The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 17, 1897, Page 29

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 27 BY ASHTON STEVENS. EMPEROR FROHMAN, THE SYNDICATE AND OTHER THEATRICAL CURIOSITIES. tmmmmmwumwwmumum&mmmw 20200089 Mr. Frobman is not unexpected. Earlier in the year it was hinted that San Fran- vi wiped off the Fronman . seas has started | ulence for the outtook of ¢ large, has never ything eise capricious pla\zuer. Mr. dicate is a busy, busi time nor instinct on. If, as he says, rent Lis old plays, that bag at the the cheap stock companies of incisco—to the stock companies of , Alcazar, Morosco’s’ and ater-—and collect fat roval- hy should he send John Drew nvire Theater Company across ins at an expense of $5000 for the There is no stock company at the phe but Mr. Frohman does not care whether there is or not. He says the people of San Franci-co like cheap shows, the critics like cheap shows, and write for hei: ewspapers that the local stock comp give cheap performances which ar» better than Mr. Frohman’s ex- vensive offerin “‘Hereafter,”” s: Mr. Frohm: nstead of sending my com- cross the plains, I will open the London with them.’ id before, Mr. Frohman_is not 1. While he was in London he cabled to the New York column and a healf of personal . Mr. Frohman was the success of Wi m G co nor mouey for flirta m, ries last , L sesson Her with Secret Service”’ at the Adelphi, aud bis jubilantdispateh said that he had been offered the managemenut of one of | London, 1e Adelphi, 1d was st theaters in regular seasons at deville and Garrick thea ly waiting for the consent of Daniel | Fronman and Al Hayman and other brothers of the blood and syndicate to | r the center of his operations to sh capital. Nor @id Mr. Fron- | Napoleonic ambition stop with He was giving some attention , to a branch enterprise in Pari where Sarah Bernhardt would be of service to bim in the capacity of partner | nt, and he might be induced to in- de Berlin in the grand cizcuit. These all were to be devoted to the pro- of American plays, rendered into German for Mr. Fronman's Continen the 'mlm\ ers of his four London plav This, of course, would leave M Frotiman very little time for New Yor nothing of such distant American vinces as San Francisco. - Now Charies Frouman and Dantel Frohman and Al Hayman are the big trinity of the syndicate. The other gen- tlemen who are in on the combination langer, Messrs. Nerdlinger and Inese managers con- of the first-class theatri- the country. Fiity of s are absolutely theirs; t to their dicta- | m that to pro- Rich Mr. Zimmerm trol ne-tenth cal attractions ot best thea ee bundred If it occurred n tion. Frank Clayton, Alcazar, tect their power it would be necessary to make the iours of such actor-managers as | say Nat Goodwin and Joseph Jefferson as uncomiortable as possible, they have | quite the means to effect the discomfort. Tnhey have made it to the interest of many American stars to play undaer syn- aicate protection A\xd as the Bildwin Theatér belongs to the Columbia (even co imporizant entire season wit chances for seeing strictly first. shows depend on whather Mr. Frohman w.il take back his awful vow. As a man of business he has the right to discontinue the account of any one who does not bring him vrofit. The Baldwin Theater has cost bim $100.000 in ihe last two seasons, he says. Mr. Bouvier told me that the first profitable show the Badwin had boused 1n fourtsen months was “The Heart of Maryland.”” Thereare mome: nts when San Francigco may be called “‘jay with painful sccuracy. Mr. Frohman says that Henry Irving plaved a short sea- | sesc) nere to a business of $60.000, and | that the Frohman-Hayman prolits on tle | season were exacily $2. 