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>: ^r^r r^TCA "">*•*«•»%V -*«;.. •*» - ^, v, » * fto. « M iT Si r «j „.- » Jf,r *• » £ >w " j »« Ji, ^ 1, ' t 1* *A * * » mm C'?r Mv' POUGY S&R- « *• gp?J^ * _#-fe§ ^v® .: - v ?ls W#3kJ*JSii **; I' rate's S^ \*<V& •h %i • „ m *> '*•* iL - tsssi fife#! **WKT" X waa ©arly morning of the sixteenth of December, SB of onr Lord 1473. There ~ac a sprightly freshs yet a touch of ardor, too, for France, even in Its northern parts, as In the neighborhood of Rouen, where this scene is laid, is favored with sunshine and pleasant warm breezes until the early months of the new year. Shops were closed, the tools of the mason and1 the shoemaker and the carpenter lay where they had fallen from the hand of the owner or where they had • w^x, been put the night before. But every square of Rouen all the I . way from th^ massive portal of the cathedral to the cloisters a =*ta^_ f:* "*• Mselou was thronged, and every window threatened to ! "K?®t outward from the press of heads and shoulders seeking a point of vantage. In the streets the royal archers had .difficulty in keeping & little way clear, and were forced often to threaten and sometimes to prod into order the crowding masses. Something of unusual nature was evidently toward. Promptly at eight o'clock a herald stepped from the arch of the cathedral and sounded long and loudly on his trumpet. For some moments he remained standing there, as though waiting for a signal from behind. Then he began •lowly to pace forward. With a grotesque caper another figure sprang into life from the darkness of the archway. On its head were horns, in its hand it carried a horrid spear, in the glrtiife at Its waist hung smoking firebrands, and sharp implements like the tools of a tinsmith, while its entire body was covered with long hair, and hideous talons armed its long black fingers. No doubt of its identity could hie left: it was Lucifer. Rapidly others of his band emerged and surrounded him, merry devils playing pranks, raging devils with forked tongues, serene devils disguiq^d as vintagers, as artisans, as magis­ trates, yet all displaying in some fashion the cloven hoof or spiked tail. Close pressing on the heels of this boisterous crew cartie a long bearded patriarch, mounted on an ass. From time to time a celestial figure clothed in white, bearing a shining long sword, stepped from beside him and blocked the way. The chronicles of the titne fail to mention whether the ass spoke or not, but the spectacle made it plain beyond peradventure to every onlooker that this was Balaam who was riding in review before th6m. After Balaam came other of the prophets, Davtd, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezeklel, Daniel and the Sibyl. These were they who had foretold the coming of the Shepherds followed them, playing upou bagpipes and singing lustily: "Doune from heaven, from heaven ao hi*. Of angels there came a great companle. With mirthe and joy and great •olemnltye They sang* terjy, terlow: So merell the shepparda ther pipes can blow." Queerest of all was the manner in which these various personages were accoutered. Balaam >«ii i *2 WTS&r^a.'^T' *» I r I Calvin--Th^. forbids me to irink champagne. Ruth--Forbids you to drink cham- r u k r u L L c s i M E D I C A L E X A M I N A T I O N Professor Munyon has engaged » staff of specialists that jx§ renowned leaders in their line. v) There is no question about their ability, they ATS the finest phj* sirians that colleges and hospitals have turned out and receive the higheflt salaries. Tie offers their service to yon absolutely free of cost. No matte® what your disease, or how many doctors you have tried, write to Profes­ sor Munyon's physicians and they will give your case careful and prompt attention and advise you what to do. You are under no obligations to thorn. It will not cost you a penny, only the postage stamp you put OQ youj lottor until aftc» Las bill is ; aia. All consultations are held strictly confidential. Ad'lrcss Mtit)von'? Doctors, Munyon's T.abor&tories, 53d & •TeflTerwM :treexs, Philadelphia, Pa. When It Was Rougher. Paul Wellington, the Harvard coach, was praising the milder football of 1910. "Football in tlie '90s was a terrible game," said Mr. Withlngton. "Bour- get, you know, devoted a whole chap­ ter of "Outre Mtr to 1t3 horrors. Sotnfl of tho stnr'e;-- of the football of '90 or '91 art-, in i'lioi. almost incred­ ible. "A Philadelphia sjor',ing editor re­ turned one Novrrcbf-r Saturday from West Philadelphia with a pale, fright­ ened face. " Many accidents at the game?' a police reporter asked him. "'One frightful accident.' replied the sporting editor. A rowerful mule from a neighboring coal dealer's en tered the field, blundered into one of the hottest scrimmages and got \ killed.'" Fresh Air in Winter O/- JrOJu'£yy Csi/St'/risAAju m ' .:-/ U *vtU vAmmn \ V/ I 3 JOSEPJf A/YD MARY ARR/V£ AT &£WLr/t£J1 Art CrtTR'ACTJT /X>R DJNMk TJTO DAK3 f*lAV wore a flowing gown of richest silk, borrowed from the bishop. On