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Show "OLD FAITHFUL" IS GIVEN BACK SEAT 'Beehive' Steals the Spotlight From Famous Geyser. Yellowstone Park, Wyo. For the first time In history, Old Faithful geyser was literally robbed of the spotlight recently when the Beehive geyser went into eruption Just as the light beacon was to be played on the ten o'clock eruption of Old Faithful. Carle Towle, bellhop at Old Faithful Faith-ful Inn, was at his post beside the spotlight on the roof of the Inn, focusing fo-cusing on the old reliable geyser, when he learned that the Beehive was In eruption. For a second he was In a quandary. Hundreds of persons all over the formation bad their eyes glued on Old Faithful to see the first spurts of the eruption. Would they understand if he suddenly sud-denly pulled the beacon away? Then he recalled that the Beehive Bee-hive had not played during the past four summers, and only a few persons per-sons had witnessed recent winter eruptions. He knew that the Beehive, Bee-hive, with Its 200-foot ribbon of steam and water shooting straight up in a narrow column, would provide pro-vide a more spectacular show than Old Faithful. With bis decision made, he swung the huge beacon around and across the Firehole river to the peculiarly shaped cone of the Beehive. All eyes followed the triangle of light, and although few knew which geyser they were watching, they stood in amazement at the remarkable display. The spotlight then flashed between be-tween the Beehive and Old Faithful, Faith-ful, which was now In full eruption. The contrasts between the two shafts of steam and boiling water was striking. Old Faithful, with its plumed fan, shoots skyward 150 feet. The Beehive, with a cone that readily explains Its name, skyrockets sky-rockets like an arrow straight Into the sky with a ball of steam flaring flar-ing out like a sunburst at the very top. |
