The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1896, Page 22

THE SAN FRANCI SCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 5. 1896. an opera singer, give rise to some funny situations. Miss Mina Cleveland and Miss | Camille Cleveland have been especially | engaged for the production of *My Pre- | cious Baby." | “‘On Wednesday at the ‘“Pop'’ matinee | the presentation to all the visitors of pop- | ular novels will be resnmed. | Grand Opera-House. | Anold-time English drama, *“The Fugi- | tive,” will be produced at the Grand to- { morrow night. It was written by the veteran playwright Tom Craven, and from | the time of its original production at the Adelpht Theater in London—where it had | a record run—the play has been popular. Its story is of middie class English life in the eighteenth century, and the plot con- tains strong situatious as well as comic ones. In many respects the drama is the best of the many productions of its author. There is plenty of scove for scenic effect in *“The Fugitive,” which Morosco's artists will take advantage of. Particularly does this apply to a sea scene in which a ship- wreck and the hero's rescue occur. The | title role is to be played by H. Coulter | Brinker. Tivoli Opera-House. The second edition of the mythological burlesque *‘Ixion,” or “The Men of the Wheel,” will be given this week at the | Tivoli Opera-house. New songs, dances | and specialties will be introduced and a performance different in many particulars | will be given. openings occur to- | His Hamlet ie Wainwrizht, who | i somewhat e from beaten | Ferris Hartman, Thomas C. Leary, for <ome | Paths. and n s a fitting com- | Alice Carle, Laura Millard, John J. Raf- | el | panion to his Virginius anad his Othello. | fael, Little Gertie Carlisle and Little Pearl | [heater | ™77 5 uis James carries a carload of scenery | Landers will all have new specialties. and appliances, and the staging and cos- | Miss Jennie Stockmeyer, the black *‘Tril- tuming of his pluys are said to be very | by,”’ will have a new cocon song, and the elaborste: ballet will appear 1 novel terpsichorean from his ympany includes William Harris, | divertissements. 2 I sl Harry Langdon, James ‘‘Ixion” wiil be continued until further "H. 2 id Northe, Miss Florence | notice. Tne next production will be “*The ean- eratt and Miss Alma Kruger. “In O)d Kentucky” will be seen at the Gentle Savage.” ion of keeping to the 1 e produ classic reperto! California Theater on Monday, the 20th. o 5 : i N | Six more people will be put on the list ing himse! was the case when | Columbia Theater. ‘:’.i acts at the Uxtnhenm to-morrow evening. he was supposed to divide honors with| The Frawley company will begin a lim- | The new acts will be presented by Mason and Healy, humorous sketch artists; the Deltorellos, eccentric musical clowns, and Ducrow and Bush, who will introduce a novel aerial spectacle known as the double giant fee: swin | This new influx of performers will di | miss the last of the holdovers, including lill and Hull and Clotilde Antonio, who will go to Los Angeles. Caron and Herbert, who are remaining, have been the hit of the performance for the past week; while the Comedy Four and Clifford and Huth have also been high in favor. rde. Company comes back to the umbia Theater almost with unbroken ranks. For the last few months the troupe | ited engagement at the Colum Theater to-morrow evening. The organization now rcludes Walter Bellews, for several years the stage manager of the Lyceum com- Macdonough Theater. Rice’s #1492 commences a three nights’ | engagement at the Macdonough Theater, | Qakland, to-morrow night. WORK THAT PAYS. | Mrs. Ryley and Miss Stone Are Drawing Handsome Incomes From Plays. lay-writing is a profitable profession | and onein the benefits of which women | are coming to take their share. It re- quires unswerving effort and a Jarge al- lowance of patience to win success in writing for the stage, but the artistic and financial returns are well worth wait- ing and striving for. This isthe unani- mous verdict of the women who recently | have made admirable additions to dra- matic literature. | and never One must hope and study cease from endeavoring, says Ston , whose dramatization of wayman’ has given her a fami ne with the theater-going public. To write 2 good play professional knowledze of the stage, adds Mrs. Madeline ette Ryley, author of that