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Show BEIRCT VIE\\ ' Paul's Ih ilica), the Pincian Garden s, Saint Peter' , t he P icture Galleries and 1\Iuseums, the ~Jonume n h of (;aribaldi and \ ' ictor Emanuel, the 120 Churche , the King 's Palace, the Catacombs, thL ce lebrated Arches and oth er things and pla ces almost innumerable will occupy the time and sat isfy the olicitude of the most curious and inte res t ed among traveler . 1 o describe any of these is beyond my thought, though the temptation is g reat to write of the nobleclead tha t re tin the Pantheon, the durability of those .\q ueducts, the scenes that have been enacted in the liseum be fore fifty thousand spectators at one time, the Pope who occupies the \'at ican, the early Chri stians whose bo nes lie buried in the Catacombs, and the magnificent Churches and t he innumerable Fountains een on eve ry hand. But the hi story of Rome i. not closed. The Rome that was and the Rome that i ·, is not the Rome that sha ll he. .\ncient Rome was dominated by Emper rs that were, in the main, arrogant, heartless and cruel. ~I ccliaeval Rome was domina ted by the power of the Church, and that power is st ill g reatly felt in Rome ancl throughout Italy; but a new Italy is rising from the ruins of the old It a ly. The \~atican is no longer d minant. The Church and the State are no longer one, thoug-h the King bel onus to the papal church. Rome has a non-Catholic ).fayor and the people arc rapidly asserting their right. and claiming their privilege , and as a re sult of educat io n , l taly will ~oon come into possession of that liberty for which she has long contended. EYerythino· oi special intere. t in Rome jq ·o dust-covered, ancl those thing-s that have meant so much for weal or for woe did not seem to have cxc r c i ~e cl a very healthful influ - Page One llundrcd Three |