Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-02-01
RistOri
CINc1NNAr1. Jan. u. 1867

OINCINNAIls y an. 2As 1COts
Financially speaking how are you
fixed 2'-thus spake Mr. Phelan Nc
Cash.
VEL refer to Mr.. McCash and my
! self-were sitting in my room last Sat
urday evening, snOwbound. Mr.. Nc
| Cash is a bald-headed philosopher of
an uncertain age, with a somewhat cir
cUmscribed exehequer, and correspon-
! dinghy liberal views be sat IN an at
titude Of deep thought, holding be-
tween his thumb and finger the rem
nant of remarkably Villainous cigar.
A question of such q moment de-
/ served calm and careful consideration;
| hence for while [ was silent, and my
silence was obviously deemed omin-
GUS by Mr. McCash, for, after the
lapse of two or three minutes, In a
disturbed voice he said
My dear boy, If, being requested
by gaTFoter for small collateral ac-
comodation-say three dollars, or
thereabouts-coUld you, would you p
OF what avail to strive against
fate
''Wbat must be, Will be,
What has been, was.5
MY venerable friend. I could but
it would be with extreme reluctance.
I spoke with deep feeling and closed
with a sigh.
HoSE-aHe bur brOWs, etc. H o for a
night among the Oney-grubbers I
/ Well see Ristori.
Mr.. McCash, brush your hair so
that the top Of your head will look
/ little less like a razor strop, and let's
start.
We went All, me
Arrived at the box-Ofice, we invest
ed the three dollars aforesaid and
went in In the full flush of youth
with glowing anticipations of a new
sensation, we went. Mr.. McCash was
in a most ecstatic state, his eyes gilt
tered, his face glistened, and the top
of his head shone In the ''garish gas
light" like an exaggerated nickel cent.
| am of a less sanguine temperament
than my friend moreover, / had seen
very many of Ristoris eompatriots
engaged IN the peanut trade, while
others trafheked in plaster cats and
only the other day [ came upon anOth-
er who was disturbing the peace with a
beastly organ and dyspeptic- looking
monkey With these recollections
fresh in my mind, all attempts to get
appropriately enthUsed were futile and
abOrtive.
An importunate youth approached
US, inquiriDg If we wanted a book.
Promptly and sternly my friend Nc
Cash Tebuked him. Sc Librett0" was
the word ; we wanted no vulgar anglo
saxon here tjbrettO we desired and
we got it for fifty cents. (Mr, Nc
Cash said 1T was cheap, but I can
scarcely realize it, Then we looked
for a seat, and here Mr., McCash's en-
thusiasm received It's first cold bath
there were no seats. However, we got
round on the side and stood against
the back of a seat, my friend appr0pri-
ating the book, while endeavOred to
modify the noble rage" of a young
woman whose hair had been mussed
BY that gentleman's sleeve. Succeed
ing finally in this labor of love, my
attention was attracted to the stage by
a noise a cross between a WOOd-saWing
machine and a + enian convention.
It was produced by the great Bistori
and the orchestra conformity. But be-
fore | could get the hang" of the
thing, the curtain came down with a
run, the audience applaUding frantic
ally. In the excitement / was Jos
tied and hustled clear out Of humor,
and it only needed Mr.. McCash's in
quiry as to whether / was enjoying
myself to make me boil over, which I
did thus
''NIr. Phelan MeCash, I have no
particular objection to seeing an Ital-
ian company play in Italian to an
American audience. On the contrary it
is eminently fitting and proper as much
so, at least, as it would be for the Deaf
and Dumb asylum to play Hamlet to
a house full of blind people. The au-
dience in either case Is equally certain
of knowing what Is going on. But
can not realize that it is absolutely
necessary, or strictly required by the
atrical etiquette, that / should sacri-
fee either my arms or legs or my best
clothes in order to be one Of twelve
or fourteen hundred seekers after
amusement under difficulties and
even if it were, l shOuld protest with
my latest breath. Let US adjourn
to the balcony.
We went into the balcony ana got
seat not a first class seat, but fair to
middling' and sat.doWn in it, Being
/ settled, we consulted a bill of fare
/ (perhaps / should say programme, but
the difference is trihing) to see what
the piece was.
"Ah I" said Mr.. McCash, splendid
thing, Elisabeth Regina D'Lnghilter-
ra
AS Ristori is not likely to visit Del
aware until Templar Hall Is reitted,
and as many of your readers may not
i have seen a programme perhaps l had
better incorporate this delightful doc
ument into my letter.
Last night of Madame Adelaide
! Ristori in the historical play, written
/ expressly for Madame BistOri, by Pa
/ olO Glacometti, entitled
Elizabeth Queen of England. Which
/ will be presented with care, and the
/ following Grand Cast
Elizabeth. Queen of England,
4 NINE Ristori Lady Sarah Howard,
i Fntonietta Coffin Lady Anna Bur.
leigh, Virginia Casati Maria Lam
brun. Adele Giammartini Robert,
4 Earl of Essex, LedovicO Manciui /;
James VI. King OF Scotland, Giovan-
/ nj Carboni William Cecil, Lord Bur-
leigh, CesaUe Ristorl Francis Bacon,
4 AchiIle Coffin Lord Howard, of Eff
fingham, Cesare Pilla Sir Dawson,
Keeper of the Seal, Clio Maria Borg
Il hi Sir Francis Drake, Giullo Butt /;
Il Marquis Diego Mendoza, Giovanni
i Tessero; Queens Page, Fredrioo Yer
zUra Lords, Scotch Gentlemen,
\. Guards, and Lords and Ladies of the
4 Queens Court,
The remainder of the interval be-
tween the acts we simply employed IN
surveying the audience, which COM
che very cream Of retired green
n grOoers and bone boilers, With their