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“| Was lorious,
— the hest part of Itay from ian, ‘igrieul-

a of the Mediterranean.
|} curious: blend of the anefent, the me-:

| the Lagoon, and svhich serve ad a high:

-| Sichs and the Rialto Bridge.

{in the number ‘of its historical memor-

{ers,‘such was ‘whit we ‘had “come to’

{glorious “sumahine pouring forth: its

‘|dolas was awaiting us to take us to
‘| our several ‘hotels, mine being the Ho-

and damp. The remainder of the day:

| there edemed to be. water everywhere

ing seemed to stand on a rock out of

As dinner: time drew nenr all tried to
see whose memory would excel in quot-
ing the poets who found Venice the
favorite “spot” for
poem of T, A. Symonds seemed to’ fix
our evening's program “The
tion to the Gondola.” a

‘Rev. T.. D: ‘Proctor: Writes
OF iis Big Trip t to: Europe

The! Mission House oe
- Hazelton, B.C.” ,

10th. Thstnyent, . ho leagte

tia all busy ‘packing up our many pur-
chases ready to entrain for, -Venice-
The journey was not Jong and the day
We ware travelling ‘in:

tural standpoint. Lu.days.. gone... bs
Venice was a glorious republic, sharing
With Genoen the absolute domination
Today it is a

| diaeval and the, modern, . Its. famons

. canals, in which are reflected the mar- :}-

rels of. architecture’ Of: the Queen. of :

way for the numiberless’ Zondolas fur.’
nishing the greater part of the inter:
nal transpor tation facilities of _ this:
beautiful elty lend a charm to Venice:
which is enjoyed by no: other. city of
Europe. YVeniee is. noted for _her:
schools ‘of art and painting, for her’
luce-making for her glags-blowing and:
architecture, Among her notable.
structures art the © Church: --of
St. Marco, beautiful with mosaics, thé
Procuratie Porticals, be Ducal Palace,
with its magnificent reams contain.
ing priceless paintings, theLoggetia,
the Library, the Zecea, the Bridge of
Perhaps
no city in: the world surpasses Venice

iaIs, and oné of the chief interests to
this strange city ts to tranee its his-
tory in tombs, monuments, and pataces
houses, public buildings and churches
rise! up out of the water; every build-
ing baving a history, legend or ro-
mance attached to it. In the numer.
ous museums for which Venice is no-
ted, there are superb collections: of
masterpieces of the best Italian paint-
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Having lunched.on the train we ar-
rived: ix Venice about 2 p, m:with the

rays on the beautiful still waters.
The station, like all other places, was
on the canal side where a fleet of gon-

tel Vittoria: As we travelled ‘along it
reminded one of pictures‘of the Spin
ish Armadda, however, after about .20
minntes ride we were-at our hotel, al!
beautifully decorated and . spotlessly
tlenn, but everywhere smelied musty.

was free and wé knew not where to
begin to see,the sighis for everyone
was so enchanted with the place, and
and not a drop to drink. Bach build-
the water ond it has been well named
The City of 2 Thousand Isles, How-
ever, We went out to see the ‘beautiful
eolors of water, sky ‘and’ hills, not: to
be equalled in any part of the world.

‘Inspiration? The
invita-

“Come forth for night - is. calling,
The inoon hangs round and red -

‘Tresday inérning, Aigust,, 4th say :

.er the immense door way are the Four

‘ed to keep them but after much con-

fortunately over 70 per cent, fell into
the water:
embedded in sand bags and eterhfore
recelyed but Httle damage.
o ntop of St, Marks are supposed to be
the only horses of Venice as ‘there is
no use for horses whatever, means of
transportation being tle gondola’ in-
stead of the horse drawn vehicle,”
next’ thing of note is the. fambus clock
tower which was built: before’ Colum-

hint oer the Garkiess glides, .
“There stars inth- -eheaven,and starry
Are the wondering lights below:
Come forth’ ‘for. the Night is calling,
Sa, clty ‘and sky are aglow.”

