The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-31
A TREATER PARTY.
Berkeley Boys Behold the =" Beg
gar Student"

"'Rah, 'rah, 'rahl Cal-i-for-ni-ahi C.
o. Berke-leyl Sistl booml ahl Riff, riff,
riff! 'Rah, 'rah, 'rah! San Francis col
Californian! Jones of the High School
Bist-boOm-ahP
1t would not be an easy matter to find
these pyrOtechnic sentences in the opera Of
the "Beggar Student" The opera does not,
as general thing. begin with them, but it
began with them last night at the Tivoh
Theater, and this was heard all through the
first act, and most of the second act; and
when they died away the performance was
over and the performers were homeward
bound with great plugs Of cotton in their
ears.
The the ater was in the possession of the
students last night. They guaranteed a
good house to the management on condi-
tion that the management would produce
the Beggar Student" The management
did as they were desired and the students
did the rest. Long before the curtain rose
the theater was packed to suffOcation.
Camp stools were placed in the aisles and
standing room" became scarce and finally
disappeared.
A COMPOUND RACKET.
The curtain rose amid a whirlwind Of
noises. circus in O country town, a
Chinese funeral and welcome to an
honored guest were flung into heap and
ground into racket that would make Bed
lam silent with envy. Here the wild sweet
notes of the fsh-horn unloosed themselves
upon the air, and then the rattle ratified,
and the Chinese fiddle squeaked. Close 10
the stage young man with an Apollo face
rang coW-bell until his arm ached and
some one intimated that lie was too Old for
c0w-bell and deplOred the fact that calf
bells had not been invented. Tin whistles,
flies, jews harps and other instruments Of
torture were produced and the pandemOnium
was perfect.
The actors were astoniShed at their Tecep-
tion. and were obliged to call down the cur
tain before the end Of the first ACT. They
held consultation and decided to go ON as
best they could, and they carried out their
programme. Instead Of the words OF the
opera, college gags " were given, and wildly
applauded.
ROSES FOR THE DANCERS.
When the skirt dancers appeared they
were greeted with a shower Of roses. Great
bouquets tumbled at their feet udtil the
stage was Uttered with fallen petals.
Twice the girls we're encored. and after
their second appearance the applause
lasted seven minutes, and the students
whoOped and hOwled until the audience be-
came weary and began to hiss. They also
began to anathematize, and deep, new-fan-
gled, soGl-Satisfying anathemas were hurled
at the boys from Berkeley. They with
stood the tide of invectiye for few mo-
ments, then they began to burn chemicals,
red, green and blEe lights, pepper and -four.
and the members OF the audience VINO did
not like fireworks arose and went out into
the calm summer and anathematzed some
more. until great and generous peace fell
upon them.
When the curtain rose for the second act
the racket was maddening. Fish-hOrns were
footing, fiddles were squeaking and bells
were jangling. Cat-calls went from gallery
to gallery, aud when a dancer put 80 degrees
between her feet, student, with the assist
ance of the instrument used by Punch in
addressing his wife, squeaked That's the
way to do it," and the scholars burst into
eOnYulsions of delight.