The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1898, Page 27

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, J UARY 9, 1898. TLIE DEA e in the Columbia has been the theatri nday that * v warm show. was on my way ital ith a hose ¢ song T t the | rt in ehind it and a | bosom inside | the Kearny | cart balked Post street, the en- track and .came st the rear wheel of the cab. 1+ moment of suspense as the wheel and I heard | iedlander—four-fifths in the night—offering the llar to get him to the ad of the fire department. papers next morning that | >r had wasted his dollar. > ived on the scene livered his little a member of the company the money waliting in the > refunded, and the eight ons who were in e fire broke out down The h sr of to jump the the most valuable speech that s made in the Columbla, and I congratul Mr. Gottlob on his tact and nerve. It goes to show, too, that agers should always have a few of remarks up their mleeves in case of emergency. s . s r several the California been an elephant on the hands of 1 fear it is to be used only of fire. With the exception of the Henschel recitals, nothing there has paid in the last season or two. And seasons in this instance, Messrs. Fried- T, Gottlob and Marx made no pro- worth speaking of. They asked a nal’ sum for the rental of the n run chances on a usiness. Theatrical the house is hoodooed. And ate it is not a popular theater. h something to do with s0 has the chill fact that the S er properly heated. I have t of the colds of my life Theater. Now, while mended, the new re an opportunity to the place. Nellie McHenry is aud that will justify and a hot time is Broadhurst's farce to Jones,” which has secured for soon introduce at a brand new farce aw wi BY ASHTON STEVENS. prominent part, and which, after work- Ing up to a climax, brings us to the | second chief theme (Andante), a melody of great breadth and pathos, and of haunting beau The passionate quick movement s resumed, subject to con- siderable development (in the course of which occu king phr: 1« m- soons), and is succeed- the Andante. A short but im- sive Coda brings the movement to an The striking and original plece which follows is in the unusual time of five crotchets in a bar. It flows along, how- ever, with perfect smoothness and ease. The melody of its second theme is ac- companied throughout by a low D bass instruments and drum, which beat | and t own. S¥ie e that Miss Villa Whitney tle talks and in- serman folk-song scandalously un- White is an ar offered a blenc and wom education r men to learn re made luctd “and] recitais. I wonder | symphony folk were Miss White was at Several thousand of | . { > glaringly missing. | . e e ing Music is not much matter with | the most of the crowd that patronizes thesymphony matinees. I think they go have a vague idea thal 2 nice thing. Observe the of applause whenever Scheel ing something sweet and you will find their ears. | so long as fashion furnishes for art, what care we about | artistic con; nce. The present would never have been pc ble without the patronage of many ele- gant persons who do not know Schu- snann from Sousa. of . The programme for Thursday’s con- | cert includes Tschaikowski’s pathetic | symphony—or, as it was dubbed by a | grim humorist, who found in its music something analogous to the death of the cc >r, the suicide symphony. It is e the most sensational of re- cent tone-paintings. It stirred London to the soul. Here is a London annota- tor's account of it, for which I em much indebted to Willlam Greenbaum: aikowski’s “Symphonie Pathetique’” ormed under the direction of ser at a concert of the Russian | al Society on October 16, 1893. The . Signale tells us that ‘“although er was recalled many times ect which his new work had pro- and he expressed a hope that it »on be performed again, to enable nderstood. To this end he also fter the performance, the title Pathetique,” little thinking mijght s 1£ being it ymphonie how soon his wish would be gratified, and the new title become, indeed, strangely A few days afterward the master was dead, and on October 28 his funeral took place.” of the Pathetic Sym- , 80 significant that t the conviction that “programme’ In his ting them. In the absence 1 of the kind on his part, hearer must supply a of his own—it is better s0 than recelve one built n. the impressions of another. The work opens with a short Adagio, ne theme of which is based on the first e chief theme of the succee When the latter has been eard, the developing of it leads to which descending scales play uld do | ceeds, and, reaching a climax ol euw the time with an effect that tragic in its insistence. The third mov ing passage ir more or less, throughout the plece, as a sort of background for the flery march- tune which forms the chief theme, and which does not appear until it has been suggested for some time in a fragmentary form. The movement becomes more and more triumphant and brilliant as it pro- becomes ment opens with a rush- ends. The finale is based almost entirely on two themes; the first seems to plead for sympathy, the second to bestow consola- tion. Toward the close, which grows even more and more despairing, a moan- ing pasage is heard on the brass instru- ments, and with the ‘consoling” theme, now heard in the minor key, the music finishes—in hopeless gloom. PR Also of Thursday’s programme are the favorite six numbers of Rubin- stein’s “Bal Costume,” Schumann's “Evening Song” and Grieg’s “In Au- tumn.” .. I was asked to the Orpheum the oth- er night especlally to note the little one-act piece played by Patrice, “Alf"” Hampton and J. F. Whitbeck, as the Orpheum management is advising whether to make a feature of “legiti- mate” people, having in mind Clara Morris, Johnstone Bennett and other players of note who have taken to ele- vating the variety. The plece in ques- tion is written by Mr. Hampton. It is entitled “A New Year's Dream” and described on the programme asa “play- let.” Mr. Hampton Impersonates a young man named Eddie in evening clothes; Mr. Whitbeck is his valet, and Patrice s the portrait of his great- great-greatgrandmamma. Eddie comes home with the soggiest, stupidest and most uncomical jag ever seen, on or off the stage. He talks and talks and talks, invites the ancestral portrait to “have a ball,”” and finally falls asleep in a chair. The picture commences to live as the clock rings in the new year. Patrice is young and pretty as ever, with the same accordion smile, and she poses with facility. But with those kind words praise for the act must cease. There is neither nor taste nor humor in the rest The “playlet” is an unpleasant inder of Rosina Vokes, and Mr. | Hampton ls, as ever, an uncheerful | caricature of Nat Goodwin. In a reck- less moment I once said that the only JCO000000000000000000C000 MA, THE CONCERT AND CERTAIN SIDESHOWS. B O0CO0Coo000 way to make a funny “Alf” Hampton would be for Nat Goodwin to imitate “Alf” Hampton imitating Nat Good- win. Now I feel that even that would not amuse me. “A New Year's Night” takes well with the audience—so well } that I doubt if Clara Morris, Johnstone Bennpett and others are equipped for like success at the Orpheum. | ASHTON STEVENS. | Baldwin. | The Baldwin’s offering for the next | fortnight, beginning to-morrow on the | Ing, and including Saturday matinees even- Sunday evenings, will be LOUVISE JALLEN BALDWIN Willie Collier, supported by what is pledged to be an excellent company in a brand new farce adapted from the French by H. A. Du Souchet, and entitled “The Man From Mexico.” Mr. Collier's last appearance here was with the late Charlie Reed in “Hoss and Hoss,” and he was seen on former oc- casions in the farce comedy, “The City Directory.” “The Man From Mexico” ran for over fifty nights at Hoyt's Theater last spring. . The argument of the plece is that Benjamin Fitzhugh and his friend Majors go slumming, and in the course of the evening visit a questionable res- taurant. Mrs. Fitzhugh, jealous of her husband, follows them, accompanied by a young lawyer. The restaurant is raided and the wife is caught by the police, her husband having escaped a few minutes before the officers of the law arrive. Through the influence of her escort she goes free and unrecog- nized, save by one waiter, who remem- \Ee &5 RS | hugh, heavily bers seeing her face at some dinner where he had been employed. Fitz- charged