| Show r v l Frank ra G Visits an OdRo Old Raman nC City t on n the e Edge of the of T he T Jr d I P Ju pell t 5 S UL I a r u Desert Which is IS Being Unearthed by the trench French I v J II jl I I Special Correspondence Corl of the Ic tics WAD April 2 Ilav you 0 1 I ox hurl of tn 1 i w 1 II I ruined oily clI of lla llaman mill man which the li II now lOW out of ot the 1141 I J 1 milt Mouth of ot Men M h ho o mid 1111 So 1 of nf TunU U It In Is ju t oer tho 1 from the dUll crt 01 m 11 01 n of tho tower lower ot I Ith tho th n r i In Un UJ day of f Hume It mI mut b on h l WWI m in J about H I IJ year before Christ Christli li nil It II wm Ill by th tho eruption 1 of Vesuvius Y 1 1 A II n Jt It only in people un 1 It n ni i 11 nol half hilf tho hn lae Ix of ot thin African city Il now boin unearthed NIl T 1 wis WI 21 II years yearn Ih itT Pompeii J VMS built hulit by h ih he J Trajan 1 In II l unit It wan tb n known as gall or II Jt II Ill nt I t ti i t t tin tI I ii 01 f Itoman u t WI wix i ii Ull u v 1111 It l tl 1 Brent lt It Tho Th r how thil U It nui i u Il f r cH I all well 1111 d by hy jnnny n h Ih mid Ly i rill nil tin th IU of r HOln nt 11 the th 4 i of or ll JI 0 rI It Ii II li Ii ii 1 dt Ity St A born n ur It II In h tin th would e when hn fi t l Arub lI H It hll H II dl rn the Ih of or which still The ll city 11 wan by h the 1111 Ir and t fo fm fRI till ruin 1111 i Moll 1011 of or th Illo II till tu Ih IIII I ls Crom mm ti 1 great 1110 1 U Il IU ro lay r liy until HIP 1 h part of oC U It has ha bi u IO o t 1 from kw Till J I CA Foi only oro I fow of oC tho moro nl t ulis row e t above Ih There ool col her ami III HI ur tw Ai OUt of or Olot pd 11 thu srol und and andU U II Will not until tilts b un about fi r III ugo that any uny orta that k n Brent lay IH burled At It Int only a 11 purl rt of tin th hUll i od I but tin th work Is BonK on III day by day 1111 within u II few thu Ihl elt will be III to thu Ihu Imio of Ihl l African Him Iun 1 uv of or at nt IU InH im 1111 I i about thum noon ami 1 them they raised hurl tl columns out of tho soil 1 Tho pint of tho city still un touched In I for above tho IIII c ht of my bead nHI tho t Iret run to Hip Ih 11 of Iho building still i III nOAD IWAn TO r en mi her from on the a It of or about 50 ro mills Tim 1111 station 1 French town at HI entrance of tb Ih valley In which I t hired u anlage und drove rot for 5 G up III this valley ulle tu I thu th II I I of the tho Tho only town wp wo passed 1 on un tho way war was BC This was Willi also ulu prominent In tho days da s of If tho Ho no and it has hUR r that would bo ho wonderful won they the not by 11 tho groat af onon here Tho road 1011 to built hullt by II the and It la Is as as was Ul tho Ihu Applan WilY when all ero still In 10 prim UH Ih s arc MO thaI on the trot and wo cov COl Iho ho In III less than thre I 1011 IS e met many at III Lam Arabs outRide of Pin n Jilt but Now we WI crowded a n caravan of or cam 1 sullenly and now paws IH s Id 1 of low brown tho T If 7 w who 10 1 of the liaR It t platon in Iho valo wo taw Arabs plowing but tu sol Ii II fi now t arid it II hili m 1 Ht t nr 1111 II 1 IH havo hwu till tho Binary DI ot Homo i 1 J imagine that thaI the thell 10 ir n on It het V ll tho lc U B 1111 way f tl th has tho weather lenth of 1 I WJ in I I ra tau C G Carpenter Algeria as ns has hll been the caw with Palestine Ant other land landiM iM 1 THE mb CITY 1 J already alreed beon here for Ir the tho thoI I better heller part of ot two day 1 Rill m i at Itt the which h INI put 1 I up UT for nn anger have boon the Ih rums with nn old who fins lonn been connected with the work of ut the city cIL cILI I almost of giving a 1 if lr tin Ih character extent of or the ady Tb Ih old like the J rus lem of tiC tiCU U Psalms were built hullt to together t tK gether K th l and although Included orly r I t Q l It II wan ft beh nr f Immunity nd people needed hilt liss than many on an American town if C n hw h size TIm TUK OK Ol W 1 rh part o