The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-03

purpose announced. and the occasion
drew out y large and unique audience.
Middle-class Washington treated itself
! to holiday. Few Of the rich and fasll-
ION liable were there hut faces one seldom
secs a-pleasuring flied the orchestra and
dress circle, including lame sewing girls,
who came "n crutc!Ics; hartl-han.Iel
mothers with many children, with u
little one trailing at their skirts; old
men with young hearts i*an'ing behind
their witIleretl tact's, and no small per-
centagc Of our well-tO-tlO cOlOred ele-
meht.
During the overture great clapping
OF hands was heard. and the verital,le
BETTY" with laby' Charley in her arms
came in, escorted BY u stalwart cousin,
his wife and two infants, and were
shown to the lower private box ut the
right Of the stage. They were q gro
tesluc group Tor II private box, but they
bore the Cr,cal Of public scrutiny with
| n,oGesiy and dignity. Occasionally
"Ba;y" set MP an incipient howl, hut
: WAS promptly quietcslby maternal meth.
OILS. Bctty's pale brown hair was
crilEpetl over il smooth and not unhan(-
some torch nd. Her face is long and a
little worn fer q woman evidently not
over 23 or ., and one of her front teeth
is broken lartly away, but she looks
honest, faithful and wifely, and there
i,euns from her eyes the unQuenchable
charm which the infant Christ saw in
the pure eyes Of his n,aiden-lnOther, the
! charm with which the great God has
invested maternity in all ages and races
Of men. She wore frugal round hat of
black straw with black feather; q cheap
cloth cloak trimmed with bead passem-
enterie, and black and white striped
summer silk, limp as to the overskirtc.
a woman of the people, as you gee, and
not one of our trim, aspiring Northern
type, either, hut Of the resigned, unex-
pectant, neutral-tinted sort that grow
in the country districts Of Maryland:
! ''Charley,' u plump, white, r'und-eyed
10y Of six or eight months, was ciasped
firmly in his mothers arms. He wore
u cap of sky.bl9e, with black velvet
hand. and q sky-blue cloak, with clean
lacA kerchief around his neck, pinned
with a pair of gold and Jet with the
! word .I,aby" lettered on it.
The cousin and his family were decent,
looking people, modestly
conscious of being mere incidental a.
iuncts to the scene. The party came TO
the theatre in u street-car, ana sat some
what awetl by the glare of f."t-l,gnts
and the radiant face Of the fair lacy WIN
strong foreign accent, amt l0veIv: tFan,
ing silks, who was playing CamiiIe, III
! for them, with faithful, painstaklng aIt'
and not without the inspiration OF gen
ina Retween the fourth and fifth acts,
having previously responded to frequent
calls. Mr. (;ottllOld, who, rs Armand,
had i,,st wrung the heart Of the improp'
or hut angelic Camille with dreadful de-
munciations for her alleged fatthIessness,
lt,i hcrsmiiinylv before the curtain with
nm mir Of business, holding ldatue
hea,,e,l with hank notes. In = neat Ilt-
tic snetx.h he said that ''wOnlan to wO'
manV Mile. Rhea would now present to
Mrs. Mason in person the gross rcceipds
If the performance, Sss47. Then tht
actress in her slender graceful beauty
advanced Icftward toward the private
hox. and Betty arose In the center"f tl't
j,ox tO meet her, and received from he'
white hand the plaque and its contents
thc warn,-heartesl mladenn'isclIe p tline
h"r arms around her neck and KISSING
hcr ,,mite las woman to wOn1an, III
,ieesl. ;otthold had oppOrtuneIy se'ztt' .
tl,.. hohy. and he brandjshed !, "'Hl'
u,nn tie stage, saying. iaughineIy
..rhi, is the baby and oh. my country
men! what a fmrorc Of delight arose u
th.. a,,iien,r. The little lame girl ncn
49,. who had hecn ~.,I,!,:ng vigorously
ov.,. rho Voc, of Camille, stamped VIII
her crutch u,,c,, the floor and la"Sht'
. IN the tears :.sliil0 again: EEeTyoou
tan,l,ei ar cried, even hardened, OF
t"s,tre-xoers like myself. for here wa W;
tie touch If nature that ''n'ASes IN
"h,l.. verdi kim" The episode nttet
,v",micrful!y we'll into tho play. IL wa
. u,,r.. wO,nan's bearing. pure "ner';':
tn !. woman an.l sister, but syh'oo'l
c.,iiv # WAS queen Of the 'tr!n'-hl"nue
Jr:scd with l0w-necked,. 0are.afnls' III
wnlmntuoilsncss. and glittertng WIN w
;rw,is OF her gi,le,l shame, paying =:
yuomtaneous yearninE trioute 'J ~"
mr.. estate Of wifehOOd anu MOt!!T..';, ...';
> Which ii, might never know; .y Hy
cried "a .,be, took te e!eoesNE S4y; Hy;,,
and df2W hack bel'ind the cnta.m c,e !" .
th.. bOx to ''l,ave it OUT Win nrse', s.,-e :,
leisure. The cousin became .G.sr.;; ~
! If the ..epot,duIix," ana 'hsoS ~
s.,,se.l himself Of the plague: e. :, o~,,.,n,
Then the play went on 20 Ic,I w ;.'". a. '" I'M
eonclrmiuu;t Mn. Mos0n ne!u .x :,,'
! av0idable levee 0n the way u..,i ", ~ :,
inbv's fat white hand was s.luei;." :" =: =
many roagh. . bti! y ~ ki1Eah!x ~ sSEikH 49, Hnii
sps: s,;;S :s;;S in : &sE7nAt'ss' t8!5ea
Waxh;ngto" Cor. I""'''''"''
Il r.sa, NM t;fiFa ;sssfii castles in III! III
my york need not be lost; that
y,.".. yJ" thev should b4 pQM pN! !slXNet =
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