The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 7, 1897, Page 28

THE S FRA CISCO CALL, SUNDA MARCH 7, 1897 9 LEVER old Sardoul there may still be differences of opinion about his being a great dram- but every one must reverentially own that he is the press agent of the century. The wily old fellow has not made a single convert by his new play «Spiritism” (Spiritualism), and his fellow mediums are pained and disgusted beyond measure at his banal treatment of “‘mani- festations,” but whatdoes Sardou care? He bas secured whole lots, acres—square miles of {ree advertising, in the French papers, and as a consequence on the open- ing nieht, at the Renaissance in Paris | 3'C thas the PenPle B° (8 AR C M spiritualists and skeptics almost fought one another to get into the theater to ses “Spiritism.” The play was produced simultaneously on this side by Charles Frobman, but there are no press agents in New York like Sardou to keep the thing booming, so discussions on Spiritualism bave not crowded the hombardment in Crete and the McKinley inauguration out of the American papers. In Paris the press for weeks devoted whole pages to “Spiritual Manifestations Through Mr. Sardou’s Eyes,” “Is Sardou Resliy a Medium?"” etc., etc. Sardou cunningly started the controversy by declaring that “‘Spiritism” would be his confession of faith, his credo. This was the signal for a fight on the pros and cons of Spiritualism, in which oceans of printers’ ink were shed. The contro- versy lasted for weeks, but Sardou knew how to keep np interest to the bitter end. Just before the first performance it was declared that all the performers had be- come converted to the new religion by dint of rehearsing “Spiritism,” Bremont ecalled that he had once turned tables, Laroche was shaken in bis unbelief, and even the divine Sarah showed a hitherto unexpected yearning for the occult. On the day of the last rehearsal atthe Re- | naissance Sardou gathered his actors | round him and told them how and why | e became a Spiritualist. The recital oc- cupied columns and coiumns of type, and as he had taken care that the great dra- | matic critics were there too, Sardou had | the pleasant experience next day of see- | ing the buading aspirations of Prince George of Greece shoved into obscure cor- | ners of the newspapers and ‘*Mr. Sardon | Tells How He Became a Spiritualist” given a place of honor. Curiosity to see the play was intense, and epiritualists and skeptics vied with one another to get seats first, but as “Spiritism” unrolled its somewhat weary length, it did not sncceed in convincing any one; the unbelievers remained bru- tally skeptical, and in the foyer between the acts they said: “It is Saran who makes the play. Isn't she great; younger and greater than ever!” The Spiritualists whispered among themselves that Sardou had committed a grave fault against the new religion, “making a spectacle of it, and exposing the high and noble manifestations of spirits to the laughter of fools—this will | certainly bring him some occult chastise- ment.” As an aftermath to the great Sardou-Spiritualist controversy the French | papers are asking: “What,will Sardou's | occult chastisement be?”’ | There is nothing mean or bigoted about | Sardou; he lets the Spiritualists and their | opponents in his play have full flingto argue, and counter-argue, till the audience wonders where it will all end—at least he does this in the French version. 1 have not seen Mr. Frohman’s adaptation. The | hero of “Spiritism,” d'Aubenas, is a | gentleman with more taste for getting switched on to the spirits of his late lamented relatives than for holding sweet | converse with Simone, his living wife. | The fair Simone so resents this invidious distinction that when the play opens she 13 on the eve of flight with a Roumanian | read, but it is hard to see how it can ad- { vanes the action of a play. his gloves, saying: ““Enfin, if you have savants to aitest to your facts, there are also more savants who deny them.” Davidson—Especially those who think them- selves infaliible ard