Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-03-25
An intercepted Letter.

An intercepted Letter.
The following exceedingly hu
!. morous article, in last Saturday
/ "San Franciscan. +" is from tho PEI
Of the APPEAL editor. now sojourn
at the Bay.
PALACE HOTEL. SAN FRANCIscO,
March Is. 1884.
I reached here Monday evening
and being immediately recognized
by the clerk, was given . fine in
side room commanding full view
Of the elegant court. I had hardl y
gotten washed when q magnificen,
band came and played under my
window some of the choicest selec-
tons Of music it has been my lot
to hear. I was somewhat taken
back at this cordial reception, and
feel bound to consider it a. much
of tribute to the Rather and its
readers as to myself. As soon as
the serenade was over I sent note
to the clerk requesting him to
treat the band with my compliments
and the size of the bill gave me an
even more extended idea of the
strength of the band than the
music itself had done. But of
course I didn't mind that, as fame
costs money, and when We get it we
have to pay for it. I have been
serenaded every evening by the
same combination of talented mu-
sicians, and at the same hour. I
always dislike to put any one to
any unnecessary trouble on my &C
count, and so this evening I asked
Smith if there was any expense at
tending the music. as I wished to
pay for everything I got. He said
it was all settled. from whic'l 1 con-
clude that the Press Association, or
some organization of that sort, are
taking this delicate method to show
their appreciation of Nevada journ-
alism.
OF course went to hear Patti
last evening, through the courtesy
of the agent, who kindly placed
couple of choice seats at my dis
posal. This was quite annoying,
as only few hours before I had
paid $40 for q couple nine rows
further back, which, however, ]
managed to dispose of lat eight
advance) to some Of my friends
from our town.
OF course there was a tremendous
fashionable jam, in which nv wife
and I were nearly crushed 20 death;
bat good mountain muscle pre-
vailed. and We cleared passage.
How can I tell you of Patti !?
When her magnificent voice leaps
to the ceiling, penetrates every
nook and corner of the beautiful
Tiv-Grand Opera House, it seems
like an angels voice coming from q
clear sky. Harry Gates. the tenor,
also did good work. When the
curtain fell on the first act of I'll
Trovstore" we simply sat spell |
bound. Some men came round |
with beer and lemonade. We
ordered some. and set the glasses
upon the neat little shelves fastened |
on the backs of the seats in front,
which seems to me quite an i'm
provement upon the slow-going |
way of doing things in our lovely
Opera House. For a time the spell
Of PATHS voice had such an effect !
upon us that we could hardly think !
of touching the beer at all we did
so, however, that it might not be
wasted. In my opinion it is far in
ferior to Klein's, made in our town.
Miss Hattie Moore's singing and
acting in the same piece was admir-
able. As the Prince Methusalem
she is wonderful creature. Mrs.
Gerster sang also like bird. with
an excellent timbre quality of cres-
cendo. The lunch between acts is
all that can be desired.
CHANGE OF BASE,
This morning l left the Palace
for good. disguised at the shabby
treatment I received from the
~ ono~onon 7 dis. |