The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 10, 1896, Page 24

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1896. HE Strange Adventures of Miss Brown” is not exactly a farce- comedy that scintillates with genius, but it is bright and enter- | taining. More than that, it tellsa | tangible tale in dialogue, and isnot merely | a string of clumsy pegs on which to hang | third and fourth rate vaudeville perform- | ances. Strange to say, the public in this City seems to prefer farce-comedies that | are mere excuses for vaudeville shows. "It is hard to say why this should be so, for the Orpheum gives a better variety show than any farce-comedy organization can afford to offer. There are expenses of scenery, stare management, etc., con- nected with a theatrical company, even if | itisa theatrical company only in name, which makes it unprofitable to engage as £00d all-round vaudeville stars as a regu- | lar music-hall organization can present. | ‘We have been so dosed with bad singing and worse aancing, under the name of farce-comedy, that “‘The Strange Advent- ures of Miss Brown” at the Baldwin comes as a refreshing relief. The modern stage-manager gets in more | of his deadly work every year. Plays are | constantly becoming more spectacular | and realistic, tanks are bigger, machinery is more complicated and millinery and smart frocks are rapidly becoming of more | importance than good plays and clever | acting. But what a boon the stage- manager would confer upon dramatic art, if be could be induced to restrict hus efforts to new plays and to melodramas! No one | would grudge him those, for generally | gpeaking they are not worth rescuing from f hisc hes. But alas! the stage-manager, the milliner and the modiste are slowly | but insidiously encroachinz on all that | is sacrea in the drama, though of the great plays Goethe’ “aust” has hitherto | suffered most at their hands. | There is scope in “Faust” for spectacular | isplay, but the line shouid be drawn | somewhere, and that somewhere assuredly | . isat illuminating the flowers in Margue- rite’s garden with incandescent lights. | Could anything be mere banal and vulgar? | One thinks at once of a superior sort of | beer-garden, or at best exposition-grounds, with a military band playing and electric | fountains somewhere in the background. All the illusion of quaint medieval Nurem- | burg is shattered by this fin de siecle inno- vation, as completely as if Marguerite chewed gum or Faust interrupted hislove- making to order cocktails for two. It’s Morrison’s “Faust’’ that they are playing at the Columbia; the name of Goethe does not figure anywhere on the | programme. The public is informed who supplied the electric light, who made the costumes, who directs the destiny of the | calcium glow, but the man who wrote the i play is not worth mentioning. It is just | as well, perhaps. In another and a better world Goethe might jangle his barp and play harsh discords if this particular Mor- rison production of “Faust” were brought prominently to his notice; but how indig- nant we should be if foreigners ignored | our American geniuses in that way. Sup. pose Berlin managers took it into their heads to produce works written by men on this side of the Atlantic and excluded the names of the original writers to glorify those of their own countrymen. We should feel out and injured if we saw that Herr von Piltzner’s “Robin Hood” was quite the rage in Berlin or that the Baron von Pret- zel's laughable comedy *A Trip to China- town” was the hit of the theatrical season in the Fatherland, and there is no doubt that we should question ‘whether the Herr’s and the Baron’s adaptations were scintillating eneugh to blot out the names of the original writers. It is the modern tendency, however, beth: in” plays and musie, to give credit to the gentlemen who make the adaptations or transcriptions and give little or none to the original writers, so Morrison, who bas three “Faust” companies on the road, is quite abreast with the times, Baldwin Theater. “The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown” will form the bill for the Baldwin Theater to-night as well as for the rest of the week, Variety will be introduced