Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1894 — INDIANAPOLIS’ GREAT SHOW. [ARTICLE]

INDIANAPOLIS’ GREAT SHOW.

The Gorgeous Spectacle “Last Days of Pompeii” To Be Seen There. Pain’s “Last Days of Pompeii,” the treat historic spectacle which is to be ;een for the first time in Indianapolis this, nonth, is the most elaborate and beauti:ul thing of the kind ever produced in this :ountry. It has been given in the principal cities of both Europe and this country with great success, and the presentation ;here will be the same, in every respect, as ;hoseseen in New York, Chicago, Cincinaati, Boston and Philadelphia. The spectacle gives a vivid and realistic representation of scenes and life in Pompeii, in which three hundred people are imployed in the tableaux, groupings and itirring scenes, followed by the representations of the destruction of the city by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. This icene is one that is not likely to be forgotten in along time, for its realism is somewhat startling. Following the historical spectacle each night will be given i great display of fireworks, the contract railing for Pain& Co. to furnish one thousand dollars’ worth for each night. The fireworks will be an especial design, appropriate to the various special observances,“such as “Indiana Night,” “Indianapolis Night,” “Militia Night.” “K. of P. Night,” “Odd Fellows Night,” etc. The “Last Days of Pompeii” will be riven at Lincoln Park, cornet of Sixteenth street and for ten nights, begTniring Labor-Day. SepL 3, theinaugnral performance being a particularly imposing one. There will be two more that week (t.he week of the fall trotting meeting), three the next, and four the third week (State Fair week). The great amphitheater at the south end of the park, which is already up, will scat 10,000 people, and has 1,500 reserved seats and sixty-five boxes each for four persons. In front of it is the grand plaza, twenty-five feet wide, extending the full length of the building, and on this is the grand pavilion. The great lake, 75 by 250 feet, on which there will be boats, flotilla and barges, is immediately in front of the building and just back’of it is the great stage, fifty feet deep by 100 wide, on which will occur the dramatic part of the representation, the dancing, tableaux and unique specialties. Pack of tnis is the mound, sixty-fivo feet high, representing Mount Vesuvius, and in its rear are the dressing rooms, workshops and other necessary buildings. Half fare rates on all railroads will be given during the three weeks of the spectacle from all Indiana points. Whatever one’s lot in life, he should haye good deeds to show for it. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing SYKtTP for children teething, softens the gum. reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. At a banquet it is generally the lion of the hour who sets the table in a roar. There Is only one way to live without work, and that is to prey without ceasing. Birds and flowers delight us, but we are enchanted when we behold the complexion of a young lady made beautiful by the use of Glenn's Sulphur Soap. Jagson says the proprietor of the merry-go-round has a business whirled of his own. *