The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 29, 1896, Page 26

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1896 There were differences of opinion re- | He had as much grounds for alluding to the | specting La Loie’s dancing (sic) at the California Thesater last week. [ heard several blase first-nighters sneeringly re- | mark: “Same old show; Papinta did all that, and she could dance a little”;'and T heard cothbers use bad French in their fran- tic efforts to give vent to an admiration which the lamgnage of this country was inadequate to express. Word poems, symphonies, glittering rainbows of adjec- tives, pyrotechnical displays of words were exploded by ©the ladies and #éntlemen of the - press for “La” Loie’s benefit. Pierre Loti, the .great word:painter’ in La Belle France, “Le” Pierre, the one and only symphdnic word-painter of the Frénch Academy, would have paused aghast at the word- poems lavished on “La” Loie and mur- muyred, “I'm not init.” There is a great deal in the indorsement of Paris. What Paris says to-day every ‘one who aspires to be fashionable says to- morrow. *La’’ Loie was the first fizurante to introduce to Paris the dance with Notre Dame stained-glass. window effects, and JParis took her by the hand and madea fad of her. They say that inventors never reap the benefit of their inveations, but *La” Loie is the¢ exception that proves the rule. Paris has indorsed her, she has adopted the definite article “La’ as her own, and it is the proper caper to gush over “‘La” Loie Fuller, but the sad fact re- | mains that she does not dance. Just at the end of Le Lis du Nil (com- mon or garden namie, the lily) the hearts of the lovers of with hope. *‘Now Loie is going to dance,” they thoucht, as she tripped round the stage several times, just as great ballerine do when they are about to indulge in a pyrotechnical display of high kicking, but these admirers of Terpsichore were doomed to disappointments After de- scrioing the last circle Miss Fuller sank to the ground, and the stage became dark. For my part [ feit inclined to use those famous words of the French marshal when he saw the charge of the Light Bri- gade: “C magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la danse”—only he said *‘Ce n’est pas da guerre.” “The End of the Century” is a startling production with which the Adcazar Com- pany battles nobly. Its plottellsthestory of a’beautiful American heiress who so!d herself for rank to a dark and drealful Russian conspirator (no one knew what he ‘conspired about, but conspiring was his business, and a bad business it proved for him in the end). Although Barbara’s heart is breaking she never for a_moment forgets that she has become ® princess, and does credit to her exalted rank by carrying herself with awe-inspiring aig- nity, and always wearing a -coronet. Even 1in the dead of night, when she pays a stealthy visit to the anarchists’ dlen, Barbara is arr#yed in ail the glory of acourt gown and a costly gold-embroi- dered opera wrap with numercus dia- monds as the only covering to shelter her head from the wintry blast—the style of Terpsichore beat high | Printe as “ms Highness of Timbuctoo,” or “My son-in-law, the Khan of Tartary,” as he had ror dubbing him “your imperial Highness.” 1 Itishighly creditable for a plain, hon- est American citizen to know nothin and core less, about such empty baub! half for a prince it is commercially un- wise not to learn the relative values of the princes and princes that are to be found in Europe. Poor John Bradbury evi- dently knew nothing of the market (neither did the dramatists), and the con- sequence was that the confiding Braa- burys gave a million and a half fora prince that would have been dear ut fifty thousand, and they regarded their pur- chase with as much awe and reverence as as titles, but when an American citizen | contemplates giving a cool million and a | Lackaye ard his excellent company, will be theattraction at the Baldwin Theater i to-morfow night. “Dr. Belgraft” is said to have achteved a pronounced success in Chicugo, where it wes described as a melo- drama of the tragic sort. To some extent 1t resembles *‘Trilby,”” for the alleged wer of the hypnotist to control a subject or weeks togeiher is thedominantfeature of the plot. The finale of the nlayis a death scene, in which Dr. Belgrafl expires | from