11 this ve trae, | ment, season at the Grand Opera- 1se broke ILrving’s American record. here was not sardine space during the engagement. His managers knew the capacity of the house, the prices, the fii- 1\ 'nr-s of tie people. Yet, the then | " Irving exceeded the most sanguine | *xlvt‘ulnuun(; and $250 was the sum profit. Thi: should go on record as one of Mr. Frohman’s errors ratber than as one of ours. syndicate, and as | 1dit smuggle in an two) has booked its dol'ar astractions, our 1t was due to bad business man The Irving h **x In looking back over the past season 1| can see but one case of offensive unappre- ciztion on the part of the peopls of San Francisco. That is the case of Jobn Drew and “Eosemary.” The comedy was un- vretentious-and beantiful, Isabelle Irving zot along amazingly well in the part that Maude Adamns had made her own in New York and Drew acted twoout of a possibie ihree acts with delicate art, and did so well with the exnibition of mumbling, musging nd makeup in the an e-climac- XEW TO-DAY—-AMUSEMENTS. e URSO CONCERTS—GOLDEN GATE HALL. TO-NIGHT—TO-NIGHT. Last Appearance of the Great Violinist CAMILLA URSO! THIS SUNDAY EVENING AT 8:15. Tickeis $1. On sale afier 1 2, . st the Hall, rdicate does | had | ets and into English for | | tion of Murger's Quartier Latin_classic | | Mr. krohman and his co-man | the best o! teric aiterinde that several of our cri calicd him to his face a great character actor. Bt “‘Rosemary” did not pay, and Mr. Frohman was rightly offen-ed. | The Lyceum s s year did not pay either, for reasons that are not wholly | ours, “The First C leman of Europe” | and “The Maytlower” were failures in New York, bu’ even that fact did not save them here. They were cheap, mushy plays, indifferentiy acted by a company that was the worst the Lrceum Theater l‘)mi ever banded. *‘The Prisoner vl 7 da part. “‘The Late Mr. Costello’’ was a good farce, but not so good as “‘Christopher | Jr.” which vlayed against itat the Colum- | bia, and which, whatever the shortcomings | of the Frawley'company in point of stage direction and polite deportment, was acted by Worthing, Miss Bates, Miss | Wellis and others of the company in_bet- | ter comic spirit than Hackett, Miss Man.'| nering and the other Lyceum folk could | possibly hope to give to their work. | If comparisons were drawn between |the two companies at this varticu- { lar time. they were just and timelyv. No | one could have compared the Colum- | bia’s ¢*Christopher Jr.”” with tue original | nnie and Arthur Dunn, Baldwin production, John Drew and Maude Adams, under the direction of Charles Frohmun.. And ) Froh will member that this pl ch he kept valised for three y firs w tire light in San F where it was applauded—and s nuiled him through a bard season in New ork, Thoe last Empire season was a bad one because the piays were notenticing. *“Ibe B nefit of the Doubt’” was abnormally Pinerotic; “Bohem:s” wasa loose adapta- that had been put on in New York to | \ catch the tail end of tue ““Triiby” fad, and “Tne Masqueraders” was a wild, meio- dramatic sermon by Jones, abominably acted. L of ques- tion—it wa piec ve the acting out good in the first tw the season fell flat because the plays were | poor. | Mr. Frohman touches gently on the | recent Crane seasor, saying be had to pay | Crane extra mouey to get pim to make | the coast trip. Crane’s failure was due to |abad piay and bad management. The | second Monday of his engagement saw | | the premiere ot **A Virginia Courts:ip,”’ | a stage-manager’s medley of the thinzs which other authors had so memorably that even the darke playgoer of to-day could put his finger on every scene in th dan!” or “Bo ! with unerring trutb. And in tne face of | | ridicule and smail houses this siage- | manager's drram was permitted to run two weeks and to crowd out the perform- ances of “The Seautor’—the most popu- | lar thing of Crane’s life—which had been | advertised for the last week of the season. rs may | have lost $100,000 in San Francisco, but | Mr. Frohman sbould not forget toshare eome of the respousibility with his au- thors, his actors and himself. e Mr. Frohman is neither aa Angustin Daly nor a Ricnard Mansfield. With him artis an after-consideration; he deals in plays and players as