Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-13
The MaoKaye Spectacular

nublIc interest, which was perhaps
natural. on the unfolding OF plans
of such magnitude. The audience
at the press view of this model was
composed of newspaper critics, VINO
by inclination and training and by
their very schooling were not prone
to burst into enthusiastic commen-
datlon or to give way to feelings OF
pleasure. What that audience dld
is perhaps best told by oneof them,
MIR. w. L. Hall, the dramatic edl-
tor and critic of the Chicago Post.
In closing q long, descriptive article
on this press view, Mr.. Hall used
the following words: Enthusiastic
applause from the little company
greeted every scene and every re-
markable manipulation Of the lights
aud, at the conclusion. there we're
those present who predicted that
the Spectacular would rival the
Fair itself. 1t is safe to say that 1T
viii attract more attention here
during the Fair than did the Elttel
Tower in Paris. Nc description
can carry any idea even Of the
model aud what will the great and
complete whole be, Mr. Aachaye
was showered with congratulations
and there was not a dissenting
voice" In the descriptions given
OF the working Of the mechanical
aud electrical effects II is almost
carried beyond belief, especially
when it is remembered that nothing
but mechanism and novel light eff
feet were used in the view alluded
to.
1t would seem that Mr.. Hall
could well ask what the complete
whole would be when 1t is remem
bered that In the production to be
be given IN the building, which
THE Columbian Celebration Com
pany IS erecting, everything will be
"a times as large and necessarily a
times as grand as in the model;
that in the grand production the
minutia of elaborate detail, which
could not be given in the model.
will be carried to perfection; that
the scenes instead of being lifeless,
AS in the model, viii be peopleo
with an immense ]c0ncourse of per-
sonages; that the action of the
Spectatorio, "The World Finder
viii be set to the most sublime and
grandest music Of the great master
and that in every detail, even of
costume and musical instruments.
the mind viii be carsied back to the
time when Columbus made his first
voySge.
In the descriptions given, tht
Chicago newspaper men tell of i
condition Of applied mechanics By
which all phases Of nature can b.
trnthfully and faithfully depicted
they speak OF the grey light Of
dawn as an opening Of u Of the
scenes, the blistering heat Of the
sun at midday, as the concomit 0.
another, and the roseate, tropica
twilight as investing still another
they also tell of the sea, which il
the grand production, will contain
over four million gallons of water
being completely in control of tn
inventor; the sea which he could a
viii make calm and placid or CHASE
in ripping eddies beneath the bow
of the boats or again could cause t.
roll in menancing wave agains
the sides of the caravels. Thes
are but a few of the man
remarkable conditions they men
ton as being realized, even in til
little model. Such unanimity 0
I opinion is not only unusual, bu
; would seem to remove all doubt a
to the part "'rhe MacKaye Specta
torium will play in the great Fair
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