the effects of the poison he takes on finding that he can no longer hypnotically | control his wife, whose brother he has murdered. Lackaye has surronnded himself with such artists as Marie Wainwright, C. W. Couldock, Forrest Robinson, Alice Evans, Byron Douglas, Caroline Hamil- ton, Joseph Allen and Alfred Hampton., Columbia Theater. To-morrow ¢vening there will be a re- vival of “The New South,” written by Clay M. Greene and Joseph-Grismer. It i3 not a war play, as its name might sug- gest, It is.a Southern play, and a true picture of the South, The scenes are laid |in Georgia, and of 4t and the stars but lizile thatis new can be said. changes have been made in the dialozue, all in the way of added conciseness. New South the play which intro- duced Joseph Grismer and Phcebe Davies to the peovie of the East, and on which they met with success, two years ago. The next piay at the Columbia will be “The Cotton King.” e Grand Opera-House. “The Midnight Alarm,” a play full of sensational incidents and exciting situa- tions, will be produced to-morrow might. Some few | *The | and in the evening *‘Arion” ana Pirri will make their sensational bicycle rides. Sl e THE ROMANGE OF A GYPSY. True Story of aHur\garia.n Violinist, Which Reads Like a Ghapter of Fiction. In 1889 Falikarus Ferko, a Hungarian £ypsy, arrived in Paris at the head of a troupe of Hungarian/musicians, whom he had recruited in his native country. The Parisians heard him and app'auded him for tire first time at the exposition. They were soon fascinated with this young man, who, although guileless of method, prlayed with exquisite art and performed on his Siradivarius. the most wonderful varia- tions and devilish czardas. Now it was a delicious melody, which seemed to de- scend straight from heaven, that escaped from the violin; then a’voluptuons dance, then a warlike cadence which evoked visions of the wild Knights of Radoczy. Abcut the middie height, very thin, narrow chested and delicate looking, his | pale face framed in long, unkempt black | bair, Falikarus Ferko represented the | purest type of the gypsy of Puszic—the | great Hungarian desert. As soon as he had scized his bow, his eyes shone with extraordinary brilliancy, and shivers agi- | tuted his frail body. It seemed as if his | soul passed into his violin. | | After the close of the exposition, Ferko and his orchestra became a society fad. T H'I"""'.”{,"?Hf‘n I “li{"lil [ I L i L LR 7 t ll!lll costume worn by princesses on all occa- sions in dime novels. "Most of tbe other characters keep up the Lady Clara Verede Vere pace set-by Miss Beattice Lieb as the Princess. They stalk about the stage with haughty and disdainful gestures, glare defiantly at one another, and are dressed regardless of cost. Theonly people who escape this chiliing and aristocratic atmosphere are J. B. Polk, Frank B. Ciay- ton and Miss May Buckley. They have the courage to be most plebeianly and re- freshingly natural. “The End of the Century” is the joint vproduction of George Carey Egglestorr and Dolores Marbourg, who- must both have pampered their imaginations well on dime novels to find the necessary inspira- tion. Ido not mean to say that their drama is not interesting; i 80 much that I saw it twice and went away reluctantly the second ‘time when the curtain fell, for I was consumed with curiosity to know what finally becanie of the characters. John Bradbury, a wealthy but unbusi- nesslike American, had given a million and a half for a titled son-in-law, who proved to be a combination of Prince Zouroff in “Moths’’ and Mephistopheles in “Faust.” Barbara married the Prince and aiter a scene which evoked memories of “The Ironmast it was' compacted that ‘‘his Imyerial Highness” shou!d call her princess, but not wife. In return for this concession she swore t6 heip him in his business of conspiring and be his tool and- spy. After that she led a dual life, conspiring in secret and receiving the creath of S8t. Petersburg society in public. But one day the Prince tried to railroad one of Barbara’s dearest friends to Siberia, and the worm turned. There was a terri- ble scene in the anarchists’ den (the anarchists seemed to dive in 2 reserva- tion) and Prince Kostoi was beginning to trample on the worm again, when in rushed John Bradbury, with two soldiers, and announced that he had searched the ‘archives and found