Marble Hill press., 1910-12-22

some 10 oo0 verses and had rchsArsra tho actors
IN their parts 81 TIA, al In rcAa'uess ca
he morning % tho '~rh'v '3ar'N its p.a' w~ala
bcgia IN The mArte; piacr - 'he eit7 sal ~
thr grace q God u would BE- tnlshea bf even
ms Of the dAy '9loNinE 1T all AtirnA' Tts
cricr then made prsclAmAtinn tvr thr mayat 'hs'
all shops save fhote Of the 1ic'aAcrs sSaud -
closed on those tao tays Cttireas ner3 have ao
tear at leaving their hoas~s uagaararA. tgr spS
riAl troops q, The arrhsrs uuaa patrol the ci'r,
anA furthermore the gates - the town ~oaA -
closed against either iugvvss or sgrtsn Lot al
attend
Nov lct us turn our Alteration 20 tho market
place Il is large square IN The r"ntrF ~ Rnnra,
into which the principal thorruEh'aFes ~ tho
city dehauch OD all a iis four sides II confa.
sion Along one entire dimension u be'ng crest
"a a row q private boxes for the MAYOR and
other dlsnitartes a the town ans Tor such a IN"
clerry A. are not iupeTson Aiins parts tn he taFs
,ery The 'Wu Rhuttiug sides rc giycH erer 70
tho yIr,uAlers whose booths st feet the hgEEry
throars during the eufrc'Actes 81 the play Aas
,Ae fourth Side that facing the private horvs -
allotted FOR the stage In all this structure cgsa
masses some 10 bao square 'ect hut this small
space for The time represents tao countries, fa
e~t!ne aud I,aly-~'o say nothing ~ two T"alns
not 10 b. heated ~ith So maCh geographical Ger
tainty paradise and bell
On IFS extreme }ety Is Nazareth aaI the tcn@e
~ Joseph and Mary In fact, the hoape " all
there IS to the town. except t!Ea board tn.
scrtbad with the name ot the place Next 10
bethlehem iyplhed by An inn ard static and
tust beyond Bethlehem Hes mansion" o- car
tanned OF square. Al the appropriate mCCaeat
the screen here Will NJ Withdrawn. disclosing 10
the eyes Of the unlookers the bAnd q shepherds,
watching their aucks by night and Incidentally
making the welkin ring Ni'h the sound q song
and shrilllnr Of the pipes TIE field of the shep
herds lies bet~irt Bethlehem and Jerusalem. thai
Is 10 say 5et~frt the inn ard stable and the
house II H.roi which stands fnr The holy city
The next Few feet leap oceans. for At the side ot
Heruds house stands the temple q Apollo In
Rome The chamber OF the Roman emperor and
the capitol besides the haunt of the Sihyt that
strange figure os medieval church lore who. pa
can though she was ranked With the Hehrew
prophets, and wAs celebrated tn the creates. o'
church songs the Dies lrse." along with nAvi5'
Dies ,-Ae dies Tia
Sn3yet saeyiHrs ln fartia
Teste David ram shyila"
AajoiuinR TIE house uf the sfhyl II llrrro So
close are they that during the course of the play
their inmates can reach acruss the intervening
space and exchange the courtesy OF sip Of vine
from the aAsk Limbo Is merely square tnNer
wi,h front strongly grated II serves to hold
the matertaliEej soals of such Of the worthy de-
parted dwel; On earth during The old dlspenss.
ton Here Sill reside during the two days ~
the representation. the prophets. the pstrtarehs
and select fee of the parRns Their los Is not
AZ unhappy ohe-they live only In unsatisheA
hope They may veil be content vith their fate
uhen thsT look Bpon thei- nelEhbors 10 the right
at the end Of the ru~ OF spectsclcs For here Ia
heIimoVth. OF all the grutssqUe and impressive
spectAcies Of the mystery glAy. heILmouth took
precedence TIE most skillful earpentsrx and
mechABicass ~sre employed in sc fabriea;ioa.
and The ar uf the ncst expensive painter wss
none TOO GOOD fer rs sdornueat When compset-
sd. hell-nouih stood u o. Is feet high. ana As