The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-13
MRS. LINoH,s VENTURE.

Some Additional Details of the PROPOSED
worid's FeIF ThsAtrisai EatSPriSs.
Saturdays INrELmeEScER contained
Chicago dispatch giving an account
of the great theatrical enterprise Of
which Mrs. W. Newton Inch, former
ly of this city, and Mrs. NJ. L. Littloton,
Of Naehville, Tenn, are the chief pro-
moters. It will be remembered that
the plan of these two plucky American
women is to obtain permit to erect an
immense theater on the Worlds Fair
grounds at Chicago on the stage OF
which ia TO be presented gorgeous
spectacular play, "Christophor Column
bus" OF which Mrs. Inch is Che auth
or; that the enterprise is to be carried
ont at cost Of 100000 and that the
two ladies named propose to manage
tho whole affair without outside assist
snce. Wheeling people may BIO inter-
estod in reading tho following addition
al details Of tho proposed venture from
the Chicago Tribune:
There arc three acts in the play and
thirteen scenes, with elaborate stage
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male choruses, the members Of which
will be selected with especial view to
the correct and harmonious blending OF
the voices, and thirteen dancesin which
tho ballet will predominant. The open
ing scene shows the wool-comber's cot
taee, the birthplace OF Columbus in the
suburbs of Genoa, and Columbus lying
in reverie surrounded by crude books
and charts. In this ID shown the dance
OF fancy performed by twenty-one girls,
illustrative OF the imagination which
inspired Columbus to his great achieve
ment OF later years Following this in
rapid succession will be show the prin-
cipal events in the life OF Christopher
Columbus and his discovery OF new
world. The four choruses are to be the
sailors chorus, the Aztec chorus, the
Court fools and dwarfs' chorus, and the
Gregorian chant. Following the dance
Of fancy by the ballet there will be an
Aztec sacriticial dance. moorish dance,
a dance OF captive maidens, royal
minuet in the court dress Of the time OF
Ferdinand and Isabella among others,
and ending with dance OF the states,
each state and territory being repre-
scented by girl in fanciful costume.
Besides the features of the perform
ance proper, it is intended to have as
an added feature every accession in the
way of electrical effects known. Sic
mems q Halske, the great electrical firm
OF Berlin, have already prepared plans
for the electrical appliances. The thea
ter, it is proposed, shall be lighted
throughout with electricity, lights will
be thrown on the stage from great re-
Electors, and all scenery and drops, rs
we'll as mechanical effects, are to be
worked by means Of electric motors.
There will be electrical fountains aud
electrical waterfalls, and the people in
the audience will be kept cool by means
Of electrical fans.
Two performances day are proposed
and the the theater could be used at
other times during the day for other
performances. The length OF each per-
Torrance is estimated at two hours.
The theater, as planned, will cover a
space l25x20O feet, and will seat between
5000 to 5000 persons. There are to be
paraquet, balcony, and gallery, with
boxes. Popular prices are to be charg-
ed-50 cents, rs cents, and Stand
about S. for boXeg