his feet were long pointed- toed shoes of doeskin, turned up and fastened to the knees with fine chains. His neck was en­ circled with a piece of costly lace, and to give a touch of the Oriental, a turban was wound about his fifteenth-century hat; and about the turban was festooned a necklace borrowed for the occa­ sion from the goodwife. The shepherds were attired quite as sump­ tuously. Tliey wore slashed doublets and gor­ geous colored trunks, and the pipes upon which they played were of the latest fashion In French Instrumentation. But the magi, who Journeyed in the shepherds' company, far outshone their pastoral companions. Beneath their gowns they gleamed resplendent in bright armor. From top to toe were they encased in mail, and, since they could find no camels in Rouen, they rode on donkeys, that groaned beneath the burden. Each magus was accompanied by a page. And so the procession wound on and on out of the portal of the cathedral of Rouen. Joseph and Mary, the surly innkeeper bearing a lantern, to designate that his part was played In the night, King Herod, the Roman emperor, and lastly God the Father, God the Son and a numerous band of angels, who distributed amongst themselves the costliest of the albs, stoles, dalmatlcas and copes loaned for the occasion by the clergy of the cathedral and the cloister of St. Maclou. Seventy- eight of these principal actors there were in this procession, and their attendant squires and the lesser figures in the drama numbered a hundred and fifty more. By the time they had passed from out the cathedral and arrived at the-cloister it was well on the way toward noon of this six­ teenth of December, 1473. At intervals during the course of the parade the crier who headed it stopped and blew a prolonged blast. The procession halted, and from Its midst emerged a long-visaged man in the dress of a university doctor. In his hand he held a fat scroll. Waving this aloft, he made procla­ mation: "Stlete' silete' Silentium habeetla, Et per Del flltum, pacem facl&tl*." And when he had finished his peroration in Latin lie announced in the vernacular the purport of the celebration. It was to be at- great mystery play in honor of the nativity of the Savior, "In- carnacion et nativite de nostre saulveur et re- dempteur Jesuchrist." The sheriffs of the town, the clergy of the cathedral and St. Maclou, many of the rich burghers and the bishop himself had given of their time and money without stint, in order that the dear townspeople might refresh their souls with a spectacle of holy events. And he, the doctor, had composed a mystery play of gome 10.000 verses, and had rehearsed the actors in their parts, so that all was in readiness. On the morning of the twenty-fourth the play would begin, in the market place of the city, and by the grace of God it would be finished by even­ ing of the day following. Let all attend! The crier then made proclamation for the mayor that all shops save those of the victualers should be closed on those two days. Citizens need have no fear at leaving their houses unguarded, for spe­ cial troops of the archers would patrol the city, and furthermore the gates of the town would be closed against either Ingress or egress. Let all attend! . Now let us turn our attentiofi to the market place. It is a large square in the center of Rouen, Into which the principal thoroughfares of the city debouch. On all of its four sides is confu­ sion. Along one entire dimension is being erect­ ed a row of private boxes for the mayor and other dignitaries of the town, and for such of the clergy as are not impersonating parts In the mys­ tery. The two abutting sides are given over to the victualers, whose booths will feed the hungry throngs during the entre'actes of the play. And the fourth side, that facing the private boxes, is allotted for the stage. In all, this structure com­ passes some 10,000 square feet; but this small space for the time represents two countries, Pal­ estine and Italy--to say nothing of two realms not to be located with so much geographical cer­ tainty--paradise and hell. On its extreme left is Nazareth, and the house of Joseph and Mary. In fact, the house Is all there is to the town, except a sign board in­ scribed with the name of the place. Next is Bethlehem, typified by an inn and a stable, and Just beyond Bethlehem lies a "mansion," or cur tainedoff square. At the appropriate moment the screen here will be withdrawn, disclosing to the eyes of the onlookers the band of shepherds, watching their flocks by night, and incidentally making the welkin ring with the sound of song and shrilling of the pipes. The field of the shep­ herds lies Dqtwixt Bethlehem and Jerusalem, that is to say, betwixt the inn and stable and the house of Herod, which stands for the holy city. The next few feet leap oceans, for at the side of Herod's house stands the temple of Apollo in Rome, the chamber of the Roman emperor and the capitol, besides the haunt of the Sibyl, that strange figure of medieval church lore, who, pa­ gan