The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1897, Page 27

g . HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, JNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 189 HOYT ® D . THE WAR DR war drama is the bad have made of the best material. A hundred should have come an war. We have , unless it be “Ala- play, that hinges but on the rebellion. Think of the patriotism, sentiment, sacri- spectacle that could have been 1 in an Americ war play by matic artist @ say, k of sychology of yrejudice, passion man drama, beautiful, the Ame that I kn a Tot > been dra- ot from such pre- am Archer said in “Ala- ssed genuine ele- It was a war of free a; of ideals, not of or rac hatreds.” the stage is conp 1ight as well have had no - 0 >, T have not seen ‘‘Secret to be the real n Bronson How- r chromo of the late and I remune 1derstanding Messrs. equally our mis but he roach The s sub- wwious and possit burlesques anything ed them as nd held them of a laugh- that Mr. er than of the age, the American may be that he has modestly desp of funnier than they tale) from the Davi I and Willi humor of this 1. Mr. How univ in fair pre h; but I have that is not a swords There about this S0 annoy for t by its unco That is why 1 e Mr. Hoyt take the All war plays look d (or ksure, vhich mood n- f, and but it a very 1 vulgar, he is being funny. compar playing in t the ( rnia, and ) ompany at > Alcazar is “The Girl I Left t know whic as being but the actir and the ,' in Mr. ess of b than it was and altogether it is a more even pe formance. However, I should not care to go on record applauding the ng more than the to present a s that to them is forced and un- nial at the best. What ails the Alca plip Gy Y B W ge management for one thing, & tances of bad acting Y f the bad acting is 1 suppose, in the circum- e company d the larg ast: but the wrong stage for n , at the hand , from whom we have reason better things. Mr. Thall, the of the Al ar, assures me Mr. Paulding comes of a long line and even hints that jerick Paulding ha present at an is . I sing. " "This accounts for Mr. Paulding’s in- ability ‘to simulate the mere oratori- ¢al stage variety of the red man. I wonder if the unusual private soldiers /1o are real Indian fighters? I PP The best work of the Alcazar is done Ly Wright Huntington, a natural but sdmetimes unnecessarily. rude actor, who on this occasion plays the hero with happy off-hand address and not too much elocution. hiiss Gertrude .r would better moderate that otional whine. It is not a vital at- tribute to heroism, and it stands, I think, between her and a liberally promising actress. . The only musical happening of con- sequence since Scheel’s wonderful play- Hoyt, who is a 3ehind | wrong | " DOHERTY’ O O OO O O OO S OB O S O U M O S O O S S S S O S S S O O O O S ORI U SR O O M O W OMI O O O O O O O S0 U O NP srespect for the | ing f the C minor symphony has been 3osworth’s review of the C minor ymphony. Under the head, “‘Sweet Music, But Rather Out of Tune,” he writes for the Examiner: But it is m respectfully submitted He: whether the eli-known works of Bee- | thoven with all their i Jle beau- ties and antiquated ¢ might not politely give p ng more re- | cent, more g and less hac! neyved, While there is uch a w modern orchest draw, tracti 1 work from w that is likely to be fres! and at- and is better adapted to the of the pre might suspect that compositio ver the output of such wri Tschatkowski, Glodmark et al. Considering’ the ample encouragement offered by the public, it behooves M Scheel to br ménu up to a high 1 f s, and spare no pa o the succeeding ten con- as ingenuousand truly Bosworthtan ian estimate of Beethoven has caused the knotted and combined locks of the local musical world to part and each particular hair to stand on end like quills upon the fretful porcupine. Up in the mysterious chamt of tk hatchetmen are in the Argonaut Donald m prods the music critic of the aminer with massive Britis! under