Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-06-16
pLENDTD SPECTACLE
,rAT HISTORICAL PLAY FOR THE
 1corToN STATES EXPOSITION.

..,.nta Proposes to Show the Commercial
 ,vsr as Artistic Side of the Drama.
 history of De soto-HIrs. Littleton's Plans.
 st is the object of every great far OF .vsosition to present to the world some 1 sornrise it has not known before-to ~ some monument, as 1t were, te n i, it's success. At the last exposition " Doris there was thu Eiffel tower, the gs ma. .ld,s fair had its Woman's building '.g w tbe Ferris wheel, while the Cotton s e4atos and International exposition will ssr Sont among other things, the first ss sg.s,,,atie exhibit from all artistic and VI sAs.', 1,nercial standpoint There have been
 called dramatic exhibits, but they ssere always OH an individual basis, ex- slnding the general participation of the a,amatic world.
 Wben the idea of this exhibit was s.st considered by the woman s board ss sssF October, Mrs. M L. Littleton pro- ...sod to undertake the organization of ssh All enterprise. and suggesting a s.,.,her of plans that might Do carried s,,E asked the proper authority to go to Nsw York and present them to the a.smatic enthusiasts. The magnitude of snsb an undertaking on the part of wo,nan appalled, the majority, but Mrs 1.Seph Thompson, with that apprecia- ,sm of woman's capacity that distin- ,,sisbes her and has characterized her ssarv movement, gave Mrs. Littleton gseat encouragement aud fnrthered her snecess by appointing Mrs. William nsekson chairman of the dramatic com mittee.
 Tho interior of tho building will be safirely furnished by exhibits sent by shose commercially interested in the ssamatic world. Exhibitors will not only have the advantage of the adyer- t.sement attending their association wifh such an enterprise as a whole, but a tho same time an individual exhibit in whatever line their properties may be
 Tho scenic artists are eager for repre- sentation. Different ones will take diff sarent scenes of the play and compete with one another as to artistic details in soanio effects. The seats in the theater uyoper will be furnished by manufae- turers in that line, different ones taking aifTerent portions or sections of the au- diterium.
 The stage furnishings in various seenes will be the representation of rival Establishments of the kind, all sent as exhibits. Rival costnmers will take diff Harent scenes and furnish the eostumes nall tho necessary glitter of speetacular bFllliancy Wig makers will exhibit sheir art in the oostuming. and even the dealers in theatrical cosmetics will send { ihnir exhibits for artificial beauty <" Inc inventors of different modes of ssanipulating calcium lights, so neces- MY ill scenic effects, will contend foR samemacy in their exhibits, and there VII be concentrated in this one enter pFise all the inventions and desirable Suggestions of modern stage mechanism.
 Tho librettos and programmes will be fagnished as the exhibits of the theat- rica publishing houses. The allegorical painting combining the arts of the drama forming the fresco effect of the seiling, will be an exhibit from the Haral artists. They have frequently NsRplained of the lack of opportunity fazisplay their work individually, and fhs drop curtain will be likewise an ex Nalibit of mnral art
 With this complete combination of atage appointments the glamour of the
 Iectacular" will be for the first tims fiAOwn over the south ill the dramatic oMeeption of a southern woman, Mrs
 l. Littleton, assisted in the adapta- s'on by Mir Francis C. Drake of New 1ork city, The drama has been eriti- se'sed and highly praised by the capable a@matists of the day, and it seems in A gorgeous pagemtry, sentiments and pathles to bring out the exact line commercial alliance between the Vnlted States and the Latin American nntries, which the Cotton States ex < Q4ltion proposes to promote.
 at IS a historical spectacular drama, eonbining q well defined plot and TO- .al.Railce with striking and brilliant mu- ! sleai electric and spectacular effects. the leading events of the drama are his < Ha'caily accurate, the writer having 5 naade an exhaustive study of the times k fernando de Soto. The characters, " eames and scenery are taken from his "lcal descriptions and famous paint a'gs' giving to the drama an educational sE sa'ue aside from its gorgeous attractions. +ae 2 drama by the personality and travels M \, pe Soto links the two continents at
 llo when Charles V reigned in Spain 5 wy ms palace at Valladolid surpassed
 magnlficence the tales of oriental plolaor told in the Arabian Nights
 brings back those times when the for
 ana plains of Georgia, Alabama and
 .I'tlda We're primeyal ill freshness and VI pestuous with storms and Indian
 tiare, while at the same time was the ,l llization of Peru at the zenith of ma
 ial spiendor. furnishing scenes unsur. *7Sseo Tor spectacular drama.
 ne special attraction of the play lies,