The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1896, Page 22

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1896. — i HE Tavary Grand Opera Com- | aux Camlias” will be the bill for Friday ’ [ 1e as a boon and a | Dight and Saturday matinee, and as this 1 v d fi i Miss Wainwr. o people wha care for | Will be the first time that Miss { e o e han | 1ias appeared in_this role in San Francisco L g mors musiciany thak | there will be unusual interest in the per- W y," or “I Don’t|formance. Her portrayal of Camille has Want to Pl 1 Your Yard,” but a glance | been accepted by Eastern critics. Tom over the pu ed repertory sesa feel- Taylor's comedy dram An Unequal ing of sorrow that though Charles Pratt | Match.” wili be presented be Miss Wuin- seems to hove been enterpris 1securing | Wright on Saturday and Sunday nights. additional artists,not one novel! | of new operas is anno the most part, he or nthe way In fact, for | omises us the same old list of works ¢ lulled our ears om childhood vorks we pounde: s t learning the piano, tt han t t youthful memo worst of ali, the works we h the Pattis “‘in herba” of our acquaintances ing’ (2) eversince we can remember any- heard all The dear old stance. Her mothers and * for in- our t that was before Rich: »duced the fashion of “The 01d Girl” as also on Mr. Pratt's poem. pervade Ab California Thenter. is James will open the second week ent at the Catifornia with o production of his n,” a dramati The author has endeavored to re- ain the martial flavor of the poem and he breezy, outdoor avmosphere which it. He is said to have followed rom itin minor particulars matic effect. taken up the story of | mance at the parting of Con-| mion at S s | the er | zation by | of Sir Walter Scott’s famous | ie romance with fidelity. | | cessfu. | | where Marmion dies | country and his king. “‘Marmion” will be played on Monday fighting will give a performance of “Othello,” on Wednesday and Sunday nights *‘Macbeth’ | and Saturday night **Hamlet.”” | “InOld Kentucky’ follows Louis James | at the California Theater. 1 Columbia Theater. | “The Senator” was one of the most popular of the Frawley Company’s pro- dustions last season, and in response to a cided to make it the bill for thi week, in fashionable life at the National capital. | love, oflice-s i The cast of | same as last season, except that Jennie Kennark will play the role of Mabel Den- man, instead of Katherine Gray. ngand political intri Grand Opera-House. The pastoral drama, “A Long Lane,” will be the bill for this week at Morosco's. t is an American story, its author, edley Brown, Jast. There is nothing of the conven- | tional drama about it. | The story hinges upon the betraval of a yonng girl h ain, Frank Findley. The leading fema be taken by Maud Edna Hall. enough comedy running through acts to keep Swain and Florence Thropp | busy. | Grover's Alcazar. “My Precious Baby’ has proved so suc- at Grover's Alcazar thatit will run for another week. On Wed v there will be a “Doll matinee,” at which ‘‘precious babies” will be given away to all the ladies and chil- dren present. | 1 1 1 S E It will There is e is strong. | | | | Tivoli Opera-House. | The second edition of *“Ixion, or The ! for his| and Thursday nights; on Tuesday James | | demand for its repetition it has been de- | stead of *‘The Arabian Nights,” as was | originally intended. *The Senator” is a | | thoroughly American play, and deals with | There is a well-defined plot which involves | The Senator” is almost the | being weil known in the | o five | LOUIS JAMES AS O 'HELLO AT THE CALIFORNIA. the young C masterly piece of ac Bauer Concert. Adolph Bauer announces his first ap nd <o represented soletto” and » serenely with ‘ why go list? through the gi Tepertory. “and others,” contains a y some of the: This i The above-mentior to the whole of the they m Brun has been on th 2 years, and the more the more they it will dead; but t is no reason whv we should die without hearing it. ‘‘Hansel and Gre- tel”” is an ex linar scessful of that we 1 eard nothing of; 80 is *'La Navarraise ve Noone would be so unreasonable as to ask Mr. Pratt to pav be Ities on many new operas, but he might at least favor | us with one u If a dra- matic cor n, ran, with. out anno ga and with half its repertory made up of stereotyp old works, we should probably ciamor for | something m in lance with | modern stand, . We have more reason | to clamor when a good opera company comes to us with s, for, of all arts, that of opera-writing is the one that | bas made most the last quarter o Baldw “Daughters of will receive its last presentation by e Wainwright and her company at the Baldwin Theater to- e THE TRIAL OF CONSTANCE. LErom “Marmion,” to be produced at the California this week.) night. Sheridan Knowles’ “Love Chase'’ h. been chosen to commence the second an last week of N Vai ment. Both sh | i to be fitted t drama. i on Monday, , Wednes and Thursday nights. Dumas’ *La Dam with the wealthy and influential Lady Claire, decides to rid himself of her. T y ‘of Constance leaving the conve Marmion leaves her, of her follo ng him and securing thé proofs of h reacherous betrayal of De Wiiton and of | ner subsequent condemnation and death re all dramatically told. The last act epresents the battle of Flodden Field. SELL AS WIDOW GREEN IN “THE LOVE CHASE” AT THE BALDWIN. Man