The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-25
AT THE PLAY IN SAN DIEGO.

AL The PLAY In BAN DlHdU.
AMAZINGLY PRETTY GIRLS AND
PLENTY OF ODD FEA TUREA
A9r. se,su.oa Lazy Owns the Theatre and
| Lets - &c Trnve.ssEx Cssaps.les ~ als
NSght-Tha Play Lssts TN 4 80 A. NJ.
Ban DIEGO. Tex. Oct. 12.-At the risk Of in
| currinG the displeasure OF Gotham's fair dames
and damsels will make the statement that
there were crowded Into the queer little barn.
like theatre, or teatTo. Of this town last night
more pretty women than any theatre in New
| York ever held at one time The reason for
this was that nearly every girl In the town was
| there. and there are nineteen pretty girls in
| this place to every plain one. There are cities
a-plenty In the country which boast Of their
pretty girls-it would be poor city that didn't
but. to my knowledge. mono has so good
claim to leadership In this regard rs little old
Ban Diego on tho line OF the Mexican National
Railroad. about fifty miles southwest OF Cor
pus Christi
What peculiar climatic or other condition
exists to cause this most charming state Of
things cannot say: but certain It is that all
the girls here are rs lovely as they can be. and
all the men are-well. just plain. ordinary.
everyday men. with nothing about them to
distinguish them from other Texans. Mexican
sehoritas with hair as black as night and dark.
beautiful eyes frihged with q tangle OF long
lashes; with rich olive compilations. red lips.
and cleaning whitc. even teeth: with deli
cately chiselled features and full. shapely
Threats. were there by the score. And here
and there In tho audience which filled the thea
tire were Texas girls. born Of sturdy American
parents who had come here when this frontier
was full Of danger and excitement, and who
had tolled and fought to establish and main
tain their homes. These girls were all. with
out exception. pretty. and to the natural grace
characteristic Of the maiden who has lived al
ways the free life Of the Texas plains was
added the subtle. delicate air Of coquetry
which everywhere distinguishes the women
of Spanish descent, and which the Texas girls
had taken on through constant association
with their Mexican sisters.
To be sure they were not clad in gowns cut
according to the latest caprice Of Parisian
modistes. nor would their coiffures have been
pronounced correct by Fifth avenue hair
architects. but they wore wonderfully becom-
ing dresses Of simple white. thin material. and.
for the most part, their hair was brushed
smoothly back over their shapely heads. d Ia
Mericdna, with here and there Texas lily
cleaning like q star in their tresses And
note this ye maids and matrons Of Gotham
not woman in the theatre wore hat or bon
not! They came there with heecy nubias or
lace sarapas arranged gracefully on their
heads. and these they removed upon their en-
trance So far as the women were concerned.
they were. without exception. in full opera
toilets. On grand nights at tho Metropolitan
Opera House one will always see many
women wearing bonnets or hats and to the
aesthetic eye they appear almost as much out
Of place as tweed business suit would at
full dress ball. but here in San Diego's little
rough-boarded theatre there was nothing OF
the kind to shock the eye.
In that marvellous collection OF pretty girls
there were three or four who stood out from
all the others in the perfection Of their charms
as 80 many jacqueminot roses in bouquet OF
old-fashioned garden flowers. These three or
four girls were more than pretty-they were
all Mexicans-they were beautiful They had
that wonderful. pure. Madonns-like beauty
which Northern eyes never see save in pictures
OF the Santa Maria painted by the old masters
Any one Of the senoritas Of whom am speak
ing would have made perfect model for paint
ings Of the localized Madonna OF the ancient
Italian or Spanish schools. Murillo probably
used their great, great, great crandmothers
for his creations Of the Holy Mother.
BAIL The pen with which have described |
in poor. weak way the charms OF the sweet
girls who thronged that little teatro last night
splutters the ink and jabs holes in the paper |
as turn it's use to telling OF the men who es- |
corted them thither. With q few notable ex-
ceptions they we're ofthe hair-slick ed -down-on-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. order |
Of mankind and most OF them did not have on |
white shirts They were rough. good -natured,
capital fellows. but they were not OF the kind |
that one cared to see as escorts to those beau |
tiful girls. It was like hod carrier with q |
bunch OF wood vioets in his buttonhole One |
would have wished to have the sefioritas sur |
rounded by caballeros OF the days OF chivalry, !
by naughty dons with courtly airs and fierce !
by slender youths with silken |
hose and ribbon-hung; mandolins. But. then.
probably the sedoritas were satisfied with the |
young men with slick semi-cir-
cles Of hair on their foreheads. even II they
were not exactly picturesque.
The teatro. for such the barn like structure
Is generally called in this two-thirds Mexican
town. belongs to Mr.. Solomon Levy. and he
lets 1t out to travelling companies for SO |
night, exclusive Of lights. The light is fur.
nished by kerosene lamps and lanterns hung
In various parts Of the teatro. For the foot
lights six lamps do duty. and the fly and wing
lights arc railroad lanterns hung In plain view
Of the audience. The hall will seat about Ave
hundred. with standing room for perhaps q
On tho one Of the posts which
hung the sign. No Sc lunar" This was quite
D necessary precaution in this cigarctte.
putting community. for the means for ven
tilation In the tedtrO are by no means ADEQUATE. |
The walls were decorated in spots with AIfieri.
Gun. Mexican. and British flags. although why
Gould tell The stage was Very I spai and INC the
drop curtain consisted Of strips OF white mus
lin sewed together. In the aisles. and between
and the stage, were very. many dogs OF vari-
ous breeds. from Ions: pediGreed pointers to
yellow Mexican ours. There were numbers Of
babies and small children at the iearo. too.
and toward the close OF the entertainment-it
dren lay on the floor asleep, with their heads
DOING dogs.
The entertainmept last night, was given by