The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

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THE GREA + VAR Picture.
Perhaps there is no place in Chicago
where All hour can be spent more prof
itab|y than at the panorama Of tie
Battle OF Gettysburg. the fame Of
which has spread all over the west.
From early morn until nearly midnight
visitors go in and linger as they gaze at
the landscape spread out before them
ties magnltictntly stem array" por.
trayed with marvellous fidelity and
startlingly real. There is no picture in
the world like this Of Gettysburg. No
other panorama presents such Il sweep
of country, and no other presents ma
ture arrayed in the garb OF summer,
with the summer sun producing the in
Vulnerable tints and the light and
shade that lend to the scene a charm
that is wanting in other paintings Of
this kind. And what 4 scene it is, to
be sure-the distant hills covered with
forests, ripened grain ready for the
sickle. highways and houses. which
have been happy homes, and thu con-
tending hosts of gallant men struggling
for victory; the artillery, which can he
almost heard to thunder, the fierce
charge Of cavalry. the masses of infan-
try, the hand-to-hand encounters, the
dying and the dead, and all the horrors
Of war, are CefOre the spectator. It is
not surprising that the scene fascinates,
that people 20 again and again, and
that although over a million people
have seen the Battle of Gettysburg, the
cry is ''still they come" The poet
Keats wrote:
A thing Of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loneliness increases: 1t will never
Pass into nOthingneSS.
Keats did not write these lines on ac-
count Of the Gettysburg Panorama, for
he died in 1921 and never had the pleas
ure OF viewing the picture, but had he
seen it, he might have derived his in
SEPARATION from it, because after having
been before the public three years it is
still Il thing Of beauty" and it prom
Uses to be "a JOY forever"
. The visitors 20 the panorama are al
most as well worth studying as the
painting itself. About as many womel,
as men 90 there, and they take their
children, that they may admire great
work Of art, and learn a lesson in pat
riotism that they can never forget.
People from all over the west-farmers,
merchants and professional men-whel
in Chicago OH business or pleasure,
take in Gettysburg, and persons who
have conscientious scruples against
theaters and other places of amusement
have no hesitation about going there.
OF course, every veteran goes. The old
soldiers, who know from experience
what war is, appreciate the picture, he.
cause they realize that it is nearer to
actual conflict than anything they have
ever seen. except on the field of battle.
They are particularly struck with the
figures in the field, men and horses,
which they say are wonderfully life.like
The lecture given every hour by. old
soldiers who know all about the battle
is instructive and interesting and alone
worth half a dollar, which is all it cos!
to see the panorama. Everything that
can be done for the comfort and con-
venience of visitors is attended to and
the employees are courteous and oblig
ing. In conclusion it may he said to
those who desire to spend an hour OF
two pleasantly and profitably that the
Panorama of Gettysburg affords them
an opportunity TO do so. - Chicago
Evening Journal, March 26.