The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 9, 1896, Page 22

22 " THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1896. i N d | }g y/ 4 the music is brisk and melodious, the scenery new and elaborate. There is no coubt “that Corinne will repeat her last week’s success. Grand Opera-House. The coming attraction at the Grandis the popular Californian story “My Part- ner,” the piece associated with Louis Ald- richand which made almost instantaneous fame for its author, Bertley Campbell. Since “My Partner” was written endless attempts have been made on similar lines, but they have not achieved the same suc- cess. It issaid to be the only *‘rea-shirt” piece which New Yorkers will tolerate, and the same is very nearly the case in California. The plot is well concocted and the sitna- tions are naturally brought about. There is plenty of breezy comedy. One of the chief roles is the famous Major Henry Clay Britt, for which part Cbarles Ed- monds has beer: especially s Alcazar. The play for the coming week at the Al- cazar will be Bartley Campbell’s “The White Slave.” Through a series of natural misunder- standings the “White Girl” is sold into slavery, and remains in the bonds of servi- tude, subject to the whims and caprices of her owner, for a long period. The interest is heightened from time to time until her rightful birthright is made apparent.. The management announces that there will be 2 storm of real rain on the stage, anda steamboat explosion amid the swollen waters of the Mississippi River. There will be a carnival of little darky and big darky jubilee singers, wing and buck dan- cers, banjo players and_all the happy-go- lucky life of the plantation negro. Valentines wirl be presented to every one at the next Wednesday ‘‘Pop'’ mati- Btanton promisesto be the greatest novelty of the present season. He makes up as & giant rooster, and his appearadce is so realistic in his borrowed plumage that ame chickens engage in_hot battle with im on the stage. He is careful to put gnds on the spurs of his small opponents efore the combat begins, but sometimes they become disconnected, and the hurnan bird gets the worst of the conflict. This happened once at the Alhambra, London, when a spirited Malay rooster was pitted against him. The Malay feathered war- rior gave his towering enemy a swine be- tween the left eye and the nose, which left him a black eye for a week afterward, and had the blow been delivered a little further to the left, Stanton says he wou'd have had no left eye remaining to assist him in future baftles. Carroll Johnson, Rachel Walker ana Billy Carter, who have all made hits, are retained. Paderewski Recitals. San Francisco is preparing to turn out in force for the first Paderewski recital, to be given to-morrow night at the California Theater. The great pianist is to ve given & magnificent reception by the music lovers, who have bought seats in immense numbers for all three recitals. The pianist will give only one of his re- citals in the evening, the remaining two taking place on the afternoons of Wednes- day nnt{) Friday next, the 12th and 14th of February. MACDONOUGH THEATER. Manager Cook’s Benefit and Miss Maud Morrell’s Debut. Charles E. Cook, the popular manager | of the Macdonough Theater, Oakland, will | be tendered a testimonial benefit to-mor- row evening at the theater over which he _s0ably presides. 7 . Desiring to announce for the occasion a ALBERT L. GUILLE WITH THE TAVARY GRAND OPERA COMPANY AT THE BALDWIN. ing very slowly but surely toward health. seven years on the Chicago detective force, She is in Cincinnati. during which he has earned an enviable repu- tation. He is a guest at the Palace Hovel. O-MORROW evening the great Paderewski will be with us, Al- ready we are preparing to bow down and do him homage, and | for the next nine days we shall | vie with one another in inventing extrava- gances capable of expressing his golden glory. “Paddy’s” will be a name to con- jure with. There is scarcely one of us| with soul so dead as to own that the | glamour of tke pianist’s fame and an over- whelming curiosity to see his chrysanthe- mum-head in all its glory are the real cause of our buying those costly tickets for the recital, and absolutely no one in this com- munity, will be base and ignorant enou-h to