into the performance by seasoning the play with some songs. These will include a parody of the ancient dity, ‘“In Days of 01d,” and a ballad entitled “Waiting for Me,” both of which.will be sung by Eddie ¥oy. One of the chief events of the dramatic season will be the appearance at the Bald- win on the 18th inst. of Augustin paly’s company with Ada Rehan as the star. She will be supvorted by James Lewis, | George Clarke, Charles Richman, Edwin Stevens, Herbert Gresham, John Graig, Eawin Varrey, Thomas Bridgland, \\’5- liam Hagzeltine, Hobart Bosworth, Henry Gunson, Robert Shepherd, Frederick Truesdell, Sidney Herbert, George Whar- nock, Mrs. G. H. Gilbert, Miss Sybil Carl- isle, Miss Helma Nelson, Miss" Mildred Holland, Miss Marie St. John, Miss Belle D’ Arcy. The opening production will be “The Cnumessgucki,” anew comedy in tbree acts, by Franz von Schonthan, adapted by Augustin Daly. The restof the repertoire will include “The Two Escutcheons,”” “AMidsummer Night’s Dream,” “The Last Word,” “Twelfth Night,” “The Hunchback,” etc. California Theater. A new programme will be introduced by Primrose & West’s Minstrels for their last week at the California Theater, which be- gins to-morrow night. Besides different songs and jokes there will be introduced a gennine cake-walk, a reproduction of the one given at Madison-square Gardens, New York. The management announces that all local talent can participate in the cake-walk free of entry, and that prizes will be awarded the winners. The cham- pion, James Robinson, who is a member of the minstrel troupe, will be seen in these affairs, and it is stated that a man of iocal prowess intends to dispute his cham- | | | | | Mrs. Elizabeth Mowry soprano, and Dr. | D. A. Hodghead tenor, will produce Verdi’s “Ernani”’ at the New Buah-street Thea- ter on Thursday evening next, May 14. The cast will'beasfollows: Elvira, Mrs. Elizabeth Mowry ; Giovanna, Mrs. Pauline ‘Wand; Ernani, Dr. D. A. Hodghead; Don Carlos (King of Spain), Alfred A. Borlini; | Don Ruy Gomez de Silva, P. Lairanchi; Don Ricardo, L. Bresciani; Jago, L. Lacaze. The opera will be produced under the direction of Maesiro Faustino Ziliani, who has already successfully produced “Martha’ and ‘‘Crown Diamonds.” The ehorus is a large one, and those people who have attended the rehearsals speak en- thusiasticaily of several of the principals. Coming Events in Music. . Next Thursday evening Bernhard Mol- lenhauer will be tendered a benefit concert in Golden Gate Hall by the patrons and members of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra will render sev- eral selections, and Mollenhauer and Homer Henly will be the soloists. James Hamilton Howe will conduct. Andrew Bogart, a barytone who has sung a good deal in local concerts for the last two years, will be tendered a farewell 3 7 4 A YHYSE N SITAHAN ATTEBALDNIS penefit concert in Metrupolitan Temple Y pionship. George Wilson has a number of new things for this week’s programme. On Monday, the 18th inst., Hoyt's “Trip to Chinatown” will be presented at | the California by the company selected by | Hoyt and McKee to appear in the piece during the coming Australian tour. Among its_members are: Harry Conor, Geraldine McCann, Georze Beane, Sadie McDonald, Frank Lawton, Patrice, Arthur Pacie, Amelia Stone, J. Aldrich Libby and Madeline Lack. Columbia Theater. The Morrison company’s production of | “Faust” will remain the attraction of the Columbia Theater for another week. One | of the features of the production 1s the number of scenic effects produced by numerous electrical appliances. Particu- larly in the Brocken scene does the electric fluid play an important part. Wednesday evening will mark the first anniversary of the opering of the Colum- bia Theater under its present manage- ment, and it is intended to mark theevent by making a special feature of the music under the direction of Eugene E. Schmitz, the clever young leader of the Columbia Theater orchestra. “Faust”” will be followed next week by the comedy ‘‘Pawn Ticket No. 210,” inter- preted by a company which will include Miss Amy Lee, Marion P. Clifton, May Buckley, Julia Melrose, Delia Darcy, Prim- rose Semon, Frank Doane, Joseph P. Win- ter, Alex Gaden, David