Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19
FREEHAND NOTES.
SKETCH OF TEEATRIGALs At SAN
FRANCISCO THRATERs.
a Tenor in an Ex-vanderhiIt Fall Coz
tnme-Hodjsska and Muldoon-A
Fourteen-year-old millionaire.
SAN FRANc1sco. Nav 1e. 1852.

up the stage to Barrett. The Merry
War ia more bouffe than the "Queen's
Lace Handkerchief" but it IS the apothe-
osis OF Perugni. There is nothing bouffe
about his role it is high comedy. His
Perhaps I should not have said that, :"
when ne gossips indiscreetly about every
secret and stratsgem that has been con-
fded 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 wearisome man
nerism. Perugini rises from the rank of a
little sugar man TO the beauty and distinc-
ton of Vatican or SeyTes figure, and his
wonderful white brocade costume is said
to be inst 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 snub faced and burly compared to
this perfect little creature, but he wraps
himself IN the consciousness OF his fine
voice ard is not absolutely inconsolable.
The drill at the end of the opera, evolu-
tions by the warlike Marchioness Anna
IONS, filled the foyer at the California every
evening, and the four girls'in green, in blue
and in chocolate seemed to have special
companies of clappera among the audience
devoted to their interests.
ONE OF THE PRETTIEsT COSTUMES
Was Methilde Cottrelly'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 Moieska 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 Modjeska
company is not Shakespeare company,
and the play suffered accordingly. 1t
seems almost pity that the custom is es-
tablished of introducing a trained athlete
into the wrestling scene in the first act.
1t was certainly worth the price of ad-
mission TO see William Muldoon, " Gr@co-
Roman Champion of the World" as the
bill read, support himself on his head and
heels, allowing neither his hips nor Shout
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 no
illusion child can see that the supposed
vanquished man could in reality crush his
raw antagonist like an egg-shell were he
80 minded. He lets him beat" as one
humors silly opponent at cards. William
Muldoon is
A MAGNIFICENT ANIMAL,
And in New York when Madame Mod
jeska said to him playfully, You and I
share the honors in As You Like 1t,
Mr.. Muldoon," the ex.policeman replied,
with just self.esteem, Madame, we do. :"
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
Rosalipd'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 faultlessly graceful
and spirited; and her Celia, by the way,
Miss George Drew, is worthy Of her, and
gives a great deal of archness and intelli-
gsnce to the pretty character OF Celia, often
too much subordinated and neglected.
The forest of Arden was a singulariy
cramped and Uttered glade. The attempts
after sylvan effects made the stage resem-
BILE church on Christmas eve, when fair
maidens have been winding garlands for
the purpose Of decoration, but even the
unspeakable stump in the foreground was
pardonable when Rosalind climbed up and
SAT IN THE FORK OF THE BRANCHES
And ssucily chartered to Orlando, swing
ing her pointed rnsaet-leathered toe the
while. She reaches the highest plane of
her acting when Oliver comes to tell her of
Orlando's contest with the lion. She is ly-
ing on green bank, suppose they call it
Ia paper muslin. covered sofa, without any
legs, is what it isl, 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 Rosalind,
and the somber dark tone as singers
call it, and the suppressed dread with
which Modjeska replies 81 am. is per.
feet triumph. The self. command she
knows to be necessary before 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
whom he was In love, were she never so
tall and slight, masqueraded before him,
talking as Rozalind does? Shakespsare's
Rosalind has yet TO arise, and so has his
Jscques-at the California.
FOURTEEN. YEAR OLD MILLIONAIRE.
a delicious little l4-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 Sauceiso, 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 rotisseries, man.
ifestly agitating his mamma. When ques.
toned BY his friends he sirily remarked
that he had explained the source of his
wealth satisfactorily to his papa, and that
he was not encroaching upon his principal.
His last move was to take as his Secretary
the l6-year-old brother Of San Francisco
artist, and go East. whence he writes that
if his Sscretary'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 Sherman's staff during the war.
Hall McAllister has received a 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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