The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-28
NORTH SIDE NEWS. TELLS OF EUROPE.
Second Presbyterian Press Club
tends Call to Rev. Erskine. Kings Palaces"
Preacher From Black Hills Describes Visit Vatican and
Proves Popular Here. to Rome.
FORMERLY REPORTER POPE SEEN WALKING.
Earned Education Working He Is Pointed by Guide
Chicago Newspapers. From Sculpture Hail.
Osher Items Sans Souci
First Ward Gray's Elegy.
Press Club, Offacer Talks on
Kings Palaces"
Describes Visit to Vatican and
to Rome.
POPE SEEN WALKING.
He Is Pointed Out by Guide
From Sculpture Hall.
Visit to Sans SOuci Reminds of
Gray's Elegy.

Occasionally a person who goes to
Europe sees things not in the guide
book and Is able to tell about the trip
in an interesting way. Mrs. Jessie Nc
Kenzie Walker. associate editor OF the
Aurura (Mo.) Daily Argus, is one or
these. She is well known in Topeka,
being treasurer of the Kansas Women's
Press club Wednesday afternoon she
spoke in the c. l.. S. c. hour at the
chautauqua of lecturing on kings
Palaces"
Her account of how by chance she
saw the pope walking in his private
garden at the papal residence, the vatl-
can, in Rome, Italy, was especially IN
teresting. In regard to this incident
she said:
"Our guide at the vatican was unus-
ually intelligent. He spoke English very
we'll and told us many things that We're
not in the guide book and when he dld
so he would say, Not in the guide book
my ability Among other things he
showed us a picture on the frieze or
the wall in one of the rooms represent
ing Homer, gave us the name OF the
Greek lengendary hero, repeating the
formula that it was his own ability and
not the guide book which caused him to
know the hero's picture.
while in the sculpture gallery the
guide glanced out of the window, then
went to the door at the end OF the cor
ridor, and looked as if to see whether
he came to us and whispered, pointing
to the window easement, Quick, see his
holiness
Pope Seen Walking.
I'VE jumped on the easement. and
at. considerable distance, followed by
cardinals and the famous Swiss guard
the pope was walking. He was too far
away for US to see his face plainly and
we did not stand on the easement and
look for more than moment. However.
could see him as the spare figure or
a man, dressed in a white robe. the
cardinals in scarlet with the Swiss
guards in blue and, yellow uniforms.
Speaking about colors. To watch the
spectacle from the Ioggia or balcony OF
the vatican was like looking into
Kaleidoscope. A constant stream OF car
riages bearing church dignitaries, com
ing and going passed our gaze. Then
there were priests ard monks with
dresses of different colors, some In
black, others in dark blue or brown,
all presenting changing pattern OF lie
and color. :.
ducal palace at Venice, was especially
irteresring-not because Of its architec-
ture. hut because Of the historical as
,sociations. For PALACES are something
else besides a mass OF stones and NOR
to a person on account of the history
which has been made within their
walls. ss aE
I'm this palace was the dungeon where
Lord Byron insisted on spending the
night to get color for some of his
poems. It was a perfectly dark place
1t is said that although the poet was
brave enough to enter the dungeon
alone and refused companion, about
midnight he was heard to scream and
was found almost hysterical.
Dungeon at Sterling Castle.
more terrible than this was the
dungeon at Sterling castle, Scotland. 1t
is literally a well. hundreds of feet
deep, with a covering for the top. With
a rope under the arms, prisoners were
let down into this place. amid the damp
and slime and crawling things and the
lid was put on the top 1t was open
ed occasionally just long enough to let
down food. but the captive didn't need
it long, He either died or went mad
and dashed out his brains against the
stone walls
but it was not the dungeon that
made the castle interesting. Il was the
beauty of its location. 1t Is situated
On a lofty crag overlooking some Of the
finest Of Scotland's scenery. The con-
struction OF the fertilization also show
ed how that it would be almost impos-
sible to take such place without a
prolonged siege.
'.E.dinburg and Holyrood castles are
ether interesting show places of Scot
land. The latter place is going to ruin,
but the wing formerly occupied by Mary
Queen of Scots is in an excellent state
of preservation. There we saw the liv-
ing room of the queen where every
thing still is about as she left 1t. On
tie work table is a sewing box and nee
die and thread is in a baby's garment.
'eThe castles mentioned are not used
Of hIlf Windsor
palace and the Palace of The Hague,
as well as the favorite residence of
Hollands queen, The House III the
Woods are still occupied.
Sans Souci Visited.
ssFrom Holland we went to Germany
where we visited Sans Souci one time
the home of Frederick the Great.
After passing through the magnificent
living apartments we went out to the
mausoleum. Here. under soft vel
low light from prisms in the ceiling
reposed the eff1gies of German king
my knees between the. two recumbent
figures and to my mind came the
words of Gray's elegy written in a
country churchyard:
e The boast of heraldry, the pomp of
power,
And all that beauty. all that wealth he
Alike await that inevitable hour.
The paths of glory lead but TO the
grave"
This afternoon Mrs. Walker talked
on Europeans 1 Have Met" Tomor-
row her subject will be, "Savonarola,
an Italian Portrait in Florentine
Frame
The Music Makers" and their mar
imbaphone proved an attraction. On
this instrument a quartet played poet
and Peasant" 1.-THE Glow Worm" and
other classics.
In the evening the Spragues pre-
scented rip Van Wink1e.'' Mr.
Sprague did" all the male parts and
Floy Mahan Sprague took the female
role.
This afternoon the Kryl Girls Con-
cert company gave a musical enter
tainment. This evening Montaville
Flowers will interpret Hamlet, King
of Denmark"
TOmOrrOw's Program.
AFTERNOON CONCERT