The morning call., 1890-08-10

three years ago. Well do l recollect the
night when, at the new theater, Broadway,
opposite Bond street, lie stood before
METROPOLITAN audience The play was
Richelieu,' and he, the personator of the
soldier Cardinal-statesman, boy in years
but man in genius, a pigmy in expert
ence but giant in dramatic art. a gener-
alton has passed away since that night. put
were | TO live hundred years / could not
forget his stimulation of age and his dignity
of mein, combined with his youthful Vigor.
as he hurled the anathema of Rome upon
the shrinking Baradas. Why, sir, the par
I quet, dress circle, balcony and gallery rose
to him, as the pit did to the elder hean
when he first appeared at a LONDON theater
in ShylOck. Stalwart men applauded and
lovely women with glistening eyes and
| flushing cheeks lent the music of their
voices to the wild enthusiasm of the time.
The usherS stood with mouths agape, Won
! der-strickeu, and the old dOOr-keeDer left
his post and rushed ID to see the new idol
the public with such peans Of applause had
brought into the Thespian temple. From
that hour commenced the delightful friend
ship between myself and Mr.. Booth which
years have cemented with increasing 1rm-
ness.
JARRETT AND NELLIE BLY,.
Every few people are aware" continued
Mr.. Jarrett as he crossed his legs with an
effort for the sake of greater ease, " that !
originated the idea of beating the time OF
Jules Verne's globe-trotting, Englishman
around the world, afterward realized by
Nellie Bly, in the interests of the New York
World"
did you intend to do the travelling your
self?"
"Of course. 1t came about in this way.
[ was at the Players Club, in New ork
City, one evening, with a number OF the
choice spirits that usually gather within Its
walls, and we were chatting lelsurely
across the walnuts and the wine Among
other topics touched upon was the shorten
ing of distances by the increased facilities
for travel. | thought Foggs record might
be lowered fourteen days. and backed my
opinion $1,000 worth. Edwin Booth, who
happened TO be there, cut in with the re-
mark, Another thousand on that PROPOSE
ton, for if Jarrett says he can do 1t con-
slider it done | made my way TO the New
York World Office after the company broke
up, told my friend, Colonel John A.
COckrell, the editor, the nature OF the
wager and proposed to go as representative
of the World. The editorial bureau OF the
paper jumped at the offer and Pulitzer, who
was in Europe, was asked by telegraph his
opinion of the project. lie Endorsed 1t
heartily. On second thoughts, that came
few days later, Cockrcll proposed to me
Nellie Bly, as a secretary Not much. L
said. She will be the heroine and mere
valet de pace-the Passepartout. Besides,
il Just then occurred TO me that | had not
consulted the wishes Of altogether the most
important person to be considered under
the circumstances, so I sent off telegram,
as follows:
Mrs II. c. Jarrett, Hotel Arno. Palermo,
Sicily: Have you any objection 10 my going
round the world with young unmarried woman,
an attache Of the World? ii. g. JARRETT.
In due season came the answer:
Mr. H. c. jarrett, MddisoH-sqtdre ThedteT,
NesC York: Every objection in The world.
MRS II. c. JARRETT.
1.-The wires settled it, / gave up the Jour
ney and Cockrell sent Nellie Bly, s0lus. But
next wear, Dec VOlente, / intend 10 do
tour around the world with my family, and
as that cratic philosopher George Francis
Train did, will make Tacoma, Wash, my
point of departure on this side the Pacific
Ocean.
KISSING ALL THE GIRLS IN SIGHT.
There is one little episode in my present
visit to this Coast" said MI Jarrett that
gave me a good deal of pleasure. IL oe-
Cured up IN the Northwest when Cranes
Senator party met the MadiSon-square
Company on the rail at place called
Olequa, between Tacoma and Portland.
During the layover OF Mr.. Cranes party in
New York, the preceding winter, its mem
beers had had frequent and pleasant inter
course with my people, and bearing this
in mind, | telegraphed the conductor OF
Train No. to tell Mr.. Crane that had ar
ranged to have a hand-shake Tor hVe min
utes en- route at the place have mentioned.
NV company had left Portland for Tacoma
and Cranes was coming in the opposite
direction. When we arrived at Olequa
Crane and his people were drawn up In
| line on the railroad platform. Ihey saluted
! US military fashion and IN the presence OF
about six hundred residents who had as
sembled to witness the unusual sight.
! We sang Aud Lang Syne' in chorus,
| and shouted all together the line from The
/ Senator the Denman claims shall pass.
/ Then came hugging and kissing and gen.
. al inf ri u0p1 wishes all alOnp
/ the line. OF course did my share of the
Osculatory business, but in my anxiety to
kiss all the girls in sight, made slight
mistake. There was one young girl with
lips as delicately red and as pulpy as the
salmon berries of the Oregon woods. L
concluded she was member OF The Sena-
tor parity
"On honor" replied the manager, as he
laid his snapely band on his heart
Come said l to her. come, kiss the
old man, and she held her round and rosy
/ face up to me with an air Of perfect conf
/ dence. | afterward found out that she
/ was one of the Olequa village maidens who
| had strayed near our crowd protest
] seeing n look of doubt cloud the face of his
| interviewer" made a mistake. But
| must say l shall never forget the sweetness
/ of that kiss"
SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS PEOPLE.
/ 80 You say you are a California pioneer"
was the next question put the amable gen.
! tleman after he had made this rather inter-
esting confession.
| 'Oh, yes: was here when the water of
the bay came up to Montgomery street. and
all of that sort of thing, you know, and have
/ been here. at long intervals, three or four
| times since. My forty-nine arrival was as
merchant was in trade My subse-
/ quent visits were as Snowman"
- Then you nave had opportunities Of
studying the growth of the city from its in
/ ception, noting the pecularlties of the
climate and the characteristics of the gradu-
ally forming communities in California
generally. Suppose you talk a little on
these points"
'Willingly. In the first place the growth
! of San Francisco is simply marvellous to
me. | am bewildeTed by the rapid progress
and solid development l see at each visit
! have made. have given up trying to bark
back TO the old days, and now accept things
| as they are, trusting the future for still
/ riper results. The cosmopOlitanism, too,
| of the populations OF Calitornla's chief
| cities, particularly that OF San Francisco,
is pleasure to me, as you may Judge,
/ because the freedom of worldly Intercourse
| our profession brings with 1t naturally
| makes us all things to all men. OF us
managers it may truly be salu. no
pent-up Utica contracts our powers
| the whole, the boundless continent
Is ours. In my intercourse T ours co, WlIh
mans generally, / have found hearty free
dom ana Peniality Of manner rarely met
with elsewhere; freedom from conyen-
tional restraint some call it. i consider 1t
the natural outcome of the conditions that
have existed more or less from the dawDing
Of American influence on this Coast The
surroundings here have tendency to
broaden human nature and to lead it to
take more liberal and charitable views Of
| the accidents and incidents of existence
AS for your climate, | have not remained
long enough in any one of my visits to form
fair estimate. / take it to be capricions
put have not studied it in all the caprces.
l am not so young man as would like to
be-" said Mr.. Jarrett, expanding his chest
and running his hand through his ebon
] hyperion eurls, as Il by his manner to CON