THE THEATRE

PSDBILLO AND INIGO — PaCLTON AND DARRELL.

could wish, and seems almost a part of the beautiful théâtre, which furnishes such a fine frame for the various pictures presented on the stage.

The first scène (by Mr. Hoyt) represents Pedrillo's Post House, while in the background is a view of mountains and forests, fading away into the misty distance. The shades of green cannot be described. They remind me of the evanescent bloom upon the eucalyptus leaf, which as soon as you touch it is sure to evanesce.

The Hall in the Château of Galogardos, occupies the stage during act second. The sombre pillars with their grotesque décorations look gloomy enough until the entrance of An/ta arrayed in queenly attire when " Presto," the place is illuminated by candelabra containing scores of electric lights of various hues. This scène is by Mr. Merry.

The opéra concludes with a grand review of the " Knights of St. Jago " (ail girls, by the way) and it may readily be doubted if, with ail the " Amazon Marches *' to which the public has been accustomed, anything of the kind has been seen here. The parade takes place in the Lace Palace, a fantastically beautiful structure, of which Mr. Hoyt is the architect. It seems as though a séries of snow crystals had been magnified and melted together, so immaculate in coloring and so délicate in design is it. As it bursts upon our vision the orchestra strikes up a march. I suppose the march was ail right, but there was so much to be seen, that I at least had no time to listen to it, for from the second story of the palace which must be thirty or forty feet in height, appeared a line of knights who slowly de- SCended the staircase. As above stated they were ail girls, clad in armor which was brilliant and costly as far as it went. I am obliged to make this qualification for the reason that, should one of those frightful devices of the ancients, the chariot armed with scythes,