The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-18

things that being pleasurably anticipated,
comes up TO expectations and passes
them
AS soon as all the late corners had ar
rived last evening and had accomplished
the feat of crowling over the rest of the
audience without assistance and getting
into their seats. the strains OF a very pretty
chorus could be heard and there was
disclosed 10 the eye bewildering scene
OF Chinese architecture and Chinese color
ing-or at least what passes for the
same on the American light opera stage.
An thereafter, until the curtain fell for
a brief respite on act ], nearly an hour
and half later. there was an uninter-
rupted succession of pretty pictures and
pretty singing.
And. singular as IL may seem, act III,
which lasted almost as long as the first
act was even more rich and luminous In
respect TO music and movement and pic
ture.
Even that long suffering part OF the
audience that Is so careless OF it's own
comfort, az To take it's seats on time. re-
gardless OF the probabilities that from
ten TO Is minutes OF the performance will
be shunted out by the late cemers. could
not complain that IT failed to get its
moneys worth with San Toy
Incidentally. IL Is rumored that arrange
ments are being considered 10 inroduce "a
sort of decoy prologue TO plays, the same
10 be performed while the belated frac-
ton of the audience is mobbing the rest
OF the house. This will guarantee the
full show for the considerable part of the
audience that is compelled to postpone
listening and seeing until the minority
gets In. The arrangement contempiates
beginning the decoy prologue promptly
with the rising OF the curtain and start
ing the real show Just as soon as the last
late conner condescends TO occupy his or
her seat
The relief that would be experienced
by the audience upon discovering That
they hadn't been shut out OF any OF the
real show, but only OF decoy, would al
most compensate for the physical discom-
fort that the professional late conner
creates.
by frequent observation. that the pro-
fessional late Corners are usually fat and
almost invariably their checks are for
But this is a disagreeabie subject, con-
sidering what delightful time everybody
had with San Toy last evening, after
the surface OF the auditorium got
smoothed over.
san Toy is a distinctive production
and distinction Is 90 be treasured when
you stop TO think OF the hundreds OF musi-
cal things, good, verp~good an. not 80
good, that have come and gone In the
last decade. -t.s
is handsomtr and that rises more like
real moon than any stage moon we ever
happened to behold, To this very beauti-
ful moon the whole company sings
beautiful chorus. that ie. nothing more
than such n moon deserves. and Is one Of
the gems OF the opera. The opera Is full
OF gems
San Toy" Is remarkable also for Minnie
Ashley. who has a distinction apart from
the scores OF light opera young women
who have sung and danced for us for
decade. Miss Ashley In different She is
uncommon She II real novelty.
Mention ~ made of the moon and Miss
Ashley because nothing Ike either OF
them has ever been offered before. They
are new discoveries. the exclusive posss-
sion of san Toy" And both are exceed
And the test of their distinction H. that
they are conspicuous In production that
I'm the ordinary and usual respects has
not been surpassed IN beauty and novelty
in all the long line OF like entertainments.
Pynka Pong II the delghtfui scene OF
the fret act ~ San Toy" Its represen-
tation is the limit of Chinese picture as
we know A. on Crt-ee- - t~~ae f~~s
and other ware. We should like 10 live
there II IL "a beauuin ~tttniE tIiI 60
the Hveliest colorings. even before the
wonderful moon enters With the ey-
auisite costumes ~ the large company
employed I'm the production there r. made
q stage picture that Is Kaleidoscope.
Here San Toy sung and danced with de-