phenomenal v, “Christo- pher Jr.”” These two clever pen-women sree on another important point, namely, that twelve months’ hard work is not a bit too much effort to put into a play, whether it be a tragedy or comedy, and quite as emphatically do both of themn de- | clare that the production of a play need | not be the result of inspiration. "Every | | morning, whether moved by the desire or | | no, Mrs. Ryley goes like a well regulated | business woman to the desk and there, for | so many hours, she painstakingly and per- | sistently composes, until stern discipline | prevails over rebellious brains that settle at last to the task in hand and the happy faculty and interest is gained. “My own method,” explains Miss Stone, | is simple enough. Aiter 11 o'clock in ning I getat my desk from then ‘clock in the morning, and am getting up what you may call in- LOUIS JAMES AS VIRGINIUS AT THE CALIFORNIA, l]'\sn}'. and who has devoted considerable | attention lately to the production of Henry C.de Mille’s play, “The Lost Paradise.”” | unt; | It deals with factory life and the social busy has been playing very successfully in dif- ferent parts of the State and a warm wel come will certainly be given tbe histrions | by their many San Francisco friends. e : | problems that are agitating the world at | spiration, and writing Steadily. I never EURwin Theator | the present time. This play has met with | set pen to paper, however, until act, | *Daughters of Eve,” a play new to 8an | o\ 0000q in the East, having run in New | scenes and the major portion of the | Francisco, will be produced at the Bflld-i win Theater to-morrow. It is the joint | work of Messrs. Lancaster and Magnus, | and was written expressly for Marie W wright, who will appear in the dual title | role. In “Daughters of Eve”” Miss Wainwright assumes the part of two sisters, twins. One is refined and modest, in fact, an ideal | girl; the other runs away from her home | and becomes an_adventuress in London. | The play is said to be well constructed | and to contain some good dramatic scene: The company includes Nathaniel Hartwig, Barton Hill, Joseph Zahner, Stein, Fultorr Russell Jr., Alfred Bur ham, Howard West, Walter Crane, Miss Hattie Russell, Miss Gertrude Elliott, Miss Jane Holly, Miss Dorothy Thornton. The engagement of the Tavary Grand Opera Company at the Baldwin is for | three weeks. It begins on the 3d of next month. Geoffrey California Theater. York City for nearly a year. The manag ment of ‘the Columbia Theater have had new scenery painted for this production. The cast of the Frawley company includes Blanche L. Bates, Belle Arclier, Hope Ross, Lansing Rowan, Phosa McAllister, Jennie Kennark, Little Mildred, T. Daniel Frawley, Charles W. King, Maciyn Ar- buckle, George W. Leslie, H. D. Blake- more, 'Wilson Enos, George Bosworth, Frank C. Thompson, Eugene Moore, Thomas A. Phillips and Walter Bellews. The second week of the engagement will be a repertoire week, inclnding *‘The Arabian Nights,” “Nancy & Co.,” “'Young Mrs. Winthrop” and ““The Jilt. The third week will be devoted to ““Moths,” | and the fourth week to ‘‘Men and Women.” Grover’s Alcazar, Monday will see the first performance of the French farce-coredy ‘“My Precious Baby” at Grover's Alcazar. The story, which is full of comical sitna- | tions, hinges on the fact that Mr.and Mrs. dialogue is mapped out clearly in my mind | and, though I've not had any persona connection with the theater, I have | since my earliest youth, studied | methods as faithfully as from my orchestra chair. knowledge,” continued “That Stone, “is simply indispensable and practiced first at dramatizing the stories Mis in books, which is at once| very difficutt and seemingly easy work | After abundant and fruitless “writing | | I failed to hit the mark until with a play made from Stanley Weyman’s ‘House of the Woli’ I earned the notice of a well- known actor, and ‘A Social Highwayman’ was put into my hand for adaptation. | Now I am at work on a comedy of Ameri- | can life in plot and treatment ail my own, | and tbough it has taken years, of course. | to work up this far in the profession, once the successful vein is reached the return is | the richest and readiest a woman can earn. | Once on the stage and attracting good | audiences one’s play literally becomes a little automatic money machine, earning its author’sincome weekly at the rate of 5 found Louis James