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characters were known by the masks, the
princes and mobiles wearing white masks,
giants and devils red and brown masks, etc.
In the last evolution the parts are both
spoken and acted by the same person, but
the plot of the play Is taken as Of old from
NEUROLOGICAL tales.
The orchestra OF the theatre numbers about
twenty-five, and their music, though quaint
and strange, is not at all bad. The leader
plays two-strlnged violin, or rebab, there
is one wind instrument, the soelling, a kind
Of bamboo whistle, several xylophones, some
bonangs, kettle-Shaped affair made Of bell
metal, some big gongs Of the same material,
and drums great and small. None Of the
sounds are the discordant, terrible noises Of
the Chinese, but each one Is by itself at least
distinctly musical. In fact, the Jsvanese are
said to be In music by far the most highly
developed of any OF the Eastern Nations. For
some music the octave is divided into seven
tones, as for the pelog, and for other music
into five tones, as TOR the salendro. The
Javenese say the salendro sounds like glass
and has manly sound, while the pelog is
more tender and must have more metallic
''timbre." This orchestra occasionally plays
well-known English and American airs, and
ths effect Is very pleasing II somewhat odd.
The dancing by the Javanese girls is slow
succession OF graceful poses, She best oithem
being very Delsartian indeed.
Before one leaves the village he goes to
pay final visit to Klaas, the oranG-outang,
whose large cage is at the corner OF the
kiosk. This Is certainly an extraordinary
ape, and nearly as clever as old "Aunt
Sally" who used to be at the London Zoo.
He washes his face and hands, cleans his
teeth, eats his porrldge with spoon, care
fully peels and eats an orange for dessert.
and then walks on his hind feet about his
house, or takes little practice on the hor-
izontal bar, but always sedately and with
great dignity. When the weather is.a bit
cool, he folds his blanket about him and sits
meditatively looking at his strange visitors.
and perhaps rumlnates resretfully upon the
warm days In Java when he could tramp
about the village unrestrained.
After the Jaranese women get married
they file the two front teeth, which, soon
turning black, make their smile most dis
enchanting one. Why they do It is not dis
coverable. The only explanation they vouch-
safe IS that "dogs have white teeth" In
drought from Java, but they are for sale and
not for worship, as the religion ofthat popu-
lous island is Mohammedan. Holland Is
surely fortunate In having In Java 80 produc-
tive q colony and in the Javanese 25, 600, 900
peaceful, industrious subjects
When person goes once down to this viii
lage he becomes hsbitue. It's only ten
cents to enter, just enough to keep out the
crowd. and only ten cents for cocoa, coffee,
or other drinks on the veranda ofthe kiosk
there is invariably little breeze, and there,
Heaven be thanked, the visitor from the out
living districts does not In the hottest part OF
the day possess himself OF the only shady
seat and attack formidable sausages and i'm
perIsha5le eggs. To the frequenters OF the
Fair the Javanese Village is OF green and
grateful memory.