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amusing matrimonial complications, af- fords plenty of opportunities for effective staging, as well as for dances and fun. Ferris Hartman will apear in hisold role of the Hoolah, the man whose profession is to wed a wife and shed a wife for the ac- commodation of people who have become entangled in legal complications. Martin Pache will play the' part of Prince Torpid; John J. Ragnel will be Moka, the Cadi; Kate Marchi will appear as Namouna, the retty Persian; Fanny Liddiard as Kou- Eouli, the Cadi’s wife; Carrie Roma as Ba- bouche, an ex-ballet dancer; Jennie Stock- meyer as Nakid, the Prince’s page. After HE theaters last tempted the anchorite to break | abstinence from the | bis Lenten pomps and vanities of this wicked Frederick Warde's King Lear, at world. the Baldwi formance that rose albc mediocrity that preva e the respectable d in dramatic cir- cles. Even W Lear did not draw as it might have done, for the actor-manager | had kept st till the last, wnich wasa begun with he Monnte- ple would probably have seen ly that Warde without James is a less powerful altraction than James without Warde. Local concert-goers wiil have an oppor- tunity this week of comparing Marsick and Ondricek, the two violinists who have attracted most attention in the East this winter. They represent such widely dif- ferent styles that they cannot be classed together. is thorou French in his perfec- tion of detail and intolerance of rough- ness. He has been most accustomed to gauging his tone to the tiny hall of the Paris Conservatory and the almost parlor-like dimensions Eleanor Hooper very trul, “Marsick isa genuine pl r, from whom much can be learned, lacking in power, verve and surety of technique, but tru artistic in detail, and not to be bribed by popularity into any chicanery of play, as others have been, ¥ho have won greater fame here.” Ondricek, although a Bohemian, belongs more to the German school as an expo- nent of technique. The claim of greatness is made for him. Whether this be true or not he has succeeded in arousing scenes of enthusiasm which prove that he possesses the power of swaying the musical multi- tude. Minnie Maddern Fiske, or her manager, is responsible for a new and appailing de- parture, which if widely followed would drive dramatic ed to despair and sui- cide. Every few days the press of this en- lightened country is bombarded with let- ters recounting the new and marvelous triumphs achieved by Minnie. Lately these precious productsof the press agent’s art have rained in on the papers in such profusion that the people who handle the dramatic news quail before opening a type- written communication addressed “Dram- atic Editor,” for their prophetic souls tell them that the contents will be headed, “Fresh Triumphs Achieved by Minnie.” These tiributes do not profess to be cullings from the flowers of press criticism; for the most part they em- anate uhblushingly from the press agent. The soul recoils with horrorat the thought of the amount of useless correspondence ors that would be inflicted on a long suffering | press if other members of “the profession” | took it into their heads to imitate Min- nie’s pernicious exam ple. beware, however. Even a worm will turn st last, and the dramatic editors are only supported in their present visitation by the comforting knowledge thata day wil come when they will have an opportunity of comparing Minnie’s actual work with the ‘*fresh triumphs.”’ They will speak quite plainly if they find her press agent has been dallying with fiction instead of fact. Baldwin Theater. Hoyt’s latest play, “A Milk White Flag,” opens at the Baldwin Theater to- morrow night. Itisa satire on the Na- tional Guard, and is said to poke a good deal of sly fun at citizen soldiership, though the jokes are of a kind that can be enjoyed oy the most ardent militiaman without offense. The play deals with the jealousy existing 1 week did not offer anything that would have | Theater, was the only per- | Marsick, although a Belgian, | of the Salle Erard, but, as | ays of him, | Let the actress | between two rival companies of militia, | 8 week of “The Hoolah” the ballad-opera ! the Ransome Guards and the Daily Blues. | *‘Maritana” will be sung, to be followed | The Guards have the best of it till the | by a revival of Richard Stahl's work, Blues decide to ecl?se them by holding a | *“Said Pasha.” military funeral. The difficulty is to ob- At iha Otiho o 11 t bers are hale e axaL dihe Lsmben | _Cnarles B. Ward, the original ‘‘Bowery