The herald., 1894-01-01

San Francisco has been selected to
arrange the games on the diamond d II,
and in order to have the largest pos site
number OF clubs participate, thai gen
tleman desires the addresses 81 e'efy
uniformed baseball club not only N ;ne
state OF California but in al. oi ,tne
states of the Pacific coast. These al.
dreHees should be sent to blm at roorl
81, SECOND floor, Mills building, SAM
Francisco, and, based upon tie nuhis'sfh
OF addresses of intending participants
which may be received, there Wild DO
arranged ouch baseb tpurnanlenCE "a
has never before been seen any where IN
VI In The the long liet of othsr attractions it
is difficult to select ous chat Torthyof
more special mention than the rest, but
perhaps the latest added features mago
be the moet interesting The very
latest and the moet etar;ilIs VI ei stheJ
suggestions that have been iortn. caInN
IN Tie form of confessional featnreei OF
the fair is that which is 10 Tepfasspb
Dante'e Inferno, aud which has already
begun to be spoken of about town aH9
Hell on Earth" rhis concession rs'tc
be located in very prominent part OF
the exposition grounds, and the charac-'
ter OF the entrance to the guiding con-
tanning the exhinis is one that will s.t-
tract inevitable attention / great
dragons head, Is feet in height, with
bRt-like winge protruding from either
side, stems to crouch againet the ground
and grin welcome to the passing
crowds. The bat-like wngG and entirs
front in fact, are Zideo to look like
FURNISHED gold, and, when the sun 10
ia rt
an exterior, as one CaA easily imIgtnC.
Out OF the center of tbs lowsr part of
this fgure-head. go to speak, projects @
long, red tongue of the dragon, and Oh
&c This, thoee who care to venture iI
must step and walk Jetweer this teeth CT
the dragons lever Jaw into the very
body of the beast.
Tne interior arrange Gsento OF Ghebo
"infeTnal regions" are rendered remark
ably effective by the highly colored
etalactites which hang from the walls
and which seem TO extend Tor miles.
almost, away in ths defiance. This p6r-
epective 10 produced by means CT mir
rors. There are mirrors on every hand,
and never before has there been better
utilization of the locking glass for iiiu-
sionary purposes. Hidden lights are
made use OF to add to the effects OF the
scene, and intricacies OF passage are
also brought into play.
In one large grotto a stage is erected,
and half dozen skeletons dancing gro
tesuuely in the foreground are so re-
herled hy mirrors 5nat their numbers
seem to be legion, Az another point,
after traversiug several! tortuous ave-
nues, the visitor comes upon clever
construction with mirrors above and
below, and with lights SC arranged that
there really seems to be no top or bot
tom 30 Che place, and hence the name OF
the "Bottoineas Pit" Only q little
further away the visitor comes to the
''Endless Cave" produced in the same
way and quite as interesting. As
the visitor to this remarkable place
progresses from point to point he rises
to higher elevation, and by travers-
ing an almost lmpenetrable grade, he
finally finds himself on the shore OF q
great lake, into which pours fall OF
lava, and 1t ia here pefhape that he gets
the best idea of this representation of
the internal regions. The effect is pro-
duced, of course. by colored lights play
ing upon the decorations of the struc-
ture, and by divers and sundry devices
for the enhancing OF these effects. There
is much that is groteeque about the
dancing skeletons in the cave referred
to, and there is considerable that is un-
canny in every part OF this arrangement,
but there 10 nothing that is disgusting
though there ID mech TO amuse.