who, like yourself, have refused to make any investigation. Parisot—It is no use studying what does not exist. Davidson—What tells you spiritualism does not exist? Parisot—Common-sense. Davidson—Ab, poor good sensel Is it re- sponsible for all the errors laid at its door? It was in its name that the rotundity of the earth was denied; it was in its name that they snid that the people of the antipodes walked ° o\\\\\\\\\\\\ coo lumbus, “If you go down thers you can’t get up again.” Davidson gives examples of idiotic things seid and done In the name of common-sense, but Parisot, who is still unconvinced, takes his departure with the Parthian shot: “Human atience has its limits, but human credulity has none.” People interested in occultism would no doubt find the whole debate interesting to In the second act Sardou leaves debating alone, for Simone hss to be dealt with. Hor adven- tures resemble those of the Princess de adventurer, Mikhael Stroudza. The fol- lowing conversation, which . passes in d’Auvbenas’ villa, is a sample ot what Simone fled from. The talkers are d’Auben Dr. Davidson, a Scotch me- dium; Dr. Parisot, an obstinate old fel- | Jow who won’t go to a seance for fear of | being converted, and Des Aubiers, a friend | of d’Aubenas: Parisot (scornfully taking off You have seen Dr. Davidson perform? 1’Aubenas—Three times. The first three Beances were curious, nothing more, but that of yesterday was startling. Parisot (sitting on the lounge)—Mere trick- ery. D'Aubenas—Judge for yourself. This table, ich hed done nothing more then turn and answer our questions by very distinct taps, suddenly stole away from the contact of our hands and turned by itself all round the room; then itrose up high from the floor, and after having floated in the air for some seconds fell back softly onto the carpet. Parisot (still skeptical)—All that I suppose took place in total darkness? D'Aubenas—Not at all, it was as light asit 1s now. Des Aublers (coiming in)—I felt & touch en my shoulder and by instinct felt the place and my hand came in contact with another. Parisot—Made of fiber. Des Aubiers—A hand of flesh, warm, supple, palpitating. I drew away my hand and the other stretched itself out and touched Mares- cov’s head. He cried out— Marescot—That s {0 say— Des Aubiers—I mean he howled out—after which the hand grasped that of Mr.d’Aube- nes, who seized 1t and tried to hold it, but it melted away in his grasp and dissolved into Vapor. . D’Aubenas—That’s so. Parisot—Was that all? D'Aubenas—Ob, no. Directly after the clock ‘began to strike little, silvery strokes like the beating of an insect’s wings. Parisot—Oh, some night-moth imprisoned 1n the works of the clock. As for the rest— table-turning, the taps aud responses—there 1s nothing simpler. It was instinctive mus- cular impulse. And the hand—cerebral ex- citement, auto-suggestion. Des Aubiers—Oh, excuse me, excuse mel We heard and saw for ourselves. The controversy rages until it assumes the pouderous reasonings of & college debate, as you will see from the following, which is hurled st the unbelieving Parisot’s head by Dr. Davidson: “The most learned men, the most competent men, those who carry the most weight of au- thority on account of position snd character, believe in manijestations. Only to'quote Eng: land as an example, doctors, physiologists like Gully and Ellitson, physicians such as Lodge, astronomers like Challis, mathema- ticians like Morgan, naturalists like Sir Russell Wallace, engineers like my friend Varley, inventor of the electric condenser—all members of the Royal Society or professors of the exact 'sciences at the universities of London, Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow and Dublin—ali beer witness o the most remerk- sble phenomena. The most bigoted in favor of spiritualism are precisely those who have studied it in order to show its absurdity, among others the eminent chemist, William Crookes, whose example is typical.” * % * And 80 on and 50 on, via dicendo, Hl) Parisot, gloves,— | into his arms he sees that she is really