Prince Kostoi’s record. At this statement the Prince guailed, then be tried to brazen it out, but Bradbury said he knew the whole record, and at that the Prince wilted ajd went away to Siberia with the soldiers, As George Carey Eggleston:and Dolores Marbourg did not kill off the’wicked Ruys- sian prince, they should ©gratify our natural curiosity and write an epilogue to #+Tne End of the Century.,” For in- .stance, they could easily show Princess Barbara in the act of receiving her decree «of divorce at Oklahoma, with her faithfal American admirer hovering in the fore- ground. This epilogue would also give the dramatists an opportunity of divule- ing the nature of those terrible crimes, ° that John Bradbury found recorded in the archives against Prince Kostoi. The Russian police were very remiss not to have unearthed them without the aid of _John Bradbury. Poor John was terribly taken in when he bought that Russian Prince with the damaged reputation, more taken in than the dramatists who made him had any idea of, for they evidently labored under octheidea that Kostoi was a most exalted personage, whereas princes are very smail beer in Russia—smalier beer even than wcounts. When John Bradbury inflazed his imagination and called hisdark and wicked purchase “yourimperial Highness” he was simply tglking through his hat and dally- ing with a prerogative of the Romanoff family which would have brought him t fascinated me | if they had picked up an Imperial Grand Duke at & bargain counter. But everything goes in Russia. It is the very paradisz of dramatists, In writ- ing about other lands the gentlemen and ladies who build plays are to some extent bampered by facts and existing condi- tions. They cannot make Queen Victoria cry, “Off with his head !” to every unlucky wight who offends ber Royal and Imperial | Highness; neithsr can they consistently | represent the President of the United | States as taking the part of a deus ex ma- | china in the private affairs of the people | who dwell in the iand of the freesand the home of thebrave. Butin Russia every- | thing is allowable, and when a character | becomes cumbersome, and the dramatist ! does not want unnecessary bloodshed, he can always be relegated to Siberia. der these happy dramatic conditions it is no wonder that'we have so many Russian plays. Women novelists of the second-rate sort have a singular affection for weaving sto- ries about one cherished plot—they marry two people for raisons’de convenance, and then by slow and tortuous ways make them fall in loye with one anotner. threadbare plot has been a fortune—sev- eral fortunes—to the Duchess, and the clever German novelist Marlitt holds her trump card in it. > Space does not permit e to enumerate the “women npvelists who have dallied with the same o!d story, but I see that Madeline Lucette Ryley has now adopted it as her own for stage purposes. In “An American Citizen” she has succeeded bet- ter with it than she did with “Christopber Jr.,” in fact her latest play is really very pretty, although frothy. Itschief merit lies in the fact that it gives Goodwin an opportuRity to scintillate cnce again in his beloved role of the lover, tender and true, whose rugged honest virtues are not ap- preciated uncil the last act, and who meanwhile is far too noble hearted to divulze to the heroine the base qualities that lutk beneath the polished surface of the villain’s immaculate shirt front. | | | i | i i That villain, Brown, was the crumpled rose leaf in the play for me. What was the stage manager about, not'to compel him to wear a wig? Frazer Coplter may spéct, hut when he wears them as the lover of & voung and beauteous maiden, who has been disinherited for love of him, he makes himself and his appearance ridicu- leus. Perhaps he thinks that his snow- white locks have the appearance of being caured by a secret sorrow, but he is far too sleek and well-nourished looking for that. Brown was simply a prosperous- looking gerftieman, well past middle age, who might easily Luve been mistaken for Maxine Elliott's xnndhl}ur. . There have been instances of young girls cherishing romantic love for octu- genarians, but they have generally been musicians, to wit: Simms Reeves and Sir Julius Benedict. Brown’s commonplace appearance and bis equaliy commonplace acting precfude the possibility of any young girl cherisking a