Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-07-14

the crown roval TO show the people
and the princes her beauty, for she
was fair TO look upon; but the Queen
Vashti refused to come"
We stand amid the palaces of Shu-
shan. The pinnacles are atiame With
the morning light. The columns rise
festooned and wreathed, the wealth OF
empires flashing from the grooves, the
ceilings adorned with images of bird
and beast and scenes OF prowesS and
conquest. The walls axe hung with
shields and emblazoned until IL seems
the whole round of splcndors is eN-
hausted. Each arch is a mighty leaf of
architectural achievement Golden
stars shining on glowing arabesque.
Hangings of embroidered work in
which mingle the b.uGncss of the sky,
the greenuess Of the grass and the
whiteness of the sea foam The tapes
tries hung on silver rings, wedding to-
Cether the pillars of marble. Pavil-
IONS reaching out in every direction.
These for rcpose. filled with luXuriaut
couches. in which weary limbs sink
until all fatigue is submerged. Those
for carousal where kings drink down
kingdom at one swallow. Amaz-
inc spectacle Light of silver drip
ping down over stairs of ivory on
shields of gold. Floors of stained mar
bic, sunset red and night black and in
laid with cleaning pearl. In connec-
tion with this palace there is garden
where the mighty mon of foreign lands
are seated at a banquet. Under the
spread Of oak and linden and acacia
the tables are arranged The breath
of honeysuckle and frankincense fills
the air. Fountains leap up into the
light, the spray struck through with
rainbows falling with cryptalline bap-
tism upon Towering shrubs, then roll
ing down through channels Of marble
and widening out here and there into
pools swirling with fnny tribes of
foreign aquariumS, bordered with
scarlet anemones, hypericums and
many colored ranunculi.
Meats of rarest bird and beast smok-
ing up amid wreaths of aromatics,
The vases filled with apricots and al
monds. The baskets piled up with
spricots and figs and oranges and POM
egrauates. Melons tastefullv twined
with leaves of acacia. The bright wa
tiers of Eulaus filling the urns and
dropping outside the rim in flashing
beads amid the traceres. Wine from
the roval watts of lSuahan and Shiraz,
in bottles of tinged she'll, and lily
shared cups of silver and flagons and
tankards of solid gold. The music
rises higher and the revelry breaks out
into wilder TRANSPORT, and the wine
n (, l. a had ma
brain, and louder than all other voices
are the hiccough OF the inebriatcs, the
gable OF fools and the song Of the
Grunkards
In another part of the palace Queen
Nashti is entertaining the princess 81
Persia at Il banquet, Drunken Auaa
ucrus SAYS TO his servants. ~ on %
and fetch Naehti from that banquet
with the women and bring her to this
banquet with the men ana let me dis
play her beauty" The servants inn
meG.atrlv start to obey the king
command, but there was rule II
Oriental society that no woman might
anuoar in public without having hel
face yelled. Yet here is a mandate
that no one dare dispute, demanding
Iiii a Nitli NOlllI ~ hilNN'AN' W 80 :
rho uultitude. However. there was il
Nasutis soul a principle more rega
than AuaSuerus, more brilliant thar
the cold of Shushan, Of more wealth
than the realm of Persia, which com
maudcd her to dieobey this ordel
Cr the king. and so all the righteous
ness and holiness and modesty Of ne
nature rise up into one sublime re
tusal. She says: Il will not go int
the banquet unveiled Ahasuerus wa
infuriate. and Nashti. robbed of he
posi-. on and her estate is driven fortl
in uoverty and ruin TO suffer the scorI
OF nation. and yet to receive the ap
rlauSe of after generations. who slaI
rise up to admire this martyr to king
~ insolence. We'll. the last vcstigc O
that feast is gone, the last garlan'
has ;aded, the last arch has fallen. IN
last taukard has been destroyed. an'
Snu>han is a ruin. out as long as TN
world stands there will be multitude
Of men and women familiar with IN
Bitle who viii come into this pictur
calirrv OF God ana admire the OWN
rcrtrait OF Na>hti the queen. WASN'T
the We led. Nashti the sacrifice, WASN'T
the silent.
In the frs, place want you to 100
upon Na>hti the queen. blue ribbot
ravcd With wnlte. drawn aroun
her forehead, indicated her queen.
rositior. l. was no SINAI, honor to b
queen IN such a realm Il, t.tat Har
~ the rustic of ner robes. See h
haze Of her Jewels, All yet il ; NJ
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