The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-30
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whlc h cannot find refuge in the property
room .Js 5s%
q TO bring order out Of all this Il ppar-5
ent confusion requires not only KNOW
ledge OF something more than the re pes.
but !. a small army Of workrner .55. Delays
are always dangerou partic uia rly NJ
they occur between the &C ts. Ihe men m
In the audience who can find re- uge In
tho smoking room do not count the ~ m o--s
ments anxiously, and there are others IN n
every audience who can solace them n
selves with the Joys Of conversation. But
there are always some who e SIT II Will I'D
grim determination to Irotest S$S every very
entre-act and object to every minute
that is spent in setting the sta &c. The
critics. with painful visions OF arduo'ns$
labor fter the last curtain fall Il be-
grud ge every slight delay in q changing th rl5
scenery. ana sometimes temper praise
with damaging blame VI hen unusually
heavy stage sets require more time y ma 2
they approve. Thus the sta &c manager "a
IS, in 4 sense. between the devil a = q
the deep sea. In orde g .nasten !. ~. '
work In his domain he Is Obliged either
to en- gage a very large extra force and
be grIlled by the grea man Tor the .ex s' 4
pense he has occa aston ed I. or wink at the
delays and be roasted by the same great
man for .holding the c dftain.i. AS Il he Il
usually Chooses the former alternative
| IT follows that the stage is abundantly
supplied with men who bring ne or u '
OF a new scene ~out Of the confusion O q
tho one just dsmantled as &c by ma ma gli,
Eonr sets Of workmen consplre 70 Z,
aehsys this rssa call as Handle
aha SCI scenery: the property man.. o., o.
anrons as lie Is designate in the hurry ,,
Of ba tile. hustle the furniture pxad
IN nv the scenes. The de,in Pc.
h hinh np in the Nv gallery lover u a u
raise the hanging st ordsrs ana assistants
about in the hurried q plae ~
the box and spot lights Were tneyt S %.tr
by rays upon
the great man. no ma tier how ME fIie
his orbit around the IS tage% may 20. me $.
gas man, who cannot always M. Inc s soa1
With one q q ms ocs reputed to ba con-
i sdera bly warmer than heaven Inc p as,
sion sion for being in the lime light y lnaefa
no myth, as many an elecl A'' ~ " -
IT These ESQ four sets Of men work harm %
Nous y. but perish. the iha ~ 3
lend 2, h epn hana Stage manage
might rave and lima cir val ~ ~
props to the electrlslan some aIIgt
moodification Of this unylleding union eI J,
company In this little regmhent t ,,ns nssh
workers back OF the curtain vary IN nu,,-
Der with the character OF me 1,,,,,
fFor the large product lon Of me altY'!n ,eu
g|4N1ansteld or sothern type. ING LGr ~
gorgeous burlesque, It ms !. sat ely - :,
assumed that there are from nLly Io ao 49, :,
u Hands employed in handling her meelan y
4 ical end Of the perfo I'm ~. III :
Il neither picturesque nor orH alle!lta - ~
v their soiled Jumpers and caps ina nhvs
q seen better days. But the ease anu 5celeT,
3 ity with Which a skill led STAGE aevGW W. ",
erect great forests splendla rrnW i'm I.
beautiful interiors thin the I, I'M ~,
Il holders. - When complicated changes 9 ;!
cur on a dark stage they seem to Work ~ y
II Instinct. with scarcely ever q h ny y
any kind to dlspel the IL Vision ot ma ~ =
But this Is mott he only &C lieyem'en \, !. g
the man behind the seem ana Sl's 8t,! "
In travelling from 81 70 .elsy he YIN y
scarcely two stages anyWher,e e Pa y !
i ample dimensions for 4 he average slag Z
but not for the except onally rye 4. g
4 tho unusually small nmodatl ons lI y.
Al qnently met with. How to broa zen. ~ =
tho scenery for the big place and son s,
9 tract 1t for the small onesats a pr f
! not SO easy of solution. II The arcnltect
J ufal features Of the scenery must pc pre-
j served. all the joints remaining perfeel
!, and neither the perspective nst. line Q
l sight can be tempered WI h. In one Ga 8
the back dror ,repres enting many mi!e