The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 6, 1897, Page 25

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 6 &2 23 00 & OTETmIIE 6 000 IR MY g a g 9 ° 3 3 3 9 2 ° ° [ 2 3 F ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Q 3 ¥© 000000 0w AT THE 9 g ° _What a boon it would be if the Actors’ Bociety could be induced to piace a heavy e upon footlight speeches—a tar: 1 a word for b confider make 1o their audiences under of gratification or pique. A fine es would edd 1mmensely to the ¥ of the profession and would re- public from much mer Speeches are y those gene wants, not call d up orations gratis- If h aparticu e we do not clap our h! speech!” We sies over a ding with mending talk from the architect, and there was a time when the public could tmire the work of a conductor or concert to caii to A 1 the baton, every in- cant fidc i piano-thumper may soon expect to ta us into his confidence, for we always g0 to cXtremes in this glori- every littie w signi elder o tly endowed | per, we should a feast of rea- 1 ve: speec nd a flow of so actors have an o ome of them worse still, card footlight I s own little private grievances. We had i1wo, coLumaiAa tlike to say t example rid” examples last that would be best ted. But managers seem as if theyv t followed—Francis Powers and Daniel | would never le Now 1s your chance, Frawley, to wit. fin-de-siecle Shakespeares and Moliere Fratol weigh in your one-act plays and show ho | much talent can see tae | Oakland. On Thursday afternoon gin Born,” but nat an orator. In er meant him for dle of his little Mayor Pheian play a few frie; more loving than judi- | signed the anti-hat ordinance, and on cious, Cflll(ou him night. »eecn. | Thursday night he went to the Aleazar | The resuit is someth! Theater to see the Chinese play. The Powers (bowing, w d on his | house was packed; standing rosm was at heart)—Ladies and Gentlemen: [ thank [a premium, and his worship congratu- you (a pause for applause). “The First | lated himself on hav red his seat | Born” was quite a weakling a few weeks was ago (longer pause; no applause). Now it is getting to be quite a bealihy infant beforehand. His jog however, for when he red plush seat short-lived, k down 1nto his not an inch of the stage (pause; one man in the rear claps his | was visible. The Ma. eclipsed b hands.) Ihope by your favor it will live | bind a row of theater hats that combined and thrive for many months to come | the spoils of nursery garden w (pause; faint applause). Ladies and Ge of the ostric% farm. The City’s chief tlemen, 1 thank you. (Powers, still with craned kisneck to right and to left, his hand on ence, relieved breake into frantic ap heart, retires. Tire audi- that the agony is over, suse.) I have not heard hts were, bat prcbably he ith bimself for having signed the ordinance. Some spectators went out before the end of the perform- ance, and Mayor Phelan, without any 2 about the bush, fled from those eater hats, stealthily glided into one of the vacant ceats, and for the restof the | evening enjoyed an uninterrupted view of the stage. Marie Evevry~, P Daniel ¥rawley’'s speech on Monday night bad the merit of introducing an ing element into “The Fatal Card,” which is by nature a lugubrious play. He | aired his own particular little grievance. | It seems that three weeks ago he was i terviewed by a New York theatrical paper, which represented him as saying scathing things about the San Francisco critics. Mr. Frawley dwelt upon this interview in his Monday speect. *I want to set| The Liliputians will open a two weeks' myself right,”” he said, and proceeded to ngagement to-night in their latest sue- throw flowers at the critics, remarking | cess, “Merry Tramps,” a spectacular per- how it was his habit to dwell admiringly | lormance which is said to be full of fun, upon the words of wisdom that dropped } The parts of the three merry tramps, Joe, from their pencils. | Jim and Bob, are taken by Miss Selma | Iam sure