The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1897. 9 C——— e EEEEE———. IT7 CASTS < BOUQUETS ~A -®simmons - he Rl Fears He Cannot Sprint Fast Enough to Whip the Champion. WILL WIN IF RUNNING IS BARRED. Intends to Demonstrate That He Can Thrash a Dza Corbetts. THE SAN FRANCISCAN WANTS MORE TRAINERS. While tite McVey Is Lil, H: Bencfits Der ved Wrestling B u's. Is Losing From CARSON, Ngv., Feb. This being a ere was little to denote in Car- thing out of the ordinary was appen here, unless one chose to tto the or Fitzsimmons. It was in town. All of the principal ses were closed and flags ated heroically from the roofs of the Tice, capitol and otber public h of the big pugilists have and have been seen by the excitement attendant ney accompanying an oc- i present magnitude has sub- é4 to a remarkable degree. 1t isno t .destined to experience a lull for a orso. The only inguiries heard ts now are in reference to the 1 behavior of the men stationed he training quarters. 1e, rumors are constantly coming in effect that either Corbett or Fitz- s bas broken an arm or bowed a In tow itnde enguged in his practice sith trainers, but these invariably to be without foundation. tance, the early rirers this were told that simmons ¥as -on his back with =& slight ick of pneamonia, as the resnit of his lessness in exposing himself to the atmosphere of the Sierra Nevada rson. A trip to the Cook ranch resulted in finding the Corn- | g yellow chic enjoying himse ?" Lie echoed. ishm ns throu.h nerally much. is crisp at- ely. You see, I am used to just come out of Colorado and here tney live on rare atmos- : e to accustom I prefer high alti- agres with me and better opportunity to ex- 1ld whipped on St vitw be because of my ¥ to stand a longrace. Mr. Corbett ave to beat me in short order if he win atall. He bas the reputa- a long-winded fighter, but ne e tables turred on him this it he elects to string it out. ‘I am ready for him, no matter what sott of a game he presents to me. He makes i great fuss about telling the world 1 general how Le has studied my meth- 6ds and how he can block my favorite btows. Now, [ don’t propose to tell any- bod¥. just how I propose to meet him, but beta new hat that he will regret = hie ever uttered regarding his eige of my ring tacuics. 1 have never fought two men alike. +I'always adopt my methods to fit the f my opponent. That is ail I am going to sav about the matter. Corbert cin’talk and write abont his alleged new biows and his programme for thumpin nie out of the championship, but he wi find that he has been taiking ancient his. tiry. I have a surprise or two in store for him. *All T ask is that he shall stand up and it and not expect me to footrace with Iam a pretty good runner myself, butI don't corsider myselt in his class at thit game. Iam a fighter, and I expect to have a‘fight on the 17th of March. If ke runs away he is not fighting, and Gnder no circurstances should be en- titleg to the championship. “I want to win this fight clean and re, 0 that there will be absolutely no ermath to the story except the ease and d¥sparch with which 1 disposed of him, I gOMZ to win—there is not a shadow of & doubt about that—and I want to doit in a“manner that will convince everybody that I am the snperior of a dozen such mén as Corbetr.”” Fitzsimmons did not go to the trouble af exerting much in the training line to- day.” His trainers had to convince him . he should get out and work for at st a’few hours, but the Cornishman in- ¥nriably replied that there was plenty of time, and, besiges, this was a holiday that merican citizen should respect. mmons prides himse!f on his citi- zéuship, even though it was but recently obtdined throngh the application for the nrcessary papers. He scoffs at Corbett’s appeals: for sympathy to the American public because of bis nativity and declares t:at the Cali ornian has now no more htto claim that he is to defend the American flag in the ring than himself. ‘1 am an American citizen,”’ said Fitz- s to-duy. “1 furthermore, am - American champion and the cham- Bion pugilist of the worla. I'll confess 1hat Corbett held the championship after feated poor old John L. Sullivan; but then you must rémember that in order to avoid a meeting with mle he sur- * rendered the title and tendered it to Peter Mgher, who was then matched to fight m Corvett hoped that Maher would best » 80 that he could turn around and say toat I'had succumbed to a eecond-rater, and