romantic regard for bim. Love‘faaking between the fair Maxine Efliott and the portly white- haired Brown was the sublime meeting the ridiculous. If Brown wore a wig “An American Citizen” would be a better play. Marie EVELYN, Baldwin Theater. Belgraff,” “Dr. Cbarles Klein’s new into trouble if any spies had been around. { bypnotic drama, presented by Wilton 54 ° Un- | This | think that his hoary locks command re- | The story is about a pretty street waif, | Sparkle, whom the villain learns is heir | 10 a vast fortune. He schemes to gain of a fire engine. The scenic effects in- clude a fire engine dashinz across the Ldge. | Ln‘%lic Williams is cast for Sparkle, with | @ number of songs, and Howard Kyle will | appear as the fire captain, Victory Bate- | man and Mortimer Snow have pretty lcvers’ parts, i Aicazar Theater. “The End of the Century” has made such a favorable impression that it will be | continued another week, after which an | elaborate production of “‘Alabama’” wili | be given. The settings in *“The End of | | the bailroom in Prince Kostor’s mansion in St. Petersburg and the parlor of Mrs, | John Bradley's New York residence be- ing especially artistic, After the run of “The End of the Cen- tury,” an elaborate production of “Ala- bama” will be given by the Alcazar Stock Com pany. - Tivoli Opera-House. | Lecocq’s “The Little merry opera, here for some years, will be presented at the Tivoli to-morrow night with new gcenery, accessories and costumes, The cast will include Elvia Crox Sea- brooke as the dashing young Duke of Parthenay, Lilly Post as a shy Duchess, Bernice Holmes as the haughty directress, John J. Raffael as D= Montaland and Ferris Hartman as Frimousse the tutor; the other Toles will be in the hands of W, H. West, Maurice Darcy, Rhys Thomas, Arthur Boyce, Anna Schnabel, Gracie Gray, Jennie Stockmeyer and Irene Mulle. “The Bricands,” Offenbach’s merry fan- tasie, will follow. At the drpl\eum. This week two creat European acts will be seen for the first time in San Francisco. Herr Langslow combines fancy rifle-shoot- ing with an acrobatic periormance on a high wire that is said to be both interest- ing and at times thrilling. Ellen Vetter gives an entertainment with a mysterious globe that is said to be both interesting and puzzling., KEncased in a globe so small that one can hardly believe that there is room for a person within it she | causes the globe to ascend and descend an inclined plane in a way that fiivas the ap- pearance of the glove being aliving thing. The great S:uart comes with new songs :i)ml lr’nsuunea. He is styled the “male atdi.”’ A number, of last week’s performers will appear in new acts. S 3 Zeisler Orchestral Jo-night. At ibe Baldwin Theater to-night Fanny Bloomfield Zeisler, whose magnificent work upon the piano we have so much en- joyed, will appear in a grand orchestral concert, assisted by the Hinrichs-Beel orchestra. The toliowing excellent pro- pramme has been prepared: Overture, “Prometheus,” Beethoven; concerto in F minor, Chopin, Mme. Zeisler; ballet musie, *“Giaconda,” Ponchielli; concerto in D minor, Rubinstein, Mme. Zeisier; scherzo from D minor concerto, Litolf, Mme. Zeisler; Spanish dance, Mosz- kowski. At the Ghutes. They have had a very lively week out at the Chutes with the thousands of children that enjoyed the hospitality of the grounds. This afternoon there will be a novelty in the form of a potato race,a sport new to California. It is said to be as much fun tor the spectators as the participants. At 4 o'clock C. W. Vosmer will make a balloon ascension and parachute drop, control of her, but is foiled by the captain | stage and an express train crossing a draw- the Century’ are unusually handsome, | Duke,” an old and favorite work, not seex | 1'1'"“‘ near to where Musset and Thiers | e [Translated for THE CALL from Le Figaro.] Miss Harned to Retire. Ammouncements are just out of the en- gagement of E. H. Sothern to Miss Vir- ginia Harned, the original Trilby. The groom elect says that theyhave been en- gaged for some years. but have kept the matter to themselves as they did not think it concerned the public. Sothern is a son of the famous E. A. Sothern of Lord Duundreary and David Garrick fame. He created the leading role n “Tue Prisoner of Zenda,” which Hackett played so successfully bere. He IKSAHDV' playing lead in ‘“‘An Enemy to the