Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-12-23

some 10 900 verses and had rehearsed the actors
in their parts, that all was in readiness on
the morning of the twenty-fourth the play would
begin in the market place of the city, and by
the grace of God it would be finished by even
ing of the day following Let all attend! me
crier then made proclamation for the mayor that
all shops save those of the victualers should DC
closed on those two days. Citizens need nave 10
fear at leaving their houses unguarded' Lor epo
cial troops Of the archers would patrol the CITY,
and furthermore the gates of the town would oe
closed against either ingress or egress. Let all
attend!
Now let us turn our attention to the market
Mace It is large square in the center OF Rouen'
into which the principal thoroughfares or the
CITY debouch. On all Of its four sides Is con1u-
sion Along one entire dimension Is being erect
cd q row of private boxes for the mayor anu
other dignitaries Of the town. and for such OF the
clergy as are not impersonatng parts IN the mys-
+erv- The two abutting sides are given over TO
+bo 1,tctua1ers whose booths will feed the hungry
+bronos during the entre'actes Of the play. AND
the fourth side that facing the private oo1es' Is
allotted for the stage. In all, tnls structure GILL
masses some 10000 square feet; but TINS sman
snace for the time represents two countries Fal
estine and Italy-to say nothing of two realms
not to be located with SO MUCH seo5A "piAA0"A w
tainty--paradise and he'll.
On it's extreme left is Nazareth, and the mousse
of Joseph and Mary In fact, the mousse IS al
there is to the town, except sign ooard III
scribed with the name OF the place. NeAt 10
Roth1ehem. typified by inn and stable, and
inst beyond Bethlehem lies mansion, or cur
tained-off square. At the appropriate moment
tho screen here will be withdrawn, disclosing TO
tho ewes of the onlookers the band OF shepherds,
watching their focks by night, and incidentally
making the welkn ring with the sound OF song
and shrilng of the pipes. The held or the snep-
lords lies betwixt Bethlehem and Jerusalem, that
&c tn saw betwixt the inn and stable and the
house of Herod which stands for the holy city
The next few feet leap oceans, for at the side OF
Herod's house stands the temple OF Apollo IN
pon,a the chamber Of the Roman emperor and
the canftol besides the haunt OF the SlDyl, that
strange figure of medieval church lore, who, pa
gan though she was, ranked with the HEBREW
nronhets and was celebrated In the greatest OF
church songs, the "Dies Irae," along with David:
.sDies trae dies lila,
Solvet saeclum in favflla,
Teste David cum Sbylla
A5io,n;no the house of the Sibyl is limbo. So
close ara they that during the course Of the play
+beir inmates can reach across the intervening
snace and exchange the courtesy OF sip or VINE
from the flask Limbo Is merely square tower,
with q front strongly grated It serves to hold
the raterialized souls of such Of the worthy de-
narted as dwelt on earth during the old dispense
tion Here will reside, during the two days OF
the representation, the prophets, the patriarchs
and select few OF the pagans. Their lot is not
an unhappy one-they live only In unsat1sfed
hone They may well be content with their tate
when they look upon their neighbors to the right,
OF the end of the of spectacles. For here Is
belI-mouth OF all the grotesque and Impressive
snectacles of the mystery play, hellmouth took
areoeaance The most skillful carpenters and
p,oob onicians were employed in it's fabrication,
ord the art of the most expensive painter was
-,ono foo good for its adornment. When complet-
81 hell-mouth stood II 10 feet high. and as