The Green Forest tribune., 1910-12-23
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some 10000 verses and had rehearsed the actors in their parts, that all 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! The crier then made proclamation for the mayor that all shops save those of the victualers should be closed those two days Citizens need have no fear at leaving their houses unguarded, for spe- cal troops of the archers would patrol the city, and furthermore the gates of the town would be closed against either ingress or egress Let all attend!
 Now let us turn attention to the market place. It is large square in the center Of ltouen, into which the principal thoroughfares of the city deboueh. On all of it's four sides is eontu- sion Along one entire dimension Is being erect ed a row of private boxes for the mayor and other dignitaries of the town and for such of the clergy as are not impersonating parts in the mys- tery The two abutting sides are given over to the yictualers, whose booths will feed the hungry tbronps during the entre' 'actes of the play. And the fourth side that facing the private boxes is allotted for the stage. In all, this structure com passes some 10000 square feet; but this small space for the time represents two countries Pal estine and Italy-to say nothing of two realms not to be located with so much geographical cer- tainty-paradise and hell.
 On it's extreme left is Nazareth, and the house of Joseph and Mary. In fact, the house IS all there is to the town, except a sign board in- scribed with the name of the place. Next IS Bethlehem, typifed by inn and a stable, and just beyond Bethlehem lies mansion" or cur taned.of square At the appropriate moment the screen here will be withdrawn, disclosing to the eyes of the onlookers the band of shepherds, watching their focks by night, and incidentally making the welkin ring with the sound of song and shriIling of the pipes The field of the shep- herds lies betwixt Bethlehem and Jerusalem, that Is to say 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 Rome the chamber of the Roman emperor and the capitol besides the haunt of the Sibyl, that strange figure of medieval church lore who, pa gan though she was, ranked with the Hebrew prophets, and was celebrated in the greatest of church songs, the "Des Irae," along with David:
 "Dtes irae dies fila.
 Solvet saeeum in fayilla,
 Teste David cum Sibylla.'
 Adjoining the house of the Sibyl is limbo So close are they that during the course of the play their inmates can reach across the intervening space and exchange the courtesy of sip of wine from the flask Limbo is merely a square tower with a front strongly grated. It serves to hold the materalized souls of such of the worthy de- parted as dwelt earth during the old dispensa- ton. Here will reside, during the two days of the representation, the prophets the patriarchs and a select few of the pagans. Their lot is not an unhappy one-they live only in unsatisfied hope. They may well be content with their fate when they look upon their neghbors to the right at the end of the of spectacles. For here is hellmouth. Of all the grotesque and impressive spectacles of the mystery play, helImouth took precedence. The most skillful carpenters and mechanicians were employed in it's fabrication and the art of the most expensive painter was none too good for it's adornment. When complet- ed, hell-mouth stood 12 or 15 feet high, and as