The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-19

discovered that the laws relating to chill
dran on the stage in this State are different
in many respects from those OF New York
and he has decided to test them in the case
OF the dancers alluded to.
The history of La Regaloncita, which is
Spanish for ''our little pet, will be of in
terest to Californians in that the child S
grandfather, Ferdinand G. Ever, was a
prominent figure in this city in the earlier
pioneer days. He was for some years
prior TO 1856 the publisher of the pioneer
Magazine" a, publication of considerable
merit. He later studied for the ministry,
and for some years filed Presby terian
pulpit in this city. Rev. Mr.. Ever was an
erratic man, and his marriage TO we'll
known local dancing-teacher created a
connection. Early in the sixties Rev. Mr..
Ever went TO New York, where he became
rector of Grace Church, and for years he
presided over one of the most aristocratic
congregations in Gotham.
Miss Charlotte Ever, mother of the three
dancers, married her own cousin, Fer
nando Ever, the son OF Chilean woman.
He came to America for four years to study
medicine at the University of Pennsylva-
MIA and while there he met his cousin
Charlotte. The two were married some
months later, and when Fernando had
earned his medical diploma the couple
went to Santiago where five children were
Mildred, or La Regaloncita, now years OF
age. From babyhood she was a mimic,
and when Joseph Jefferson saw her in New
York in 1892 he remarked, "My little one,
you are true artist; God has given you
genius which no one should seek to
smother"
During the Chilean revolution the for.
tunes OF the Ewers changed for the worse
and Mrs. Ever determined to place her
children on the stage IN this country. The
three girls showed remarkable talent and
they were carefully trained before their
anxious mother secured an engagement
for them in New York. Litigation fol-
lowed, and the indications are that Mrs.
Ewer's experiences in New York will be
duplicated in this city.
Mrs. Ever is greatly distressed at the
turn affairs have taken. She has placed
the case in the hands of an attorney, and
her friends assure her that they viii render
her support in combating the action taken
by the officials of the Humane Society.
''To call dancing by children work is
ridiculous, 'ssaid she. Talent is not work.
and my child Mildred assures me that she
loves 10 dance. Ny father was an Anglican
Catholic or high Episcopal, and ministered
for years in San Francisco. He was widely
known in New York, very dramatic and a
student of Shakespeare. Edwin Booth
was his much admired friend. AS child
! showed dramatic talent but my parents
were preiudiced against a stage career,
and did what they could to repress nv
ambition in that direction.
al have decided to treat my children diff
ferently, especially Mildred, who shows
great talent. She loves dancing, and if, as
the society alleges, this fancy dancing such
as my little folks indulge in is harmful,
may l ask why parents in the highest and
most cultivated circles send their children
to dancing SCHOOL,"
Mrs. Ever speaks Spanish fiuently, as
she does also German and French. La
Regaloncita and her two sisters speak the
same languages. All of them seem to be
delighted with their occupation as dancers,
and the prospect of being forced from the
stage because of their extreme youth has
rendered them gloomy. The case will come
up in Judge Joachimsen's police court to-
morrow morning.