Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-31

| coit q lS5I - AOISO' PrimtlVe cOufl-
trymen were coming in with their
produce, themselves asleep in their
| carts.
Far ahead. what was that i'm
posing edifice? What was it do
ing so far outside the walls? Then
/ remembered. Saint Pauls out
side the Walls" And the wonders
of it--and the great Saint Peters
and the Vatican, and the rest!
The Sistine Madonna.
l sent the boy alone to visit the
Sistine chapel, admonishing him to
look out for Raphaers Sistino Ma
donna. When he returned he de-
scribed the pictures and marbles
as though he had been a resident
artist for years. But he missed
the Sistine Madonna. We went
again and again and always miss
ed the Sistine Madonna. Later, in
Dresden, in a room by itself, we
found Raphaels Sistine Madonna!
How did 1t get there? Germans
admire it. but they say they adj
mire Holbein's Madonna more. A
friend of mine attended school in
Madonna finer than Holbein's A
German friend Of hers insisted Hol-
| bein's was the finer. 1t also had
room to itself. One day my
friend and the freuline went to the
| gallery to convince each other of
her mistake. Entering the room
containing Holbein's Madonna the
| freulein spoke in whispers. point
| ing out the superioritles. Then
entering the presence Of the Sis
tine Madonna, the freulein did not
even whisper but stood spellbound.
These surprises were very de-
| lightful, the discovery Of Saint
Pauls outside the walls. Of the Sis
| tine Madonna in a German gallery,
the grave of oliver Goldsmith in
an area inclosed by the celebrated
| Temple in London, the unexpected
sight of the ivy-grown grave OF
Thorwaldsen in quiet retreat In
Copenhagen, q glimpse Of Winder-
mere castle on the coast of Dem
mark.
Almond Blossoms, Naples.
When the almond blossoms made
the hills fragrant and pink we went
to Naples. which a good book can
describe better than l. 80 limited
in time. We went to Pompeii and
Herculaneum, So wonderful, and to
the top of Vesuvius. occasionally
reading bits from the Last Days
of Pompeii" and looking off to the
pink clouds of blossoms below, the
radiant sea in the distance, and
imagining the plight OF the people
in the year 70 A. d. On the top
Of the old mountain we ate cake
baked after an American recipe in
on oven over a charcoal fire in
Rome-baked by ourselves.
In course of time we were back
in Rome at our flat, and getting
ready to journey northward. to
Florence, Bologna, Venice. For
once we went to a very good hotel
while doing the splendid galleries
of Florence. At Bologna we had
the best sausage imaginable. In
Venice our JOY was unbounded.
At first the boy must have a ride
in a gondola on the Grand canal,
and there must be nobody else
sharing the boat, except the sturdy
gondolier. And then it was the
Bridge of Signs and the Palace of
Dogs, as he always said. We haunt
ed Saint Marks and the Lido, eat
! ing macaroni at little tables I'M
der the trees, paying extra for
napkins.
Leaving Venice.
Reluctantly we prepared to
leave Venice. The boy was out
| laying in a stock of things to eat
on the way. was finishing the
packing. The boys long flannel
night gown with the soft cambria
one inside it lay on chair. The
proper thing to do was to shake
| them out the window. What was
/ my CONSERVATION to see pair OF
Irish wool under drawers leap 10
the waters below! He had but two
suits. flew to the ground floor
which was a water-floor. On
little bridge | met a grinning Ital-
ian with the garment dripping in
his hand. ...
The wonders of the Tyrol you
will find in printed books, and of
| Vienna and Munich, and Frank
| fort. In May we were looking out
| of the car windows. third class,
down from winding shelves on the
slopes of the Alps. Above, the
peaks were white with everlast-
| ing SHOWS, below and around was
a newly-fallen blanket of white.
and the poisoning cherry anc
pear trees in the valleys finished
| the scheme of whiteness. Down,
| down, curving round and round,
went the train. Finally we came
to a stop in Unteraegerie, In 4
high Alpine valley. where we wore
to live three months at the ire
mendous outlay of seventy-ttve
| dollars, which included private
boat, a garden, three living rooms,
| firewood, and the best OF every
thing the simple place afforded
| together with balls and materials
and books, and two separate jour
| neys back and forth to Lucerne
| for pure fun. We had a month at
Zurich, with trips to Berne and
Geneva. We climbed the lower
Alps in different places and gazed
with awe upon the higher peaks
On to Berlin.
When the fertilizing sprinkling
cart drawn by the family COW
| came to empty the neighDorlns
, cesspools and to shoot it over the
flowers and vegetables, we took
our lunches and books and left for
parts higher. up. holding our noses.
The lessons progressed with Won
derful strides in Switzerland, and
our JOY and lack of sympathy for
those homeless ard friendless In a
strange land inci eased daily. We
almost concluded never to SO
home. We finally went to Berlin,
to stay indefinitely, to study, and
take side trips, and to add tc our
10y and satisfaction. Again. you are
advised to read from the printed
page about Potsdam and other
suburbs, and Inter den L,,nden,
and the wonderful Tiergartan and
forests and edifices.
German friends invited US to
sr end some time with them in
their summer horno on the Battle.
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