The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-24
FALL OF PARIS FOR FALL,
A GREAT DISPLAY BASED UPON A
THRILLING PERIOD.
What the Sphinx Organization Has De-
termined Upon and VIII Garry
Through to q Gorgeous Success
Necessity OF Such Departure.

| There has been quite lull in the agitation
of the question whether Memphis is TO have
some attractive fall display,
This should not have been permitted until
some leading and popular attraction had
been secured.
For awhile some weeks ago considerable
interest was manifested that Mcmphisshould
have the Fall OF Rome Under Nero but
that project failed for several reasons, In
the first place the subscription Of the neoes
sary funds was slow In being made, and then
II was finally concluded by the management
that such an exhibition was not only too ex.
pensivc but that IL would be next 10 impos-
sible TO secure trained talent with which TO
properly present IT,
But be IL said 10 the credit Of Mr..
Lou Leubrie and other enterprsing
wide-awake gentlemen, the city will have an
attraction this fall equal to that OF any other
city in the country, one which will be new
and interesting 10 the people Of Memphis
and the concourse of visitors which throng
the city in the busy months of September
and October.
II will be the Fall Of Paris or the Reign
OF the Commune The tragic events which
followed upon the occupation OF Paris by the
Germans in 1870, the wild terror and mad
havoc Of the red-capped and bloody-handed
commune which dcspoiled the great city
with the torch, murder and rapinc is still
fresh in the minds Of the reading public.
The Germans did not, In fact enter Paris
proper; they were only permitted TO 60 as
far and pass under the Arch OF Triumph
Excitement and dismay rcigned supreme
throughout France, and especially Paris
when IL was known that the fate Of Napo-
leon the Ill. had been sealed in dethronc-
ment and defeat France was no longer an
empire All was chaos, wrapped In humil-
iaton. The Commune Of Paris, the most
terrible socialistic faction that ever cursed
spot of the earth, seized the occasion as the
opportunity 10 vent their diabolical designs
against the pomp and splondor, the work
and pride Of the empire for centuries. The
magnificent Column Ncndome was burned
and torn down, the imperial Tuileries, home
Of royalty and splendor was sacked and
then committed TO the flames
The temple OF justice from which the
cdicts Of the Empcrors had gone fourth the
grand and spacious Hotel de Vile, the his
torc Madeleine. the Institute Of France,
Notrc Damo--all that was great and mag
nificent, was pillagcd by the ruthless mob
and then left 90 Crumblc and melt into ashes
: ut the mercy Of their coadjutant, the fire
fend.
, More than this, tho archbishop OF Paris
q venerable and distinguished prelate OF the
Hs
murdered In the midst OF all the horrors that
/. q martyr ever suffered. The tragic details Of
those bloody and pcrilous times sent thrill
. Of horror over the civilized world at the
time The events were more tragic the con.
sequences more dire, than those ON the lntcd
night when 10 the discordant strains OF his
: violin the hcartlcss Nero glcefully, from his
c ominoncc, watched imperial Rome In all lis
i grandeur melt like wax before the inccudary
!, torches which lac had caused 10 be applied,
Q from the fact that Paris is greater than Rome
was then, and the carnage Of IRE and blood
4 which there took place was In full sight Of
) enlightened civilization nj Us zenith.
!, This grand and dramatic panorama, with
all Of its exciting and realistic incidents, will
+ be truihfully enacted. First, will come the
!. triumphant German army passing under the
arch, then Immediately the Wild aud furious
y commune, like hcll-hounds freed, ilockinl
J. 20 the Champ Elysee, their numbers swellet
u until resistance ~ their hArbaric force II
&c idle. The cry II "Vive IN Commune" hns
. with that yell striking terror TO alread,
" hcartbrokcn and humiilatcd Paris, the worl
G begins, nor does II stop until they have sect
c the glory Of Paris snuiied out with FIRE an,
g despatched with blood.
This will be q far more interesting pano
! rama than the "Fall Of Rome" can possibly
J. be made. In the Fall Of Rome or Baby
n Ion" there are only three buildings 20 b
|
u historically correct The fact II, the pictun
9 Is but an enlargement on poetic license
II touched aud colorcd with the fancy Of iinagi
!. nation. In tho "fall Of Paris" there will b,
; ten times ~ many buildings In full view
y and from the fact 70 many American
}, have seen Paris, and are otherwise init
i maiely acquainted with the events embodied
Is IN the exhibition, that II must necessarily
be correct The Jardin Mobile will be util
q izcd for the ballet, the Champs Elysec foi
:. military maneuycrs aud display, while al
the Place de Concorde will be seen the grand
cntrcc Of the victorious Germans. The scent
Is one Of bewildering excitement aud u
real In all 81 is enactments that the spccia
tor IL for the time transported TO the blood
bcdrenched streets and firc-wrcatbcd ediiicci
Of the Queen City Of the world ON that late
ful day.
Mr.. Ieubric will have the model here b,
the latter part Of this week from Cincinnati
lie IA clearly ~ the opinion that II will be
better attraction than the Fall Of Rome, ant
besides this the cost u several thousand dol
lar cheaper There Is none Of that otien
sive preparation needed, either In men OF
\ material, that Il absolutely necessary 10 ih'
correct presentation % the other.
Thoro u now about enough money sub
scribed Ia insure H. success, and a success ]
X will be- may be depended upon.
There II some diversity VI opinion anon
| the order OF Sphinx ~ 70 whether theY thh
have the exhibition m September or October
The wholesale merchants are Of the opinion
that IL should be In September, while ia
retail men insist that u thould not commence
before October.
This matter, though, will be nmicabll
arranged. The exhibition will last not los
than two weeks, and most likely month
A. II will be- one Of the grandesi panorama
=, displays that the people of this section hav'
ever had the opportunity OF seeing, and cat
be produced alta nominal cost, there IA ~
reason why II should not realize for th
/. management what they calculate u should
that u, aside from paying the immediht
be expenditure II will net sum which vii
n. enable the city 10 have similar exhibition
every fall without being put 10 the ncccstit.
y. Of begging subscriptions Tor that purpose.
"A One thing IL quite patent aud that u
Memphis has no leading attractions NJ ~
u season II the year 10 which she can inyit
AZ visitors. when people come 10 the city iron
tho surrounding country, even on tpecia
!" business, there i always spare time Wit
e. them, and they like 20 see something new
-, They are strangers 10 every one, they TAI
~ no concern In what may DO absorbing on
~ people locally and growing Lonesome "evel
% IN The whlrling crowd" they make thei
,v stay a. brief ~ possible, and do not rciun
again soon II they can help H.
~ In every city that makes any proicniion
~ 10 gain and hold the trade 81 the surround
ne ing country, near aud far from w. there i o
4, effort made Ia interest its visitors, max
them feel Ai home, or ~ convince them thl
o' that Il the place for them 10 come " q