And so.we all answered ‘the inviting
by’ chartering gondolas for the whole
party. As the gondolas’ approached
we could hear the shouts of the gondi-
liers as they moved their paddles back:
wud forth around the many dark alley-
ways with ouly small lanterns to dir-
ect the path. The scene was wonder-
ful ad we became sested' in’: twos,’
threes ‘and fours in the different gon-
dolos to sail out to the grand canal. °

inds of lanterns ‘and- hunrdeds of gon-
dolas going to and‘fro. In the centre
of the canal at intervals of about 100
yards were serenades from which‘

‘fan music on the’ still air. Several
‘gondalag “would be leashed ‘ together
and a platform constructed with piano}
stage, around which would be gather-
ed ‘nmiany fine ‘voices, ‘The’ gondolas
‘would pull np side by side with their

: oceupants to form an dudience, all of

whom were very ‘appreciative as was
seen when the hot was ‘passed from
one gondola to the other every fifteen
minutes. The evening was sfient by
going from one seranade to another,
each having ‘o- different program.
Night did not seem to end until day-
Hght was well advanced, but the night
“Was well spent.
‘Nine am.,, however was set. for our
scheduled tour and none of our party
was missing, but all reating to go.
From the hotel. we walked through
the market:to St. Marks Square to see
‘the famous cathedral with its glorl-
ous mosaics, the Baptistery, the Trens-
uy, the famous altar piece, the Pala
La'Ore, wrought with plates of gold: and
Set. with pearls and precious ‘stones,

.|tHe Sacristry contaius a ceiling from

designs of‘ Titian, said to ‘be t hefinest
existing work ‘In mosaic and contains
no lesg than 20,000,000 pieces of color:
6d glass end represents the glory:‘of
Paradise. It ‘took thirty-eight’ years
to make.’ Around the ‘ehurch are ‘six
thousand columns, some of which are
Supposed to have been. brought from
Kink Solomons Temple, others-: from
Alexandria and Constan tinople. © Ov-

Horses representing those of the Apo-
ealypse, they' each weigh over two and
a half tons. They are made of bronze
and gold, containing 22 -per cent. pure
gokt. During the great war they were
token down and shipped to: Rome
where they were buried. Rome desir-

troversy they were retumed and ‘er-
ected again’ i their original place,
They are most wonderful and perfect
in ‘shape. During the war over 3,000
bombs were dropped on Venice, but:
St, Marks was completely

The horse,

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poured ‘forth’ the most wonderful Ttul-'

On the verge of violet waters,
Fronting.the dayNght dead ...-

« Come forth: the Hania qpaces* °-

Of sea and of sky are a one.
-Brood o'er. the buried gun, .-
And far off mountains rear °

Of cloudless atmosphere.
‘A breeze from the: “sen Js, wagted :

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"j change every minute.
_* “[ the top strikes every minute and at 12].
Where. outspread ‘angle tame-wings

: Bells call to bells: from: the Telands,

. Thelr shadowy :crests in, the erystal.

Lamp litten Wenlee gleams, +... :
With her towers‘ ‘an: ‘Adonies uplifted
“Like a.city. seen in: dreams, . | St. Marks square ts aldo swe:

_ = nota for itd helght; it. standing

bns. “The ‘time ig indicated by: large
Roman ‘figura below the ‘clock which

o’clockmidday a cannon on ‘the top of.
the clock Is fired: oft: ‘atartling every-
body for miles.. As it' ‘goes ‘Ott - some

above the clock ‘anda ‘winked’ ‘How 'be- |
low. ‘There’ itte’-dlso'” imany” ! brotize :
moving: figures,” “The bell ‘tower’ of |

| 595. feet and. was conistructea’ fast
“howd. 4 tnrge peal. ot! i r:

