Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-12-28
THE MrDwISrER EXPOSITION.


have a month in which to visit other
parts Of the State besides those contigu-
GUS to San Francisco, and that the bene-
fits to be derived by the entire Pacific
Coast will be correspondingly multiplied.
And Just here there ought to be a word
said about the number OF visitors that
may reasonably be expected TO come out
of the frozen East TO hibernate in the
country
"where the leaf never fades in the still bloom
ing bowers,
And the bee banquets on through awhole year
Of flowers"
Those who have already arrived at San
Francisco as the advance guard OF the
grand army OF midwinter continent
crossers say that the influx OF visitors
will exceed the most sanguine expecta-
tions of the friends of the exposition.
Eastern railway managers are constantly
sending to the department OF publicity
and promotion for advertising matter in
connection with the fair. Their patrons
are hungry for information on the sub
ject. Some OF them are SO hungry that
more than one Of the great trunk lines
have deemed it necessary to prepare vast
quantities of matter, based on the mate
rial furnished by this department, with
which to satisfy the popular demands.
All this means that thousands OF people
in the East are going to take advantage
of cheap rates and the special attractions
of the exposition as an excuse for max
ing long promised trip to the land OF
sunshine, fruit and flowers"
Meanwhile the list of attractions con-
tinues to grow, and there will be lively
| times during the next three weeks, get
| ting all the concessions in readiness for
the opening day. There is one feature
of the contemplated attractions, how
ever, for which no elaborate building has
to be erected, and yet it is one in which
very widespread interest centers, and
that is the grand athletic tournament.
This tournament is to cover the entire
term of the exposition. The contests
! will not he on each succeeding davis pro-
gramme, but there will be several events
each week, and every Saturday will be
largely devoted to this feature. There
will be games OF lacrosse between Brit
ish Columbian and American teams
there will be polo matches between
swell society riders; there will be foot
ball games between college and univer-
sty teams; there will be races and all
sorts OF contests on the cindar path, and
last, though by no means least, series
of baseball games, in which the entire
Pacific Coast is invited to take part.
With vie;ooSlfxcilitetiag arrange
mcnts for the Y ~ mentioned feature in
this connection Colonel T. P. Robinson
refif'-tn Franci'co has been selected to ar
range the games on the diamond field,
and in order to have the largest possible
number Of clubs participate that gentle
man desires the addresses of every uni
formed baseball club not only in the
State OF California, but in all the States
OF the Pacific Coast. These addresses
should be sent to him Mt Room 80, second
floor, Mills building, San Francisco, and
based upon the number Of addresses OF
intending participants which may be re-
ceived, there will be arranged such a
baseball tournament as has never before
been seen anywhere in the world.
In the long list of other attractions it
is difficult to select one that is worthy OF
more special mention than the rest, but
perhaps the latest added features may
be the most interesting. The very latest
and the most startling of all the sugges-
tions that have been forthcoming in the
form of confessional features of the fair
is that which is to represent Dante's
Inferno" and which has already begun
to be spoken OF about town as "hell on
earth" This concession is to be located
in very prominent part Of the eXposi-
tion grounds, and the character of the
entrance to the building containing the
exhibit is one that will attract inevitable
attention. A great dragons head, Is feet
in height, with bat-like wings protruding
from either side, seems to crouch against
the ground and grin welcome to the
passing crowds. The bat.like wings and
entire front, in fact, are gilded to look
like FURNISHED gold, and when the sun
is reflected from it presents as brilliant
an exterior as one can easily imagine.
Out OF the center OF the lower part of
this tigure-head, so to speak, projects a
long red tongue of the dragon, and onto
this those who care to venture in must
step and walk between the teeth of the
dragons lower jaw into the very body OF
the beast.
The interior arrangements of these
"infernal regions are rendered remark
ably effective by the highly colored sta
lactites which hang from the walls, and
which seem TO extend for miles, almost,
away in the distance. This perspective
is produced by means of mirrors. There
are mirrors on every hand, and never
before has there been better utilization
OF the looking.glass for illusionary pur-
poses. Hidden lights are made use OF
to add to the effects OF the scene, and in
tricacies OF passage are also brought into
play.
In one large grotto stage is erected,
and half dozen skeletons, dancing gro
tesquely in the foreground, are so re-
lected by mirrors that their number
seems to be LEGION" At another point
after traversing several tortuous avenues
the visitor comes upon clever construc-
tion OF mirrors above and below and with
lights SO arranged that there really seems
to be no top or bottom to the place, and
hence the name OF the "Bottomless Pit"
Only little farther away the visitor
comes to the Endless Cave" produced
in the same way and quite rs interesting.
As the visitor to this remarkable place
to II higher elevation, and by traversing
an almost imperceptible grade he finally
finds himself ON the shores OF great
lake, into which pours fall OF lava, and
it is here perhaps that he gets the best
idea OF this representation OF the Gin
ternal regions" The effect is produced,
of course, by colored lights playing upon
the decorations OF the structure and by
divers and sundry devices for the en-
hancing OF these effects. There is much
tina, is grotesque about the dancing skel-
etons in the cave referred TO, and there
is considerable that is uncanny in every
part OF this arrangement, but there is
nothing that is disgusting and terrifying,
though there is much to amuse. When
people turn to 90 out after having seen
all the show they find themselves con.