The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-08

sticks and golden chalices. And tho
vestments OF all the popes from
Constantine were hung in cases
about the room. Those vestments
are all made of gold and silver cloth
and thread, made by nuns and are
all hand worked. Embedded I'm their
golden sets were diamonds. emeralds
rubies, and many other Of the most
valuable stones. 1t was truly a won
derful sight.
Kissing 81. Peters Toe.
We then went about the church
where there were hundreds Of people,
heard mass said, heard the singing,
and saw the statue OF st. Peter which
is in the church, and here we saw a
sight not seen every day. You know
that for centuries the Christian peo-
pie have been kissing the foot OF this
bronze statue. Well this foot is half
worn away from being kissed so many
times. We stood there a few minutes
and hundred people came up, cross
ed themselves, and kissed the bronze
foot Think Of the millions who must
have done this same thing to wear
the foot half away. People have
travelled over half the world to do
this Ito them, sacred duty, and for
many centuries.
From the church we took a cab
and went through the city to ST.
Paurs church. which is another won
derful place, but not so large nor so
beautiful as st. Peters. Here we
saw the supposed burial place OF st.
Paul. We then rode about three
miles out of the city and visited the
These are underground tunnels,
miles long and extending five stories
below the surface Of the earth. Many
chambers of great interest have been
discovered and We saw hundreds of
them. Along the walls were slabs
upon which were written the names
Of those places. There were
also little lamps and jugs and vases
that had been there for centuries.
A most curious sight.
Along the Appian Way.
We then turned around and drove
up the Appian Way. One Of the
notable buildings marked is the
chapel Quo Vadis, a little chapel
supposed to have met st. Peter COM
ing from Rome and turned him about.
There is a stone in this chapel upon
which there are footprints said to be
which were made at that
time.
We then followed the Appian Way
the walls Of Rome, and
under the triumphal arches to the
ruins OF the COLISEUM. / am send
ing you two books with pictures of
Rome. All OF these places l have seen,
except possibly one or two.
The Appian Way is the longest and
best preserved military highway in
the world. It was originally built
three years before Christ and is used
yet today. We saw the old Roman
Forum, the ruins Of which cover
many acres. We saw the capital of |
thing to be seen and 1 saw enough |
ruins to last a long time.
Three Hours in the Vatican.
This was all on Christmas day and |
The morning Of the next day we spent
three hours in the vatican, the home
IF the pope. This is, as you know,
right next to st. Peters, but we were
not allowed in it on Christmas day.
cannot begin to tell you of all we
saw in this building for 1t was so
much, but you can get an idea by
showing that there are LOO rooms
n the vatican and 1t has five square
niles Of garden, surrounding 1t. We
saw a number of these rooms and
ooked for hours at the worlds most
'amous paintings and sculpture work.
Here we saw the masterpieces Of
such men as Raphael, Rossini and
Michel Angelo, some prints Of which
am also sending youl Mother, they
we're wonderful. The masterpieces
# Michel Angelo are on the walls
md selling of the Cistina chapel.
We have had several inches of