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Show WAll.Milt AT IIOMI -S A nnsciuiTiuM up Tim uvtiottg. What Hhaketarelt to Hit tlrami slncuwocaniioversi-eakof Ilia ,,,,, dramatist lu a past tens-U Wari,,! tnoa-m. There are aermanswlirad mlt that (heir great, unique master miislu waslnlliirnced by Hlitirtias.. Ills IntliieiHi, like all good InSutarM Injrt, Is Increasing. HAiictuarlcttosa 10 WAguerlaii ora are Ulti frirltsl all over Ihe (Isriosn ai? and Wagner's orat are Kitting a litarliignndoiiisttment favor steals hard-htaited, prrjiidleed Paris, ii uiiisli! Is the dlvinesl art, (Jnowa must be the dlvlncsl wple; II, a. payt tuusle iiuusures a loanva ta. Iloii't rlvlllBtlon, then are the (Lr. mail's hlahly clvllliecl I'.tl, , Frsnte, France hat one 0ralriAje Italy one, La Hcala; (lernitny, ut.' the (ItrniBit sia-aking race, ttttntr, Five cf these, from an ttrcriltectursl ttainlailiit, are ahnoat at' great w p,, one lu l'arlt. wllh Vienna, limlig, 1 1 ty rent I , Dtida I'rtth, KraiiVf.it thcMnlu, MiiUli, Mannliehu, tlrrtla and Hamiiurg as gnat from an anliUs stamlfrlnt. Ilaynutli Is to Wapnerllet whu rilratford-oii'Avn'i la to the wnnMi.ti i hliakt seare. Nowhere cau Wigiai iu litlter sicn tliau at lit: nu Helen llttln.t teuple to tbe mini if Wagner has i-reu ereetd, ititrltUrt that mure, will, mnd, Wrlrl, If iM w III, lait divine and glult m a' a.,y t Ihe ancient nine Ileal lnplnsl this, u litest gnnli.tof (hu (lerinaiiiiuuirri if aoiig. Llt.e Hhal. art-, Wtcui left tils IntlrucDoi. (i uprt-rs, nctort and builders. Tha e ( theatre It alnii'i at rutna tt creation of Ids ss Is ' ttlirloril'i.'' 'laihuucrln'ior Ihe "Walkon'." T- Wagner, llueckwald the ilts'fjt owi-d Ins llealghs. DjteenliereUt aame x:ravs-;Biice, graui.'turauii lav. tshutteteeti lu hit mush at rrealu i were required. This wi u tha roi ak (lrcnveof the late King laidvrlt; It andiberir.rlngi uf lilimll) otiaJDi. tit uiuld not cover, tlattcnllv tt temple at Day rt nth Is an uiiflitiUa monument. The stage hat a tlrnth tt 77 fe-t nlef a width rf tk' f.rt llthltiu Ihls ttsgo Is another, eltht .'rib if It feetiilldawld'lt of Ifert From th rtage to the top jiuts Or raising the scenery It 01 feet, wllh s depth b"loW the suae if .'lit' T l.unddiiersusedtnlrvjug'anii.i.ulf'cei ftti-rttlu in tk I tsvr great siiccttaet wllh scent ry and ttsgo eir-clt this Icny nU nopoar sit unusual, I4itucoin-atloutt the llirutea tilth nnytliiiig lu Lanlja will allow tvhut faelhtlea Ihlt nwjil 0airu.llouse pose 'ell. The Diyrciith Op-rn llouti It It laill.ll'lgeof IllLlud whit 'St. 1-aull without the gate" Isti Itallaa rliun-b-et. No nporti ho'itu on earth hat sack perfect littiitgs, cualurr.us sod msrlils e.y. Complex and yet simple lutll lit working, the uiiehiiitr,'. like llui uf some wuodtiful (li-rniiit clerk, 1st mechanical triumph. Thn moil tut "s and 'ii ling luma have l-i'ii enrutr td and nverc mie rhe mighty sh nlsivc, la-low, lehln land on ihsiUit nre Lruueht Into rtqul Itlou. Theil;M Useil would sullli oiora clly ol .HkiAtl Inhsl Hints. Like the Inleihrof Kim nnelrul areni.tl.e si ats ris In lem,es. I'.iiup r' box .that listifiillunortlka of continental stage aud the glaring fuot-llht are invisible. .No curtail rings up tirduwo, lailoa'iiiuolseUi.l; snd rapidly to the light and lift. A large, niched, cnucave sou tiding boarl shuts In and complilely hides the or cheslra fmm thu audience. This niu up In Itrrutisl seats fnmis olotf.r below the great stage. III the Ufet tier ufswtUalo Ihe violinists; ell til next the violoncellos, conlralsvs-t, hurte and kindred Instruments, ani leluw thu trumiatt, horns, drurai, cymbals, etc. ttc, tint last-uamel losing los-ing Ihrlrharshnrsa In regions below lis tlagc. The orchtslrnl sirnee It at larrt as that (K-ctl hlei by some thefltel. The result of such an orchestra! arrangement ar-rangement can bo bitter lutaglutd than ihscrllwl. Weird aa It ' lur's mush-, Ita wrlrJntts and tnystrrj Mnicnilllfd and lis atrect lanisksl Tha acuustle Icsulla nre such BtoH nadaiiowhereelselu the world, Abort the thunder of the orchestra snd M shrillest nous may bo hennl His vein of the singer, oven In Its flnesltiirae lug. Hwell Ita iiolvs at the onlirilri will, It mutt ever nicomrjany 'M never cover the aluger's voice, t finding Us propera secondar'-plsit lu Wagnerian oia-ia. The Iheatro seats 1700 eofl. Thoarouitlo tteults, wlitlhcr slue t accldeut or known laws, areU lletllnt In any other theatre. The llglillc(U so arranged Ihat eyes are nver ilis-luibiil ilis-luibiil by gleam or glare. The an rooms have every all,le comfort stii the means of egress are sufllclent B inett every eniergeticy. Wliattwi tlmumay sny of Wagner's luutle, M genius Is the ruling one, not only W lliyrevlh, lt lu (lermany, and V theatre stands nn the Mount Olymp-i of hit race. .r. - |