, 1879-05-29
ADJUSTMENTS.



CHICAGO, May n7.-Your ctl!toriaa this morn.
Ing apropos Of the coming tnuut'atlon Of I. Pima.
fore insnuatcs rather crl,cltv t,at, Of all those
who hayo bccomo 30 cnthuatastc over that
charming little opera, "uonu could ever tell
wl5." Nov, have seen t. pinafore," intend to
sec it agaln, hare played It, und sung it,-Eu the
scclustou that ,lle home circle grauts,-a,ld know
the l'hrctto pretty much by heart; but II hays
Cono thus far without once mindiug tic "why
ald TheEefore," perhaps, like the "audacloua
tar" 1t would bo woll for me both here md
forever after to rofratn." Still / would like a
chancc to tell why. shall hardly DO able to
g1re you auY "subtle analysis OF clusactcr,''
us,d tnay altogether fall iu running tho whole
gntlut OF unssion," as we'll a. In performing alt
thu other gyu,nastfc :fcats brought In vogue BY
the New York critics; still I shall try to say
what mean, hope to monn what euy, und
more than TINT no reasonable mortal cut de-
tnuild.
First, nj concerns Mr.. Gfbert's part Of the
work: like ''rjnafore u becAuso te plot
plan, II you p'case-is stu,p1e, compact, md
symmetrical; lecausa the action is brisk, d.
rect, 'Alld woll,sustaincd; md because Of the
unutterable sang vtroiI nu1 comp1accncy with
which nll tie manifold impsobabtllttes OF tie
etory are set FORTH. giving thu wllols thing a
wonderful relish mud piquancy. like 1t bccause
the actiui,, instcad Of wandering all over land
und STU, With puzzl!ng shtft!ngs Of scenery, aud
untnielliYiblc supposed lapscs here anil. there,
of my lumber of yoara. h strictly confined to
the sutp ttso!f, mo is finished In q single ta5.
OF course nobody cares, nowadays, for tho
unftles Of tt'no atsl place, In cyon the highest
OF high tragedy; but as long rs they llayu been
observed here, md "no bones Ia broke" why,
alfs N.Y. We'' aml a,. Gooa' seems 70 me-
a,,, "Mu ho.,sa ~ osfnnse i'n, ~ on nlppqaru'
nhot n .e s r sn. hnow a M eas. s
sseWat m Ana t!,;, Mtcs We ss,,, ase ~ apt to 10
attraeteu " ta!nss "e aont kiaow anythshg
" With VII ~ t Mn ea e tr Luz
u,F t1elr w9rs. nat never MIND, npt Until thc
wndews 81, a'.4 tl,e cabin t; tselt Is shifted up
.nfr1 aeaa =. tu no ~ w Il o. 90 se tns an
.n!utlascu s @au1e"eo W a78uulo Ns "cuxtomafy
ataLuue. ,,
ll'eh sea1a, NY. atncrt Aas c!egsr!y contf!ved
the urst "hstaneo ,s. OF m,oss Of the pfotnfnGnt
Tatre no E .taa IKE n9t G9ob sonaoa A
Hull, nel;ot-war's men. safeguards Of tho M
ton!"
and Its punctuation OF henvY chords In tho
most approved s.Ylc Of tho rfa,ml Italian rec
nll her po,np Of Egyptal, purple and 1uo linen,
nloru 1laGni1oVucntty high-llown than dear L,t-
tie Eatferea4' with her green gown, her rcd
shawl, llur c0snlcal bonnct, and that biz basket
full Of "suuN anil tobaccy," aud "sCissors, mt
wutchcs, Atl1 kntrcs'' I Aud yot how ulcyerly
sle sllaes down from her lofty hight nnu tettiY
touches lbs pucksts Of these 80 smoothly co.n-
pltlucntcl "suhcr ttlen aud true":
Snare nil you can ntford
To welcome Littis IIuttercnp on board,
Thcn how finely Sir .jasrnh,. entrnncn Ia
worked I'm, First tic nero annouuceulcnt Of
Ills approaching barge; next, tic ujuetcenth
It's cuai,caj bar..papc, by sbrlii sopat1oa. thsn
ty g NJ ipe AMI tns ga tirpns
crcw: liz llrl1iag Of salutss. nle ntanuirl. Of
yarIs, tIu ecnoraI nproar Vi hsndkercI,iei.1ay. p
mijitnry esrort.-n,i sc.cr liz. tnonsrcj, * liza
,S,, i" H. ,"w l'o 10 h. ,.t,t r. md nw W. nav ~
t6 a,aSs ~ W striSi. ii rs. ' au ,,ss p.
~ ,,e'x T. n atr cs,nit,onlsrc '''s'
Theu Mr. Gtlbsrs j,us rtyc1, n snten,,id f,n,,,
for rach net. I'i.e second act, parttcuinrly.
from the entrance oi t.ss crew "careiully &, q,
HhI,, hi, II i Str .Tox,rh.1 : smnyc,ns;tt 81
snrIirsu'n Hu'uA;s cotntntttal to Ma i dt.rsnn @
cetI.W L!ltlf Iattsyetp'. ustouishl,r baby-i5rn,.
M c.f nrs nrs n.ai.d M a 1 ca Vii nsys ws ~
nlI1i wsli rarrl,x nntS-,s o,1,te ,,nst,rnassahis
hcyoitf Mi nraise nt,I h,ynnd iii innTtvnmanf
ihp tiiniox,ie ia aIways cran a,,tI snrIrhtiv
th, yersc. snooth md c,crrr TIe mi raii..
nnr, i,,r r nst snc linn for ia ,a,. I,,fs
faw: In, s"tirt,. ruthar iian ~ ,rn1on"ea ri ~,
nnl,t3erous boSbardmuut' ia n br,sk iSrsrnisr aIs
3i,,n. an. tim iins. with ses,ns ~ f,,ms s,nsn
sumo " ysry jto rann i without much MI annassnt
oiYnrt, '' AA~ S~ ~'p.'e"'
~ fo ,f- ap,l,v.o,a nor,, 1,Iko :, p,n,ro.o,, !,
h..st,se ~, ,n1,.s. H. rfsi,s md nlc,.ant nar.r
i"s, tnsn 'rr nr.ttv ,stcn ssaiix hp,s,S uo'G1
QUO Of tso Instances quite graniiosu. Tho
nn1" of th wIp',}".Ht. A. fr.sh s',ti nr,rv =. X,
AN afr tts"if n,"I Fo,, aI,nnst wtsh I'M ~,
yn.,rsclt s"fe ,harc fn .sw.o,n" iii. ,t,,;ts~.
xxx, ~ ho,,a5, rnn.,"r ,s4 ~ eeo ~.
,t,rs.ss -, 1,sii.i. i. n 'sta o'u ~. hssr.
asain' o,iel,t ~ ne encotrsi every @ nsrht' Ws;s