The evening world., 1890-06-17
THE NEW MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.

3 Everybody in the madiHOn avenue CA
seems to 20 telling the conductor to stop al
Jwenty.seventh street. There will be = uni.
versal exodus for the new Garden. | feel IL,
assuredly. The vehicle is filed with
volublc, eSpectant girls, New-YorkinR to
their hearts content. There In no doubt az
10 their destination, for metropolitan
msidenr, theatre-bound. are undeniable.
They have an evening smile, magnetically
irresistible, and a lumiuously authoritative
eye-two Of them reserved for these happy
occasions exclusively. There is a positive
odoro OF the atre in tho car.
The conductor calls out "Twenty-Eeventh
street" and we txndo IRON every pore of
the vehicle. The dowagers are almost kit
tenish in their desire to escape: the maidnns
scramble ont, gurglinp. The big straw
eolored building looms before us. The
night 10 rather dark. but cataracts OF light
tumble from two or three doorways and
mark the entrances to New York's novelty.
Nobody has the least idea how or where to
get in. There il a delightful choice OF
doors and a luscious certainty that there Is
only one legitimate entrance.
I try one OF the Twenty-seventh street
doors. and am referred to n portal further
to the west. l follow this advice and am
pCl uiiilth " hfCtllI u hlGib VI blhlIFs al
obliging gentleman takes my ticket. tears IL
in halves, throws one-half into tho register
aud gives me the other. move on. but
there la horror in store for me. To my con-
sternation ] discover that the obliging gem
tleman has dropped into the register the
wrong half OF my ticket. lie has consigned
my number and my seat to everlasting OBJ
livion and | am left" demonstrate. but
he is disgustinRly polite.
II I'm very sorry he says. which re-
minds ME of Ko-ko. who after numbering
the heir-apparent, begs to offer all unquali-
fed apology. so I have to hustle about in
an abjectly uncomfortable manner. l zee
many people quito as uncomfortable, and it
is a sweet consolation. 1t is half an hour
before nm settled and a very wretcbcd half
hour too. l am perspiring and nervous,
and thoroughly out OF temper. ] look
around and behold Ger. Sherman struggling
in n similar effort to get seated, and he looks
80 bewilderingly calm and serene that l am
ashamed Of my p%ettinesa. Henccforth
l will be urruffled as the sodate Tecumseh.
At last. There is a big yellow glare on all
sides, and then l see stretching far beyond
me what look like q series OF pigeon-holes.
The pigeons in them. however. are very
Nup thtJ NV oFpi |
A perfect brouhaha of unloosed tongues sur
rounds me. The audience is at last inside
the new Madison Square Garden.
II is extremely immense. The men and
women look little dolls. The vast building
IL certainly far from handsome. but IL ia
light and decidedly cheerful. The rafters
are positively scintillant, while the galleries,
that seem to dwindle away into no%thingness.
IVA rim M 1T hrttltanrp Tho a1zr Ia xAr |
bare, the chairs are circus-y, and somehow
or other Barnum creeps into your imagins-
ton and won't be ousted. The stage is shall
low, and OH each side of the proscenium are
daubs that look like the decorations
OF an eaSt side Summer garden, The semi
of private boxes ~tprivate in name only
in very pretty, and the gay crowd p~eopling
tho boxes is worth looking at. Tn boxes
are very obtrusive. and are undoubtedly
made to be stared at.
Curious ushers in Rambogs suits glance
sheepishly at you. The uniforms are I'M
them that ID rather unnecessary. always
feel sorry for the wearers of gaudy, con-
spicuous uniforms, and l am told that the
ushers decidedly objected to wear these.
A buzz and q frenzy warn me that some
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to II. Eduard Strauss. the great yiennese
king. has made his appearance.
is a warm round Of applause. and
Strauss embarks upon the first part of his
programme. He is an interesting-locking
man. with a marked and swarthy face. His
and imperial give him a peculiar
They seem to bring the chin and
nose together. and the effect is curious.
We SEQ Strauss on all sides. as he gradually
r~evolves for our benefit. He Is most inter-
esting when he is conducting his own music.
Then he faces MS. and appears to be stand
Ing on an elastic toe. upon which he rises
and falls rhythmically. He seems to mag
netize his orchestra. At times his glance is
appealing, as though he were remarking;
III you love me. be piano for my sake.
At other times there is a s~atirical look in his
eyes; they say: my friends, observe my
little cunning ways. and sec how / dictate
10 you every tiny movement"
Strauss natty music is admirably played;
but the band is evidently not heard TO great
advantage in this big Garden. In fact, it is
of a disappointment, because 1t
Is no better than what we have heard q dozen
before. That may sound like heresy,
but it Is true. OF course this orchestra is
highly agreeable, but so are a dozen others
do not come from Vienna. Strauss. to
is far more interesting than his or
,hestra. look in fascination at the queer
little black speck OF a man, "a feeble unit
the middle of a threatening ininitude."
THE Blu Danube waltz is delightfully."-
while the "Annen Polka " ia most
The air from THE Merry
. is full of verye. The band has plenty
of light and shade. thanks 10 the indefati-
gable conductor. but it seems TO lack vol
anne. which may be due 10 the immensely OF
he hall.
Two bAllets are ssndwiched into the per-
'ormance. One of them, entitled "Choos- !
ng the National Flower. is a most artistic /
The costumes. made to repre-
Ient flowers, are exquisite. The dancing. 1
however. is decidedly conventional. Since ]
70 have seen Carmeneits We yearn for 1
rerpsichorean novelty. The muslin-elad |
tiptoeing along the stage. flying /
rom one wing to the other, ana smiling I
Nth the demure completeness Of little Jack !
iorner who. while eating his Christmas pie. /
Put In his thumb. and pulled out = plum.
And said. what = smart boy I'm l." /
5 becoming played out. The second ballet (