_A huge "bell ‘at|

thousands of pigeons rise ‘from: ‘'the| i
square ‘like o groat cloud. A linge md-|)- *
del of the Virgin ind ‘of the Child‘bre| .. °

inal one was destroyed duting. the wer
\and the present structure was com-
‘pleted. in 1922, Next. we entered. the
Palace of the Doge's where lies the
htomb of Doge, their’: King’ and ,Presi-
flent. One aggends the Giants ‘Stair-
ease and the Scale vOre fo the Hall
of the Grand Cobnell, the Tooms of the
Couneil of Ten,’ etc., all of which, ‘in
addition to: their historical interest,
‘contain pictures of worldwide -repute.
There is the most wonderful architec-
ture, much of it being covered with
gold, over 20,000. yards of gold being.
used. The style is a mixinre of By-
zantium, Gothic and Roman and Greek
The floors are inlaid with marble and
any of the walls are of antedelovian
‘harble, many petrified birds and lea-
¥es being very plain. This palace war
begun in 600 A. D., and it has over
300 marble columns in the walls:

Next we went into the office of the
Republic and the House of Jubilee,
then again into the Council Chamber
‘of the Ten who passed sentunce on all
prisoners ‘from: whence they ‘passedov-
er the bridge of Sighs ‘to sigh as they
looked at the waters-of Venice-for the
last time before entering the dungeons
out of which they were marched intc
the court yard fo meet their death.
The dungeons were - certainty . very
spooky, damp and dark. ‘The bridge
was so named by Lord Byron ond has
become famous throughout hte world.
As we passd over we all sighed but we
gave another sigh o frelief as we re-
crossed again to freedom. We then
passed into the waiting room which is
decorated .with works of the Great
Masters of the 14th century.. Then in-
to the Crown. Room where all the
heads of the Yenician Republic were
crowned. It is also noted for the

great picture of the Bubbonic Plague.
there is also a galden box for anoni-
mous letters ogfinst the’ Republicans
which always resulted in the accused
party being put to death. Fortunately
The prison
very }

none had repored to us.

was used utinl 1924. It was

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Fishermen Prospectors Campers Trappers —
Spogismen of all Ages have '

weird to look. upon the axe and the:
block upot which many.an hea dhad
been severed from its body. ., , Byront -
spen 24 hougs in ‘one of ‘these | dungeons :
‘in ‘order to’ be ‘better able’ to’ describe
the feeling, but a few minutes was suf: -
ficent for any of our party, 'we being -
quite willing that our {magination did
the rest. We next visited the town —
well to refresh ourselves and to note
how the stone sides, had been worn

away by the ropes being continually ~ -

drawn up and down. Our next trip
was toa glass and bead factory which
was most interesting and very educn-
tional, then back to the hotel for our
lunch. This over we left the hotel by .
gondolas. to travel along the Grand
Ganalto, the Church ‘of .Santa. Maria
della Salute, one of the chief Jana-
marks of the city;,.This. church was
built a8 a votive offering when pla-
fue’ was raging, It contains master:
pieces by ‘Tintorettoand Titian, the
Frari, with its wonderful monmnents
of Titian, Canove and Doge-.Giovanni
Pesaro. .The church of the Jesuits
{the interior of Which: is’ entirely of:
white marble inlaid with a design in
vert antique, giving. the whole. th eap-
nearance . of lacework,) « ‘Near the
main entrance is a grand: altar. piece
by Titian;.th Cehurch: of §. S. Gio
yanni e Praelo- (familarly known ag.
San Zanipolo) the. Westminster Abbey |
of Venice, in front of which stsnds the
bronze mqnument of: Bartolomeo: Coil--
leoni, o general of the Republic, men
tioned by Ruskin aa being probably the
most beautiful equestrian statute in
the world. . A memorial, tablet on the
side wall of the Rezzontco Palace,
where Browning lived and died, bears”
the inscription “A Roberto Browning
morte in questo palazzo. Venezia pose”
Open my heart and you ‘will see.
Graved inside to fit. ItayL

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