Finaily a man who has been 0 accidentally killed is elected to honorary { Boy,” and the celebrated Athos family, a membership and his remains are appro- | quintet of acrobats, will be this week’s ad- | priated for 8 magnificent funeral. Asthe | ditions to the Orpheam’s bill. solemn cortege of the Blues passes the | Ward is a singer, ballad-writer and Guards’ armory the latter overwhelm the strains of the funeral march by playing | “Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-de-Ay,”’ and a free| fight between the rival companies ensues. | The last act shows the remains lying in | state in the Blues’ armory, when the humiliating discovery is made that the | new Honorary member is not dead at all, | but is only stunved from a blow on the { head. The corpse comes to life and the Blues' disappointment is mitigated by the suggestion that instead of a funeral they give their first “Grand Resurrection Ball.” comedian of note, and his appearance at the Orpheum is looked upon by the man- agement as one of unusual interest. Most of last week's favorites are retained. The Garrisons witl leave for Los An- geles after to-day’s matinee and Wills anc Collins, Alburtus and Bartram, the An- dersons, the Fiilippis, the Pantzersand the Wiltons will remain. California Thenter. Edwin Milton Royle is said to have a successful play in his latest work, entitled ‘*Mexico,” which is to be saen at the Cali- i?;nia Theater on Monday night, March Marsick Concert. A grand orchestral concert, with Marsick as the soloist, will be given at the Baldwin Theéater to-night. August Hinrichs will direct the orchestra. Mrs. Ernest H. Pal- mer will be the vocal soloist, and the pro- gramme will be as follows: Overture, ““‘Im Hochland™* (Gade), orchestra; New Auditorium. A great musical event will be the Ondricek-Materna concerts, which will oceur at the Auditorium on Thursday and Saturday of this week. ~ 1 \certo, Op. 10, aileg; oderat 2 5 f\[',‘\,‘;lxg,fm' e s orchsstra: canial, | Frau Amelia Materna is almost too well lile from “Samson et Dalila” (Saint-S known to need introduction. She is the t H. Palmer and orchestra; ¢ 1), allegro molto appas allegro molto_viva melo >. 8, No, | woman of whom Wagner exclaimed when he heard her sing, “There is my Brun- | hilde,” and the compliment may be the | | more appreciated when one rea'izes that | for months the composer had vainly sought a prima donna whom he co sidered a great enough artist to be in- | trusted with the magnificent role. Ma- terna, who was to some extent Wagner's | Rondo Ca orchesira: (Massenet), orches- Columbia Theater. 1THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1896. Crane in the latter part of this season. Evidently the novelists have found out that the’ stage has greater pecuniary re- sults than book-writing, all things being equal. The successiul playwright can buy and sell the successful novelist, as a rule. But when one is both a successful novelist and a successful playwright—ah, of such is the kingdom of heaven!—Footlights. BRIEFLY TOLD. A Critic's Views Versus the Press Agent. This is how the New York Recorder sums up las; week's performances in Gotham: Lillian Russell—Dumb show and a kick. “Robin Hood”—Two thousand years old or thercabouts. “Marriage”—Stuff. Eleanora Duse—Art. *‘Prisoner of Zenda”—Romance, & trifle frayed. ‘‘Gentleman Joe''—Stuff. “The Heart of Maryland”—Cheap senti- "Maud Aa au ams—Art. “A Black Sheep”—Nonsense. l:one Fuiler—Dress goods exhibit .. ’l‘;he Sporting Duchess”—Cheap sport- a. ing dram glflfl! Vaudevilles—Chiefly anatomical. The following is how the critic of the same paper gives his comments on the ef- fusions of the press agent: 5 Jolmw Drew and his admirable company in *The Squire of Dames'" are attracting large and fashionable audiences to the Garrick Theater. During his present engagement Mr. Drew will be seen in a new play. Until then Mr. Drew will stilt coldl around the stage in the *‘Squire of Dames,” and Miss Adams will carry the piece, a8 she has all the other pieces in which Mr. Drew has made his *great successes.” ! Better one performance by Maud Adams than a cycle of John Drew. The run of “The Heart of Maryland” at the Hera!d Square Theater seems to be indefi- nite. It is till drawing crowded houses. Tuesday night, in celebration of the one hun- dred and fiftieth performance, miniature sil- ver ourfew bells will be distributed as souven- irs. One month from date you could prob- ably collect all of the *'silver curfew bells" ic) from the homes of worthy inhabitants of Hackensack, Keokuk, Tukahoe and