The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-29


v~indov-life size, though many Of them are
ID respective. In the central platform il
Christ comirg doSn the steps. folio ging the
man OF Cyrsne," bearing the cross. ADD sur
TounSsd By the multit7ds. clarified by the
light of the shining rose above From th-
luminous center the lishs spreads away into
The rich, dark eclors OF the drapery OF the
Jews
This Is not Only the largest opsleaceni
glass window in the world, but il Is the most
SIC bilious window ever attem pied in Amer
lea OF any sort. IL Is made up OF many thou
SANDS OF pieces, aud the only painting 90 il
Is ca the face OF Christ and some OF the
larger figures. The expression which Djre
gave to the features of the mob has bssn
rendered witt great care aud precision by
the artists.
THE NEW LYcEUM THEATEE.
The owners Of the Chicago Opera Holse
have been here and examined the new LY-
ceum Theeter, and they have resolved to do
their utmost 70 rival 1t in interior decOra-
ton. Thew will spend from fifteen to twenty
thousand dollars in attaining this end. As
decoration and interior novelty seem TO be
tbs great desiderata of this time and land, |
will tell you something about the new Ly-
Gem Theater, which Steele Mackaye, Gus.
tave FTohmsn and David Sisson, dsserters
from the Mallory regime at Madison Square.
have built and are about to open here. /
drop ped in yesterday, The double stage.
which Mackaye gave to the Madison Square.
has been dispensed with, and in its place is
a very curious contrivance. He who enters
between two ac's will be be- b~ewildared.
The apparent front OF the stage rises six or
eight feet above the heads of those in the
orchestral seats. Still above This, and n the
very middle CT the proscenium arch
Is a car reaching nearly across
the stage, in which sit tbs orches-
ira facing the audience; over this haDg the
prYfa;uc gothared nook fold -, fofH - 20
reveal the orchestra 10 the audience. bat
nothing behind It. Suddenly the bell tinkles;
the rich curtains slowly unfold aud drop III
front of the aerial partition, in which the or.
cbsstra is suspended. passing each othsr in
masses of gorgeous coiOrs to right and left.
AS they slide by the mask OF the stage drops
from the level Of the heads, the f4iry-like pa
Wilton rises quickly behind the transient
screen, and when the curtains have passed
by and changed sides, the orchestra has
been whisked away TO the roof, beyond the
fel, and the open stage appears, set for the
next act. The transformation Is effected au-
tomsticslly. with slight expense, and Is
quite Kaleidoscope in is flash of changing
coiors and scenes. The auditorium will ssat
only 700 people, but the stage is unusually
broad and deep. The thread on which the
general decoration is stru1g is Oriental
the variety OF detail reaching fron Egypt ID
Japan. From the deep red Wilton caroet
on tie floor the color effect rams 40 the side
walls TO the balcony. through antique red,
fretted with old gold t~rscings. Higher I'd
this color runs into yellow, which aoovs is
decorated with delicate forms in silver
The oaken wood which shows evsrv-
where IN pillars aud beams. i,
covertd with a stencilsd orna
mention in silver, and looks like japanese
inlaid work. Below the fresco is n deep band
covered with silvee fret-w,rk. Toe dome is
square and framed in silver wood From
the beams hang a hundred pear shaped
globeB OF opslescent glass. eaca enclosing au
electric light. In the evening they srs ex-
pecied to glow like soap bubbles In ths suo.
Tbs side lights are set i'm front OF psnels or
polished silver. The boxes are 10 ana sd
that every occupant can sac ths wh1l Of the
stage. There Is only enc balcony. add the
two 'front.' rows OF seas will be tbs mos' ex.
pensive In the bou'o-s1 30 each. I believe
This thester will open In n few weeks with p
plsy o. MHckey'H. not q sentimental tragedy
like Hazel klrke,' bat n socisty drama iD
which line his work Is no. 30 familiar.
WHAT'S rnE SIR g. YorR ffrr,
fsee an article on the Sizs OF aotors' fest
going the rounds Of the press. IL reminds
mo OF n conversation with schawataka. tbs
Ar.io explorer. Rsmsrkiog that ffeslisnt
Pierce wore skies, Schwalkn exclaimed.
What an untamed savage he must be-"
among the Indians and esquimaux, and
speaks three OF their languages, aud he says
that all favages have smaller feet than the
esucasians: and tho moro degraded the saw
nge nm q rule, the smaller the feet. The
Apache and Digger indiana have very small
feet, while the Sioux and Cheyennes, much
higher and pobler type In every respect,
have feet OF n siza approaching those OF civ.
iiiztd beings. The Cbiikats of Alaska, an
arrogant and lndependant tribe, every me u.
Der OF which, by trading with the
New Yorker, boast OF having
with whom tsev barter, and whom they treat
rs slaves. The Esquimeaux have exception.
ally small feet, even for 80 small q rscs.
schNatta does not hesitate to apply the
footed are the large Drained. AS the Arctic
explorer himself has = very good sized foot
for enc who brings the scales j~angling Mt
over Two hundred and ftty pounds, the
snall.footed may say that Ii is a clear ease
of jealousy, and that he is kicking up q the
o%fetical dust in which to hide his own pedal
e~xtremities.
WILL YOU SUBSCRIBE?
W. +. G.. Shanks, formerly city editor OF
the Tribune. has got up a queer scheme, and
/ wonder il it will work.. IL is called The
National Press Intelligence Company" aud
its object Is TO keep watch OF all the news
paper rs in the world. and collect everything
that is said about subscribers. That is to say,
an author who puts out o new book pays
htih a. oht tiN q JreA et "a
clippings that the intelligence compans"
can find about the book. Mr.. Manning, sec
rotary OF the treasury, subscribes HIS $40.
and he gets for q year all the comments of
newspapers on the pro priety OF his appoint
ment. Mr.. Booth subscribes, aud he gets all
the dramatic notices of himself. And Sd on.
A nominal charge of two or three cents a
clipping is added TO the annual fee. l eau
see thar this institution would be valuable to
some men: bat 1t doesn't seem that there
would be enough interested in its findings
to make it 90. However, may be mistaken.
They say q similar coatrivance is very useful
in En- gland.
STRAIGHT TIPS.
Since The Aronsons busted the opposition
aud got control OF the Casino in all its part,
IL has struck into a lively gait. This week
an En- giish translation Of that VERY funny
German opera, Die Flsdermsus' The Bait
II on and Is drawing crowded houses. Ii 10
mel civ n bit OF baralegyed b-o;sterouspees