far were the th chief ohl bu and a 1111 r They Th nl divided up Into street UIN in 3 feet N wide which emu lIh h nt Rt right amk ThI 1110 mi nf If already can walk over Oct them on nil the Iho p v on Which tin Ih I In chariot I t mm pi I nun h of oC oCI my I J way In the mi II b I thi h rh eh iri ll tF und anti 1 I found UK t h or If tio Lo 1 mid wort smooth HI by tin feet t 1 of f Hi Ih r C people of Ir JB I centurion Ine Th fh m in III lire are with hl I of about throe wh nid four Ht hl to w r Under i v VI ry t I L sw from one line end of or i to tin till other und the Ih elly K t n v rv ho ul linn ltd l connection Wih in hI ini i aro public i In nil 1111 of city ell The fil ate al lined with ii Ib i Bt and anil the principal hII H 1 on ilc of of ot which are 11 bi hI li n liand and lt perfect If t 1111 of these aie mU i hut but their thel 1111 beyond tb 1 on CIHI n be I plainly HlEn On Oil lIn In rome of thell I aid 1 look lule for a II mile mil b ull to tJ the lh grind url ure of In III Its lis prime ON WAY AY TO I Itt us make our way a along till main avenues which lent lead through the th center of Ihl lo 10 the Forum III Ve c enter ono III by h a IL grout Htone with over 11 tone cut Into ruts by h the chariot Thero on hath of the Iho streets on n and on Oil to In till the and m beyond he them on un each side acres upon of lit ruined ranging In II hll hl to IU that of my head hend or Jl The hl of or time of and of IC till the Mohammedan have ha e cut tho thu of oC the buildings but hUl enough of or tile the walla arc still left no tit that I one Ino can at HI Just how bow they were con I and can 1111 walk from room tu I mom through after house hon l lAl I At Al tho 1110 Hide Mrle of or thlu main street I facing the a II covered lUll lUllI I WU Hie Ill top tOl of which rested upon hll 1111 for foot eels who could thero move with lIth without out dnn cr from Cronl tho throng of u and In III the outside At tho Iho gamo the tho people could coula BOO out between the column On the tho other Bide or r this facade or r tho residences focI faced and on 1111 the tho opposite side sid of r the lII the lilt cam camo elo o up III to tho Ihu On tilt the VIo Ylo which cuts the thc street I have hlll described at lit light angles and lends leads tho great rua of Trajan to tho forum one Hide Is lined Ihle J with mores Tho ho number of Mores aro near Ih Forum and they the probably formed the chief tilt of thc city LII Each establish ment had n II main room facing tho street with In tho tear which nan probably used usel as us a u warehouse or as a u room oom for Its lis owner U 11 cr Thu had deep In III tho Hugs lIuI from one all end of it to the other and It Is II easy ens to t Imagine It tilled with the JIll gay Ita of tho Iho daya of tho thu Km m Trajan and lV IN THE rIlE I walked li stoie after arter store In Ills qua tor and then went to another f Iho W Will M Roman mallo Th I was nm by 0 columns and It still shows I w w t Tim od tins Has Been Dead Fifteen Hundred H Yc Yours lS But is 8 Now Comin CominTo To life lif It Was W 5 Twice aa os Big as os Pompeii und and Had Temples H and nd A LooK a 0 Its Houses and Stores The Ancient ACi t Forum u and the Arch of Trajan an ant I w Xv t 1 1 I t y T y 1 t y I Il y y y I y y l II v y y I y t vt t I X f I f X 1 X f Y r X i it X t f 1 for the t tC C THE THEATER AT II I Scats and Is In lut t the the I I II w n un r many that it Will n a beautiful place when the people from fm all tho country came here to buy bu sell stalls of the meat maikut were on 1111 a l platform Ilia In III a I half halfmoon moon facing the market place llac The marble counters behind which tho butchers stood are s II Intact and they bear tho minks of ur the Ue cleavers In chopping oft the of tho pant 1 These The c counters arc marble slabs eath elieN about a 11 foot thick and about live to feet rel relIn In 1 crawled under one and stood In n place of the butcher trying To Imagine tho customers who waited out outside side for fOI