Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-06
IN THE DEPTHS OF HAOES


The Prototype Of R~gions Internal I" BE
shown On the Midway.
When the conversation turns upon
the Trans Mississippi Exposition, some
one is sure to ask, "And will there he
"a Midway" and then "reminiscences
will be the order OF the hour, and again
you will see the red fezes Of the
Turks, the bewitching smile of the
Partisan coquette, the naughty glance
from the dark-eyed huuri OF the Orient,
the seductive dances of the Spanish
senoritas, the slow revolving Of the
massive Ferris wheel, the little hooks
from the other corners of the earth. the
swaying, sleepy camels with their
loads OF laughing. living freight. the
queer meals with egg shell china and
chop-sticks served by shy, dainty bit
of Occidental beauty; again yon can
hear the musical songs Of unknown
tongues-the monotonous chant OF GER
emonies in strange religions, the lusty
call Of the "Orangeade" hoy, the en,ic.
ing shouts OF the fakrs, the grow ling
! OF savage beasts whose tricks are almost
human. the hum of thousands of
voices, the laughter from thousands of
throats-and all the rest that went to
make up that ever-changing' kaleilo-
scope OF strange voices, strange people
and strange sights. We had never
thought to see its like again, but, af-
ter all, there WAS nothing that could
not be duplicated and. il one may Judge
from the extensive preparations that
are under way, we shall see in Omaha,
not only II reproduction of the most III
teresting features of the Midway, but
many novel ones anl--breathe il gently
minus the humbug and fake features
which were at once the bane and the
characteristic "i the Midway Plaisance.
If one has any curiosity AS to their
ultimate destination after this life,
they have but to enter n novel building
which, represents one of the Egyptian
pyramids and is called might and
/ Morning" This building is 40 feet
square and 100 feet high, and in this
space there4s warranted to be crowded
sufficient celestial joys and awful ter.
rors rs to make trip through it one to
be never forgotten. On entering, one
1 is Immediately lost in "a labyrinth
which represents the journey Of life
! from the cradle To the grave. am,
whether one walks quietly along
through pleasant paths with delightful
views, or becomes lost in dark bywav,
in the midst OF terrible scenes, depend.
entirely upon chance. When ut last h.
has reached the end of the labyrinth II.
Is confr"nted by winding flight oI
golden stairs, which will lead hin
straight to the Elysian fields, and OF
his left he will see an elevator which
plungcs him down to the lower regions
1t will he II safe guess to reason tina
the visitor will take the elevator fist
and after descending 200 feet he will
find himself in an exact duplicate O
Dante's Inferno, with all of Dore's lor
rible pictures realistically reproduced
In the cafe he WAL find collins trans
formed into tables, widows and orphan
in gloomy weeds who are enactiny tn
parts OF mattresses, the menus printe,
In white on black cards, and all tin
symbolic sloominess that goes to ma X
up the internal regions. II, on tn
other hand, the visitor prefers
Heavenly" meal, he has but T.
ascend the golden stairs, to be ushcre'
into beautiful room, hung with sati
draperies OF white rose color, to fin
the tables of golden harps, the wait
resses white.robed angels with wing
and everything lovely.