[Illustration: Photograph by Harris & Ewing. Belasco’s Collection. BELASCO LEADING THE PARADE OF “THE LAMBS” UP PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, WASHINGTON, D. C. INSCRIPTION: “The first time I ‘paraded’ into town since my old days in the West, when I used to bang the cymbals and pound the drum!”--D. B. ] Metropolitan: Belasco as the _First Policeman_. 28. Last regular performance at the Metropolitan Theatre, San Francisco. The Chapman Sisters in “Cinderella,”--produced 23. May. 3. He played with the Chapman Sisters, in “Little Don Giovanni,” in Sacramento. Later he appeared, with the Chapman Sisters, in several California towns. August. 18. He played _Bloater_, in “Maum Cre,” with Joseph Murphy, at Shiels’ Opera House, San Francisco. 25. He played _Bob Rackett_, in “Help,” with Murphy, at Shiels’. 26. At the home of his parents, No. 174 Clara Street, San Francisco, California, David Belasco and Cecilia Loverich were married. September. 1. At Shiels’ Opera House he played _Baldwin_, with Murphy, in “Ireland and America”: Same bill, September 2, 6, and 7. “Maum Cre” 3, 4, and 5. 10. He played _Harvey_, in “Out at Sea,” with Laura Alberta, at Shiels’ Opera House. 20. He played _Sambo_, in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” to the _Topsy_ of Laura Alberta, at Shiels’. 25. “Twice Saved; or, Bertha the Midget,” was acted at the Opera House (formerly Shiels’, subsequently Gray’s) and Belasco played _Major Hershner_. 29. He acted _Spada_, in Stirling Coyne’s “The Woman in Red,” with Fanny Cathcart, at the Opera House. (That house was first billed as Gray’s Opera House, on October 3, and “The Woman in Red” was played there till October 5.) October. 6. Belasco played at Gray’s Opera House, as _Darley_, with Fanny Cathcart and George Darrell, in “Dark Deeds.” 18. Benefit performance, at Gray’s Opera House, to James Dunbar: Belasco acted _Mons. Voyage_, in Third Act of “Ireland as It Was.” October-November, _et seq._ He went to Virginia City, Nevada, where he became a member of the stock company at Piper’s Opera House.