chickens of lamb nd rump steaks fifteen hundred or JI more ago and l In my minds eyo CO COI I could Alib Caesar testing tho Iho breastbone of a fowl and ro 10 tilling the boy to 10 cut hOI her a Il steak tiff off the loin anti and watching him to suo that ho did 1 not 1101 cheat chent In the weight loiter Inter on I t saw In III the the tho weights which were used to the moat They Tho aro 1110 balls of stone mIll mIllIng Ing In III size from that of lC my head to tu u II marble II A CITY ClY OP 01 LUXURY Some of or the tho houses of were They had maible benches benche beautiful frescoes and Hours of mosaic The ho museum hUB has many mosaics equal to 10 almost anything discovered at Pom Pomell poll ell They lire aro made of bits of or stone tomo I of oC which are no bigger than thull a 11 ba ha hah bys h R nail M 80 together to that they the seem one Olle solid block They lire are of or orman many man colors color and the famous characters of mythology One am about 15 IS feet shows Venus riding tho sea on a I centaur while tho dolphins swim below Another the triumph of Neptune and other show how various scones connected with the gods SOM and goddesses I oC old Home HOllie near the Forum I explored a 1 palace which contained about Crt GO odd rooms some of which still decorated with marble murble columns olumn When hon I t camo In Inthe the doors seemed to be h nothing hilt but plaster but hul as us I scraped my tn feet fecI on them I saw flaw the Ihl mosaic beneath This bouse hud a n wide wille entrance porch the tho Moor luor of which was a above ahl the tho level lovel of tho street and the stones at lit tho ho front showed plainly lh IIII the maiks I made by IJ the carriages as all they drove 1100 out and In It hall had bath rooms looms with hot and cold chambers the rhe floors of which were wre of nC mosaic such as aro aO now In the Ih mu mil museum seum eum Tm BATHS OF OJ It It be Je true that cleanliness is next to 10 godliness these were not nol ungodly There are ruins of baths here which show that this old town nt ot ranging In III RI f from to people had better heller of lIf that kind than any au of or our OUI largest cities today Just outside the tho chief entrance gate stands the ruins of or an enormous building covering al almost most two acres which was devoted to bathing and gymnastics 1111 II H It was us built of brick orick and some Iome of the mosaic Hoots ate still to 10 be he heen I 1 spent Mime ome time limo In these baths A large part of till the outer walls lulls me still Intact anti and the tho rooms although they the lire are broken in III places can CIn be hc easily traced trace There are 35 of or them i mining about a II grand rand hall ball 40 to feet feel wide 75 feet long where whre the tho men mell went through their gymnastics I or 01 rested and loafed after aftel bathing There herc were many hot chambers fop rOI steam am vapor 11 pOI baths and Ill several cole cold plunges with large luno t pools The hot looms bad mosaic with under underground ground lineR Hues and an Ires The ruins of the tho heating beating arrangements are such Ruch that even now they thc could be ht repaired and ancl the baths used as ali In the past In III 0 I the bouthern part of Iho city elt are 1110 other baths and in many man of the tho houses so RO fur far excavated thorn the are remains of or private hath bath rooms A THEATER SEATING FOUR THOUSAND bad 1111 a theater which seated sealed more than 1000 people I wonder how many limn towns of In qUI our country have amusement halls that size This Ids theater was IU In the upper part of the city elt ut the tho edgo erlo of ot the hills I went through it this morning rind sat for fat forn fatI n I time lime In one CIne of the boxes Js which faced the thc marble rostrum forming the stage The rhe audience came camo In through n 11 cov covered ered passageway made of stone and there is u n covered passageway for exit The rhe actors had hn their theil own en which led directly to 10 the stage