Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-14
VENICE IS THE DREAM OF AUSTRIANSj RICH
 DOMAINS ON BORDERS
Venice Is One of the Treasures on the Borders of Warning Ma tionS; Is Objective Point of Austrian Attacks.

WASHINGTON. July 13.-There are numerous things of priceless value to the world upon the threatened iron tiers of the warning countries, and among thc richest of these is Venice the cream of generations of tourists, | of students of art and history. and of lovers of romance and beauty Few cities in the world receive veneration from more widely scattered sources, | and few stir SO many pleasant antici. pations on the eve of first visit to them. This year. however, the city | will be deserted by its visitors Ven ice, a honeymoon objective and the ! tourists earliest across-sea aspiration, i has become an objective for Austrian air fleets and battleships. Something Of the charm of this city of world !. pilgrimage is told by one of its most noted friends Karl Stieler, whose pie ture of the Queen of the Adriatic forms the basis of a bulletin just is-. sued by the National Geographic So-. ciety. He writes:
 | Before the Campanillo, we realize for the first time the widespread | power of Venice, that fairy city which sprung not from the earth but the sea, still touched with the glamour of ! the East, and yet mistress of all the | Western culture-so rich in arts and arms. in loves and hatreds. Venice is a sphinx whose enigma we never wholly penetrate. In vain We strive ! I.1 ! her mysterious essence. The unique brooks no comparisons.
 As in the old times, even So today the center of life and movement is the Piazza of st. Marks, although it of fers but a pale shadow Of the life of former days. Here on sunny mornings all the foreigners assemble; here lounge the ciceroni, and on the neigh boring piazzetta the gondohers. Itin- erant vendors of all kinds push their - | way among the chairs that are set out in front of the cafes under the open arcade.
 But the most brilliant spectacle is - at night, when hundreds of gas-jets are alight in the huge bronze candela- bra, when the gold sparkles in the jewellers windows and the sound of gay music is borne across the piazza Then the crowd gathers from all sides 5 Here come the nObih with their wives The gondolas throng to the piazzetta e and the merceria seems far to narrow for the press of people.
 - The noise and the passion which Q runs through the publicity of Italian e lie continue deep into the night then y last nasty words are spoken, yet one e more stolen glance is shot from beauti ful eyes and the happy individual for O whom it is intended understands the '- i farewell Around the steps of the pi e azzetta-all of white marble, SO thai you cannot miss them, even at night O the gondolas gather again and ther e l separate on their different way, through the dark and dead-silent canal 3 "St Marks stands alone among al he temples of the world. Althougl 1 age and the mois; sea air have spread their veil over these walls, yet th, | brilliant coloring and the mighty out lines shine through all the gray dlm ness Of the past. The bronze horse
 above the great doors are rearing
 the cupolas and arches stretch thci | ueat curves in intensity of power
 each portion of the great buildin. seems alive and animated; yet in tn, l whole reigns the profound and nobl
 peace proper to the house of God II It is now exactly 800 years az,
 since the building of St. Marks wa
 completed its ecclesiastical sancit.
 is bestowed On it by the relics of thl | great evangelist; it's historical sanctI
 ty consists in it's intimate connection
 with the fortunes of the city and O
 her rulers. It was the theatre Of thei
 triumphs and the refuge for thei
 cares; all that she has achieved am
 suffered, Venice has done under th
 protecting wing of St. Mark
 The church of St. Mark contain
 trophies from all parts of the world
 every stone has a history, Those tw
 great pillars at the entrance to th
 baptistry were part of the booty l
 Acre. The bronze folding doors vcr
 once in the Church of St. Sophia a
 Stamboul The marble column, whic
 stand right and left of the main porta
 are said to have been taken from th
 Temple of Jerusalem. The famou group of four horses, which stand
 above the main portal is Of the ar
 uque Roman period and was for a lon
 time in Byzantine, the capital of th
 Empire of the West. The Doge DaI
 dolo, at the age of %, led on the V,
 netians to the storming of Constant
 nople (l2O3), He was nearly bln,
 but a fiery life still glowed in his yein
 What St. Marks is as the express
 ion of the religious spirit. that th
 Ducal Palace ts for the secular powe
 Of Venice; it has scarcely a rival, e
 en in Italy. The Doge's Palace, as
 now stands before us was begun
 the l4th century and completed in th
 18th, after a long Interruption Her
 every line is classic. The very pos
 ton of the palace, its relation to th
 Church of s. Mark, it's two fronts
 one commanding the piazzetta and tn
 other the sea declare the inner si