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SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF ALL NATIONS
#42 - POMPEII
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1893
Lithographer: Kaufmann & Strauss
  
| Reverse - Text |
Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section: |
| POMPEII. |
| THE
life led by the luxurious
inhabitants of the ancient city
of Pompeii was one of ease and
languor. They ate, drank, slept
and made merry. There were few
artificers among them and the
pursuits of these wealthy and
favored sons and daughters of
fortune were elegant and refined.
For Pompeii was a retreat whither
the wealthy retired as to a
shrine, and the hands that
fashioned the sculptural designs
and beautiful vases that
decorated their lovely homes,
were unused to ruder labor. |
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what lovely homes they were! Here
is the interior of what would
correspond to the nursery. What a
beautiful fountain is fed from
the mouth of a dragon guarding
the receptacle, over which a far
reaching fern projects its
leaves. By the side disport two
children capturing gold-fish from
the translucent pool below. What
a pleasant play-ground, fringed
by rugs, and cooled by fragrant
plashing fountains. |
| The
gardens to these palaces were
wonderlands, wherein gaily-plumed
birds caroled amid the
bewildering maze of odoriferous
and magnificent flowers and
plants. Here the ladies whiled
away the sunny hours, and not the
least favored of their pastimes
was the swing, hung from the
arching boughs of some wide
spreading tree. |
| The
Pompeiians were famous sculptors,
and their luxurious homes,
frescoed and decorated most
artistically (as evidenced by
recent excavations) give proof of
their superior refinement. |
| They
were also famous drivers of
chariots, and performed wonderful
feats of skill and dexterity with
their well-trained horses. |
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