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Show The Theater in Japan In Japan the theater goer leava homo aa early aa 9 30 or 10 o'clock In the morning Tho play last C day and sometimes far Into tit night. During tbe play attendant p about ronllnuoualy, dltpenalng k patrons small handle! cups of pals yellow tea, with which tho air made fragrant Tbo Japancto theater ba several ft-nturo novel to ArrtV can. A revolting ttnge, allowing tti econo to bo changed Immediately, b uacd and naturalueM I given to th general offuct by misnt of two walki leading direct to tho stage on either side of tho theater and extending lu wbolo length Sometime theso walU aro enlivened with flower borders, and hero tho action of tho play tome time begins. A character will a? pear, not from tha wing, but on om of theso walk Ho will repeat lomi lines, which tho heroine perhaps, or other character, will answer from Ihi oppoalle walk, and so by degree thef mako their way In the moat natural manner to the atage proper. "Other features cannot Ihj so recommended," recom-mended," my a traveler, "a, for Instance, In-stance, drtstrra to Iho chief actor, who flit hurriedly to and fro llko black spocters. Theso dresser aro itup. posed to bo Invisible nnd In addition to throwing around tho actor his required re-quired changn of eintume, sometimes some-times brocade and stuff of extreme richness and value, they act a valets glvo tho hero a cup of tea, a fan, a handkerchief, or. If tho altuatlon la very dramatic, hold on a long slick a taper, which light up the actor'a faco. "Pantomime I en In high perfection. perfec-tion. In ono famous play a murder la committed on a rainy twilight All la gloomy and still. A woman appears, running. Bho looks behind her, then, lth a terrified 'gesture, runs Into a waysldo field of tall rice. Soon a roan comes, pnntlng Ho slope. He looks around, then at tho ground-there, ground-there, her footprints lead to the rice field. Ho follows. Boon thcrn is a gurgling cry and tho top of tho rice atalks away. Then all la till.'' |