National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-08
CLARA MORRIS.
How the Dramatic Invalid Lives at Santa Bar.
bara,

now the UIamhI1C 4nVal1o L1Nes a. 6anIa OAR
bara.
tChicago TrIbune.l
This lady is rusticatng for her health's benefit,
and enjoying the mud-baths Of Santa Barbara,
from which point she writes the following enter.
tanning and characteristic letter to q friend:
The Journey was q little too much for me. oh,
that dreary, dreary ride OF ennui and pain. How
we ratified and banged for days and days over
wearying plains, and then climbed the long
reaches of desOlate hills in the teeth ofcy blasts
make remembrance q nightmare. And how I
have worked here, stimulated to effort by the
warm, sympathiZng hearts Of this Wondrous peo-
pie. remember your telling me once that cross
Ing the Rocky mountains seemed to enlarge
human nature, making q Californian out Of
man as q grizzly bear might be supposed to be
made from our little brown fellow. They nearly
killed me, kind hearts. had physician four
and i've times day, was carried to and from the
theatre, while between the acts We had process
sion with an almost liieless body carried to and
from the dressing-room. But how their enthu-
siasm stimulated me. When acting or called be-
fore the curtain seemed full ofrare old wine
j am better to-day, and have been for q long
drive. got out OF the phBton when We gained
the beach and sat myself down under the not sun,
and basked like any little animal. The weather
is simply perfect; while you are shiYering In ice
mountains, ], in open air, draw in great mouth
fuls Of health giving delicious air. and giving In
We have had two earthquakes and q fire. The
last did not mind to any considerable extent I
am used to that article, having been burned ont
ouakes left me very cold about the lips and shAky
In the knees and elbows. Much as / fear light
ming, l prefer heavens artillery, however loud
or crashing IL may be, to this sgue in the earth.
Its horrible to feel the sold everlasting earth
giving way under one. Think Of the thin crust,
on which We hustle out our little lives, with the
world Of molten IRE beneath.
on Saturday night, or rather morning, for It
was halEpast three, We were awakened by the
stairway, and the are was at Inc head Q. the frst
tiight-plessant that TO one who does not believe
in cremation. / was equal TO the occasion. told
and dog. Couldn't help laughing at the absurd
idea that seized me, that, II We did cremate, We
would appear before st. Peter with all our house
hold goods. But assistance came, and the fire
was extingushed, and returning to bed, slept
that sleep OF peace and innocence that comes from
i have visited the Chinese quarters, been In
their eating house, their Jose houses and their
opium dens. I was received with high honOrs ct
What q sight, They had one small department
to serve as ward-robe-room, green-room aud gen.
eral dressing. room. The place was crowded with
female parts. What are dear Mrs. stanton,
Susan and Dickinson, that this Is permltted3 A
number Of actors we're changing their costumes mes.
which they stripped themselves TO the bare brown
skin In my presence was starting. had some
without being shocked. While I stood looking
about me, % as to avoid male ohemlse In the a6-
strnct, one slmond:eysd gentleman approached,
and, smiling, asked.
nYou 60 Aot-ee9n
nodded in the Alternatives Whereupon no
shook his brown little hand from out his long,
flowing sleeve, and extended Il TO me with gon.
uinS American grasp. The manager then re-
"Ell mueheo DO act ee.m
And every actor present, moro or less dressed,
nodded and smiled, and nodded and smiled back
then visited the kitchen, for mon ami, the
Chinese actors live In the theatre, and their sleep
inR.dons, pah, gicken as think or th0m. Toe
leading man receives sIoQ gold year and MS
tor BuSkln for two thousand o year and his
liquor, or Helen Lefty and her boguetsf
not act. Only think 81 Il; no dresses, no Wigs; no
rouge, no ishSArsAlS no fear Of critics no fear
Of failure through utter prostration, I 90 20 tho
-wlI that his name-I can gather strength from
touching mother earth. Would could send In
my letter some Of this sunshine, some Of this de.
lcious air. But send Kind remembrance, With
the prayer that they may DO the same
Lady Burdett COuttS thinks that more use
might DO made OF goats than is now done IN
Eeko indorssS the opinion. All over Southern
Europe, where pasturage 10 scanty, goats Furnish
the milk supply. Goats are hardy creatures and ,i
their milk, while fresh. Is hardly distinguishable
from that Of the COW. Ifbolled while still warm
from the animal II never acquires the smell and
iarity. The Echo thinks that the food supply 81
England might be greatly increased by me use
OF goats milk and goats lesh, and the opinion Is
q reasonable one, for hundreds OF Thousands Of
people IN Southern Europe and Northern Africa
derive their sustenance from goats. The diner:
ence Of climate between Southern Europe and
England, so far as 1t affected the food necessities
Of the Inhabitants, would diminish the degree OF
value put upon goats flesh and milk, but would
still leave an appreclable value. Thettradltlons
about milk dealers set at nought In the places
where goats milk is sold. In Naples, Tor IN
stance, there can be no adulteratlon OF the milk
sold for the dealer drives hts goats to his eusto-
mefs and milks the goat directly INTO his eusto-
mer's jug. Unless a conspiracy existed between
the goat and her master there could be no fraud
or deception in such method Of serving milk.