Yapbank. One may express the hope that the manager of thé ‘“‘Heart of Maryland” had no idea of builing the silver market. “Burmah,” the stirring English milita; melodrama, will bring‘ its run at the Ameri- can toa close next Saturday night. It has been a profitable one, and its great battle scene has given excitement and pleasure to thousands of theater-goers. The drama is handsomely staged. Isuppose that such noise was never heard on any stage as nightly assaults the tor- tured ear in “Burmah.”” Take the children to see “Burmah.” Toey will like it. They are usually fond of a boiler factory, So many requests have been made for *‘Fe- dora” that through the Findness of Fanny Davenport, who owns the American rights to |. Eugene O’'Rourke, who is identified with delineations of Irish character, will appear at the Columbia Theater to-mor- row night in a new Irish comedy-drama, especizily written for him by the actor- author, Mark Price. It is said that in this new play the dramatist has departed from the conven- tional lines of Hibernian drama in which the same characters have appeared under different names for so many years. In The Wicklow Postman” there are no British soldiers to badger the hero, the blackthorn is not even mentioned and the old stage-worn types of Irish charscter bave given place to something newer and more up to date. Eugene O’Rourke and Mark Price will have among their support the great ex- crampion of the world, John L. Sullivan, and America’s ex-champion, “Paddy” Ryan, the latter being introduced by the well-known manager and backer of ath- letes, Charles E. Davies, more familiarly known as “‘Parson’ Davies. “The Wick- | low Postman” will only run for one week. | ek et S0 | Grover's Alcazar, | The Carleton Opera Company will pre- sent for their final week’s attraction at the Alcazar, commencing to-morrow, a | grand double bill, “*The Charity Girls’’ and “The Mikado.” The engagement cioseson Saturday night, March 14, and it is stated that this week’s performance will mark positively the farewell appearance in San rancisco of W.T. Carleton. By special request Mr. Carleton will sing at each per- formance the “Trilby” song, ‘“‘Ben Bolt.” On Sunday next, March 15, there will be a matinee and night performance. The | Bailey continuous show commences at | Grover’s Alcazar. Popular prices will be | resumed. | | Grand Opera-House. The well-known melodrama, *“The Silver King,” will be presented at the Grand to-morrow night. A number of strong situations occur in the plot, whica isalways found to be an interesting one. The leading roles are to be taken by Darrell Vinton and Essie Tittell. Butler will play the very difficult part of “The CARRIE ROMA AT THE TIVOLL retti, Lucille LaVerne, Arnold Daly, | Frank Campau and Adolph Klauber are voung people who are winning a reputa- tion in “Pudd’vhead Wilson.” The New York Recorder says: The San- tuzza of Duse_is perbaps the most won- derful and vivid piece of characterization this stage or any other has ever seen. hard Manusfield recently produced a on of “Robert Macaire”” in Kan- The piece will be in the actor's pertoire when he comes to the Baldwin. sa re Hendersor’s * “Sinbad” Company in- cludes quite a number of people who have never been seen in San Francisco with that anization, which this year numbers A few years ago Manager Hammerstein of ‘New York was the editqr of a tobacco journal at $i8 a week. Royalties from patents brought him $200,000, and now he owns a $3,000,000 theater. M UNEXPECTED LEGACY, It Led to the Discovery of a Forgotten Ro- mance. Why Susan Scribner Left Her Prop- erty to Her “Nephews and Nieces.” A peculiar story has been unearthed by Charles J. Heggerty in his search for the facts of the life of a Mrs. Susan Scribner. Mrs. Scribner died in this City on January 29, 1894, leaving the greater part of her $30,000 estate to her four ‘‘nieces and Spider” and Frank Hatch will be Daniel Jakes. The piece is to be excellently = inspiration as well as his disciple, sings | staged. the master’s music with all the weight of ‘Wagnerian authority, and to hear her will be a great lesson to every one interested in music. Ondricek is the court violinist to the Emperor of Austria and he has had orders conferred upon him by a number of the Tivoll Opera-House. Charles Lecocq’s merry operetta, ‘“The Hoolah,” will be presented at the Tivoli to-morrow night. The plot, with its CHARLES B. WARD crowned heads of Europe. Since his ad- ventin America Ondricek has played with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, always with enthusiastic