with cham- pagne, assaults a cabman, is arrested, taken before a judge, and so exasper- ates that dignitary that he is sentenced to thirty days in prison. He is allowed to go home in the charge of a deputy to put his affairs in shape. He is un- conscious of his escapade when the cur- tain goes up, and is suffering from the headache that waits on indiscretion. But the blundering Majors informs him of his misfortune, and, to save | explanatio: Fitzhugh announces his intention of taking a trip to Mexico. Feeling herself implicated, Mrs. Fitz- hugh agrees to his departure without a murmur and her husband anrd the deputy return to the jail LA PETITE ORPHEUM arrives in the gorgeous attire of the | country where he is supposed to have | been. Embarrassed by leading ques- | tions, unable to give satisfactory an- swers to his various relatives, sur-| rounded by people he had met in| prison, and bothered by the well- meaning but bungling efforts of the Majors, he at last is able to extricate himself by the arrival of the waiter, who has recognized Mrs. Fitzhugh, and who now puts an end to his wife's awkward influence as the curtain falls. | Mr. Collier will have the support in | the principal roles of Maclyn Arbuckle, Louise Allen, H. L. Heckert, Charles | Mason, Carolyn Elberts, Violet Rand, | Dan Mason, Philip H. Ryley, George | W. Parsons, Katherine Mulkins, L. | | 3. Sheehan and others. | LUND pygpEaisnogil gEadaanaigils = i M Boa A NOMO 000808 8580500 00000000 sev—sorens o WILLIE COLLIER. BALDWIN. The wife, during his absence, be- comes interested in prison work. She makes a visit to the very place in which he is confined, and becomes the object of the attentions of the good- looking and highly sentimental war- den. Her husband conceals his iden- tity with great difficulty, and finally returns home, his time being up, and is recelved with open arms. The house Is decorated with Mexican flags, the Women dress in costume, and Fitzhugh NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. Ealifernia Fiealrt | FRIEOLANDER GOTTLOB B.C° ussies 8 mansutsy 7~ THIS AFTERNOON SPECIAL MATINEE. TO-NIGHT—LAST TIMB. The Wizards of Fun, MATHEWS & BULGHR intact from the Collumbln. in~ the Farcical 11 AT GAY CONEY ISLAND! TO-MORROW NIGHT, Jolly NELLIE McHENRY “A NIGHT IN NEW YORK.” [ Coming—""COURTED 1 0 COURT. MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE Walter Morosco. Bole Lessee and Manager. Last Two Performances Of | E DISTRICT FAIR ! iencing To-morrow, January 10. Mag- t Presentation of Byron's Great Com- edy “"””"I—IE e PLUN: et & €. Grest i ovess & CsTr.an. aturday an . unday. Eventng | NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEHENTS. %IKBLANN.I GOTTLOB 8 CP Lesstes & mansim Monday Evening...........January 10 The Quaint Comedian, Mr. WILLIE COLLIER, In the Season’s Comedy Triumph, “THE MAN FROM MEXICO!" A great cast, including Louise Allen, Maclyn Arbuckle, Dan Mason, Yiolet Rand and others, Coming—'“THE GIRL FROM PARIS.” CENTRAL PARK. — BASEBALL — TO-DAY............cc........SUNDAY 2 P, M. To Settle the Old Score. CALIFORNIA MARKETS —versus— WILL & FINCKS. Iberg vs. Knell n the Box. on... Admissi: NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. ALCAZAR--"g THIS SUNDAY NIGHT— Farewell Performance THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME! To-Morrow, Monday, Evening, “THE NEW YORK MADISON BSQUARE THEATER" RECORD BREAKER ESMERALDA ! | An American Drama By Frances Hodgson Burnett and Wm. Gillette. Sale of Seats Now In Progress. Prices—iic, e, 3ic and §0c, Including a Re- served Seat. ! . 