The Falls City tribune., 1910-10-28
MISS CEHLINC IN EUROPE
AN INTERESTING SERIES FROM
NOTES MADE DURING TRIP.
Three Articles cf Interest to Miss
Sue Ceilings Many
Friends
CONTINUED from last week.

l2.oU. me llfSI lnln8 we diu Ill Iile
morning was to view the column of
Marcus Aurelius, built on a square
around which on a spiral path, are a
number of figures in relief, portray
ing Roman soldiers and the CON
quests.
The column, itself is lofty one
surmonted by statue of st. Paul.
Here were proofs of the three great
epochs of Roman history. Pagan
Christian and Modern Rome.
We then drove to the Roman For
UNI. Here we view the remains of
the once magnificent Temple of Sa-
turn, erected four hundred and nine
ty years before the birth of Christ,
the Arch of Seryerus, what remain
ed of the Rostra We then passed
through the Arch of Titus.
Following the Sacred Way we at
length reached the Colosseum. We
counted the eighty arches leading to
the interior. The outer corridors are
made of massive stone, piled one up
on another and then bound together
by iron clamps. Gigantic as it was,
over two-thirds of it has now disap-
peared.
On Wednesday, we drove out to
see st. Paul's church. Here under the
High Altar, is sarcophagus which
contains the body of st. Paul This
church is over four hundred feet in
length, and along the sides at the
top of the wall are the Mosaic por
traits of the Popes.
We then went to St Peters, the
largest church in the world. No IL
lustration or description can do
Justice to the vast interior. Yet
they say it requires time to com
prehend the immensity of it, one
must visit it several times before
they are able to appreciate its size.
In this church there are forty-four
affairs, seven hundred and forty
eight columns and three hundred and
ninety statues.
The grave of the Galilean fisher
man, whose name the temple bears,
is under the grand High Altar, just
beneath the centre of the vast dome.
This altar is thirty yards long.
On Wednesday morning we were
given an audience with Pope Plus X.
On our arrival at the Vatican, we
were ushered into the beautiful room.
1t was here the Holy Father met us,
One special feature in his gracious
kindness of his greeting touched me
very much, it was the tenderness
with which he sent for the children
of the party to come near his throne
while he delivered his address of
welcome.
After imparting the Apostolic ben
ediction, he returned to his private
apartments and we left for the
Sistine Chapel to view the work of
Michel Angelo and Raphael
From here, we passed through the
Art Galleries. In one corridor we
found over a thousand statues OF
antiquity and there are many of these
halls.
From this, one can see that apart
from its religious associations, the
Vatican is of priceless value to the
world as a treasure house of art.
On the following day we drove
along the Appian Way, the most in
teresting road in Rome. 1t is over
490 miles long and on both sides of
it are the remains of thirty thousand
ruined sepulchres.
At length we reached the well
known cata combs, each took a can
die and descended the dark stair
way. We went along the corridors,
where on either side are the open
graves of long ago victims.
Rome's splendid churches, classic
statues and imposing ruins have made
a lasting impression in my mind.