Thero no roof over Oer this theatre the tho audience Slit sat out In hI the tha open with witha a 11 magnificent view of ot the thc valley und mountains ever oer before them The seats are of or stone slon and they thc run III the arena In the aba pe of n hall half moon rising tier tiel above tier The orchestra played pl in the be below b blow low lowI I was also much Interested in the tho library or 0 public lecture room of or this ancient town I do not suppose HIppo e that ancient bad an nn Andrew Carnegie hut but Its Ils ruins show Mho that this building would havo hao been a worthy monument to 10 any an corn com king of or old Rome nome It has hUR the shape of or a II halt half circle with steps running round It and shelves lu In the walls where tho scrolls of or manuscript were stored An Another other othel curious structure was a n build building ing hII devoted to the thc selling of or lowers with fountains to tn keep tha tho lowers fresh fUE r The rho of oC has been en unearthed and Ind It hears evidence of having been far larger and moro more I beautiful than that of Pompeii Us It II stone courts court arc almost Intact and many of the tho tall marble columns which surrounded Jt Il are arc still here It boars hent every evidence of having beet been n 11 mag magnificent place It 11 Is reached by b stono steps Klc About it on every sidn well covered passageways upheld by b pil pillars lars lar of marble At I one end behind marble columns was u 11 great stone stono rostrum I 1 suppose for the speakers and there was 11 an AU extensive lve lobby retiring rooms somewhat as liS in our Capitol at III Washington Adjoining the forum was a tl chamber chomber of or commerce built buill of marble and lime limestone stone This building Is supposed to have served ns a I sort sorl of or stock ex exchange change and ond tribunal of o justice com eom combined It 11 had a 1 statue of or Justice In It Ita a n part of ot which still exists I THE lIE TE PLES OF 0 lm CITY Crry There arp nm several ruined temples In One was 01 devoted to Victory Victor and another to the tho Jupiter ot uC the Cap Capitol itol 1101 The Tho willis walls of oC the tho latter are six alx feet m In mid arc made of or great blocks three und and four Caul feet feit In length Some Som of the enormous col columns which formed the of oC this structure still stand They Ther Are on a 1 high platform which overlooks the tho whole city Each column Is III 50 1 feet high hll l It Is III ami carved and Its lis capital l II t ot oC beauty 1 J climbed up to the base hase of u greit columns I and look n A view kw of Hie he I ruins With a II broken i pillar hero there among them the half hulf broken houses cs looked more Ilk n II palatial cm lull tie yard ard of oC brick and lint stone than a II city Ill This however Is only it at first The ruins of or the famous old city Ill nt at once Into view Ie Ih th wealth of tho Iho past everywhere strikes I your eye cye The rhe houses are now II t tie lh moro than walled pens pen and tho thoI streets I the roads through them Just below heln me were great blocks of marble pieces of or broken I r could see fleo I Ihl stone tables upon which tilt the Ho Homans mans offered their sacrifices and be beyond yond them the homes of the th city The columns beside mo nw were wel as aM big hi around ns as u 1 hogshead anti and they rose ro c above mo me moto meto to the height of or a 1 house hous They hl were made In blocks each of which must have weighed many tons They were probably nut ant on ground hut but how they the were raised so high without the aid uld of modern machin machinery ery 11 I cannot Imagine This temple 1 had 32 2 In front of it and Inti 22 pillars of enormous proportions on all tho platform above ubo THE OF TRAJAN At t the entrance of tho Via inis now no stands the remains of or the Arch of oC Trajan Tho city ell as I Ihu have hu said was founded by hy Trajan and this arch Is II a II 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