The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 24, 1895, Page 21

THE SAN FRANCISCO . CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1895. bl i 7 777 % ¢ lor;lfiSON.\ R | be given on Thanksgiving day. equilikrist, complete one of the strongest lists of new people offered at the Orpheum for a long time. James and Lucy Allison will continue their daneing specialties of last week, and Granto and Maud will also be retained on | the programme. A speciat matinee will | Grand Opera House. The well-known drama “Roger la| Honte,” or “A Man's Shadow,” is an- nounced for production at the Grand Opera House to-morrow night. It was translated und adaped from the French by Robert | Buchanan, and was first produced in | America by Augustin Daly. The interest in *Roger la Honte” cen- ters around a dual character, as in *‘The Corsican Brothers,” the double roles being | Roger Laroque and the man who dogs his footsteps—his shadow Luverson. H. Coulter Brinker will play the difficult dual role. As usual at Morosco’s several fresh sets of scenery have been painted. A matinee of “Roger la Honte”” will be | given on Thanksgiving day. — | At the Tivoli. | M,\) AY ORPHEUMa e e A wail of lameunt is heard from ihe over the last effusion of the “new” drama, which it has pleased Augustin Daly to cause to be translated and tomount. In de- | scribing Sudermann’s “Die Enre,” which thankful for in not getting the ‘“new” plays. Baldwin Theater. | comic opera, “Dr. Daly is producing under its original title of “Honor,” adjectives fail to give an idea of its malodorous qualities. A few of the “‘new’’ writers for the press there are who say that American actors have not the | haziest conception of the unaffected, life- like manner of acting, which makes the plays of Hauptmann, Nordmann and Sadermann acceptable to enlightened patrons of the drama; but the New York and Chicago publies, not sufficiently “new” to agree with these enthusiasts, have proyed by their absence from the theater that plays of the “Honor’ school | are revolting to American audiences. The same wail is re-echoed from Lon- don, where the gcod old conventional drama has been almost driven from the boards to make way for the stive morality of the problem “The Second Mrs. Tanqueray” is a mild type. Worse has befallen the London Professor Herrmann at the California. stage since Paula personality upo tion from the Era, w ndon e doubt it will run in It is not, of course, an ‘‘epoch- making” But the play-going p s been so sickened with gritt poseless pessimism_in ntain_of at tl ymarket. What a relief though we may not go very deep do chological research, to associate for a w loving, clean and honest folk! “Trilby triumphed es it deserved to triumph. The absence of “purposeless pessimism” was no factor in the welcome that San Francisco gave to “Trilby,” for Lere, though novelties are few and far between, the drama has never been turned into a school for debating unsavory problems. Sudermann, in English. is unknown; no admirer of Ibsen makes his voice heard in the land, and even the questionable Eng- lish proolem play is a comparative stranger 10 our shores. What a compen- sation this *‘revised and expunged’’ charac- ter of our local drama ought to be, for the absence of what is brand new and up-to- | ten new people for Thanksgiving week. | date! Look at last week’s theaters for in- | Theater to-morrow night. This work | be the last produced during his present en- \ is founded on | gagement. The plot of “Dr. ntax” | the German drama * Aschenbroedel.” | Iyrics and lines of the opera were written by Cheever Goodwin and the music was pplied by Woolson Morse, a com poser who is inclined to be tuneful and spright- Iy. The leading role is that of a good- tured, up-to-date professor ir a young seminary, who busies himself ving to make the cc smooth for his fair pupils. cha as De Woli Hopper impersonates it, ap- proaches gitimate comedy than s role in ¢ . a Wallace Hopper appears in “Dr. as Merope Mallow, a Brazil heiress, and Bertha Waltzinger, Alic Hosm da Lester, Alfred Klein and the other leading members of the company varts suited to their talents. Rice’s extravaganza *1492 Sy will i California Theater. Herrmant will open a s at the California Theater to-mor- sin a performance which in- vest feats of “magic, mirth and my Among the* acts of magic and illusion ith which he intends to regale bis he spectacular