a #*1lhardened in unbelief, geis up and puts on _provriatene: Chimay, with the addition that d’Aube- nas erroneonsly believes his wife has been ! burntina railway accident. Ia the final act she appears to him clothed in white, like a phantom, and begs his forgiveness. He grants pardon to what he believes is his wife’s spirit, but as she flings herself creature of flesh and blood. Fanny Rice’s new musical-costume-com- edy, “The Flower Girl of Paris,” might be a complete success as a comic opera with a score of its own, but the musical numbers that adorn it at present area job lot of songs and cullings from well-known operas that are dragged in without much regard to their ap- In fact, when the char- | acters burst into song the sentiments they express are sometimes the reverse of what they have been saying in prose. The mu- sical-costume-comedy has a well-detined plot, but stands badly in need of a chorus to impart animation and movement, par- ticularly in the market scene. 7 Nanon, the flower-girl, lives all by her- self in a mansion at the corner of the mar- ket, and across the way sells flowers in one of those nice little kiosks that the | municipality of Paris has thoughtfally provided for venders of newspapers, etc. I Nanon is supposed to have lived overa | century ago, but she is only anticipating modern improvements by having her | kiosk. Itisscarcely correct to say that she sells flowers, for the only people who ever appear in the market are a baker (in love with Nanon), Miss Alice Gaillard, who plays the partof the presiding genius of a vegatable stand, and titled people and their hirelings from the court of Lonis XIV, who come and go without buying anything. This may be the reason why Miss Rice decks herself out with her flowers, like Ophelia, only more so, for her hat looks like a roof garden, and birds would be tempted to build their nests in her corsage and skirts. Nanon is' a very virtuous little flower- girl, so every one says, but the audience is offered no explanation of the fact that, although her hand and heart pledged to the comic baker, she sings *‘Oh, swear to be good and true to the maiden you say that you adore” (culled from *‘Dorothy”) with the arm of a wickrd marquis round MHer waist. This marquis has made a bet that the flower-girl shall be his with a baron whom Nanon calis: “You disrep- utable old roue, you.”” Aiter the flower- girl has asked the marquis to “swear to be good and true,” he is scarcely to be blamed lor not taking her seriously when she says: “Get along, marquis, my heart is another’s’’ (meaning the baker’s). The Marquis makes a Machiavellian plot to kidnap her. Disguising his varlets as soldiers of the period he sends them forth to arrest a fugitive chevalier, whom Nanon, with the most worthy motives, has been shielding from justice in her mansion. The cheyalier, who is always popping out of the mansion and defying the police to find kim, has just finished a love duet with his sweetheart, Mlle. Vivienne de Villianne, sister of the wicked marquis, when the soldiers are sighted in the far, far distance. Nanon has time to change clothes with the che- valier, and thinks she has hoodwinked the enemy nicaly by being arrested in her friena’s place, but the wicked marquis laughs “Ah! Ah!” in the background, be- caunse the flower-girl was the very person he wanted. ‘When they get Nanon to the abode of the Marquis they incite her to drink brandy, smoke a longz clay pive and otherwise act as befits & noble chevalier. Meanwhile the lady who presides at the vezetable stand has gone to the King and procured a royal decree commanding the marquis to marry Nanon or be imprisoned in the Bastile. Complications too numer- ous to describe ensue, but in the end Nanon shows a fine scorn for titles. She actually does not want to become a mar- quise and gives her hand to the comic but bihulous baker. Miss Rice's little it of fat in **A Flower- Girl of Paris” is where she tries to act like a swaggering chevalier. Several of the members of the company sing and act acceptably, but they cannot