would have to get a reputation before [ could get a battle with the alleged cham- pion. But you will, also, probably re- member that I whipped Maher practically with one punch. *That transferred the title of champion training-quarters of | MR. CORBETT WRITES AGAIN. CARSON, Nev., Feb. 22, 1897. Editor Examiner-Journil, New York and San Francisco : Here goes for another exclusive. that he was ill. letters and they get the news. I energy and get us up with the procession ? I thin| brain fag. on one’s intellect. I ought to have an assistant coarseness. special correspondents. Now, there’s no vou haven’t sent a lady reporter to write Butler was arrested and you’ve had other of us have got to thinkin; tip. Now, I’m_tired of jawing, which is something heavy to say. from San Francisco to see the fight. a head is $169,000. you don’t get any of it. what vou’re doing. Maybe you can take a hint. Let the affidavit follow. JAY. I'had fiancakes for breakfast to-day (exclusive). 1 will eat a raw egg before retiring to- That’s a nice little figure for the railroad, isn’t it? I can whip Fitzsimmons. It's true, of course, that Fitzsimmons whipped Sharkey and that Sharkey would have whipped me if he’d been let alone, but that doesn’t count. 2 1 wasn’t so sure that | could whip Fitzsimmons until I read in yesterday’s CALL 1 felt better myself right away. wei By the way, | want to tell you that THE CALL isdoing usup. We get the Couldn’t you turn on a little more gray matter and up here. * If I don’t I’ll soon be do wn with This thing of writing a ot about nothing every day has a fearful effect It hurts me to think of the raw work you’ve been doing since l came up here, and I’m half tempted to drop a line to his Softness—which is Willie—about your On Sunday we had a man out in San Francisco pasting bills on the fences, which bills were to tell the public of your great enterprise in getting me and Fitz for doubt thar you crowned yourselves with honor and glory when you got the aforesaid on the staff, but on the” dead quiet you didn’t have to paste those bills on Sunday, did you? Of course it’s all right to snub the church cranks who won’t put up a bean for the fight, but why do it at this time? Haven’t we trouble enough with the Monitor Jumping on us for desecrating St. Patrick’s day? Well, I guess. I ran ten yards without stopping to-day (exclusive). Here’s something else that's rather raw. I’'ve been here a week at least and me up. You were speedy enough when murderers written up by ladies until some 0 that you care more for murderers than you do for pugs. Now mind, if ’m not written up by a lady within a week’s time, his Softness gets a night (exclusive). som ething remarkable for me, and have The railroad is going to charge $16 a ticket for the ride n Carson and bac| There will be seats for 17,000, you know. k. We expect at least 10,000 people up to Now 10,000 people at $16 f course You’re booming this thing for the love of sport. That’s And I’'m here just because I love fighting, ain’t I? You’ve got everybody copyrighted now except Al Smith, the stakeholder. Why don’t you put a barbed- wire muzzle on him? I broke a suspender while punching the bag yesterday (copyrighted). Yours affectionately, J. EXCLUSIVE CORBETT. of the world to me, didn’t it? Now, where does Mr. Corbett come in for his claims for the championship? He signs all of his show bills, ‘James J. Corbett, | champion of the world,’ when in reality I am the only simon-pure champ:on. ~But I do not care to dispute this mat- ter with him at the present time. He can claim to be the President of the United | Statesif he wants to, but there will be a different story to tell on the evening of the 17th of March. I will be square with | him then for all of the indignities he has | attempted to heap npon me.” | | This afternoon the Cornishman became more reasonable with histrainersand con- sented toindulge in someexercise. Hickey and Roeber chided him about it by telling him thet he was taking the advantage of the absence of Martin Julian, his maaager and brother-in-law. This ‘‘riled” simmons and he made an engigement with both of them for heavy bouts late in the afternoon. Immediately after luncheon he ex- pressed a desire to take a jog into town, and, thinking that he meant it, the train- ers hitched up a buggy and instructed Fitzsimmons to take a grip on the rear axle and run behind the vehicle. Cornishman ran a few hundred yards | through the deep snow and