comedy, eam.”’ ic Trunk Mystery' and *Tt T sformation, It is s ntroduced into ‘I in which Herrmann pls of Mephisto, and Mme. Herrn ors as an artist, whose picture comes e of the new iliusic | which He: | his wife as |of a pia d across the tops of two | chairs; 1 ¢ is placed upon the pla which rises into the air without an: ble means of support. “The Sy Life’ y aquatic llu hich mer- maids a fountain fi gure conspicuously Rol Downing in his new . “Helena will come to tue California aiter Herrma Theater. A company inciuding Henry E. Dixer, Miss Margaret Craven and Miss Pauline French will appear at the Columbia The- * a Jaughable comedy, adapted from nch of “Les St es du Divorce.” outline of the plot is substantially the same as the French original. case of ‘100 much mother the old lady’s machinations, added to the | easiness oi procuring @ divorce, lead to | some humorous complications, entangled in his family ti Miss Pauline French, wk favorabie impression in both the open-air A Like It” companies, will appear first time on an actual stage in | “The Lottery of Love.” Grover's Aleazar. d the Tomboy” will | The evergreen * be presented at row night. title role and it is expected that she nake a hit, as she has many of the neces- sary qualifications for the part in a marked degree. The cast will include the strength of Grover's Company. Leonord Grover Sr. | will appear in the role of Robert Cobb and De Wolt Hopper will present his latest | *at the Baldwin | will | The | e of true love run | ter, | »d the Hopper engagement at the | ason of two | He will also produce | | i | ater to-morrow evening in “The Lottery of | E It is a | ot law,” and | Oasis, court beauty which | Doubledot, the hero, becomes hopelessly | made such a | Leonard Grover Jr. will play tie part of Thomas Ward. Hoyt _Lothian, May bie and Miss Young will also be seen d the Tomboy."’ There will be an extra matinee on Thank 1g day and the usual matinee Wednesday. On both occasio! in the form of popular books will be pre- sented, and icecream and cake will be served to all. |in | i At the Orpheum. The Orpheum managers bave engaged | These artists will appear in ten new acts. il ey s i T e T el e THX MURDER B i CENE FROM ‘ ROGER LZ& HONLE” AT NMOROSCO’S GRAND CPERA - HOUSE. stance. “Wang"’ isa little shop-worn 1n, the East, bat a Sunday-school would not be contaminated by seeing it. “The War | of Wealth” has enjoyed long rums elsc- | d no one bas accused it of being em play. ‘‘The Governor” was| ten before the “new” drama asserted Jower, and so was “The English Rose.” or ““Carmen,” neither of the ladies at Tivoli invested her witle the alluring | Wickedness with which those “new” Car- | mens, Calve and Frandin, give a seasoning | o vice to the ro There is no doubt | about it, those s from the East show | that San Francisco has something-to” be / | actobats; and “Sadi Alfarabi, the The Brothers Mathiag, three in number, will present the eccentric performance en- titled “Dun Fourneau Diabolique,” consist- ing of grotesque and diablerie work. . The Brothers Mathias have been brought direct from Europe, where they are well known. Mme. Marthe Marthy of the Folies Ber- geres, Paris, is another of the new people. Slie is said to be a good singer and gro- tesque imitator. Alice Johnson, prima donna of McCall’s Opera Company, will come with a large repertoire of operatic selections. The Judge Brothers, premier dssian ouvenirs | | An opera, new to San Francisco, "TneI | Lucky Star,” will be produced at the | bieycle club, Grace is wooed by two sui.- last week in New York. The Herald says: “It is described as a three-act cyclo- comedy, a satire on the bicycling craze and new woman insanity, and is full of fun, song and dance. The first act shows the rooms of the Briarwood Bicycle Club, with Grace Fordyce as the president. She is the orphaned daughter of a rich bicycle manufacturer, whe has lett her his entire fortune; she is an up-to-date girl, a speca- lator in Wall street and the founder of the ors; one is Baron Bykes, an American who masquerades as a French nobleman. Bykes’ father and Grace were rival bicycle- ers. Bykes thinks by wedding Grace that the two firms can be consolidated. ‘The other suitor is a stadent, who resolves to become a sport in order to win the affec- tions of Grace. “Phe second act shows a clambake of the bicycle club, and in_this scene the kineto- scope is introduced. The third and lust act shows a bicycle meet at the racetrack, and ends with a picvcle race. THE OANTILEVER BRIDGE, OF THE OO;.ORADO RIVER. We of Southern California seldom men- tion the size of our rivers. Excepting during the winter rains rivers are tabooed as a dry subject. The fact that the wonder- ful system of irrigation utilizes almost every drop of available river water makes them seem to Easterners little more than creeks in the summer iime. Then, besides MISS MARGARET CRAVEN AT THE COLUMBIA THEATER. 