the title of “Beethoven versus Bosworth”; in the Post musical doctor tor Stewart deals him a dignified and then rises to the defense town. Says Stewart: Musicians’ Union the drawing lots de V. Gr In th e entire round of a musical critic's there is no more unplez - I uch matters it there are occ of public duty com- | 1t, and judging n which has gon n account of a re en’s fifth sym- point where e howl o p In musica aterloo in Oak- nad to travel to he understood 1 merely reflects the in ion of the writer, t which will ted by ¢ musical be ac- | c- | ritic at an | g 10 a prom- | sted by cal culture, it is our duty to protest with all the energy at command. I notice the programme for Thurs- s concert includes the “Egmont overture, and as this piece of music is from the same hand that scored the C minor symphony I should advise Boz’s friends to restrain him from attend- | ing. The overture is even less valu- able than the symphony, and a con- sistent criticism of it in the Examiner might tend to inflame the superstition that in the abrupt cessation of the life and letters of Herr Bosworth lies the musical salvation of the town. 1 hope Bosworth will be induced to stay at home Thursday; he needs more time on earth; he is hardly prepared to meet his Beethoven. ASHTON STEVENS. Baldwin. Monday night Friedlander, Gottlob & Co. will assume formal control of the Baldwin Theater. Their first offering will be Stuart Robson in “The Juck- lins,” a new play by Augustus Thom- as, author of “In Mizzoura” and “Ala- JANE ‘WH\TEECK ] AT GAY LCONEY ISLANDS COLUMBIA MASTER ARNOLD vivoLrs —— bama.” The play is built on Opie Read’s novel by the same name, and it is said of Mr. Thomas that he has caught the spirit that made the story popular. It is a story of rural life in North Carolina, where in certain com- munities the old prejudices still rulesu- MA, > o (O nOn OuCan OO O nO s O O2nO a0l O BY ASHTON STEVENS. perior to reason, where romance runs | riot, and love, chivalry, honor, hatred, | revenge and other primitive passions | are still jncluded in the moral code. These districts offer both novelist and | his characterization of the part is quaint and lovable; that his warm personal magnetism suns itself in the character of the old rustic, and that the picture furnishes the stage with a com- panion and a foil to the now historic “Bertie, the Lamb.” Mr. Robson’s company has been es- specially engaged. Prominent among its members are: Edwin Holt, Thomas A. Wise, Lewis Carpenter, John Web- ster Jr., James Keefe and Ogden Stev- ens; Miss Lida McMillan, Miss Gert- rude Perry, Miss Edna Brothers, Mrs. Charles and Mrs. Stuart Robson. Galifornia. The Frawleys play “Shenandoah” at the California for the last time this | oo OCreoso, i DGE CA NARESKE RR | | playwriter wonderful suggestions for rugged character studies, and it is of such strong material, enlivened by a qu icate humor, that “The Jucklins™ aid to be fashioned. Stuart Robson departs from the usu- evening. To-morrow night Augustin Daly’s “International Match,” a play which has not been seen in San Fran- cisco since it was given here at the l;‘:fld\\'ln by the Daly Company more t i | | | | | an nine years ago, will [ thy | al to enter this field. He has won his i The Diay s from the spurs in another and widely different an of Schonenthal and has one. He is a favorite in the ways of s proved to be one of the most success worldly comedy, with neat little fyl of the Daly adaptations. A story touches of redeeming pathos. And to that has not been heard for nine years this work Mr. Robson brings a pecu- liar individuality which to many thea- ter-goers is extremely fascinating. As Lem Jucklin, a North C i It is said, will bear to be told again. “An Inter- national Match” has to do with the American vagabondage of Clive, Lord Ravenstoke, who is wanted at home in Old England by the Duke of Ports- a surprise. O OO ppO 2p 0 2n O2nOan O 2O n O O, AND BOSWORTH AND BEE | bloodhounds, 00O O O OO OO