he might deal in dry | goods or eggs. He is never deliberately | inartistic, according to his own lights, anc he is aiways a shrewd business man to ‘his abilities. His stan iard is the box office, and for most of the time we had seen before; the second time | it was furiously over-acted in nearly every | Orpheum. tics 1 he can supply most of the people with | most of the plays. Mr. Frohman has lost money here. So have other merchants. If of late his wares nave not sold as readily as usual it is as reasonable to question their quality as the market’s appreciation. Mr. Frotman says he preters London for his American productions. What will London say about this? In London there are many kinds of theaters. There is a theater there presided over by Henry Irving, another managed by Charles Wyndham, anotner in the hands of Beer- bonm Tree. Thes-three, and other smaller ones, have made playgoing pleasurable for literate men and women. These men are managers in the true sense—as en- thusiastic in their art as the often misled Richard Manstieid is in his. They are cultivated actor-managers of the first rate, who have the first call on the master- pieces, or what are intended to be the masterpieces, of the living English dramatists. Mr. Frohman’s enterprises will not cope with those of the men I na mentioned. He has had the big plays of England for American production, but he will not get them for ! produc known t William on in England, even though he is e as the success'ul managsr of illette’s “‘Secret Service.” Noris A Scene From ¢ the one given by |there any reason to believe that enough | ke comfortable seasons for hi four London playhouses. ‘‘Secret Seryice’’ was his high card, and it has been played. There may be another fortune in “Too Much Johnson” and “The First Born,” but these plays are conspicuous for their difference from the rest of the American outpat, and bad Amer can plays bave al- ready been tried n England. Mr. Frobman has long held a monopoly of the American theater by diligentiy purchasing every Euglish play of note he cou d lay hands on. Now the suc- cess of “'Secret Service” has awakened his patriotism. He will assail Europe with mo native drama and close up San Fran. It be should come out of all this a r, sadder man, he will always find de open for a good ctors, be they American 10 questions asked. nwhile T suppose there is nothing the local critic 10 do but write plays z00d sh, and lef for Mr. Frohman's Earopean t.eaters. e Speaking of American dramatists, it is | i | sad to note that one of the best of them, Augustus Thomas, has taken to boiling | the pot. On two occasions, wituin as many weeks, Mr. Thomas has been repre- sented at the Columbia by new plays which do not do bim proud. His latest venture, “The Hoosier Doctor,” is a harmless anti- dote against the gaudy Tenderloinism of “Don’t Teil Her Husband,” but detracis from his reputation as an im- portant playwriter. It sounds agamn in careiess paraphrase the notes of “In | Mizzoura,” and considerably cheapens the beauty and distinction of that master- piece. Mr. Thomas seems to have no rev- erence for ““In Mizzoura.” He oiviously worked a portion of it over again in drematizing the ‘“Chimmie Fadden skeicues, and in “The Hoosier Doctor” he wuses aboui ail tnat was I chould think he would Jeave “Liting” of his plays to other crafts men. There is no special virtue in every man being his own Belasco. Stiil, for playgoers “The Hoosier Doctor’ will have a quiet charm that 18 much its own. Inthese days, when the tyrant hana of Frohman gathe of the first rate can bae | it | lett. | the | videnc: againstus, I | remem ber-with regret-that **In Mizzoura” was not wantonly patronized when Nat Goodwin played it at the Baldwin iwo years ago. He came in the summertime, I believe, while the town was at the seaside, and the surcastic box- office aluded to the piece as an “artistic success.” It was a.great play—the best of Americad, to my thinking, until “Secret Service,”” which Mr. Frohman promises not to send .to the cbast, proves itself a better one. Bui 1f Augustus Tnomas does not want (o be known as the man- who-was he must write something new. There is nothing ie! x of “In Mizzoura.”’ «* In Mr. Powe:s' Chinatown melodrama Ban Fraucisco returns Mr. Frohman a | kiss for a blow. “The First Born” has | sola out the ~Manhattan Theater seats for several weeks in advance; “The Cat and the Cherub” has been taken down at Hammerstein’s; the people are engaged by tne curious litila play; and for the mos. -part the critics have been kind | without being gushing. Mr. Winter of the Tribune says: *Itis the absence of any striving after effect that makes Mr. Powers' little play so effective. The acting of the prineipal | members of the cast 1scharacterized by the same restraint that influenced the making of the play. Mr. Dithmar describes the piece without much comment and says, in his review in the Times: *“A party of ‘white devils’ is slumming in Chinatown that night. The spectator feels that he is one of the party, and en- joys special privileges.” = The Herald praises both *“The First Born’ and “A Night Session,” the farce which Peter Robertson adapted irom tne French, and which precedes Powers’ play on the bill. “The success of both was immediate and unquestionable,” says the Herald notice, “even though the Chinese play was a trifle Friends *’ at Morosco’s. | | favor in the house of disappcinting in the dramatic forceful- | ness of the finale.” The Sun thinks a better comvany might | bhave been organized in New York and says the piay is classible as a melodram ts incidents of ordinary theatrical value | are only two or three—the stealing of a| | little child irom its father by its disgraced | | mother, the recovery ot the dead body of | the chila by tue faiher after it had been killed in the struggle for po session, and the assassination of the mother’s para- mour by the single stroke of a hatchet wielded by the father's hand. These things | | are d e in the | teral manner of Ibsen [?] | and Maeterlinck, boldly and grimly. With- | outiliustrativeadjuncis and the creation of | what is commonly called ‘atmosphere’ the play would make no deep impression.”” Considering the other piece, the same critic writes: “The actors made of ‘A ight Session’ a diversion of a kind that New Yerk azrees with Paris in supporting, no matter what staid condemners of its realiy reprehensible character may ny‘ about it.” Out of consideration for the good per- sons who read him in the Chronicle, Peter | Robertson does not programme himself as the adapier of the naughiy *Night Ses- | | sion.”” But a man’s sins will find him | out. Anyhow I am glad to see two 2iti- | zens of San Francisco doing something to keep the wolf from Frohman’s door. ASHTON ST The Baldwin. Charles Frohman offers us at the Bald- | win Theater to-morrow night Edward Ros's adaptation of Staniey Weyman’s “Under the Red Robe.”” The romantic, or | the Frohmantic, drama is always accepi- able here when itis well done and if tms should prove a good play weil acted the town will undoubtedly turn out in big numbers and the lauzh will be on Mr. Frohman. Iiit shouid prove to be other- wise than gooa entertsinment the town | will go 10 the cheaper theaters instead of the Baldwin, and the laugh will be on Mr. Frohman. The play ran for over 300 nighnts at the Empire Theater. We do not get the Emnite company, but toat does not matter, so long as the players can act. The Empire and the Lycevm | NS, A Pretty Situation in ““ The Geisha’’ at the Tivoli have become ambiguous names within the last year. M-. Rose’s adaptation is said to closely foliow the book, with some little change in the first scene and some softening of the character of Gil de Berault, co that it may have all the virtues of a hero. Nearly every one has read the book and will re- | member the story of Gil de Berault, cam- bler and gentleman, who is calied *‘Black Death” in compliment of his expert and merciless swordsmanship. He kills