Mr. Frawley's remarks were | Goerner, Adolph Zink and Franz Ever:, made in a spirit of good fellowship, but | Miss Jaeger plays the part of a professor's | e sarcastic people present who | daughter, while Miss Lau and Mr. Walter | 5 and thought the spech should | Make love in a most realistic way, Mr. e interpreted something like this: | Ring is an irate miller, and little Ludwig “Mr. Critics, the Lord bas to- night | Merkel has the part of u man ape, a sort delivered me and my company into your | of Darwin missing link. The music of | hands. I implore vou deal with me merci- | “Merry Tramps” is said to be pretty, and | jour faulis I love you | the composer. Carl Pleininger, conduc:s | still.’ Foriunately the company was so | \be performances. The spectacalar. part iy s "® 22 | of 1he piay includes three bailets; in the #ood that no fiowers were needed to make | Baryest festival tne dancers are costumed the eritics deal mereifally with it. 1o represent corn, wheat, hoys, wine, dif- | f n lerent cereals, eic., the dance of the ligut glass Bates, an ¢ ? . . guts 7. Donglass Bates, an enterprising Oak | anis bomps indicating the various forms of land manager, believes tha: mute in-|iilumination of all Hatens and sl sees glorions Shakespeares are lurking among | irom the primitive stone and oii lamp up ‘his feliow townsmen, and to bring them |to the incandescent electric izht of the | forth from their iairs he bas offered three | Present. . 3 pr 228 for (he thrée best one-act plays— | Diniel Frohman's Lyceum Theater Cam-t o e be bre. | DAY LEEIDS iis tenth snnual tour to the the winning curiain-raisers to be pre- | pycific Coast at tne Baldwin Theater on | eented by n's company. Bates hopes 1o | Monday, June 21 | Baldwin Theater. =nd as big a mascot s Powers’ Chinese | — drama bhas proved to I:'.{I hope e | Columbia Theater, | will land three mascots, for managers 2 : 3 eed 10 be shown. and shown sgain, | The Frawiey Company's firs) offering. | " | “The Futal Cu:d,” Las met with :0 much | by .the line upon line process, that the! " B el R LT plays which they reject unread will some- | SBCCes8 1l 2 ook X times catch on hugely with the pubijc | Other week. The next proanction will be when accident gives them achance. Ii|®M®W play by Lorimer Sioddard, author f ~Nupoleon,” who also a5 & prize offered for a obe-ct opera that | © R 0 was & prize ‘fipi"l.,m;, R 8| ““Tess of the d’U:verviles” for Minuse | drageed ““Cavaileria Rusticana’ from the | proeot O fid 0 O e e which o | dusty drawer where Muscagni_had placed | aot¥et bean named, is 8 comedy of the | it, in despuir of ever seeing it produced, | present day, deaini. With ron 0id Knick aramatized | | making ligat of day in | tains a good deal about women’s clubds, and is modern and up to date in a number of other respacts. The play will serve to introduce ‘Miss Georgia Busby, one of the new members of the company. She has the reputation of being a preity zirl and in Stedaard’s play will be afforded an opportunity of considerable dress display. Blanche Bates #nd Gladys Wallace will bave congenial roles, and a popular mem- ber of the oid company, Phosa McA i will make ber reappearance. Rehearsals, under the personal direction of the suthor, have been going on for a week aiready. Alcazar Theater. The Chinese play “The Fi rst Born” will IN AERRY TRAMPS be continued at tha Alcazar this week. This is tha fiith week of its run, and in ac- cordance with the custom which has pre- vailed since its production, the plece p e- ceding it wil! be changed to-morrow. Gil- vert's farcical comedy “Eneaged” will pre- cede “The First Born” th.s week. An- other farcicai comedy bille.. for production the near future atthe Alcazar is **Glori- " Since it was first put on, the Chi- play has been witne-sed by neari foriv thou and people, and the manage ment is in hopes that be the mascot that causes the “standing room oniy” sign to app-ar nightly. Grand Opera-House. Maud Edna Hall returns to emotional roles at