The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-30

bits of soft clay into a compact whole,
then beating and kneading most Wig
orously ito get the air out" he ex-
planned. Yes" said a well-known
Scranton doctor, thoughtfully, that's
the way the Lord has to mould us-we
are no good until the wind is taken out
of u.s." THE airs, doctor?" | sug-
gested feebly,
We passed on with the clay to the
man who put it on brass revolving
stand and began to mould it. How
chidingly, watchfully, deftly, tende11y,
he handled 1t, coaXing it upward with
a powerful, yet gentle touch, every
sweep of the hand distributed impair
| TALLY round 1t by the swift turning,
| and in fifteen minutes the graceful
| curves of the completed jar stood out
! to view. Not being allowed to witness
| the decorating, and the beauty of the
| finished product being impossible to
| describe, we go on to the Art Museum,
| feeling prepared for the most glorious
sights.
Two large rooms full of all the
| famous and grand Creek figures were
there, Jupiters, Junos, ApOllos, Dianas
| and Minervas, towering in massive
| splendor, but what pleased me most
| (plebian confesson) was rather
modern little girl resting her head on
her guitar, tired of playing" Such
natural relaxation of a graceful little
body-such dreamy sweetness Of eX-
preston!
In the painting department We went
by rows of the realistic or impress
sionist" school, with COWS done in old
rose or cerse ambling under purple
trees to stop at a large and powerful
picture with very little color in it, a
representation of John Huss preaching
to his disciples in a bare, ill-furnished
room. His white locks fell to his
shoulders, his old face beamed with
godly zeal, his finger was upraised in
his fervor, and the men and women
about him leaned toward him in pas
sionate interest. You could feel the
very quiet of that room as you gazed
upon the scene, almost hearing the
gentle yet intense old voice.
OTHER FEATURES.
The Music Hall, where we repaired
early Thursday morning, was like all
Cincinnati's great buildings massive,
complex and artistic 1t filled an en-
tire block, and had no less than six
handsome domes and entrances. The
audience-room, containing the largest
plpe-organ on the Western hemi-
sphere, seats 5000, and was taxed to
its utmost daily.
| The Geological Gardens comprise 67
acres for animal residence. The polar
bears are said to be the finest speci-
mems in the United States, and are
certainly remarkable for whiteness.
size and ferceness. The latter attriD-
ute was not less marked in one very
large man-eatng Royal Bengal tiger,
whose ferocious cry as you looked at
him made the chills run up ones ver-
tebrae. The collection Of rare birds Is
also unsurpassed on the continent, but
the monkeys, as always, were the
great attraction.
Cincinnati Is a remarkably easy city
to find your way about in, consider
ing it's magnificent distances Git is said
You can ride over twenty miles in il
on a street carr. The secret of this
easy comprehension lies in the fact
that the town has center, as all we'll
regulated places should have. That Is
Fountain Square, raised block of the
city, containing the Tyler-Davidsor
fountain, famous as a work of sculp-
ture-colossal figures of gOddesses ant
water nymphs throwing crysta
streams to an immense height ant
upon each other with seemingly sport
i've intent. Now all cars go to thi,
square In course of their journey, so
lost in the city, you can take any cal
you see, and arriving there. be trans
ferred to your destination.
AS is well-known, Cincinnati ha!
: fifteen miles of water front on tn,
.. Ohio river, and five great bridges
: crossing it, one being the great Sus
= pension Bridge, next to the largest /,
: the world Taking a short trip on
: steamboat, the muddy Ohio, wndin,
/. it's way through fiat green banks, ap
peared very much less picturesque t
my Pennsylvania eyes than the clea
Susquehanna at Sunbury, though quit
. a little broader
:, For architecture, Cincinnati is super
= , Tor to Scranton, and for general smut
tiness commend me also to the former
:. where the soft coal smoke arises +
7. .. the sky like unto that of Sodom an
Gomorrah. Let us not take the slur
OF detractors on the filth of the Goa
:, region, but refer them farther Yves
for the real article.
y. Oriana NJ. Williams.
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