The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-26
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Mr. Powers has conferred great boon
upon not only BIS own city. bat tbs state
and the country. 70 60 % Rochester with
out Willing the Powers gallery Is 70 make
very grave mistake. think.
Coming from paintings By the old raas-
teFs % the noge modern works, ses lne
touch npor brief glimpse Il TIE opera
from behind the scenes. The ether even
ing had the pleasure Of shaking hands
with Nadj 4 Co and conversing with them
regarding The nusineas.
would not make = success Of opera.
fear. would ngt look vel III ; ballet.
especially since nay lex was broken. as the
fracture still shows. especially when the
footlighfs are turned on. Nadf bad inst
received an invoice q rev sights, costing
about $780, / believe Sixty people hAve
20 wear them. and they require two pairs
each. These. az S. or $50 per pair, last
scrpe time and take of the profits The
costemes in this opera are quite rich and
VAIN. They do not impede the mcve-
ments Of the owners very much though
koiae Of the girls scar large cavalry boots.
which keep OF good deal Of tie cod. !
think
called on Miss Wadswerth. Who keeps
the costumes in repair. sne locked quite
carsw0rn. Zone opera costume may look
like very small matter 70 you, " she said
sadly. hut when you come 70 sixty or
seventy q them, Il Is = big Job 70 keep them
IN shape .
II quite homelike and cheerful at the
wiags, between times, when the ballet Is
of. Here Il 3 tall blonde girl wearing \
neglige costume which leaves her limbs
perfectly free 70 move about ia almost any
given direction. She Is ceochesing. Here.
to0. is another hippitlyhop artist sitting
with her short skirts 50 arranged that she
cannot muss them as she sits and slumbers
with her cherry lips little biz ajar. AM
other enc II engaged IN tatting. | have al
wAys thought that any one who has the
patience to teach school and make tattin
ought 20 be able 20 look Job in the face
some day and make the boil industry hide
itself Ia shame.
We OF the audience are toe apt to im-
agine the ballet as engaged IN reading notes
from the drygoods clerks Who are trying 70
be roues on s. a week. We have been
taught 70 regard The ballet girl as thus en-
plDyed a good deal of the time. Possibly
there are such cases, but 10 20 behind the
scenes and discover these lithe-Ilmbed ga
relies in tights, with their feet on the stove
engaged in emhroidsring slippers for the
pastor. was q new picture for me. All IL
deInure. and gentle industry holds the fort.
All sc once there Is load and defiant
strain on the clarionet The gentleman in
the tinshop who tends bar ali day and
plays Oh four kinds OF drums triangle. a
string Of sleigh bells. xylopheBe. pair Of
brass knueks. a tom-tom, 3 Waterbury
watch. Il kooaoo. a joint Of stove pipe, q set
OF cymbals, q coarse comb mouth organ.
pair Of ciappers. bird cali, hotel gong
a bagpipe and a length OF gas pipe in the
evening. gives a wild thump 20 the kettle
drum and ell is life aud activity. Places
all p shouts The stage manager with his
wig in hts hand. Tall girls fall over short
girls. The tatting goes this way aud ths
crocheting the other. The comedian with
a Wild bound yells, ..Iet me out. can't your
get out OF the way r. The girls put on a
smila commensurate with their salaries and
away they 70 ike q beautiful bedlam lei
lo0sel
Ii Is fun to see them skip the light pesian-
tie toe and foliowei By applause gently re-
turn to tsair knitting, II isa business just
the same as selling goods or splitting rails,
The baritone saia he was tired, for he had
sung in church in the morning and az the
matinee and evening performance also. No
wonder he looked at the clock with some
anxiety. The prima donna. Miss Lamont
did not com plain, bat satd IL was work all
the time. s. il Is surely In these operas.
/ thought when went behind the scenes
that there would be a good deal that was
funny. The funny part Is % the stage. Be-
hind the scenes. everywhere, are the ear
nestness and the anxiety and the Jealousy
Of llfe De not so behind the scenes to see
anything funny. There you viii find the
strugele and the serious work Of living.
There yon Will fad the s0En costumes and
the paint and powder which We do not see
so i,lainly on the stage, There you will see
the sham love making which from the or
chestra looks So sweet and romantic,
turned 10 practical hatred and the IN
musical discord of actual existence. The
comedian Is serious even under his red Wig
aud nery donegals. The stmple rustic
beauty boxes the ears OF the cali hoy, and
the tenor takes chew OF tobacco from the
pocket 81 his scarlet velvet tunic.
Life il indeed stage and we are, alas.
but hams thereon. Laugh and the world
laughs with yon Weep and you weep
alone" | use this eourlet ia order 20 bring
ap once mere the celebrated controversy
over is authorship. / enjoy 8 controversy
very much. provided | sin ont Of reach,
wish a baseball mask over my Nehsterian
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