en Englishman in a duel after duelling has been proscribed by Richelieuy, and to save ; his life_azrees to undertake the undigni- fied mission of establishing himself in an enemy of the Cardinal, so astotake thisenemy prisoner. He partiaily fulfils his mission, then falls in love with the intended victim’s sister and does what a Weyman hero should do under such circumstances. Hampton, Giles Shine, Wi'liam Milion Lipman, i Ed bauser, Marie Anderson and Loile Eddin- ger are of the company which will present the piece. in Than- The Golumbia. The Columbia Theater management announces that it has been very fortunate in selecting the comedian, Digby Bell, in “The Hoosier Doctor,”’ to inaugurate the regular opening of the season. Naturally any play that follows *‘Sue” and bears the name of Augustus Thomas would be held up to the higher standard of criticism, and “The Hoosier Doctor,”” while “Sue’ nor representative of Thomas in his best inventive vein, is full of dry Thomasonian humor that is irresistibie; and some of the characters human. ‘The mother-in-law, played by Laura Joyce, is the admiration of the audience | are very Digby Bell “in “The Hoosier Doctor >’ at the Columbia. every night. ‘I'ne noveity has yet worn off the actress who sacri- fices every charm of personal sym- pathy to make her role nearer (o truih and perfection. Digby Bell bas wany moments of easy quaint comedy in the part of the doctor, ana the only ad- verse criticisiz that can justly be given his work is that he scores the points of the olay a little too obviously—a fault easily remedied. “The Hoosier Doctor” plays all of this week at the Columbia, not neither a | 1 | | | | to be followed by *“An American Beauty,” la very lizcht and spectacular opera, in | whicli Lilfian Russell was well received at the Casino last season. The Galifornia. On Tuesday night the Calif ornia will be city of Xaver Scharwenkas, court pianist to the Emperor of Russia. The follow- ing are Scharwenka’s selections' for the first concert: Fantasie Op. 49.) .Chopin Beethoven Liszt Ricordanza. Fest overtur Staceato-Etnaa Two Polish dance; The Tivoli. A production of special significance will be given at the Tivoli to-night—the great | New York and London success. “The two acts. It will be presented by special arrangement with Augustin Daly, whs owns the American rights, and Edwin Scevens, Mm was prominent in the cast New York performances, will play his orizinal part of the pompous Marqu's Tmari. Tue first scene is the cunrt of the tea nese town that lies just beyond the treaty | hmits. The officers of H. M S. Turtle | come a-visiting ihe Gei-ha eirls, and one officer in p: ular, a Lieutenant Regi- nald Fairfax (plaved by Robert Dunbar), becomes so enamored of one of these | girls, O Mimosa San (played by the debu- | tante, Miss Florence Waicott), as to al- most forget that he is betrothed to a dashing English girl named Moliy Lea- more (plaved by the new soubrette, Miss Edith Hull). Mouily turns up in anxn public auciion, along with O Mimosa San. The Marquis Imari, in love with O Mi- {mosa himseif, has schemed in this manner to possess uimself of her charms. O Mimosa is bought by | Lady Constantine (Miss Tillie Salinger) lighted for the first piano recital in this | X. Scharwenka | Geisha,” a Japanese musical comedy in | Bouse of Ten Thousend Joys, near a Jipa | and, disguized as a Geisha girl, is sold at | in her disguise is knocked and Molly down to the Marguis, Act II takes place in th palace carden where the Marquis is giving a cirysanthemum fete in honor | of his approaching marriage with O Rolli Polll San, otherwise Molly. But the Mar- gms dzmns are frustra‘ed by O Mimosa, .disguised as a fortune-teller, and a French girl (played by Miss Georgie Cooper). | And after many comnplications all are a ranged into well assortea pairs. The music may be vouched for in advance as excellently catchy, for ths score has preceded the production by several months. The lyrics are delizhie fully outof the common, and