Murray, Frank B. Clayton, Jay L. Packard, William P. Niel- son. E. A. White, Percy F. Bolton, Thomas B. Dunn and Master Marty Semon. Grand Opera-House. For his second week at the Grand Ed- mund Collier will appear in the leading role of a modern melodrama, entitled “Tne Cross Roads of Life.” The part he takes is that of the captain of a life-saving crew, and around him and the persecuted heroine the villains weave a plot of dis- aster, which keeps the audience on the tenter-hooks of expectation to know how virtue is finally to be triumphant. The hero finally solves the problem of his destiny and protects the heroine in a manly and truly melodramatic fashion. The good and bad traits in tbe characters loom up with monumental prominence, and it 1s said that in the role of the cap- tain Edmund Collier finds a role ,that is lhoroufhly congenial to his powers. Miss Lisie Leigh will .appear as the heroine, and Florence Thropp has a part which permits her to indulge in ‘songs and dances. Tivoli Opera-House. The bill at the Tivoli this week will con- sist of “Fra Diavolo,” an opera with which familiarity never seems to breed contempt. The title role of the brigand chief will be taken by Martin Pache, a part in which he met with considerable success both in Europe and in this country when he sang with tne Strakosch Opera Company. Arthur Boyce will take the role of Lo- renzo; John J. Raffael will appear as heretofore as Lord Allcash; W. H. West and Ferris Hartman will enact the two brigands, Bep and Giacomo; W. H. Tooker will make his first appearance as Matteo, the innkeeper; Kate Marchi wiil sing her favorite role of Zeriina, and Carrie Roma will appear as Lady Allcash. “Fra Diavolo” will be played for one week only, after which “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” the fa- vorite story in an operatic setting, will be given with an augmented cast, including several specialty and black-face artists, At the Orpheum. To-morrow evening Wood and Shepard and Fields and Lewis will give their initial performances at the Orpheum. Wood and Suepard will pe remembered as enter- taining performers who appeared here with the Howard Athenmum company, Thatcher, Primrose & West's Minstrels and with the Lottie Collins company. Ficlds and Lewis are comedians and par- odists. By special request they will pre- sent their racetrack hold-up scene, in which they so realistically show the diffi- culty experienced in coming away from the turf with money, even after a winning has been made. John W. Ransome, the New York topical comedian, will continue to give his im- personation of “Boss’ Croker, enlivened with stories and political iliusions. Char- lotte Perry, Carr and Jordan, Morton and Mack and the Mimic Four will all remain this week at the Orpheum. New Auditorium. Active rehearsal is geing on in the Stan- ford University Glee and Mandolin Club for the concert which will be piven at the New Auditorium on the 22d inst. It is said that the ;Irognmme will include a number of novelties not yet heard in San Francisco. Macdonough Theater. Richard Mansfield will appear at the Macdonough Theater, Oakland, to-morrow night in “Bean Brummell,” and on Tues- day evening he will present “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” \ The Trans-Oceanic Star Specialty Com- pany, including the famous SSOW midgets, will be seen next Thursday even- ing, and Primrose & West’s minstrels are booked for two nights, May 18 and 19, Loeal Italian Opera. The Ziliani Musical Society, next Wednesday evening, as it is his in- tention to pursue his studies abroad. Mr. Bogart will be assisted by the Saturda: Morning Orchestra, and the Philomel, Treble Cleff, California and Plymouth | quartets, as well as by Miss Sophia New- lands, soprano, and Mrs. Olive Reed, con- tralto. Mrs. Eunice Westwater announces a | song recital in Native Sons Hall on the 19th inst. Robert Tolmey will give a pianoforte recital in the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium on the 26th inst. Miss Carrie Bowes' next pianoforte re- cital will take place in Golden Gate Hall on the 27th inst. A California Dancer. With Ada Rehan’s company, which opens at the Baldwin on the 18th, will ap- pear for the first