Morosco's Grand Opera-house to- morrow, when she plays Violet Christie in “The House on the Marsh.” This play is a dramatization of Mervyn Dailas’ nove! of the same name. Ii ¢o tains many sensational features and is to be staged with elaborate seitings. One of the pieasing features of the pl will be the return of Miss Irma Fiten, the pretty soubretie, who will fill the role ofa pert housemaid. TJivoli Opera-House. “Miss Frisco,”” which will be produced at the Tivoli to-morrow night, is de- scribed as an operatic review in three acts, and also as = *‘melange of song, dance and bumor” It is founded upon the supposed return to earth of “Em- peror” Norton, once a well-known loca! character, and the general anticipation is | that the production wiil contain a num- ver of skiis upon living c tizens, parucu- lariy upon one or two society leaders. The scenes include a view of Lotta’s foun- tuin, the exterior of the Chuies, a veranda at the CLff Ho and er places familiar 1o San Franciscans. The libreito has been written by Juseph B. Casseli, a locul journalist, and the music is a me- lange of ciichy tunes. Thne cast wiil include Ferris Hartman i Maurice Darcy as the two idiers, ping and Less; W. H. West as Em- peror Norton, around whom the whoie niot revolves; John J. Raffsel as Ned Weanaway, & society leader Rbys a No - with 1. Thowmas as Lord Albert Kliftua, a patron | I and dogens of similar instances migat be | erbocker families in New York 1i con |of the racetack; Thomas C. Leary as al 0 may continue to | T retired millionaire; Fred Kavanagh | Officer Porter, the pride of the fore | Myra ‘Moreila as France«ca Fogg, a so- ciely belle; Elvia Crox Seabrooke as the dashing grass widow, Mr-. Alameda Mote, d Josie Intropidi as Mre. Oceana Fogg, ri-co’s mother. The M sses Schnabe! ockmeyer, Werden and Gray wili repre | sent four sogiety buds. In tha last act a | nove! light dance w.ll be executed by Miss | Ida Wyatt, ““The Wairi of Spheres.” At the Orpheum. | l Adgie and ber lions will continue to be | the sensation atthe Orpbenm this week. There will also be a number of new spe- | cialiies. The Russell Bros.,known as the “Irish Servant Girls,” willi make their | first appearance, and Charles Johnson ana Dora Dean, known as the “King and Queen of the Colored Arisiocracy,” will also be new. Dailey aud Hiiton, origin- ators of a great deal of eccentric comed will i 150 make their iuitial bow to a Sun | sco audience. The Vaidis twin ters, intrepid aerial artists, who have | just returped from Australia, wiil give eir exciting performance and wil e a number of new mecha electrical su-prise. The rest of the bill wiil incluie Billy Carier, the Garrisons, tie “World’s Trio” and Morton and EL. Sweet to Think™ (Moore Deelish'” (arranzed oy ) guest; “Kitty of Coler gloves. The paw is as thick as it is wide; it weizhs pounds. He couid break my limbs with “a biow, it the wicked caprice my fuce. Ina flash Adgie’ him across the nose with surge throuzh my brain. P Stealthily T oilov), by request; seized him to sirke. How cruel and raice mv 11 § e Radt: R f - < v rignt hand, remembering that | Car” (Lover), by request; “Farewell. but | sucering his velvety tiose BisURaRIL | any: suddeh mevemBat miaw: cadke (the Wktenever You Welcome the Hour ’\wlckcd ears lle back on his nhead with an | creature spring. I tap him quickly and (Moore). g i el e of catlixe, devilish cunning, but|lightly near the nostrils and ne crouches 8 s e s, bis great gleaming tawny-| back, with the habit of lonz submission. Dramatic Brevities. fi::LnI!