The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-11

Rs4Ad's illustrated Lectures.
Manage Hanna announces for Thurs
Gay nisht,3s this week and five nights be-
ginning J Si:s -. series OF the celebrated
hagan iiHstrssed lectures. feature that
WI Be spS3eeiated when fairly introduced
20 the pa &c more than anything Of the
Hind fhas Sss ever visited the Northwest.
On Ihurs3sy evening Of this week will b
given Complimentary entertainment. sd-
mission bling only by invitation on cards
issued ~ shs management. No tickets
whi % scAg or money received for this
per'ormssf$, which il designed by it,
merits to Astract the favorable attention
OF the rsiassd people OF the city 70 the per-
10 rmaneeaof the following week. Having
given shissintroducsory performance Mr..
kaean go<4 away and the people who saw
II talk abtst il. and when he returns on
Tuesday. sane ID. for Ave nights. he finds
large aufknces for every performance
anxious ri. pay admission. Each lecture
will Be suryrbly illustrated and the bills
are - foihSas:
Thursdsys sumo is-"Psris. the Magnificent"
Preliminary: :isesars-sdnissioa By iavlsAlioa
Monday, me 2s-"Lonaon. Ola and New"
Iussday. $ns 27-"RAmbiings In Rome"
Mednssdsss June ga Trip TO Aiasks'
Thursday: June 29-"shaksspsass and the
Avon" -
Friday. j. 10 0-.0IImpsss Of Scotland"
Mr.. He4iy II. Raglan is . graduate OF
Yale. whef9 he was recognized as one Of
the most lfbminent men in his class, and
carried OFF most Of the literary honors for
which hei competed, winning numerous
class and ftciety prizes. and acting a. ed
itor Of ont. 81 the college periodicals. He
was eiectst class orator in his senior wear.
His inc!inriion and fondness for travel led
70 his making extensive tours over the
continents 81 Europe and America. One
Of the chisfi secrets of tho marvellous and
CONSTANT. increasing success which has
attended NJ. Raglan from the first lies I'M
doubtedlS IL the fact that he 10 never sat-
is6sd WiAi doing anything we'll. or with
doing it Hitter than any one else has ever
il Eachfatw lecture must b more thor
oughly pleEared and more superbly illus
tratsd thyn. any which have preceded il,
and eAcl; entertainment must be an I'M
provsmsAt upon the last. The result 10
evsrywh$s:appafent in the steadily rising
enthusia& msof his immense audiences, and
IL there 10 ANY reliance to be placed upon
universaf testimony he stands today, not
oil other M the field. Mr.. Raglan IL . lee.
turer. ma. an exhibitor Of pictures. He
uses stsrtogticon views. and every one Of
them IN smrgnifcent work of art. but he
uses thcfs osaly TO illustrate and irradists
his subject. They do not constitute the
entcrtaiisnesnt any more than the engrav-
ings in ISarser's or the Century constitute
the mae$xiEe. These lectures delight the
eye. fasS ns,e the imagination and en-.
chain ~ intellect.
Bsst sds the scenes 1t Cordray's.
For iiIs weeks . small army Of skilled
workme3 hts been busy behind the scenes
a. CordsayS designing. planning. fitting.
painting anH forming the great hanging
and set Series and the thousand and one
weird r:id picturesque objects to be en-
ployed y the production Of Tho Black
Crook. Slsently and with Iaborious toll
the sceXi artists, stage mechanic and
property master. with their assistants.
have beSn giving form to fantastic crca-
tions q tie mind. until = bewildering
maze of4srAnge scenery and quaint prop
critics isZshe:result. transrlanting the be-
holder i:om{the common. plain. everyday
world . substantial kingdom Of the
imaginss !iors, in which vistas Of gruesome
and awf inspiring sights inierming!s with
| visions kf Esysisn beauty. and astonishing
transfo ena,ions are produced As instan-
tsneousey as il wrought by tho touch Of
Aiaddi$s ts;iisman.
To th4 iaysnan in theatrical matters il
IL always interesting TO note the prepare
tons lShin,i the scenes for great spec
aeuarSpro1uciion, and IL is instructive
as we,fto watch the men At work in
the vssious departments. The writer
has otservsi With keen enjoyment the
painting OF shs fifty great hanging scenes
| aud th< con truction Of ~ many more set
| pieces 81 thu stage mechanics. These ,n-
| elGde e grsat Incarnation scene. with its
| ingenprls i.Iechanical contrivances, in
| which Srces s,reak. rocks spill, open and
| spri;esf and demons spring through the
/ aper,u -. h which plants are trans
! fcrmeC into, serpenis. lizards and reptiles
| of evety sAspc and form, cascades Of
| spark water become blood and fiery
horse md h: rider speed through mid AIR
| In an i.mcssshere Of fsme: the Terrace
scene. fs.ih, its rrismstic fountain, tho
most ?gcni;ris mechanical illusion of the
| whole s,i-ce' the Coral or Gro,to scene.
| with IL. fairy vision Of the fountain Of
beauty and sgueen Stalacts. invested with
wondfos q transforming powers, the Burn
ing nrests scene. With It's greedy flames
| devorJns seeryihin. tina: Delights the
eye. ,-,e gr;sl Transformation scene. re-
| qairiify eig.t hanging pieces alone. with
/ its th4se enehanted rosehads, the larges,
| of VII eh ST., sly bursts. unfolding 10 .sior-
tai ~ the saT-famcd bower Of beauty and
ITS Air occupant whom one eaxes
upon nnti, attracted ev the trans
form S.ion ,of the two smaller
buds int,; stately white swans.
With ,s'upi:s on their backs. swimming
gracefully DYER sparkling waters, these in
turn being Implanted in the attention by
ir.tef kent te~al shells. which gradually
openf until ienases are revealed, the lovely
occa:an,s saiing the beautifully tinted
,helA - boh,s In which they glide over .
,unlS sea; :s:,d the Pandemcniun scene.
.hovtnr tie descen. O: Mephlsso. or
zemoh hi, spa. HerisoG through binding
dam and s;sake to the inferuai regions.
isy, ~assis seen What \ Is, Of properties
,s..k sesn.s cali for. seTpenis. lizards,
toad$. DRAGONS. demons. owls, ravens.
ske.S,ons. isalls. butterflies. split rocks.
hrrss.-swAy! trees. immense rose5qds.
,,to,,.,l s,pral phel.s. etc, must hc included
IN &c Lat: and when IL Is rememh oEsd
tsas.y,ry sanSss article in the production
q. e .nec.Seie has been. or Will have
he. Manufactured behind the Cord-ay
IL, .ari estimate OF the labor eaia..e<i
a. formed. A COM saoa hanging sceae
( ~ three s,sa three days 20 complete it.
sd e,, - ,;ae most con- PICK scenes cccl-