San Francisco water . ng reigns perpetual. Here Proser-pine was playing with her companions,gathering lilies and violets, when Pluto sawher, loved her, and carried her off. Shescreamed for help to her mother and hercompanions; but the ravisher urged on hissteeds and outdistanced pursuit. When hereached the river Cyane, it opposed his pas-sage, whereupon he struck the bank with histrident, and the earth opened and gave hima passage to Tartarus. Thus begins one of the most touchinglybeautiful stories of Greek mythology—therape of Proserpine and the heart-brokensearch for the lost maiden by her m
San Francisco water . ng reigns perpetual. Here Proser-pine was playing with her companions,gathering lilies and violets, when Pluto sawher, loved her, and carried her off. Shescreamed for help to her mother and hercompanions; but the ravisher urged on hissteeds and outdistanced pursuit. When hereached the river Cyane, it opposed his pas-sage, whereupon he struck the bank with histrident, and the earth opened and gave hima passage to Tartarus. Thus begins one of the most touchinglybeautiful stories of Greek mythology—therape of Proserpine and the heart-brokensearch for the lost maiden by her mother,Ceres. The wanderings of Ceres brought herat last to the river Cyane, whose guardiannymph feared to tell her directly of Plutosactions, but conveyed the story none the lessby taking up the girdle Proserpine haddropped in her flight and floating it to thefeet of the mother. Thereupon Ceres cursedthe innocent earth, precipitating drought andfamine, flood and [Continued on page 14] SAN FRANCISCO WATER July, 1927I. Paganism and Christianity both find expression in the fountains of Rome. Above, the Temple of Vesta, with its ancient fountain. . Below, the fountain of the Pauline Waters, so called because Pope Paul V restored Alsietina or Augusta, one of the ancient aqueducts, rearing this fountain in 1612. The same Pope restored the aqueduct of Trajan. July, 1927 SAN FRANCISCO WATER
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