Evening star., 1926-01-10
WHEN you have entered Milan b,

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I "HEN you have entered Milan by
+ one of It's II gates and have had
/ an American bath and an Italian din
! per of six courses. your guide hurrieS
J YOU off To see the great cathedral in
/ time to catch the glow Of sunset
/ through its windows. MANY people
] have visited this wonder structure.
/ or seen photographs Of il. or read de
ScriptionS. or had to listen to a re
/ turned native give a talk" but as
/ YOU stand in The far-reaChiuG splendor
! Of an interior that can hold 10000
/ people, and look up at a pageant in
stained glass. so radiant with the
! glory Of the dying sun as to tint the
| Silvery dusk with q blush that no
! painter has ever set on canvas. YOU
/ know the hOpelCSSncSS of ever putting
| your emotion i'll words No one could
! do it-though countless architects,
/ poets. painters and everyday travellers
/ have tried.
/ Then the glow deadenS into 4 deep
/ ening dusk starred with the WaNen
1 taperS of many affairs with the re
moter darkness pierced by the crimson
of sanctuary lamps and there comes
! TO YOU Il fantastic notion that the
/ moving figures that would he dark
| ness except for the dim gold of the
I candles are not merely deVOteeS or
travellers coming and going like your
| self, but shades of the men of five
centuries-workmen. SculptOrS. paint
eI'S. who had created together II
/ miracle of architecture that it is not
likely that this world OF commerce will
/ ever build again.
4 morning ride over the citv-the
/ second largest in Italy. and officially
] admitted to be one of the most pro-
EreSSlve in EurOpe-SEtS one to figur-
! ing why an Italian should ever want
to emigrate from the most beautiful
/ country in the world. but anyhow
! YOU forget about American push
/ carriers and girders and ditch-worllers
! with voices Of velvet and eyes like
! midnight suns-when your guide goes
! back to the beginnings of Milan. 221
/ Be. to tell Of its successive falls and
! rises. according to whether our old
! friend Attila the Hun was in posses
sion, or powers that We're better and
/ stronger held sway
For one time. you visit the Santa
| Maria della GraZie, where the world
| goes to sec the Last supper" by
Leonardo da Einci. 1t is painted on a
! brick wall Of what used to he the
sacristy. and the centuries have
! loosened the bricks and dimmed the
disintegration is now only a matter of
short time. despite the continuous
work of restoration. Photographic re
| productions of the picture show for
these ravages. which possibly ac-
counted for the objection of one tour
ist from Chicago who refused to buy
for the reason that he could get a
! fresher copy at home. These colors
looked "shopWorn.
There is Il matinee going on At La
Scala Theater, I'll" securd largest in
Europe. but as You individually prefer
to glimpse the glory Of the Arnhrosian
Library. the earliest and still one of
the most valuable public libraries IN
t.u] upr. You mis- out on the expert
ence of being 4 unit in crowded
house-which meant $500 people The
population of Milan is conSiderabl
over half-milion. and, 50 far as one
/ could see in hotel, stores. roads and
! streets, everybody was prosperous
! and happy (which sta ) YOU To figlT-
! ing out once more why an Italian
| should erDtgrate.