The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-01

these words Sir Galahad went 70 Sir FER
civale and Sir Bohort and kissed them and
recommended them to God. And then he
kneeled down before the table and made bis
prayers, and suddenly his soul departed, and
a great multitude Of angels bore his soul up
to heaven, so as his two fellows could well
behold it. Also they saw come from heaven
a hand, but they saw not the body, and the
hand came right to the vessel and bore 1t
up TO heaven. Since th en- was there never
one so hardy as to say that he had seen the
Sangreal on earth any more.
THE REPRESENTATION.
The interior of Gothic church was shown
| with its columns and arches and arched win
dows Between the two windows at the
back the figure Of an angel stood out in re-
lief In the center of the edifice, which was
open In front. stood an altar draped in cloth
| OF gold and lace. On 1t was an incense
| burner, the smoke from which took the form
| of cross. From the center of this cross a
hand extended which grasped the Holy
Grail, and around the cup was halo that
revolved with radiance and rapidity. An
angel knelt on either side Of the altar. In
front of the altar on the steps knelt Sir
Galahad, and by his side Joseph of Arima-
thea. Behind these knelt Sir Percivale and
| Sir Bohort.
The characters were: Sir Gallahad, Jos.
| F. Doyle; Sir Bohort, VIM. Fleming; Sir
Percival, Edwin Neil; Joseph of Ari-
mathea, Wm. Mcleod; Angels, s.
L. George, Jas. Degnan, and Ed. Leonard.
Pelleas and Etarre.
King Arthur made new knights to fill the
gap made by the search for the Holy Grail.
Among these was Pelleas of the Isles. While
| iourneying TO Arthur's court at Caerleon,
| where tournament was to be held, Pelleas
meets O noble lady, Etarre, with her train
of knights and maidens, who was also going
TO Caerleon, but had lost her way. Pelleas
| pilots them on the way, falls in love with
| Etarre, and agrees to be her champion in
the tourney. and if he wins the prize, a
golden circlet, to crown her with it. The
tournament takes place, and Pelleas holds
the field against all corners, winning the
prize.
Then rang the shout his lady loved; the heart
OF pride and glory fired her face; her eye
| Sparked, she caught the circlet from his lance,
And there before the people crowned herself
So for the last time she was gracious to him.
This was pretty rough on Sir Pelleas. but
the story proves that there was a good deal
of human nature in those ancient times.
THE REPRESENTATION.
The scene portrayed is the one described
| in the lines Just quoted. On the float COW
ering the rear portion of it was erected
pavilion. AT its back are blue and white
curtains; red curtains were draped all
around the top portion, and rich draperies
hung over the front. At each corner of the
front was a richly emblszoned shield, and
above it fioated banner. In the center
was golden helmet, and from it fioated
larger banner. Seated in the pavilion were
three knights and three maidens, attend
ants on Etarre, and in front stood Etarre
herself, taking the golden circlet from the
lance of Sir Pelleas, who was on horseback
in 11tn in, hd fIracrrnrnA ho nnrs
and sides represented fitting field, covered
with broken lances and other results Of a
tourney.
The characters were: Pelleas, r. E. Banks
Etarre, G.. S. Offerman; Courtiers, H. S.
Moore, c. F. Holzsndorf, A. K Mordecai;
Ladies', G. E. Fetzer, w. G. Hutton, G.. W.
Harrett.
Lancelot and Guinevere.
There was much scandal about the court
Of King Arthur in regard TO Lancelot and
Guinevere, and the old chroniclers give the
people to understand that there was much
reason for it. Sir Modred was secret
enemy of Arthur. being himself Of royal
blood, and aspiring to the throne. He
sought to find occasion to charge Guinevere
with loving Lancelot better than her hus-
band, and thus cause discord and strife
between the king and his great knights
One night Lancelot and Guinevere met to
bid each other farewell forever, and Tenny-
son thus describes the scene:
Low on the border of her couch they sat,
| Stammering and staring; it was their last hour,
| A madness of farewells And Modred brought
| His creatures to the basement of the tower
For testimony, and, crying with full voice,
Traitor, come out, ye are trapped at last, "
| aroused
Lancelot, who, rushing outward lionlike,
Leaped on him, and hurled him headlong, and
| he fell
Stunned, and his creatures took and bore
| him on.
THE REPRESENTATION.
On a raised terrace, to which flight of
steps lead from lower terrace, Lancelot
and Guinevere we're seated on a couch of
red velvet, The terrace and steps were of
greenish colored stone and around the
sides was a stone balustrade. A stone wall,
in which the mortar lines are gilded, filled
in the back of the terrace. The lower
terrace was of the same colored stone and
steps led to it on three sides, three steps
going SO close to the ground as to preclude
the need of a border, and hiding the
wheels of the float entirely. On the terrace
crouch Modred and two Of his spie'.
The characters we're: Sir Launcelot,
H. Preston; Guinivere. c. E. Dowell I;
Sir Modred, J. E. Willink; Spies, C. Bord-
ley and s. A. Borders.
The Passing of Arthur.
King Arthur and Sir Lancelot become
enemies. Guinevere is doomed to death for
unfaithfulness, but as she is being led to
execution Sir Lancelot rescues her and kills
some of Arthur's best knights. War fol-
lows, followed by a patched-up peace, and
then war again. While Arthur is absent
on an excursion into Lancelots territory,
which seems to have beea across the
British channel, Modred is left ruler
of Britain. He spreads re-
port that Arthur had been slain in
battle, calls parliament and causes him
self to be crowned King. Hearing OF this
| King Arthur returns home, and lands with
his host at Dover, where Modred had gath
cred an army. A great battle takes place.
Arthur kills Sir Modred, but is grievously
wounded by that traitorous knight. He is
carried to the seaside. and there rides a
barge with many fair ladies in it, and all
have black hoods, and they weep when they
see King Arthur. The language of the
| legend is as follows:
Now put me In the BARGE" said the king.
And there received him three queens with
great mourning, aud in one of their laps
| King Arthur laid his head. And
then they rowed from the land, and Sir
Bevidere beheld them go from him. Then
he cried 'Ah, my lord. Arthur, will ye
leave me here alone among my enemiesw
| Comfort myself" said the king, "for in