\!: are beautiful. They fascinate [ I have conquered him with a rap that Richard Mansfield expects to spend the | hos, [ geaze Pewitched lnto their lurid | would scarcely kill a fly. The rest is himself nearer and | easy; I can almost imagine myself a lon- Dearer e steaith, till my | tamer a< I awe ti:e brute into submission. ips almost touch his velvety mnose. | A little pencil and a little couragel Adgie, vou will te too late! While you | Merciful St. Una, but I w: *ned | are finding your beads your cub has found | Was it seconds, minutes or I s = his strengti th O, r . % ere, waiting for Adgie? Idon’taskher et Wi s s de- 5 Fay Templeton, who is now in Paris, is when she returns, full of apologies, joyiul- sirous to return 10 America and resume active ly jangling her Indian beads. There are professional work. moments in our lives whea time cannot Frank R. Mills, quite a popular local favor- beteskaned by & olock. ite, returus here with the Lyceum Theater | Company to the Baldwin. summer in the Maine woods. Victory Bateman has returned to New York after an extended season in a stock compauy in Sait Lake City. | nearer, with slow, cat | | How did I shake off the hypnotic leth- argy of the lion’s stare? Ali I remember is @ sudden desperate desire to hit out and die hard I felt Duke’s breath in | Dortie DrMprLE. mate who has | NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS RLDAI HEATRE Felix Mcrris is anotver legi joined the swe '3 the vaudevillians. TWO WEEKS OXLY—Beginning TO-NIGHT - Sunday edt uctor. g rer AnD C NCORP'D PROPS. Howard Kyle, after twenty-eight weeks ol active and successful work in the Salt L: City stock company, is resting there an joying pleasant social duties beiore Eust again. | A bronze statue of Ole Bull was unv, liott, the musical entertainers, Auditorium Theater. Next Thursday evening the Auditorium will open its doors, not to star a society freak or to benefit an unfortunate infant, but to inaugurate 8 permanent series of legitimate performances by a stock com- pany of ariists. Thbe bLouse has been leased for five years by F.C. Muller and the veterau j wright Richard C. White, and these gen:lemen intend to make it a factor in the amusement houses of San | Francisco. The Auditorium is t0 be de- voted to the light side of dramatic art, such as fairy extravaganza, spectacular burlesque and hich-class comedy. The | ovening veriormance will be a new ver- sion of “The Wonderful Lamp.” New aua elaborate scenery has been painied and bright music prepared by an excellent o stra under the baton of | Herr Louis Homeier. The costumes will over £ #0008 000R e 508 ncpmoee, A7 THE RUSSELL BROS TIRISH SERVANT GHRLS' AT THE ORPHEUM. —g SPECIALLY / ENGAGED As SOUBRETTE AT MOoROSCO'S {be 1ew and a aazzling transformation s-ene is promised. Not tie least impor- t nt feature will be a lurge ballet trained by the muestro, Signor Conradi. Amon the specialiies wil be several new songs by Mmnni- Hargh, Mile. Barrett and others, d a musical sketch by Deimare nd De Ramiere. Tue production will be directed by R. C. White. George A. Adam, | late of the Grand Opera-house staff, is the business manager of the new venture, | At the Ghutes. The concerts given by the Venetian Ladies’ orchetstra in the Casino at the Chutes every afternoon an? evening, and the open-air music given by Charles Cas: sasa and bis band of soloista every night and on Sunday alternoons, are provine very popular. ~Both organizations | avea | large repertoire and request programmes are constantly given. This afternoon and evening, in addition | to the regular attrections, George Green and Cnarles McKeever, the phenomenal | boxers, will spar_four friendiy rounds on | stage »t the toot of the lake. The | game fight that McKe-ver put up with | Green before the Olympic Ciub two weeks ago won him many aamirers. The animatoscope shows a number of new and interesting pictures every night. Musical Mention. Along list of well-known citizens fig- ure on the list of pa:rons of Denis O'Sul- livan’s testimonial conc which takes place at Nauve Sons’ Hall to-morrow evening. The programme is as foliow Prologo, *“‘Pagliacci” (Leoncavalic) (by | request); “In Questa Tomba Oscura' (Rossim); Bibie songs (Dvurak); duets — Nocturne Pyreneen ” (Chaminade), La =i darem 1a mano” (Mozar), Mrs. (ieethoven); “Gia La Luna 5= MucGavin and Mr. O'Su “To From Prison” eld); Lndssy ” (old Scotcn); 8o Pale and Wan?” “Way *Young