The Washington herald., 1910-08-13
WHEN W3IEN YoDELED.
Musical Delights of Dinner with the
TSroleans Among the Alps.

Musical Delights of Dinner with the
TyroIeans Among the Alps.
Twilight still hung about the snow
capped peaks Of the mountains that al
most surround TIE town Of Innsbruck,
flushing them with new beauty ard soft
ening all the colors Of the scene until
there was an infinitely tender blending
OF green's AID grays and plnk-whites. It
was a picture hard to leave, and enc
that tempted the onlooker TO watch its
slowly changing effects until darkness
should come as final curtain. But 70
the people OF the little TyrOlese town,
accustomed To similar scenes all their
lives. it was merely the dinner hour, says
the New York Post.
The drift Of the natives in THE wide
streets OF the little town seemed 70 be
down towarl the quarter where the Inns
bruck runs In foamy silver between the
park-like banks To follow them was
the natural thing to do.
! Before long the entrance OF the COM
bined restaurant and theater was reach
ed. and as soon as the small admission
had been paid the visitor stepped. as II
we're. into another century and civlliza-
ton. The building consisted OF one big
room, with bare walls, windows high up
near the caves. and cayernous roof space
dark above the smoke bIackened cross
I beams At one end was a wide stage
and all about the sides or The room were
little stalls or boxes with low partitions
only slightly higher than the tables they
inclosed. The floor space In the center
was taken up with tables.
There were perhaps 200 diners. most OF
them in family groups; parents. grand
parents, and children. al eating and
laughing together happily. At one table
was a worthy burgher with his frau. at
another a company Of boys and girls
! from tho mountains. their clothes making
n brilliant spot Of color.
! When dinner was In full swing the
orchestra Of zithers began its thin, sweet
tWanglng. and a troupe Of yOdelers came
out upon the stage. Il was Ike mellow
horn call upon the hills 20 hear them sing
the hunting songs IN unison. and a great
burst OF cultural applause rewarded their
efforts. Then one Of them. little fair
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! and gave an exhibition OF what yodeling
4 really can be
Changing from the tones OF the cello 10
those OF the flute with lightning-like "a
pidity. she swung her voice in and out
OF eadenees. through trills and runs and
| arpeggios. and into a burst OF Hitting song
that might have come from a whole
| chorus OF singing birds
This was only the prelude. however.
After il came a fOur-act play, showing
all the characters OF mountain village;
the priest, the irate father, the young
lovers. and the doting old granddame in
cap and shawl II was simplicity itself,
| and. Of course. worked out to a happy
conclusion. but by its very directness II
carried conviction far beyond that OF the
average stage performance Of the city.
Between the acts there were yOdeling eX-
hlbitions. and some marvellous dancing
with an alpenstock. and az the end the
audience. having consumed much inno-
cent light beer and enjoyed itself unre-
STRANGELY. filed out into the crisp night
OF the high Tyrol and went home under
/ a velvet sky sown with stars.