Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-12-15
THE EDEN MUSEE'
ISN0 MORE
Chamber Of Horrors Gone, Too,
Terrible Slaughter in Prices of
World NotabIes at Auction.
SALE OF WAX FIGURES.
George Washington and His Father
Coupled at Only SIS---Tom Edison
and the Devil $40 Each.


the Eden Musee sat sad, forelorn lit
tie man in a guards uniform. He was
the only animate object in that cavern
of morbidity He was weeping softly
to himself. The dying gamekeeper
breathed heavily in obedience to q
spring concealed beneath his coat
The execution of the Burmese Grim
inal remained at the same gruesome
crisis. with the elephants foot poised
above the unhappy criminals head.
The Spanish inquisition continued its
diabolical work But il was not the
contemplation of these scenes that
made the little guard weep. He was
sad because today the Eden Musee was
sold at auction, and the little kingdom
of goose flesh and shudders, over which
he had reigned for years. was no more.
Tomorrow. he said they will take
ali the horrors away in cart. Then
what'll | do? I've been down here
showing folks around for years. The
Burmese criminal and dying Christ
ian martyrs and the Hindoo women be-
ing burned at the stakes-these are my
friends. But now they're sold-sold
like so many dummies The only con-
genial job left for me is morguekeeper.
The little guard was not the only one
who bid goodbye to the inhabitants of
the Eden Musee Nearly a thousand
persons visited the building at No. So
West Twenty-third street, New York
to get a last look at the old traffic po-
liceman in the lobby, Giuseppe CARR
baldi, in his shirt. the funeral of Jul
ius Caesar, and other favorites Only
few of them bought. Many had hard
time resisting the temptation TO pick
up an emperor or a famous murderer
cheap
You could have bought Governor
-gubernatorial chair and all.
for 81. One man did The same man
bought Abraham Lincoln for $11 He
acquired a wagon load of assorted
statesmen and persons of note The
man with the mania for buying celeb
rites was S. W. Gumpertz. 1t was he
who bought up the entire Chambers
of Horrors, down to the real chains on
the wrists of the Russian prisoners
about to start for Siberia. 1t was he
who purchased all the rulers of the
world, including a rather troubled
looking President Wilson and a some
what weather beaten Kaiser, in one job
lot for 5000.
1t was he who bought the group of
miscellaneous notables, including Will
liam Jennings Bryan, John Purroy
Mitchell, in a suit much too small for
him. and with panied look on his
face; Anna Held, Booker T. Washing
ton, Marshall P. Wilder, Sarah Bern
hardt, Gen. William Booth, Joseph JEFF
ferson. Jenny Lind, about to burst into
song, and Glenn H. Curtiss, very dusty,
all for $3.50.
An excited man bought Thomas A.
Edison, for $40 and carried him Off
The snoring guard, whom so many men
and women have tried to arouse in or
der to ask him the way to the chamber
of horrors. was sold, snores included,
for SIS. He has been snoring for
eighteen years.
THE funeral of Caesar" one of the
biggest groups, was bought by Mr.
Gumpertz, after spirited bidding. Auc-
tioneer Karp, who was the Simon Lee
gree of the occasion, opined that the
expression of Mark Anthony's face
alone was worth $1,000. Mr.. Gumpertz
paid$250 for the whole group of thirty
seven figures.
Washington and his father together
brought SIS. The devil--being some
what op-worn-brought only $40.
General Robert E. Lee, with prodig-
ious whisker, and the group depicting
his surrender, went at 500.
Everything from Benjamin Franklin
TO the chandeliers was sold. The cos
tunes and tapestries brought some
good prices.
The Eden Musee is a shell contain
ing nothing but memories today. The
old building will soon be torn down.
An unromantic sixteen-story sky
scraper will rise in its place-Wash-
ington Herald.