success. He is said to be a warm, magnetic player, en- dowed with the power of enthusing his audiences. Miss Anna Eva Fay will continue her white magic performances at the Audi- torium for the next three days. Tue:zday eveninz will see the last exhibition by this pupil of Mme. Blavatsky. AT THE ORPHEUM. Macdonough Theater. Frederick Warde opens to-morrow even- ing with his latest success, King Lear,” at the Macdonough Theater, Ozkland. The play will be repeated on Friday. For the rest of the week the repertoire is as follows: Tuesday evening, ‘J;‘he Mountebank’ ; Wednesday evening, *‘The Lion’s Mouth’’; Thursday evening, **Virginius’’; Saturday matinee, **Julius Cesar’’; Saturday even- ing “Damon and Pythias.” Music Treat Forthcoming. Mr. Frank Belcher, the talented vocalist and popular Native Son, will give a con- cert at Native Sons’ Hall on Thursday evening, March 9. Mr. Belcher will be assisted by select talent, comprising vocal and instrumental soloists from both sides of the bay. i THE STAGE PAYS. Why So Mauny Novels Have Been Dra- 2 matized This Season. This is a great year for literature on the stage. Funny phrase, isn’t it, when we consider that the stage is a rather good place for literature to visit. But this the- atrical season has been the most prolific in years as regards the dramatization of books for stage representation. The nov- elists are falling over themselves in wild attempts to reach a playwright and with him collaborate to enrich the stage. Thus far this reason we have seen in Philadel- phia dramatizations of Mark Twain’s “Pudd’nhead Wilson,” Richard Harding Davis’ “Her First Appearance” (“The Littlest Girl”) Du Maurler’s “Trilby,” Hope’s “The Prisoner of Zenda,”” Edward Townsend’s “Chimmie Fadden,” Miss Train’s “A Social Highwayman” and Co- nan Doyle’s “A Straggler of 1815, pro- duced here by Mr. Irving under the title of “A Story of Waterloo.” And now word comes that William Dean’Howells is coliaborating with Paul Kester on a dra- matijzation of “The Rise of Silas Lapham.” The play is to be produced by William Heé nephews.”” The legatees denied having an aunt by the name of Susan Scribner and they could not prove, therefore, that they were the ones mentioned 1in the wili. The attorney investigated the case and fcund that the “nieces and nephews’’ of Mrs. Scribner were her own children, and that they were so designated in the will to hide the past of their mother. Mrs. Seribner was the wife of John C. Scribner, whom she married a good many years ago. Previous to her marriage to him she was living with a man named Tom Hogan, with whom she eloped from ber first husband, Richard Barnes. She had married Barnes 1n 1827 ana the four children to whom she left her property were the result of this union. leavine them her money she spoke of them as the children of Richard and Hanna Barnes. 8he nerself had been known as Susannah or Hanna Barnes. Mrs..Scribner had left her home in 1845, The man she went with was a boarder in the house kept by herself and her husband. She bas never seen her children from the time she left them, and it was to keep from calling up the memories of her pas: that she left her property to her *‘nephews and nieces.” Sardou’s drama, Duse will be seen as the sionate Russian princess before the close of her present engagement. Duse does all things well. Miss Daven- Bort says she is not afraid to play against use, Oh, what actresses dare do! James O'Neil will be the attraction to follow A Milk White Flag’ at the Bald- win, Sarah Bernhardt is the grandmother of two little girls, the eldest about 6 years of age. On the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th inst. the Dry-goods Men's Association will have a benefit at the Columbia Theater. “The Btrange Adventures of Miss Brown” will come to this City with Ed- win Foy in the leading role. The American humorist Robert J. Bur- dette will soon be an attraction at the Auditorium entertainments. Frank Mayo, it ig said, has a promising party of young actors and actresses in his support in Mark Twain’s “Pudd'nhead Wilson.” Frances Grahame, Eleanor Mo- SGENE FROM “THE SILVER KING” AT MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA.HOUSE, SOME OF THE FACES SEEN IN “A FIVE DESIGNS FAVORED. | SRRl | Architects Who Have Chances! for Municipal Building | Prizes. ONE WILL GET KO PREMIUM. All the Estimates Were Close to $275,000 — Names of the Fa- vored Designers. Five of the sixteen architects who sub- mitted plans, specifications and estimates | to the Supervisors for the new municipal building that is to