00 ®000000600ames ONOOONDOMen 5 26000 0002000008000 00Be00ss A TR T D) WILLIE COLLIEF BALDWIN California. Miss Nellie McHenry, known to press agents and her admirers as “Jollie” Nellle McHenry, will present on Monday night at the California a characteristic McHenry piece called “A Night in New York.” It is by H. Grattan Donnelly. The plot hangs on the adventures of Jefferson Manhat- tan, a gay New York clubman, and = Willoughby Still, a stanch New Eng- land clubman. Both are to be married. and on the eve of this serious step they scheme to attend the French ball at the Madison-square Garden. Two demure young waomen, betrothed to the above-mentioned clubmen, plan to spend their last night at the same French ball. One of the girls is, un- known to her betrothed, a vaudeville queen; the other has had no profes- sional experience, but is, nevertheless, able to hold her own. Of course the four come together in many merry complications during the progress of | the ball. Of the supporting company are: Mr. ‘Webster, Tony Williams, William Haf- ford, Billy Barry, J. Hays, J. Kenny, Miss Mai Raymond, Miss Mildred Con- | | nors, Miss Viola Raymore, Miss Rosa h and others. rnia is for one week, and will be followed by that of John C. Rice and Miss Marle Dressler, who will appear in May Irwin's last year's success, “Courted Into Court.” Alcazar. To-morrow night the stock company "CHIQUITA AT THE CHUTES at the Alcazar will appear in “Esmer- alda,” a domestic drama in four acts by William Gillette and Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett. This is the story of the play: An ignorant farmer by the name of Rodgers, who, together with his erratic wife and a marriageable daughter, lives on a piece of land in North Carolina, is one day surprised by the appearance of a mining specu- lator who, under the impression that a valuable mineral deposit is in the soil, makes an offer to purchase it. The offer is accepted and a deposit paid down, pending an investigation as to the land’s mineral value. Rodgers and his family betake themselves to Paris, where they are followed by Dave, a poor and honest young farmer, who has wooed and been refused the hand of Esmeralda for reason that he is neither rich nor noble enough to please Esmeralda’s mamma. It comes to the knowledge of Dave that the rich mineral deposit lies not in the land of the Rodgers family but in his own and that of a neighboring strip, which has recently come to him through the death of a relative. Hearing this news the nobleman of Mrs. Rodgers’ choice flies to other parts with another girl, whereupon Mrs. Rodgers repents, Miss Rodgers consents and Dave is made a happy bridegroom. “Esmeralda” will be played for one week and followed by “Forbidden Fruit.” Morosco's. The production at Morosco’'s next | week will be Oliver Byron's comedy- melodrama, “The Plunger.” The piece was produced once before at the Grand, but will be presented this time in a more elaborate manner, and with a stronger cast. The story of the play has to do with | the fortunes and misfortunes of Walter | Glyndon, a young bank clerk, falsely accused by the cashier of Rexford's | Bank. of forgeries really committed by | the latter. Glyndon becomes a fugi- ‘flve, but is finally acknowledged inno- | | cent through the ' efforts of Dexter Digit, “The Plunger,” a fellow clerk of Glyndon’s and a well-known sport about town. The scenes of the bank robbery, where Rexford is murdered, and the railroad scene, where the heroine is tied in the path of a thundering ex- press train, are principal of the excit= ing events that lend interest to this type of drama. Tivoli. To-morrow night the second edition of “Mother Goose” will be divulged at the Tivoli. Th-~ general scheme of the holiday spectacle will not be changed, but new songs, dances and specialties will be provided for all the principals. A unique hit promises to be “The Dudes and Dames of Long Ago,” a gavotte sung and danced by the sex- tette of clever children. Announced to follow “Mother Goose™” is the romantic Irish opera, “Brian Boru,” which was one of the vogues of the last New York season. It is hardly as ambitious a work musically as “Shamus O'Brien,” but in the East it was much more popular than that opera. The book is said to be a good one and the score reveals music that is not only catchy, but high above the ordinary in melodic and harmonic in- vention. Arthur Donaldson has been specially engaged for the title role. Mr. Leary toured with the original pro- duction and doubtless will be given his old part in the Tivoli’'s cast. He was the subject of many a praiseful para- graph in the Eastern newspapers last season. Orpheum. The new _acts at the Orpheum will include Barney and Russell, who appear in a comedy sketch in which they introduce a number of character changes. They are said