Herchard” (Parry (old Somersessire (Cornelius); “Feldeinsumke: | (Brahmis); recitative and aria, “Fiying Datchman” (Wazner); “La Dame de Pique” (Tschaikowsky); “L'Amour d’Une Femme” (2) (Schuman: Morning” [ | “Tntrew | Denmark’s Ride” cently at Loring Park, Minaeapolis. L& MLatinces Wednesdays and Saturdays. der Bull, son of the greai musician, played a ——BHE FAMOUS AND ONLY—— favorite number of Ole Buli’s on one of his | father’s vioiins. ‘I I { l I l I U I l A N : 5 special feature of the music for the openicg ofithiviatoy weasot; Minsng he aatections | In the Grandest Spectacular Production Fver Presented in This Country. which were well rendered, F. K. Tobin’s trom | MERRY TR A MPS [ bone solo atiracted attention. & 2 s THRER { The Harvest Festival. GR Ag: The Electrical Dance. e LLETS! | The Silver Lance Ballet. NOVEL EFFECTS! FRILLIANT SCEN:KRY! GORGEOUS COSTUMES 1 EZ" WEDNESDAY MATINEES AT POPULAR PRICES. =g June 21st—Lyeenm Theate The Columbia Theater orchestra made s “Herrmann the Third,” the nephew and suc- cessor to the late Alexaunder Herrmanu, and Mme. Adelaide Herrmann, are coming to the Columbia this season to present their enter- tainment of Magic, Mirth and Mysery. Nat M. Will | Monday, who was featured as the tramp in the Prodigal Father Company, and Mile. Loretto of the same company have siguned for the season with Manager Frank T. Merritt to support Ferguson and Emerick in M Twins." AND ALL NEXT WEEK. COLUMBIA. To- SECOND AND LAST WEEK ° ™ Sgiansesrees BHE S~ 5 ve Union A A '\J\T’r Charles Frohman has concluded ments by which Anthony Hove's latest “Phroso,” wili be dramatized by Edward who arranged for the stage M Prisoner of Zenda” and Stanley “Uuader the Red Robe."” | ARTISTIC ACTING. THRILLING SITUATIONS. The Theatrical Employes’ Protec of San Francisco and Oakland wi ~ : 'i THE second 1 t Shell M 3 1 SRAs BAE Ay o Ml i the 10th HEaty) o || FUNNY BATHING SCENE. || :‘:; ulr;grruzmz will c:nns: of bicycle races, | CA R D ', y A SPLENDID J ; L SCENIC PRODUCTION. l During the season, the Frawleys wi { et | sent “Shenandoah,” “Aristocrac: “Held by the Enemy,” “Two L “The Case of Rebeliious Sus: “A Social Highwayman,” and sger Frawley secured while in Europe. Presented by the Popular Favorites, | THE FRAWLEY COMPANY. MONDAY, JUNE 14—THE NEW COMEDY BY MR. LORIMER STODDARD. NoOTE.—During the season g piays will be yresented by the Frawley Compan: henandoab,” A risiccracy,’ 1dler,” Litt—e Va e ( ase of Rebelilous ~ussh, ALONE WITH A LION. |_ TalS AFTERNOON AND TO-NIGHT, LAST PER: M ANCES OF «LOST IN NEW YORK,” h Its Wonderful MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE | | WALTER MOROSCO A “Call” Writer Left in a Room With Adgie’s Terrible Pet. Sole Lessee and Manager. | w ver Scene. COMMENCING MONDAY EV:ENING, JUNE 7, Initial Production oa This Coast of ihe Suceesstal Romaatic Drama, “HOUSE ON THE MARSH, Dramat A swish of gaudy silk draperies, a clang | of iron bars, and Adgie, the graceful dancing-girl, bounds out of her cage of | lions on the Orpheum stage. The gate | bangs behind her, and the shuddering | spectators clap their acknowiedgments of the woman's nerve. Gasping and panting for breath dancing-giri runs into the wing: are frightened?” I ask, as she w ¥ Dalas. From the Well-known Novel of the Same Name by Mer Wesk of June 7, Fourth Wees of Our Favorit MAUD =EDINA EXIAIT.X. New Scener; and Mechanical Effects Soul-Stirring Situations! rtional Scene the s a cloak round her heaving neck, brown and | swarthy beneath its poudre de nz. “A lion-tamer must never be fright- and Sunaa BATHS. ToDay (-unday) Afternoon and Evening, A Peerless Aggregation of Novelties! 'WALKING ON WATER CONT! T 1 —VALUABLE MONEY PRIZES.