ing.” ° Miss Harned has been on the stage for a number of years. She was formerly a Boston society actress. She recently ob- tained a divorce, but very little has ever been made public about ‘her life off the stage. She does not intend to act any more after her marriage with Sothern, Still an Invalid. The accident to John T. Sullivan in the fencing scene at the Alcazar shows again the great need TJor carefulness in the stage duels which are such a pop- uiar craze at present. There is always an element of danger in-fencing, even with foils, witbout masks, but when "the swords have no buttons; even if they are not really sharpened .at the point, a tragedy is likely at any time to occur: In London, only about two months ago, a staze duel was carelessly rehearsed with {oils.that happened to be handy. On the night of the first performance the prop- ertyman gave the duelisis a couple of property swords that seemed harmless weapons enough, but an accidental thrust from one of them resulted in theinstant death of one of theactors. The manage- ment, the propertyman and the unfor- tunate homicide all came in for their share of blame, but recriminations could not bring the dead man to life. Itshould be an understood thing that the manage- ment is responsible for the nature of the weapons used in stage duels. Dramatic Brevities. The Frawley Company will leave the islands on December 10. : Miss Pauline Hall has made her debut in vauderille at Proctor’s Pleasure Palace. Louis N. Parker, the author of “Rosemary,” has a new play intended for the Lyceum Toeater. Mrs. Patrick Cam Americs under thi Frohman. Ameliz Rives’ stors, “Virginia of Virginis,” has been dramatized for Mifinie Maddern Fiske by Mrs. Vere Tyler. Lilly Post has sung both the Duke and the Duchess in “The Little Duke” with the Mc- | Cauli Opera Company. beil will probably star in ananagement of Charles Camile @’Arville and Oscar Hammerstein have nsd their differences, and Santa Maria has a new prima donna. | Rubenstein’s D minor coucerto is considered oue of the favorite numbers that M .dime Bloomtieid-Zei 1°7 renders, 5 The time of John Drew has again been ex- tended at the Emp which allows Mr. Drew 1o remain i New Yo until after Christwas. . A Berlin weekly parer sayc that Emperor Wiliiam, in_collaboration with & young Ger- man poct, is writing a drama whose cone is laid partiy mn Basle. = | “Jack and the Bean:taik,” the Christmas spectacle at the Tivoli, will Fave fifteen scenes, tour balicts, one electric dance, & dezzing merch and a weslth of speciaities. By Order of the King” is the title of a new comic opera witich Fanny Ricé has parchased. The bouk is by Harry and Edwerd Paulton, the wuthors of “Ermin Thé music is by Plan- qu:tte. i The Court of Appeal of Milan has just con- iora Duse to pay eighty thousand f-ancs to the impresarii, Messrs. Morens and ciarhi, for bresca of contract. The celebrated actress reruscd 1o undertake the tour in South They were heard in the Champs Elysees, the Bois, in all the great houses of Paris. One fine day he suddenly disappeared. This disappearance was a sequel toa love affair. One of his most assiduous auditors had been enchanted by the gypey. The danghter of a great Parisian merchant prince, an orphan without ties and pos- sessing miilions, Mlie. X—— had innumer- able pretendants to her hand, but she had always shown herself pitiless to fortune- hunters, realizing that it was her dot and not herself that they sought. Without paying her any attentions, without even being aware of 1r, Ferko conqaered the heart of the hanghty heiress. Mlle. X—— succeeded in alienating Ferko from nis comrades and also from his family, for the Tzigane had brought from Hungary a wife and two children. Mlie. X—— zave 20,000 irancs to the wife to return home with ber children and never let her husband hear of ner again. Ferko, liberated. became entirely hers, his violin was hung to the wall of her salon, for he was to piay for her only—for no one but her. Thenceforth the gypsy lived like a veri- table nabob on monev given him by Mlle. X:—. He roiled in his carriage, and his pockets were full of gold; but sla ury and opulence soon intoxicated Wwhose early years had been pas orivation and miser: He forgot thedays when his only cons lon was the violin, by which he had gained his bread. Like otlter rich people he wanted to go to the club, the