2y i i J Tivoli to-morrow night. Preparations for | the work have been going on for weeks and 1t 1s expecte:d that its production will be quite an event in Tivoli annals. | The cast 1s as follows: Binff the First, King of Pantori; Lazuli, a young peddler. ; Lord Paramount A ompanion, wife to Paramount | 3 Mabeila Baker | _Trene Mall | | Zionia, court bead Vera Werdin | Dramatic Brevities. Clara Morris is being severely critftized | in the East. | Darothy Morton is- credited with having | | | made another success in ““I'he Wizard of the Nile.” | The Columbia Theater School of Dramatic Art will give its second public | entertainment on Thursday afterncon, December 19. The students and football team of the University of California are preparing to attend the performance of *‘Dr. Syntax” next Thursdey (Thanksgiving) night at the Baldwin. Frank H. Belcher, the we'l-known Cali- fornia barytone, who has been in the East for some time past, will appear in this | City in February nextin Joe Hart’s new piece, ‘A Gay Old Boy.” | e £ | The Lady Elizabeth Bellwood and suite | | will presently leave for America, there | to play “Trilby,”—not Paul Potter’s | “Trilby,” but “Trilby” as Marie Lloyd, ! a musie-hall star, is presenting her to London audiences. Bernhardt made her recent Italian tour withont the services of a manager, and attended herself to all the necessary business arrangements, such as engaging her company, hiring the various theaters | on the line of her tour, etc. The Giuseppi Verdi Society will give a performance of **Lucia di Lammermoor” at the Baldwin on Sunday evening, De- cember 1, in aid of the Free Italian School. Signora Beschieri wiil be heard in the leading role. Mr. Hodghead will be the tenor. A BIGYCLE PLAY. Nellie McHenry Has Appeared in a Now Comedy. “The Bicycle Girl” is the title of Nellie | | and Arizona—the Colorado River—is an{ | most wonderful chasms | oiten informed that they are entering the | McHenry’s new play, which she prouuced} the irrigation drain of the rivers in South- | ern California, these streams have a habit { of sinking below the sandy beds in the dry season. But tne river that makes the boundary between Southern California exception, This river, after runping through the or system of gorges known in the world, runs its course through the Colorado Desert down to the Gulf of California, in Mexico. At the foot of the Mojave Mountains, thirteen miles below the quaint little town | called “The Needles,” so named because | at this place there is a group of sharp spires in tie Mojave Mountains, the canti- Iover bridge crosses the Colorado River, between Arizona Territory and California. Travelers bound for.the Pacific Slope | ng the bridge at The Needles are | | cros: lana of sunshine on the “longest single- | span cantilever bridge in the world, with one exception.” Although this is fre- quently taken as an extravagaut bit of local pride, yet it was strictly true when the bridge was built. Dr. James P. Booth, surgeon of the bridge company, says of the cantilever bridge of the Colorado River, built in 1800, having a length of $60 feet, with a single span of 660 feet, that at the time of its completion it was the *longest unsupported bridge span in the world ex- cepting that of the bridge at the Firth of Forth,” at Queen’s Ferry, Scotland. According to the Glasgow Citizen this bridge is one of the wonders of the world. It has two spans, each of them 1700 feet. The cost was £4,000,000. The first cantilever bridge built in_ the United States was the Niagara bridge, built in 1883; at that time it was the first of any magnitude in the world, the Forth bridge not having been built. It was con- sidered a marked advance in engineering. It may seem paradoxical, but the &;rincxpl: of the cantilever bridge is found in the simplest and earliest forms of bridge- making. Chambers’ Encyclopedia says: “The Japanese would lay two balks of