Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19
FREEHAND NOTES.
SKETCH OF TEgATRICALs At SAN
FRANCISCO THEAFERs.
Tenor in an Ex-vanderbilt Fall Cos
tume-aodjsska and Muldoon-A
Pourteen-year-old Millionaire.
SAN FRAxc1sco. Nav le. 1853.

war Is more boutte than the queen S
Lace Handkerchief, but it is the apothe-
osis Of Perugini. There is nothing bouffe
about his role it is high comedy. Ills
" Perhaps 1 should not have said that, "
when ne gossips indiscreetly about every
secret and stratsgem that has been con-
fided TO him, and that to the very people
from whom it should be concealed, is very
gracefully and piquantly said, and not SO
frequently as to become weariaome man
nerisnn. Perugini rises from the rank of a
little sugar man TO the beauty and distinc-
tion of a Vatican or Sevres figure, and his
wonderful white brocade costume is said
to be that worn by guest at the Wander
bilt fancy ball and presented thereafter to
the bewitching little tenor, and so the rich
falls OF lace are real. Carleton looks
slightly suub faced and burly compared to
this perfect little creature, bat he wraps
himself In the consciousness OF his fine
voice AID ia not absolutely inconsolable.
The drill at the end of the opera, evolu-
tions by the warlike Marchioness' ANA.
IONS, filled the foyer 81 the California every
evening, and the four girls In green, in blue
and In chocolate seemed to have special
companies Of clappers among the audience
devoted to their interests.
ONE OF THE PRETTIEsT COSTUMES
Was Msthilde CottreHy's-the exact holi.
day dress of Dutch peasant woman-the
gold head-dress, the long medallion ear
rings, the necklace, the lace apron, all
complete. Monday night Mojeaka put on
"As You Like It" There was an over,
flowing audience-one would have said all
San Francisco, but for the knowledge that
as large an audience was at the California
to welcome Barrett. But the Modieska
company is not Shakespeare company,
and the play suffered accordingly. 1t
seems almost q pity that the custom is es-
tabhshed of introducing a trained athlete
into the wrestling scene in the tirst act.
1t was certainly worth the price of ad-
mission TO see William Muldoon, "Gfaco-
Roman Champion of the World, as the
bill read, support himself on his head and
heels, allowing neither his hips nor shoul.
ders to touch the ground, while NJ. II.
Barrymore, the Orlando OF the cast,
Jumped three times with all his weight
upon the athletes body and was thrown
off like rubber ball. But there is nc
illusion child can see that the supposed
vanquished man could in reality crush his
raw antagonist like IN egg-shell were he
SO minded. He 'lets him beat" as enc
humors silly opponent at cards. William
Muldoon is
A MAGNIFICENT ANIMAL,
And in New York when Madame Mod.
jeska said to him playfulIy, "You and
share the honors in AS You Like 1t,
Mr.. Muldoon," the ex- policeman replied,
with just self.esteem, Madame, we do. u
Modjeska's Rosalind loses much of its ef-
feet by her strong French accent. One
sees that she perfectly understands her
lines, but she does not make the listener
understand them and while she is ador-
ably witty, the rolicking humor of some of
R0salipd's banter is lost by the rendering.
The romp is essentially an Anglo-Saxon
production the continent of Europe can
neither evolve nor comprehend her. In
the first act, joking with Touchstone,
matching wits with Celia or rebuked by
her uncle, Modjeska is fsultiessly graceful
and spirited and her Celia, by the way,
Miss George Drew, is worthy of her, and
gives a great deal of arohness and intelli-
genes to the pretty character OF Celia, often
too much subJrdinated and neglected.
The forest of Arden was singularly
cramped and Uttered glade. The attempts
after sylvan effects made the stage resem.
bic church on Christmas eve, when fair
maidens have been winding garlands for
Ll, IS dannraAiar, hut 10
unspeaksble stump in the foreground was
pardonable when Rosalind climbed up and
SAT IN THE FORK OF THE BRANCHES
And saucily chartered to Orlando, swing
ing her pointed rusaet-leathered toe the
while. She reaches the highest plane of
her acting when Oliver comes to tell her of
0rlando's contest with the lion. She is ly-
ing on a green bank, suppose they call it
Ia paper muslin. covered sofa, without any
legs, is what it is and Celia is near her.
Oliver approaches and asks if she is that
youth whom Orlando playfully calls his
Rosalind. There is Just that note of acct
dent in his voice that terrifes Rosslind,
and the somber "dark tone as singers
call it, and the suppressed dread with
which Modjeska replies Sc am, is per.
feet triumph. The self.command she
knows to be necessary before a stranger is
also indicated in the voice. Then the
shudder and slight movement Of the
muscles Of the face when Oliver speaks of
the snake Orlando found about the old
mans neck, are intensely fine and femi-
nine. What modern Orlando would be de-
ceived five minutes If the woman with
lo, h. IN
tall and slight, masqueraded before him,
talking as Rosalind does? Shakespeare
Rosalind has yet TO arise, and go has his
Jacques-at the California.
A FOURTEEN. YEAR OLD MILLIONAIRE.
A delicious little 14-year-old, Russell
Avery, has been posing as a millionaire
here, and the story is worth telling. His
parents are in comfortable circumstances,
though not rich, and live in Saucelito, and
upon day my young gentleman takes to
giving his friends pianos and gold watches
by way of souvenirs and delicate atten-
tions. He takes horses at the stable and
boxes at the theater by the month, he per-
petually misses the Saucelito boat and
dimes sumptuously at city rotisserie9, man
ifestly agitating his mamma. When ques-
toned By his friends he airily remarked
that he had explained the source of his
wealth satisfactorily to his papa, and that
ne was not encroaching upon his principal.
His last move was to take as his Secretary
the l6.yez--old brother of San Francisco
artist, and go East, whence he writes that
if his Sseretary's artist brother would like
year or two in Paris, he, Russell, would
be very happy to send him-aw
ORANGE BLOSSOMS.
We have news tonight that Miss Sallie
Swearinger, Mrs. Justice Fields lovely
and brilliant sister, was married in Wash.
ington yesterday to J. Condit Smith, of
New York. The gentleman was on Cen
eral Shermsn's staff during the war.
Hall McAllister has received very
beautiful present for his elaborate coun-
try house at San Rafael = namely,
1000 feet of the root of redwood. He
had piece polished, and it proves to be
as much more beautiful than the root of
the French walnut as dusky, wine-colored
shades surpsss mere ochre and umber,
while the forms OF clouding are the same.
PHILIP SHIRLEY.
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Always Kiss IN THE DARK.--A young
curate in England, belonging to the High
Church. has had n rather novel expert