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aow A RAINBow Is MADE
There Is 0uo sccu8 IA the second and last
act, ycs ir has two incidents which woult as
tound the average stA<e carpenter or man
ager 10 represents |allalia frmiy built
upon great ROCKS. uhioh tower upon every
side. Fafuir and bis brother. Fasolt, desire
% % rewarded FOR their work upon NalhallA
BY bang given Freya, bat they fualiy con
sent q = compromise and decide that thev
viii aooops sullciens god 10 cover tho god
dess IN heu or her divine person Their stats
aro stuck up on the mountain SIDE, and
Frcya, standing behind them. Is soon com
plotely 0tscured by the Rheingoid treasures
that are her ransom. FAsolt ana Fas1lr cot
into row about tho marvellous Ring and the
former succumbs d his more powerful
brother. who takes tho treasure away, and Is
not -een again until Slesfred MAKES It Tn
pleasant for him as tho dragon.
This action occurs in broad daylight, but
- soon as Fafnir departs with the Rheingold
twilight comes Dark gauze screens fall and
night appears Donner stands upon a great
rock with his storm producing hammer and
srnitss IL No sooner does be do 50 than light
ulng dies from the rock and thunder rolls
across the scene Again aud again be strikes
the rock until the air Is filled with the war OK
tue electric light lightning and the sheet cop
pr thunder. Then comes peace and tho sky
begins 70 lighten. From a great cliff 10 the
slrranoo OF Valhalla extends a rainbow
across which the gods enter their chosen
abode
This Is an actual rainbow. too, and persons
Of actual eesh and blood do cross IL This Is
how IL IS done: During the preceding scene
there - a screen " rocks extending from a
precipice on one hand % NnlAala on the
other A man Is stationed behind a rock
about twenty-five feet from the rear OF the
stage with a powerful stereopticon whose
light IS thrown through curved prism Tho
reflection o; tbs IS made 70 correspond ex-
actly with the curve of the rock screen, bs-
hind which Is drop that IS precisely the
sarns tint and texture as the SKY drop. AS
soon as morning breaks the rock screen Is
drawn rapidly away and the rainbow mp
pears as though IL we're bridge from the
earth - Ealhalla. Behind tho substitute for
the rock SCREEN Is Q succession OF steps an
swsrirg exactly IN the curve of tho rainbow,
aud up these toe gods ascend into their
hona Thus ths iLSsiOn Is that the gods are
actually walking upon the unsubstantial
bow, which IS iself suspended in midhsaven.