then calied a balt. : It was too wet ana sloppy, he said, and getting into the bu:gy he rode into Carson. He made a few purchases of underwear and sweaters, and then rode back to the ranch. Upon his arrival there he stripped and cuffed Hickey around the gymnasium for | & quarter of an hour, and then seized Roeber around the neck for a wrestling bout. Fitzsimmons alternated with his train- ers until both were tired out, but did not give any evidence of fatigue himself ex- cept for the snuffling resulting from a light cold he contracted at Salt Lake. The tall fizhter boasts that no cold ever clung to him mors than a week, and this being one that he considers not severe he pays practically no attention to it. After the rub-down Fitzsimmons took matters easy and declared he wounld do no more work until to-morrow. Then, he says, he intends to begin with a long road run in spite of the snow and siush. He argues that a man cau cultivate good wind by running through the snow as well as by sprinting over dry roads, and atall events he intends to try the experi- ment. Corbett putin-a quiet day out at Shaw’s Springs, but nevertheless it was a day of hard work and serious training. James L. went to bed early last night and had a great sleep. In consequence he arose strong ana fresh, and ordered out his trainers for the day’s work. The bulk of this unpleasant labor fell upon Billy Wooas and Joe Corbett, for big Jack Mc- Vey, the wrestler, is still sick and unable to wor Indeed, it may be a week yet before Mc- Vey can again don the Larness, for tue climate has prostrated him, and he may bave to go through a siege of pneumon Woods was compelied to again don the pneumatic mask inorder toescape a broken jaw or other damages to his countenance, and it was well that he did, for Jim lashed out his blows vigorously and sev- eral times sent poor Billy staggering over against the wall, mask and all. Joe Cor- bett stepped into the breac when Woods bad enough, and when Joe called time they all stopped for a few games of hand- ball. After that ther: was more boxing and then a rubdown before lunch. In the afternoon this performance was repeated, but in the presencs of a larger crowd of visitors than called at the springs during the morning. Corbett is worried over the lack of exercice he gets because of the unfortunate iliness ot McVey,and tele- graphed to his brother, Harry, in San Francisco this aiternoon to engage Pro- fessor George Miehling, wrestling mstruc- tor of the Olympic Club, or Vincent until he recovers. Corbett says that wresdling is one of the most impo:tant features of nis training, and he cannot shape himself for the fight without it. The pulling and hauling he gets by this method harden him for the ctinches which he expects will play an important part in the coming contest. The ‘“champ” was overjoyed to-night by the receipt of news that hie wife and son next Friday evening. He says heis lonesom~ and believes that the presence of the ladies will add new life to tne training quarters. Mrs. Corbett will su. perintend the cooking ot all of Jim's meals. It is not known whether or not she will remain here until the 17th of March. Ground was broken this morning for Dan Stuart’s mammoth amphitbeater. A number of men provided with teams at- tached to “V'’ scrapers went to work at daylight and by this afterncon had the site completely cleared of snow. Then a stake was driven in tbe center of the in- closure and a horse and vlow attached to a rope 150 feet long were sent around in a circte, This marked off the size of the proposed building—300 feet in diameter—and the work of laving the founaation began right Fitz- The | White, if possible, to rake McVey's place | sister would leave San Francisco for Car- | 1 |away. Carload after carload of lumber | has been coming in all the afternoon, and | 1t is thought that by to-morrow night all | will be in readiness to put the uprights in | position. The plans for the bnilding have been ordered changed by Stuart, so that the box seats adjoining the ring will be placed on an incline similar to the reserved rows. The original design provided fur the plac- | ing of the boxes on a level plane for a dis- tance of thirty feet back of the ringon each of the eight sides of the building. Orders for box seats are coming in so rapidly, regardless of cost, that the space for them will have to be widened, and in order that all of the high-priced seat- | holders may have an unobstructed