Copenhagen

TIVOLI.

C openhagen m iddle class. The most popu lar figure in the pantom im e, P ierrot, is certainly im po rted ; bu t w ith his good - natu red m ixture of cunn ing and stupidity, of malicious teazing and boo rish awkwardness, he is a g enu ine C openhagen figure. T hat this southern type of art has so readily taken ro o t in Danish soil is due first and forem ost to Pierrot, represented, as he has been, by artists w ho w ere really masters of the m im ic art. P ierro t is the g reat delight of all the spectators, especially of the children, and evening after evening, when H arlequin and his Colum bine, their trials over, are united by a g o o d fairy, P ierro t is called for and g reeted w ith thun d e ro u s applause and rin g in g shouts of enthusiasm . W hen the perform ance at the P an tom im e T heatre is over, a large p ropo rtion of the public have had enough of T ivoli; bu t there is still a stream of life everyw here w ithin its p re ­ cincts. The orchestras play till m idnight, and som e time b e­ fore then crackling, hissing, and loud explosions announce the display of fireworks on “Kunstnerplaenen". Loving couples betake them selves to the summ er-houses and dim alleys, and all the restaurants are full of people, eating and drinking, laugh ing and c h a ttin g . . . . For the stranger Tivoli is no t only a place where he can spend an enjoyable evening, bu t also one where he can get an insight into the character of the capital which num bers Tivoli am ong its institutions. Albert Gnudtzmann.