will commence a two weeks’ | engagement at the California Theater to- morrow night in a revival of Sheridan Knowles' tragedy ‘“Virginins.” His season here will be devoted exclu- sively to tragic and romantic roles. “Virginius” will be repeated on Tuesd Birkett have a son, Adolphus, who has been brought up at his mamma’s apron ¢ : ks strings, and is still regarded as the| It required five years of waiting, re- precious baby. With advancing years the | Writing, disappointment and renewe baby takes to the wild ways of youth, and | hopes alternating for Mrs. Ryley to pe: commences the process of sewing his wild | Suade her manager that *Christopher Jr. oats. was at length worth public approval. The - < ¥ | The disorders into which the baby falls | five years had been preceded by many and Sunday nights and at the Saturday | with the aid of his tutor and the complica- | others of rather fruitless pen work, and | matinee. “‘Hamlet” will form the bill for | tions which are brought about through | by all the laws governing human nature | Wednesday and Thursday and *“Macbeth’’ | Betsy, the housemaid, and Mme. Polenta, | this seemingly would-be dramatist ought 5 long ago to have relnquished her am- | bitions; but since the placing of “Christ- opher Jr.” have come flattering offers from actors and managers to contract for plays. Already an elaborate historical drama of Richard “Savage's life and a comedy of | American society have been arranged for | roduction by Mr. Goodwin, and Mrs, | Ryley agrees with Miss Stone that the woman is yet to appear who will write a great tragedy, though the highest fame and a golden fortune await her arrival.— Cleveland Leader. per cent on the receipts in a way the most popular book can never do.” Was She Really Angry? Miss Katherine Grey, who played here last season with the Frawley Company, was dreadfuily put out when she discovered the other day that the American Baptists | had issued a book entitled “The Tempta- tion of Katherine Grey.” She looked upon the title as a personal insult. Although “The Temptation of Katherine Grey" proved to be nothing more than a *‘power- erful novel”’ that had nothing whatever to do with the stage, she felt that she was too well known to permit it to pass unnoticed. She consulted lawyers, and finally—a here’s the rub!—landed at the office of her press agent. This far-seeing gentleman did not view the matter as an undiluted calamity. The motto of the press agenti “Any mention is better than no mention at all,” and he told Miss Grey that there was | no reason why she should be so agitated; that, in fact, the book could not possibly do her any harm whatever. al, i 41 A California Cellist. Edgar Straus, a young San Franciscan, who has acquired a great reputation as a cellist, is making a remarkable success in his tour of the Antipodes according to the | Australian papers. Mr Straus is a native | son and well known in this City, in fact, he was born here, his father Emanuel Straus, | being vice-president of the California Can- neries Company. Mr. Straus is now under | A SCENE FROM “THE LOST PARADISE” AT THE COLUMBIA —“ YOURE HUNGRY, THAT’S ALL” | superb stage effects ever seen. The stairs | that there may be a different sized frame | of it. MARIE WAINWRIGHT AT PLANS FOR THE OLD HALL Architect Shea’s General In- structions for Compet- itors. BUILDINGS TO BE FIREPROOF. The Total Cost to Be Not Over $205,- ooo—Party Walls to Be Removed at Once. The fortunate architect whose plans meet with the approval of the Municipal Buildings Committee of the Board of Su- pervisors will be employed to supervise the construction of the buildings which the City is preparing to erect on the site of the old City Hall. The committee, represented by Messrs. Benjamin, Wagner and King, held a meeling yesterday, at which Architect Shea of the new ance to present the general instructions to men of his profession, which had been asked by the committee. Afier looking over and approving the instructions the committee decided to ad- vertise for bids during the present week. In order to bring as many architects as possible into the competition, the sugges- tion of Mr. Shea that three prizes, in addi- tion to the position of supervising archi- tect, be given, wasadopted, and the second best plan submitted "will entitle the de- signer to $750, third best to $300 and fourth best to $250. The plans will provide for two buildings, one