The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-20
VAIN, FLRETING SHOW.
Fate Puts Down the Mighty and
Crowns New Kings.
(COpurt0ht)

fONPB' tHf'b'I
New YORK, March 10. Never was made
80 conscious of the pathos Of human life as
on Saturday afternoon. have seen friends
die. Ihave stood in court room and wit
messed a man, afterward proved innocent,
convicted of an infamous crime-watched
his agony of mind, his complete surrender
to the merciless injustice of fate once
held the hand of a young girl, mortallY
hurt in a railroad accident, as she whis-
pered with Der last breath loving message
to be carried to her affianced husband-she
dying among strangers. It had always
seemed to me that nothing more pathetic
ever could cross the line of my life. But
was mistaken.
On Saturday / went to the Metropolitan
opera house to meet a friend who was at
tending the matinee. arrived just as the
grand finale Of die Meistersinger' was
being given.
AS | passed into the foyer il was utterly
deserted. Everybody about the place had
crowded to the doors leading in o the audi
torium to hear the concluding effort OF the
musical lion of the hour, Jean de ResZke
The applause broke forth as | entered the
building. 1t was tremendous. The great
structure literally quiyered. The cir was
charged with the magnetism Of appre-
citation. l involuntarily stood still as
enc does when 1.-The indescribable
sensation of an earthquake is first
experienced Then took a step
Out the corridor to the right came short,
heavy MAI with a companion. He wasges-
ticulating savagely. His usually horid fac
was livld. His eyes glared in all Directions,
and he literally rushed 20 the street, to tn o
open air did not hear Il word, didn't need
Fooo k,lA f%o -t1 Nj aar
or dislike Of the artists work, or criticism
of the company, but remorsel Regret to
have lived SO long, perhaps. How out of
place sympathy would have been; but I'd
have liked to have rendered it then and
there TO the idol of the opera-goers fifteen
years ago. TO the earnest, honest. faithful
man who hurried away to lose himself in
the crowd on Broadway-to Italo Campa-
mini.
Every man and woman who remembers
the great tenor at his best, and who had
stood b. my side would have felt equally
sad Personally, | have witnessed his tri-
umphs in all parts of the world. / remem-
Der his appearance in the Opera Real at
Madrid an "Jose," when the final scene in
Carmen was given as never presented
elsewhere. The parade in front Of the gate
Of the Plaza de Toros was real. Fasquelo,
the bravest espado Of all Spain. was on the
stage out of special compliment TO the great
tenor, with the Toledo rapier In his firm
right hand that had slain 100 La Manchan
bulls. 1t was great spectacle aud length
ened the nights function by half an hour
Let me see IL l can give the reader a
picture OF the scene. In the cal fight the
procession of the combatants takes place in
the arena. With that single change the in
cidents followed each other just as they did
at the great amphitheater near the Gate of
Alcala IL is no exsggeration to say that
every man in that parade was known
throughout the kingdom First were the
officers OF the police Of the capital, dressed
Ia ancient Spanish costume. Then the plea
dores, mounted as they should be. on horses
with ''the of eyen baEdaged. Next came
the chulos, or combatants on foot,
arrayed like Figaro with their scarlet
shawls Then the bandarillos. with their
short, barbed spears. Finally the mata-
doris or killers, and, after just an interval,
the great FaSquelo-the most fearless bull
fighter Of the country Even King Alfonso,
10 whose honor all this pageant had BEEN
organized. returned the salute OF the trim
little man. who stood facing him rather