— of Calve as Carmen stares out of a frame Caive s Car y fame DIVING ror MONEY! with inviting, impudent eves. Dio mio! d i Y what a likeness there is between the two i‘ ” 3 Silver Coins Will Be Thrown Into 30 womenl Adgie has Calve's aquiline | | the Lerge and Small Tanks. features, her fathomless, burning eyes, | CONLON & RYD -= and she has fallen unconsciously into | | ] | Acrobatic Comedians and Pantomimists. Caive's pose of careless, insolent abandon. | THE GREEN BRO:iHERS, An! butit's dollars to doughnuts that she By W. S Gilbert. author of ““Pinafore,” | The Entertaining Jri k. rlesque has consciously copbied the picturesque Mikado,” ete. | and Fancy Diving Trio. dress of the world's greatest Carmen. g e ED. B. STOLLE, Every detail of Calve’s Carmen costume ——FIFTH W “’xK = i | The Famous Ly Perch Diver. is on the lion-tamer’s back., even to the ss of the Year, Franc's foae e o T A el SN Duitimnt of Manating vd. le Chinese Draina, | #=-Special Evening terformance, § to 10, that la diva wears for luck, b-cause she | Bathine, with Admission: Chil- ked it up for'a song in a pawnshop, dren, 2e; General B ‘Outside the Gates of Seville,”” where o= some cigarette girl, down in her luck, sold it for the price of a cheap meal. ignora, but your likeness to la Calve | is great,’”’ I ssy, taking a step toward the | | picture. Suddenly I start back in fear, | | for I catch sight of two great felinceves | TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSZ | | " fro that_giow like smolcering fires from out | o oo erc . nuurre s Proprietor & Manage: of the balf 250 and vening Prices—10°, ened—never,” she gasps. “If you are frightened, it is all up with you.” She wraps her cloak closer round her, | ALGAZAH:TO.MGHT !_ SUTRO and plunges down a narrow flicht of | BeiascosLaraile s | TO-NIGHT ! A " 317 % The Greatest Nat: staire. ' “Don’t stumble,’’ ‘she says; “it’s | * Theka Play, aark down here, and my loge is away | ” Padertis shige™ ofils | “THE AMERICAN GIRL Adgie unlocks the door of her dressing- | roum, drags forward a chair for me and | leans against the doorway, still paniing. | On the rougit dressing tablea larze picture | And Francis Powers’ Chinese Drama, “THE FIRST BORN.” ————MONDAY, JUNE 7 The Famous Farcical Comeay, | | | | Adults, 25¢ Admission. 10c: Chila | FAREWELL APPEARANCE | oF. MR. DENIS O’SULLIVAN, ASSISTED BY Mrs. Walter MecGavin. mezzo-soprano, and Mrs. darkness under the dress- | ing-table and 1 see the tawny ouilinesof | v NTGEIT kit R Ehecman & a crouching lion. e e o g S “He's my pet. Duke is not a yearold — LA ! He's such a ba t he does not Genee’s Tunefu! Comedy Opera, | NATIVE SONS’ HALL. now nis own strength,” says Adgie, Bavy indeed! Duke is bigger than many fullsgzrown panthers, but his mis- INAITNON:! tress makes a pet of him and tells lovingiy T | how he tears shoex and carpets togibbons | T© - MOrrow Hvening, in p'eyful sport. | OUR FIRST ANNUAL REVIEW, “Duke,” she _crie: CITISS FRISCO!” 10 hypuotize you. Go to him—bit him | 2 across the nose with your pencil, then ua; will respect vou and know better than to | stare suprndely = | TEHOS. I hesitate. 1f a cat may look at a king | why may a :ion not 100k at a reporier? | PoPu'~- Adgie throws off her wrap and walks | over to the dressing-table, talking caress- | ingly to Duke and pulling fong strings of paste pearis through her long, supple fingers. She gazes into the mirror, and as her eyes caich the reflection of her | swarihy igure she puts her hands to her | throat wih a cry: "My besds! My Indian | beads! Dios! I ieft them on the stage and Mason st., bet. «.eary and Post. Wednesday - vening, June 9, 8 o' clock. SONG RECITAL MRS. EUNICE WESTWATER. Contralto, | assisted by MR. ALFRED A. BOR | tone, MR, GIULIO MINETTI. Violiai noticing his fixed Rerppearance o? tne Favorite Comedian, Cc. LEARY.| Pricas——2; PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. THE 3I1ST ANNIVERSARY, PICNIC AND OUTING OF THE @&m’m TEUTONIA SOCIETY, MATINEE TO-DAY (SUNDAY). Parquet. anv scat. Haicony. any seas, 1)x Children. 10¢, any par: of the house. In Conjunction With Their they wiil be lost!"