view it was found necessary to raise the seats on tiers. Under the new plan each row of boxes | will be ten inches higher than the one in front of it and that means that nobody in | the house wiil be deprived of a full view | of the stage. W. K. Wheelock, Stuart’s chief lieutenant, says that nearly 4000 box seats bave been spoken for already. i Dan Stuart to-day dispatched Al Bmith lon a still hunt for his hard-fisted name- sake, “Mysterious” Billy Smith, who will | be given an opportunity to face George | Green of San Francisco on March 16. | Smith is looking for a match and has fre- quently tried to get one with Green. | Stuart thinks the men are about of equal | ability and is willing that they should open the great carnival. | | One pair of heavs-weights will satisfy the Texan spori, but he has a notion of | signing a conple of light or bantam ["weights to round out the carnival. Who they will be nobody can say until the directo:-general is able to attend to busi ness. He received a number of callers to- | day and is in much better spirits than at | any timeduring his illness. | Secretary Wheelock has on file letters | from men of more or less prominence in | every State in the Union asking that women be admitted to the carnival. The | majority reason that, as the glove contest | will be held under State license and pro- tection, ladies have as much right to ad- | mi:sion as they now enjoy at theaters. Their presence would tend to preserve | order and give tone to the performance. | A meeting of Stuart’saavisors will shortly be held to consider the matter. Forecast officials ventured on the street | to-day without fear. The thermometer ranged from 8 below zero at daybreak up to 40 above 4 . M. When the sun dipped behind the Sierras ice began to form, and a fall to 15 below is predicted for the night. At tbis rate the | snow will last four weeks, but warm | weather is certain to follow when the wind shifts from the noriheast, where it has held steadily for severa! days. STOPPED WITH A BULLET. Depuly Sher.ff Timm:ns of Fresno Kills a Horsethie!—Jim Denman's Costly Break for Liberty. FRESNO, Carn., Feb. 22.—James Den- man, a horsethief, was shot and killed by Depaty Sheriff L. P. Timmins to-night in the Courthouse park while attempting to escape from the officer, who had placed bim under arrest. Denman lived only a ‘ew minutes after being shot. The bullet hit him in the back of the head, crashed through the brain and came out over the left eye. Denman is known to have been guilty of several thefts of horses and cattle in Kings County, and was a man whom the officers always had their eyes on. The charge on which Deputy Sheriff Timmins arrested him to-night was that of siealing a band of horses about two month | from R. B. Butler's pastare, at Wild- | fower. in the southern part of the county. Timmins found Denman in the New Palm Garden, a saloon at the corner of J | and Fresno streets, at 9 o’clock to-night. The officer placed the horsethief under arrest and started with him for the jail, which is located just back of the Court- house. As the Deputy Sheriff with his prisoner entered the walk which leads to the jail at the southwest corner of tie park Denman began turning his head and looking back. The Deputy Sheriff warned nim to look straight ahead. A moment later Denman wheelod around and ran. Deputy Bheriff Timmins | is lame and unable to sprint. He pulled his pistol and commanded the fugitive io halt. Denman paid no heed and the of- ficer called to him a second time with the warning that he would shoot. The horsethief did not stop and then Timmins fired, Denman being about twenty feet distant. The deputy’s aim was good, for he hit the fugitive the first shot. Denman fell headlong on the ground and uttered not a word. The officer called for a hack as quickly as pos- sible to take the injured man to jail, but he died just as he was being carried into the prison. He made no statement before he died. | —_—————— ““Your Good Health.”" Drink the tosstin & bottle of Evans’ Indis Pale Ale or Brown Stout, The best health in- surance, Sherwood & Sherwood, Pacitic Coast Agents, . ON PLACID WATERS HUNDREDS REVEL San Diego and Her Guests Observe the Nation's Holiday. The Goddess of the Fete Presides Over a Gala Demonstration At Night. Fighting M-n of Army and Navy Review d by R a -Admiral Beards: SAN DIEGO, CaL., Fen. 22..