants OF
many kinds gathered from ali parts OF
the world, Now you are in forest
of fir trees. You might be half way
up the Andes The green is so thick
that % ghnfg all a1aa
step forward The great monument
Is looking at you through the foliage. |
You have a glimpse Of the dome. but a
tall palm has thrust its bushy head |
against II and its fanlike branches half |
hide but add TO its beauty. \ step far |
Their and you are in n long avenue |
whore the trees overhang. You have
only a glimpse Of the sky at the end.
\ step to the right and you are in |
rose garden out OF which you can
look at the towers of the minarets with
the white bubble floating between,
Upon the minaret stands Moham-
medan imam. or priest, his red shawl
shining like n spot of blood upon the
white marble. II Is not hard 10 carry
your Ina gination back for three or four
centuries TO hear the words Come to
prayer. come To prayer! There is but
one God and Mohammed IL the prophet
OF God. Come to prayerl Come to
prayer"
INLAID WITH JEWELS.
Now climb again to the platform
and take n closer look at the build
ing. Did you ever see such workman
ship? II Is a mass OF decoration. The
walls are covered with beautiful
carvings and are inlaid with stones
Of many colors. Every angle has its
precious stones and these are COM
bincd In wreaths. scrolls and frets Of |
exquisite design. The Tai flower. as II
f. called, Is cut in bas-relief here and |
there out OF the marble. Some of the
decorations have nifty different-color-
ed stones in a single setting, and be-
fore the Tai was robbed OF its beau
ties some flowers contained a hundred |
or more. The jewels with which the |
building was inlaid cost more than
10, 100000 rupees, and ratahs and
kings sent gems and pearls and |
precious stones as we'll as silver and |
gold to aid in Its decoration. Some |
OF the beautiful inlaid work which
still stands are the Arabic inscrip- |
tons which run around the door ana
here and there over the walls. They |
are OF characters I'm black marble in
laid upon the white. Most Of them are
from the Koran, or Mohammedau
Bible; most, but not all. / ind one
which reads as follows:
Saith Jesus, on whom be peace: |
This world is bridge. Pass thou
over It, but build thy soul not upon
IT, Tho world is one hour. Give its
minutes to thy prayers for the rest
Is unseen"
INSIDE THE TAI.
But let us enter this mighty monu-
ment and stand under tho dome. We !