Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-14
TO Be GREAT EVENT
Ottumwa Elks VIII Bring Grand
Exhibition Here.
TO BE DESTROYED AGAIN
Members of the Local Lodge Say It
Will surpass All Other Exhibitions
Ever Given in loWa-WHI Be In City
TWO Days.

The committee from the Ottumwa
Elks' lodge, appointed for the purpose
of arranging for the production OF
Pains Destruction of Pompeii," is
confident that the people Of the city
will be afforded, in this, one OF the
grandest entertainments ever witness
ed in Ottumwa-equaled by few and
excelled by none.
Since the contract has been made
to bring this mammoth display to OF
tumwa on September and 6 the
members of the committee have been
repeatedly congratulated by those who
have seen Pains productions. Those
who know what they are are most
earnest in their commentator of the
action and this is splendid recon.
mendation for the entertainment.
viii Be Here Sept. s and 8.
"Pompeii" is to be destroyed again
Not the ancient city that nestled among
the italian hills at the foot OF Mount
| Vesuvius, but the big scenic city in
| Pains vast spectacle of Last Days OF
Pompeii'' which will be seen in Ottum-
wa on September and 6.
This mimic represents, with ideal
accuracy, the fated city that persisted
in the first century Of the Christian
era. The scenery used in this produc-
ton covers an area of fully four acres
of ground but so deceptive is the per-
spective that it appears to be spread
out over many times that space. The
view is said to be rnarvelously correct
and historically accurate, being like
what the archaeologists now suppose
the ancient city was at the time It was
destroyed. The whole effect under
the glare of half hundred arc lights
and calcium is most beautiful. AS one
gazes on the scene before him. he
sees the tall Vesuvius with it's head
raised against the sky; below are the
houses. temples, arches etc, and to
properly represent these latter, many
real structures twenty to forty feet in
height are blended in with the picture
in the background.
Fete Day in Ancient City.
4 The scene opens with fete day in
/ the ancient city, and for upwards of
an hour the audience is entertained
with vivid production of the sports
} and feats of the hippodrome, exciting
chariot races, sensational aerial and
: acrobatic acts, pretty ballots, in1pos-
ing and gorgeously costumed process
!. sions, choruses, music, etc. The tragic
l dramatic episodes Of the spectacle are
: shown in pantomine.
: The fetes are interrupted by the
a terrific eruption of Vesuvius and the
: destruction of the city by the earth
5 quake, which is a scene thrilling be-
: yond description and brings into ac-
+ ton all the skill and righteousness of
Pains artists
Exhibition Of Fireworks.
Following these stirring scenes,
there is presented beautiful exhibit
ton of fireworks and those who have
f not seen those pyrotechncs of the fam
, Gus Pain, have never realized the full
) meaning of the word before.
This huge pyrotechnic and spectacu-
!, lar exhibition is totally unlike any
,, other travelling amusement enterprise
on earth in fact there is even no peS
manent attraction, either in Europet
in America that rivals it in magp'
tude or interesting features. All {
cuses and wild west exhibitions ha
: monotonous "sameness about them
which is entirely absent from this big
: later-day famous exhibition. for IN 1t
, of the gorgeous spectacular produc-
i ton. hippodrome, circus. pantomine.
;. scenic play, band concert and carnival
in conjunction with most beautiful
i display of fireworks. A more fasci-
mating form of popular summer night
amusement can not be imagined. The
: organization representing this big ex-
Z hibition, numbers nearly four hundred
: people, travels in its own special
train. carries mammoth portable
e amphitheatre, with seating capacity
of 10000 people, with its own electric
light plant etc.
4 Special Rates on Railroads.
|. The occasion will be rare oppor-
/ tunity for residents of the smaller
p towns to witness an exhibition such
b as is usually provided only for the Ia d.
est metropolitan cities. The rail-
roads will make special rates from all
n surrounding towns on the date of this
It exhibition.