ZnOan O, THOVEN | 104 mouth to be married off, whether he will or no, to an English woman of title. The Duke sends Sir John Smyth- Chumley to W York to look up Ravenstoke and also to hunt for a young American girl . of English barentage who has fallen heir to a fortune. It is with this young woman that Clive has discovered himself in love and the fun of the play hangs on his efforts to win the girl, to elude Sir John Smyth-Chumley, to cover his own identity and to avoid matrimony with the English title. A little more amuse- | ment is contributed by the puggish importance of the English Embassa- | dor, and all ends well for the lovers and the audience in the usual tidy lit- te Daly “tag.” The various parts have been happily distributed among the Frawleys, with Worthing and Miss | Bates in the respective roles of Raven- stoke and Do Golumbia. | ‘What is pledged to be a good comic show and a howling satire on life at a famous 'New York outing place is | Mathews & Bulger's “At Gay Coney Island,” which commences a Wweeks' engagement at the Columb to-morrow night. Coney Island has many imitators, but still it stands alone. It is a bedlam of str: nge sounds, a cyclone of free-and-easy fun and a continucus explosion of musi If the authors have somewhat modi- fied these charms in translating them to the stage this need not rob the pic- ttire of its attractiveness. Mathews and Bulger, who plead guilty of the authors are young men well known in the stern_ vaudeville houses for clever parodiesand musical skits. They are said to contribute largely to the playing of the piece. | An uncommon feature of this farce, | so it is said, is the wealth of scenic embellishment that is lavished on each of the three acts, g g them such settings as seldom are seen outside of big melodramatic or spectacular pro- ductions. Great stress is placed upon the Coney “Island sce h, sides revealing the fe: his original lures for extracting the yokel's dimes ,shows the shooting of the chutes at full action. h, be- ive “spieler” in Morosco's. | The next week production at Moros- co’s will be an elaborate revival of Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” with a grand apotheosis in the last act, as the spectacular attraction. There will be trick donkeys, jubilee singers and negro specialties till you can’t rest, introduced to allow .the dear souls who al ‘weep over the O OB OSOSOSOSOSOSO - tribulations of Uncle Tom and the ethereal sweetness of Little Eva a chance to r perate and wipe away the tears. Will H. Brady, the creator of “The Porter of a Pullman Palace Car,”- “I'm a Dandy, But I'm No Dude” and other well-known songs, has been especially engaged. to play the part of Uncle Tom. With Maude Edna Hall as Topsy, Baby Ruth as | Little Eva, Julia Blanc as Aunt Chloe and the other members of the com- pany well cast it is expected that the production will be one of the best ever seen here, Alcazar. “The Girl T Left Behind Me” will run another week at the Alcazar. The management expended considerable energy in staging the production h | holiday embellishments and the public ! has been suff | warrant carrying the piece up to the iently appreciative to beginning of the new year. Tivoli. Beautiful scenery, gorgeous cos- tumes, brilliant electrical effects, ap- propriate accessories, a good cast, an efficient chorus and a first-rate orches- tra are booming the Tivoli holiday spectacle of “Mother Goose, or the Strange Adventures of Jack and Jill,” along that way which leads to long runs. The mild humor of Edwin Stevens and the soothing music of Max Hirschfeldt do not obtrude upon the general dazzle of the show. Audi- ences are sufficient and the Tivoli man- agement is satisfied. Orp.