Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
PRIsNIATIC COLORS.
Brilliant Costumes for Antigone- Sketch of the Play-BOstOn and
 Springfield to be Represented - A


 Sketch of the Play-Boston and
 Springfield to be Represented - A
 $3,2Oe Sale Thus Far.
 The first dress rehearsal of the An igone was held in the Hyperion yester- day afternoon, and the costumes and music made very brilliant effect. The supple chorus appeared in robes of light pink, green, orange, blue, lavender and white, and the Thsban elders in darker dress, as suited their graver character Antigone, the heroine, being in mourning for her brother, very fittingly was dressed in black, with cord girdle, and coronet on her head, and Ismene, her sister, in blue silk. HBmon's costume consisted of white tunic with red himation (cloak), and that of Eurydice in white tunic and purple himation, beautifully embroidered with gold, and 8 coronet. The latter was accompanied by four maidens in red. Ti- resias appeared in, white, as beftting seer, and the messenger in very pretty brown cloak with russet leather buskins and black fllet on his hair. Perhaps the most handsome, as the most important costume, however, was that of Creon. It was of bright yellow, with broad scarlet border, and is said to have cost several hundred dollars. The guard will carry large Greek shield and spear Numer- ous mutes will assist, their costumes also being elegant, and given by the stu dents of the University of Pennsylvania, who performed a Greek play some time since. These are supposed to be perfect representation of the Greek drama. Two mutes with tibia (the double Greek fute) will assist the chorus. Four calcium lights will illuminate the stage and bring o11&f f1,n cfn fo lr,11 effect than at the rehearsal. The scene was loaned by the Lyceum theater of New York and cost nearly $1 ,000.
 As there may be many who are uniniti- ated in the action of the play, we add short summary of the argument condensed from Professor Reynolds introduction: Between Polynices and Eteocles, the sons of Oldipus, a contest over the throne has arisen, and Polynices being exiled has col lected an army and made war against Thebes, and the brothers have killed each other. The succeeding king, Creon, for bids the burial of Polynices on the ground that he was traitor to his country and must be left on the plain for dogs and birds. Antigone, his sister, deies the edict, buries her brother and is furiously sentenced to death by Creon, notwithstanding her excellent reasons for her acts. She refuses steady Ismene's of fer to die with her, as she has taken no part in the burial. Sbe is then, with her sister, led off by the guard, under order of Creon, who scorns even Ismene's appeal to Antigone's betrothal to Creon's son Hemon. H@mon then comes to plead with his father for the life of his be- trothed, and a quarrel ensues. After Hemon's departure, Creon announces the death he has decided on for An tigone: She is to be immur- ed alive in tomb with only single dole of food. Ismene is pardoned as being in- nocent. Antigone departs to her fate, her beyond the grave. Tiresias, the blind seer, is then led in and utters to Creon dark forebodings and denounces his acts. He is at first only spurned by Creon as being in a plot against him, but on second thought he determines to yield. It is at this juncture that the Bacchic dance is performed by the chorus, glad over the ap- parent settlement of the difficulty. A mes- senger now enters and relates in stirring words how Antigone has hanged herself by her veil and Hamon killed himself for grief after rushing on his father Eurydice, the queen, having heard the news, retires. Creon then enters, accom- panied by his sons corpse on a bier and while he is lamenting it is announced that Eurydice has killed herself at the altar within. Wild with grief, Creon then prays for death, but the elders of the chorus have no comfort for him but resignation and depart meditating on the duty of rev erence towards the gods.
 For the method of a Greek play, the reader is referred to the above mentioned introduction, as no idea can be given of it in shorter space. The scene between Is-
 F. soAo vainly offers her sympathy and is rejected both by Antigone and Creon, and both are finally borne off by the guards, is epocial- ly affecting. The much disputed steps to the proscenium have been supplied in this case, and on them the messenger who bears the tidings of the catastrophe des- cends among the chorus, to whom he tells his story, making the scene of intense inter est
 Three thousand two hundred dollars have been already realized for the seats, which nearly covers expenses. This is an almost unprecedented sale for New Ha- ven theater. The s2.5O seats have all been sold, but many good seats are still left in the pa1quet circle and balcony to those who come early. There will be matinee on the same day, which many people from Springfield and the Saturday Morning club of Boston will attend. The caste has been invited to play at Hartford.
 To Give a Ball.
 The B'Nai Schalom congregation of the Williams street synagogue will give a grand ball at Germania hall, this evening, for the benefit of the synagogue.
 THE POLO WORLD.
 The Home Team Wins Easily From
 Meriden in Hot Game-Some Ex-
 citing Scenes at the Rink NIul
 Smiths Pumice Stone.
 New Haven defeated Meriden at polo last evening at the local rink after very exciting game by the score of 8 to 8.
 The teams were late in coming on the floor and when the Meriden team did appear "Mul" Smith had with him bag of fine pumice stone and began deliber- ately to sprinkle the floor with it to coun- teract the effects of some wax which had been left there from a previous dance. The action thoroughly disgusted Manager Hilton, who rushed on the floor and for cibly took the objectionable stuff away from him. A large crowd gathered and it looked very much as if there would be a row but it was happily quelled after some pretty large talk had been indulged in on both sides. Officer Bradley then removed Smith from the floor
 It was very evident from the start that Meriden intended to win the final game show this of 'tI dong so shers and "as at ons time it did look as if they would win, but the New Haven players took brace in the last half and won hands down. Con- siderable rough playing was indulged in by both teams and Meriden lost goal by the operation, while Woodtks was fined $3 for his part of the interesting perform ance. The team work of the Meridens was far inferior to that of the local play CTS, and but for the magnificent goal tend ing of Curley tho score would have been much larger, as in the last half he was bombarded right and left and was continually on the jump to keep the hot drives of Newcombe, Woodtke and Hill from going into the cage. He probably has not had such hot work cut out for him in some time. Reed also made fine stops, but as the driving for goal of the visitors was of very poor order he did not have as many stops to his credit as Curley. The audience, which was rather small one, made up in noise what they lacked in numbers, and when Newcombe finally succeeded in tieing the score the cheering did not cease for a long time.
 Hills good peneralship was shown to