! . | Begiuning Moaday Evening, June 7 . With a hasty word of apology Adgie | [l Brothers, the “irish Servant iy | SINGING SECTION flies to the door, bangs itafter her, and | vaidis twin rs, a-rial wonders: . aily aud | 3 scuds along the passage crying: My | Hilon. come "Johuson ana Deai Will Bo Held a: edi 1 of Novelies and beads, my Indian beads.”” She is in de- | Solorsd co | DIk AN spair at the thought of losing the baubles— | APVMC AR MO G, L 1 the annex \} W no doabt & superstition, a fetich. Destiny | every evenis . after the performance. NE GLEN OOD pARK9 may be against her if she loses her beads; | these Calve-like women are the slaves or | superstition. | As the door bangs on Adgie the crouching lion rises from bis lair under Santa Cruz Mountains, ey JUNE 18, 1897. Farrell Street, neat Stockton. FAREWELL CONCERTS SUNDAY cw =e the dressing-table and walks stealihily = Trains leave ll:‘l‘(iot |'rv9‘: :“e' Narrow over in my direction, lashing his tail. In , 8: X her anxiety for her beais Adgie has for-| FERDINAND STARK | Ay Eriends Are Invited. A Good gotten all ebout Duke. I shrink back in r, trembling, but glued to the spot, Wnat dii Adgle say? “If vou're frightened it's all up with you.” Kvery- thin: is up with me. Iam dead, if to be horribly, abominably, sickeningty fright- ened is to be dead. I can feel my bands growing clammy and trembling and my knees knocking together. Worse—a thou- sand times worse—the lion can feel it too. He charges straight at me, banging his great nead against my knees. A cannon- | ball dangled against me would seem like a cushion or & little red balloon compared to that skull. Mon Dieu! why did notthe ancient Romans use lions’ heads for bat- tering-rams? Duke’s cranium is hard enough 10 beat down the fortifications st the Presidio. | The lion has nearly pounded me toa | jelly, aud I do notdare to move or ery | | And His Great Orchestra in programmes contaln- ing all the Favorite Lompositions. — NEXT WEHEK— ¥.r3t Appearance of the TERNATIONIL LADIEN’ ORCHESTRA. Considersa bv musical adeots the finest orzani- zatlon of lis kind. ADMISSION FREE Time Assured. Round Trip $1. Children Under 12 50¢. Tickets can be had at Ferry. Also from mem- bers of the Society. HURRAH! HURRAH! FOR THE GARDEN CITY 19TH GRAND ANNUAL PICNIC AND EXCURSION —or THE— AUSTRIAN MILITARY AND BENEVO- LENT ASSOCIATION, In their Elegant New Agricuitural Park, San Jose SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1597, Tickets: Adults, $1, including admission to the Parc: children: Timn teaves inird and Townsend sts. at 9:30: stops at Twenly-fit:h and Vaiencia sts. a: 9:40. EL CAMPO, THE POPULAR BAY RESORT, NOW OPEN EVERY SUNDAY DURING THE SEASON. Music, Dancingz, Bowling, Boat- ing, Fishing and Other Amusements. Refieshments a; City prices. fare, round trip, 25¢, Calldren 15¢; inciuding admission to grounds, THE STEAMEER UKIAH Wl leave Tiburon Ferry a: 1 i 12:10, THE AUDITORIUM. R C. Whiteand F. C. Lessees & Mgrs. Will reopen 8s & permanent Family Theater, devoted to Buriesque Fuiry Exiravaganza snd Comedy, THURSD:\Y - JUNE 10, With & Sup:rb Production of the Popular Spec- tacular Burlesqu, “THE WOXDERFUL LAMP!”| Matinee Suturday. Prices 10c, 25¢, 50¢. SOMETHING NEW EVERY WEEK. THE CHUTES. | out. ' Itis only in play, I tell myseif, but ob! kind Saint.Unu, you who had no fear of lions, I pray you give Aagie back her beads quickly. Send her tome, Saint Unas I do not crave for a martyr's crow:. Una heeds not mv appeal, and Duke, | who doesn’t know_his own strengih, ve: SRR AR v} erowl thar ought to bring assistance, tug | 070 GREDN and s | do=s not, he puts a great paw in my lap | WILL SPaR FOUR EOUNDS on the Open Air Stage. and stretches up his tawny head, with its | = g gleamiug eves toward my face. 1 gaze at | oo aaa Commnmns . os OF | (Deazu), Mrs, MacGavin; “The King of (Mary c.vmmn'f, b airs—“The Lament of Owen Mos Nelll” (Stanford) by requesi; “'Tis) 2:00 and 4:00 2. M. Re‘urniog, leave ki Campo a0 11:10 & X, 100, 3300 aud 5:00 7. him fascinated. His paw is wider than Children 5o wy hand, and I take six and a quarter in Admission 10c. Company in “*THE PRISONER OF Z8XDA!” i