A NOVEL PERFORMANCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1418, 30 June 1883, Page 4

A NOVEL PERFORMANCE.

The other night 200 ladies: ttiid gentlemen, forming the" best" society of Vienna, assembled in the palace of the German Ambassador, Princo Reuss', to witness" the performance of a comic operetta, called "Ten- Girls and No Husband." Both words and music are. by VienUeise authors. A father has ten girls, who are -all pretty, and whose talents have been carefully"developed in every possible' direotionf so that'tliey, are 'oven prepared,to.iurn soldiers if need bo. The put of the father was played by Prince Lichtens-,' tin/ The daughters wero impersonated by the. Princesses Auersperg :: ' and Kinsy, tho young Princess Metternich', the Baroness Rothschild, aiid six more 'young ladies of 'equal rank, and all pretty of course. The Princess • Pauline Metternioh- had undertaken the part of a pert chambermaid,; who mimv ics tho drolleries of her master and mistress. There was a round of- enthusiastic applause when the ten highborn ladies appeared in ; the, uniform, of tin old Yionna crack regiment, and performed military Qvolutions at the command of their droll father, whilst the chambermaid was beating the drum. Hut their appearance contributed nothing'towards the difficult problem ! of; making an army invisible) for thoir graceful forms were very visible in the snow-white cloth and bright -blue seams of the traditional " Deiitschmeister." Thore is a scene in which each girl shows her special talent, Which is different in each of tho ten. Thus the Baroness Rothschild recited a comic monologue, the Countess Wilzeh sang a charming air, and 'the youtig Princess Metternich danced a czardas, the national danco of the Hungarians. The Emperor was the only member of the. Imperial family who, being in Vienna, was not present at this unique performance.