The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-25

hon Tho curtain roso on the third act OF

When tho curtain rose on the third act OF
"Tbe Talispnn" last Wednesday night 1t
seemed as IL tho entire audience leaned for
ward and cast looks OF feverish anxiety at the
stage Then deep sigh Of rclicf ran through
the house. and an instant later tho popular
feeling. which for nearly two hours had boon
KEYED UP to the highest possible tension, found
vent in an outburst Of applause. which was in
reality spontaneous tribute 10 tho gonius
which had given birth to tho marvellous
mechanical contrivanco revealed by the lifting
OF the great plush curtain. Throughout tho
evening the curiosity OF each individual I'm tho
audience had been piqued by mysterious line
IN tho programme which affirmed that the
electric kalc doscopic water effects in the third
act were the Invention OF Mr.. Oscar HAM
merstcin. for which letters patent have been
applied for" and one eight OF this triumph
OF mechanical cunning was sufficient to
sweep away the clouds OF anxiety which
had been in evidence all the evening and
restore the popul ar confidence in the infalli-
bility OF the luminous brain which directs the
Manhattan opein House. What the people saw
OF the stage and containing m ornamcntn
structure OF tasteful and I'M ricats design, from
SCARED to the height Of threo or four feet and
then DESCENDED into tho i'nsin beneath.
.ss rich The sareiuy fruits Of
modern research and boary sages who have
ouSIed deer dbranshts fron the welsp5i1ss
padded orchestra, chairs OF the Manhattan
SeTda mGnsS and snea sa5s they
applied Tor. And It Is in obedienes to unan.
students. m any OF whom will sit through an
entire halst for tn sake o. seeing the foun-
'as Nov Il is fact worsby OF mention. II not OF
eredence. that this IN odern .Archimedes, re-
esiyen the first inspirati9,n for his fountain
that that the matter was brought to his attisnton
through the ksShole hy H. the tenant q re
overflow from the bathtub was making
has1T his the htsnans finely furnished
ies "toh; there is somethinE ' wrong pun in
The economy OF Nature. Each floor in an
mans tathtnb overlows it invariably ruins
20. aiIord to possess himself whereas il the
fats we're turned upside down. SO to speak. q
With the finest rooms on tor 7" And just at
ni h bn rs sea bv
the water run up instead OF down"
The hathtuh episode occurred three years
the great Hammerstein fountain was given to
an awestruck world. and. when we realize that
from the peaceful drains Of Mt kis"o t" rhir.
ty.fourth street. where it spark les for ono
brit 5sD hs f"fS Of the eGc' Ehs
salt sea. We are forced TO admit that thee
years is q very short period OF time in which
to attain such stuprndous results. OF course
1t is impossible to describe the mental proc.
reached the conclusion that under certain
peculiar conditions water will run ur instead
OF down. Let it suffice to say that in every
theatre there may be found at least one brass
faucet connected by q leaden PHO with tho
water m ain which lies under the street. That
faucet may be connected hy means OF n rub
Der pine, with vertical metallic tube or series
or cluster Of vertica! metallic tubes. eve. il the
tubes happen to form a part OF an orna-
mental structure standing, in the CEN
ire of a round basin. This connection
once made. hy simple turn OF the
handle on the brass faucet tho water passes
through the rubber pipe. through the vertical
tubes and into the atmosphere but it does not
stay long in the atm osp herr: On the contrary.
1t falls in a graceful. sparkling shower to the
circular basin: and that Is the beauty OF Mr..
Hammerstein's invention. and ut the. same
time o happy illustration OF the wellEnown
Lines:
-Nnwhere to 60 bTt there.
Nowhere to come but back"