Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-13

being believed. On the seashere, near Co
hassst, Joe Bowling, for many years lad
ing man on the Bowery, discovered lady
and her child in danger of death. Bowling
Is an invalid but there was nobody else
within call, so he volunteered to play the
part of dehverer for the benefit of the lady
and child, and with great difficulty saved
them both. He is now laid up from his
exertions but gold medal from the
Humane Society would help to cure him.
There is no advertisement about his ex-
plot; for Bowling is not in want OF an en-
gagement, fortunately.
John Mccullough took part in an i'm
promptu performance in the old Beefsteak
Ciub,room connected with the Lycenm
Theater, joining Herr Barnay in a scene
from '0thello." Mr. Mccullough was
the Iago, and the German actor the Moor
Of this interesting excerpt, the occasion
being the entertainment given by Mr..
Irving in honor OF the Sake Meiningen
Company. Besides Herr Barnay. there
were present Herr Chronezk, the stage
director Herr Nesper, Herr Teller, and
others. The German Cassius (Tellerl was
contrasted with our American one, Law
renee Barrett, who was amongst an array
of guests that included many representa-
tives of art and literature. Dinner was
served at S o'clock, the table being placed
lengthwise along the stage of the Lyceum,
extending from the footlights to the recess
at the back. MIR. Irving made, of course,
delightful host The same day Mr..
Burnana entertained congenial company
at Richmond, the guests including our new
compatriot. Colonel /" Coghlan.
The recent order of the Paris Project of
Police relative to precautions against fire
in theaters has been officially notified to
all the directors, and has created great
stir. The clause which encounters the
liveliest opposition is that abolishing the
StrGpontias, or little seats attached to the
sides OF the passages in the pit, galleries,
ETC., and as the said passages must hence
forth be at least three feet and three inches
In width, a seat will also have TO be taken
off the whole line of orchestra stalls at
each side of the house. This diminution
in the sitting space is estimated to cause
loss to the receipts CT fully 200f. night,
a round sum at the end of the year.
Other changes entail heavy outlay for their
execution, and altogether the measure
seems unjust to theatrical directors, not
withstauding the undoubted excellence of
its object. For once we are likely to see
the managers of all the houses united for
the purpose of organizing determined op-
position to the proposed alterations.
II. ]. Sargent writes to the SPIRIT from
Kingston-on-T Thames: 81 have Just closed
an agreement with Mile. Rhea, principal
actress of the French Imperial Theater at
St. Petersburg. Owing to the troubles in
Russia that theater is temporarily closed,
and Mile. Rhea came to London, studied
English with John Ryder, and engaged
the Gaiety for one performance as test.
How strange that l should be in San
Francisco when Modjeska made her first
appearance in English, and in London when
Rhea made the same experiment, and
should have engaged both of them at sight
| considered Rhea's selection of Beatrice in
Much Ado About Nothing, most unwise
for a first appearance in English at London
but it made her triumph all the greater.
The audience was mostly composed of pro.
fessionals and critics, and she received
almost an ovation. Her first act was in
distinct, and | feared failure but she
recovered her self possession and the lam
guage, and then it was delightful to hear
her speak. She is young, very beautiful,
very charming, unmarried, and perfectly
in love with her work"
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Florence sailed for
New York, ard We're expected to arrive
on Wednesday, August 81. Mr.. Florence
passed his last days abroad rout-fshing in
Ireland with Lord Vaudeville ard Sir
VIM. Vernon, to catch the brogue as well
as the fish. Then he hurried back to
London to meet Mccullough, who had
come on from Paris to bid him good. by,
and who will follow him home soon. The
Florences have three new plays The
Captain. farcial comedy in three acts, by
G. +. Sims, of the Referee 1.-THE Ma
caws, farcial comedy in three acts, by w.
Yardley; Home Again" domestic drama
in three acts, by FL. A. Jones. They left
New York without farewell dinner, a
good-by poem, music on the pier, or tugs
down the bay but nevertheless they
achived great success in England, pro-
fessionally and socially, and always upheld
the American end of the dramatic pole,
with the star-spangled banner on it, and
made the British lion wag his tail de-
lightedly and Hospitality, without depriv.
ing the American eagle Of single feather,
on or off the stage. Now they return
home to new exertions and new triumphs,
and they will be warmly welcomed by the
profession and the public. They will
probably begin their season at Boston, on
September 9Th.