time here Miss Isadora Duncan, a_young Californian, who left this City about a year ago for New York. Very few were aware of her intention in going East, and will be surprised to see ber return on the stage. Miss Duncan joined one of Augustin Daly’s companies upon her arrival, and has been with bim since. She made a hit in the French pan- tomime, ‘“Miss Pygmalion,”” with her graceiul posing and dainty dancing. Her dance in ““A Midsummer Night's Dream,’” which is billed for the second week, is original, as in fact 1s ali of her work. She wil%also dance in “Twelfth Night.”" Miss Duncan is a daughter of Mrs. Dora Gray Duncan, who is well known here, be- ing an old San Franciscan, so there will be a pleasant reception accorded heron her arrival. A Loyal Califoruian. Holbrook Blinn, the young San Fran- cisco actor who has won so much praise from press and public alike, writes thus from Grand Rapids, Mich., concerning his travels for the past three years: *I have seen almost the whole country and our own golden State and our own Golden Gate are unsurpassed. I have loitered under the drowsing palms of Hawaii and bathed: in the waters of its coral-reefed shores; I have sailed among the icebergs that girt the waters of Alaska and summered in _that flowerless land, I have wandered among the tropic ver- dure-hung forests of the South, and climbed the classic mountains of Vermont; I have gazed ir fixed admiration at the beautiful entrance to Charleston harbor and stood enraptured as the sun sank be- hind the reef at St. Augustine; but there is no lend like my land; no valleys so sweet as our valleys—with their swift- flowing, cold streams, that sing canyon songs as they rush onward to the low- lands; 1 have seen all the great harbors of this country, but have yet to be so near the perfect as when looking westward, crossing our own bay, I see the great gate and the lim:tless Pacific beyond. The re- 5re: of a lifetime is in exile from this gar- en of the world—dear, old California. I am counting the days till the season's close, to be within her portals.once again,” ASTONISHED CHICAGO. A Wild, Weird Drama by Sir Henry Irving’s Son. A romantic one-act play, “‘Godefroi and Yolande,” by Lawrence Irving, son of Sir Henry Irving, has cavsed. considerable comment in Chicago. The drama was vroduced for the first time on any stage in the Windy City the other day, by the Irving-Terry company. Miss Terry plays Yolande, but Sir Henry does not appear in the performance. The New York Her- ald, speaking of this work, says: ‘ ‘Godefroi and Yolande' is a grewsome medieval play, the story of a French courtesan hixh in royal favor, who, in the midst of her life of splendid vice, is stricken with leprosy and cast out amoung the os- tracised colony. “She has held a very court cf her own, magnificent in its appointments, daring in its shamelessness, royal in its personnel. In her household is a youth, Godefroi, who loves her—with what playwrights are pleased to call a pure love. His mother comes to Yolande’s castle and endeavors to open his eyes to his infatuation and in- auce him to leave, but is ariven away by Yolande. *‘Preparations are being made for a grand bal masque, which the king is to attend, and though Yolande is ill she joins the guests. At the bail the king is told by one -who has been much in the East and has learned to quickly detect symptoms of leprosl that he has touched the hand of a masked guest who is infected, and warns the king oi his peril. There is a scene of tumult, and the suspected leper, being at last compelled to unmask, is found to be Yolaade. ““Cast out, she wanders among the levers, followed only by Godeiroi, who sacrifices himself in'order to be her com- panion and her savior. He labors with what his mother declares is a spirit that is surel{ Christlike to work Yolande's apiritual redemption, to save the soul of the woman he loved. though the boay is past all cure. And this he does, bringing Yolande finally to repentance for her past and to making peace with her God.” Lackaye’s New Play. ‘Wilton Lackaye, who made such a suc- cers as Svengali in “Trilby,” proposes to star. He has several plays he intends to produce, but the most important is one entitled ““Dr. Belgraff,” of