timber, embedding one in one bank and the other 1n the other bank, with the ends projecting over the stream so as to form two cantilevers, and would then add a second balk, reaching from one to the other,” ana that a good bridge of this kind was built in Japan over ‘200 years ago.” So much for the simple form or principle of the cantilever. The term itself is de- fined as meaning a “bracket.” The fong span of the present system of the cantilever illustrated in the Niagara bridge, having a total length of 910 feet, with its single span of 470 feet, according to the Scientific American, was outrivaled by the cantilever bridge of the Colorado, whose span, as has been noted, was 660 Teet. There are other cantilever bridges in the Urited States. One is across the Ohio at Louisville. According to Dr. Booth the bridge at The Needles cost $800,000. Of the manner of building this bridge he says -glnflorm, called a ‘“traveler,” went ahead of the work, carrying material for the construc- tion of the bridge, and paradoxical as it may appear, the bridge was built behind the “‘traveler.” Two iron rails extended beyond the work, upon which the wheels of the ‘‘traveler’’ roiled, and thus it was that the “‘traveler’’ was enabled to precede the bridge itself. *'The building of these bridges is usually very perilous work and the principal workmen are experts,” Dr. Booth says, “The management informed me that they usually lost from eight to twelve men in the construgtion of a bridge, but in build- ing this bridge there were but three killed. One was blown up by a prematcre tlast of rock, one had a heavy iron topple over and crush him and the third fell from the top of the bridge to the ground on the Enlilomh side just after the bridge was egun.’ - P fiuats(!telmen) pass under the bridge now during high-water season without any difficulty, and the expense of a draw- bridge, which was a necessity with the old bridge, is entirely done away with.” Is it any wonder that Arizonians ana Californians join in calling the link that connects the Territory and the State “the Great Cantilever Bridge?”’ M. BurTox WILLIAMSON, University, Los Angeles County, Cal. 21 NEW TO-DAY. A Pretty English Flower-Pot and a Fine Black Wrought-Iron Stand for 81.35. Larger Stand for 0. A Larger Potand a 2. That’s half what they are worth, and Wednesday See them in the window. night ends it. THANKSGIVING'S y HERE Agood time to look over your China Closet. Need scme Plates, or Cups, or Glassas, or Spoons, or Kuives, or any- thing for ths table? Come and get them at the Wholesale Price. THAT BIG CHINA STORE— A Quarter of a Block Below Shreve's. WANGENHEIM, STERNHEIN & €O, 528 and 530 Market St., 27 and 29 Sutter St., BELOW MONTGOMERY. 34 NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. FRIEDLANDLR.GOTTLOD & G+ LESSES ANDMANAGLRS++ THANKSGIVING WEEK. Commencing Monday, November 25. Every evening, including Sunday. 3---MATINEER---3 Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), — = Saturday and Sunday. MR. HENRY E. DIXEY, MISS MARGARET CRAVEN, MISS PAULINE FRENCH, And a superb company, in THE LOTTERY OF LOVE The best French comedy ever produced. One continuous round of laughter. Reserved Seats—Ide, 23¢, 50¢ and 75e. DECEMBER 2, TOE CAWTEORN. COLUMBIA THEATER. TWO PERFORMANCES TO-DAY— THIS AFTERNOON—TO-NIGHT. HAVERLY'S BREAT MINSTRELS Reserved Seats-15¢, 23, 50¢ and 75 TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MRs. LRNKSTINE KRELING PTOprielor & Manags: ——TO-NIGHT-LAST TIME—— 0f Bizet's Romantic Opera. ‘CARMENY ——TO-MORROW EVENING— “THE LOCKY STAR" THIS MERRY-GO-ROUND 0Of Fun—Song—Dance. Popular Prices—25¢c and 50¢. GROVER’S ALCAZAR. Sunday Matinee 2 P. M. Matinee Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢c. ——-LAST PERFORMANCE OF—— "THE GOVERNOR” Night Prices—10c, 16¢, 25¢, 85¢, 503, TO-MORROW—The Evergreen Comedy-Drams, “CAD, THE TOMBOY!” GRACIE PLAISTED AS CAD. LEONARD GROVER JR. as TOM WARD, PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Tngleside Track). GRAND OPENING NOV. 28. FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. I'. ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic trains at Thigl and Town- send street Depot, leaving at 12, 12:30, 1:45 and 2:15 ». M. Fare for round trip, including admis- sion to grand stand, 81. Take Mission-street elec- tric ine direct to track. A. B, SPRECKELS, W. 8, LEAKE, President. Secre! NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER AL. HAYMAN & CO. = " (Incorporated), Proprietors DE WOLF OPPER AS YNTAX IMPI Y BERE IGNIFIES UNDREDS UCCESS O = e DO SMILES NOT = TAP MONDAY EVENING, T om worr FTOPPEIR And His Merry Company ¥ WILL PRESENT THEIR LATEST SUCCESS, DR. SYNTAX A NOVELTY IN COMIC OPERA. A WEALTH OF FUN! DELIGHTFUL MUNIC ! MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION! MATINEES THANKSGIVING AND SATURDAY. Special Prices for Thanksgiving Matinee—23e, 85¢, 50¢, 75e, $1. BALDWIN THEATER—EXTRA. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1—Italian Opera by Italian Society G. Verdi. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, For the Benefit of the ITALIAN SCHOOL. Tickets on sale at the Pacific Music-store. 816 FOOTBALL. University of California vs. Stanford, THANKSGIVIEN:!G DPAY' November 28, CENTRAL PARK, San Francisco. RAIN OR SHINE. Seats now on sale by E. T. ALLEN CO, 416 Mars tary. | the gate. Market st., Friday and Saturday. Nov. 29 and 30, | ket st., S. F. CL:}BHOUGK. GOLCHER & CO., LIFORRIA % TO-MGHT—LAST TIME THEATRE! s “THE WAR OF WEALTH!" MONDAY, NEXT W ERE, noVeEMses 25, MATINEE SATURDAY—SPECIAL MATINEE THANKSGIVING DAY. THE NAPOLEON OF NECROMANCERS, HERRMANN THE GREAT, IN HIS INCOMPARABLE ENTERTAINMENT! FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE — Herrmann's Hypnotic Illusion, The Allegorical Aquatic Sensation, TRILEBY THE SPRAY OF LIFE Alded by MME' HERRMANN In Her New, Bewildering Spectacuiar Dance Creations. Weelx of Monday, November 28, TRANSCENDENT THANKSGIVING CARNIVAL! S NE W ACTS! 6 RAREST FLOWERS OF THE VAUDEVILLE WORLD! LES TROIS FRERES MATHIAS, Dans leur Creation Originale du Fourncau Diabolique, Direct from the Folies Bergeres. MLLE. MARTHE MARTHY, Originalite Vocale, Imitations Excentrique, Direct from the Folies Bergeres. MISS ALICE JOHNSON, Prima Donna Soprano, from New York. THE JUDGE BROTHERS, The Marvelons Double Somersault Acrobats. SADI ALFARABI, The Celebrated Russian Equilibrist, fn Conjunction with A SUPERB SPECIALTY COMPANY! £& SPECIAL THANKSGIVING MATINEE. MATINEE TO-DAY (SUNDAY), NOV. 24. Parquet, any se Balcony, any seat, 10c; Chiidren, 10c, any part of the house. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO. -+.....50le Lessee and Manages TO-MORROW EVENING... .. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, A THANKSGIVING WEEK ATTRACTION! Magnificent Revival of the Celebrated French Drama, ROGER LA HONTE Or, A MAN’S SHADOW. A Powerfully Written Story of Intense Interest. GRAND GALA MATINEE ON THANKSGIVING DAY ! THE USUAL POPULAR PRICES. “HAVE YOU SHOT ’EM ?” “OF COURSE, | HAVE!” “WELL, LET’S SHOOT THOSE CHUTES AGAIN!” Everybody’s Going. Take your Best Girl, her Mamma—and almost ANY CAR. THE CHUTES ARE ON HAIGHT STREET, A BLOCK EAST OF THE PARK. PROMENADE CONCERT EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. Fun for Every One! Splendid Accommodation for Spectators ! OPEN TO-DAY AT 11 A. M.-~-ADMISSION 10 CTS. SECOND ANNUAL HORSE SHOW | BEST PEOPLE ON EARTHI ——OF THE o HORSE SHOW ASSOCIATION | o craniCS”_PAVILIOR. COMING EVENTS BRING GLAD TIDINGS, OF THE PACIFIC COAST, 18 Elegant and Costly Prizes for Competition. 70 BE HELD AT THE HECHANICS’ l’fl[l,l()ll, S‘N I‘MNCISCO. Special Lady’s Prize—For lady with hand- somest bicycling costume, high-grade $105 December 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, 1895. Bicycie, winner’s choice of make. OPEN DAY AND EVENING. Loz Muslc Afternoon and Evening by Ks x 2 %onhs;randl's Orchestra. EL General Admission, Day 50¢, Evening $1 CARNIVAL 1In aid of its CHARITY FUND—— THANKSGIVING EVE, WEDNESDAY, Nov, 27 GRAND PRELUDE. Reserved Seats $1 50, $2 and $2 50. On sale at H. 8. CROCKER'S stationery-store, 227 Post st., on and after November 25. No seats reserved for day’s exhibition except private boxes. . e ettt Teansformation Scene, i, ahgles VI | SR RERAED erian Pe! RACES! RACES it T Turkish Pirouef CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACSS, FALL MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine. ¥Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 3:03 ». M. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass Admission, 81, 600 Box Seats, 50c extra. 2100 Reserved Seats, 25¢ extra. Reserved Seats on Sale at Kohler & Chase's Music Miore, 26 O'Farrell street. Performance at 8. Grand March at 9:30. BASEBALL TO-DAY, CENTRAL PARK. SAN FRANCISCO VS. PACIFIC. ‘3 P. M.