where the old City Hall stood and the other on the site which the Morgue now occupies. Both are to be fireproof, the main building to be four stories and a basement and the smaller two stor In the hall proper will be accommoda engagement for a tour througn Europe. He | will go there direct from Australia, visit- ing London, Be: Vienna and other | large European n his tour. Mormon Singers. Allarrangements have been made for five big concerts to be given at Metropolitan ‘temple by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir | 200 strong. They travel in a solid Pullman special. One concert will be given in Oak- | land at the Congregational Church. Dramatic Brevities. Sousa’s band comes to San Francisco next month. A report is current that Maud Adams will star next seaso The English actor, John Hare, has made an excellent impression in New York. | Corinne will shortly present her latest success, ‘‘Hendrik Hudson,” at the Cali- fornia Theater. is the author of several ort stories, which will shortly be pub- hed in book form. Ciara Morri: shy lis Wilson Barrett's second tion | named the Cumbrae, sinking it, but not before all the passengers and crew were taken off. Among the saved were the mem- bers of a theatrical organization, known | as the “Saved From the Sea” company. DIDHOT SIGH HIS NAME, And So He Was Assaulted by Train Officials, Says M. C. Meeker. Interesting Question in a Big Damage Suit Against the Southern Pacific. A question that will be of interest to travelers and ticket agents is involved in the courts at Portland, in the suit begun last wesk by Mort C. Meeker against | the Southern Pacific for $10,000 damages for injuries sustained in being put off the MASON AND HEALEY AT THE ORPHEU M, and production of “The Manxman” has| ended in disastrous failure in London. | The new opera-house at Redwood City will be opened by the Frawley Company with a production of “Men and Women.” | The Paderewski concerts at the Califor- nia_Theater will cover 2 period of two weeks. The first will be given in five weeks. The First Regiment, Unitorm Rank | Knights of Pythias, have arranged fora week’s benefit at the Columbia Theater this month. Charles Hopper has made his initial trial | of “Chimmie Fadden,” a playv based on E. W. Townsend’s sketches, and it seems likely to be a success. The new symphony orchestra under the direction of James Hamilton Howe will give a series of symphony and popular concerts at the Columbia Theater. The “Golden Stairway to Heaven” in “Hansel and Gretel” is one of the most look as though they were studded with diamonds. A newspaper correspondent writing from Brighton, England, says that Mary Ander- gon de Navarro has become almost an in- valid. Sheissaid to have changed from the slender woman of yore to matronly proportions, Hubert Herkomer, the distinguished English artist, sugeests that the proscen- inm of the stage be made contractible, so for a scene representing a garret from that used for an out-of-door picture. Sarah Bernhardt has turned on the tap of her American love once more. She is so fond of American audiences! Sheattaches such faith to American judement! She dotes on New York, even revels in the brusque glories of “‘the road”’! Sarah is coming overagain, and she is not ashamed She is due at Abbey’s Theater this month. A curious coincidence occurred while John Hare, the English actor, was on his way to this country. The vessel he was on, the Germanic, struck a Glasgow boat N Y | back of the ticket. | grabbed me by the collar, and said | off the train, or I'll throw you off.’ train at Benicia on the 16th of last month. The case will be fought largely over the question whether Meeker was justified in refusing to sign his name for a conductor, who doubted that he was riding on his own ticket. Meeker, who is in town, case vesterday at the Baldw e facts of the case are these,’”’ he said. “I purchased a ticket about No- vember 20 for Kansas City providing for transportation to Los Angeles and from there to Portland by way of San Fran- cisco. Theonly conditions on the ticket as to signing required that at the rethrn destination, Los Angeles, I should be identified by writing my signature on the This I complied with and I had no trouble with the ticket untii after I left San Francisco for Portland. On the Benicia ferry the conductor asked me to sign my name on a card. I tola him that my ticket did not require that and re- fused. 