The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-24
SPRINGS
Venitian Night.

/ ly discussed and pleasurably antici-
pated by the guests at Dixon" be-
| fore the coming of the event on Fri
day evening Of the 18th day Of July,
but no one knew just what "Vene-
tian Night" would mean and no one
was quite prepared for the novelty
and scope of the entertainment and
, the beauty of the scene.
The night was one of matchlesS
beauty. Through the woods and
over the rocks and boulders. which
are characteristics of Dixon" the
pathway (which wound its way to
Rainbow Lake was lit with multi
colored Japanese lanterns. and over
this path. and through the woods,
the many hotel guests and scores of
people from the near and far coun-
try side found their way and scat
tered about on the cliffs at the
, waters endge. seeking various points
of vantage from which TO enjoy the
picturesque beauties of the enter
tainment.
Rainbow Lake" was the center
scene of the evenings activities and
the natural beauty--its fringing
woods and Swallowed rocks, the stone
dam walling it on one side and max
ing a steep precipie and rocky ra
vine on the other, spanned with a
rustic bridge were further ensauced
by the fire of many red lights. scat
tered about through the woods, and
innumerable Japanses lanterns
many of which being at the waters
edge, motionless, above their rip
ping reflections. The lake boats
were things Of beauty. being fitted
up with slight, wilow-like arches
from which hung bright colored Lam
terms, and several gay little boating
parties cruised about on the waters,
during the evening. On a large rock
in the center of the lake a string
Hband added the charm OF its music
So much for the setting of the
evenings entertainment. The glory
of the night. the waters of Rain
bow Lake" the soft glow Of colored
lights, the gentle splash Of oar and
sound of gay laughter and chatter;
the strains of sweet music Floating
over the water One would have
been we'll content to sit there and
drink it all in, without anything
more But the real part of the pro-
gram was yet to come.
From the highest side Of the
lake, where everyone could get an
unobstructed view, there suddenly
burst forth a blase of light, and the
report of fire works. All eyes
turned that way and the sight was
one to be remembered. During the
evening many gorgeous pin-wheels
were set off, which spun dizzily
around the myriad colored sparks
falling to meet their reflection in
the waiver; huge sky-rockets sung
their way far up into the night and
| burst into showers Of stars over
ones head; many Roman candles
shot up in suffering protest, reach
i ed the zenith Of their glory then
died down, only to be replaced by
others. And back of it all, the red
lights CLEANED, lighting up up the
crossed sticks which held them,
and few struggling tents back in
the woods, with a gypsy-like effect
that had a charm all its own.
Many were the ordinations of de.
light and pleasure made and heard
during this display of fireworks
No one had noticed the CROWNS
light in the east, where the moor
was coming up. but just as the last
|, spark died down, the great COLDER
glory seemed almost to spring NJ
from behind the black. feathery top
Of the trees, as if the response T.
the touch Of a magic button, or Sc
off by kindling spark II came a
a ting climax to the beauty o
such a spectacle, and as it rose high
er and the other lights died out o
were extinguished, the people LEI
the scene of lake and rock, and wan
dered back through the woods
, which were now lighted only by tn