The San Francisco call., 1896-11-08

the actors efforts mechanical and UNI cal.
l suppose it could scarcely have been
otherwise. Inside the theaters, the play
ers' paint was laid on with studied art,
their mimic joys and passions were
excellently well feigned, but outside the
excitement was real; the nations pulse
was at fever heat, and, contrasted with the
men and women cheering the election
returns, the actors seemed "merely
players"
But the fever heat is all over now. The
performance advertised by the Advance
Agent of Prosperity has come to stay, the
audierce has taken its place, the curtain
is about to ring up and theatrical man
ayers are chortling in their glee, for peo-
pie are to have
Their pockets full of money
And their hearts full OF cheer
Il dare not predict the original, which is:
"Their cellars full of beer.') People are
to have work and money, anyway. and
they will then be in a position to patronize
the drama right royalty.
Loie Fuller is going to sail away after
her engagement here to dance before the
Viceroy and the most exclusive circles in
Chinese official life. Over there she will
not appear in theaters open to the vulgar
Chinese herd -on the contrary, she does
not expect to dance in anything so COM
mon as theater. La Loie will pass her
time mid pleasures and palaces OF off,
cial life in the Flowery Kingdom, and her
dances will be executed in marble halls
before select circles of princes and man.
darins. In Paris they idoliZed Miss Full
ler, though the Parisians drew the line at
building temples and erecting statues in
her honor. At home she has been re-
ceived kindly, but the commandment for
bidding idoatry has never been in the
least leopardized by her presence. La
Loie MAJ have her revenge for this cold
ness when size reaches China, for rumor
says the willy Viceroy whispered in her
ear that in all probability she would dance
herself into the ranks of the Celestial i'm
mortals and get her image into all the
iosshouses. If this be true what an alto
gether novel and fetching advertisement
it will make for La Loie's press agent to
write her up as a deiied mortal, and tell
how punk is burning in her honor on
thousand affairs.
Where is San Francisco? This is not
conundrum. 1t is bona fide question,
asked in good faith and inspired by con-
temporary musical news in Eastern
papers. If we accept as gospel what these
esteemed contemporaries say, San Fran
cisco must certainly have been blotted out
OF the map of the United States. Not one
shock, but series of shocks has brought
me to this conviction. What we do is ig-
nored, what we don't do is told in large
type; in fact it is plainly evident that
when Mr.. hnanias and Miss Sapphira are
short of copy" to exc out their musical
news. they let themselves loose on this de-
voted City and its musicians, and the re-
suit would justify anyone in asking:
Where is San francisco?
1 read the other day, with a good deal
of interest, in the New York papers, how
Nine, Belinfante, the blind contralto, had
just sung ''for the first time in America"
at Chickering Hall. All the papers en-
phaslzec "for the first time in America" !"
Is it possible that when she warbled here
six months ago La Belinfante imagined
herself 10 be in detached suburb of
Hongkong or III an outpost of the Mi
kado's dominions? Another piece of
news which has deeply interested me is
the high praise which the San Francisco
papers (accord'ng 20 their Eastern con-
temporaries) are lavishing upon Ms.
Celia Fisher. 1t seems that Mrs. Fisher
has created quite furor here. Far be it
from ME to say that she has not done so.
l only deplore never having heard OF the
lady, and hope for the future (if she is not
an invention of the Ananias reporter }
that she will cease hiding her light be-
meath a busheI. Good singers are rare,
and when found should be made note Of
But the dastardly work of the Ananias
reporter was done when he ruthlessly
drowned our gifted Mrs. Marquardt. The
Musical Courier gave her a beautiful
obituary notice last month. but that was
sorry consolation for her death. 1t seems
that John Marquardt was the only passen-
ger saved from the wreck of the Drum
mond Castle off the coast of France last
June, and that his wife perished. The
Courier is five months late in get
ting its news, but it compensates for
that by giving narrowing details.
The distinguished violinist was on a pro-
fessional tour round the world. accom-
panied by his wife, Nine. AIexandrina
Breitschuck Marquardt, harpist of great
eminence. There was a concert on board
one night and while the strains of the
music were still resounding the vessel
went on the rocks. The shock was a slight
one and no one suspected that the Drum
mond Castle was in serious danger till
she began to sink AS the steamer was
going down Herr Marquardt seized hold
of a rail ana sat asIride of it all night. AT
first there were three other persons sitting
on the rail with bim-the fourth officer
ano male and a female passenger. During
the night however, the others fell off nd
were drowned, Herr MaIquardt being the
sole survivor. He was ultimately saved
by fisherman, having been in the water
twelve hours.
According to the Musical Courier this
news was not "made in America" 1t was
imported, doubtless az great expense, from
Australia. So little does the Musical
Courier know about San Francisco that il
published the tale of woe in bland uncon-
sciousness that Mrs. Marquardt has been