sing and act away the impression that the piece ought to have been an opera bouffe. Marie EVELYN. Baldwin Theater. James A. Herne begins the third and last week of his engagement at the Baldwin Theater to-morrow evening, continuing his admirable portrayal of Nathaniel Berry in his play of New Eng- land farm life, “Shore Acres.” On Monday, the 15th inst, Fanny Davenport and her company will present Sardou's “Gismonda,” of which a very imposing stage production is promised. It has been announced that the present engagement is Davenport’s farewell ap- pearance in this city in the Sardou plays. ““Fedora” will be scen on Saturday night, March 20th, and to make the night a gala one Davenport-Sardou silver souvenirs will be presented to every lady on the lower floor in token of Miss Davenport’s farewell to Sardou. Melbourne MacDowell is still Miss Davenport’s leading support. California Theater. The first performance of the French operatic organization will take place on Wednesday evening, when “Il Trovatore’ will form the bill. The company will come here intact trom New Orieans with such leading artists a: Nestor Massart, H. Prevost, E. Deo, E. Manrick, Henry Alvers, Leon Freiche, R. Chateau, Marcel Athes, A. Javid, Gautheil, Lespinasse, Grevain, Mme. Foedor, Aimee Pascal, Mme. Marthe Berthet, Mme. Oberthy, Mme. Marthe Combes, Mme, Fremaux- Benati, Mme. Andree Savine, Mme. C. Lafeuillade, Mme. Bellet, Mme. D'Con- soli. Mme, de Biaziand Mlle. Rossi. Besides a chorus, which is said- to be excellent, there will appear a full corps de baliet under the direction of D’Allesan- dri from the principgl theater in Lyons. A feature of ‘Il Trovatore’’ will be the in- troduction of the ballet divertisement. **It Trovatore” will be followed on Fri- day evening by a presentation of Meyer- beer’s ‘“‘L’'Africaine.” The first matinee pesiormance will take place on Saturday afternoon, March 13, when ‘‘Faust” will be rendered by a superior cast. In the second tableau will be presented by the ballet *‘La Kermesse,” and in the seventhb tableau a grand ballet, *“La Nuit de Val- purgis,” will be presented, in which will appear all the company's premieres— Mme. de Consoii, Mile. Rossi, Mile. de Biazi, Mmes. Marthe, Boggio, Mouriez, Sellier—and thg full corps de ballet. The light opera *'Miss Helyett”” is announced for presentation on Saturday night, and will be followed by the first presentation in this country outside of New Orleans of Reyer's masterpiece, “Sigurd,” which is to be given a brilliant production on Tues- day evening, March 15. Golumbia Theater. For this week’s attraction Messrs. Fried- lander, Gottlob & Co. have arranged with Joseph Haworth to give a production of Victor Hugo's “Ruy Blas.” A feature of | the performance will be the reappearance of Miss Margaret Craven, who has been specially engagea for the part of the Queen. Several members of the Frawley Company who have returned from the Tast will be in the cast and Messrs. Fen- ton, Milloy and ‘Thornton of Modjsska's company. “Ruy Blas” will be preceded by Augustus Thomas' dramatic sketch i one act, eatitled “A Man of the World.” Haworth contemplates starring in the late Alexander Salvini’s romantic dramas, and it is said that this is his first move toward that end. Grand Opera-House. The “Black Detective,” which will be produced for the first time in this City at Morosco's Graud Opera-house to-morrow evening, is said toreek with excitement. The story of the play centers round a faithful negro, who obeys his dying mas- ter’s request that the man who issued a forged order, for which the dying man’s son was blanied, be brought to justice. The title role is to be assumed by Fred J. Butler. John J. Pearson is 10 be the viliain and Mortimer Snow is a hero. They both love the same girl (Lorena Atwood), who is the sister of the young man the villain ig persecuting (Bert Morrison). The cast also includes Landers Stevens, asecondary villain; Leslie Morosco, Fred tairbanks, Forest. The three Olifans, or ‘“‘tbree- headed nondescript’” as they term them- selves, will make their first