which Charles Kiein, the librettist of *“El Capitan,” is the author. Dr. Belgraff, like Svengali,isa hypno- tist, and he uses his power to conceal a murder he has committed. Remorse seizes him, however, and he takes to drink. Weakened by dissipation, be gradu- ally loses his hypnotic i‘::fluenca and his secret is betrayed. Rather than pay the penalty of his crime he swallowed a draught of poison and the play ends as he falls dead. Rather a grewsome affair, is it not? But Mr. Lackaye says it is a very strong play and that he feels sure of its success. He may possibly give it a trial production somewhere this spring, but he intends to open his starring tourin the West, and will not bring his play into New York un- til he has i in perfect working order. AUGUSTIN DALY. Career of a Man Who Has Done Much for the Drams. Born at Plymouth, N. C., July 20, 1838, and educated in Norfolk, Va., with some finishing touches put on in New York City, Augustin Daly is claimed as a South- ern man, though New York and the Na- tion now claim him, and is proud of him for what he has done for the stage and dramatic literature. He became dramatic editor of the New York Sunday Courier in 1869, and successfully held positions on the Express, Citizen, Times and Sun un- til he became a manager of theaters by opefiing the old Filth-avenue Theater. To him was due the production of Henry Mosenthal’'s “Deborah” in America, and the brilliant success of Miss Kate Bate: mann the well-remembered character of Leah the Forsaken, thirty-two years ago. While yet a youth he adapted plays for Mrs. John Wood, Mme. Methua- Scheller, Rose Eytinge and Avonia Jones. He was the earliest adopter of Charles Reade’s “Griffith Gaunt,” and he had a principal hand in converting Henry Ward Beecher’'s novel of ‘* Norwood” into a play, in days when the name of Beecher was a watchword for the public enthu- siasm. Asa writer of original dramas he was very early in the field. His melo- drama of “Under the Gaslight,” produced in 1867, containing the rescua from death upon the railroad track, proved the pre- cursor of a long line of sensational plays upon American subjects. His *“Flash of Lightning,” in 1868, was another success in the same field, and his play of “‘Pique” still continues to be the best of American domestic dramas. During his first season as*a manager, that of 1869-70, when he had to contend against the rivalry of Booth’s Theater and og Wallack’s, he produced twenty-three plays, of which three were by Shnkespelrg, and every one of his revivals was consci- entiously planned and sumptuously ac- complisuetn He presented that fine trage- dian E. L. Davenport when at his best. He brought out Mrs. Scott-Siddons in Shakespearean tragedy and comedy at a time when that lovely woman was in the prime of her beauty. He managed en- agements of John Brougham, George L. i‘ux, Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson, E. A. Sothern, Mlle. Aimee, Adelaide Neilson, Charles Mathews and Fechter. He was the first to present the noble Spanish play of “Yorick” in 1874, and he introduced the first of the comedies of Bronson How- ard. He discovered and fostered the tal- ents of Clara Morris, Agnes Bethel, Fanny Davenport, Catherine Lewis, Kate Clax- ton, Sara Jewett, James Lewis and John Drew, and it isto his wise guidance and bold enterprise that the public owes its enjoyment of the genjus and success of Ada Rehan. His revivals of old comedy and his presentations of the plays of Shakespeare are among the most careful, tasteful and beautiful that have been ac- complished. He has started and established three theaters in New .York, has cor.ducted pros- perous performances all across the conti- nent, on the Pacific Coast and in Germany and France, and he has performed the almost incredible feat of establishing a new theater in the city of London. This is a remarkablié career, and it is a career honorable to the manazer and use- ful and impressive to society, and while brilliant with good deeds well done it is augury of much beneticent achievement in the maturity and repose of developed powers and assured repute. Dramatic Brevities. Mrs, Henry E. Abbey contemplates re- turning to the stage next season. Henry Irving’s American tour closes in New York Friday night, May 15. Henry Dixey has been re-engaged for next season by Charles Frohmar to Phy the principal part in “Thoroughbred.’ They are publishing in Paris alleged extracts from a book by Bernhardt about Americans. The extracts eo far as heard from are all complimentary, so it may be merely & compilation from Bernbardi's newspaper interviews. On the 24th inst. a local Italian opera company, under the direction of Professor Paniza and Professor Martinez, will give “Crispino e la Comare” at the Bush-street Theater. Among the soloists will be Mrs, Cuneo McLean, Mrs. Douglas, and Signori Paniza, Almagia, De Grazia, Bertini, Grella and Daniele. Miss Agnes Simpson, who is said to be a Eerlect type of Trilby beauty, will on aturday, the 16th inst., sing for the first time in this City the Chopin impromptu which Trilby is supposed to have sung in her hypnotic state. The success of the book caused some Paris publishers to have the pianoforte solo transcribed for the voice. Herr Fritz Scheel, the leader of the Olympia Concert Orchestra, has been in- vited to direct a symphony concert, which will probably ta¥e place at the Carnegie Music Hall on Friday afternoon, May 15. The orchestra will be composed of seventy- five musicians selected from the Philhar. monic and Symphony societies. Miss Ada Rehan intends to go to Europe early in July and will spend her vacation at her summer house in Cumberland, England, on the Irish Sea. The other members of the company, most of whom are re-engaged for next season, will spend their time as they choose until the middle ot August at least. H. A. Jones has called the piece which he has written for Mr. Willard “The Rogue’s Comedy.” The play isin three acts, and the part which will be played by Mr. Willard 1s that of a gentleman who puts into practice on every occasion some peculiar theories on the subject of honesty. Here is a story of fatherand son. It was the premiere of a new play by the younger Dumas, and Dumas pere was loitering in rhe vestibule of the theater. “Had youa hand in this?” asked a friend of the vet- eran. “Yes,” he replied. ‘For what were you responsible?” “I am responsible for the author,” he observed, and passed on. A peculiar custom prevalent in Mexico is that of selling a ticket for a single act of aplay. One may see an entire play by Furcnuinz a large ticket with a coupon or each act, whicfi gives a sitting in the best rows of the orchestra circle, reserved for this purpose. A ticket for only cne act involves ‘a seat outside this charmed circle, and its holder is expected to retire voluntarily at the end of the actor pay again. Hermann Sudermann, the author of “Magda,” is described by the Berlin cor- respondent of the New York Tribune as still a comparatively young man, having just passed his thirty-eighth year. His finely shaped head and festures and his long black beard give him a very hand- some apoearance, and at first glance one would not take him for a German. He has more of the Southerner in his looks, and there are a freedom and a joviality in bis manner and conversation that are very unlike the Prussian character, but make him most pleasant to meet. NEW TO-DAY. NOLAN BROS. SHOE CO. LATEST STYLE FINE TAN SHOES! We Are the Only House That Has All the Very Latest Tan Shoes. N0 QLD STYLES in OUR STORE Nothing but the very latest and all right up to the minute. So when you want TAN SHOES come or send direct to our store and buy them IT WHOLESALE. 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RESERVED SEATS—25¢, 50¢ and 7e. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MEs. EENESTINE KRELING, Proprielor & Manager TO-NIGHT——LAST TIME Ot Planquette’s Romantic Opera, “THE CHIMES OF NORMANDY” ~—TO-MORROW EVENING— Auber’s Tunetul Opera, “FRA DIAVOLO! LOOK OUT FOR THE BIG SHOW, “UNCLE TOM’S CABIN!” The Favorite Story in an Operatic Setting. Popular Prices—25¢ and 50c. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. Matinee To-Day (Sunday), May 10. Parquet, any seat, 25¢: Balcony, any seat, 10¢; Children, 10¢, any part. { OUR OWN WAGNIFICEN. AND ENTIRE NEW Cd, Tinported Direct from Europe and the East. J. W. RANSONE, CAXR AND JORDAN, MORTON AND MACK, CHARLOTTE PARRY, THE MIMIC FOUR, ' 3—THE NIGHTONS—§ And a Long List of Celébrities. CheBudilerim FRIEDLANDERGOTTLOB & CO. LESSEES B MANAGERS LAST PERFORMANCE TO-NIGHT. BRISTOL’'S GREAT HORSE SHOW, ‘The like of which has never been seen here. WONDERFUL! MARVELOUS! Thirty educated horses, ponies and mules. Seats only 15¢, 25¢ and 50c. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). Professor Hermann and Anna Eva Fay outdone. TONIGHT (SUNDAY). Farewell Performance. THE GREAT ZANCICS, the White Mahatmas. Prices—25¢, 35¢ and 50c. MACDONOUGH THEATER (Oakland.) Two Nights, Beginning To-Morrow (Monday), ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. RICHARD MANSFIELD And his New York Garrick Theater Co. + Monday Evening—“BEAU BRUMMELL.” Tuesday Evening—*DR. JEKYLLAND Mr. HYDE.” Choice seats and boxes now ou sa'e. SUTRO BATHS. T0-DAY—DONT MISS IT! REALISTIC REPRESENTATION BY THE REAL SAILORS OF THE BURNING SHIP REPUBLIC OF THEJR HEROIC RESCUE SHIP HOLLINWOOD, 150 MILES WEST OF THIS PORT. Both vessels correctly shown in the water. THE ILL-FATED SHIP ON FIRE. TAKING TO THE LIFEBOATS. GENERAL ADMISSION: ADULTS 10c. CHILDREN 5c. LOCKE’S RESERVED SEAT EXCURSION TO RUSSIAN RIVER. NEXT SUNDAY, May 17. Leave via 7:30 Tiburon boat. Choice of stopping at Pieta 6 hours, Duncans Springs 524 hours or Ukiah 4 hours, Fine trout-fishing. Special boat meets returning train. No crowding. Good com- pany. Tickets for round trip §2, children $1. Reserved seats now ready evenings from 7 to 9 o'elock at 333 O'Farrellst. Unreserved tickets | for sale at ferry. MARK HOPKINS INSTITUTE AT =2 Cor. California and Mason streats. ‘The Annual Spring Exhibition, Including the Tames D. Phelan prize painting and 140examples in oil and water colors by resident artists, also 15 examples {n plastic art, is now open daily from 9 A. M, to 8 p. M., Including Sun- days. Organ Recitals Sunday afiernoous irom 2 tod. Admission 25c, Concerts Every " hursday Evening. Admission 50c. WAGNER NIGHT. ANTON SCECTT. NATIVE SONS' HALL. -414 Mason street, Monday, May 11, 8:15 P. M. Tickets at Sherman & Clay's. SHOOT THE CHUTES! Open To-Day from 10 A. M to 1lP. W, @ THIS AFTERNOON! Launching of the Monster New Airship “omouorEs’ And Parachute Drop by MISS LEILA ADAIR! The 7000-Foot Jumper. Admission 10c. Children 5o, Children’s Chutes, 5e. CENTRAL PARK, MAY 16, Afternoon and Evening. NATIONAL CIRCUIT, L. A. W. RACE MEET. GIVEN BY THE 8. F. CYCLE RACING ASSOCIATION. All the best Riders entered for the Races. LARGEST PRIZES EVER OFFERED., General admission, including ses 25c Grand stand. B0c Balcy .73 Box seats.. .$1.00 These races Saturday o cont er; Afternoon and Evening during the Season. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. 'L ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic trains at Third and Tows. send streets Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 ». x. Fare for round trip, Including admission to grand stand, $1. Take Mission-street electric line direcs to track. A. B. SPRECKELS, W.S LEA President. S'(.'l'siE ary. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. tHO! ganra ©of the Season : THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY eExcursion and Family Picnica ———0OF THE—— UNION PRINTERS’ MUTUAL AID SOCIETY WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY... MAY 21, 1896 —At GLENWOOD PARK— Santa Cruz Mountains. ‘Tickets for the round trip (including Park Children (between 5 and 12 years)..... ’ Tickets can be procured of any member of Society, or at 608 Montgomery st., Room 186, or at the wharf on the MOMINg of the Excursion. A fine Band of Music will accompany the kxcursion, The train will be made up of First-classs Passen- ger Coaches. Prizes for adults aud children. Boat l‘c‘nvesl Ulklngxd‘;‘ury (narrow gauge), foou of Market st., ai 8:45 A . . train leaves Glenwood at 5:30 l:‘::rp Bamming, EL CAMPO, THE POPULAR BAY RESORT, Now Open Every Sunday During the Season. Music, Dancing, Bowling, Boating, Fishing and Qiher wmusements. Refreshments Bt city bHCon 3 Tip, 25¢; children 16¢; 1 N mission to the grounds. & Froen THE STEAMER UKIAH Wil leave Tiboron Ferry 10:30 A. x., 12:10 2. 2and 4 p. M. Returning leave ki Can 13 AM. 1 3and b p e " b 1.00 500 the