—As the big clock in the courthouse tower rang the hour of noon to-day there wasa flash of flame and smoke from the port side of the flagship cruiser Philadelphia and a mo- ment later a deafening report rang out. It was the first of the salute of twenty- oue zuns from each of the shipsof the North Pacific squadron now in port in honor of the first President of the United States, whose birthday San Diezo to-day celebrated wich the grandest water carni- val ever witnessed on this coast. The scene on the bay as the Philadel- phis fired her first shot was one of gran- deur and sublimity. Not a cloud in the blue sky obscured even for a moment the warm rays of s southern sun, The wind blowing gently from the west ruffled the surface of the water into a million wavelets, each separate crest dia- mond-tipped and sparkling with nature's own jewels. On the broad bosom of the bay floated the mighty macnines whose construction was designed for war rather than for peacefnl celebrations. Ten thousand flags, pennants and ban- ners floated in the wind. Justoff the Santa Fe wharf lay the big flagship Phila- delphia, the flowerof the fleet, with the ad miral’s pennant floating gracefuily from her masthead. To the westward, up the bay, was the | big munitor Montery, a magnificent arch running from bow to stern, its apex touch- ing the topmast and its enas dipping into the sea. From this arch fluttered a hundred pennants, while all around hung strings and festoons of Japanese ianterns and electric lights, ready tc do their part in the brilliant spectacular dis- play that opened with the nightfall. Be- yond the Monterey iay the British cruiser | Comus, with flags and pennants flying, and 200 sturdy men and true upon her main decks, ready at the word of command to fire a royal salute in democratic waters in honor of the man of all others who was responsible for the severance of the ties which bound this nation to theirs. To the eastward, in succession, lay the monitor Monadnock, the United States steamers Albatross and Corwin ana the gunboat Marion, sll their rigging deco- rated in gala attire and with flags flying at every masthead. The men were dressed in their neatest holiday uniforms; the bands on the decks discoursed their most magnetic music; the wharves were lined with spec- tators, all straining their ears to catch the sound of the first order, or their eyes to see the first puff of smoke from the big guns. At 11:59 o'clock all was assilentasa farmhouse at midnight. The next moment an officer on the briage of the Philadel- vhia stepped forward and gave a com- mand to the gunner. Flash! boom ! boom! and the vast crowd on shore cheered and yelled as though a real battle had been fought and America had won the victory. The shot from the' Philadelphia was answered by a broadside from the Comus, and a minute later the firing became gen- eral for a mile along the water front, where the vessels were anchored. Then the dense white cloud of smoke lifted, and the crowds dispersed to their dining-rooms and those of their neighbors. At 2o'clock those not on military duty returned and absembled along D street to wituess the great street parade, which started promptly at 2 o'clock from India anG D streets, under the leadership of Grand Marshal Colonel A. G. Gassen. It had been cenerally expected that the crew of the British gunboat Comus would march in the parade, permission to this effect having been received by Captain Dyke from Admiral Palliser of the Pacific squadron. . At noon, however, a final message was received from Sir Julian Pauncefote, Brit- ish Ambassador at Washington, stating that, while no international breach of etiquette wouid be committed, still the fact of permitting foreign troops to march on American soil as an armed force was unprecedented, and it was not deemed advisable to permit it to be done. Captain Dyke reluctantly conveyed this intelligence to Mayor Carisor and Grand Marshal Gassen, and there being no help for it they were compelled to submit. ““Ten Thousand Mi'es Away.” The many patrons of Morosco’s Grand Opera- house were yesterday treated to arevival of Oliver Byrow’s play, entitled, “Ten Thousand Miles Away,” which bids fuir to enjoy a very successful run. Itis constructed upon ortho- dox melodramatic lines and affords free scope for the varied talenis of Mr. Morosco’s stock company. Humor, pathos, tragedy and com- edy are combined in wholesome proportions. The situations are thrilling or ludicrous, as the case muy be, and vice receives a terrible object-iesson. Young