‘\e—\:r-n‘ Four new acts are featured at the Orpheum for this week. From Drury Lane Theater, London, comes Mlle. Rombello, who styles herself a nd paintress. She is 2dited with doing a novel and interesting turn, new even to the vaudeville stage. The Clinton & | ters are expected to furnish a strong comedy feature of the new bill. They | have just completed a long stay at Tony Pastor’s, and come with flatter- | ing press notices. De Marce Felix, with | his two trained ponies and an educated | baboon, gives what he styles “‘a minia- | ture vaudeville circus,” and the act is said to be funny. Musical Dale will ap- pear in the specialties that have given him fame and aname thevariety world over. The holdov include Caroline Hull, the triple-voiced vocalist, in a new list of popular songs; the three Avolos, the novelty acrobats from Aus- tralia, remain; so doesOpheeta and the De Fillippis. The latest spectacular, “The Birth of the Pearls,” will be im- | proved ‘by new music and dances. | There will be a special matinee at the Orpheum on New Y The Boston Ladies’ Military Band will play Sousa's marches and popular and ¢ cal selections at the Chutes for another week. The bill in the Free Theater will include.Joseph Francois, the Creole singer; Rand and Dash, a robatic comedians; William J. Alexar der, bell soloist; the Lozelles, novelty aerial performe the Royal Marion- ettes and the Chuteo; pe. Oi\Jmpia. The Olympia, “San Francisco’s great and comfortably heated, cro ed every evening. Herr Ferdi- nand Stark's Vienna Orchestra plays pular as well as classical music in a that suits the patrons of the house. THere are besides both vocal and instrumental solos. Oberon. The orchestral concerts at_ the Oberon for the new week will be marked by another of the well chosen programmes that have made this sort doubly popular ment of Carl Martens as musical di- rector. Symphony. The third of the present series of concerts of the San Francisco Sym- phony Society will be given on Thu day afternoon at the Tivoli Opera house. Under the direction of Herr Scheel the following programme will bé played: Overture, “Egmont” (Beethoven); “Symphony No. 4’ in D minor (Schu- mann); vorspiel, suite, “Sylvia” “Lohengrin” ilhelm T (Delibes); ( Wagner (Rossini) MLLE: BAND PAINTBEBB: From D GUSTAV WALTER, Week Commencing Monday, Dec. 27— ANOTHER GREAT EUROPEAN NOVELTY. ROMBELLO =~ - FRAMNCISCO. CAL. estas. 1887, [0S ANGELES CAL. esmas. tasa. Director-General. 5 A NEW YEAR BILL O Noted FOREIGN and AMERICAN CELEBRITIES rary Lane Thester, London. | Ine New and Or DE M VAUDEVILLE C Billie RCUS., Return Engagement for One Week Only NOVELTY ACROBATS. | America’s Eccentric Character Commedicnnes, ¢ - | ELINORE” SISTERS i THE TRISH 400 i A POSITIVE NOVELTY, ARCHE FELIX INTRODUCING —THE FARRELLS—Willie "8 ines THE EMINENT ARTIST, tMusicAL DALE > + « + Campanologist. CLOWN PONIES, BABOON, ETC. RLD'S OHAMPION Cllflfillls. LITA, PREMIERE DANSEUSE. THE 2 AVOLOS, !707'13 HE S GANINE CIRCUS—ewrs uoing TEN. BEAUTIFUL SNOW-WHITE POODLES DE FILIPPIS, INTERNATIONAL DANCERS. |{CAROLINE HULL, ‘, St TRIPL \:-’)! \'_Ul:,\LIfiT. | d Week and Grand Su HE BIR Grand Spectacular, Mimic Terpsich t—On the Deck of the Gc2ana. 2d—At EW DAN¢ VEW MUSIC—NEW M MATINEE T ) SERVAIS LE ROY, VESUVIAN! 0-DAY, Sunday, Dec, ' 0 QUART ess of the Most Magnificert Ballet Spectacie ever soon in San Francisco—— TH OF THE PEARLS!” orean Production in Three Scenes: Bottom of the Se 3d—The Fairy Grotto. FE Improved Aeriai Ballet. " Parquet, any seat, 25c; Balcony 1 Children 10¢, any part. A ET, “and THE 6 PICCHIANIS SISTERS., MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE Walter Morosc Sole Lessee and Manager. Last Two Performances of THE WAR OF WEALTH | Commencing To-morrow, December 27, Grand | Revival of the Favorite Comedy-Drama, UNCLE TOM’S CABIN. Special engagement of -Will H. Bray as “Uncle Tom.” Jubilee Singers, Trick Donkey, | Bloodhbunds and a Strong ‘Cast. - Grand | Apotheosis ew Years Matinee. MATI 2! % Eveairg P TURDAY AND SUNDAY. rices, 10c, 25¢ and 50 OBERON—f2re . e Grand Concert Every Evening by RELL STREET, COLUMBIA THEATER. LAST TIME—TO-NIGHT. A MILK WHITE FLAG TO-MORROW—MATHEWS & BULGER IN AT GAY CONEY ISLAND. BUSH-STREET THEATER. THE THALIA