The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-03
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The Nr@ fiutert Opera-A Venerable
Landmark Krn,os ed Rsci,fsondsts In
New York-Ansther Victim ofths Deadly
wIre-Aii sorts Of Gossip.
NEW YORK BUREAU OF THE RICHMOND
TINS" December Especial! Some
have said that .. only every other opera by
Gilbert ana SiIlisaii has been success,
they ought onlv 10 father eveft alternate
production. The record seems to bear OFT
the advice OFT the reputation OF the
"MikadO- The managets were standing IN
line holding fabulous rates for the rights i
.The leoman Of the Guard,' and those -ho
did succeed in putting their money
dowir got badly stuck. There IL
~ be no more pig in the poke
business for American investors. The
inansgers are going 10 wait to see what
sort OF a card the new opera Is to be before
their money goes into il. Hence the post
ponement Of the simultaneous performance
that was to have taken place in London and
New York last Saturday An attempt has
been made 10 repeat all the Mysterious gam
mon about the title and plot that keyed up
public expectation. and thus made the fail.
IIre all the more notable Of "rte Yeoman.'
but IL won't work again. The London papers
landed here to-day give this outline OF the
plot:
Two brother gondoliers are leading happy
eyistences in Venice. with their affections
firmly set upon pretty pair Of contadine.
After a bright opening chorus and a cha
ruteristic ditty for supernumerary
knight Of the paddle, these gentlemen are
introduced to us in all the iestyity Of their
wedding morning. Having sung scena in
Italian and joined in the orthodox quartet
the yenetians hurry of to the ceremony.
Then come upon the scene certain
ex-Duke from the regions Of spain. his
daughter Carlotta. and his ally Don Al
hambra del Bolero. They are searching for
the hereditary King Of Blrataria. who was
welded to Carlotta in infancy and has since
disappeared. Through the woman who
brought up the juvenile monarch. II 10
ascertained that the lost potentate Is none
other than one Of our two gondolierl, but
the Gilbertian problem is-whichi Back
come the happy couples from the double
nuptials. and then, TO make certain that
they have caught the right man, the Duke
and his companions hurry OF both bride
grOoms 10 their far-Ot kingdom in felucca.
The poor contadine are LETT behind. for his
Majesty of Bdrataria has wife already, and
who shall say which Of the two tits! The sec
ond act takes place on the imaginary island
In question. The identity Of the King Is
still in doubt. and the pair Of Nenetians are
reigning jointly. making DEGREES and an
nouncing their royal Will in alternate lines,
posed like new edition Of the siamese
twins. But the wives and their compan-
ions yet tired of waiting in Venice. and put
in an appearance. One Of the most delight
fil numbers in this act is quintet for the
two Kings, their wives, and Carlotta, the
wife Of one. and she does not know which
Here's a calamity unexpected
We are div slbls into three
sing the puzzled monarchs. IL would be
hardly fair 10 disclose the ingenious man
ner in which these difficulties are cleared
up. Suffice II TO say that .he cares OF
ROYALTY are removed from the heads Of the
two i0vial gOndOlieri. and that the whole
of the dramatis persona resume their ear
haunting cachuca as the curtain falls on an
opera which promises 10 be lightness and
brightness itself
VENERABLE LANDMARK.
4 venerable lady whose ancestry have
horne a considerable part In the early his
tory of the nation. was buried to-day from
her residence in Brooklyn. She was Mrs.
Rebacca +. Caruana, wife Of Mr.. CarmelO
T. Carllana, who died on Thursday. aged
seventy-fOur wears. she was the daughter
of Charles ID. Coke, who was representa-
tive Of the United States at Tripoli during
the troubles evolved by piracy upon conf
merre in the Mediterranean, and she was
born at Sydney. y. j. She first LETT sydney
TO accompany her father on the old frigate
Constitution. then commanded by COmmo-
dore McDonough. She came of family
prominent in the earliest Colonial times, her
ancestors being crown proprietors in the
| State Of New Jersey. Her direct line re-
mained lOyal TO the Revolutionary party.
| and among the first of the name 10 gain
National distinction was Tencn toxe, one
of Washington's advisers, and the first to
give any sustained EFFORT TO the development
OF American manufactures.
She WAS one Of the band Of little girls
who greeted Lafayette on his visit tC
| Trenton during his famous tour thrsugl
| the country. Her uncle was NJ. lie Ray dc
,haumont, who was the ally and friend Of
| BENJAMIN Franklin at the French court
and il was through him that money wa'
raised Ia carry on the War for lndepen
dence. He was scientist Of rare ability
and accomplishments. lie was the firs
president of the New York state Agricul
| iural Society. and his portrait hangs in III
! hall AT Albany. Referring to him. Mr. JOIN
Bieelow. toward the close Of his life o
Franklin. says: II close the account Of I
family whom the people 0f the Jnitet
States can do no less than hold In grateful
and honored remembrance" Mrs. Caruani
was a resident of Brooklyn for the las
forty wears. and celebrated her golden wed
ding about three years ago.
RICHMoNDERs IN NEW YORK.
Among the visitors recently registered a
| the hotels were the following from Rich
mond: J. 7. Carson and W. ;. Coyington
the tillsey; j. W. Hopkins and j: p
| -turgis. the Grand Mon; J. g morrison
the Grand Central: :. A. Walker and A
Stsrke. the Astor: l.. X. Page, the Hoffman
House: :. II. Puliam and wife. the II
lanes: ". VI. Bechner, Winchester. va.
the Hotel Dam: \. X. Pendleton, Winches
ter. Va, Hotel Bel,edere; +. W. Halliday
| Virginia, Astor House.
A MAKER OF NOSES.
Dr. r. l.. '7etamore, OF Brooklyn, is max
ing "A reputation as builder Of noses ol
feminine fronts. The TINES the other da
noted how be made "A new nose Tor NM
Hoffman out of "a chickens breast-Done an'
81 me carefully adjusted striDs OF skin iroi
The NO onan's forehead He now tell
the TINES correspondent hat this interestin
surgical experiment has been complet
success. The cartlaginous growtf tha
had been brought down from the forehea
of the patient to form the bridge OF the nos
had grown strong enough to support tn
organ, and he had taken out the chicke
bone inserted for that purpose; In It's plac
he has inserted framework OF thin Stats o
IVORY, which are fastened to the chee
bones on either side. All tnat now remain
TO I've done is 10 bring up IA strip OF mes
from the upper lip, TO form the septum
the organ. and the operation will have bee
comp eted. This, the doctor said, VIII be
matter OF little difficulty and will be don
in few days.
Last week the doctor performed som'
what similar operation on the lace OF
Mrs. Frinigen, VINO resides ut sl35A Atiar
tic avenue, Brooklyn. In this case the nos
was entirely sunken and the greater porto
OF the bridge destroyed. In this case ID
doctor used ivory Stats 10 support the nos
1 which was made by drawing up the tissu
OF the cheeks. As il the case OF Mrs. Hoi
man. the septum will he formed from II
upper lip. when the face has sufflcientl
healed. DR.. Tetamore SAID that these ope
atlons are not dangerous, every care bein
taken in the use of antiseptics, and In n
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