The record-union., 1896-09-27
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loud and exaggerated: I'm the last act
OF carmen as produced by Rosapel
morrison is given an actual bull fight
lasting fifteen minutes without cessa-
tlon 10 the ordinary layman this state
ment savors of the usual, much-to-pe-
regretted colorado statement too ire
quently resorted to by managers in or
der to attract attention and draw pa
tronage. In this instance. however. no
subterfuge is resorted to, as bona fde
pull fight, full life is actually pre-
Sented just as announced. Thirty years
ago the man who dreamed OF talking
over 500 miles of wire would have been
laughed at Still to-day the telephone
Is in universal use throughout the civ
1lized world The same wonderful in
ventive gift that prompted Edison to
give to the world, the telephone has
made itself manifest in Professor Wood
Vile Latham's marvellous invention, the
eidoloscope. This instrument is to the
eye what the telephone is to the ear. 1t
annihilates space; it places before the
eye incidents that transpired hundreds
and thousands of miles distant. 1t per-
petuates action; it makes the dead live;
it's resources are wonderful, and words
fail to give a comprehensive idea of it's
the operation Of the eidoloscope is sim
pie, but the actual operation and con-
srutction is complicated and intricate.
A special camera is required, the mech
anism of which is kept a secret. The OBJ
Ject or event to be reproduced is brought
within the range of the cameras lens.
A sensitive film is fed from a spool be-
fore the exposed lens by means Of an
electric motor, which permits the pas
sage of the film at a uniform but
amazing speed. The film moves until a
portion of it is exposed sufficient to re-
Ceive the amount of impression permit
ted by the radius of the lens. 1t stops
to receive this impression, but such an
infinitesimal space of time that it is
impossible to calculate it, and the ac
ton of stopping is not visible to the
eye. Still it stops, and revolving shut
ter excludes the light, while the next
portion of the film is being placed. This
operation continues until the entire in
Cident has been indelibly placed on the
film. After the film is developed it is
placed in the eidoloscope, the spool again
unwindS the film, and by the aid of a
powerful electric current the incident is
projected by the wonderful instrument
and reproduced exactly as it originally
occurred. The innumerable photo
graphs are displayed before the spec
tators with such rapidity that It forms
one eyer-moving, living picture, for the
camera can easily take 1000 impress
sions per minute. The result must be
seen, for it cannot be described. The
mechanism of this remarkable invention
is wonderfully delicate, containing an
aluminium sprocket wheel, q presser
pad, a can, a steel finger and other COM
paratively uninteresting things. Pro-
fessor Latham has devoted his life to the
science of optics and physics. He was
state Chemist of West Virginia and
taught chemistry and physics in the
university Of that State. In the bull
1iGht, which is shown in Rosabel Nor
Tison's production of Carmen the pos
sibilities of the eidoloscope are we'll ex-
plotted. Clouds Of dust kicked UP by
the bull, hiding him from sight, and
then rolling away, make it hard to be-
lieve that the actual arena is not a tam
gible reality"
Francis Wilson's new comic opera
Half a King made a hit on it's first
production in New York recently. OF
il plays and Players says: The
story Of the opera is told in clear and
interesting way, the music is bright
and melodious. and the production
scenically considered, is as beautiful
and tasteful as any which Wilson has
yet presented, which comes near being
the acme Of praise. AS Tireschappe
a mountebank, the comedian has
character admirably suited to his
quaint, droll methods, and which fair
ly sparkles with bright and telling
lines, which are rolled off with the
rare JUNCTION peculiar to him. The story
Of Half a King" begins in a pleasure
ground in Paris by the side Of the river
Seine. 1t is a favorite resort of the
bon vivants Of the time-about the
middle Of the eighteenth century Here
the mountebanks, beggars and "cheval-
iers of industry congregate to ply
their vocations. A band of mounte-
banks arrive. Among them are Tires
cha ppe, the leader; Pierette his adopted
daughter, a street singer, and Misti-
girls, a junior associate, in love with
the young singer. Pierette has an ad-
venture with Honore, a dashng young
fellow who has come to the place to
gamble. 1t is disclosed that Honore
is the son Of the Duke de Chateaux-
MargauX, who has planned for him a
marriage with LuCinde, the daughter
OF the Duke de la Roche-Trumeau. a
country nobeman of wealth. The Duke
de Chateaux- -Margaux, on the other
hand, is heavily in debt, even to his
family servants. Lucinde, her father
and his Secretary are momentarly ex-
pected to arrive by the boat, and they
have been advised that they will be
met by the Duke de Chateaux Margaux
and Honore. Pierette tells Tireschappa
her adventure and of her infatuation
for Honore. The mountebank, wishing
to promote her happiness, forms a
plan TO disguise himself and Mistigris.
welcome the country nobleman and his
daughter, cOnfine them and then pre-
sent themselves and Pierette at the
home of the Duke de Chateaux Mar
Eaux in their places. and hasten a mar
riage between Honore and Pierette.
The scheme is accomplished success
fully. and they go 10 the palace of the
Duke de Chateaux- Margaux In place of
the ducal party. passing off Pierette
as the afIianced bride. They are 9nally
discovered and expelled from the house
and are pursued TO the Court of Mir
acles." a low place of rendezvous of
Paris, where the real Duke and his
companions are confined. After many
exciting adventures the mountebank
and his associates are captured. But
in the meantime it is discovered that
Pierette is of high birth. She marries
Honore and immunity is granted Tires
chappe and his band.