| Show OL en F H 1 are pro numerous things ol 01 pricel pric elres gs value to the world H upon the threatened frontiers front lera 5 of the warring countries and fsr among the richest of 0 these re resumes rea ill venice the dream of gen rations ration of tourists of students atu denta of art md 04 history and of lovers of 0 romance id d beauty few cities in tho the world belve generation ene ration from more widely catt altered ered sources and tow few istir so aby pleasant on th alie C isit to them this year eve e of a first I v iio wever the cit will be deserted by is tore leuice a honeymoon ob active su and d the tourists earliest cross sea aspiration hab ha become an b elect lect I 1 ve for austrian air fleete fleets and something of the charm f this city of world orld pilgrimage 3 la Is told I 1 one of its most noted friends karl ueler deler hose whose picture of the queen f the adriatic forms the bacis basis of a ml lije letin in issued by the national geo graphic society eo clety he lie writes before the campanile we e realize for the he first time the gilds widespread spread power of venice enice that fairy fair chiv aich sprang abnot ot from the earth but tho the sea still couched with the glamour ol 01 the tho east ind nd yet mistress of western culture go so rich in arts and arms in lovea loves ind ad hatreds hatred st venice Is to a sphinx hose enigma AC ae never neler wholly 1 ante in vain wo we strive strite to find an mage that ahall shall express her mysterious as essence the unique brooks no tomp om arieon parison center of life and As in the old times even so today w 0 center of life and movement JB Js the lizza 1 of st marks although it offers ht it a pale shadow of the life of for er das da a here on sunny mornings ill 3 the foreigners assemble here lounge the ciceroni and on the neigh oring pl azetta tho the gondoliers gondo liers ittner lot ot venders of all hinds kinds push their ar ay among the chairs that are set out front of the cafes under the open cade but the moat most brilliant spectacle Is to it t when hundreds bun dreda of gas lets to alight in the huge bronze cache bra ft hen the gold cold sparkles in the liebers windows and the sound of ar ay music Is borne across the plana plazza ben the crowd gathers from all eldes sides great evangelist its historical lust oricAl bane city consists con elata in its intimate connection with the fortune fortunet of 0 the city and of her rulers it was the theater of the their I 1 r triumphs and the refuge for their cares all that she has achieved and suffered venice haa has eone one under the protecting wing of st mark marks the church of st mark contains cont alna trophies from fromi all parts of the world every atone stone haa has a history those two great pillars at tha the entrance to the part of the booty of acre the bronze folding doors were once in the church of st sophia at stamboul the marble columns which stand right and left of 0 the niala mala por tal are bald to have hae been talca from rum the temple in jerusalem the fa group of four horses which stands above the main portal Is of the antique roman period and wa for a long titre in byzantium the cap ital of the empire of tha tb west the mra andio at the ass age at ninety five led on the venetians to the storming uton of constantinople 0 1 l CI 01 lie fie was nearly blind but a fiery u life still glowed lu in hia his veins what ahat st marks is as the espres slon sion of the religious spirit that the ducal palace ie Is for the secular power of venice it has scarcely a rival even in ital italy the doges palace aa it now stands before us was begun la in the fou century and completed in the fifteenth after a long interruption here every line Is classic the very position of the palace its rela alon to the church of st mark lark its two fronts one commanding the plax etta and the other the sea declare the inner significance of the building it Is the foundation the very corner stone of all venetian splendors splendor splendors not unmarred but yet a little shadow rests on these splendors A slight shudder mare mars the enchantment tor for the hands of venico are stained with blood much tuch noble blood sacrificed to un worthy passions there la is the bocca dl di leone into which envy threw its secret accusations here eat sat the coun ell of ten de do died that was mas a word of terror to all citizens of venice in this tribunal she had a at 00 W 77 ra t m ca a ON jhc thc grano CANAL ire e come the bobill with their iven he gondolas throng the pl azetta and e marceria mer ceria seems far too narrow for a preas press of penna the nolee noise and the passion 1 velch Is through the publicity of italian Is e Cont continue laue deep into the night then at hasty words are spoken yet once we cre tolen stolen glance la Is shot from beau ful eyes and the happy individual whom it la is intended understand understands le 18 farewell a around the steps of the metta all of white marble so tbt that u cannot nilea miss thoin them even at night rondola gather again and then parate on their dif different frent vaas a rough the dark and dead silent ellent dais at marke marks stands alono alone among among all 4 temples of the world although and 0 lid the moist air sea ea have spread air r veil ell over these walls yet the lant arit coloring and nd the mighty bute es shine through all the gray dlin dim of the past the bronie bronze h hornier horsep ove ve the great door are rearing the pla and arches stretch their great in intensity Inte nelty of power each atlon on of or the great building at emit ito ind and animated yel yet in tho the whole the profound and nobe peace per to the houe house of or god church now ow SW scars old it 1 ta a no now exactly years ago ince since 6 building of st git marke marks wae was cow td its ills sanctity Is 1 01 on it by the relic relics of ot abo tb power which aich could only be compared with that of or the blood thirsty marat the completo complete truth about venice cannot be learned in the lofty ducal palace where the ceilings are full of gold abid where art tree free and untrammeled created her masterpieces we go down even as far as a s the poz P zi into the dungeons below the level of the water or we must mount into the hot leaden cells 1 I 1 PIO Plon abl ibl then we begin to conceive what hat wae was the secret canker gnawing at the root of all till this beauty then we feel wit wiatt unspeakable horror what Is the shadow on the conscience cont dence of the proud queen of cf the adriatic |