at the Wheel,” has met with favor at the Tivoli Opera-house, and it has been resolved to continue the performance until further notice. On_ Tuesday more new | material will be added to the burlesque | to commemorate its twenty-fifih perform- ance. A special souvenir night will be | siven, at which photographic mementos L hulexflu all the lady patrons. | | also be a special bicycle night, | | and several prominent clubs have signified | | their intentions of attending. | | | 1 At the Orpheum. | Two new acts will be presented at the | Orpheum to-morrow evening by Gilmore | and Leonard and William Roberts. | | The former are recommended as being one | | of the cleverest Irish comedy teams in the business, and Roberts comes heralded as a { great equilibnst. The FEastern press | notices of all are said to be Hattering. | Of last week's new people Mason and | Healey and the Deltorellos, who proved to | be valuable additions to the bill, will remain. Caron and Herbert, the Manhat- tan Comedy Four and Clifford and Huth are also among the holdovers on this week’s programme. Stole a Play. “Speaking of play stealing,” remarked | Charles Barton the other night, “I'll never | forget the way ‘Forget-Me-Not’ first saw | hghtn Ban Francisco. It was away back | in the seventies. I was treasurer of the | Baldwin Theater and we were running a | first-class company. ‘Forget-Me-Not’ | scored a great hit in London and the news | | of its success reached us by cable. The | manager cabled back to his London | agents to steal it by fair means or| foul—he didn’t care which. Six men were | sent to the London performance every | night and they jotted down the! dialogue bit by bit. Three weeks | later ‘Forget-Me-Not’ began to arrive. It came on the backs of old envelopes, on tel- | egraph blanks, and one scene, I remember, | was written on the blank sheets of a | prayer-book. A fortnight jater we bad the | ness of piccing it together and writing it out for rehearsal. It was a big task, but it proved worth while. ‘Forget-Me-Not' was the first melodrama with a silent end- {ing. In those days its last scene was re- garded unique, and it made a tre- mendous” hit on the coast. And, mind you, that was long before ‘Forget-Me-Not’ received its legitimate production in New York and Genevieve Ward and Rose Cogh- lan had made their famous squabble for the sole American rights.” A California Actor. Holbrook Blinn is said to have made a great success with the Effie Elisler com- pany. The rolesin which he is especially | strong are Romeo and Armand in **Ca- | milie.” The Butte Miner also alludes to{ SCENE FROM “A LONG LANE” AT MOROSCO" | “‘Sidew: play complete, and then began the busi- | earance in San Francisco as a pianist He will give a Chopin recital on the 19th inst. at the S b A CALIFO A ARTIST. He Sheds Tears at the Sight of a Beer Bottle. Gambetta is a name suggestive of French politics, says the New York Her- ald, but it1s doubtful whether the trained bear that leads a theatrical career in the ks of New York’ cares anything about frog-eaters, though he answers to that distinguished appellation. He is of California extraction, of French training and with the German taste for beer. The actors and actresses who are in the caste with Gambetta hold him in great re- spect, being careful never to tread on his toes or give him any pain—at least no greater pain than he ‘may be_called upon to endure in_witnessing their daily per- formances. While formidable enough in size and strength, Gambetta is really a gentle child of nature who will cry like any other child for candy and sweetmeats, and will shed tears at the sight of a beer bottle out of reach. He knows the voice of every member of the company. Having recently been re- galed with old-fashioned sticks of candy, Orlando as ‘“a|of the barber-pole variety, Gambetta licks | | | B | precaution to see the show before preach: 2 p his chops at the sight of r of striped stockings, and came mi ghtily near nippi ose the other night. | ed from his trainer didn’t hurt _his feelings half so much as his dis- appointment becau: McCarthy'’s legs were not sticks of candy | e one day and climbed stairs that Jead to the dress- | ing-roomsatt e back. He wasn’t missed | until a feminine yell, that was followed by If made-up figure scooting down the | banister, announced the fact that he was mvesticating the mysteries of the theatri- cal toilet. They found him drinking a bottle of cologne, with one eve in the cracked mirror, which multiplied it into seven bottles. ng | GRA The Famous Met Company Com Arrangements have just been concluded between Al Haym, 1d Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau, for a two weeks’ season of grand opera at the Baldwin Theater, beginning May 4. It is stated that the full strength of the Metropolitan Opera - house Com- pany will travel across the continent, together with the big chorus. The two De Reszkes are coming, as_well as Melba, Calve, Nordica, Saville, Mantelli, and the rest. The repertoire will be the OPERA. -opolitan Opera-House to the Baldwin, game as that at prescut being given in | New York. Probably Wagner's “Tristan | and Isolde,” which has proved the event of the season, will be performed, as well as “La Navarraise.” If the coming season proves a financial success there is every probability that Messrs. Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau will make it an annual event. Dl“fln’;xflc Brevities. “A Milk White Flag” comes to the Baldwin shortly. The first Paderewski recital at California takes place on February 10. the Richard Mansficld bas placed in re- an adaptation of Stanley Weyman's 85, ¢ e Red Robe.” It will be pre- sented initially at the Grand Opera-hous New Orleans, on the 14th inst. The author of “Marmion,” at the Cali- fornia Theater this week, is the son of Mrs. Abbey Sage Richardson, who adapted rdou’s “A Woman’s Silence” and his “‘Americans Abroad”’ for the Lyceum | stock company. Jane May, the clever French pantomim- ist, has sued Rev. Joseph M. Pullman of | ridgevort for $25,000 for libeling ber | character in a sermon. It is stated that| the reverend gentleman did not take the | ing the sermon. Olga Nethersole has made another sen- sation with her Carmen at the Emipire Theater. The play is adapted from Pros- | per Merimee's book and follows c]o!svl_v;r the operatic version. Miss Nethersole has a congenial role, in which she can give free vent to ber fervid style of acting. Her | love-making with Don e is realistic toa | degree, and her kies bids fair tc rank with | the famous one in Sigfried. | Joseph Jefferson recently made a cnrtain speech at Springfield, Ill., and told the story of the time, fifty-four years aeo, when his father tried to open the first the- ater in that city. The trustees of the town tried to stop him by setting up a heavy license fee, and Abraham Lincoln volun- teered his service as counsel and secured a | reduction of the license. Sleep on the Floor. Mrs. 8. F. Lewis of 17 Precita avenue relates a sad tale of desiitution. Although she has a husband, who is a barber by trade, she says she is absolutely without food or means. Her | -‘Afih@i;,;,.__c.@mfi urt as to of $1 per ‘court husband has faflel to muke any money for | lenged the jurisdiction of the five moutus, hi~ last two employers refusing to | any eonsideration of the pay him his wages, without reason, according | ton claimed for the toh rwife. Their bab; ,2 years old, has | ;2 Co b0 Moss F become Il for want of nutriment and has'been | TOm BIARER I T ; - taken to St. Luke's Hospital. The unhappy | agreed with them. <uéeh COREN SR father end mother have no furniture snd ar njfncanutsiioll; was fo'Lhe enect s as compelled to sleep on the floor of their room. | the transportation charge did not The case is called to the attention of the me wi itimejurisdiction the Ac « Eriti miralty ould have to ignore it e | tirely. e g LAND CHARGE IGNORED. iavor of the e = the amoun n e Maritime Jurisdiction Defined in a Suit ‘ on A‘f' Doy ".“ "’ 3' 101 e | A FROZEN LAEE OF SALT. A decision rendered by United States | gemarkable Saline Deposit iu Sun EHer- District Judge Morrow yesterday defines ardine County. the limits of admiralty jurisdiction and | will prove valuable as a matter of informa- tion to transportation companies. The case determined was the suit of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company against Moore, Ferguson & Co., commission mer- chants, to recover a balance cf freight due on a shipment of 2448 sacks of barley (271,510 pounds) from Moss Bay to San Diego. The steamship company alleged in iis libel that the freight rate agreed upon was $4 35 per ton, including a charge of cents per ton for storage in the Moss B: The r no end. wealth in San Bernard T to be in all resvects equal to the i from warehouse. But in this gross rate was in- | Liverpool, and has be itted to a cluded also a rate of $I per ton said to number of very exacting ts. On the have been advanced by the steamship | surface the miueral is coarse and more or less impure, but at a depth of one or two feet the most beautiful crystalline forma- tions are met with, it being possible to read ordinary print’ throu medium of blocks over a foot in understood that a number of lo ists are taking steps to put th on the market and have the right to work the mine. company on behalf of the consignors to the ?’ajam Valley Railroad Company for carrying the barley from Blanco by rail to Moss Bay. The balance alleged to be due altogether was put at $251 15. zainst this Moore, Ferguson & Co. set | up that they bad contracted to pay only $3 10 per ton for the shipment by water, with the storage charge of 25 cents addi- | tional. They had, therefore, tendered in | ———— court a balance of only $115 39 as full pay- | Greenwich records snow that for four- ment, and events have proved that they | teen years there has been an average of had the best end of the law. | only twenty hours of sunshine in London Of course, Moore, Ferguson & Co. chal- | in December. N;:W ;'O-DAYAAMUSEIYXENTS. RLBWERS TO-MGIHT (Sunday). LAST TIME—DAUGHTERS OF EVE!” BEGINNING MONDAY, JANUARY 13—2D AND LAST WEEK OF MARIE WAINWRIGHT And a Carefully Selected Company In Repertory : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. .....""THE LOVE CHASE Friday Night and Saturday Matinee.................""GAMILLE” Satarday and Sunday. . ..-“AN UNEQUAL MATCH’ Nex! Airilios———TFB TAVARY GRAND OPERA 1, GHT (SUNDAY), it TO CALITORIA S5 “VIRGINIUS.” BEGINNING TO-MORROW (MONDAY), JAN. 13—2d AND LAST WEEK OF AMERICA’S REPRESENTATIVE TRAGEDIAN, MR. LOUIS JAMES Monday and Thursday &irstTime in MARMION Wednesday and Sunday............... 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