the book is said totell the story amusingly. Special scenmery an: costumes have been made aiter the London models; the chorus will number twenty-four girls, and the or= chesira will be enlarged. *The Geisha” at the Tivoli promises to be one of the events of ihe season. The Alcazar. The little company at the Alcazar will play to-morrow night ome of the best pieces that evercame into the hands of Charies Frohman: William Gillette's “Too Much Jobnson,” a farce which the author played at the Baldwin season before last, anc which, for plain farce of the best order, never been surpassed. The story m\;,nt be called the bu- morous iragedy of a fiar. Bill. ings, the central character, is the most | fluent prevaricator that ever trod the boards. He crosses the sea on a raft burlt of lies, and when tuis sinks he walks ~enely on the water in a miracle. But this is metaphor. Too Much Johnson"” emands clever stace management, for | much of its fun is purely sicuational. The | stage management has been attended to | by George E. Lask, who knows his busi- ness. The scenes of the interior of the | steamship and the Cuban plantation have | been painted here. Fred Strong has been especially engaged | for the part of Johnson, and Wright Hunt- ngton is cast for Billings. | The Orpheum. A big list of attractions is contained in the Orphenm offering for to-morrow Scene From ‘‘Under the Red Robe’’ at the Baldwin, (Monday) night. Foremost among them are Arthur and Jennie Dunn, the diminu- | tive comedy duo. Arthur Dunn was last seen here in Henderson's ‘Sinbad,” in which he was a hit, and Jennie is said to be a talented soubrette and dancer. Ola | Hayden, acontra-tenor vocalist,is pledged to be the possessor of a phenomenal voice, both in range and qualitv. Edna Collins, whistler, is a pretty petite yotng woman, said to be the best woman whistler afte> | Miss Shaw. Joe Havden and Queen | Hetherington, society sketch artists, coms plete the list of new people. Provo, the jugcler, is one of the best that have ever npvelred here. He is re tained. P.ess Adl‘lage “‘Mother Hub- bard Monologist,” has caught on well and keeps the audience laughing for over thirty minutes. He will have a new lot | of songs and a vew stock of talk this week. | The dancing and tumbling act of O’Brien and Havel is still a hit nightly., They | will be seen acain the coming week in conjunction with John J. Welck, eccen- | tric dancer, and the Adoiphi Trio. The | boys’ band is approaching its last week. | After the Orpheum engagement it will tour the country concertizing. | The Grand. “‘Friends,” a comedy ¢rama, by Edward Milton Royle, will be nresen!ed at Moros- | co’s to-morrow night. . H. Pasco will | play Jack Paden, the max\ whose fidelity to his friend, Adrian Karje,.furnishes the theme of the drama. The luaicrous strug- gles of the two young men to preserve appearances under adverse circumstances, furnish the comedy element, which is of a refived and refreshing variety. The i plot is a strong one and contains many | romantic _incidents and pathetic situa- tions. Miss Hall, Mortimer Snow, Butler, | Nicholson and Miss Atwood appear in the cast, and a good performance of a delight= ful play is promised, Sutro Baths. To-day’s programme at the baths ane nounces the acis of Merton ana Martin, Trixeda, 00 and Be!l and Charmion. [Continued on Page Thirty.) FRANCISCO. CAL. estag. 12887, [0S ANGELES CAL. esus. 1554 GUSTAV WALTER. Director-G *neral. WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 h FEN NI | S—NEW -DUNN ™ EUROPE »nd AM?: THE DIMINUTIVE COMEDY DUO. Miss OLA. AYDEN ’IHn R=NOWNED .AND SOCIETY Tremendous Success of P-R-O-V-O PRESS ELDRIDG CON :RA TENOR. Teax STARS—63| 1 NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. ALCAZAR ™lmqiii™ TO-NIGHT—LAST OF PINIX DOMINOES H b GREAT SPE LAY BILL! | Beginning TO-MORROW (Monday) NIomT and all the week, with usual Ladies’ and Chil- dren’s Matinee Saturday. —A LAUGH IN EVERY LINE.