New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
SEEING EUROPE
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fancy this a small congregation. To An 4.
Peters completely takes some 55 900 psy.,..
There we're between 10000 and 5000 n...
when We came 20 IL. In any other ehu,e,
even a great cathcdral-thls would b ~.
crowd In 81. Peters IL was almost a. ~.
ing. The last time that the church wa "a.
petely filed was in February. a, tae e,,,.,
ton Of the new Pope. That day people w.,
AZ o'clock in the morning and l.r,r,
fought their way 20 attend ceremony IA,
vas not due 20 begin until 9:30 nor q o.
before 80 p. m.
To me- the most astonishing things ts,
the great Ba'ilca are rs simplicity and =
apparent newness. Not a Roman Ca1,s,
myself, I am nevertheless fairly fsniIAsr.
mos, Of the great churches q that faith, ",
their color, with their ornateness. Yose.-.
not say that st. Peters is not ornate oras,e
lacks color. But it does lack some o. &,
things that many laymen a. least asuea,
with Roman Catholic churches. There are .,v
II any, images. / did not sec a single erles,
in tho whole vast edifce. One appro,ss,.
close 20 the great altar and found it rer,sr
able in its simplicity; with but six es1Is
upon II, it might almost have served AZ 4.
altar Of any Episcopal church Nss.
over in s.. Peters there was 10 selling q
candles or of small religious articles such u
prevails, for instance, in many % the chgrcsa
in France. And there were no beggsrs, saa
as prevail in many other quarters of Ia'y
Bu. the most surprising thing sbou. S.
Peters 10 ne was its apparent newnes
use the word apparent sdyIabiy. becsm
Mr. Baedeker tells me- that the present Basilia
was completed somewhere about the mdas
Of the sixteenth century. i looks as II
had been finished about the middle of re hr
one. Il Is all but Immaculate Most q thsv
historic cathedra's and great churches Q,
Europe show their yenerab...fy upon ,h,r
sleeves There is a griuiness and dingrsu
even about their interiors that only lorg csr.
turies may ever give. 81. Peters has ths nsE.
ress. the cleanliness and the vast appessas,s
OF space Of our Grand Central Terminal !,
New York, or the Penniyivan.a or The rev
Union Station ou, in Kansas City
ROME, itself, despite It's great age, Ia,
many ways a briskness and reyrw
about 10 which belle It's centuries. Our h1
Is situated close 10 one of the newes, res.csfg
sections Of the Eternal City. There apsr.
ments are going up in large numbers ard q
real profusion these days. The custoni7
construction Of these is OF q rough.surtn
s-fr - 4
finished concrete surface. skilfully modsle
70 simulate cut stone. There are many cor.
nices and pilasters, much modelling q door
frame. window tops and the Ike. Your Latin
forever likes the fancifu touch 20 his resi-
derce, even though in the modern Rome he
has been induced 20 forego the gayiy coloret
and stenciled outer wall surfaces that form 50
distinctive a feature q other Italian cites,
notably Genoa.
An American who resided here as recently
as ter years ago and who then was 'he Srogd
possessor q small semi-detachei vfs in
an outlying section Of the city was asionishef
when he came back the ether day % find hs
former home completely surrounded BY grss;
new apartment houses. Il 70 longer was ar
outlying section Of Rome Il was, as the
Bronx in the City Of New York. completely
swallowed up By the growth OF the great city
Of which il was bound, sooner or later, % Be.
come an integral part.
One definite result of this large building
campaign. particularly in the three years that
have followed the war. has been 20 reduce rer's
radically. Rome, 20 an American seems
remarkably cheap place Of residence az me
present time. \ good many Americans are
living here: some seven or eight thousand, ins
largest permanent colony in Europe. nsxi
10 that Of Paris. They find conditions vastly
different here from those that prevail az home
A married woman Of my acquaintance from
New York has held magnificent old-fash'oned
apartment for herself throughout the winter
Her first experience was that Of getting II
coal-it has been an unusually hard, long
winter throughout all Of Europe i took time
and patience and good blk Of maneuyering %
get the coal delivered When il finally came
there was no coal hole, no storage provisions
whatsoever for holding Il. The t~o-~heelel
cart which brought il dropped u abruptly upon
the pavement in front Of the handsome main
entrance TO the apartment house, an extensive
structure which at one time had been the pal
ace OF the Prince Of Something-or-other Inc
New York woman was abashed AZ the sisnt
She expected the police 70 come at any minus
and place her under arrest for defacing Us
front door Of her own home. She placed aei
servant in charge Of the miniature coal heap
already many envious eyes were being cast
,nor it-and hurried out for help.