The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-02-22
A sTEREOPTICON SHOW.
Why the Pictures Failed to Give Satls1ac-


A STEREOPTICON SHOW.
WHY tie Pictures Failed to Give Satisfac-
ton.
An individual whom we call TWlggs
was engaged a few nights ago to give
a magic lantern exhibition to the chill
dren of one of our Sunday schools.
The exhibition did not give much sat
isfaction to the older people III the au-
dience, because Of the somewhat pc
cnliar character of the subjects III
Twiggs' collection. And SO, wnen the
show was over, two or three or the
deacons took Twiggs in the back room
10 settle with him, and Deacon x. said
mir. Twiggs, considered from SCI
entilic point Of view, your magician
tern show was, perhaps, success
but don't it strike you that the class
of pictures exhibited by you is just a
little bit Inappropriate for Sunday
school purposes
Il dunno. said Twiggs. Il picked
'em out carefully on purpose TO suit
the children.
well, now said the Deacon,
,sthere was that picture Of the eXecu-
ton OF Dick Turpin , that seemed TO
me to be not d very felicitous selec-
! ton for such All occasion. Historically
accurate, probably, but not calculated
/ TO elevate the minds of the young.
But even that was preferable to the
Illustration of the AUTHORIZATIONS
baby preserved III q jar Of alcohol,
which you said was picture OF one
in the museum OF a German hospital.
WHAT on earth made you think that a
swell-headed baby IN a bottle would
interest Sunday-school children =
Dunno. said Iwiggs. ''Maybe it
might make EN- thankful that their
heads were not swelled.
And then some of the folks took
exception to that View of San Fran
cisco that YOU showed They said
that it didn't give the children any
fair idea of the appearance OF that city
because there was nothing in the view
but two rutIians III the foreground TAX
ing a drink. while a buccaneer, III the
rear. was blowing the head off CHINA
man with q shot gun. | think myself
that this hardly conveyed an accurate
notion of the general aspect Of the
place. ana anyhow, it familiarizes the
children with vice. And Dr.. Blank
said that what made the matter worse
was. that, as the View of San Fran
cisco faded of, you ran IN picture OF
DIR. Malone Before and After Using
His Liver Pills Our congregation
don't like this kind of thing. They
say that there is nothing taught IN the
Sunday School about san Francisco and
liver pills, and they don t care 10 have
these subjects introduced as part OF
the education Of the children.
lis that SO e. asked Twiggs. "NoW
do you know, / thought that pill-pic
tnre was one Of the most eloquent anc
/, instructive in the series. It was paint
ed from life. Itrepresents Truth. Yol
, want the children TO learn about truth
don't you =
..For myself, the most obsurd pic
ture in the collection was the picture
/ OF the great American Pie-Blter win
ming a bet by biting through eight
: cen pies at one time.
'sWhy, my goodness, | though
that would interest the little folks,
| said Twiggs.
, perhaps it did, but it inspires then
with hurtful ambition. We do no
| desire to develop the children OF on
, school into pie-eaters we have bet
, ter purposes in view for them nor dt
! we care TO familiarlze them with I'm
proper pastimes of any kind, and it wa
! this that induced Deacon Grimes T.
) hiss when you slid on that Scene in
Faro Bank, and To leave the room u
' indignation when you followed 1t Wit
!. a painting Of Tony. the Learned PIG
PLAYING Euchre with Professions
u Gambler Now, don I it really seer
/ TO YOU that these are hardly the kin
of things for Sunday school exhibl
t toni
: We'll" said Twiggs. sspeople
tastes differ. Some like EN- and som
u don &.
. ssAnd while we are upon this mattel
r Mr.. Twiggs, let me recommend tnt
II hereafter upon such occasions 20
r omit the representation OF the bale
!. scene from Don Giovanni, with Fam
il EIlsler in pink tights standing on or
II toe and pointing her other leg d
n toward the planetary system. ID
~ Blank said to me that he considere
this scandalous, and 1 know Tn;
a several people got up and took Ihe
u children home without waiting TO 81
your picture Of the prize-fght betWet
h Savers and Heenan, or To look &C q
ne abominable view OF 4 group or cam
De balls broilinr missionary over DO
fire. | tell you such things make Pc
Is Me round here mad. They are u
r. solemn enough. What VIC want.
n. were pictures that would elevate u
~ mind and purify the heart. You c;
see for yourself that these don't
,u that-noH, do they f.