Show I 1 rilla nii ESTESs or OF VESTI VESTA an ali interesting description of lite origin or of the vestal virgins how lvere Select edthe emalu maculs 1 I licy I 1 JOYed and the rate ralo of ones who has not seen it a picture of ahe vestal virgin Virgi till hut flow many have any well ain ii of fiat it veata I 1 virgin I 1 I 1 egl n was wag flow dimny know that slit wits was I 1 11 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I of f it order to lu till 1113 goddess lems vesta tile the origin or of thu file P f e i u w kuae s 1 c i 1 I I 1 g I 1 ly hempkin I 1 ik 1 prehistoric r e f i 1 s t 0 r i ta t clinef I 1 I 1 1 I 1 when I 1 tiro I 1 ro wit wm obtained hy by lub bilig two pil cem of od together it was wan life e custom of tile htiu dw dwellers ellerm in tha little hamlets hain lelH to ili keep 11 public 4 orahim re burning lit in it 11 lull st net apart for that purpose and which was wait accessible to gohll till the care of theao hese tires wits to young girk because they were nut not engaged hilt UK PI I 1 in lluu I 1 ld and were not nit obliged 11 ID leall le oll fathe rii ani anil brothers in tho I 1 or fr upon other tho thi ello rustom tUan gramunt ly developed int into I 1 it a baere I 1 ri lenDl w 1110 hand band of nettled upon the life nilo hilo of llomo clicy abut for tile shelter of tho llin are t I 1 I 1 L urn nt fit tile tho foot of the palata palatine who chiro ro it wui maintained fl for r through till 11 ll the era of ito allu iliin hattory town to thu tho clotie if of tile fourth l century or of our tra era these of veann lipid HII all ill indor por taut position lual llon in I 1 the 11 0 roulan slates their number wai wa 4 six anti anil this is esta 1 dished by bas bad rollers fy tit I 1 tiona ion 4 upon coins find and by other raj I 1 hit i II 11 that ail I 1 slon should havo have grown up that the number dumber was very much larger ar alms have represented them lit in his poin paintings tings as numbering di they were ejected ly jy the aivale in childhood no girl eirl under 0 or r over 10 were eligible to lu the otil ce Ve tile of tile lie candidate must he be must be of aioo good tally and aej of high character and ft afie 16 girl eirl must bo be free frea from any physical defect lit in the vacation library there is IN it demeriot demeri lenc pt ion of tin an election if iii vestall in wit which ch there were two c wa was 19 irp rejected isted because i it t was known thit bat e re bifid been some domestic between 1 her I er parents paren ls and it waa 1 on hat account she would not b be 0 a utile ce pabloi to tho soda in ruch I 1 I 1 agh respect wa I 1 4 the huld beld that iho d defeated raf ted candidate waa compensated with an hum barka in 10 money estimated now at nearly balf adl a it niu I 1 lion of dollars the ul can was taken to the life atrium as n tho the home otho i ws wits called there tier hor halt hair was cut off and hung upon a tree as a votive offering and aud sh she took the oaths of the ordet dee the legal term bl bf service it in I 1 lie order wua was thirty years find at the ho expiration of that term alto alio was to n return to the world find and oven even ito to I 1 narry marry if she chose it vas ivas very seldom seli however that a vestal venial availed right furl fur the heires and the wealth which the she enjoyed J y ed as aa a mota mem berof berol tho the order were fr far greater than she could receive even in the most moat distinguished so BO caal citation outside of it they were under the especial care of tile tho state unit and enjoyed large revenues both from tho the state and from the g eltta I 1 is of private individuals parents whose daughters were chosen to tile order endowed them with large laree sums they were permitted to drive through the streets of rome homo proceed led ed by lic victors tors and even the tha consul were obliged to give way before them they had a stable of their own and their heir horses were exempt from being drafted for tile the military service of the state during the first ten left years of their service aney were I 1 instructed Us io in the mysteries of the or order der and the worship of tile the goddem during the second decade they pe the duties of the service and durine ili hai the iho third decade instructed tile the novi cog any ally