anpearance here. Guille will chanee his selection at | every performance. Abramoff will sing the aria from “Robert le Diable,” and ihe trio from *Faust” will be given, with Miss Cotte in the soprano, Trebelli Farewell. The charming singer, Mile. Antoinette Trebelli,will give ter farewell song recital on Tuesday evening in Golden Gate Hall. The following programme will be per- formed: Planoforte duet for two pianos, grand fantasie, “Les Huguenots”. Meyerbeer-1 e Kontgkl Miis van der Naillen and G. >auvlet. Arioso. .Delibes Serenade Andalouse..........Godard Miss Jean M. Husb. Tarautelle from **La Tonelii,”.. Ambrolse Thomas Mille. Tre Mlie. ‘T rebeil Violin solo, Planotorte s010— @) @) @7 G. Sauvlet. Boug, “Lo! Hark the Getle Lari ... Bishop With flute ol lizato by Herr Rodemann, (1n response to many requests.) Mlle. Trebelll. 2 Interval of ten minutes. Chanson Arabe, “1’ Adieu de I Hotesso Arabe: ....... ~Bizet | Miie. Trepelli. Violin solo, sonata in G major, op. 18. (@) Allegretto. D) Allegro. iss Jean M. Hush and Miss Florence Hush. Irish song, “The Last Rose of Summer”... Mile. Trebelli. And in the course of the evening Mlle. Trebelli will repeat her famous laughing song from *‘Manon Lescaut’’ (Auber). Oberon Goncert Hall. The programme whicn will be performed ko'-nmrrow night by Herr Stark and his Vienna Orchestra is as follows: March of the Torcador, “Carmen,” Bizet; overture, “Itilieus in A giers,” Rossini; waitz “Tout en Rose,” Waluteulel; selection, *lo- lantbe,” Sullivan; “Loli'a,” Spanish serenad Langley; cello soio, seiecied, by Herr A. Weiss: gavoute, “Der Kaiserin,” Hertel; batlet music from “Fausi.” Gounod; Grand March, from “Aida,” Verdl; overture, ‘‘Orpheus,” Offen- bach;’ violin solo, selected by Herr rerd. Stark; waliz, “On the Beautiful Rhine,” Keler Bela;’ selection, “Amorita,” Czibulka; “Iurk- ish ¥atrol,” Michaelis; an dance, Glinks; march, “El Capitan,” ' G ...Grieg ussi Sousa. At the Ghutes. This afternoon Busch, the **Golden Vam- pire,” and Briseno, the wire-walker, will NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. Ln“’l peoaeex THIRD AND LAST WEEK. ‘rnEATRE A mencing Monday, March 8. AMES A.HERNE In the Greatest of All American Home Plays, SHORE ACRES “Shore Acres” is a play which should draw everybody.—Chronicle. “shore Acres” is picture perfect.—Alice Rix in Examiner. “Shore Acres” is more artistic than ‘The 01d Homestead.” ” “Shore Acres” is a maryel of art.—Bu'lctin. hore Acres” s fuil of beauty and Mr. Herne’s Uncle Nat is above criticism.—Report. ore Acres” is a wonderfully a ¢ picture of New Engiend farm life.—Post. e e——— COMMENCING MONDAY, MARCH 15, TWO WEEKS ONLY, DAVENPORT, Supported by MELEOURNE MacDOWELL—sardoua’s GISMOINDA. SATURDAY NIGHT, [ FEDORA- i DAVENPOFT—SARDOU MARCH 20, SILVER SOUVENIRS To every lady on lower floor as a mark of remembrance of Miss Davenport’s farewell season in Sardou vlays. v all, <zz>m COMMENCING MARCH 10, | SEATS AND BOXES READY THURSDAY. HAYMAN . (AyFORHIA;,‘N:ss;, GRAND OPERA SEASON | HEATRE } Prors THE FAMOUS | FRENCH OPERATIC ORGANIZATION. Direct trom Europe, via New Orleans. Complote in every detail-140 People-Grand Urchestra-Ballet Diveriissement, Eto teason here under the auspices of 30 representative citizens, who have subscribed the necessary gusrantee. TROVATORE -Strong Cast, Grand Ballet, etc. Saturday Matinee, March 13 Wednesday, March 10. Merca 12— Fu FRANCISCO. CAL. Estas. 1887 1 |OS ANGELES CAL. esmn. 1858 | | JN}«\M W & il WATERBURY BRO'S ANDTENNEY William Gibson, Sam Lew olls, Sue Blanchard and others. Plcazar Theater. “Jim the Penman’’ will be played this week at the Alcazar. It is some years since this powerful play was seen here, and then it was presented by the Palmer Company. George Osbourne will play the | part of Baron Hartfield, the cunning scbemer and forger's accomplice. Hugo Toland will be Jim the Penman. Adele Belgarde will be Mrs. Ralston, the forger’s unfortunate wife. Charles Wyngate will be Louis Percival, Gordon Foster Lord Drelingeourt, and Francis Powers Captain | Redwood, the society