The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-09
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Il afp sbM thht In 4 German, Sonccrt OF
1 opera 4sy hardly ever encore 4 song
| that, fhDiigh thoy may bs dying 10 heal
| 1t agaiB, their good breeding usually pre-
serves them against requiring the repeii
Itions Kings may encore; tbat 1: quite
another matter; Ii delights eserybody'te
lsee that the king is pleased, and, AZ to
| She actoEepsoEed, bis piae and gratiR,
! cation are simply boundless. Slili' there
are qirsamstances In which even q royal
encore but IL Is better 10 illustrate
The King Of Bavaria is q poet and has o
over; All other p5eis of being ablo 10
crafty them, no matter what form they
may take. He 10 fond of opera, but not
fond ofsitting inith6 presence osIah sali.
Idienee therefore, 1t has sometimes oc.
icarfed la Munich, that when ru onesa
has been couclhded and the players are
getting of their paint and fincry, som.
mand has COME 10 get their paint and
tneyy on again. Presently the king
would arrive solitary aud alone, and tbe
players y cuid begin ct tho beginning
and do the entire opera over again, with
only the one individual In that yast,
soiemn theatre for an audience. .Once
no took an old freak in hiA head. HiCi.
up and out of sight, over the prodig'ols
stage Of the Court thea.Fo is mazt oi
interlacing water pipes, SO pierced that
in ease Of fire innumereblef title thread
like streams of water can ~ caused Ia
descend, and, In case OF need, this dis.
charge can be augmented to a pouring
flood. American managers might make
a note OF that. The king was tho sole
audience. The opera proceeded, Il was
q piece with storm In, III, the mimic
thunder. began 10 mutter, the mimic wind
began to wall aud cough, and the mimic
lraipas 20 fatter. The Sngsas integest rose
higher and higher; h IL 1defoicpeds Into
enthusiasm. He cried out
"Itis good, very good, indeed But !
will have real rain. Turn. on tho wa.
ter"
The manager pleaded for reversal o
tho command, snid it would ruin The
costly scenery and tho splendid costumes
but the King cried
No Tnat i D. matter, ] will have
real rain 9 sifn goi. tiile a9tsfly
1 SO the real rain vas turned on and bo.
4 gan 10 lescand sir gosaanief ianees 10 The
MIMIC flower bed and gtayef walks d
1 sh1 etfga. The richIy.d dressed actresses
/ and sctprs tSipped about singing brayely
and pretending not 10 mind IL. The
!! King Nas Delighted; his enthusiasm
grew higher. He cried ont:
Rrayo, bravo Moro ihsnderi More
lightning Turn on moro seiu!n
The thnndor doomed, tho lightning
igiared, the storm wind ragged, The delug(
poured down. q The mimic r0yeity ef Afie
stage, with their soaked satins cliaa5np
70 their bodies, slopped abound ankle
deep in the wafer, warhling their sSeet.
est and best, the fiddleFs under the caves
OF tho stage sawed away for dear life
with the overflow spopting down the
6acks Of their necks, and the dry and
happy king sat in his. lofty box and wore
his gloves TO ribbons epplauding.
] More vet 10 criad the, kns. us..n.1
| yet; let loose alltte thunder, turn on all
sIe he .ssater. I will hang tho man tnat
raises an umbrelfaI" rs, n 81,
When the most tremendous and effect.
I've storm that had ever been produced
in any theatre was nt last over, the hings
applobation was melsureiessl He cried:
Magnificent, magnificent Encorei!
Do Il again. 3.;.s
Bit the management sg uceeded In per-
suadiDg him 10 recall the encore, and
said the company would feel sufficiently
rewarded and complimented In the mere
fact that the enaoye Ya5 demanded. by
his majesty without fa!iguiDg him with
q ranntitinn 10 nrnlifv their own vnnitv.
During tae remainler of the net The
lucky peyfagmers wera thoso whose paris
fediiiSefl CHANCES nf flrnea. [. tho osLo,I