Bert Morrison, 1n the role of Harper, the head turnkey,did excel- lent work, aud proved conclusively to his ad- mirers that his choice of & profession was well advited. Of the very extensive cast which gives the play au interpretation, Mortimer Sn0w, ss Joe Ferris, the Ferret, and Lorena Atwood, as Louise Goodwin, won the sympa- thy of their audience, while Pierson, as the in- dispensibie viliain, Adderly, sroused the proper degree of detestation. The speciaities of E. J. Heron, Frank Moutrose, Nat N. Wills, Ariine’ Watt ‘and Lottie Willtams wero niso much enjoyed, and the remaining characters were in capable hands. Sousa’s Band. Sousa’s Band opens at thé California Theater next Thursday and will no doubt be greeted by a large house, as the popular bandmaster always receives a good wel- come in San Francisco. Among the soloists is Herr Franz Hell, the fluegelhorn player, who was so popular here during the Mid- winter Fuir, when ne plaved with the Vienna Prater Orchestra. Among the at- érolc(ionl promised Is a new march by usa. Hirschbach Benefit. The grand testimonial benefit to Joseph Hirschbach, the well-known leader, will occur at the Tivoli Opera-house next Thursday after- noon. Among the featutes will be an orches- tra of seventy of the most pidminent mem- bers of the Musical Union, under tae direction ot Curl Meriens. TURKEY DINNER O THE STAGE Bucolic Scenes Applauded in “Shore Acres” at the Baldwin. Fanny Rice Receives a Warm Recertion at the Colum- bia Theater. “Saints and Sinners” With Miss Jil. 1iffs at the Alcrzar—The Tivoli’s Buil. “Shore Acres,” with the author, James A. Herne, in the title role, was warmly received at the Baldwin Theater last night. The play represents a picture of rural New England life which abounds in touches of homelike, everyday existence. A turkey dinner is eaten on the stage, with a real turkey, which fills the theater with the odor of cooking, the viands are prepared before the eyes of the audi- ence and other details of life are presented with minute fidelity. Simple and aimost commonplace as most of the action of the play proved to be, it delighted the auditors, and even the turkey was warmly applauded. The reasons for this were no doubt the per- | fect truth to life of “‘Shore Acres,” both in the characters and the way they were put |on the stage, added to the exquisitely artistic acting of James A. Herne himself. The piot of the play is ot the simplest. i Itis the old story of the girl who runs away from home to marry because her | father wants her to have the wrong man. | After Helen Berry is cone her father re- | pente, and returning on Christmas eve | | she is forgiven. The girl’s uncle plays a conspicuous part in the elopement. Uncle | Nat Berry is the good genius of the lovers {and of every one on the farm, and he is | the bero of the one melodramatic scene in | the play. Navand Martin Berry, the brothers who | farm Shore Acres, are also the lighthouse- keepers, and when Murtin realizes that his daughter has eloped and gone to sea with | & young man who hbas rejected the ortho- | doxy of the neighboihood he is so scan- | dalized that a daughter of his should decides to leave the lighthouse in dark- | ness and let the brig on which the lovers sail go to pieces on the rocks. Uncle Nat finds out his design, and there is a strug- gle in the lighthouse, which ends in Nat | winning the day and I'ghting the lamp. At times “'Shore Acres” recalls mem- ories of *“The Old Homestead” ; at other vimes the mind of tne spectator wanders | back involuntarily to “The Cricket on the Hearth.” But these resemblances are to a great extent superfic The real charm of “‘Shore Acres” lies in its character- drawing and its local coloring, which are studied in every detail from life. The | weakness of the play is in its lack of | dramatic'action, whicn makes it drag a | little here and there. It is impossible to {say too much in praise of James A. Hearne’s acting. One long monologue in the first act, in which he described why his mother was buried beside the sea, was so simply and | patbetically deliverea that many people ! shed the responsive tear, and the house clamored for several minutes to get a speech, when the curtain went down, but r. Hearne did not respond. All through the play he was the simple good-hearted farmer to the life, a character quite as in- teresting, if not quite so vivacious, as D man Thompson’s role in the “Old Home- | stead.” Most of the