The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-06
THE THEATER IN TEXAS.
.vAzrNGLY PRETTY GIRLS AND
THEIR FEATURES.

Very Duty 1900 49, - 1900 1890
Between the Sexes.
From the Eep York sun.
the risk OF mourning the displsasure Of
c.,4bam's fair danes and damsels. will
=. the statement that there were crowd
"A into the queer little barn-like theater. or
.o.,ro. of this town last night more pretty
-ron,en than any theater in New York ever
b.ld at one time. The reason for this was
that nearly every girl in the town
vas there. and there are nineteen
-,a.tv girls in this place to every
lain one. There are cities a-pleuty in the
country which boast of their pretty girls
!, vorlld be q poor city that didn't-but, to
my knowledge. none has 50 good claim to
leadership in this regard as little old san
D;sro. on the line Of the Mexican National
abroad. about so miles southwest of Corr
pus Christi.
What peculiar climatic or other eondi-
tion exists to cause this most charming state
NJ things, l cannot say but certain it is that
an the girls here are as lovely as they can
bo and all the men are-well, Just PLAIN,
ordinary, everyday men, with nothing
about them to distinguish them from other
Texans Mexican senor1tas with hair as
black as night and dark. Beautiful eyes
frinRed with tangle of long lashes with
rich olive compilations, red lips and gleam-
ing white, even teeth; with delicately
ohjssled features and full, shapely throats,
were there by the score. And here and
thsre in the audience which filled the thea
ter we're Taxas girls, born Of sturdy Ameri-
car parents who had come here when this
frontier was full of danger and excitement,
and who had toiled and fought to establish
and maintain their homes. These girls were
all. without exception, pretty, and to the
natural grace characteristic OF the maiden
who has lived always the free life OF the
Texas plains. was added the subtle, delicate
air of coquetry which everywhere dis
tinguishes the women of Spanish descent,
and which the Texas girls had taken on
through constant association with their
Mexican sisters.
NOT EXACTLY FASHION PLATES.
To be sure they were not clad in gowns
cut according to the latest caprice CT
Partisan modisteS, nor would their coiffures
have been pronounced correct by Fifth ave-
nue. hair architects. but they wore wonder
fully becoming dresses OF simple white, thin
material, and, for the most part their hair
was brushed smoothly back over their
shapey heads, la Mexicaua, with here and
there Texas lily cleaning like star in
their tresseS. And-note this, We maids and
matrOns OF Gotham-not a woman in the
theater wore hat or bonnet They came
there with fieecy nubias or lace sarapas ar
ranged gracefully on their heads, and these
they removed upon their entrance.
So far as the women were concerned, they
were, without exception, in full opera
toilets On grand nights at the Metropoli-
tan 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 theater 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 so many jacqueminot roses
int bouquet OF Old~fashtoned garden flowers.
These taree or four girls were more than
pretty-they were all Mexicans they were
beautiful They had that wonderful. pure,
Madonua-like beauty which northern eyes
never see save in pictures of the Santa
Maria painted by the old masters Any one
Of the sanoritas Of whom | am speaking
would have male a perfect model for paint
ings of the idealized Madonna of the ancient
Italian or Spanish schools. Murillo pro b.
ably used their great, great. great grand
mothers for his creations OF the Holy
Mother.
RADICAL DIFFERENCE
Bah The pen with which | have de-
scribed in poor weak way the charms of
the sweet girls who thronge1 that little
teatro lnss night sDlutters the ink and jabs
holes IN the paper as L turn its use
10 telling of the men who escorted
them tIlther. With few notable ex
ceptionS they were of the hair-slicked-
down on the forehead, AWKWARD in
store-cl0the5 order Of mankind, aud most
{" them did rot havs on white shirts. They
3 were rough, Good-natured capital fellows,
s but they were not Of the kind that one cared
to see Us escorts to those beautiful girls. 1t
was like a hod carrier with n bunch of wood
Violet. Ii his button~hole. One would have
wished 70 have the senoritss, surrounded by
raoalleros of the days of cnivairy. by
naughty dous with courtly airs and fierce
s. mu'tachiOS, by slender youths with silk gu
hose and ribbon-hung maudOns But,
q then, probably the senoritaS were satisfied
with tho store-clothed young men with
Sick semi-circles of hair OH heir foreheads,
even IT they were not exactly picturesque.
Tie teatro, for such the barn-like struct-
ure Is generally called in this two-;hirds
Mexican town, belongs to Solomon
Levy, and he lets it out to travelling compa-
mes for $40 night, exclusive of lights. The
light Is furnished by kerosene lamps aud
lanterns hung In various parts of the teatro.
III lue iOOCilRnJS SIX lamps 90 duty, and
tne ny and wing lights are railroad Ian
terms hung in plain view of the
audlence. The hall will seat about 800, with
standing room for perhaps 100 more. Ga
one OIL the posts which helped to support
the bare roof rafters were hung the sign
j 40 Sc lunar" This was quite necessary
precautlon IN this cigarette pulling
community, for the means for ven
uiauoh IN the teatro are by no means
adequate. The walls were decorated in
tpots with American, Mexican and British
nags' although why the latter should have
oeen chosen no one could tell. The stag'
was very small, and the drop curtain con
sisted OF strips of white muslin sewed togeth
Ct 10 the aIsles and between the front row
VI seats-ordinary wooden chalrs-and the
sage were very many dogs of various
ureeuS' from long pedigreed pointers tC
yeIow Mexican ours Thore were numbers
Vi Oaoles and small children at the teatro,
too, and toward the close OF the entertain
neht-lt lasted until l 80 a. m.-some oil
sne little children lay on the floor asleep
WI. %nn their heads resting on the bodies 0
81 'ueir friends, the DOING dogs
81 A SOLITARY SCENE.
., me company appeared in the very dole
iul ana terrible tragedy LA Fernarina.
I. was quite remarkable tragedy as pre-
S STnIeo In Solomon Levy's teatro last night
i luz scenic effects and the costumes wert
me nothing ever seen on O metropolitan
SsaSe There was one scene which did dut,
.oi garden, an ancestral hall, a boudoi
auu dungeon cell. The only changes in i