Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-06-29

JAN
Lydia Thenpssn and He Dctrac-
In no place In the world is there
such a splendid field for the sharp, in
cisive pen of q satirist as this city Of
San Francisco. If Thackeray could
take a survey of our society to-day,
read our daily papers, and mingle for
a few hours among the mass of hui
'manity that make up our so-called COS
mopolitan, but in reality d~isintegrated
population, one of the first bubbles he
would prick would be the pretentious
morality that causes the o~verdressed to
make war on the underdressed. Mrs.
Gunnybags and daughter, seated In
her pew at Church, arrayed in apparel
that would put the Scriptural lilly to
shame, and far surpass "Solomon In
all his glory" affect to be disguised at
the poised limbs and floating draperies
Of the actress on the stage; the cler-
gyman, dressed in a style Of garment
that from collar to coat has been die
tated by fashion, bewails with pious
lam~entation the scantily clad figures
of the ~burlesque sisterhood; and the
press, calling In the aid Of "apt allit-
eration," speaks Of the "Brazen-faced
Blondes of Britain IN q tone that
would lead one to imagine that the ex-
ponents of opera boutfe and extraya-
CANA outrivalled the dramatic indie
cencies of olden Pompeii.
1t would be easy to write a good
deal about the inconsistency Of these
denunciations, but q single instance
will suffice. Among u many organ
izations, we have one called the Olym-
pic Club, composed of young men who
meet mainly for the cultivation OF
gymnastic and athletic amusements.
Every two or three months they give
a semi-public exhibition of muscular
skill, to which our fashionables and
fastidious eagerly flock. If the atll-
letes are not in strictly Adamic cos
tune, they approach 1t 20 nearly that
every curve Of the body, from crown
to toe, Is rs distinctly visible as that of
our first father Is said to have been be-
fore his genealogical experiment. La
dies of every age, from budding misses
to blooming matrons, gaze upon this
display Of the masculine form divine
without either blushing or feeling that
they ought to blush If they could, and
vet no one raises the cry of immodesty
or talks about the indecency of gyrat-
ing the male limb. So, 1t appears that
while a nineteenth nakedness OH the
part of a young man Is neither coarse
nor pernicious, the high skirt and low
bodice of the actress Is a certain sign
of total depravity.
"The fierce light that beats upon q
throne" also beats upon the stage, and
brings out every blemish to the full
view Of a milllon-eyed public. Repu'
tations that can stand this glare Of no
toriety-exposed ut the same time rs
targets for every slanderous tongue
and show al few blemishes as appear
OH the characters Of these dispenser
of glitterlng nonsense, known as the
British Blondes" ought to be consld'
cred to have passed the ordeal trium'
phantly. >,
It Is the fate of actresses to be sub
ject to Misrepresentation, and rs tho
ladies now performing at the Califor
MIA have had more than their share o.
1t, the following slight geographic:
may prove interesting. Miss Lydia
THOMPSON was born In London In 1S3!
or 40, Is consequently now about
thirty years Of age, and has been con
nected with theaters from the time she
could walk and talk. Her husband
was Mr.. Tilbury, n dramatic critic, by
whom she had two children, a boy ant
girl. The boy is at school In England
and the girl resides with some friends
In New York. She also has a brother
who has been for some time a resident
of this city-Harry Thompson, the
michael Feeny" Of Arrah-na-P ogu,
memory. Mr.. Tilbury died four years
after marriage ; and left to her owl
resources, Miss Thompson resolved te
strike out for "fresh fields and pas
lures new" and for that purpose she
crossed the Atlantic and Immediately
procured an engagement at Niblo's
1heater, New York. Her success wa
so great, and her general style o.
abandon and gaiety so pleased the
New Workers, that she set about organ
izing q troupe whose forte should be
buriesque and spectacular. Miss Pau
line Markham, Belle Hewitt, and some
six or seven others whose names ]
forget, were the lesser lights Of thi:
company, though Pauline Markham
NAV almost be considered as a small
star. Miss Thompson Is reputed tc
have now considerable wealth, and Is
said to receive $1,000 or $4,000 worth
of presents every year. Off the stage
she has a quiet, lady-like, refined man
ner; on 1t, she throws herself into the
buriesaue business with a genuine
heartiness that completely carries hei
audience with her. Unlike most Of
the "Blondes," her beautiful hair Il
seen In Its natural color, unbleached
and undyed. Pauline Markham L
twenty-eight years of age, and is said
to be an artificial blonde. She was
engaged for q long time In the London
concert halls, appearing at Weston's,
the Oxford and the Alhambra. When
off the stage her manner Is very quiet,
and she shows a supreme indifference
to the censortous world. This lady Is
considered the beauty Of the troupe,
though some of the others are sprightly
and charming enough to tempt the
virtue of old st. Anthony. Of the
remainder of the brigade history speak.
eth not, though they arc all handsome,
brilliant and talented, and very much
better than the Pecksnifian pieties
who decry them.
As soon as burlesque has had Its
swing, minstrelsy will BIO in order,
the California having been leased fol
four weeks to Duprez q Benedict, they
paying therefor the sum OF $4,000 In
gold; after which the legitimate once
more, with a company Of half old,
half new faces. Miss Cleveland, an
actress Of Australian reputation, has
been already engaged for the next
dramatic season, taking the place OF
the to-be-married Miss Melville.
The Defea. ef the Carsenites.
"A very pleasant change In the shape
OF championship games, from the in
terminable billiard matches, was a