deny the Polish pianist's marvelous genius, [ How many of us, however, are going to | be capable of really appreciating the fine distinctions that separate Ynderewski's, playing from that of other great pianists | whom we should not flock to hear if they came to us with only a mild amount of beralding? Let Paderewski play behind one screen and Rosenthal or d’Albert be- hind another, and only musicians or peo- | ple of highly musical temperament could | distinguish sufficiently between the hid- den performers to point triumphantly to Paderewski’s lair and cry, regardless of grammar, “That’s him!"” There is a great deal in a name, more even than in a picturesque appearance. A couple of months ago we had with us a | violinist whose rlaying was a pleasure to hear. His name was Higgins, and he faded away without arousing a ripple of interest. ‘What could the man expect? He surely | did not think that the Nob Hiil tribes were going to stir up interest in him by exclaim- ing enthusiastically at afternoon teas: “We went to hear Higgins play yesterday; he was just lovelyl” No one with so every-day a name as Higgins could possi- bly be lovely in a matinee girl's sense. The name precludes such a possibility. If Higgins had appeared on the programme es Higginini or Higginski the matinee girl might have raved over his shaggy ebon locks, his pale, ethereal face and the soul in his playing, but a mere Hiegins | has no right to expect recognition for | playing with soul in the present state of public feeling. W. Ward Stephens, a young New York | pianist, has just shown native musicians a | road to success by chaneging his name to Varri Stefanski. He was Sherwood's | pupil and made a debut some years ago at Chickering Hall, New York, which created little or no public interest. With added vears Stephens has acquired added wisdom. He realized that true greatness could only become his through a foreign nom de guerreand he ssked‘» Nikita to compose a Polish fantasia’Swith his American name for her theme. In a cisco as a Polish star. It he does, care will be his mental burden in trying to con- ceal from the all-seeing reporter his real name and nationality. The above remark is nct intended asa dark insinuation that the great pianist whom we shall see and adore to-morrow is a home product, travestied a la Polonaise. “GOOD-BY,” A SCENE FROM “MY OPERA - i om ey IR, PARTNER” AT MOROSCO’S GRAND HOUSE. moment of inspiration the little lady ex- | *Paddy” was “made in Poland,” and he | claimed “Varri Stefanski,” and the ap- pellation is already working like a spell. Stefanski 1s beginning to have his pic- ture in the papers representing him with long hair and a fur collar. impresario has declared himself so de- lighted with Varri’s artistic proficiency that he has engaged him for an eight months’ tour. The time may eome when varri Stefanski will visit San Fran- /«;j’,’jfi&e',‘ : f 'VA, i 13 If m / "W/I”’"r" i CORINNE AT THE COLUMBIA. A European | has all the artistic and emotional tempera- ment of his people. Baldwin Theater. The Tavary Grand Opera Company will commence its second week to-morrow night with the double bill of “Lucia di Lammermoor” and “Cavalleria Rusticana.” “The cast will be arranged with a view to especial strength. On Tuesday night “Mignon” will hold the boards, and for Wednesday mati- nee we are to have for the last time “Martha.” *Aida,” in which the com- pany opened its engagement, will be heard for the final time on Wednesday night. “Carmen’’ will be presented on T ursday evening. and the first performance of Gounod’s “Faust” will be heard during the present engagement on Friday night. The opera for the Saturday matinee is to be “Trovatore,” and Wagner's “Tann- hauser” wili be sung before a large audi- ence on Saturday night. The third and last week of the Tavary Company com- mences on Monday, February 17, California Theater, Thomas Keene, who will come to the California Theater next Tuesday night for an engagement of two weeks, to be devoted to a series of the best classical tragedies, is such a favorite in San Francisco as to make it almost a work of supererogation to point out the high position which he hoids on the American stage. Keene is & believer in the higher mission of the drama and {be eternal qualities of tragedy. Hedoes not believe that