An orchestra of six or seven members was here on the back part of the stage--and the music! It consisted of the beating of drums, the sounding of gongs and other outlandish noises.

Now and then above the din you could catch the sound of a clarionet and the feeble strains of a banjo.

It was indeed pandemonium! Yet above all the noise and confusion you could hear the high pitched voices of the actors as they shouted and gesticulated.

The audience, I noticed, was most attentive and decorous.

They were evidently well pleased with the play; and what was quite remarkable they seemed to have neither ears nor eyes for their visitors.