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...Neill inspiration, during the entrance of the female chorus. It is an entrance Gilbert wrote again and again: a troop of 19th-century teenyboppers--cheerful, bordering on birdbrained--appears, "gaily tripping, lightly skipping," "tripping hither, tripping hither," or, in this case, "climbing over rocky mountain, skipping rivulet and fountain." True to form, this batch of maidens comes merrily onstage, chirping away with nothing graver on their minds than their "fleeting leisure"--all except one. While her sisters hop and dance at the front of the stage, she lingers behind to collect samples of leaves and sand and record prissy little...
...meantime, consider the story of Ponce de León, who was in his 50s when he first heard of the Fountain of Youth. He had subdued the natives of Puerto Rico to become a secure but bored governor. Supposedly an old Indian slave told him of the magic water, one sip of which would reverse the terrible effects of age. In 1512 the old rascal put out with three ships bound for Bimini, the supposed location of the fountain. Ponce found only the Sargasso Sea, the islands called the Dry Tortugas and flying fish. Eight years later, convinced that...
Ponce de León's story used to be good for a smile. A fountain of youth? Bartender, let's have another martini. On second thought, make that a double "designer" water-Perrier, Saratoga, Poland Springs-and make it snappy; everyone must get home early. There are morning miles to run and dance classes to attend and weights to lift. These days old Ponce would have swum to Bimini and jogged through Florida. And felt better for it, whether he found that pesky fountain...
...been drinking from the Fountain of Youth, that girl...
...think of all the things I could have done. I just let parts come to me. I never went after them." Still, that seems to be about all she regrets, and if Colbert, radiant and ageless, is not happy, who is? "She's been drinking from the Fountain of Youth, that girl," marveled one elderly gent on opening night. Could be. Reminded that one of her idols, Lynn Fontanne, is now past 90, Colbert beams and says: "I'm going to do that." -By Gerald Clarke