GERMAN-HEBREW OPERA CO Saturday and Sunday Nights, Dec. 25 aud 26, KOL-NIDRE n pain, oy Sh 10 A. P ] harkansky: 0 6 P OLYMPIA— t:w.E; of Meson and ety L Eddy S (Comfortably Heated Throughout). STARK'S VIENNA CARL MARTENS ‘And tne COSMOPOLITAN ORCHESTRA. ORCHESTRA., In Conjunction With Operatic Vocalists, NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. San Francisco, Cal., Dee. 25, To the Publie: We respectfully announce MR. STUART ROBSON as our inaugural attraction at the Baldwin Theatre on®Monday fhiight, Dee. 27. Mr. Robson’s first week will be de- voted to a new pastoral comedy drama by AUGUSTUS THOMAS, author of ‘‘Alabama” and ‘‘In Mizzouri,” and called *°‘THE JUCKLINS, '’ suggested by OPIE READ’S famous novel. Mr. Robson’s inimitable art needs no introduection, his new play has been pronounced a positive success. We bespeak for him the worthy support ‘San Francisco has always accorded our dramatic offerings. Respectfully, FRIEDLANDER, GOTTLOB & CO. The prices wiil be, $1.50 Parquette and first three rows in Dress Circle; balance entire lower floor $1.00. Balecony 75 and 50 cents. 1897. TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME, SHENANDOAH TO-MORROW (MONDAY), SECOND AND LAST WEEK! we o FRAWLEY COMPANY ! Presenting All the Week Augustin Daly’s Most Superb Comedy, AN INTERNATIONAL MATCH! In Itself a Comedy of Errors—A Grouping of Amusing Complications Charmingly and Intelligently Presented—Adequately Staged. ————AU REVOIR NIGHT—SUNDAY, JANUARY 2.- CALIFORNIA THEATER—Tel. Main 1731. e A e e S FRIEDLANTIER. GOTTLOD & o 125urs Ao mAnsaths -~ NEW TO-DAY—. -AMUSEMENTS. : TOMORROW NIGHT AND FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS. coooo o 000000000000 000 FIRST TIME IN FRISCO THE REAL FUNNY BOYS! 1 1 1 1 1 1 MATHEWS.. BULGER ... EERREERRRRR R LR RRR LR ERRRRR “IT 1S TO LAUGH, AND YOU } DO LAUGH.”” * —N. Journal. KR ‘WATCH THEM CLOSELY 1" X XK NEW SONGS: “He Struck It Rich "at Klondike.” In the Far‘famed Farcical Fete, AT GAY CONEY ISLAND JOLLY NELLIE McHENRY FEREREER RN R LI RR LR E R 8 Prices—I5c, ALCAZAB == 95¢,35¢, 50c. DAY —T0-NIGHT T0-NIGHT— sunt T0-HORROW, Monday—SECOND WEEK, “THE TALK OF THE TOWN!” BELASCO & FYLES' Military Drama, THE GIRL —_— ' A LEFT BEHIND ME)| A MAGNIFICENT Pnthqqz!oy: | MATINEE NEW YEAR'S DAY. | "1 Realistic Scenes—50 People on the Btage. I &5 | Seats now selling for all Per- “| MATINEE NEW YEAR'S DAY. | formances. Phone, Main 254. AMPLE ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE LADIES’ GRILL ROOM OF THE PALACE HOTEL | For the Increased Holiday New Year's Greeting to our Home Company prior to its first visit to Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, Baltimore, Washington, etc. Patronage. | TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. Mis. ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager THIS EVENING—Our Holiday Spectacle! THE SUCCESS OF SUCCESSES, “MOTHER GCOOSsSE,” —OR THE “Strange Adventurcs of dack and Jill.” The Educated Donkey The Goose That Laid the Golden €. The March of the N "m The Butterfly Ballet. The Gorgeou ransformal n. Next Saturday Afternoon at 2. SPECIAL MATINEE FOR THE CHILDREN, Popular Prices.. 25¢ and 50c co Symphony Society. 1EEL, Musical Director. CONCERT—Tivoli Opera House, December 30, at 3:15 p gramme: " 1. Overture, “‘Egmont’ ( Symphonie D. 1 (Schumann, E orspiel (Wagner); 5. Overture, ‘‘Wilhel sini). Prices, Including Reserved Seat, $1.50, $1 and 750. Seats on sale at the Tivoli Opera House, com- mencing Monday, December 27. pist ngri m Tell” (Ros- THECHUTES AND FREETHEATER Every Afternoon and Evening BOSTON LADIES' MILITARY BAND And a Great Vaudeville Show. BALLOON ASCENSION TO-DAY AT 3 P. M. Admission and performance, le; children, 50. NEW WESTERN HOTEL, ARNY AND WASHINGTON STS. eled and renovated. KING, WAR! CO. European plan. ms §0c to $1 50 per day, $5 to § per week, $8 to $30 per month. Free baths; hot and cold water every room: fire grates In every room; elfvator runs all night.