Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-15

the pathway may be seen the Pigeon Boxes, a name given to a number of small openings in the rocks.
 We now enter the Church, a great room with a high rock from which from time to time sermons have been delivered. And then we reach Booths Amphitheater. The stage is a great cliff in front of us, from which that celebrated actor gave a rendition of one of the dramatic char acters which made him famous We ascend a flight of steps to the stage and enter Gothic Avenue. Here are also the State Monuments and you may be sure we Arkansas girls did not fail to yell for our State and to add our quota to the pile.
 , Kentucky's monument reaches to the ceiling and the guide tells us that it is supporting the State.
 After we pass these piles of stone we come to the Post Oak Pillar, a great stalacite, and near it is Wash ington's Hand, formation of white l stone on the ceiling among the dark The Thanksgiving Turkey, Pillar of Hercules, Buffalo Head, and Buffalo Bill, are all formations that seem very Appropriately named. Also the Pill 1 Jared Castle, and the Arm Chair and Picture Frame, come in rapid suc- cession. Fancy, sentiment and myth ologic lore all contributed names to these natural formations.
 We now enter Gothic Chapel, in ! which is the Bridal Altar, where four teen weddings have taken place. Here the guide has the story to tell of the first wedding held there. It seems that some young lady promised her father that she would never marry on the face of the earth; but afterwards she fell in love and not wishing to go back on her word, she compromised matters by marrying under the earth. But our guide will also tell you that riages and of running marriages into the ground. Not far from Bridal AL tar are the Wasps Nests and the Ele, plants Heads. We. have now reach ed the end of this avenue and pro jecting over the edge of the cliff on which we are standing is long, slender rock, the Lovers Leap. A short way in front, seen dimly after we have looked some time, is the Hill of Limitation. We once more must retrace our steps to the main cave and turn into another avenue past more saltpeter yats and the Standing Rocks. Here also is the 1 Belmont pile and not girl you may be sure failed to add her rock to it. Now we see one of the most beau ] tiful features in the entire cave, Mar tha Washington Statue. It is not a formation of the rocks, but as the walls wind about the opening be- tween the two makes this illusion perfect. It is an exact profile of the great colonial dame.
 
 an immense rock known as the Giants Coffin. It is perfect in form and we almost wonder if in the an- cient days the giants of mythology did not really exist. And what more fit- ting memento of their presence than this huge casket Over the coffin may be seen on the light colored rock a lblack figure of the ant-eater
 Shortly after, We make a sudden turn known as the Acute Angle, and overhead we see the figures of the Gian, and Giantess tossing their Ba- by, and the Siamese Twins dancing. These are formed like the ant-eater. And now We come to the croWning glory of the route. As we wind our way along the path we find our- selves in a great avenue lost in one great archway of blackness. All our lamps are removed and for the first time in our lives we find ourselves in absolute darkness. A darkness that is so impressive that by mutual con- sent a quiet fell upon the whole party. We now realize, if never be- fore, how helpless and insignificant we are.
 As We look up the roof seems 10 tighten little, stars come out one by one, comet shoots across the sky and soon the whole beauty and vague ness of the Milky Way comes to our view. Then by slowly removing the lights, clouds are made to hide the starry heaven, and inky blackness has come again. The spell is broken though and we watch eagerly for the next illusion The footsteps of the guides are now heard and the light gradually appears like the rising of the sun and a concert of familiar