The daily critic., 1890-06-12
THE SENATOR In CALIFORNIA


Wr. Crane Tells Something About Au-
dienoos TO a Phonoeraph.
Senator" William IT. Crane clines as
fondly 70 lis phonoraph and his dog
Pete in San francisco as he did in this
city. The phonoeraph has some adj
vantage over the ordinary letter which.
make Il very valuable to those who
possess the wonderful machine and can
make it talk. II is ilegible to all who
do not have the machine, and one may
record therein his most secret thoughts
with no fear Of their being read bv
everybody into whose hanus the cylin.
der may accidentally fall
Nh Crane appreciates this fact, and
when lie has anything particularly CON
fdCniial 10 communicate to his friends
be opens the battery OF his phOnOgraph,
places Pete iu q position where he can
see that the machine works properly,
and pOurs out his soul into minute pin
holes on the waNen cylinder One of
these soul burdCned phonograms has
just reached New York. The friend to
whom IL was sent incaudously left IL on
The phonogrnph In his apartments, and
q friend of his who happened in during
his absence started the machine and
listened to the Senator's impressions Of
California and California audiences.
Here Is what fell upon the ear Of the
listener in the well known CHEEKY tones
of Mr. Crane.
My DEAR -. How are You all? We
have been In California about two weeks.
Wish We were home again IN the old Tat.
corner Fiity-ffth street and Broadway.
California is not what &c used TO be. We
can't complain ourselves; business has been
very big AL the theatre would hold every
night. Very peculiar audiences The
play goes very we'll with the audiences
here, but not the same as Il did in New
York. The points that the New Workers
seemed to enjoy the most, they seem TO slip
over here. We always have the same scene
at the end OF the third act, however
procession before the curtain-aud about
the same amount Of enthusiasm
Calitornians are a very peculiar people.
l am not speaking personally, Of course.
but as a class they seem to put themselves
up on little pinnacle or pedestal They
seem to think they know little more than
anybody eloe. They DO not want 70 know
anything about New York or the East
They think California Is the greatest state
IN the world, and that they know more
than anybody can tell them, no matter
where they come from. / wish that all
liAFb-N lurs htbtdGAlUNh tOulU ktNN away from
here about one year Let them have some
thing cheap and not very good, and per-
haps they would appreciate other things
better.
say, and am not speaking personally,
our houses are very large, aud we have
been treated very nicely, but they seem 20
know so much You can't tell a man any
thing about New York State. lie saws,
"Oh, how about California ~ They know
It all
We have been down the bay three or four
times and had very pleasant times. Going
ON Monday 20 Point Bonita to see the light
house inspected. ! shall have very pleas
ant sail and lunch. Inspect lighthouses Is
something we did not have 10 do lately
especially In New York we never inspected
lightht uses, as You know Some " the
boys viii be doing Il here all winter, though.
We have been over To Santa Cruz aud en-
ioycd the Sunday trip very much, but
shall be delighted when We start for home.
On, how ] shall want 10 start aud get into
New York, and when we come we shall be
there for two or three days Hone Won viii
come up aud see us. Pete rs first rate:
would send love fully ~ he could Mrs.
Crane joins me In sending love Good hye.
W H. tuANE