There is surely an hilarious informality about these media-nochi that attaches to no antecedent feast; the freedom of a picnic, without its manifold inconveniences: as the witching hour draws nearer, the "brightest eyes that ever have shone" glitter yet more gloriously, till in their nearer and dearer splendor a Chaldean would forget the stars; and the "sweetest lips that ever were kissed" sip the creaming Verzenay, or savor the delicate "Olio," with a keener honesty of zest.
"Border and Bastille"
George A. Lawrence
Behind the tormentors is a curtain called the "Olio," which fulfills the triple purpose of hiding the rest of the stage, serving as scenery for acts in One and often as a curtain to raise and lower on acts playing in the space back of One.
"Writing for Vaudeville"
Brett Page
The space between these wings and the line of the Olio is called "Two."
"Writing for Vaudeville"
Brett Page