THE REHEARSAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 105, 27 January 1908, Page 9

THE REHEARSAL.

f.'i .. 'Oft'.' AN HOUR AT THE OEERIV- HOUSE l>! " ■ ■ ■- ■ ' ■ S-'siiv: 'O-"'' ' tUr Earrviet) ' " ' ' A thin light strnsglcd/.tlwongli-.theVhiglu dome into the glooin of f .tho - 1 aiu]ifioriuin pi:' the' Opera Houso, empty -fiAri} fflf' ji" Vojcfc tliat interrupted tl<o ol children, who were (jutting " fit-in. k 'song;" iiitl clfo'riis entitled "Tho Gaol Bird uafi Ibo ,a pieco'do resistaneo in the whitest "IVivolity " Tlio Islo' of;l!ong Botig.-'- fhor-orchtotrii. ttas in its pit, bent on businWj'iiiiit jt was ■ ! 10t: tho trim,;dn»y-'6p»jH^.^ t <>Cto^ren. The conductor did/not Vave;.tho'.whife gloyo of a tuneful lifo: li'e writ, •shirt, and still looked; firSt\ fiddle was also eoatless and 'pf biit.' one; aiid' all waded inl6 '^ri.o^Sojv'" scor6V witl'V « consciQUsnbss that tlio fiifsl"'li!ghfe';\i.as'"onlv" a day.' awav.' ; tlio introduotioh^'.^d?t.)i&,cofe diictor, -'testily. " :^^aliJ, .''r. It was duly ropoatod, '.and .'a\''prefcty;'girl'l .lierchod in something r tt rickshaw, 'to , which wero- haiiTessed -sL\- , or.eight children, whispored.her soog inaiidiblr?' Then ;ciimo tlio lUiiSiiig,';cliafjisV. "-Lift yoitr logs higher, ail ipryon'.meant it .roared tho Yoico in tho^stalls, «nd 'th6";logs. Wflro lifted', .accoi^in'gly7^ to tho lilt of. merry f ,tuiVc.:;tlio:,littlc). trapwas pulled off, wliilst. tL(<j; othiii-s, duiic^d.'for ; their life.But tlio imisic''iinighed tboy had disappeared. ' ' , • "You'll want somo-.inprof!'./affecif;l|ho;, conductor. "Another four bars'. them off 1 Back again .jgirlsj•the wholo troupe took; &p thar/'pTaces once ! ;Uioro oil the-stage. . '■III':."."~'y'.■ : , " sing gome off. - afcructod • tho Voice; Once \inoi\£" tho •'exit'"'' but the trap with tho. fair skger \riw .handlod) Tho Voito ntshdd.ugon ' ! , Tlls sob,"; and'..ho,^ade"ra"sli3it.' circle with-the vehicle witlfall. tho 'Rrsco- bl'' ft '°nMjffo ur :s-first 'C<rtisin.. 7 again ' all had'to come, and onco'mbro,t.lio exit was' /' this time i't) -cvdvyliody's sails-) faction, .leaving- tho v 'afti i)arb;• •" knfor then a young lady, ip; v \yalfcmg,'gar^;. : : Jterself at; the ,f»blo/'and; .light! this from vouiigrinaii-; at tlio prompt' tabloi .; !and tlio orchestra, ■' difforonco-over aG or au, ( F„in. tbo;.fift<>eiith, ■ < r ,ip P/ttyod a tender- inifoduefwm : " ! '' - i . 'I'm I>rflEsl " wVpcd".' oritthe" coil-. ; I ! r?f." Do y°» want ,me "hot. to nlav io : W nv P i roteS^ d <!)?, corMti , got any brass I Oil, yoli re always, so nar-,' tjcnlar,- said tlio conductor,- "itfow afiam—' ° ,? ad ' -4W;«a»-something; i to tho effect that slio -wbr.so lonesome.' This ' was anprociwted by.alittW-boy.who.liad been' • mtling behind a canvai.; bamboo' tree,:.' who : i epoated tlm refrain in,, a' S ,street quite out of time.,. ■ ■ '. . "hook here, "abh, ■' I"vHnt^oii'iS' s as. its, wntten,- jiot ao .Mi.'pleasb:.-',: , ; Agaii{ : -. the canary chirped its'^cl-roffain;:this,'timb' with an eye on tl»; cwduetpr-'s beat.;;-' Hands/1 yelled th« the boy, who had forgotten •. :}iisZgesturcs. - outstretched _ his. amis. iyearmitglryW tho'lonesomo lady nt the.; table,', "who-wiis all - broken up at the ItnelinW.'- 1 ,-- 9 ! Then entered the, ligllt-^>'ett'". iicht—com- fedmn, 5n » ■ things 'In 111 iin Hi.te udejwith 'tlnv lnly : 0 f ' the -rickshaw,; wh'ft Kid slio'ifelf a Wmrr *.& roam mountain and meadow jrith - (wl osa growls cnm« mostly froin the foiec J-tJ'V ? iH" Sal< ? ■ onect, and.gave placo. to. a raveii-baired-young damsel, whose lover , hiid. strolled .-witfrom the wmgs to be .SVihg^t.'/Tlu, SO ng. Was pretty, and the Voice, ,cpulclii4ly ConcaHwl' Cissie 01!11C °;ie.. whom everybody Tliun someone mentioneilHhi n i n' ! ln . vlll S inro.riHed" mo.; that- "it. would bo nil. right at fdott' l'br.day-' ; light, and the world of, "mntter 1