New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-20
ROME, ETERNAL CITY
Traveller Should Beware of Try
inq to See Too Much.

Rome. the Imperial. the Eternal city. car
ries magic in its very name. Lost IN tho
dim shades Of antiquity is its origin. and
vet II is to-day as great city as Il ever
was Its influence has never ceased II
has survived the epochs. the governments,
The wars tire revolutions OF A score OF cen
turtles and many more beside. and still 10
stands. serenely watching the course % tho
world. missing nothing. adding 70 IFS mute
record Of the ages always some new chap
te~. some new page OF history.
To enumerate the art treasures that lie In
Rome has been the task of many books
To describe its ruins has taken the lives
% the most famous a1tiquarians IN ths
world. There is no need 20 go into these
things again. 70 tell him who is about 20
visit Italy's capital Of what he will see there-
T. would be impossible 70 do more than
Indicate the most ordinary places % inter
est. ard the ground has been so well COW
cred and IL Is so easy when one arrives IA
Rome 70 learn how best TO GO about ones
sightseeing. that no such attempt need To
made here.
The wonders OF the Vatican naturally en-
age The seeker after Rorne's most precious
offerings. To catalogue them has been the
task OF the Church itself. and the WORK has
been well done. Not all the artistic treas
ures Of Rome. OF course. are in the Vattcan-
but many Of them. in painting. sculpturs
and architecture. will be found there. with
the most competent OF guides ready 20 show
the visitor all that he is allowed 20 see.
Vatican Is Place Apart.
The Vatican Is a place apart IN Roule.
controlled Wholly by the Pope. and repre-
serting his last survival Of temporal power
Elsewhere the Italian government Is SUI
prsme and the VISITOR. Of course. will md
his quarters in Rome itself. in the secular
portion OF the city.
The one thing % be impressed above AZ
others upon the visitor 20 Rome Is the rs-
Cessftv Of limiting IN advance his plars al
20 sightseeing. All Rome cannot be seen
in one visit even IL II is prolonged 20 a.
north or more. The better Part is - study
carefully the guides and maps before begin
ming the series Of pilgrirrsges. and. making
up ones mind as 20 what is most Desirable.
according 70 temperament and desires. sec
out 70 do a little vel and 20 acquire a thor
ough knowledge OF what il seen. 50 that IL
may be - lasting benefit
n Rome. more than in any other city OF
Europe. the temptation to make a grind %
sightseeing exists The traveller who
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OF the town. a certain allotment OF churches.
so many art galleries. so many ruins. VIII
return 20 his hotel at night with brain and
body so tired that real benefit Is not 20 %
derived from the DAYS excursion.
To enjoy such sightseeing as Rome at
fords properly. no visitor should arrange IN
do so much in single day that he viii 81
exhausted az IT'S close He should be abis
10 think calmly and restfiIy over the day's
pleasures. - analyze the Impressions his
mind has received. and 20 store them away
for future reference and use. when they
can be taken out and studied IN a proper
perspective.
That Is the way % see Rome or any other
city. for ~ ~ certainly better 70 know a lit
tie well and 20 be able % talk and think
about 70 inteiligently than 20 carry awSy
a hodge-podEe OF unassorted information.
absolutely useless and modifying IN future
years. when the memory OF such visits
should be most precious
There are many good guides IN Rorne.
ana there are rather more had ones. Care
PA selection 81 a guide Is essential. Because
he can a. much 70 make or mar the pleas
ure ~ the stay In the civ These ara
warning words but the experiences ot thou
sards Of travellers who have carried away
tumbled Impressions Of Rome has shown
that they are often needed II vii %
found well 70 heed them