, 1879-03-01

Tho "Trstlss Light a. Air" BY which
Act0rn nnu Actressrs Are 1ntfuenoat3.
NS,s t'1rf Kfhf


sao ,'ers star. ..
8tnge performers Of every degree haVe
supcrstt'o!'s horror OF fehesrsals on sunaaya,
.....'. =. ' 49,. h.I .,. Is ..,as1 .-~.ss.,.st.
nfeht IN the week "hcn tae'f en9a2e1neut1
CARR tlcm TO Naw Orleans. During the three
wccka' rchearaal8 OF Jarrctt Il palmcr'a specta.
g!c, "Lco anl l4otos.H at NlbIo's, thcro weso
fnnnd nessssarv IL Inck % tns tlonr at ii n m. 10
Keen tic IancfnC gjrla from running away
Even then some of tRem got out Of. The creen-
the irnn ralJinrs. and oscaprtt.
II il a s,.nrrstl,inn hat saia,,cs vii, mt hc
maid regularly dnriiv lie ruf, oi piecc Tint ia
rehcarsed Or, attntlayt or nisa tfIc nicce itscif
cou,pany, Thjs was predicted at the Sunday
rch,,nrsas of Tia Il Htrpnk. !, ind tte eros;inTs
Of tl,o ballet girls wcre verified by tl,e suiuen
.1eath al Mfss Mills Caycndish. the sonbrctto
al thc spcctacic. after Il had run hut ma
NINTH.
At the Grand Upera-1iouse, during Jim Ftskts
term OF management, sunday rchcarsaa wrro
Gle, SLullnl, IiookI," was t,rcpartug, there wero
three sunday representations, nnl lie birds Of
sster. M FIsk VIVA III shot @ nnd kllici f bofofa I tts
fourth Sunday plight reycl, to Justify tL. pry-
prcscntcd to the public, lost money for its man.
Whea "Daba iva, in preparation at NIblo's,
durihg August, 1876, there were frequently Sun
ers wore kept at work every day in tic week.
ce w would BE- failure. made money. @ y''in but
there was crash III ,hc end, and the iSrouble
At tic last rehearsal OF the spectacle
oil the scenery was ready anu "seth
fur the first time. In TIM transfor1na-
With With whts doves, was to Ge usod. Theso itaa
far up tn tEe dtcs ont Of sight Of lbc audience.
tho Prince Antofvs ii the spectacle, did not no.
tico the cage until tlp Sunday night fuIl.dress
rel,carsnl had progressed, very smoothly, to the
srcond ut, mil s1Iu stool ready TO 60 ou at tie
sceoni cntrnuce, left. Happening to east htr
uycs upward, shu ospied 1t and It's contents.
RneillnE oil to the 6rst entrotice, sh1 cauglt
and ted him to hor former standpoint, and,
pointing 10 the cage, asked In great excite
mcnt:
"Ar. Dcrcrc, tell me-What is TINT up
"Wby, It's q very large bird cage, Mfsss
WcathrrsbY," he replied III grcat astonah-
,nc1)t,
.Ana what are they going to 10 with itl'
sceue.n ~
" But they must take 1t down. I'll not 1,avc
It there"
Why, wl,nt objection cnu you liaycf''
"What ohjecttonl Do you suppose mn
Gv;''S my GScau al TisA' "''' ~'f'S " "''' ' ''
uWhy nota''
"Dccausc its unlucky. The piece wilt be
failure, or |. or come OF Us, will die, OF some.
tbiur nwt1l Mi, hap:ol.."
"ol,, you M don't know! I'n. nstonisaed lint
you uld the management would permit such
fhlnE,n
"fahaw! WHY. this Is foolish" laughed
Dryure. MThcre. ihAt's yuu, There's tic eur
fnr you to 70 On. Dup't think any moro about
it,n
" But won't 70 on,n pouted tho BEAUTIFUL
md wuywafd aetrcss, "ao long as those doves
orc on the stnge.n
And shc didn't. There was pause-n long
ind a long argument; but 1t Mi ended to a sur
nisri, was stuvpei Until tic carpentrra could
hnmi dawn tile uuuderous cage uu,l rcInoYc tic
obnoxoag doves, aud at the regular perform
nnccn tIock Of canary birds Eas substituted for
'AT Srs 1'1as Il M et run of to spectacle "sarous
a1itsH at Dootll's, the stagu manager, L, j.
Vincent, n,nl Hurry Palmer weru kept in con
stuut lit,t watcr owlug to thu superstttons OF
thu gtrls Of the Italian ballet. one night b.
rnsIIe; from her tltcsstpe-sootu to nd Vincent.
= Mr. Vipceptl' sic CRIED, q that riri
1r,1a,i,
Well. what the dcyil 1t now!'' exclaimed
wrnnulinr sct,
i SSn WHISTLE! She blow her mouth, sol"
aWulI, lck her wntstlel Let bur blow her
mouth! WHATS that to YOUR
of the ticatral1' exclaimed tue gtrl between hcr
so,,s
cover tIut il Is d superstition ot ballet girls
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