The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-28
ADJUSTMENTS.


NoIiru utttIIlluN 10 lllkt an entertainment OF |
themselves for good cause Fashion gets down |
or her tripod and claps her gloves. Never WIS
there seen such superb bouquet f amateurs NJ
that on the Academy stage last Thursday night.
" The Sleeping Beauty" had n rctinuc that
would have nstonishod Queen Boss herself
Nor was Ttania in all her glory. So attended.
1t was tho event of r,c week. Five hundred
boudoirs had trrublel with its rrrnnration for
Il fortnight. Society. which had kent i,s nose n
little i'm tho air nj the stage took To the stage it.
self 1t not only filed the stage; il whelmcd the
whole Academy A sense OF centity crrpt up
even to the gallery. and nestled there in silk
md hrondcloth
Hooked i'm n, the centre door of the parauet
Mt O'Clock.
phcw; warm brceze bcarinp n thousand
odors. was blown bv n thousand fans nj me. The
! whole uartcrre hnd bccn ulnntcd for once with
brnutv soft ,nurmrr rosn from the humnn
camclllas M IL n zepbyr swayed and rustled
them. Itwas tho voice of rcntlity gossiping
| | looked nm. The prcn, semi-circle of boxes
WINS I'm full bloom. and tho decp nrosccuium
looked like n gallery of plcturcsl and every pic
| iurc was n state scene. There were dowagers
| sitting on the stems I'm tho nislr-some Of
them kccping timc with tasscllcd fans to
the orchestral music. which had sub
ducd and languid impulse, as If the musi-
|
phcrc. There were gentlemen OF the Court Of
| Elizabeth in mink neshings and pu.Ied sleeves
! moving about in the audience At intervals
| something white and cleaning shot past me
I like n fragment of fog flung by the wind.
I 1t was a live fairy. broke loose from the stage
1 and darling through the foyer To see her
| mother n moment. or tell her cousin 10 be sure
| and rccolcct that she WAS the third one in tho
| procession
The luxury of looking Mt n stageful of un-
| professional noonlc found was n new one
| When the curtain went mn and there was dis.
closed A brigade Of wcl.known nersonocns-
well known TO their friends in spite Of dis
| cuises-the brecze of yossin froshoned and
| rose and s,vent nil round tho bouse Then
there wos a li,tl, natter "a If II had broupht n
few April rain drops. II was APPLAUSE. Gem
| teel annlnuse Dog skin nlnudits A collision
| Of dinnled bnnds
How shall I describe those living picturos2
| How conway ia vou in vords tbe .voc, flavor ~
.mntorrisr, ,hus or,o,,i,o1 int, ,os,,,,,.ry
and honL.1 nm /, hoou,yg uou, sboll ,ro.
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make as GOOD n show an the s,n,,n n. I'M. sta,..
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That h,tla f.l,,v in p,,ol Vein, ,rh,, ,h,
father md the r.,,or of,.r ,,r,,.rf,,l ,.l,,.,.
asked him what no would lLeto do for himself
il, tn. world r,,li.1 ,ri,h i,rr,s,.,,i,, .ht
no ir,enl.d ,o n, 81 clown il, A.,l.,,s ,,,s n r,r
eNnon.nt of the gent.cl Adam bay. mv-,.lf
known more than one Gifted be1e with m.r.
ohm, rrirces n, nor f,., and ,,os.iJ. ,,uIi,,ns
b.binj ber who II nst.I -, IN. r,o,ner, IA.
orange blossoms wore in her boir ,ybnt ,he
secret wish of her soul Ind been wonId saw II
was 10 play camu. and die I have in my
eye at the moment tlne executive and sno
c.-sful banker. the very mink If ptueticnlity
"A Midas whose toueh rills corner lofts and
glnddcns railroads. but who holds secretly To-
the sld thought that his life has been wasted
for nature Intended him TO play genteel comedy
The suspicion haunts me that this feeling
runs nll through society; that If we could I'M
cover the hearts Of men and women put aside
all the trivial concerns Of life. we should come
to the ineradical and general convi ,tioh rooted
in the race that acting is the proper destiny Of
mankind.
True. education and social prejudices modify
and suppress the vital histronic spark. But
they never extinguish it. when it isn't acting
that feeds the Unattainable with a big L. II is
tableaus
Let us not speak slghtinglv Of tableau. after
seeing THE Sleeping Beauty" Certainly no
such gentle outpouring Of the picturesque ever
took place in the Academy The whole art Of
standing round magnifcently was disclosed
here And the scene was as fresh and dewy as
bed Of pansics This. | suspect was because
the supernumcrary element had been shut
out There were no hagsaid gentlemen with
wrinklcd and distorted calves No pcriunctory
girls with the sense Of five dollars a week eaten
into their rouge King l'aioroso wore his king
ly garments like n man who had the leisure and
the means to rehearse in them every morning
for n month before his lOoki Glass His Our.n