The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-29
TENDER WORDS GO ASTRAY.
sTEREOPTICON LECTURE As THE
VEIL OF FILTRATION.


advantages - Adventure of a
School Teacher Interested in the
Colorado Canon.
From the New York Sun.
The Brooklyn school teacher stumbled
through the darkness to a seat in the
rear right off the middle aisle, guided by
the usher's hands He had told her that
it was impossible to give her the seat
her numbered check called for. because
once the stereopticon views began the the
alter was entirely darkened, and must
remain so until the finish. The Brooklyn
girl didn't care. for she could see the
views as well from one part of the house
as The other. and she was vastly Interested
in the subject of the lecture, "The Grand
Canon of Colorado"
A beautiful view of a sandstone desert
was dIssolving from the screen as she
took her seat and the lecturers voice
sounded through the darkness in a some
what dreary monotone, as a mighty cliff
broke out upon the screen with magnifi-
cent distinctness followed by a low clap
ping of hands from the audience.
Here" said the lecturer, I'VE see one
of those wonderful works of nature be-
fore the majesty Of which we pause abash-
ed and awe-stricken, conscious of the lit
tleness of man, his aims, hopes and ac-
compishments. This giant cliff has calm
~ assumed its sentinelship after some
upheaval of nature may be centuries ago.
Observe the"
Just then the Brooklyn girl was disturb
ed by the sound of some one cautiously
making his way in her direction. She
knew II was man by the way he STUN
bled over her feet and she put out her
hand instnctively to prevent him from
stepping or sitting upon her. Suddenly
she felt her hand grasped convulsively
and a boyish voice, husky and muff1ed
sounded close in her ear.
Great Scott, Jessie, I've had the most
dreadful time finding this seat In the
dark The usher said it was no use; that
people who came In late had to sit wher-
ever they could You can imagine how
felt after sending you the check for the
seat next mine. / told him had to meet
some body, and he said that was all right;
l could meet them after the lecture. He
wasn't on, you see. Gee! Oh, Jessie. I'm
so glad found you! You don't know
HUSH" said the Brooklyn girl. She
took her for some one else; but she was
not going to whisper explanations in
strange young mans ear, and If she talked
loud it would disturb everybody. Besides,
IL this impetuous youth found that it
wasn't really Jessie, he would climb over
the whole audience looking for her So
she said "Hush! and he clasped her
hand more tenderly.
A beautiful view of a river SETTLING be-
tween two rocky walls burst into view
Here" said the lecturer "the great
torrent, imprisoned in it's rocky cell hun
dreds of feet deep, bursts into sight, boil
ing in whirlpool of light and color and
life ere it leaps into the under canon. The
small speck of yellow light in the lower
left-hand corner of the view indicates the
last view of the same stream that the trav-
eler enjoys before it disappears in its
rocky bed thousands of feet below"
Speak TO me, Jessamine," said the
young man next the Brooklyn girl in
lower and hoarser tone than before, you
are so unlike yourself to-day. If you
knew how hard it was for fellow to get
seats since the boys got on to this! Why,
there is a bigger rush for tickets than if
It were a Yale-Princeton game. This
house is full of Columbia men. can
smell BOardman's cigarettes right around
here somewhere. He paid s. for two seats
and
Ssh" said the Brooklyn girl AZ don't
know what you mean. can't hear the
man. Keep still" She muticred what she
said in a whisper so low that she didn't
know her own voice
'Ha! ha!' chuckled the young man.
Just as though you cared for the old
lecture! Just as though any of us caredl
Do you think Goat Baxter comes here for
the lecture? Ha! hav'
What does he come for, then?" whis-
pered the Brooklyn girl, curiosity getting
the better of her. She wondered why any
one should come and sit in the dark for
an hour and half If not for the lecture
why, didn't 1 tell you how he discov-
cred this game? Goat Baxter 1901, is the
Columbus of Columbia He's engaged to
Barnard girl, only her folks don't know
IL; neither do his She's not allowed to
speak to any of the fellows; that is, walk
home from school or anything Well, Bax-
ter's father gave him a course ticket for
these things. And Bax didn't do a thing
but buy another, and get The seats togeth-
er. Then he sent her the others. They
meet here and sit and hold hands and plan
how they'1 elope The boys
Now, ladies and gentleman" began the
lecturer. II will ask you TO step with me
into the lower valley of the Red R,ser
Notice the curioasly colored boulders ris-
ing at either side of the stream, which here
seems clear and placid although its depth
is over 1000 feet. Here to the right you
see the celebrated Dead Indian rock, where
you viii notice the perfect outline of an
Indian stretched at full length, as though
upon bier While we do not pretend to re-
produce faithfully the wonderful tints that
Artist Nature has so lavishly spread upon
this scene you can get a very clear idea
of the glittering sulphurous yefiows: the
emerald greens and the diamond like giants
of white in these stones, the like of which
are not to be found the world over. The
solitary horseman that you see looking