The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-07-17

NEW YoRK-Dear Children: promised to
tell you of the Chamber of Horrors in the
Eden Museo when 1 wrote last week. After
leaving'the beautiful brilliantly lighted room
of central hall We descend n long flight of
steps to go down into a dark basement, which
is devided into several rooms. The first is
called the Chamber of Horrors" Qrom the
terrible things we see) just as you descend
the steps, You see a tall, slim, handsome young
man just in the act of falling, with broken
spear run through his body and broken off in
him; the blood is streaming down and his face
is ghastly pale. Near him are two horrible look
ing black men who have killed him, This is
the Prince Imperial, the only son of Napoleon
III and the Empress Eugene. The prince was
killed in south Africa by the Zulus. Tho
deadly faint spread over the princes face and
the brutal expression of the savages make
this group one of the most impressive in the
collection. The next two were so horrible oux
party would not linger long before them. The
first represented dark, gloomy forest; n band
of savage Indians had captured white man,
and were in the act of scalping him. He was
tied to a tree, and as one of the Indians was in
the act tearing off the scalp, an old squaw was
standing by with fiendish delight expressed ON
her countenance at the awful agony depicted
on the face of the sufferer. In the next niche,
the scene, if possible was still moro horrible
1t was public execution in Morocco. We
think hanging dreadful way to die, but think
of with one blow cutting off mans head with
sharp sword. The poor fellow, or at least his
body, was in a kneeling position and the exc
cutioner was standing holding up the head
that had been cut off. 1t was so dreadful to
look at, that VIC passed right on. l only give
70 of min ~
this room, all as horrible as these. To give
you some idea of how gloomy it looked, must
tell you that the only light was from gas lights
above each group and the rest of the building
and the passages where we walked were in
darkness. "The History of Crime" was in
four scenes. The first, where o young boy
who had been led away by evil companions
was committing robbery, and as he was in
the act of taking the rich mans money, the
noise aroused the man, who comes into tho
room and the boy kills him. The next is
where he is tracked and arrested. The next,
the trial before the judge, and the last and
NEST touching of all, was where the old
mother had come to bid him last farewell,
for he was condemned to be hung. In this
scene the jailer has opened the door to the
prison yard and you have view of the gal
lows. A priest is standing by the mother and
son trying to speak words of comfort, but there
is no comfort for that broken-hearted mother
You can scarcely look at this scene without
being moved to tears. The old mother with
her gray hair simply dressed in calico dress
and white apron stands holding her boys
hand, and the tears on her cheeks are so per-
feet that you forget you are looking at wax
figures, for we know there are many Just such
scenes in real life, and we turn away with
Ino, Ino +rN1o 4
but when we think of the good man it repre-
SCENTS, and his peaceful end, it is with different
feelings we contemplate it. 1t is James A.
Garfield reposing in the sleep of death. Just
across the passage from this scene, in a cell, is
Guiteau, the murderer; he sits at o table
covered with papers and seems to be looking
at you with grin, which is rcpusive in tho
extreme. But [ must not linger in this
chamber any longer; l have not told you Of
the half, but enough to show you what art can
effect. The next room is called the "Histori-
cal Chamber" One can spend long time
studying these interesting groups. The first is
tho imperial family of Germany This is
beautiful the aged Emperor William, who
died only few months ago, is sitting with one
of his great-grandchildren on his knee; then
there is present Frederick, who has Just died,
and the now present Emperor Wilhelm, the
Empress Augusta, Victoria and other members
of the royal family; on the floor arc two Of the
grandchildren (boys) playing with soldiers. 1t
is a very beautiful tableau. Next to this is
the death of General Custer; the lying in
state of Emperor Napoleon III tho storming
of Constantinople by Mahomed and General
Washington crossing the Delaware, are all
very interesting; and before the Chicago
anarchists we fingered sometime, for tho
f,t ,nfa .f
men were very lfe-lilSc; but am sure you are
all anxious to get out of this gloomy place, so
we will 90 up stairs now and take look at the
"Winter Garden" grand concert hall IA
magnificent room the full height of the build
ing and very deep. The walls are tastefully
decorated with handsome mirrors and plants
and there are many chairs and settees for you
to rest after your walk through the Eden
Musee. At one end Of the hall is a platform
where an excellent band plays every afternoon
and night; and the afternoon we were there
we saw some short sword exercises by large
number of girls. All around this hall are wax
figures also. A lady and gentleman on one Of
the settees look SO natural that yeyy few
notice that they are wax figures Around this
hall is gallery and from the balustrade hang
tho medallion portraits Of the presidents Of
the United States from George Washington to
Grover Cleveland. On top OF the balustrade
OF the gallery are over fifty large stereoscopes,
in which more than two thousand views Of the
most interesting parts of tho world can be
seen. Now that have told you all about the
Eden Musee, do you wonder L should have
said it was one of tho most interesting places
i'll New York; There was but one place that
interested mo more. and that / fear would not
be Of 50 much interest to you, as it was pic
ture gallery, which l shall try and tell you
about another time, but it is hard to describe
pictures. You could spend whole day at the
Eden Musee if you cared to. You only pay
fifty cents to 90 in and stay just as long as you
wish. The store windows in New York inter-
est tho visitors very much. When VIC see
people stopping to look into store windows
here we think they came from the country, but
when we 90 10 New York We find everybody
stops TO look, even people who live there, and
you would not wonder il you could see the
beautiful things that are displayed. They
don't keep the same things in the windows
as We do here, but have an entire change
every day or so. They have a queer way Of
advertising their goods, for instance, a store
that wanted TO advertise a good tonic TO make
the hair grow, had three or four young women