races, etc., and he began to drink. in one year he ran through a million francs. The relatives of Mlle. X— in- tervened and applied to the courts. A gudrdian was appointea for ths young lady, but her income alone was enough to keep up the extravagance. Madly in love with the gylwy she shut her eyesto all his shortcomings, and continued to sup- ply money for all i xtravagances. But dissipation was be ing to tell on him. He fell sick, and in spite of tender and affectionate nursing he succumbed on the 2d inst., the day of the dead (All Souls’ ay Mile. X— ordered a magnificent fu- nera! for him at the Church of Notre Adame des Victoires. All the gypsies in Paris were present. Had his life been passed in tofi Ferko would have died ob- scurely in some corner of his village.- The death of a gypsy is of little importance. “Itislike 2 fly which falls,” says anold Hungarian prcverb. As the worthless lover of a millionaire, Ferko has been in- terred at Pere Lachaise, in a flower-strewn Ameries, which she had sirned for:alleging that ecoriomical and political conditions were 100 stringent to make it wise to go. The new play that Henrik Ibsen will produce in December is said to be asort of continuation of “Nora,” snd will dej ict the existence of the ‘woman who has left the cot jugal domicile. Martha Morton's new p'ay, “A’Fool of For- tune,” was prodnced last week in Louisville, Ky., by William_ H. Crane. It was a succas: and js described as “reminiscent but meri torious.” The figure 6 appesred curiously in Henry E. Abbey’s life. He was born in 1846; he mar- | ried his first wife in 1876 and his second in {1886; he inherited $60,000 from his father, | And he died in 1896, Mr. Leadingman—The public must be glad the election is over. iss. Mllinec—\vh§ Mr. Leadingmun—Now the newspapers will haye more ahout me. Mme. Teresa Carreno’s tournee throughout the United States under thé direction of | Rudoiph Aronson promises well for the great pianist. Receptions will be tendered her in #.OSt every city eu route. Frank L. Perley has received a letter from Count Bozenta announcing that Mme. Mod- jeska is again in perfect health and ready for work, but will not consider playing until after the holidays, when it is quite likely she will tour the terriiory west of Denver. Mr. August Van Biene, the actor-'cellist, who made such & hit in *The Broken Melody” at his debut at the Anierican Theater on Thurs- day nignt, is booked at that house for an in- definite period—that is, aslong as he continue: to please the public. Danlel Frohman, it issaid, has secured the American dramatic right to Anthonry Hope's “The Heart of the Priucess O<ra,” which Ed- ward Rose will dramatize. The princess in the piece is & sister of the King of Ruritania, and thus the plq becomes a sequel 10 * The Prisoner of Zenda.” _ It is an old complaint of American drama- tists that their occupation is .more or less ed Vtho adaptations from the French Well, if there is not.a very marked ing :§' in the bills of the Paris theaters dur- next few weeks they will have littie to complain of on this score, for there is hardiy a noveity in the whoje city. { This time Yvette Guilbert has a real griev- ance. She arranged in a neat little parcel all the songs she had selected for her winter Paris campaign and ‘sent them off to the Censor. When they came back she® shrugged her shouiders and her eyes flashed, for on most f them was written a formal and emphatic ” There was no suggestion that words ould be altered and lines eliminated—it was simply “No.” But Yvette flattered herself . B T that she was as good as the French blue-penc:l moralist and toid h.m that for once he had been caught napping, and that he had himself sauctioned the singing of these very same songs by other artists. “‘Perfectly true,” re- plied the Censor. “but it isa horse of another coler when you sing them, Mlle. Guilbert.” NAT GOODWIN'S DIVORCE. It Is Still in Coori, Though the Com- plaint Has Been Dismissed. ‘When Nut Goodwin returned from Aus. tralia he found that no answer had -been filed by bis wife in the suit which he had instituted for a divorce, but that instead a demurrer had been put in setting forth | that his complaint did not allege sufficient | cause for action. S Upon locking over the ground, it seems | that Mr. Goodwin decided that he didn’t want a divorce after all, and ordered the