be erected on the site of the old City Hall were made glad yester- day by having the result of their labors recommended by the Municipal Buildings Committee of the board for further consid- eration. Of these five designs the one that makes | the most impression on the board will | gain for its author the contract for super- vising the construction of the bnilding, the second will receive a prize of $750, the third $500 and the fourth $250. It was the original intention of the com- mittee to pick out four designs, each one of which would receive a prize, but after three had been selected the committee | divided on the fourth, Supervisors Spreck- els and Hirsch being in favor of recom- werding the design of Smith & Freeman, while Supervisors Benjamin and Wagner stood out for that of J. Cather Newsom. A compromise wasreached by admitting both designs into the recommended list. Supervisor Spreckels made the motion to favor the design of W. O. Banks, while Supervisor Wagner stood sponsor for that of Mooser & Mooser. Shea & Shea's de- sign was favored on motion of Supervisor Hirsch. The estimates of cost of the build- ings designed by the five architects are as follows: ‘W. O. Banks, §274,871; Mooser & Mooser, Shea & Shea and J. C. Newsom, $275,000 each, and Smith & Freeman, $274,901. . The committee then decided on render- ing the following report to the board: Gentlemen: Your Committee on Municipal Bulldings would respectfully state that it has devoted considerable time in critically exam- ining the different plans and specifications for the erection of a municipal building, and has irom the sixteen different designs selected those of W. 0. Banks, Mooser & Mooser, Shea & Shes, Smith & Freeman and J. Cather Newsom— five in all. The committee endeavored to make | & selection of four pians to report back to the board for its determination as to the plansand specifications to be selected, but was unabls 10 agree as to the superiority of the rerspective plans of Smith & Freeman and J, Cather New- | som. | The plans selected are those which your committee recommend for the consideration of the board to determine the plan to be chosen for the erection of the building on the site of the old City Hall; aiso the plans which in respect (0 merit are entitled to the prizes of $750, $500 and $250 respectively. Your committee, in view of the number of competitive plans submitted, many of which are meritorious, regret that more premiums were not offered, as many of the architecis | must have spent considerable time and labor in designing and preparing the plans, specifi- cations and estimates. Your committee further recommend that the cierk be instructed to return to the respect- ive architects the plans which have not been selected by the committee for further consid- eration. A REAL BAD MAN. Pedro Cuda H: Mania for Attempt- ing to Kill Dissolute ‘Women. Pedro Cuda, a sailor, is a real bad man. He has a mania for attempting to kill dis- solute women. Yesterday morning his preliminary examination was held before Judge Conlan on the charge of assavlting Marguerite Marcean of St. Mary’s place with & deadly weapon. The Judge held bim to answer before the Superior Court in $2000 bonds. While the examination was going on Detective Ed Gibson went into the court- room and recognized Pedro as Juan Go- mez, who was held to answer on March | 13, 1893, for similar assault upon a Chi- nese woman. Ona previous occasion he | was arrested for trying to kill a woman in Quincy place. Pedro boasts of having killed two men. Recently he was involved in a row on the water front, when the captain of a vessel 'was stabbed, and it was thought Pedro | 4 MILK - WHITE FLAG” i average pay of $8. AT THE BALDWIN. did the stabbing, but no proof could be got against him. He tried to create a scene in court yes- terday when the Judge held him to an- swer, but he was promptly suppressed by Builiff Kelly and Policeman Behan. > = Park Music To-Day. The following programme has been arranged or the open-air concert in Golden Gate Park March, “The Thunderer”. -Sousa Overture, “Die Irrfalitt nim’ Selectfon, “Sur | Malade “eresidio Waliz”. Seleciion of the popul ture, Macber bone quartet (sel Mesars. Tobin, Scheirn Remiaiscences of B 4 With soloa for ali ns “Bailet de Coppelia”....... .Leo Delibes “Ma Angeline,” coon two-step march. Ijee Johnson )y Trom! Pruefer and Beliman. ged by Godtrey iments AT R e Liverpool machinists receive |a weekly NEW TO-DAY. A DYING SPARK Stop Right Now! other! Don't Light An. 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