The bee., 1908-08-06
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more realistic than the magnincsr
view which is spread out before IA
spectator In Pains elaborate produ(
ton Last Days Of Pompeii." Tn
scenic city spreads out over an ard
OF four acres Of ground, and 80 perfsol'
Is the work OF the painter in the perl
spective that one seems to be looklnd
upon real city and landscape that
stretches seemingly away for miles.
Real massive buildings twenty TO nfty
feet high, loom up In the foreground.
representing the palaces, temples. ato..
or the picturesque ancient city, while
huge triumphsl arches adorn ita
streets. Towering above all these Is
the ever beautiful but treacherous MI.
Vesuvius. A force of over forty skill
ed scenic mechanics are necessary 20
place this scenic city in position each
day, In spite Of every time and labor
saving device that can be provided.
Pompeii is to be destroyed again.
Not the ancient city that nestled
among the Italian hills at the foot OF
Mt. Vesuvius. but the big scenic city
in Pains vast spectacle Of Last Days
Of Pompeli,' that will be- seen at the
Kentucky State Fair. This mimic city
represents with ideal accuracy thel
fated city that perished in the First
century of the Christian era. Ths
scenery used In this production covers
an area Of fully four acres OF ground.
but so deceptive is the perspective
that 1t appears to spread out over
many times that space. ThO view Is
said to be marvelously correct and his
torically accurate. being like what the
archeolegists now suppose the ancient
city was at the time It was DESTROYED
The whole effect under the glare OF
half hundred arc lights and calciuusl
Is most beautiful. AS one sits in the
vast amphitheatre and gaEes on the
scene before him he sees the tall We
suvius with its head raised against
the sky; below are the houses, tenn
pies, arches, etc, and to properly rep
resent these latter many real strvc-
lures twenty to forty feet In heighE
are blended in with the picture" in
the background. The scene opens
with fete day in the ancient city and
for upward Of an hour the audience is
entertained with vivid production
Of the sports and feats Of the hippo
drome, exciting chariot races, sonsa-
tional aerial and acrobatic feats, prot-
ty ballets, imposing and gorgeously
costumed processions, choruses, mu-
sic. etc. The tragic dramatic episodes
OF the spectacle are shown In pant0-
mime. The fetes are interrupted BY
the terrific eruption of Vesuviua and
the destruction of the city By the
earthquake, which is 4 scene thriIIine
beyond description, and brings into 40.
tion all the slkiil and ingeniOuSnens e
Pains artists. Following those stir
ring scenes there is presented a boAn,
tiful exhibition Of fireworks, and th0se
who have soen these PYrotSchnics q
the famous Pain have never roalaea
the full meaning Of tia word bsforN.
Railroads Will make special rates
from nearly all sNRrOuAAinH toWna oni
the date Of this sHhaSittea.
The most masntAesat display a -
roteehnics ever W1taSaS0G ID his ooa.l
ton OF the stats II promised Ia Sead
nection with Pain's big spectacle. Thlsl
display is, in fast the ceSwaing "ADak-
nre" OF the marvellous SKhibtEiea, AAA.
~ Pain has long enjoyed the reDutAr
dOn OF king OF pyrotechnists'' IN both
England and America, 1t Is more thaa
likely we shall behold something un-
usually fine in pyrotechnis novelties
IN this occasion. Among the most
elaborate "set pieces" shown win be
/ mammoth revolving fountain OF IRE;
JeWeled Palms, and the boaa-
iful Pyramids. These are only few
# the larger special pieces that viii
10 shown. For the sdification OF the
title folks there will be be a large
lumber of comic fireworks devices.
uch as the "Devil-AmonE-the- -Taiiors,"
he huge walking elephant, the dying
'igeons, the acrobatic monkey, the ny
ng fish, etc.