Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-07-11
SEEN AT THE REHEARSAL
Lively Times in the Old Board of
Trade Building.

Llyely Times In the oIu bOaru OF
Trade Building.
Three 1.-the young men. placed their
Arms around the waists OF three supple
young women. The three young men
were in knee breeches and flannel
SHIRTS; the three young women wore
ballet skirts. A throng of children and
young girls gathered in the old Board
of Trade building looked on In silence.
These" said Capt. Alfred Thomp-
son, who was experimenting the
maneuvres, '-are Deviled Lobsters and
Dressed Turkeys"
1t was q rehearsal of "The Crys al
Slipper"
The leaders of the Dressed Turkeys
was Mr.. Rinaldo, a dancer of reputa-
ton. Mr.. Rinaldo is disciple of the
naturalistic school Of dancing. 81 do
not believe" he says. "that a Dressed
Turkey should have the same move
ments as Deviled Lobster. Do tur-
keys in real life move as Holsters move?
No, sir. Then why should they adopt
the same movements on the stage?"
Sig. Novissimo, the ballet-master,
listened with feelings OF alarm. He
belongs so the old school OF dancing
and defends its traditions manfully.
'Evero," said he, ''Losba, he walks
like this" And curvIng his arms and
legs. he crawled round the plano.
And torkee," he added, 'torkee, he
go like that" With which he disten-
ded his stomach and waddled towards
the violin-stand.
"Precisely," said Mr.. Rinaldo.
But" cried Sig. Novissimo with a
gleam of Italian triumph, ''you are no
live losba; you no live torkee. You
only devil losba and dress torkee."
Mr.. Rinaldo having admitted that a
turkey and lobster on the dinner-table
had not the same motions as turkey
in the barnyard and a lobster in the
sea. Capt. Thompson came to his res
cue and said; The dance is merely
symbolIcal- Deviled Lobster and
Dressed Turkey are well matched on a
bill of fare. Let your steps suggest a
hirtation.r
II have It." said Sig Novissimo,
striking his forehead. 1.-THE dance of
seduction in "Tannhauser."
Before Capt Thompson could protest
the mob of children were clamoring
| around him. "What are we, sir?
What are we. sirp''
"Some OF you will be oysters on the
half shell, :" he replied.
81 want to be an oyster each of them
cried.
"Please, sir let m. be an oyster"
"Millie can't rehearSe saturday. -
said one, pointing to a child of I.
'Millie has matinee"
"What Is her matinee?"
''She buries the canary in May
Glossom.'
"My two little girls would make nice
! oysters, 1 think, SIR" said an anxious
mother, leading by the hand two gol-
den-haIred tots.
''How old are they?"
''Just 3. They are twins"
81 was with Round the World
( said one OF the tots proudly.
IL was with 'Ratcatcher" said the
other.
Let me see you march," said Capt.
Thompson.
And of they went, their little hands
clasped, their mites OF feet stamp,
| stamp, stamping, and sheir golden haIr
| floating behind them. 1t was not till
| Capt. Thompson cried 'Haltl''
| Il fear they're too young" he said to
the anxious mother:
Everybody noticed them in Around
the World" she pleaded, ''and they
were the great hit of the 'Ratcatcher. >
| well, I'll take them next year, D
said Capt. Thompson. "They will look
no older then"
please, sir,' cried another little
girl, ''can't you do something FOL
| 'Melia?"
And 'Melia, child of Z, slipped of
her little dress and stood in tights, g
baby acrobat. She placed on the
| ground a tin cup and dirty blue hand
keIchIef, smiled upon the audience a!
she had seen trapeZe performers smile
at the circus, and leaning backwards
] picked up the tin cup and handkerchie
with her teeth. After which she con
torted her body in an astonishing fash
| ion.
L might use her as LiZare," museC
Capt. Thompson "But 1 think" b.
added, that she had better go to Bar
num-"
A great commotion now arose. Sig
Noyissimo had made q startling dis
covery. He had been rehearsing eight
young women and putting then
through the conventional measures
Mr.. Rinaldo suggested that they should
hop.
"'Op?" cried Sig. Novlssimo, "whI
should they OPP"
because all blackbirds hop" sait
Mr.. Rinaldo, II his craze for natural
ism.
"What have these girls to do will
blackbirds?" demanded the Signor.
Are you not aware, Sir" repllet
AIr. Rinaldo, 'tthat those are the Foul
and Twenty Blackbirds Baked In
Pie?"
'.WhatP Whatp These eight girl
the Four and Twenty Blackbirds
Mic Do, 1 never heard such thing
WhatP What?"
"There will be eight MORE" sal,
Capt. Thompson, who plays the part o
peacemaker, land with all the other
nursery rhymes we can get no NOR
upon the stage"
"Eight and eight; that makes six
teen," pondered the Italian. ..Thel
for what you call them four AM
twenty?"
because the rhyme says so. Be
cause Mother Goose says So"
ITO the devil with the rhyme. TC
the devil with Madra Goose. 1 bee
master Of ballet thirty years. / teacl
In La Scala at Mllano, at San Carlo
J in NapolI. And never. never seen
. sixteen ballerlne put down as Fou
and Twenty Blackbirds."
liOuOtC Woo oO o4uCCA
that Mr.. David Henderson. the mana
ger, had to be summoned Hearin
the case, he said that he would cor
slider the feasibility OF breaking dow
the rear wall of the stage to accommC
J date eight more blackbirds and oblig
, the ballet-master. Thoroughly pAci
fed. the latter turned his attention t
! the eight young ladies who were {
represant Ice-C CreAma
''Our only fear" said Capt. Thomp
, son, lis that during the hot summe
, months the Ice-Creauf will melt"
, ''Sig. Novissimo had them all b
J name. "Vanilla you are running int
PIstachio. Strawberry / want you
, dance with Chocolate. Why you loo
. SO sour Lemon2''
3 But the children were clamoring
4 begin their rehearsal. "What part
7 you takeY" asked Sig. Novissimo.
"Humpty Dumpty," cried the chi
dren.
sOmpee DompeeY What he doYi