The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-26

a., ~ n banker who may be NJ
s,rv described as the r'erpoht
.u,u If the summer capital of
Roman luxury
ge occupied the most besut'Iu'
,.Iaes on the newly excavated' eA
.lc,;ye portion of the street Oh
nrraance. which has already been
..,.,red to as bearing resemblance
!. ,bc most luxurious part Of New
v,,t,s Fifth avenue. This dlscov-
,,r adds. in highly picturesque
,,rsr 10 the resemhlances he
,re,n Pompeii aud New York pre-
yiously noted.
IN. Pompeiisn banker 5 name is
h.lsysd to have been Luclus Cecil
=, Metellus. although there IS still
anne doubt about the spelling of the
,,ns on account of the blurs and
,o,,atjons occurring wherever 1T
.,s been found written.
\ hno bust o. Mc'ei'ue was '""'
n The great atrium Of his beautiful
| toyss. Strange to say, lie bad
hrpe. pcndulous nose, with wart
ar II Otherwise his face Indicated
/ rroat intelligence, overbearlnC deter
uipat;on and keen power to ENJOY
al the good things Of the flesh. In
deed the furnishings Of his house IN
1 diea,e that there were few forms of
Endowment with which he was not
thoroughly familiar.
|; appears that at the age Of nifty
nine Metelus retired from the active
pnr.ui; of moneymaking in order to
devote himself like Mr.. Morgan, to
collecting precious objects Of art
from all parts Of the world. The
Roman and Pompeiiau spendthrltts,
however. insisted on continuing to
borrow money from him at upwards
Il eighty per cent on the best OF
security, such as solid gold vases.
Thus il happened that his income
Nutinued to roll up without any ef-
fort on his part. aud he was able
10 devote unlimited wealth to buy
Ing art treasures, without troubling
about their cost.
Surrounding the columned court
yard, or peristyIium, of his house,
Ehicb mnst have been beautiful with
birds, flowers, fountains and statu-
srv. there stood series of buildings
sousme the millionaire art treas
Nis.
There was the library, stocked
nin manuscripts from Greece and
Egypt, and with the more recent
roduCtons Of the poets of Italy,
Mans OF these manuscripts have
lten recovered by eXcavators and
institute the most valuable Of the
ltest series Of finds.
Then there was a, hall set apart
'or the masterpieces of Greek sculP-
lrre. Another building was entirety
6lsd with arms and aTmor Still
mother was given IN TO dainty ere
'icns in gold and precious stones
Gowns. tiaras. necklaces, glrdles,
brooches. buckles and thousands oil
'eauljful pieces of jcwelry used by
len and women IS ornaments IN
iuclent times.
Egyptian papyri and palimpsesis,
'nphoras and crateras OF EtTuscan,
rolan and Myceuean workmanship:
s'sss drinking cups Of gold, called
eVphi and csntharl; Tanagra hguT"
ass Of all periods: curious statuettes
nom Chalcedon. rare examples Of
suUsnfc and iewelrv in the Phoe-
semn' trprioic aud Graeco.E .Egyp'
Mb styles: rolychromatic marble
"s'ues Of Hercules. Venus, Bac-
',Ns. s'cnus and all the Pagan Pan.
asor' enriched this wonderful col
trtion.
III 'u@ accompanying photographs
"VE few of the treasures rocov~
.ra from the halls of Metellus.
''sse objects represent widely sep
"A'ed periods of Greek art, Here
somewhat archaic frcsco repre-.
II ""nhg The Greek hero Theeeus kill
II The tabled Miuotaur in the Gre
~ noYTinth, and here is bas re-
representiuR Bacchanalian
weston that is in the most ad.
s'ced style of Greek art This is
"rby of Phidias.
An eyquisitely embossed helmet
''n decorations of iulsid gold IS
,et example OF the finest Greek
n" and was probably produced
I,'F before the time of Pompeii S
ler p'ece Of statuarv known as
'n'es from Greece is an e1'
we Of the many curiosities col
,sM a cY Metellus, A hermcs was
square stone pillar with q bust
VOC TOP, placed at the corners of
S and in other conspicuous
.s s BY the Greeke. The head was
h, aauy that Of the god Hermes,
n,., sVer other gods frequently oc'
@9ird bis place
,sl,...a5 l,s.s''a5 possessed an immense
m, se"on of ancient Greek and Ro-
"aintngs. One of them for ex-