The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30


through the principal countries OF
Europe, and visit to Canada, and
relates many interesting details OF his
trip
Accompanied by his wife and Gaugh-
ter, Eebecca. Mr. Love left Ardmore
last June, sailing from New YORK
City for Naples, Italy.
Mr.. Love made the return trip alone
from England, leaving his wife and
daughter to tour Switzerland and Bel
GUM. They embarked from Liverpool
Yesterday, and are due to reach the
states about September sth.
En- route to Naples, the Loves stop
ped over al the Sicilian Islands, visit
ed the Island Of Capru, where there
Is the Blue Grotto," and drove oy
carriage UP the Amalfia Drive, which
Is one Of the most famous thorough
fares in Europe For a distance OF
thirty miles, this drive runs parallel
10 and alongside Of the Mediterranean
sea Il is built OF a white limestone
formation, which Mr. Love says gets
very dusty in dry weather, and makes
riding by auto decided uncomfortable
For this reason he said. it is always
preferable to ride by carriage.
The Ruins OF Pompeii.
Mr.. Love describes the ruins Of
Pornpeii as one of the most interest.
ing scenes in Italy. Everything re-
naming OF the original buildings
the ruins 6 Pompeii-are in much
better condition than are the devastat-
ed war zones of France. II will be re-
membered that Pompeii was buried by
an earthquake in 65 z. G., and suf'
fered further destruction by the erup'
tion Of Mount Vesuvius. Each
year preceding the Great War, the
Italian government appropriated a
sum towards excavating into the ruins
of Pompen However, these appropri-
ations ceased at the outbreak Of the
war, and as yet have not been re-
sumed. About one.half Of the ancient
city Of Pompen has been excavated
Mr.. Love said, while the other half
is still buried under ground and lava
at depths ranging from 20 to GO feet.
Among the structures discovered dur
ing the excavations Of Pompeii, were
some stone and brick silos, built along
the same plans rs those used by mod
ern American dairies today.
The Italians, continued Mr.. Love,
have a building material unknown
TO America In raw formation, II is
soft. can be sawed, and has the ap-
pearance Of wet sand stone. However,
after it is placed in use and allowed
TO dry, it becomes as hard as ce.
ment, and serves as we'll as any
building material. 1t is used as a
filler in mansions, and the walls Of
smaller houses are built entirely Of
this material.
Herculancum Ruins.
Adjoining the Cathedral of St.
James, is a Chapel which is support
I'd by columns taken from the ruins
of Herculaneum. They are said to
have originally held the roof of the
Temple Of Apollo built in the 7th
century. There are twelve columns in
ali, and they are black in color. Orig
inally they were OF white granite,
but when Herculaneum was also de-
stroyed by volcanic eruptlons years
ago. it was first covered by layer Of
hot mud and water, and later by a
top coating Of lava, which although
preserving the materials which was
buried, nevertheless changed their
color. The depths of the lava and
mud now hard which cover Hercul-
aneum are 100 feet at the narrowest
point. Thus the ruins Of this place
are not as easily accessible as are the
ruins of Pompeii.
All the statues and other relics dug
up from the buried cities OF Italy are
practically intact. "Of course" Mr.
Love said. many of them are broke<
but these are easily put together
by experts, and when placed in the
museums, look practically as good
as when they were originally made"
There are marN museums where the
recovered curiosities and relics are
exhibited One Of them is at Naples
and one at Rome In excavating to
reach the buried cities many bodies OF
humans and animals were found. They
were in a well preserved condition,
~
topped by the layer of lava which
made their place of forced burial
absolutely alright, and instead Of de-
caying, the bodies merely shriveled.
The expressions Of agony and tor
ture, which the natives Of the buried
cities must have experienced when
destruction came upon them, were still
upon their faces when they were
found centuries later.
In order that these bodies Of hu.
mans and Of animals can be taken
from the ruins without disarranging
them, Mr.. Love explained, they are
filled with substance somewhat like
plaster of paris, which fills out all
hollow spots. This operation is per.
formed while the bodies still lie in
the ground. And after the substance
hardens the bodies are then remov-
ed. Among the relies on exhibition
In the museum is set Of doctors
instruments as used in the early
centuries
The City OF Amalfi.
Another city in Italy visited by the
Loves, and well.known in modern his.
tory, is the city Of Amalfi, on the
Salerno gulf. About twenty years ago,
half Of this city. which borders on
the Mediterranean Sea, slid into the
ocean, the entire population in that
section Of the town being drowned.
When the Mediterranean is calm an
observer can from a cliff see the
houses and buildings under the water.
Mr.. Love and family had the oppor.
tunity to view this interesting sight
when they were at Amalfi
The Journey to Rome.
From Naples, the Loves tourneyed to
Rome. Northern Italy, Mr.. Love Oh.
served has much better sanitary reg.
ulations than the southern part OF the
country. The cities OF the north are
very much like modern municipalities
Of the United States. The buildings