The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-04-17
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THE REHEA ARSEI-.
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THE REHEARSEI.
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The stalls and the balcony Of the
empty, crescent-shaped hall, with its
scent Of hast nights cigars, are, in
spite Of the ftful shouts Of music,
asleep under brown~holland counter-.
panes. and all the movement Is CEN
tered IN the orchestra and on the stage.
Now and then stout, tired gentlemen
lounge into view at the side of the stalls
Rnd gawn unrestrainedly, and punch
themselves on the chest, and, alter list
eniHfg to the rehearsal Of, a song, yaWn
again and write something dawn in a
notebook with a, giant silverepencil and
go away.
On the stage, where the i gaslights
hook yellow IN the sunlight, that, in
spite Of aIl opposition, has gained ad-
mittance, lis "a iback-cl0th Of Margate
Sands, with 1ffelike visitors in out-of-
date costumes sand badly-drawn silk
hats. and There is persistent sound
aof carpentry slRhind. IA lean, sallow
youth I'm a screaming tweed suit is at
+ the foor1ights; ;sagiving, IN a confidential
way to- t6he band new song, and mem
bers ef THE band, peering at the sheets
OF music osn the stands, keep about
half am eye ON the conductor and play
IN a hesftaffng, tentative fashion
And There's ti-hi-tI-hi-tisand old hi
mi-hiEG- hi.
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81 And hiltf-hi-ti-hi who is so gloriouss
And iff sti-hi-ti-hi-ti would but hi-ti-
hilti-hi .ae - s
'1WouId be jawly sight better fer all
Uftas. =. ~ Il
uhe lean youth walks round the
stage with a swagger and fine conduct
Of mis- shooked walking stick to the
changed rhythm: ~, rs
Yes, "a Jawly sight better fer all Of us,
a .5aWiy sight better fer all of us.
And vixen r..
The youth, singing thus mysteriously
/ bus topical song, comes down at the
third sline of the chorus and sends up
softly ITO the empty gallery what is
clearky the telling line of his song:
And when hi-ti-hi-ti-hi goes to hi-ti-hi-
tti-hi
Twill be- s. 49,, :
Shouted now with straw hat removed:
-:jawly sight better fer all Of us.
uhea orchestra plays hurriedly swift
symphony, and the lean youth resum-
ing his straw hat, confdes to the vacant
audi itDTium another topical verse
( pfnrased in similarly obscure and re-
tfee1ftsterms. w hen he finishes he says
3 eumIa ainingly that they Il have to put
1otmDre go into it at night; and the
4 eunhHotor says, That's all right, Tom
i nay, pld man. Well pull you through %
Tommy old man, asks the conductor
What he says to liquor. The conduc-
tor promptly says eyes," and disap-
pears- The orchestra discards the
sheets cof music, and boy emerges
fa'omsa door and CLEANS them, with a
vleW'i Il think. to gold from their own
er ade is somber boy who does his
4 work aggressively, as though he felt
himself destined for higher occupation,
Move your 'oof, fat 'ead!' This to
the cornet. 'Ow can 1 pick up any.
fing If you keep your big foot all over
it?'' s : s S.. ss. 1 ~. 3, y,
Cornet, unscrewing the mouthpiece
of his instrument, asks what the youth
. is doing there at that time of the day,
and adds that little more of the ag-
gressiVe boys cheek and he'll fetch
him a>clip side the ears. 'tDo itv' says
the aggressive boy, defiantly, lodging
behind the euphonium. "Go on! Do
it, Mou lift so much as little finger
at mae: and your life wouldn't be worth
momink's purchase. I'd alter your
flee tor you so that you'd ave to ply
the nnrnet with the back of your neck.
Then you'd look foolish, wouldn't you?
You'd be perfec' lafin stock, and
Three ladies. Three ladies in extrav-
agant walking dresses, and o, such
spirits! They come on from the side