The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-02
'DR. STUART AND WIFE HURT
 WHEN FLOOR COLLAPSES IN ROOM IN CONSTANTINOPLE
Pastor Of First Methodist Church Has Narrow Escape From Death When Sixty Or More Persons Crowd Into Small Space-Automobie Trip Through Palestine To Be Feature Of Mediterranean Tour


 1 lad started. l have not seen wave upset a canoe. The Medlterrenean Sea this morning is as smooth as Lake Junaluska on a still evening. Tomorrow morning puts us to Bey- rout and one nights run puts us to Alexandria, then three days across the sea to Naples and we say good bye" to "Tuscania" which has gotten to seem like home to us.
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 An Earlier Letter.
 Nearing Constantinople.
 We are going through the Da-- danelles; European coast to left and Asia to right. Dardanelles does not look as wide as Lake Junaluska. We've been full length of Adriatic and Aegean seas, crossed Atlantic, will traverse full length Mediterra- mean, ride on Black sea tomorrow. On three continents-Europe, Asia and Africa. Had a wonderful day yesterday Sunday in Athens. Nis- lted the Acropolis, Parthenon. Had service on Mars Hill. Read l7-h chapter Acts-Pauis message from Mars Hill to Athcnians. Papa prayed a beautiful prayer after reading the lesson, ali of us standing on Mars Hill where Paul stood when he de- 1ivered it. We visited prison whera Socrates took the fatal hemlock after trial and sentence passed, Visited the stage on which Demosthenes de- livered his great lectures, Plato taught his pupils Stadium-old and new; new marble one is greatest in the world. At Parthenon Jack took our pictures. Hope they are good Saw the sad and magnificent ruins of Temple of Jupiter and Minerva and Temple of the Winds and the Wingless Victory, Temple of Thesus and Theatre of Bacchus. eoday we passed the battle ground where the British and French encountered the Turks in the battle of Dardanelles m World war We saw the battered Hsrship lying on sides sunken same time, only mast sticking out. We passed the sight of Troas, over the Journey of St. Paul and through the Hellespont where Xerxes built his pontoon bridge and marched his forces (Persian) to attack Athens. Tomorrow and next day, Tuesday aud Wednesday. we spend at Con- stantinople and leaving there we en- ter our Palestine journey, beginning Saturday morning, August 4, aItef sailing from Constantinople to Bey- rout. We leave Beyrout Saturday a. m. in automobile, traverse the whole of Palestine, of which We Will write later.
 Retracing our journey we have fol- lowed the course outlined by the lit tie book with the exception Of our branch trip. Leaving ship at Genoa we went to Pisa, saw famous leaning towers-Rome--and saw the wonder- full things about that great city. The outstanding sights were St. Peters, Vatican, Forum, Coliseum, Circus Maximus Pantheon, Catacombs-St Paul outside of the gate (contalnlng his tomb. the Monastry covering the spot where St. Paul was beheaded' the old dungeon where he was I'm prisoned, block where his head was severed, where Julius Caesar was stabbed by Brutus and the ruins of his home and many other things. From Rome we went to Florence' Here we visited the art galleries, the greatest of the world, church of Le Croce, containing tomb of Michael Angelo and Gallileo. The Duomo and other interesting cathedrals. We shall not forget our visit to the home of Savonarola, to the room where he wrote and made sermons, where ne slept, where he was arrested, to the pulpit where he preached, to the spot where he was burned-magnificent monument erected by public subscrip- tion. We visited the home of Gallileo. saw his observatory. the home or Dante and Michael Angelo, Mrs. Brownings tomb in Protestant ceme- tery Next we visited venice, the uniQue city or the PoSo VI her I'll islands and the things that have made her famous-St. Marks Cathedral, Palace of Doge's. Bridge Of Sighs, the dungeon, the homes or Desdemona and Shylock in "Mer- chant Venice" which was written there. We saw the feeding of famous pigeons, rode in the gondolas. bought some trinkets and called our visit a success. We stopped at Plume, saw the bombarded palace at Abazzia which Is beautiful summer watering nlace. Geraniums in evidence every where here. Moonlight nights and clear sky have added to our trip. One little shower in Venice is only rain we've seen since we left North Caro- lima. The shaving brush by mirrow still rides without even having been upset. This shows what quiet and lovely sailing we've had over the ocean and through the seas. A pas senger, who has been over the seas 20 times, says 1t is the moSt remark able trip he has ever known. All well and happy"