Evening journal., 1914-06-15
DR.. PYLE Home
FROM EUROPEAN
TRIP, benefited

Dr.. Joseph p. Pyle, Of sO9 West
street, who has been touring southern
Europe by way Of Gibraltar, Spain.
the Mediterranean and Italy. ar
rived home yesterday afternoon
greatly benefited by the trip. The
doctor arrived in New York late
/ Saturday afternoon, having sailed
/ from France on the previous Satur-
day
In his trip through italy and switz-
erland, DR.. Pyle was accompanied bv
Professor and Mrs. William II. Bea-
com, OF Beacom's College, but he
made the trip through Spain unac-
eompanied. DR.. Pyle sailed from
New York on February "a, via the
! Cunard Line steamer Franconia. and
Professor and Mrs Beacon sailed
from New York on March II. Mrs.
Beacon will remain in Paris while
Professor Beacon is expected to ar
rive in New York today or tomorrow
Speaking Of his trip, DR.. Pyle said:
II have visited scores of places.
any one Of which would pay a whole
trip to Europe. AT Gibraltar the rock
seemed very interesting and for four
days ! remained sightseeing.
From here | went to Ronda sa-
vile and Cord0va Particularly at sa-
VILE | saw the remnants OF the homes
OF the Moorish Kings Of Spain. The
cathedral situated here is the third
largest in the world. and is one Of
the most perfect specimens Of Gothic
architecture in the world. / also
saw in its perfection the national or
fva mi.
dance is very ornate and polished
performance. At Cordova the par
ticular sight OF interest was the
Moorish cathedral, noted for its score
OF roof supporting columns, now
Catholic church Madrid, the next
stop, Is essentially a modern city, the
home of the bull fight, which to me is
very disgusting, cruel, unnatural
and bloody and wanton performance,
and which ! was induced to witness,
but ere the performance was half
finished I left in disgust From Mad
rid as the base, the Pantheon Of
Spanish royalty was visited. This is
a remarkable structure, built In the
midst Of the bleak and unnyiting
Sierra mountains. We also visited the
ancient cities Of Avilla, Burgos and
Segovia. Here we visited the cathed-
rails of marked Importance. At Bur- |
gos the Roman aqueduct Is still per- /
forming it's functions perfectly after
1000 years Of service, the stones
used in its construction being so per- |
fectly shaped that no binding ma /
terial whatsoever was necessary in /
its construction
The ancient city of Toledo was al I
so visited with It's narrow and crook |
ed streets. Its many magnificent 1
specimens of ancient architecture. its
bridges OF Roman construction still I
in good repair, its ancient cathedral
with its many pictures and carvings. i
The carvings, particularly OF its choir
stalls, are one OF the wonders of the
world. From Toledo we passed rap
idly to Granada. another seat of
Moorish Kings while residents or
Spain. While much remained to be
It seemed to me that time
has SO materially destroyed its many
beauties that in its present condition
Of ruin and palpable destruction 1t
was in measure disappointing
Spain in general is wonderfully
rich country. 1t is abruptly and
divided in bleak mountain
sections and rich productive plains,
notably those Of Andalusia. From
Madrid we went rapidly back to
Gibraltar From Gibraltar we went
10 Algiers, Morocco Monte Carlo to
Naples, from whence we proceeded to
Palermo, Sicily, thence back to Rome,
rom where we travelled north
through the hill towns Of the Ap-
Denine mountains, visiting Vitebro,
Orviato. Assist. Perugia. Florence,
Pisa, Siena, Ravena, Padua, Venice,
Ferrerah, Bologna, AIilano and
through the Italian lakes, Como,
Menaggio, Gardi. then through
switzerland TO Bastile and Paris.
From Paris to Havre, from whence
sailed on June on the French
Line steamer Provence"
A Want Ad carefully used will pro-
.ect you against losses.-Adv.