The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-08

over to the operate side of the stage.
being devoted to the portraits of all
OF the great opera composers and to
collection of the musical instruments
that have figured in the orchestras
from time to time of the first opera
down.
The second room is devoted to
comedy and the third to tragedy and
melodrama. In addition to portraits
and busts OF all the most famous
comedians and tragedians of the
worlds history. there is also goodly
collection of personal souvenirs OF all
of these. and especially OF personal
souvenirs that we're intimately con.
nected with them in all Of their more
famous Characterization on the stage
such as fans, jewelry and costumes.
The portraits include one OF Isabella
Angela Cochran, famous Spanish
singer and who was married to Ros-
SIM at Naples 1922, and who is credit
ed with having contributed more to
the success of the famous composer
than any other one person
The fourth room is that OF the Ital-
ian government In which 1t has
placed a goodly portion Of fits an
Equities Of the early Greek and
Roman theatres and which have been
taken from the various other museums
of Italy. Here there are the ancient
theatre masks, sculptured heads.
statues Of the old Greek and Roman
gods and goddesses OF the drama,
relics found in the excavations of the
odd theatre at Capua, and above all an
immense collection of old coins and
medals which in the flourishing days
|of the Roman empire and republic
were given to the victors in the var,
ious contests Of the circus and the
|hippodrome. Those coined by the
orders of Nero are especially conspic-
uous and include rewards of merit"
for the athletes, for the survivors in
the fights with wild beasts. for the sue
cessful hunters Of the day and for the
producers OF musical diversions.
The fifth room is devoted entirely to
scenery and aside from showing the
development of that phase of the
stage from the time when there was
no scenery down to the present day,
1t contains many of the finest ex-
|amples of the work Of the best known
scene painters of the world.
The sixth room Is devoted almost
entirely to the famous Scala theatre
of Milan, the cradle and home Of the
opera in Italy. Among other things is
la miniature reproduction of the thea
ire, showing absolutely every detail
down to the smallest mechanism OF
the stage.
The seventh room is given over to
the dance, the most interesting part
|of which is the collection of dance
costumes. In 1T is included practical
IL every form of dance dress from the
yoluminous affair Of the graceful but
stately minuet dancer down to the
airy nothingness Of the present day
barefooted imitator of the old Greek
dances.
The library in the eighth room com
pletes the museum and in this is col.
Iected all of the works relating to the
stage, copies OF all the principal
dramas from the earliest Greek pro-
auctions down and an almost endless
rumber Of original manuscripts by the
most famous dramatists of all time.
In fact, SO complete is the museum,
as 1t now stands, that the Italian gov
eminent is confident 1t will never have
rival In the field, and that from now
on 1t can pick up from time to time
additions to the collection until It
eventually includes practically every
existing thing of value relating to the
history and development Of the stage.
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