Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-06-08
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Especial Correspondence Of the Times.l
SAN Francisco. june 3

DAN FRANCISCO, June 3.
DEAR T1MEs:-The events Of the
week, are the coming of Ristori,
Janauschek and company, who de-
light, the goodly people of San
Francisco with tragic acting, and
make glad the hearts of those who
have no cause for tears, with
copious showers, supposed to be
produced from sympathy with peo-
pie who have supposed Elizabeth,
Mary Stewart and Medea, are to
call forth all the sorrow from old
and young, necessary to keep up q
pitch Of excitement to pay the eex-
penses of these world-renowned
travellers, whose ambition at pres
ent, is to see California, and in
Ristori's case, to die, artistically
speaking, as her manager informs
us that in this voyage around the
world she proposes to take leave of
the stage altogether. Extraordin-
ary prices this season have been in
order; Di Murska's prices ranging
from one dollar to two-and-a half,
according to position; the former
allowing two feet of ground to each
ticket-holder, providing his two
feet had power to hold him through
all tho encores and brilliant varia-
ttions with which our audiences
were delighted, and the same
pnices, minus half-dollar, being
the ulhmatum of Ristori's charges.
1t does for once, so everybody
says, and as the managers do not
propose to give people time to re-
pent of extravaganza in this mat
ter, but will whisk the stars like
comets into Australian spheres, we
do not propose to say much about
it. The stars might do better,
pecuniarily speaking, by staying
longer, at smaller prices; but then
the brilliant flash would have to be
omitted, and so farewell to that
notion. Janauschekis prices are
those usual with stars she speaks
in English, of such quality as she
can; she has the California theater,
while 1Ristori can only have the
Opera House; dispenSes librettos
for the unfortunate owners only of
hhe English language, and has such
large prices that things seem
against her. H.-...r rs-s.. s..,
Last week the announcement of
a Roman wrestling match thrilled
the hearts of the people. The
young hoodlum, the " blosted
young Englishman," and the slab
sided Yankee, whose nerves are
more developed (too often) than
the muscle, became fascinated, and
tickets at two dollars and a half
found purchasers, until between |
three and four thousand dollars
was expended in behalf of the
manly art of self-defence. What
that means C. Ann, as woman, is
n0t supposed to know sad as only
one woman was said to be present,
and thSt one not C. Ann, it is bard
to tell abont; but people do say,
and people are supposed to know,
that hocus pocus was the order of
that match, and as the game was
drawn, not much could have
changed hands in betting; the men
must have shared ..nne proceeds,
and no great harm was done, so We
are satisfied if nobody else is. A
little harmless amusement of that
kind might be INDUCED in, pro-
vided everybody agrees to it,
though to say the truth, where the
finn comes in, watching for two or
three hours to see two men trying
to hold each other down, IS not
very palpable, but being assured
10y "young America" who ought
ito know, that the art OF self-de-
fence is very much to be sought
for. and as on the following Sun
day group of men were encour-
aging two little fellows OF SIX on
Stockton street to pitch into each
other, we suppose it is SO. All Is
in the last case, the little wrestlers
did not seem so fairly matched, for
whilst one went home crying, the
other was encouraged by possible
male progenitor Of some family,
who patted him on the head and
said, You gave it to him good,
didn't you, bub; he won't make
faces at you again" "rgyyI .ov..
Moral: Good seed planted in
fresh, young soil is productive OF
good results, and wrestling in San
Francisco can be so judiciously
encouraged that ten times four
thousand dollars may yet be given
for one such entertainment, and
nobody be the better for it.
tlrrr. CYNTHIA ANN.