star’s support was good. Robert Fischer gave an excellent render- ing of Martin Berry. the stern parent; James T. Galloway made the most of the role of Joel Gat-s, the grass-widower, who was given a “hand-out”’ at a turkey din- ner, and little Giadys Carolius as Mandy Gates aroused roars of laughter by the new and fascinating way in which she de- voured pie and ceier; Grace Gayler Clark was natural and clever as Martin Ba:ry’s wife and one of the most successful characters in the play was Master Alexander Paul the youthful son of Martin Berry, whose strict ortho- doxy in matters of Sunday-school training, added to a consuming desire to wear lony pants, endeared him tothe audience. The other Berry children acted pretuly. Lucy Morrow as tue Helen Berry might have improved her part by being less lackad- aisical. The staging of “Shore Acres” showed careful and couscientious study in every de tail. 3 ' Columbia Theater. Fanny Rice was welcomed last night by an audience which filled the Columbia Theater. The play in which she appesred was At the Frencn Ball,” which has been seen here be- fore, but Fanny Rice always seems able to in- { vestanything she periorms with the charm of noveity, and the laughter and applause which greeted her efforts showed now much the audi- ence appreciated her. he French Ball” was written for Fanny Rice, with a view of giviag her every oppor- tunity for the display of her talents; she has mostof the jokes,and all the situalions aro hers. ' As people liad come (0 see Faany Rice and not the play, this stateof things just fitted in with theif fastes. - The story of “'At the French Ball” describes tko adveniures of Nancy Paich, & shoemuker's wife, who becomes discontented with her lot, She is given An opportunity of seeing the | marry a believer in Darwinianism that he | world while she delivers shoes at the houses of her husband’s cusiomers. The peeps she gets of aching hearts peueath the glamor of Wealth effectuaily cure Nancy of any further desire to live in the whirl of society. Her ad- ventures end at & french ball, where Naacy gets some queer glimpses of life, Miss Rice acted with her usual verve, and sang as she ever does—tuat is, not very brii- liantly from a vocal standpoint, but with enough vim to call fortn encores and ap- plause. The star has surrounded herself with au efficient company. Miss Kate Michelena, Wwho took the role of the prima donna whom Nancy befriends, acted her part clevesiy, and sang satisfactorily. g George _Broderick, pleasant barytone who possesses & n voice, took several arts in the various sdventures which efell Nanmey. Hfs principal role was that of an insane Duke, who proposes to the shoemaker’s wife under the impression that sho is a great heiress He overacted the affectation, but his whimsicalities raised a | good many laughs. Charles Drew played the | several parts well. so did John Conley and John 8. Tefry. The rest of the cast was satis- factory. At the Alcazar. The Alcazar was crowded to the doors last night by an -enthusisstic and fashionable sudieace. The aitractions were the sterling drama “Saints and Sinners,” the first appear- | ance of Miss Frances Jolliffe at this bouse, and | last but not least, the reappearance of George | Osbourne. R | Curtain call after curtain call was received, | | | both for Miss Jolhffe and Mr. Osbourne. The | play s a strong oue and well calculaied to bring out the best work of each member of the company. Mr. Osbourne's impersonation of Jacob Fletcher, the kindly old minister, is only & repetition of his former successes in the same | roie. Miss Jolliffc as Letty F the ministers erring daughte strong emotional role, went through the part without one tinge of the nervous: one might expect in the rendering of 5o ds cult a character by one so inexperienced in | stage: work. There is a_ brillinnt future in store for this young lady if she develops as she hss begun. The mansgement mey congratu- late themselves on 8o strong an acquisition to | the company. One o1 the hits of the performance was & very clever bit of character work in the fitth act, done by Miss Julict Crosby, a recent dehutant, who reentlessly sacrificed her rebty features to piay a silly couutry g.rl. Bties Buckley, Mr. Foster and. the reat of “thé company ail did exceptionally fine work. On Saiurday silernoon there will be a sous venir matinee to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth performance of the stock company. 