The sun., 1896-03-15

learn the signals. and the gas man ms to be
Taught when to turn the gas or and on, tae
s staGe mnnaE.r when to rIrg The curtain up i ma
when I" open the curtain and to come in ana ntlp
me OF the stage after | am supposed by the
And all this must be done rapidly that the
idea OF Iuystery must be ever preNarnt in tho
public mind. Take awny that element from my
work and IL becomes tame.
But, OH dearie me! There's my warning
bell. must slip into my dress"
The m;.iu held up u black silk gauze Mother
Hubbard glittering with silver spanglts and in
has had ten minutes conversation with her calls
her. was ready To do her turn.
Ihis il the COSTUME that | wear in La
Nni', ana IL Is the only ornHIncntcd on" nave.
II isn't but iltty yards wide. and. yru see. mas
an aluminium wand reaching nearly To the bot,
must be OF for the stage"
dance in front OF III" curtain a i!rco OF me-! s
~ work behind getting tho setting t2T l.oirs
tains are hung all around the stage ana !. jet
black carpet laid over the entire ilOur except
nsr over s glass plate @ c, which GnS been 2Gns into
Of the stage. Ten feet below this plate stands
Burt Fuller guarding hi; two lamps, Four step,
in the left and right wings nearest the
audience, and on each stands an, el.r-
volvinE in front OF each Of these lights f. u
round piece OF pnstchoard, from twelve 20 siX-
teen inches in diameter, with II border uf eel.-
tine disks of different coors. Some OF thc-e
disks are solid and others show n combination
ol two. three, -FOUR, or more coiora, and he men
work them rapidly ana har'nonlOusly. Tho two
principal lights underneath the stage are Of
Lrcnt power. and they alone produce more
eiieCts tIhn hil oi the side lighls pui together.
IN the dances Tho SlEut md II" sky. tho
side lights are used almost exclusively and
even by Watching them very closely it /, lmpvs-
sib!e to Sec how the effect ut IN" sun Is pro-
duced one instant and of the moon ana stars
the next. In the Fire dance tho iwo principal
lights arc uSed almost exclusively. The drcss
plain white thin material. and shows just what
1t is WHEN tho dancer circles around the stage
waving her arms, as ~ frightened bat waves its
wings, wDsr .he curtain first goes up. But no
sooner does she rest on tho glass plate than
the hem seems to catch ilre, Up the flames
creep, ana those near enough fancy they can SEQ
q terrided "a presson on the dancers face. Tho
the flames leap and the rcdder they glow, until
fnglly she snatches gauze scarf from her neck.
and with look OF horror, beats al her draperies
until the scarf too catches the glowing color,
ana In nm instant nothing but inky blackness Is
left 10 tell the tale.
"IIow do get tho changeable effects Z" said
tho dancer breat hlessly as She rushed into her
impromHu dressing room, made of scenery. ut
the back of the stage. THAT'S very simple. u
Il done by using the coored lights over the
lamps nRdsrneath and q few chemicals"
she added with IL sly wink, (which don't think
that shall talk about"
The rapidIty with which Miss Fuller changes
her costuinss has surprised good many per-
sons. The truth OF the matter IL. all OF her
tunes are very simple affairs. and she has
taught her maid to hold the right one SO that
she Gan 1nmp right into II. as she expresses IL
She carrses her entire wardrobe In a trunk six
feet,ongl aid ono foot high and itN takes the