The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-02-24
THY fHIIDRFN'S THEATRE.
sa,urda, Afternoon with the Little Ones at
the Carnegie Iyceum.

the Carnc gle I.yceum.
On Saturday afternoons the Carnegie
Lyceum goes from one extreme 10 the other.
II stop. being a hole In the ground and be-
comes a seventh heaven. IL any one doubts
this paradox, let him 20 and see for himself
He may not be the only person who doesn't
ind II heaven. but there will be several hun
dr.d others who do
They are small persons. these others That's
true They seem mostly 10 be aged :. Bur
then. that IS the age a, which all good child
rem 20 TO heaven Everybody knows that.
Hence a peculiar fitness in their tasting the
lows of this seventh heaven The other
name for the =ey enth heaven is The Child
ren's Theatre
The play begins al 30. but the fun begins
a., litre pocket editions OF men and
women begin 10 arrive at that hour Most
OF them are In Hne bindings. editions de luxe
OF childhood This is a heaven where the
l,dy'- maid ahouudsth There Il also al
most a -Iperfgitv Of foormen hanging about
the door But these are trifes 4 child
can rise superior To "A maid and even 10 "A
footmIu
Sometimes there are children minus maids
and foo'men Tho young ~. Peter at the
box Office tells of two children who came 10
buy their tickets and handed 10 him a paste
board box WIN u NIL IN 'Ht 'Op' ihfN hal
improvised a .avings bank into which they
had patiently dropped their boarded coins
until they had saved the price OF two tickets
Occasionaly a delegation from some asy-
lum or institution il admitted az reduced
rates There is no reduction in the fun they
v., ON, ~ the play. though orphans at a
quarter a head have no computations and
need have none about getting a dollars
worth of pleasure Between the DAYS Of the
play children Of al degrees pdy surreptitious
visits to 81 Peter in the box office and beg
him not 10 shut down on their little heaven
Vet q while
Before the curtain Use. the children's
orchestra ulavs. Seven seems TO be N.
magic number al the theatre There are
seven members Of the orchestra three girls
and four bov- The first violini~t. Ettore
Marlli. f.. : wears old Tim Callahan. who
plays second violin, haN no especial cunuec-
zion with the number seven, though SOME
time. the manager thinks Tim Is Possessed
hy seven devils This - when he leads the
musicians in impromu'u gaines OF Tag he
/ Z wc-u the 1'IN
The orchestra plays during each inter-
mission. but a good dral Of preliminary tuu-
iug and talking i, r~,entlHl and this always
give, an opportunity for Irodding wi,h NIo-
In haw-. or tor the aforementioned inn
pTumpin tax -Nlluli~
IL i worth recording that the i'm. rirl.
who 80 10 The ChIldr-u'~ Theatre are bplns
through W. ~ th.way hey should q" They
take them of Tor them But the mcan.~t Thing
about u j. 'hHi the maid, after carefully
taking oil the ,iIldreu'S hHt-, calmly retnin
their own. even when they are sitting in front
81 some little to, who might therefor. "A,
well be- up ~ III" -'trr', tor all she oHn ,.-
OF ihr .tagr
Nh" tl"yn and iH. Iocae'. which - run
mug ~ The thraii" nov - not 10y any means
al ideal play l"r, children Bui they rniuy
When "a" lIgi,tN went down ~ Il signal
for th" curtain 10 ~ up last SsturdHv one
ln,lr girl nuds"d h"r br"thrs and exclaimed
Vow. wHtuh rlu'", brother"
Then ~ the curtain rose. showing an nrdl-
nary STAG, setting, there was u lunx-drnWr
"O-o-u-h' from, an over the hous,. and rL,,
entire audience promptly moved ont Ia th,.
extreme edge Of IN" chairs and hero ,ut
Win t'" exception oi this choice of at'itud,
th" "hlldi'u took their pleasure very diner
.utll
Son" Of them followed the point, with cvi.
d"rt understanding They laughed AT thr
iight time. were sufficiently sober nj ,I,
pathetic parts and behaved ia uutn "A uor,,,I
way lhrr" W"r" 4 few oNarwrou.hf ,I,..
who had nerve. and who would laugh ON.
Usht al ~" exciting points wher. nurlt.y
wt> dis' ntiIv iraprrpI'rIHi" They are In.
children wh", gro" 81 and glrslr fooli,hly a.,
y" wong pIh," hey used 10 be- heard 10
lhru Their" w1- the great body of c~hIIt,.u
vino %l,t"n"i ard looked with about ~ mn,.,
ClHug" 81 EXPRESSION ~ Nuu would find H. D.,
row ui uili %ho'I"r- ~ the act 81 h"ing led win
sium u i most aiuH.lue What . tip,,ifV
TIA" HNoiag, thild pU->nS~U~ for slu,nIy ,I,,,.
open muutA"! when u htpI"n- to ~. iui.,-
s-t"d Ia" S"fi'-dtr tt.-~ ii III" auditorium,
Ia" nlh'r daA ~ blurred With long uHtrLr.
ui ia t"u ,ujl-, amt beneath these blurred
patches were .uuun"rHhle punctuation l.irL.
horizontal colon. which W-r" N. Children,
-'"-, and hH, IA periods. which wer, heir
round hitl" months
Tn" rufiau, vas Iii- uo other 9pul,us.
Uuyr"dN "v"' h"trt u VA a-~ioui~hnshuv
much "ul>" ~ruh mt" hands could mink,
However. lI"r' g. q contingent oi '-u-,.,y-
oil hoy. Nt"'" "'"'i~ ~ i'IS ih" accounted
lrgrlN luf ~. result
n Wa on" Of iI'~" hos = who het v con th..
d,', nutuld"d 70 new ,iiHi,er and >p.rt tho
ii"'il-.'uu 10 reading n IIr ,a' in tue
front r"N When nr" leaked M him and M
~" mall Wu-l. am VII" were saving and
-Ipug .i iiHt Negligent. preparatory VA
cuir'.Hu =" I'll "''lI"-i'u~. On" inlt ~ a. ON.
v"'' .uonlig ~ No" regular thing but through
o." wrong "ud ui the op"'1 gla>-r.