detective, while May Buckley will have an ingenuous part as Alice, the forger’s daughter, and Fran- ces Joliffe and Kitty Bslmour will be seen as Lady Dunscombe and Mrs. Chapstone respectively. TJivoli Opera-House. To-morrow at the Tivoli Ojera-house a fine revival of the last of the Gilbert and Sullivan series, *H. M. 8. Pinafore,” will be given. This is the opera with which the Tivoli opened in 1879, and during the intervening eighteen years the Tivoli has seen over 500 grand, romantic and comic operas, operatic burlesques and musical spectacles. The cast will include Elvia Croix Seabrooke as Josephine, Josie Intropidi as Hebe, Bernice Hoimes as Littie Buttercnp, Ferris Hartman as Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B., and John J. Raffael as Capiain Corcoran, commander of H. M. 8. Pinafore. Many new prop- erties, light effects ana costumes have been prepared. On Wednesday evening, March 10, the San Francisco Yacht Clcb will hola its annual night at the Tivoli Opera-house, on which occasion several interpolations will be presented. The next production will be Nicolai's comic opers, *“The Merry Wives of Windsor.” Bush-street Theater. To-morrow night the compsany at the Bush-street Theater will produce “The Arabian Nights.”” Miss Essie Tittel, who is well known in this City, will make her first appearance here since her marriage, in the production. At the Orpheum. There will be an almost entire change of bill at the Orpheum to-morrow evening, over a dozen new vaudeville artists having been imported by the Great Western Vau- deville Association, They make up the “Flying Jordan Vaudevilles” and are beaded by the Jordan Family of five tra- pezists. Marlo and Marto, horizontal-bar performers, and Virginia Aragon, the wire- walker, who was seen here last year, will add to the athletic features of tne pro- gramme. John Burke, who will be re- membered as the comedian of Hender- son’s “‘Aladdin,” will appear with Grace ORPHEUM George Nich- | perform on the open-air stage, and Emil Markeberg will make a balloon ascension and parachute drop, An especial souve- nir in the form of a pocket kinetoscope will be given every child attending to-day. The animatoscope shows severai new scenes every nigltt, a number of colored views being the latest novelty. Will Take a Leap. Every one interested in Miss Davenport is anxious to know what she is to do next season, and also anxious o know what she is to do with the Sardou plays when she is done with them. Even her old stage manazer, who has been with her ever since she com- menced starring, has no idea of her plans for next season, and no oneis to know until this season is over, the actress de- claring herself pledged to secrecy. A very close friend recently, at rehearsal, asked Miss Davenport to give her a hint. Miss Davenport laughed. Then she pointed to the paint-frame high above her head and exclaimed, Do yousee that?"’ The friend ncdded. “Well,”” she said, “if I play in this house next season, and I exyect to, I spall jump from thatin the play I pro- duce,” and that is as much as any one knows of Davenport’s plans up to date. Rumor says that the new play is on an American subject, but even on that point Miss Davenport is silent. Dramatic Brevities. Charles Klein and John Philip Sousa are well advanced on their new operetts, “The Bride Elect.” Ellen Terry is torappear shortly in a one-act Pplay written by the Princess Carl of Denmark, who was Princess Maud of England. John Drew wiil bring “Rosemary” to the Baldwin about the midd!e of the year. “A Night in Venice,” Strauss’ waltz opera, is In preparation at the Tivoli. Tne greater part of the orchestra for the opera season at the California Theater will be brought here with the company. “Dick Whittington,” the new burlesque which George E. Lask is preparing for the Tivoli, will be up to date as regacds dialogue, gags and business. : XEW TO-DAY—ANUSEMENTS. GOLDEN GATE HALL. NEXT TUESDAX.