though she was, ranked with the Hebrew prophets, and was celebrated in the greatest of church songs, the "Dies Irae," along with David: "Dies lrae. dies 111a, Solvet eaeclum in favllla. Teste David cum Sibylla." Adjoining the house of the Sibyl is limbo. So close are they that during the course of the play their Inmates can reach across the intervening space and exchange the courtesy of a sip of wine from the flask. Limbo is merely a square tower, with a front strongly grated. It serves to hold the materialized sduls of 6uch of the worthy de­ parted as dwelt on earth during the old dispensa­ tion. Here will reside, during the two days of the representation, the prophets, the patriarchs and a select few of the pagans. Their lot is not an unhappy one--they live only in unsatisfied hope. They may well be content with their fate when they look upon their neighbors to the right, at the end of the row of spectacles. For here is hell-mouth. Of all the grotesque and impressive spectacles of the myBtery play, hell-mouth took precedence. The most skillful carpenters and mechanicians were employed in its fabrication, and the art of the most expensive painter was none too good for its adornment. When complet­ ed, hell-mouth stood 12 or 15 feet high, and aa many broad, grinning like the head of St. George's dragon. Its Jaws opened cavernous- ly when proper levers were put in operation at the back, and from its eyes and throet issued flames and gusts of smoke, from braziers filled with pitch and blown upon with bellows. Through this smoke sal­ lied out the devil and his aides, to drag in the souls of the lost; and the agonized screams of the damned, punctuated by the roar of cannon, the crashing of stones in the thunder barrel and the shrieking of pipes, was calculated to instil into the most obdurate heart a wholesome fear of what the hereafter might have in store for the unre* pentent. The final spectacle of the stape the carpenters were erecting was paradise. High placed above everything else, it dominated all the scene. Its occupants, God the Father, God the Son and the blessed angels, were hoisted up into it by mechan­ ical lifts, and when the angels wlfhed to descend, as for instance on the night of the nativity, over the fields near Bethlehem, they did so suspended on ropes. It was hard being God or an angel, for there was little chance to get down and stretch one's legs. With these heavenly characters abode four others--Peace. Mercy. Justice and Truth, la imitation of Aristotle's four cardinal virtues. Such were, i« the main, the "mansions" and the characters for which the carpenters had to provide, and the eight days succeeding the "nion- stre" or grand parade were especially busy one* for these artisans. Kept Umbrella Thirty Years. A fnithful old umbrella which has shielded the family of Dr James A. Mullican of Greenwood avenue from the storms of 30 years, was stolen on Sunday. During the rain on that day the physician lent tlie umbrella to E. A. 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Every box was filled with the gentry; the roped-in space in front, out to within some yards of the stage front, had been covered thickly with straw, and here on the ground sat thou sands, while the open stretch immediately In front of and rather below the level of the stage was filled with crowds parading back and forth. Alto­ gether it was a glorious and eager gathering The learned doctor whose midnight toil had prepared the doggerel, and whose weeks of labor had rehearsed the players In their parts, appeared first in a short - prologue. After exhorting hie listeners to silence, he described for them briefly the substance of what was about to be presented on the stage, and admonished them to take tc heart the lessons of the mystery. As he retired to a convenient angle of the wall of Herod's house whence he might advantageously be in position foi prompting the actors, a deep lamentation broke out within hell. It was Adam grieving over the sad and fallen state of man. Thus the play goes on for two day?, passing now to limbo, whence the prophets Issue to foretell to mankind the coming salvation, to Nazareth, tc Bethlehem and throughout the whole cycle of the nativity. When Christ is born in Bethlehem, hell redoubles Its efforts, and Lucifer rolls about the stage in a mighty orgy of blind fury. The images of the idols In the temple at Rome fall crashing from their pedestals, and, high above all. the an gels in paradise, or hovering on their ropes above the fields of Palestine, chant majestically the praises of the Creator and proclaim the "Pax in terris." Curious is the finai scene. It Is placed in Rome, in the chamber of Augustus. The emperor, dressed like a French duke, is seated on a fancy chair loaned by the mayor of Rouen. Evidently he Is ill at ease. He Is reading a scroll of the Sibylline writings, wherein he finds a distinct prophecy to the effect that a Messiah is to be born in Palestine in Bethlehem of Judea. 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