5 At the Orpheum. The newcomers at the Orpheum this week are Barney Fagan, composer of “My GalIsa High-born Lady” snd other popular ditties, and Miss Byron, singing comedienne. They appear in a dialogue which abounds with puns that raise many a laugh. Barney Fagan and Miss Byron also give several songs, and last night these brought them a number of encores. Emily Lytton and the Hayes Brothers are appearing in the burlesque on “Camille” which took so well last week. The members of | the Grand Opera guariet seem to have be- come very popular with the Orpheum aud ences. Last night all the singers appeared in solos. Aoramoff sang the Iufelice from “Er- nani,” Miss Busch geve the Flower Sung from Gowlod’s “Faust.” and Miss Cotte and Guille obliged respectively with Arditi’s “Parla” and | “Ce.este Aida.” The vocal numbers concluded with the grand trio_from “I Lombardi” sung by Miss Cotie and Signars Guille and Abramoff. Professor Kinney continues to astonish the audiences with his performances In the tank | and tne length of time he remsins under | water, and Miss Marie Finnie stil circies | | about gracefully under water. The aerial ar- tists—the Rentos—remain on the programme, as well as the Panizer trio. At the Tlvoll Opara-House. | “The Lovely Galates,” by von Suppe, i con- junction with Gilbert and Sullivan’s ever popular *Patience,” was the double bill pre- sented to the patroas of this theater, and the lovers of g0o d music turned out in numbers to prove that comic opera w asas popular as ex- travaganza. vis Crox Seabrooke, the fickle statue who came to life, did some of the best work ehe has | she came here, and that's saying & She was in excellent voice, and her singing of the drinking song is béauti- fally done. Bernice Holmes’ lovely contralto voice as usual charmed the audience, &s did Rhys Thomas; and William West, slways good, com- pleted a'pariicularly fine cast. “Paiieuce” is an old friend and it is| sufficient to say that the present cast equals any of the others that have been presented | here. Little Cinderella. The Little Cinderella Company began its second waek at the California with quite the swing of old stagers. Very much of that un- certainty of sound and stép and situation that | is a part of new things on the stage and more particularly of new peopie, and most particu- Iarly of very voung people, had disappeared. The little people are now well accustomed to their parts and make as much of them | as is often dowe by more exverienced | players. Cinderella, - Rosina _D'Enner; | Pedro, Jimmy Horn; Nina Cook, < ‘Tait, ' Nellie Shaw, ~Jennie Flossie, Gus’Levick, Daisy Grogan and Baby Ruth Rowland, all captured the sudience buth in the performance of their paris and in their | specialties. The singing of Matthew Keefe | from the upper box was encored again and | again. The house was fairly well filled. | The Oberon. 1 Theold Oberon, which is so well known to | epicures as a restaurant and grillroom, opened | as a first-class music and concert hall last | evening. | Durinz tho past few weeks the place has been thoroughly renovaied and remodeled, and_those who called last evening to hear the initiai concert hardly knew the establishment, Stark’s Vienna Orchestra furnished tue music, the programme being as foliows:. March, *Deutschmeister,”” (Ertl); overture, “Tambour du Girde,” (Titl waltz, ‘‘Re- membrance,” (Waidicufel); sciection, “Gipsy Baron,” (Sirauss);. tarantelln, “Forosetta,” Arditi); largo, (andel); violin s0.0, “Gipsy ances’” (Hubay), Herr F. Stark; iantasia, “11 Trovatore,” (Verdi). .'! (Vottler); overture, “‘Hun- garian Comedy” (Keler Bela); cello solo, Pol- [ de C ty (D A Weiss; waltz, “Vienna Tempesi” (Strauss): Hungarian Dances” (Brahms); selection, “Gasparone” (Millccker); waliz, “Nacht schwarmer” (Ziehrer); final At the Chutes. The fireworks attracted over 6000 people to the Chutes last evening. The night was per- fect and the pyrotechnic display exceilent. The pleasant weather is proving & blessing o the Huight-street grounds and every after- noon and evening the performanceson the open air stage by Bresino, the wire-walker, sud Busch the “human vampire,” are well re- ceived. Bristol’s trained horses will be one o the Yeature: T Sun v —————————————— i KEW TO-DAY i LAUSOAL OPPORPONTEY We will continue our great clearance sate this week at a loss, as we desire to clean out our winter stock to make room for spring goods. 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