1 told him thatif he could show me that there was anything in the con- tract in the ticket requiring me to sign I would so. The conductor finally took up my ticket, giving me a claim check for it. Later while I was in one of the day coaches the conductor again appeared ac- companied by a companion, who the conductor said was an agent of the road, demanding that T sign my name. I again refused. ‘L refused also to give up my claim check without the return of the ticket. No sooner was this done than the bully ‘Get Just then the conductor also took hold of me, and the two yanked me about and threw me over the arm of the seat. The passen- gers in the car then interferea, remon- strating against such brutality, and calling out for fair piay and not to ailow two men to jump on one. They finally desisted, but as a result of the rough treatment my right thigh has been hnd]y twisted and my back severely wrenched.’ Meeker stated that he had been confined to a hospital for several days after his ar- rival in Portland and is still lame. George H. Williams, who was Attorney-General in President Grant’s Cabinet, is his attor- ney in the case. Meeker states that the only question will be the amount of dam- ages. spoke of his ——————— The Prince of Wales’ racing yacht, the Britannia, is now laid up at Cowes, where she is being recaulked and recoppered. 1 | NEW TO-DAY—. m’l L MAYMSN AnD Co. fl INCORP'D ‘,LHEATRE PROPS. IN HIS MARY, OUS BU COMMENCING MONDAY, JANUARY 6- ty Hall was in attend- | tions for the Police Courts, the four crimi- | nal departments of the Superior Court, | police department, District Attorney ana Receiving Hospital. The Central Police Station and jail wiil occupy the’ basement, and in the upper story an armory and | drillroom will be provided for the force, The cost of the buildings is not to exceed $295,000. Chairman Benjamin stated that he had been unable to ascertain that the board had ever given the ownersof building | adjoining the City property on Washing | ton street permission to use walls abutting | on their structures as party walls, and | that as one of these walls encroaches on | the lot it should, in his opinion, come down whether the property-owners like it or not. i ' It was decided on this showing to in- struct the contractor who obtained the | work of removing the old buildings to re- | move the wall at once that the matter of | clearing up the lot may be carried out at the earli possible moment. It is not improbable that the committee or the con- tractor will getinto a legal ent_anglemcnt | over these instructions if carried out, for { an engineer who recently examined the structure in question reported that through | age and settling the building was not as | secure as it might be, and that if the so- called party wall was removed the side of the house might fall out and thus destroy | the entire structure. | Copies of the instructions will be fur- ished to aspiring architects by the Board apervisors or by Mr. Shea. Henry Curtis, a Burglar, Arrested While Operating in a Saloon. A clever vture of a burglar was made by Polic man Ed O'Dea on Market street about 4 o’clock yesterday morning. While passing the saloon of Kapp & Street, 1206 Market street, he heard anoise insi He tried the door, but_found it locked. This | aroused his suspicion that something was wreng and he forced open the door. Inside he found Henry C Harry Li « young m effected an_entraice by open the door, which he rw loc , and had taken $21 a drawer behind the bar, and so ind whisky from the shelves. O'Dea placed him under arrest m police sta- n the charge and took him to the Sou i detained AMUS TO-NIGHT (SUNDAY) HERRMANN o BEIZ LLET-CATCHING FEAT. TWO WEEKS ONLY, EVERY EVENING, INCLUDING SUNDAY-MATINEE SATURDAY, THE HARMING AND BRILLIANT ARTISTE, MARIE WAINWRIGHT And her own splendid company, presentin Magnus’ Powerful for the firs- week A. E. Lancaster and Jullan Emozional Drama, “DAUGHTERS OF EVE!” A GREAT CAST. Nathaniel Hartwig, Fulton Russell, Barton Hill, Howard West Dorothy Thornton, Alfred Burn! SK—‘ The Love Chase,’ ¢ amille. g Al MAYMAN sCo., A ku EATRE| "rers Jane Holly, 2 and others. . Hattie Russell, am, Gertrude Eliiott An Unequal Match TO-NIGHT——LAST TIME MAY IRWIIN e “THE WIDOW JONI COMMENCING MONDAY, JAN. 6—TWO WEEKS' ENGAGEMENT OF AMERICA’S REPRESENTATIVE TRAGEDIAN, MR. 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