Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-17

r.ssTal Cen .dy .sot1rc % BE- pro4u eea
f3a1xht ~ she opera ueuse.
Ion. jeremiah SiIvcrbags, our now
Senator elect, by his personal represen-
tatiye Mr.. n. A. ken nedy) and suite,
tthe Cotton Kennedy Comedy Company
arrived yesterday from Victoria, y. e.:
via Port Townsend. THE senator
will hold his only reception in this city
ct Sources Opera House this evening.
90 that all Of our citizens Who wish to
zee the rev ''Siivsr Senator ehould g.
cure seats early. at Humphrey Il Low
m MS book store.
The latest sensation in dramatic cir
c.es is q new comedy satire entitled
Senator Si,veyLa2s," the product OF
two San Francisco journalists. Ihe
comedy is owned bs vii w. Randall,
manager Of the Cotton Kennedy party,
now dsliQhtinc our theater-goers. Whsrl-
eve. presented the press have unaIi
mously pronounced tho play great
success It will be Produced this ever
ing with Mr.. Kennedy in the title ro!e.
The following is o Synopsis IF the COIL
edy: II opsns in San Francisco. TIE
first scene Is laid in the p.rlor of tie
Palace Hotel, where the Senator meets
his nephew, Col. Freshman. and tells
him he has been elected Senator, and is
going pretty 5000 ~ Washington. !he.e.
also, Lord Algenono fitzi,ondle meets
Captain Pension, aud Is recognized by
MIN As man lac faet and WAS iE.im4.e
with in England. under TIE ne Of
Dick Singer. The Captain IL short of
money, and F.fZnonai!e, having lately
forged drafts on the Bank Of EE1ltnd.
is quite lash; 50 the two enter into 4
| compact aud agree ~ lay sisge to .he
hearts Of Letifia Silvcrba2s and Fo.-
| tuna Bonds. Both theSa girls are sup
posed to have a million or 80 IN their
own right. To settle which shall have
| which. Fi.znootlls and Pension toss for
cnoice, Fitznoodle wins aad chooses hs-
tits. Letitia introduces her father 20
| MrB. NJ sinGh Anca. "a teacher at tae
! sch.sJl where she had been eaIoatcsi,
| ana proposes that she shall ne her tray
cling companion. Lord F.tzno die and
| Peusioa arc introduced - tae two
| ..e.resses, ard Fiszuossd!e LOSES no time
| lii proposing - Letisia. who refers him
| 10 papa. who, thD1gn I'd. liking the
unatcn, gives consent. L-titia = cousin,
Col. Frra1m,n, II also violently in love
with her. and that young lady prefers
hin t. t,le English Lord. Mrs. Gov. L.
=. Bonds il Determined that the lord 3
.orulet shall eraea the brow OF her
d Irghter Fortuna. aud upbraids Fsrtu-
ia far POI ..,it:ing I":i:ia to rival her in
III. elections Of f'.tzloodls. TEE mar
rage OF Fitznoodis with L"ti.ia is Just
about To be solemnizsd in the Senators
house lea Washington When al English
detective steps IN, and pal.ing of the
f,iss whiakers and wig of F,tzno die.
prosiaims hun to he Dick Singer the
forgor. The senator, u cover up tho
disgrace, tsic2iapils the amount OF
money Singer has stolen to tine bank,
aud tlus qu.e:s the affiir. In the mean
| tieie Capt. Pension has married Fortu-
nj. and enters the room where Letitia
and the rest are assembled with his
bride. On discoyeriue thst Fort na has
no: cent in her own right, Pension &C.
ospts the Senator's ofer Of $1,000 to
withdraw all claim 10 her hand. Col
Freshman then interposeS his claim to
Lst.tins hand. and rho Ssnrtor, to make
things oven all round. makes Mrs.
Maintenance Mrs. Senator Silyer5.gs.