The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-08
WONDERS OF YELLOWSTONE
Graphically Depicted by Burton
Holmes Ia His Lecture at the Met
rODOlitan.


The wonders Of the Yellowstone ma
tional park were graphically pictured
| and described by Burton Holmes at the
Metropolitan opera house last even
ing. The lecture was illustrated with
colored stereopticon views, which gave
| the audience an excellent idea of the
beauties of that region.
! Mr.. Holmes described his trip from
New York to Minnesota by water, and
| showed photographs of the steamers
on which he travelled, and by rail to
the borders of the Yellowstone, and
| showed pictures of Cinnabar, which is
| the last station at which railway traics
| are permitted to go. Then followed the
coaching trip through the passes Of
the mountains and through the mar
Vicious canyons. He told of the beautis S
OF the Gibbon canyon and the Mann
moth hot springs.
| The wonderful terra ces and falls were
WILDLY pictured in all their marvellous
colorings. He described the Minerva
terrace ard the Jupiter terrace, the
| one delicate and pretty and the other
grand and awe-inspiring
He led his hearers through the Gold
| en- Gate and up to the silver cloudland.
| He told of the remarkable powers Of
| the electric mountains, where travel
| ers are liable to get a shock Of cleo
tricity without the slightest warning.
The cliffs and lake of glass were shown,
and Mr.. Holmes related some Of the
current stories about those wonderful
formations.
Larry, the fountain of fun, was given
a share of attention, and some of his
jokes We're told so that prospective
travellers may be prepared for them.
good portrait Of Calamity Jane
the former woman scout who now
kaonC n c1 IN,
upon the screen, and then Mr. Holmes
turned his hearers attention to the
geysers. He described the Black
GROWER, Old Faithful, and the Ex-
celsior geysers, and the Mammoth
Paint Pot of boiling mud sic -''-'-
The Continental divide was pictur-
esquely described. and excellent pic
lures of that region were thrown upon
the canvas. One of the most inter-
esting series Of pictures in the lee
ture was that of Lake Yellowstone,
more than a mile above the sea. The
wonderful beauty of the lake was c'ev-
erly pictured. He told of a fishing
experience in the Lake. He was one
of party who landed upon Small
island in the middle of the water. On
the island ives a spring of boiling
water. The lake was ice cold The
party caught fish in the lake and
boiled them in the spring
Picture followed picture. each show
ing something erarder than it's pre-
decessor, until the lecturer led his au-
dience to the river approaching tire
grand caryon. The upper gorge, with
its weolth of wdndrous c0lors, and the
great falls tumbling 800 feet down a.
steep declivity. were shown with a.
realism that was startling And then
followed pictures of the brilliant can
yor walls with their minarets, lofty
and somber towers, the forests on the
very verge. and all their wonderful
effects of color.
AS clim0X to the lecture. the one
nerfect point of view was thrown on
the canvas. and the audience was al
lowed to feast it's eyes upon one of
the most remarkable nictures shown
The last view was of the grand can
yon revealed In all IFS majesty.
After the lecture there was an exh:-
hilton of chro~omatC graphe pic ures Of
the Yellowstone. They were all excel
lent. ard those showing tho geySers
gave a clear convention of the beauty
of the falls of the Yellowstone.
Mr.. Holmes will lecture this even
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