The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-03-12
MAZULM'S MOVING DAY.
LIVELY TIMES BEHIND SCENES Ar
THE ACADEMY or MUSIC

The Carpentcrs and stage Hands Hustls,
the bailet Gtris Meip 10 Pack. and Ev,e
tho Elephant has TO Get Out and ru.h.
At 10 P. M. on Saturday fourteen bis
wagons were driven along Fourteenth strese
and brought to n stop near the stage door oe
the Academy Of Music. They had come for n
scenery and properties OF the Kiralfys' ma.
zulm." Inside the theatre. back OF the scensa
there mad been unusual activity since the
graveyard OF the first act had turned at q nasA
into q brilliant ballroom. One by one the
pieces OF furniture were pulled out Of sirbt a
the audience and placed III a corner. where thu
freight handlers could get at them. Rverv
bit OF visible scenery, all the lie pieces hanefnS
from the lofty flies, all the confusing atscts
OF wings revealing suggestions OF paint foreaAa
grand staircases. and rolling waves wer, IN ~
packed and despatched to the Ampbion A..d-
envy in Brooklyn before morning. When ths
curtain had gone down on the first nct N.
packing process began. Under Stage Carnsr.
ter Guernseys directions, the funny mock
horses were pulled over the heads Of tho vons.
ladies' VINO MAD worn Thorn, tied all in q row b
alonR pole. and then hoisted into tho air 49,
twenty feet from the stage. There they danSSS3
and swung until n the next act was under WSy:
thom Into boxes. where they lay oIosse 20 ~.
had gone to their respective rooms apS % Dallof
their picturesque costumes for other apnarsf
Before tho curtain rose again ench vonnr pEpS 1870
an whose ~first-act costume would moi * 49, uI
again had issued forth with the enr,r u% rs
her hands. To one man she gave The air..
she had worn, to another her hat. to npnthss
her wig. II she wore one. to another her hn.,ia
and to another her shoes. These wero u "n
away In Zinc-lined. boxes by their resnscttvs
keepers. Each ballet girl, was left to tafs aaM
Of her hose for herself. Every other scrap q
sSsfq paSl %: IS sq isss as e tss 70 s1o tns s. 8 s. %:s
tatnment permitted 1t.
At least 2 quarter Of the space under thu
stage was flled with empty boxes. and one n.
properties and taken out to the waiting waronH
As one scene succeeded another, tho grsaS
stage became bare and empty. Imre Kfralfv
was on hand. speeding every movement b
VIZ. make. this old fellow work sometimes,-
regular member Of the Kiralfy shows; +" when
we have heavy loads that horses cannot draw
make him push. We shall undoubtedly do thai
tonight in going oyer the BRIDGE
creased ens drf toas ar wf The snd o 81 e.. i psrs sSsnss n.
and the ballet girls did not dare to stand still
from fear of being. mistaken for discarded
p" property" Whom the curtain had gone down
on the last act the canvas palaces fairly nav 70
released several sets oi sky. tops Of forest, cot
shops, and they were all rolled up on poles and
thrust ont into the night air: Most Of the
wagons had departed by midnight but . few
remained anaIa LII. fSr SSslated boxes Of costu a% e. and
sisstsnts: Suckied Town for an s~1-pishtesad.
most-of-sunday job in getting ont from the
storing place under the auditorium the SCENERY
to DO used during the Barnay~e engagement