Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-23

some 10000 verses and had rehearsed the ACTORS
in their parts, so that all was in readiness On
the morning of the twenty-fourth the play wouio
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 atteno ano
crier then made proclamation for the mayor tnat
all shops save those OF the victualers snould W
closed on those two days Citizens need have no
fear at leaving their houses unguarded for spe-
cial troops of the archers would patrol the Guy
and furthermore the gates of the town would Dc
closed against either ingress or egress. Let Ill
attend! ,.o+
Now let us turn our attention to the market
,,oce II ia large square In the center OF Rouen,
into which the principal thoroughfares OF inc
citv debouch On all of its four sides is con1u-
sion. Along one entire dimension is being erect,
al row of private boxes for the mayor anu
other dignitaries of the town. and for such OF the
clergy as are not impersonating parts IN the mys
tow The two AUDITING sides are given over 10
the vctualers, whose booths will feed the hungry
throngs during the entre'actes OF the play. Anu
the fourth side, that facing the private ooxes 10
allotted for the stage In ALL THIS stIuc.ule Ill
masses some 10000 square feet; but this sman
snace for the time represents two countr1es' al
octine and Italy-to say nothing OF two realms
not to be located with so much geographical Ger
tainty-paradise and hell.
m its extreme left is Nazareth and the house
NJ 1osenh and Mary. In fact the house Is al
there is to the town, except sign board III
scribed with the name of the place. Next -
Rethlehem typiied by an Inn and staDle' anu
inst beyond Bethlehem lies MANSION VI cuA
tainedoff square. At the appropriate moment
the screen here will be withdrawn, disclosing "
the ewes of the onlookers the band OF shepherds
watching their focks by night, and incidentally
making the welkin ring with the souno Oh sung
and shrilling of the pipes. The field OF the snep'
herds lies betwixt Bethlehem and Jerusalem, tna1
is 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 ING sue ~
Herod's house stands the temple OF Apollo IN
Rome the chamber OF the roman empelol g. au :.
the canitol besides the haunt OF the Slbyl' tnat
STRANGE Apure 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 DaVo:
"Dies rae, dies lila.
Solvet saeclum in favila,
Teste David Sbylla."
Adio;ning the house Of the Sibyl is limbo sc
close are they that during the course OF Inc pay
their inmates can reach across the intervening
snace and exchange the courtesy OF a sip OF wine
from, the flask Limbo is merely square tower
with q front strongly grated. 1t serves to hoi'
the materialized souls of such OF the worthy de
narted as dwelt on earth during the old dispense
tion. Here will reside, during the two days Q
the representation, the prophets the patriarcn
and a select few of the pagans. Their lou Is no
! an unhappy one-they live only In unsatisne
, hone They may well be content with their Iat
1hen thew look upon their neighbors to the righ
at the end of the row of spectacles. For mere
hell.mouth OF all the grotesque and 1mpressiv
,, snectacles of the mystery play, hellmouth TOO
, nrecedence The most skillful carpenters an
, mechanicians were employed IN us IaDrlcatoi
, and the art of the most expensive painter wa
none too good for its adornment Wnen compie
ed. helLmouth stood IL or IL fest h'en' ana