The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-16

the powerful three-neaded dog, Cerberus,
through whose jaws one might wander
into a cavernous interior where, for small
compensation, a process of beheading
would be performed upon the visitor EV-
| cry newly arriving mortal, by the pay
ment OF cents, might also be photograph
ed by the Roentgen ray till he became
a greWsome spectacle To the right of
Cerberus rose the gigantic profile of q
grimacing head painted in natural colors.
the mouth stretched open, showing hOr
rible teeth five feet long. As a victim
of these frightful jaws lay the body of
Caserios, young artist.
Within, in dismal cavern decorated
with dead mems bones and blood-red
flames, lay a chest in which man suf-
fered such pains as only the Imagination
of Dante could present Breathing slow
ly, this condemned spirit gave answer
as to the crime committed during his
life. Il was a writer of art criticisms"
groaned the weary one. Near at hand,
portrayed with realistic truth, was the
bare attic of a poor struggling genius of
art. A grotesque creature, with bucks
horns and talOns, dragged visitors into
cave where there was a beautiful Ital-
ian landscape. curtain opening showed
two eXquis!tely formed, bronzed, nude
male figures, life models from the art
academy, who assumed the poses of many
of the famous antique bronzes. Again,
the visitor was wandering in the neigh
borhood of the Horsel mountains and
through a rift in the rocks looked upon
the boudoir of Venus
At another point were the open portals
of a gigantic structure resembling an old
Egyptian temple, the bust of an enigmat-
cal sphinx rising to a greatshigOt near
by. A modest Doric temple"had, as an
inscription cut in stone over the en-
trance, warm stube," the name in Ger
many of rooms where the poor and
wretched may go in winter to get warm.
Opposite were the attractive doors of the
elysium of the blessed. In "Orpheum"
the name of singing halls in Germany,
he hnvTlpd thew
listened, with lamblike docility, to the
barping of the unhappy virtuoso. Or
pheus. Out of the Gotterburg or realm
of the gods came the sound of Vucan's
mighty hammer strokes. Within a deep
arch sacrifcial instruments shone menac-
ingly in colored-fire light. A path led to
a gigantic antique mask of faun ana
opposite the snake-haired head of Medu-
sa, reaching as high as the ceiling. stared
with horrid, rolling, VariOus-colered eyes
and froZe into stone the heart of the Wis
itor. Devils were busy roasting miserable
villains in an infamous oven. Entrance
and exit to all these wonders of the Meth
er world led through narrow, dark rock
corridors, from whose walls oozed OIL
colors.
An orchestra of students, faithfully rep
resenting skeletons and dead bodies in
state of decay discOurSed sinister music.
In another apartment Pluto, the primes
of hell, sat with his pale wife, Proser-
pine in judgment over entering shadows
and pronounced the deserved punishment
of sin. Weird, artistic decorations, half
plastic, half-painted adorned the walls OF
this dread throne room of the under
world. The visitor passed on through
many dark grottoes, passages and rooms
rich in shadows, meeting everywhere the
enchanting genius of humor wrapped IN
a peculiar mantle Of the grotesque or the
horrible. In all corners swarmed the IN
habitants of hades, devils monsters ana
shades of mortals.
An illustrious group of historical and
NEUROLOGICAL personages wore an aspect
of weary dignity; they were the gods and
semi-gods of the beautiful Greek world,
the heavily armored Priam, king of Troy,
and his mighty enemies, Agamemnon and
the Grecian heroes; King Solomon; the
Bavarian robber, Marthias; Leda and the
swan, Napoleon I. and Helen of Troy.
drunken chorus of bacchanalians crown
ed with ivy and carrots danced and
whirled around their youthful wine god,
Bacchus. Marsyas was pursued by
Apollo, god of song, who Wore a butch
er's cap and literally fayed his victim
by drawing off over his ears an ARTIFICIAL
ly bloody suit of flesh-colored tights. The
seven wise men were seen in snow-white
garments and Diogenes, with his lantern.
The Second regiment Of Mu-
mich, fine body of soldiers,
We're in attendance as cohort
of Caesar. They marched one behind the
other in goose step CHE military salute
step in Germany, bearing the Roman
eagle and emblems Of war. Their arms
in place of the flowing horsehair plumes
of modern Germany were long, narrow,
curved brushes in imitation of Roman
fashion. As they marched along they
sang, with weird effect, the merry Ger
man chorus:
we are not from Passing,
We are not from Leim
We are from the jolly Mensing at
home. ,"
The hall, with it's decorations, was open
to the public during the three days fol-
lowing the entertainment, the police hav-
ing clothed the bronze models and other
nude figures before the public were adj
mitted. There was red devil, dressed in
hame-colored garments and carrying a
pitchfork, who confided to one old lady
visitor that he was the special tormentor
of mother-in-laws.
Johnny had arrived at his eighth
birthday, and thought that it
would be real nice to write
letter to his papa, and this
Is the way he began: MY dear
papa-Whenever I am tempted to do
wrong I think of you and say get thee
behind me- Satan. '"-Household Words. |
-"oh, mamma" cried little Frances,