The Washington times., 1917-06-28
GLADIATORS' lad"
FOUND IN POMPEH
Forty Pairs to Provide Enter
tainment at Feast.
WOODEN BED IS UNEARTHED
Trophies in ArmOry Tell Of Vic
tories Over the BritOns.

have Just examined. with the aid Of
Professor SplnazEola, the distinguished
archaeologist, who superintends the e1-
cavations, the latest discoveries made In
the little Roman city Of Pompeii. writes
a correspondent Of the London Daily
Mall. The most interesting are In the
Street Of Abundance. where the inter-
IorS Of the houses have recently been
cleared. and where. as l described some
time ago. a complete tavern was dis
covered.
Most important finds have been made
at the house Of a rich parsonage named
Trebius valens. On its long front. pro-
tected by q broad roof Of tiles. IL
painted in red letters an. extraordinary
display of Advertisements Of all kinds.
One Announces that a gentleman and
patron Of Pompeii. Lucretius Status.
will give a feast in the amphitheater,
providing 30 pairs OF gladiators, while
his son will add ten more pairs. This
seems to have been the usual number.
as similar announcements have been
found by other advertisers on other
walls.
Trebius's entrance hall. dining hall
and garden are now intact as they were
on that day Of IRE and terror, 1,eOo
years ago.
when Britona Were Beaten.
Another remarkable find is a pub
lie armory, with q municipal guard
in charge. It has q very large room
lined with cupboards to hold weap-
ons. On the outer wall are frescos
representing trophies taken from
barbarians in Roman triumphs. There
Is here an allusion to Britain, for the
paintings Of the trophies, as Prof.
SpInazzola has demonstrated, are
copied from paintings which have
been found In Rome celebrating the
victories of the Romans in England.
In the recently excavated houses
frescos on the outer walls are com
mon, while in the earlier excavations
they were very rarely found. and have
all vanished. The tEes which protect
ed the inscriptions and paintings were
for the most part, found in the ashes
but have been carefully removed and
replaced in their original position.
The fuller's house, opened up IN
1912, has been further excavated to 6
parallel street In a bedroom q bed
was discovered which had wooden enc
boards and a wood panel closing the
side next to the wall. No other OF
such date has been found before. AL
the woodwork and even the mattress
| and mark of the sheet have been pre-
served and covered with glass. The
be- was richly ornamented, as 1t had
ivory decorations.
Mother and Child Found.
At the side Of the house is an, under-
ground passage decorated with
figures and episodes from the 'Iliad,
with the names of the. heroes beneath
the figures. Large openings gave
access to the garden. The inhabitanti
first took refuge in the passage anc
then made their way up to the garden
only to die there OF suffocation anC
exhaustion. The bodies OF a mother
and child, whose skeletons were founC
there. have been reproduced In th'
usual way by pouring plaster, into
the cavities left by the decay Of tn,
corpses, and they are a pitifully life
like group.
The number OF balconies on tn,
south side of the Street OF Abundance
IL very noteworthy. 1t must hav,
given the street a very Tuscan ap
pearance and a most cheerful air. Be
tween the balconies OF the differen
houses are walls to keep out an un
invited intruder. The profusion o
shade afforded by the projecting
roofs and overhanEing balconies mus
have added to the pleasantness OF tn
street
We mounted to the ground lev
and looked over the latest but stI
unfinished excavation OF a very Fin
Mouse which is quite modern in Il