Shakes- peare will ever be out of fashion so long as the Knglish tongue shall be spoken, or that the taste for tragedy is dying out. He is said to have a large and excellent company, of which the prominent mem- bers are Adele Belgarde, Mary Timber- mann, Mrs. S. A. Baker, Frank Hennig, Thomas Eagleson, Carl Ahrendt and Law- rence Lowell. Mr. Keene's opening bill will be *‘Louis XI,” a play cerived mainly from Sir Walter Scott’s romance, “Quen- tin Durward,” which affords Mr. Keene a fine. opportunity for the dapiction of a senile wretch, whose only good point is his superstitions dread of all that bears the name relizion. itis a character part in line with Mr. Keene’s best work, and by many is regarded as the role which gives him his best claim to fame. The reper- tory for the balance of the first week is: ‘Wednesday. ““Richard’’; Thursday, ‘‘Rich- elieu’”; Friday, “Hamlet” ; Saturday mati- nee, “Othello Saturday night, *‘Louis XI”; Bunday night, “*Richard 1L Columbia Theater. Jolly little Corinne and the sixty people who form her support will change their quarterskhis week from the California to the Columbia Theater. They will present ‘“‘Hendrick Hudson,” the attraction which proved such a magnet last week. Newness, brightness and up-to-dateness are the characteristics that impress them- selves upon everybody who goes to see this production. 'The extravaganza is ehveri,;v constructed and brightly written, MME. THEA DORRE AS SANTUZZA WITH THE TAVARY GRAND OPERA & 3 COMPANY. z nee. These touching tokens of 14th of February will be given in addition to the bicycle. The Carleton opera company is an- nounced to commence an engagement at Grover’s Alcazar on February 24th. Reina Atchinson, who is spoken of as a very gifted prima donna, will make her first appearance in this City with the company, which is said to be a complete one, embracing J. Taylor and George Camp- bell as primo tenori. It will bring a com- prehensive repertoire. The operas will be changed three times each week. Tivoli Opera-House, “The Gentle Savage,’’ with its Mexican orchestra, Spanish fandango dances, moon- light ballet and real soldiers from the Presidio, will hold the boards at the Tivoli Opera-house this week. The final performances of this clever homegroduction will be given next week. \“The Gentle Savage’ will be followed by Von Weber's classic opera, ‘“‘Der Freischutz.” Afterward several European novelties will be heard, to be followed by a season of erand opera and a spring pro- duction of a new burlesque upon an old subject. At the Orphenm. The Garrisons, travesty sketch artists; the Pantzer Brothers, head balancers and equilibrists; Walter Stanton and Fina Corri, the latter reputed to be a talented singing and dancing soubrette, are to be this week’s addition to the Orpheum bill. performance of unusual interest, Mr. Cook has secured the services of the Fraw- night only in “Men and Women.” The play has been drawine crowded houses in this City and will no doubt pack the Mac- donough to-morrow. < The oceasion will also be memorable to the many admirers of Miss Maud Morrell, as being her first appearance in QOakland as a professional actress. Dramatic Brevities. Two per cent is about the propertion of the population of a community that at- tends the theater each day. It is definitely settled that Henaerson’s “Sinbad” will play a fortnight’s engage- ment at the Columbia Theater next month. In his verformance of “Richard III” Thomas Keene wears a suit of mail that formerly belonged to Gustavus Brooke, the English tragedian, Nat-Goodwin has just completed all the arrangements for his forthcoming Aus- tralian tour. He appears at the Baldwin previous to his departare. “A Woman's Reason,” the new play just produced by Charles Frohman’s stock company in New York, is described as a | fin de siecle “Frou-Frou.” Helena Modjeska, wpose unexpected and serious illness obliged her to cancel her Chicago engagement, is reported progress- 0 i L THOMAS W. KEENE VT s i (g A AT THE CALIFURNIA. ley Company, who will appear for one |. Frederick Warde comes to the Baldwin after the Tavary season. The tragedian’s repertoire inciudes ‘‘The Mountebank,” “The Lion’s Mou!h;” ‘*Virginius, “Damon and Pythias,” ‘‘Julius Ceesar” and “King Lear.” * Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau are organiz- ing a big opera bouffe company to play for a protracted season at Abbey's The- ater next autumn and winter. 