agal ast ilia person of a vestal was punished with v ith death and if a vestal violated 1 i er auth or brok d tier her vows it was regarded as iCat n state atif of rence and she was puni alfed by being burled buried alive with soloan and impressive cenemo wag tay were women to whom request could lie ro fused this Is attested by the ilia in which havo have been found thu tho order wai under tile the control of till an abbas find and ww wv the he especial caro care 0 folit maximum or high ilk leml who watched over them with jealous cure care spies were placed among it alib a women who acted as asser ser viti ita an I 1 the slightest infraction or tile rules was s as reported antil anil punished there s JH H record of one vestal being reported hr for rif too loo much atten lion to lo her arr personal appearance the atrium was waa preserved Inviolate aud wo was guarded wl with tit the strictest strict eat eare cure ho leoin lul ruslon by byunn irian A physician even even wai not allowed to ti cross the th when one or thu the VI ill if aha required ined medical cal at she ahe was waa removed to the tha lome home of lier frienda frien fr leoil dd when the puni h 11 ll ent of death was upon 1 11 i I estal who had broken tier VOWS JL ii W waa a sear carried ried out ly by entombing entomb ing her al alive I 1 ve lit in it 11 crypt near the porta cul cot onna annii and the ii 14 i i so well known rod and 80 Ili tely tied nod fiat it i is ion known wil within fifty left feet it w was thought that it would be 19 uncovers unc uncovered overe 1 I during durlie dur lii the excavation i for tho the folio onn dillons rf of tin the now new building build ioK fur for ib aliu ministry uini stry of fina fice cr cc else elie of the buildings on the opposite side of thew ilia id JL ie t street it la is nw thou glit it niu il L lit be under tile tho street itself anil and it a request rei ULal has been mide made to tho the government for leave to excavate ex cavato taboa but tile has hai not been granted in I 1 u t arch Is id A description of the entombing entomb ing afi geatal of having broken tier hei TOWS rocq A boil and a small amount of 0 were lit in tho the mho aia ats conducted to it by tho tin maz max anus and a i silo thu the dor der hn he led his big hick than th I 1 ladder adder was and tho the mouth of the iho crypt cri pt aeilt il up boil and bidden from view hy by n 1 I huge huea e era M of earth Domit imn punished an n abbess of elf tile thy vestals for forill al lebed hren klow nf if lier liar vows but it Is doubtful it II silo was guilty shia was condemned without tt it hearing hrar lne ani and td her Inno innocence ence the story la Is tola by she sha met her rate fate will th the bod an fortitude oan ni what tile hid mysteries con tided tn tit the carp 1 ail I tile the vestals were viele Is H flot known ibey were popular pou lir ly IY med Hed to ill hs the 0 of sved rello frollo a ummi which wre VM it lug t to depend the kli elfare of boil iacong them were wera 4 I 1 I 1 gild I 1 to 0 be ba the clurn luin the sceptre of priam and other articles thy often orten In trusted ei with the tha cus cua tudy tody or of important doe the wills of tho the emperors and other papers the he extinction of tills singular religious ioui occurred in the tha benr A D ili the reign of 1 there was a decree promulgated re further money fro from tile iha slate for tho the in or of pacan I 1 gark worship mill thid wha fillow fill jw L by milli lecorn tho tit 0 cele e I 1 b ra of tle tile order ahli c au s 1 a of lit mInn rIly hinl and Valent hilan wm blain the vloro overthrown bv I 1 ina battlo battle oula lilo iuorno in tho the f full it I 1 i c or that year tim exact and locality of thi conflict been loat but tile the defeat was followed follo by the conf conni lif cation or atie avill ami tit ahn convent t or of ahti ve helali I 1 a 4 wits was broken u up p it ft Is 13 that hi it they destroy Z eai d the ahe chopel which stood w within tho the court aaril binl to for r biotti have been I 1 found hii 1 tills this idea la Is supported by tile the falt unit persecution accompanied the expulsion of the order they doubtless destroyed tho chapel that I 1 ibn be I 1 mysterious ily briten they had practiced kir for cent centuries raught nilai pot lia be FOvea led euialia |