‘ .MARCH 9, 8:15 P. M. FAREWELL CONCERT OF MLLE. TREBELLI! Mile. Trebelll will sing: “Arioso” (Delibes); Ar:b Song (B zet): “Taraatelle,” from “La T ne.li"” (Ambroise Thomas): “Lo! Hars, the Geutle Lark,” with flute obligato ( Blshop): *"Last Rose of Summeg,” etc. Assiséint_artists—The Misses Hush and v. d. Nalilen: Messrs. ~auviet, Rodemann and J. Mar- rio. (accomypanist). Boxoffice Sherman, Clay & Co.’s. $1 and 50c. GUSTAV WALTER. DirecToR GENERAL. O'Farrell St., bet. Stockton and Powell. SAN FRANCISCO’S GREAT MUSIC HALL. Weelt Commencing Monday, Maxrch 8, A BRAND NEW BILL BEYOND M(EQM/PARE! S—IN NUMBER —SS VIRGINIA QUEEN AR AGOIN! OF THE INVISIBLE WIRE. NTAL BAR ERS. - The 8 OLIFANS sT REFRESENTATIVE MUSICAL ARTISTS, WATERBURY BROS. & TENNY! BARNEY FAGAN AND MISS HENRIETTA BYRON .25 s A DUDLEY PRESCOTT! “THE HUTAN BRASS BAND.” £ ¢ INNEYS! GRAND OPEKA AN L. UiLLE. SIGNOK ABRAVMHOFF JULIA COTT in Solos and the Trio from *‘Faust.”” ‘The Royal Hungarian Cour. Orchesira in Concerts every evening in tne Orpheum Annex. Reserved Seats shou.d be ordered eariy in advance. MATINEE TO-DAY (SUNDAY) MARCEH 7. Oc: Children A v, 1 Acfunbia (Gheali, ---FRIEDLANDER,GOTTLOB & (- LESSES & MANAGERS - AN EXTRAORDINARY HUVENT! COMMENCING MONDAY, MARCH 8th. MATINEE SATURDAY ONLY. MR.JIJOSEPH HAWORTH —— SUPPORTED BY —— MISS MARCARET CRAVEN AND A POWERFUL COMPANY, IN A GREAT DOUBLE BILL. Victor Hugo's Masterpiece, RTY BI.AS!?’ Preceded b Augustus Thomas' Beautitul Dramatic Sketch, feaA WMEAN OF TEHE WORLD MAGNIFICENT NEW COSTUMES AND STAGE EFFECTS. MARCH 15————CISSY FIfZGERALD i~ “THE FOUNDLING. MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE WALTER MOROSCO...Sole Lessee and Manager. DIRECT FROM EURGPE | The *‘Three-Headed Nondescript.” JOHN BURISES And GRACE ORI Great Success ana DMISS THIS AFTERNOON AND TO-NIGHT, Last Performances of ““THE DERBY MASCOT!” With Its Real Horsas sad Jockeys. | Commencing Monday, March 8th Initial Production in San Francisco of the Sensational Comedy Drama, THE BLACK DETECTIVE! A Thrilling Play With Wonderful Mechanical Effects. NEW AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY! | | NEW AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY! — A Strong Cast! Songs! Specialties! Dances! — EVENING PRICES—10c¢. 25¢ ~n4 50c.—Matinees Saturdav and Sunday. e —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ALGAZAR the Br.liant Comedy Belasco& “3Y PROXY.” MONDAY, MARCH 8th, The Greatest Play of the Century! L4 2N Jim=Penman By SIR CHARLES L. YOUNG, Baronet. GEO. OSBOURSE | HUGO TOLAND —As— —As— Baron Hartfeld. |Jim,the Penman Entire Alcazar Company in the Pla: Producel under tbe direction of MR. GoORGE OSBUURNE. Our Regular Prices! Secure seats by Telephone, Black 991. Ctcion O’Farreil stréet, near 5i0ck.0u. San Francisco's Fimily Concert Hall. Week of Monday, March 8, 8—Magnificent New Programmes—a3 I LUMINOUS MUSIVAL GEMS From the most treasured works of the Great Last performance to-day, mativee and night, - £ TiVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Muks EEN ks IN& KRN Proprietor & Manage: THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SEASON! TO-NIGHT: LAST TIME TELR N I I A D o TO-MORROW EVENING— ((Revival Extreordinary! Ecentc Production of H. M. S. PINAFORE!" Popular Prices— ——25c and 50¢ THE CHUTES. EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, Grand performance on the open-air stage. BALLOON ASCENSION THIS AFTERNOON. PECIAL: M SR A S5 | PREE POCKET KINLTOSCOPES d THE VIENNA ORCHESTRA. B Grand Concer: Fvery Evening at & o'clock. COLUMBIA THEATER. FRIEDLANDER, GOTTLOR & Co., Lessees&Managors Farewell Poriormance To-night. “The Charming Comedienne, —FANNY RICE— In Jier Great Rig Hit. A FLOWERK GIRL OF PARIS!" To-morrow Night—iOSEPH HAWORTH, Sup- ported by MARGAKET CRAVEN and a Poweru: Company, in “RUY BLAS'' & ‘A MAN OF THE WORLD." To Children To-Day. ADMISSION, 10c. CHILDREN, 5c. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE, SUNDAY NIGHT. ... ....8 O’clock An kvangelist of Catholic Apostolic Church. Address on the ‘‘Second Coming of Christ.’® ADMISSION FREE— SUTRO .BATHS. FINE ¥ROGRAMMG&. Grand Concert Every sunday Afternoon. General Admission, 10c; Children, 5e. L]