1t isun- derstood thatthe managers are negotiat- ing with Dorothy Morton to sing the prima donna roles in their different pro- | ductions. | AFFILIATED Designs Inspected by a Com- mittee of Three Archi- tects. Regents Shy About Discussiag Mayor Sutro’s Site for the Wilmer- ding School. There was another conference of uni- | versity regents on the subject of affiliated | colleges at the Mark Hopkins Institute of | Art yesterday forenoon. President Kel- logg and Secretary Bonte were on time at 10:30 o’clock. Regents C. F. Crocker, J. ‘West Martin, Timothy Guy Phelps and J. B. Reinstein did not keep th® commit- tee waiting. { Albert Pissis, Clinton Day an: Walter J. Matthews, constituting a corymittee of architects appointed last Ti®sday, re- perted for duty yesterday morr*ag. inspected the five plans on exgibition at the institute and then went gut to the building site near the park. ! The arcnitects may be able tc} submit a report, recommending the adoption of one of the plans proposed or a rkjection of all the designs submitted, by tb¥ time the regents convene next Tuesday. The architects have been’ specially in- structed to consider the cost of the build- ings, as the regents do not want to appeal to trie Legislature for another ‘appropria- | tion of public money to coraplete the | building enterprise. | The regents are shy when it comes to | talking about sites for the Wilmerding School. No expression of opinion con | cerning Mayor Sutro’s gift of a block of | land north of the park could be obtained. It was said that Icadinf men of Oakland were about to organize for the purpose of | raising money to acquire a site in that city | or one near Berkeley. The president of the university was asked if the regents | § and faculty preferred thata site in Ala- | meda County should be selected, but re- | plied that expressions. of opinion on the | subject had not come to his knowledgze. | The regents now want to dispose of the | question pertaining to tle affiliated col- | leges. When that is settled the site for the Wilmerding School may demand seri- | ous reflection. Consideration of the two | propositions at the same time may impose | a greater tension on the intellectual forces | at the board and faculty than is consistent i with safety. A SUPREME COUNCIL. Delegates of the Young Men’s Institute 1 Goling to Denver to Organize a } Central Body. ! The supreme delegates of the Young Men’s Institute have concluded all ar-| rangements for their visit to Denver to at- | tend the first Supreme Council of théir | order. They will leave San Francisco | Tuesday evening and remain away a week | or ten days. | They are John J. McDade, ex-Judee J. F. Sullivan, Frank McGlynn, Frank Mur- asky, Grand President John Lynch of Oak- Jand, Frank Kierce, F. Gallagher of Fresno | and M. McEntee of Tacoma. Messrs, | Lynch and McEntee are going as alter- | nates for J. F. Smith and Ed. I. Sheehan | of this City. | These prominent members of the insti- tute have been elected to represent the Pacific jurisdiction at the Supreme Council and a membership of about 5000 scattered over the Pacific Coast. At a meeting held last Wednesday they came to an understanding as to a general plan, which will be presented for consider- | ation of the Supreme Council. The order has grown to such a degree that one cen- tral governing power is needed to preserve the principles and objects of the institute from corruption orchange, and it was with this view before them the Pacific Coast delezates discussed the subject of a rec- ommendation to the Supreme Council. The Eastern jurisdiction has a membership of 12,000, with counciis in seversl cities. When the Eastern and Western dele- gates meet they will considera constitu- tion for the new Supreme Council and the aavisability of establishing other jurisdic- | tions by dividing the two already in ex-| istence into severai siailer ones. The Supreme Couneil code of laws it is under- stood will be general in their effect with- out interfering materially with the rights of district conncils. 5 The Bupreme Council will convene late this week. A Visitor From Chieago. Detective Sergeant Frank G. 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