The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-11

. me- a,ssr . sroILowED By SHOWER OF BoU-
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INC ner,ormauce OF Ihe Barber at Covent
carden last night was eDiiveped by an Incl
Sent as exciting as anything that hts recent.
10 occurred iu the House OF Commons, ana
that il saving a good deal. Tho curtain
was n little late in rising, but iaii went wet
siIl the balcony scene 10 Act 4. Ine mo-
ment Nine. Patti appeared, ana be1ors sue ale,
had time to phrase " Non s'e's1ss dneeTuH
= terrific storm OF yelling aad Whisthns
broke out in the rear OF the a7npnltheane,
Witch was densely; crowded. w Debn;i
,bis WAS intended as a special nanliestatieh
-, Tho Gods IN favor OF La DTFa, or"cetaer
:, ry.s merely thousbtless burst oil morse,
,ve cannot tell: but it was quickly followed
,y sonpds very like howls,, hsses. ana
yro,ns. These, again. may have bech 'n-
ssnded for the reprovai 81 the whistieFs, or
they may have been directed sSaihsl tue
Y,r;,.,s douna--ti,ose who INDUCED IN Snem
Enaw hest. at all events, Mime. :Pattl put
+.,. worst construction on the vpcat 'ofinon-
stratiop. and, sharply closing tRc easements
disappeared. Signor AfcoilnL as at'aNlsa'
was under the balcony, and when the noisc
subsidized began to war6lc, An nsu WIZ. ;;
milo hume, milo fessero." Bug "hila VIA
made no response. aud A'naF1F" an. m.
Figaro withdrew behind tae wlngs' ".
I,r,,rsn q tremendous yolley Of cheers rang
tbrn,,1h the house, but for several minutes
,,o one appeared on the vacant stage. AZ
ionotb gentleman came forward and sald
something barely audible 5eveno 'he
erchestra. The curtain fell amid cries Of
:. Trcs bicn!" "Serre them right!
.sTurn them Quit" &c. Every tongue
seemed to be let loose, and indulge us
own fancy in specializing on what "ouid ne
the upshot OF so unusual an occurr ence.
L" She'll not appear" well bave our
money back" ssSome one else VIII Jake
her place, ..She's no business to L'unlsh
the innocent for the guilty." "Perhaps tue
Kissing was intended for the Whisticls ana
not FOR her at all.'' These and sumllar
remarks were blurted out on all sides.
Ore ;cynic declared it was i" sell, "a
regular plant 10 fetch the house" Your
sec, hc observed, ".Patti will appear I'll
right, She has been too long on the boards
NOT. to know that after bitch like this she
will scorn an uncommonly big triumph"
S11re enough, the curtain 1T the end OF
quarter OF an hour rose, and, scene: omit
ted, Almaviya and Figaro paved the way
for the reentrance of La Diva in the fourth
scene, opened SO beautifully with "Una
yoce poco." It is needless TO say that When
Madame Patti appeared her reception was
enthusiastic to uproariousness. ANA 1ne
bouquets! They were pitched upon the
stage in barrowloads. Large and small. 10
all shapes aud sizes; wreaths big enough
to hang loosely on an elephants broWS,
floral Tyres large enough to till CHAIR. coro-
nets OF flowers lowered by cords from the
upper boXes-al were gathered up Wild
commendable deXterity by the fair song
stress until two vacant tables and four. va
cant chairs were loaded. When the shower
ceased the performance went on. But at
later hour. in the sifging-lcsson scene, Just
before Madnme Patti sang the Scotch bal
lad, "Twas within amile O. sweet Edin-
boro' toou," the bouquet mania broke out
worse than ever. This time Madame Patti
was assisted in collecting her wreaths by
Nicolini. Ciampi, and members OF the or
.cheslra, who got them we'll together in the
middle of the stage, till they amounted
in bulk to q good-sized haycocE.
At this th, cynir aforesaid reltera-
ted his belief that it was all q
planned affair-tbe bowling, the petting,
the bouquet-throwiDg-aud for his part nc
would not be party 10 such clap-trap.
And off he went, with bis. hat over MS
eyes. And, indeed, il everything had been
planned, if the howlers HAD been paid to
howa, Of the slamming OF the easement had
been part of the plan, ard il the bouquet
throwing had been the presrraused climax
it could not have been better done. Bait we
all know that it is only in plays within
plays, iike that in NIadarne FaYart, where
bouquets arc provided by the management
Every bouquet last night no doubt repre-
scented the emotions Of an enraptured soul
and, judging by the size OF some OF The
wrearhs, very big souls they must have
been. 3d.. '.-