The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-03
IN THE DEPTHS OF HAOEs.
The Prototype OF Regions Internal to BE
Shown on the Midway

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shown on the Midway.
When the conversation turns upon
the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, some
one IS sure to ask, And will there be
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 hour 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
qneer meals with egg-shell china and
cbop-sticks served by a shy. dainty bit
lof Occidental beauty; again you can
hear the musical songs Of unknown
monotonous chant OF GER
emonies in strange religions. the lusty
call Of the "Orangeade" boy, the entic-
ing shouts OF the fakirs, the growing
of savage beasts whose tricks are almost
human. the hum Of thousands of
voices, the laughter from thousands Of
throats-and ell the rest that went 10
make up that ever-changing kaleido-
scope OF strange voices. strange people
and strange sights We had never
thought 10 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,
mot only 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 we're 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 10 enter a novel building
Switch 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 there Is warranted to be crowded
Sufficient celestial joys and awful ter
.rors as to make a trip through il one to
be never forgotten. On entering, one
Is Immediately lost in a labyrinth
which represents the journey of life
from the cradle 70 the grave, and
whether one walks quietly along
through pleasant paths with delightful
views, or becomes lost in dark byways
in the midst Of terrible scenes, depends
.entirely upon chance. When az last he
has reached the end of the labyrinth he
lis confronted by a winding flight of
golden stairs. which will lead him
straight TO the Elysian fields. and on
his left he will see an elevator which
plunges him down to the lower regions.
II will be a safe guess TO reason that
the visitor will take the elevator first,
and after descending 200 feet he will
find himself In an exact duplicate OF
; Dante's Inferno, with all Of Dore's hor-
rible pictures realistically reproduced.
In the cafe he will find collins trans.
formed into tables. widows and orphans
In gloomy weeds who are enacting 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 tbs
other hand, the visitor prefers 4
Heavenly" meal. he has but L
ascend the golden stairs. to be ushereC
: into a beautiful room, hung with satir
/ draperies of white rose color. to fins
! the tables of golden harps, the wait
resses white-robed angels with wing:
and everything lovely.