— William Gilleite's Comeds Masterplece, the play over which New York anda London laughed for bundreds of nights, ‘ TOO MUCH JOHNSON. UNSURPASSED PRODUCTION ASSURED. SPECIAL 5435 s VIRONMENTS ! IT 1S IKRESISTIELY FUNNY. Price: include 2 Roaven uat }80¢, 35c, 25¢ or 15e. Seats reserved—Phone Main 254. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS [Ak MAYMAN “'I 1) C° NCORP'D la) EATRE W PROPS. TO-MORROW CHARLES (MONIDAY), TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME, “My Friend From India.” October 18, PROHEHMAN Presents the Brilliant Romance, UNDER RED ROBE. THE Adapted by EDWAKD ROE f om the Novel by Stanley Werman, as performed for oyer 300 nigs 8 &’ tue Lmp.re Theater, New York. CAST 1 UDVS—William Morris, Hamp:on, Lorle Eddinger, Olive Cro ! Gies Sbine Miiton Lipman, Franz McGlyns, Mary rs. Whistling Artiste. HETHERTON' Que=n SKETCH ARTISTS. Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Fun. The World-R-nowned Juggler. OBRIEN_550 I-I.A.VEI_.. JOHN J WELCH axo THE ADOLPHI TRIO NINTH WhEK OF THE MUSI EKNABRN i sew Selections Krom I L SENSATION OF THE CITY. ALTER’s OWN IMPORTAT ON. (-US"AV THE KAPRKI.I ) heir smmense sepercoire. MATINEE HS (SUNDAY) M'I[IINOON. Parquet, any seat, 25c; Balcony, any seat, 10¢; Children, t) 100, TIVOLIOPERA-HOUSE Mus ERNESTINE KEELING, Froprietor & Managec THIS EVENING | OPENING COMI!C OPERA SEASON1! The Triumph of Two Continents. The Japanese Mu:ica! Comedy, The Gelsha! A TALE OF A 1E\HOUSE. (By Special Arrangement With Augustin Daly) SUPBEKEB CAST. Inciuding Mr. Edwin Stevens Miss Florence Wolcott Mr. Robert Dunbar Miss Edith Hait fr. Thos. C. Leary liss Tillie Salinger Iir. Phil Branson Miss Georgie Cooper ETC. Splendid Chorus, Excellent Orchestra Magnificent Scenery, Coscumes and Effects From ihe lldall Models. Populat Prices......25¢ and 50c. OBERON. GRAND CONCERT EVERY EVENING BY STARK'S. ;. VIENAA ;. ORCHESTRA ! EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL EVENT! First Symphony Concert of the Season. FRITZ SCHEEL! FRITZ SCHEEL! And an Orchestra of 50 Selected Musiians. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE, Tnursday Afternoon - - October 21 AT 3 0’'CLOCK. ——A RARE PROGRAMME.—— Reserved Seats. . General Adulssion 76c and $1 ...50c Beats now on Sale &t Sherman, Clay & Co's. THE CHUTES AND FREE THEATER Every Afternoon and Evening, ADGIE AND HER LIONS. THE ORIGINAL GIRARDS ! VAN BROS., Musical Comedians. HELENE MIGNON, DescriptiveVoealist ANTONLO, European Equilibris I——AND-— THE CHUTEOSCOPE.—— SPECTAL—The LionS will ba fed on the stage’ every evening. Admission to all 10¢, Children 3o. SUTRO BATHS. This Afternoon_(Suan yg‘ Oct. 17 1 meun.:munugaq L fio‘;l Special n uaLic D) s TRIXEDA, b The Peerless Contortion Dacer. ——ORO & BELL. CHA' MION, —— 50-Yard, Dash for Boys Under 16. Three Vaiuable Prizes. apmssion 10¢, cmiLureEN 5c, Bathisg, with admission, 25¢; children, 20c. NEW TO-DA!—AMUSEHE"& FRIEDANIER.GOTTLOD & o+ 1333 40 MAAGERS -+ DID YOU HEAR WHAT : A: TRIUMPH THEHOOSIER DOCTOR Made the fiist wee ? To-morrow commences the secon:i and last week of America’s favorite comedian, MR. DIGEBY BELT. ‘The cOmpany supporting him prociaimed tne best seeu here (his season. October 25—First Production here of the Beau- tiful Comic Upera, ——%AN AMEKICAN BEAUTY." — MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. WALTEL MOROSCO. .. >0le Lessee aud Manager Last Two Performances of “The White Squadron !" Cgmmencing To-Morgw, Uct 18, ——WILL H. PAi(/UlL-—- In the ;puknnn,ompd -Drama, Crisp Wi—+¢ ERLEN —Cleyer Comedy “It can be recommended as a strong play.—S. By Chionicle. —_— : Evening Prices—10c,-25¢ and 50c. M o i sundav. Every sSatu BASEBALL. RECREATION PARK, Eighth and Harrison Sts. CALIFORNIA STATE SERIES, STOCKTONS OLYMPICS TO-DAY AT 2:15 P. M, ANNA MILLER WOO. CONCERT ASSOCIATION. AUDITORIUM. FRIDAY EVENING. OUTOBER 22. 15 L. F. HRINE, MR, S HOMER fi.En;ll?g.{',y‘llhks CARMICHAKL CARK and MT8S M. L. HEINE. Tickets, 75¢ (including re- served seat), ac San €rancisco’ Music and Fiane | Company, 226 Sutter st