Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-03-09
CUR NEW YORK LETTER.
S0meii,.ag Ab0u. Plays and TIA
Players.
Players.
New York, March 2, 1894.

the size of Carson, as matter Of
duty. \ lot of theatrical and news
paper people used 10 throw passes
at me and | disliked to hurt theii
feelings by not using ,Ae.n. Here it
is different ain keeping my ar
1 rival here a secret The actors and
newspaper publishers do not know
of my presence. You can hardly
! believe shat relief it is. | feel
free from the necessity of rushing off
to every performance i'll town, which
would use up all of my spare even
ings.
l; is very refreshing to walk quiet
ly up to box-cflice and buy a
ticket like other people, slipping
slyly upstairs before any of those
people see me and thrust pass into
my unwilling hands. Also | always
buy four-bit ticket-uniess their
are two-bit ones on sale-and 90 up
high where | need not be observed
by my acton friends, who would feel
sighted if they thought | ever pad;
and speaking of two-bits ETC., re-
minds me that they do not say that
here. They don't know what bit,
two-bits, ur-bits, etc. are, being
accustomed always to more cultured
expressions, such as dime, quarter
half, etc.
One queer thing about it, how
ever, is that two>bits buys just as
much as quarter, and everybody
grabs for four-bits with both hands.
But to get back to the theater.
went. unostentatiously into the
top gallery of the Garden theater
lest week to hear the opera 100.
Not being aware that ] was rrr- 80
the actors did not, OF course, put
forth any extra effort, but the show
was good.
The feature Of the performance is
The representation Of Queen Isabella
by Richard Harlow, Harlow as a
woman is simply immense, weighing
about 250 pounds. He sings a song
which is now known all over this
part of the country. The following
eloquent and touching words form
the gist of the lay, l ill whistle
the refrain as / write and then your
readers will have he whole thing:
lsabellah, Isabellah,
Is sovereign of notoriety.
Isabellah, Isabellah,
Is lady of good society.
lsabellah, Isabellah,
Is lady of great propriety.
Isabellah, Isabellah,
She's the daisy Queen of Spain.
You will observe that Isabellah is
prominently advertised in the COM
position; also notice that the aristo-
cratic pronunciation ending with
"ah" is carefully maintained
throughout, don't let your Webster
ian proof reader remove those "h's".
OF course in the next to the last |
line few things are sacrificed to
rhyme Thus the song should go. |
Isabeller, none excell'er, She's the
daisy, ETC., etc.
There are several we'll known
places here where mediocre actors as
semble III the day time, for various
purposes. These places are street
corners, and pawn shops. No res
taurants, nor palace hotels are in
you will observe. One Of
the famous old places, now becom
ing a thing of the past is the Rialto
not the new one but the old Ri
alto. 1t is near the corner of 14th
street and Broadway. There you
may always find a lot of punk song
and-iance artists, tin soldiers and
way under studies. They are al
ways clean shaven aud busted, They
to let people see them
otherwise the population might get
nervous md worried, fearing that |
all the bad actors are dead.
Also they assemble to try and
borrow a dime from each other
to procure muddy coffee
and dense sinkers. There is another
place too, where you viii find more
class Of professional
people" This is the Strand, other
wise the sidewalk or promenade
from 23rd street to Herald Square
on Broadway. If you ever get
stranded yourself you need not ask