Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-04-29
IN THE DEPTHS OF HADES
The Prototype Of Regions Internal to BE
shown On the Midway.

The Prototype Of Regions Internal to b
shown On the Midway.
When the conversation turns upon
the TraDs-Mississippi Exposition, some
one is sure 10 ask, And will there be
a Midway"' and then "reminiscences
will be the order OF the hour, and again
you will see the red tezes Of the
Turks, the bewitching smile Of the
Partisan coquette, the naughty glance
from the daTk-eyed hour Of the Orient,
the seductive dances Of the Spanish
senoritas, the GLOW revolving Of the
massive Ferris wheel, the little hooks
IRON 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 a shy, dainty bit
OF Occidental beauty; again you can
hear the musical songs Of unknown
t~ongues-the nonotonous chant Of Ger.
emonies in strange religions, the lusty
call OF the "Orangeade" boy, tie entic-
ing shouts Of the fskirs, the growing
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 e~ver-changing kaleido.
scope OF strange voices. strange people
and strange sights. We had neve
thought to see It's like again, but. af-
ter all, there was nothing that could
not be duplicated and, If one ma Judge
from the extensive preparations that
are under way, We shall see in Omaha.
not only a reproduction Of the most in.
teresting features Of the Midway, but
many novel ones and-breathe il gently
minus the humbug and fake features
which were at once the bane and the
characteristic Of the Midway Plaisance.
If one has any curiosity as to their
ultimate destination after this life,
they have but % enter a novel building
which represents n OF the Egyptian
pyramids and is called Might and
Morning. This building is 40 feet
square and 100 feet high, and in this
space there Is warranted 70 be crowded
sufficient celestial Joys and awful ter.
rors as 10 make a tTip through IL one 10
be never forgotten. On entering, one
is Immediately lost in a labyrinth
which represents the journey Of life
from the cradle 10 the grave, and
whether enc walks quietly along
through pleasant paths with delightful
views, OF becomes lost in dark byyavs
in the midst Of terrible scenes, denends
entirely upon chance. When at last he
has reached the end Of the labyrinth he
Il confronted BY a winding fight Of
golden siaIrs, which will lead him
straigh, TO the Elysian fields, and on
his left BE will see an elevator which
plung~s him down 20 the lower regions.
II will te > safe guess 20 reason that
the visitor wlll take the elevator FIST.
and after Descending 200 feet he will
IND himself In an exact duplicate of
Danie's Inferno, with all Of Dore's hor.
rib!e pictures realistically reproduced.
In the cafe be will find collins trans.
formed into tables, widows and orphans
In gloomy weeds who are enactinc the
parts OF mattresses, the menus printed
In white on black cards, and all the
symbolic gloominess that goes to make
up the internal regions II, on the
otner hand, the visitor prefers a
Heavenly" meal, he has but to
ascend the golden stairs, to be ushered
into a beautiful room, hung with satin
dfaperies OF white rose color, TO find
the tables of golden harps, the wait.
resses Vhite.robed angels with wings
and everything lovely.