Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22

people who are ILL., and just beyond them
in suggestive proximity is campo
santo. or cemetery. well filled with costly
monuments and simple wooden crosses,
which indicate where the rich and the
poor lie, although the same God was the
creator OF them all.
A drive along the seashore. which is
called the Riviera of the Seven Castles,
and an ancient monastery of Francis
cans situated at a most delightful
point. has beautiful garden. The
chapel of the monastery is decorated
with much artistic skill. and in the choir
is a collection of remarkable missals or
books of music. Illuminated by the
monks of the middle ages with Juices
distilled from plants they found around
them.
Much Of the interior architecture OF
Spalato, as have said, is Venetian, and
the city hall is an ex-
Much Venetian quisite examp lie of
Architecture pointed e OF hic. The
AoAi'ee'"le' lower floor, with three
large windows opening ON the public
square. is occupied for a council chamber,
with rows of desks and chairs, like those
you see in other legislative halls. The
mayor told us that the building was
l.S2O years old, which would take it
back to the sixth century, before the
Nenetians came, hence we conclude that
he must have meant that it was built
In the year 1920. Beside it is another
Venetian building of corresponding
beauty of proportions and design. but
1t is not in such perfect repair. There
are several other architecturaIS gems
but the streets are so narrow that they
cannot be photographed.
AS have told you, every nook and
corner OF the old palace has been utilized
tor dwellings,. and we had a novel
glimpse of the manner in which it has
been done. We were strolling along one
of the narrow little streets when a
y-looking fat woman accosted us In
cordial way, and indicated in the sign
language. that all can understand, that
she would like to show us something in
tcresting. We followed her up a long
narrow, crooked stone stairway, into
what was probably one of the guard
The walls are six feet thick, and the
room is lighted through Sits that were
! made for the Roman boWmen. and there
we found an orphan asylum kept by
two robust and sweet-faced sisters, with
a flock of little Dalmatians, some of
them pale and weak. and one Of them
deaf and dumb, but the rest are sturdy
of the sisters was teaching them to
say their prayers.
There are other striking contrasts. We
found a monograph screeching operate
airs in a shop cafe ad-
Striking Joining the Temple OF
n..4.4, Esculapius. and barber
ooa "S'S' and tailor occupy the
arches between the columns of Diocle-
tian's peristyle We followed funeral
procession, headed by a band Of music,
through the maze Of the old city. Black
streamers were attached to the handles
Of the coffin. upon which had been print
ed in gold letters the name Of the poor
soul who occupied it.
4 peristyle leading from the Golden
Gate through a portico into an atrium
was the central fea ture of the palace. The
peristyle was eighty feet wide, lnclosed
By rows of Corinthian columns thirty-six
feet high. supporting seven arcnes,
through which the private apartments of
the emperor were reached From the yes
thule is a flight Of eight steps, which are
broken in the center by stairway Whlch
led to a water gate. where Dlocletiah
could embark upon his galleys for an eX-
cursion upon the bay.
The columns are IN excellent presersa
ton and have been protected with great
care. They give better idea OF what the
building must have been than any other
of the surviving features
The Temple of Esculapius. to which [
one of the arches. and it is now used as
the baptistry Of the Cathedral. 1t is
simple building of square corners and the
seyerest simplicity Of design, measuring
only sixteen By twenty Eight feet in size.
The roof is composed of two slabs OF
curved marble, which meet in the center.
and fitted so exactly, the guide told us.
that the edges of the marble nave grown
together during the centuries that have
passed. In the center of the room is a
stone altar which many people believe to
nave been the original that was used IN
Diocetian's time for sacrihces TO tne zoo ~
of Healing. but the books say that 1t is
only an imitation. An ancient Roman
sarcophagus in the corner of the building
contains the body of bishop which mas
been lying there, we were told' since the
sixth century.
The most imposing and the principal
feature of the place Is an octagonai
building, forty :