The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-27
Hereafter" at the Fair.
The Uninitiated Piker'a4 Startling Ex-
perience-SensationaH Revelations
are the Vogue Along the Famous
ThorOughfare.

Who was it said "FoIewarned is fore
| armedP" Well, never mind; some one
has said it, and our consciencsia clear
ie the quotation, for it reminds us to
suggest to our readers, who contem-
plate visiting the Worlds Fair, a little
timely preparation will not be amiss
before entering the Lane of Amuse-
ment called the Pike. 1t is not our@de-
sire to inspire fear, nor have we any
thing to say of this amusement high
way excepting to recommend it i'm the
highest terms, and to state further that
q visit to the Fair is incomplete with
out a journey through the Pike, but
imagine if you can, sauntering along in
company with your best girl and have
an absolute stranger accost you in
deep, sonOrOus tones, bidding you $50
to H-ll!' At any rate, that is what you
may expect, and hence this enlighten-
ment. Nothing personal is intended,
merely modern Pike methods of calling.
your attention to a modern Pike showF
Anything that has over been done Id
fore is not done on the Pike; aAythilI.
that has never been done beforSis bK
ing done on the Pike. It's all new III
der the sun, and as we said befos
Sensational revelations are the VOC b
along the famous th%orOughfare LODI
ing in the direction pointed to by 10
Pike orator, once known as "MidV ly
Spleler," a building representing ex r.
nally the sombre gates of IIadea is
seen, and should you grant Iris requnst
and pass through the greatstone- arc led
corridor, a remarkable metamorphSsis
OF your mind and body will occur. A
greWsome atmosphere you have S d.
denly stumbled intO-none else but HE
Cabinet OF the Dead, and in order to
visit the spiritual world you have got
to die. Collins are provided, h grave
and solemn monk appears and warns
you to abandon all hope and follow
on" Powerless to do other than obey
this awful command, O follow into a
subterranean elevator and rapidly de-
scend to the realms of darkness, the
First Circle OF the Nine in He'll, through
all OF which you must pass before again
seeing the light of earthly day. Cross
ing AcherOn, the River of Woe, i'm Cha
rOn's boat, TO the Second Circle; visiting
the Court OF Mlnos. the Internal Judge,
who dlspenses justice to the endless line
line OF wicked spirits. Further in your
progress ~partaklng Of the beautiful Wis
ions of the unhappy Faust under Me-
phlsto's influence, witnessing the con-
tinual grind Of torture mills il the Fro
zen Third Circle; crossing Stygian Lake
into the City of Dis, or Eternal Fire;
viewing all abont you various punish
ments OF abandoned souls; ever and
anon startled by the iDexpiainable ap-
pearance and disappearance of some
frightened spirit in your midst, and
finally arriving at the very center of
Hades, the Throne Room and awful
presence of his Satanic Majesty. Ming
ling with bis courtiers, skeletons and
subordinate devils, a chilly sensation
creeps over you. simultaneously the
bewildered senses are aware of a chang
ing atmosphere, and an instant later q
marVellng transformation is fully real
lzed. The parched and barren rocks
ana ~caverns,of Inferno have vanished.
Suiphurlc gases no longer confuse the
brain; instead, delicious OdOrs pervade
the air, rare and beautiful foliage con-
fronts the vision, the beautiful Grove
OF Daphne surrounds you, and Daphne
herself heckOns you onward and up
ward through the gates of Paradise.
gorgeous spectacular il~lusionary effects
tell the history of the "Three Wise Men
OF the Desert" the dimly discerned and
faf-distant "Star of Bethlehem" ever
increasing in %brilliancy, and the final
elimination the Bursting Of Celestial
Dawn, intensified by the soft strains of
sacred songs and a vision Of ETHEREAL
bodies in gracefub evOlutions, make up
a production of Atranscendent glories
and send you tHck to earth to again
take up its wats with eVer-pleasant,
though conflicting, memories of your
experience in tHe thereafter"