The sun., 1890-12-05
YIN WERE NOT ADMITTED.
..svyryg PLAYED 10 WOM8N ONLY
~ THE BhRKELEY LYCkUM.

..svyryg PLAYED 10 WOM8N ONLY
Nv THE BhkKELEY LYCEUM.
a.,.r. a,A . nostsa Rsesssy we-
80. 4, T,shts DeseriptloA sf the Play
-. a, ,he TSghts--s II . Daleeay" Was
70 Plsy-was Brewning Uaasrstseds
80 Work. fashion put on ito best bonnet
~ s.,ovded tho little theatre Of the Berkeley
,p.smu, ~. Yesterday afternoon to hear Boston
sr,r. done UP In doublet and hose disen-
'S'.,. 'u, ,bs laberyntbian and murky obscurities
',ISy ,p,nwnng,s In Balcony" Horrid man was
..,rsd out OF this esoterio high carnival OF the
.,a,,on. for ,hreo Boston society women were
:, .nnear In the play. and were to wear tights.
va mot eyen for charity's sweet sake. neither
.An .a,.r,orv Of the great High Priest Browning.
"a. y. ,r consideration OF the shapelincss and
w. ..r., st,ractiveness OF their revered extrsm-
~ vould they appear in tights before man
"a, .vsn n coming man in long clothes.
r., few chosen spirits only is 1t given to
..,,roh.nd the tangled occullism Of Brown
80 noetry. Tho rcst Of the world may be
,,.,d.d into two classss-those who have read
p.arnine And those who have not. and the
,.,n,.nce OF the latter is almost equal to the
s.,,nsIon Of the former rs to the poet's meau-
~, 1. indeed, he has any: 80 It may be we'll
;. sav that the little drama the Boston
,.dlss came over to play for the bensflt
=, tbs West Side Day Nursery has three char.
s...rs-s queen that wants to be loud and
|. iii that doesn't exactly know what she does
,,s,t and finally seems to get II. and lover
-ho m mansees to propose to both women and
-, soespted with the stage hero's usual rood
luek In single act.
The ladies who are members OF the famous
Saturday, Morning Club that mmortslized It.
.,i BY playing ''Antigone" are Mrs. Robertson.
vho portrayed the unhappy Queen: Mrs. Til
den, who played the perfectly incomprehsnsi-
b. ras q Snsass and ,iis M5s Burden ds II Vho
'1rtS long before tho heavy curtain parted the
rsiher dangerous state Of high Tension, an in
s dsss ss.msd sdy uS % tho sss spen Se
poisily TO Its place. There WAS the balcony
s su;S sna Ths snea
Was 30 profound as to be almost sound In It.
scli, Then the hanRings liitsd-and. across .
%s SrS .sss.ts q wsS we're
'Hyc Th.y vsrs Blue. softly, family, beautifully
Ss unsy At s Re knee ee and
iulness OF thigh. They were not professional.
but had delicate, shrinking beauty unknown
% ss Or epss.h
could not disguise. They were dignined. ret
fss3S slIy MODEST d and swialI, prests. They pro-
pslled a yery gallant young lover ont upon the
stage: with 90 manly . s,e1 ss their tender
everybody breHthed easier.
The lover was tall! with . splendid breadth
oi.houldsr and !. fne carriage: his costume
.na msds p.sss su. a ana whs snd Ss ssas
pus al and ss.r of buzz snd
sd Viz BS: sssi s
eorsets as to eopplstely disguise ;. the
.tisct oi masculine dsrslopmens mt and ND vtaor d.
and @ II Criticism could % made Of 20 attractive
INK and White fsirnsss H Of the facial Ss MAKEUP %
which could be avoided: and the feminine slim.
ness and dsiiSaey Of OF the hands, which could
rick Of curling themselves up when In repose.
instead Of being sprawled out full length upon
The SILK clad knees after the manner Of man.
than bis own, In fact, with bright eyes and ex- *
pressiys lips. nnd she was q 1.-THE slender
maiden ye!y mpSh shorssr shan
ssss pr pssmSs!s sss iRe
tense love ouelnoee arranged for them
doesn't 60 down on bis knees 10 propose. Tor r
@ % hs o.:s Il. 9H them
st sssR ss' nssS
'Gns,hins more delicious dian poetry; ,, w
vlotestations, reproois and sweet surrender.
ts.,. t!sss and roses roses: and .uSgles and abs! .
down tho stage. to the great delight Of every
cna and when It waa all over the women g
t.ess In the audience wore . strained. an xious
.s!Hcs. and xbsthsr hs did really !. proDOss: :
sad II she accepted him.
In about four minutes the Queen appears IL
.massivs iswelled .girdle Of gold and dia-
nond-studded can OF Velvet. to do as clever a
aSnK ss one often sees on the
MEASURE seem less uuzzlinG as her strong clear
voice interpre,s them; The women In the audi:
soss begin to look relieved. and the perplexed
vas not 60 very stupid Of tSem. after ali. to to
sot lind out that he proposed 70 the girl. Tor be
n robes aha 5srs s .as.1 ss sn IN h
iSsy got this iact VEL sstsSIisS led Se appears @ rs
% tho scene, one minute kneeling and sAlut-
p,Ssssins Kisses on the lips Of tho eirl.
The The plot thicksns, Eysrybody does . tre-
,npnuous amount OF ac1nQ; the DIu0 tights
resume sh.ir natural functions with. ap.
hSsF SsTief K. v.9 ss S' s0r Do
tho lover dossn't seem to know who no has
proposed to. and the girl has apparently gone
dsuy bssRn mad ns al spds s1sna E.
giEl hs was kissing whom It al began.
The curtain slides together with a raspins
plause made BY the slender glovsd hands. and
@ Es catch last glimpse Of them" coming In
blue silken grace 10 hand up the flowers q eirl
closes and ali is dark and still. Evidently man
the despoiler, Is not oven allowed behind
me l scenes, for It is not until their blue sup
sanctty OF their dressing room do we recoR-
nize the touch Of Q mans hand as the lights
nash out In the little theatre and the silent
women wander pensively ont, trying 10 think
What 1t all did mean. any way.