Mohave County miner., 1893-04-22
The Mackays Spectator,um.

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Ium, which The Columbian Celebration
Company :ecenily completed at ChIcn &c
and from which the equipment of the
grand production II to be- prepared, aas
recently shown 10 the Chicago news.
paper critics. These men Who, by train.
ing and inclination, are pore TO look at
things with cold, cynical eye OF criti.
cism, vent into raptufes over the work.
irgs OF this little model where nothing
but mere mechanical and lighting effects
were shown. In report of what took
place MIR. W. T. Hall, the dramatic editor
OF the Chicago Post used The following
iarguage: ''Entbusiasiic applause from
the little company greeted every scene
and every irmaIkabie manipulation oi
the lights and, at the conclusion, there
we're those present who predicted that
the SpectatUrInm would rival the Fair
itself 1t Is saie TO ray that il will at.
tract more attention here, during the
Fair, than did the E,fel Tower, OF P-ris
No description can carry any idea even
Ot the model, and What will the great and
complete whole ne. Mr.. Mackaye waA
showered with go rgrAtulationS and there
w. not dissentns vJice." The oprn
Ion thus gwen "xpe |-iDn 10y Nc Hal,
who ~ the reputation Of heing one oi
the most jnsr ard severe critics of Chi.
rago, is The simple voicIng Of the general
opinion OF those who have seen the
model O'e may ~ able 10 obtain All
Imperfect Conception of wh al the grand
production OF the Spect4tUTiO. The
World Finder" will he when The mere
mechanical movements Vi u ltiie inud,
on scale pf one fpot TO y
feet--can 81 stir professional cri les, who
are fr aimed TO Id all the imprrfpciione
and flaws that can oe found. Even il,
this model, il IS said, that it Was impO
stole . ate npt the moe drlI.,ta and
astonishing features wnIch sill mark tir.
grand prJ iu:i n.
I .kInk tni- modei AZ q b isis, and IN.
cr-asIdg It ~ times, one can readll, in
a sIne Ih It the scenic environments aud
IN 4,.haniCal movements will he some
shtt astonishing: to this add the pnvi
ronment vi the :st and nprlest mus ic Oi
ne gees N tsrer fill the stage With
tr irne people able - p' rfOrm their vari
Al. ~ =.
the acriOn OF the piece irS suitable and
tp T ,pri re nobility Vi dialogue aud vet
have q cJnpl-te. composite whole which
must far ira l|:enl tn. mDlol that \,
stirred aud arols.d tn p,s privileged T.,
see it.
1t rather taxes the Imagination to con- !
aud Ii urea wni.n the Chicago newsp. !
per men give in connection with this en-
lerprse. Tney told OF machinery ~
powerful and rapid that II could mobilize !
800 tons, through sp zee Of 500 feet, ~ I
forty seconds Oh intricate and amazina !
electrical fleets hy which could be pre- .
sented every phase oil the tropical day !
nd nigh'. which could present with !
eq IaI ease ana fidelity TO nature the first .
nlnSh Uf IN" mOTIIHg; COuld follow the /
r. rtvelrng OF" Df l,v through Its corrse .
from morn 'tIl midday and from noon TO
midnight ronIh successfully present II
the phases Of The moon and stars; could .
giv. the murky, hazy light OF the ap-
pro .chng storm and fill the havens aih
tho thunderbots Of the great Jove and
could. from all this, bring forth the rain-
bow OF Divine promise almost as perfectly
AZ Nature herself Yet all these things
ere possible say th- Chic ,Go newspaper
men who ia 70 seem the model.