to be very clever. Paulo and Dika will ap- pear in French songs and dances which have been a great success in New York, where they played an en- gagement while en route from the Folies Bergere, Paris. Mlle. Dika is described as a typical chanteuse. La Petite Lund is said to be the most won- derful of child dancers on the stage. She will appear in songs and dances. Other acts on the bill include the Elf- nore Sisters, who will appear in a new act; Farnum Brothers, acrobats; Kittie Mitchell in & new programme of songs and dances; Mlle Rombello, the sand paintress, and Musical Dale, in his clever specialties. The ballet has been retained for another week, but that will positively be the last. “Chutes. The Chutes’ Theater offers its thus- far star attraction in the person of “Chiquita,” the “Cuban Atom,” who be- gins a limited engagement to-day. She is the greatest novelty, in a small way, ever shown on Haight street, and though 28 years of age, stands but 26 inches in height. She has created a sensation in New York, Boston and Chicago, and, pretty and well-propor- tioned, bids fair to do the same thing here. She sings, dances and wears ‘wonderful gowns. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. MES. ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager THIS EVENING. ——A SECOND EDITION 1— Of Our Holiday Spectacle, “MOTHER GOOSE I” 3—-GRAND BALLETS-38 Joots of New Songs, Dances and Specialties. NEXT OPERA —'BRIAN BORU I"— A Romautic Irish Opera. Popular Prices ----25¢ and 50c SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY SOCIETY, Week Conmelch mgay. J;n. 10. From the lies aris, PA DIKA, eccentric vocallsts. BARNEZ & SELL. novelty sketch artists. LA PET] LUND, the infant prodigy. PATRICE, ported by ALF HAMPTON and J. F. WHI BECK. Farnum Bros., Kitty Mitel , Elinore Bisters, Rombello and Musical Dale. Posi- tively last week of the BALLET SPECTACLE. Matinee To-Day—Sunday—Jan. 9. Pll“? any seat, 25¢c; Balcony, 10c; Chil- dren, any part. & RUS- SHERMAN, CLAY & CO. HALL. FRITZ SCHEEL, MUSICAL DIRECTOR. FOURTH CONCERT. Tuesday Evening, January 11, at 8:15, Tivoli Opmlm.-'fh'l:nh.v_ Alu‘nun‘ January 13, DEBUT OF Programme: 1. Overture, ‘Im Herbst,” Ed-| MISS FRANCES DAVIS, ward Grieg. 2. “‘Abendil Robert ~ Schu- | Soprano, pupll of SIGNOR CAMPANINI and mann. 3. “Bal Costume,” A. Rubinstein. A BEACHE. Fxeoutasts MRS CAR: 4. Symphony No. 6 (pathetique), P. Tachal- | MI MISS L. N 5 HEINE, MI L. HEINE, MISS Prices, including reserved seat, $150, $1 and | HULDA ANDERSEN. Reserved seats, T5c. On Tic. Seats on sale at Tivoli Opera-house, com- | sale at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s Music House mencing to-mMorrow morning. TO-MOTrTOW, * NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. et s myaene i By THECHUTES AND FREETHEATER Every Afternoon and Evening, Rain or Shine, A GREAT VAUDEVILLE SHOW!. Clever Comedy, Mirth and Music! To-Day! To-Day! To-Day! Inaugural Reception of CHIQUITA! Cuba’s Atom ! The Smallest Woman on Earth. The Sens- ation of New York, Boston and Chicago. Admission and Performance 10¢, Children 5e. BUSH-STREET THEATER. The Thalla German-Hebrew Opera Company. Friday and Sunday nights, January 7 and 9, “ALEXANDRE,” the Kronprintz of Jerusa- lem. Music by Professor Minkofsky. Box of- fice open daily from i0 a. m. to 5 p. m. OBERQ N —9FARRELL STREET, Near Stockton. Grand Concert Every Evening by CARL MAfi'BNS "And tne COSMOPOLITAN ORCHESTRA. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. RACING! RACING! RACING! —CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB— Winter Meeting, 1897-8, Beginning MONDAY, January 10 to January 22, Inclusive. OAKLAND RACETRACK. RACING MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FIVE OR MORE RACES ™ CH DAY. ~————RACES START AT 2:15 P. M. SHARP. —— Ferry Boats leave San Francisco at 12 M. and 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30 and 3 P. M., connecting With trains stopping at the entrance to track. Buy your ferry tickets to Shell Mound. Returning—Tratns leave the Track at 4:13 and 4:45 P. M., and immediatcly after the last Ti°°THOMAS H., WILLIAMS 7R., President. R. B. 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