complaint dismissed. - 5 A comedian is allowed acertain latitude in the matter of changing his mind, and | it is generally admitted that nobody can . even guess what he is going to do next, but this action on the part of Mr. Good- win evidently took his wife and her attor- neys by surprise, for they since have been struggiing to have that dismissal annulled and set aside. Judge Murphy has consented to hear arguments on this point, and it will come up in Department 3 of the Superior Court at 10 o’cluck to-morrow morning. Application was yesterdav niade for 2n injunction to restrain Mr. Geodwin from disposing of any of his perty pending the court’s decision in this matter. NEW TO-DAY—. J\jEW SAN f\ FRA GUSTAV O'Farrell St., bet."St SAN FRANCISCO’S G The Mysterious Spiral Globe Artiste—— EQUILIBRISTS, HEAD TO HEAD A THE BURT SHEPARD, __Tha Twentieth tuxy Comedlan. 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TO-MORROW EVENING, THIRD WEEK, Joseph Brisier and Phehe Davies, Presenting another snuccess in thelr usual perfect manner, the American Comedy-Diama, TH . NEW SOUTH! By Clay M. Greene and Joseph Grismer. Management WM. A. BRADY. A NOTABL ASSIST! MARIE: FORREST ROBINSON, ALFRED HAMPTON, JOSEPH ALLEN, J. W. RENNIE, 1n & New Play 'n Fo «“ft would be hard to-find r'ormance in one. ERLDWIRE. ™ oumay, novemsen 3o, E EVE! MR. WILTON I..ACE A Y H, ED BY ATNWERIGEL And the Following Great Compsny: BYRON DOUGLAS, ALICE EVANS, .: CAROLINE HAMILTON, EDWIN WALLACE, Cc. W. COULDOCK, our Acts, Entitled YR, BEIL.GRAFE” ALL NEW AND APPROPRIATE SCENERY. the recent history of the stage which has given us MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE | WALTER MOROSCO...Sole Lessee and Mapager. | Commencing Monday- MAMMOTH, REALISTIC AND SENSATIONAL PRODUCTION OF “THE MIDNIGHT ALARM! | A Theitting Nelodrama, Replete With Singing and Dancing, by the Author of “THE FIRE GREAT MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL EFFECTS! ! THE EXPRESS TRAIN SAVED! NE DRAWN BY SPIRITED HORSES, VBRIDGS ECENE FAMOUS DRAWBR. L | Evening Prices—10¢, 25¢ and 50¢... THIS AFTERNOO AND TO-NIGHT, Last Performances of “HEARTS OF DAK” Herne's Beautitul Domestic Drama. ~-NNovember 3O0th REAL STEAM FIRE- ATINEE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BALDWIN THEATER—EXTRA. TO-XIGHT (SUNDAY), NOV. 29, ZEISLER GRAND POPULAR Orxrchestral Concert! FANNIE BLOOMFIELD ZEISLER. the World's Greates: Planiste, Assisted by the HINRICHS-BEEL ORCHESTRA A Great Prozramme, including Rubinstein’s D Jiinor and Chopin's K Minor Concerios. Ses:s $1 50, $1 and b0c. Seats now ready, TIVOLI'OPERA-HOUSE MBS EBNESTINE KRErIN4. Proprictor & Manages —TO-NIGHT— LAST TIME OF THE MERRY COMIC OPERA, “DONNA JURNITA!” *TO-MOREOW EVENING THE FAVORITE OPERA COMIQUE, “THE LITTLE DUKE” SEATS NOW ON SALE" Povular- Priges..........25¢ and 50, NEW BUSH-ST. THEATER. T. A KENNEDY. ....Sole Proprietor — ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY! — Another Star:ling Sensation! ——TO-NIGHT, NOVEMBER 29— T. A. EENNEDY, Prince of Hypnotists, Wil Introduce a Number of HANDSOME LADY SUBJECTS! Prices—10c, 15c, 25¢, 8c. Mat. Sat. and Sun.— 10c and 25¢. Loa't Miss 1t. Lots of Fua. SUTRO BATHS. Open Daily from 7 A. M. to 11 P. M. O'Farrell st., bet. Stockton and Powell. Belasco, Joriaa & La Fallle, Lessees & Managers THIS AFTERNOON AND -EVENIG And AIl of Next Week, “THE BEST PLAYIN YEARSI” The Modern Soclety Drama, “THE END OF THE CENTURY!” Night—15¢, 25¢, 35c. 50c. Matinees—15¢, 25, 353, . Telephone Biack 991, CALIFORNIATHEATER Friday Evening and Saturday Matinee, December 4 and 5, 159 3. Two performances of the patridiic and military opera, “HEROES GF, '76." (Copyrighted.) ko and Charles E. Cobb. Ar- ¢ 1 aramatized under the direct Alfred \\fi.—!e. iFectiopact Boxes, $10; orchestra, $2: front rows balcony, £1; balcony, 7S¢ and 60c; pallery, 25¢. T.ckets may be had and seats sccured at Sherman, Ci & Co.’« on Thursday, December 3. Wednesday, December 2. THE CHUTES. Open Daily From Noon to Midnight. THIS AFTERNOON POTATO RACH! The Funnlgst Sight Ever W itnessed. BALLOON ASCENSION AND PARACHUTE DROP c. W, vo ARION AND PIERT EVERY NIGHT! Admission—Adults 10¢, Children 5c. CENTRAL PARK. BASEHEB.A IT:X.! Subscribers Concer: h:vorg Afternoon and Saturday and Sun day Evenings. Admission—Aduits 10¢, Children 5. ALERTS VS. SWINNERTONS TO-DAY AT 2 P. M.