Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-08
IUsIc AND The DRAMA.
s1GN0R PERUGINI SUSPECTED OF
CARRYING DYNAMITE.

1 eAsAS AM - 0ANR0AAA
The Spelling of shakespeare"-A Roman
Architects Plans for Mammoth
| Theater Stage Notes.
Mime. Belle Cole, the contralto, told m,
to-day, says Eugene Field in the Chicago
NeUs, of an amusing experience Signol
Perugini (Johnnie Chatterton) had at Liv
erpool two years ago last summer. He haC
Ijust arrived from New York, and hi
trunks, brought off the steamer, were oper
to the inspection of the customs officers. L
seems that Perugini, who is somewhat of al
exquisite, had provided himself (befors
leaving New York with quantity of tooth
paste, which paste was contained in small
metallic tubes, each about three inches il
length. The harmless machines lay il
the top tray of one of the trunks.
"'Ullo!" says the customs officer, riv.t
ing his eagle eyes upon the tubes. "Wot.
this we ave 'ere?" Sig. Perugini, being
somewhat hard of hearing, did not catch
the inquiry; he was busy about something
else. This made the vigilant customs off
Ger still more suspicious.
| "Oh, l say" cried that wary functionary
"this'll never do, you know; 'ere's lot O.
contraband articles, as Pm livin' man
'Enry," he called the messenger, "run up
stairs to the hawfice hand hask the hin
spector to come down a Bit"
| When the Inspector came he handled
the metallic tubes with exceeding caution
| Signor Perugini couldn't understand what
all the delay was about.
"Wot's your name?" asked the In
spector.
"Perugini-Signor Perugini"- i"-answered
the tenor.
"Peroojinny, Ell? Wot have you got in
these ere shells"
Tooth paste-that's all"
| "Oh, tooth paste; that's all, is it? II
looks like tooth paste-yes, very much like
tooth PASTE"
Unfortunately, just at that moment one
of the tenor's compagnons de voyage hap
pened along and inquired: "What's up,
Chatterton; anything wrong?"
II thought your name was Peroojinny?'
said the Inspector.
"Well, SO it is" explained Perugini
"that is, it's my soubriquet; my other
names Chatterton."
$50 you've got halias, ave you? ?" cried
the Inspector. "Now, don't try to come it
hover me. young man, for l am too hold a
bird to be caught with chaff. You can't
play none of your Nihilist games ere
This ere stuff amt tooth paste at all it's
dynamite, that's wot it is
Perhaps you can fancy how shocked,
outraged and humiliated Perugini was.
He protested, expostulated, threatened and
vociferated, but all in vain. Several Con-
stables came in and were going to march the
poor fellow off to Jail, and they surely would
have done so if the Captain of the steamer
hadn't interposed. He knew Perugini,
and hevouched for Perugini's reputability.
But nothing the Captain said or swore to
could shake the Inspectors conviction that
the metallic tubes contained dynamite So
the tubes were con6scated, and in less time
than'it takes to tell of it they were hustled
down to the edge of the pier and dropped
into the water. With an anguished heart
Signor Perugini pursued his journey to
London, and before breakfast next morn
ing he was upon the street hunting a
chemist who had dentifrice for sale.
SHAKESPEARE (?).
How do you spell the name of the re-
nowned author of "HamletT Shakes
peare and SHAKESPEARE are two of the most
common ways of spelling the name, but
that these are perhaps wrongly spelled 1
| will attempt to show. The old records
give us but little light on the subject, the
authors of $50 and 200 years ago variously
rendered it as Chaksper, Shaxpur, Shaxs-
per, Shaksper, Schaksper, Schakespeyer,
Shagpere, Shaxspere, Shaxespere, Shaks-
pere, Shakspear, Shakespeare, Shacks-
peeare, Schackespeare, Schackespere, Shak-
pyer, Shaksper, SHAKESPEARE, Shakyspere,
Shakespire, Shakespear, Shakespeare and
after many other forms too numerous to
mention. 1t seems from the older records
that the name was pronounced Shak-sper
or Shax-pur. In four of the six genuine
signatures of Shakespeare preserved, the
name is spelled "Shakespere." The re-
naming two are illegibly written, but
evidently contain eleven or twelve letters.
| Nearly every edition of the works printed
before the death of the author had the
name on the title page spelled as "Shakes-
! peare" This is also Ben Jonson's SPELL
| ing in 1916, in one instance it being put
in form of Shakespeare" 1t is believed
to have been the change in pronunciation
of the name that led to the change in
spelling it, rendering it either as Shakes
pear or Shakespeare, instead of Shaxpur.
A MAMMOTH THEArER.
| After four years steady work a Roman
architect has just finished the plans for the
most extraordinary theater ever projected
1t is park and opera house combined. Sc
that horses and carriages may reach the
door of every private box, or be driven
among the fountains and stately gardens
on the roof. When the Duke of Torlonia
was Syndic of Rome, he urged the creator
of this wonderful scheme to continue his
labors, and suggested that a great play
house might be erected in the city as a
crowning architectural DEVELOPMENT
Rome is now bankrupt, and there is NO
hope of ever seeing the building put UP
in Italy. The architect proposes to lay
his designs before the officials having
charge Of the Worlds Fair in America
He is backed by leading men in Rome
The whole work can be carried out in
Italy at cost of Il, 100000 francs, but the
difference in the price of labor and material
on the western continent will swell thi:
aggregate enormously. The vast edifce
would contain $4,000 people, and comfort
ably seat 10000. There are $50 dressing
rooms for the performers. The stage il
195 feet wide by 2S2 feet deep.
WOMEN MUSICIANS.
| A peculiar feature Of amusement life in
New York is the growth of the women
orchestras. Women now furnish all the
instrumental music in the immense At
lantic Garden on the Bowery, in the Volks
and Ganders gardens, and in more than
one dozen smaller places on the East Side
Experience has taught the manager Of
such establishments that the women play
as we'll as the average man instrumental.
list; that they are reliable as to hours; that
they never get drunk, and that they never
60 on strike, and with all these excellent
qualities they cost much less money than
the male performers. They receive from
$40 to $50 week for seven nights and