The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-22

t.ss vatss' 'o"n, anu being quick Of wits, and |
mri.lns iair hand found favor at court. |
are me Was nnaliy selected to fill the Office Of |
grand vizier aud is represented In me |
tablean on his way to court. having con. |
ierred the office on himself. ALTHOUGH an |
ape 70 all.appearances, he siis ON his horse |
" courier clad in the rich robes of his !
once, anu has goodly train OF followers. !
ihiitary escort and attendants. He |
nhaliy restored 10 his former
shape by the lovely daughter
~ .n me King, his master,
snI; Mmp, ievoSinzing the prince, uses the magic |
spelis at her command. This representa-. |
ton was perhaps the most UNIQUE one In !
the procession.
CAR NUMBER FIVE.
My name is Agib, am the son of a |
kinng. "-[Stoy ofthe third Calendar.
Upon the steps of the wonderful palace
OF beauty stands Agib admiring the scene
spread before him, The gorgeousness of
natere IN the tropics is here, displayed by
ness of the design apparent in the construc.
ton of the palace. A fountain near
the portico sends its cool sprays in graceful
curves heavenward, while around its base
lar houris make night melodious by their
carols. Agib, the prince, seems lending his
ear 10 The fairy tales that fall from the lips
OF ms fair companion. The costumes, as
weii AZ the Moorish style Of architecture,
are Trictiy in keeping With the characters
repfcecnted The odor of the rose soi Cash
mere and the incense of the east seemed 70
linger around this scene.
CAR NUMBER SIX.
But, sir" said he "how shall know
when | have met with such maid?''-
Prince Zeyn Alasnam.
Inc prince OF Balsona, in quest ofretriev-
lnga lost fortune squandered in reyelry.
applies for advice to the king OF the Genii,
from whom he expects to receive the ninth
statue lie Is admonished by the king to,
seek a maid, perfectly beautiful in her
fifteenth year, who had neither known or
desired to know man. The scene repre-
sented pictures the king of the Genii at the
portals of his castle, a building of massive
grandeur and Of Egyptian architecture.
Upon the cupola appear two deities of
Egypt, while four sphynxes recline upon
its base: A covered bridge OF ore leads
over the still waters at its base
where an armed host Is stand
ing ready to do battle for their
sovereign, The king appears in regal gran
deur, clothed In his robes of state and
wearing his insignia Of rank. Prince
Ahmed and his faithful Marabel are listen
ing TO his words The costumesof the char
acters upon the float are beautiful intheir
gsDtesqieness. Nf
CAR NUMBER sEvgN.
"This is the ninth statue which designed
for you, and IL is infinitely more precious
tlan all the rest; for be assured there is
nothing on earth to be compared with vir-
tuous and lovely woman, n,'-%fKing of the
The prince finds instead Of an image, the
ninth statue TO be a beautiful, breathing
woman, whom he espoused by the aid OF
the irierdly king Of the genii No nobler
sentiment could be offered or more glowing
tribute paid to the fair sex. Resting upon
marble ball eight pedestals, each occupied
by the statue ola geni, weighed down with
precious jewels, led upto canopy support
\ ed by alabaster columns, under which ap-
pears the lovely maiden destined for the
prince.
CAR NpMBER EIGHT.
Where are you my brave lads, my old
companions? Ali Baba and the Forty
Thieves.
The tableau represents the garden scene
near the dwelling OF Ali Baba, where the
isrty thieves are snugly slowed away in hs
many Jars supposed to contain merchan.
disc. fountain at the rear Of the plat
form affords an excellent hiding place te
ever watchful and ever faithful Morgiana.
She there observes the captain of the band
holding communion with his comrades, and
illustrates his design by scalding the robbers
with boiling oil. Palms and shrubs embel.
lish the scene.
CAR NUMBER NINE
"Ah dervicel what you told me Is too true
unbounded avarice, to what Unsuitable
thirst of riches, to what misery have you
reduced me!"-IBaba Abdallah.
Baba Abdallah, well.todo merchant
driven by greed endeavored to obtain
possession of untold treasures reputed "a
he hidden in cave. He fitted out forty
camels in order to transport the treasure,
and repaired to the designated spot IN com
pany with dervice. This device possessed
a charmed ointment that would reveal to
sight hidden treasures. If applied to
one eye. Baba, however, con
trary to the admonitions of the dervice,
in order to augment the treasure, applied
the charm to both eyes and was stricken
with blindness. The tableau presents the
cave stocked with jewelry, precious stones
and gold, and Baba Ia the act OF lay ing
hands upon the subject of his search The
deryice, the ships of the desert and all sur
roundings, convey TO the beholder realis-
tic picture of eastern life.
| CAR NuMBER TEN.
"Sultan of Cashmere when thou wouldst
marry princesses, who implore thy protec.
tion, learn first TO obain their consent.
The daughter of the king of Bengal had
| been enticed from her fathers palace and
rescued by the sultan Of Cashmere from
the hands Of an Indian who held her cap
| tive. The sultan becoming enamored of
her, concluded to marry her without being
| able 10 gain her consent or ending favor in
her eyes. She escaped the doom In store
| for her by feigning madness, and was finally
liberated by her lover Feranz. who gained
access TO the palace in disguise of physi-
clan. The enchanted horse was brought
into rcquisition as means of
diversion, and the princess, placed
by the physician into the ,addle.
The scene chosen is the moment
when Fcranz Is putting n drug
into the chatting dishes, thereby
raising clouds of smoke and vanishing like
a cloud upon the enchanted steed into
empty air.
can NUMBER ELEVEN.
"show him the garden out of town where
the gentry walk. ~ Magician.
The great beauty of this tableau consists
In the richness Of the vegetation repre-.
sented. Aladdin having descended into the
depths of the cave and secured the magic
lamp, gazes with delight upon the splen-
dor surrounding him In the gardens OF the
subterranean palace. All the colors Of the
rainbow were there represented In clusters
OF flowers, upon which the dew glistened
like diamonds. Rubcs, emeralds, pearls,
turquoises, amethysts and sapphires met
| his delighted vision, while two peafowls
protruding from inches lent the beauty OF
| fheir min N, 20 To the enchanted scene