The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1898, Page 27

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1898. 2 000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000C000000000 WIHLLIE COLLIERS - ~MAN FROM MEXICO AND: OTHIEE: PERSONS. COS0000000000 0000000000000 00000000C00000000000000C000C00C0O0000000000 The man who will not laugh at Wil- | Ne Collier in “The Man from Mexico” has no soul. 1 admit there is some- thing to think about in the fact that our one serious playvhouse has been* for weeks, and will be for weeks more, giv- en over to the asures of the ha-ha; lut if anything will reconcile the crav- Ing pla to this siege of farce it is a good farce and a good farce-actor— guch as we have now at the Baldwin. I put my admiration of “The Man from Mexico” to the test—I went to see him twice within the week; and the second time, as the first, I lJaughed myself ‘al- most into tez There are some comic shows that drive the critics to kind words. He laughs, realizing that he who laughs leaves criticism behind, and | then he sits hir wn at his desk and apologizes for having had a good time— says he hasn't much idea what it was all about, but it was certainly quick ‘and funny, and he and everybody else laughed, and if you have any taste for this sort of entertainment, and are not too exacting, it will divert you, too, s rbe. The beauty of Willie Collier and this farc¢e is that a man may enjoy them t1ll he aches, build panegyrics columns high to their comic charms, and still preserve unsoiled conscience and un- humbled pride. . I would not belittle the importance of Farce. which is one of the immor- | tal parts of the theater, but nowaday most which passes for that is entirely something les: The Man from Mex- | ico,” I should say, is a farce. It does not elevate its class, as Oscar \\'ildc‘s; elegant exaggerations do; nor devote ftself as triou: to a deliberate scheme of action do some of the pleces that are made in France. Itisa very difficult piece to place. You might its scheme is more conversational | than situational, because the actual in- | cident is limited, and the most of the time taken up with vagrom dialogue. There are to be reckoned with, on the | other hand, those verbal situations | which are the direct outcome of the seemingly irrespensive dialogue, and which pla: h an important part in the comic in 16 place the au have the word st. It is difficult even hip of the piece. I several playgoers of that the basis of the plot has long since ich and in English farces, t man, who knows, tells | ludicrous climax of the | not written by Du | Souchet at all, but is solely the inven- tion of Col I id last week that it would be a hard matter to determine work ends and | Still, I cannot see Mr. point where he even ef- faces Du Souchet’s name from the pro- gramme. o1 However, the parentage of “The Man fre Mexico™ {s not a vital questio is the piece in performance that we are applauding, and Mr. Collier attends | it that he is all of that, and the vorld is gayer because of him. I doubt | if there is any one, even among his associate actors, who grudges him a gle line, or a single moment of the ter of the stage. The part of Ben- in Fitzhugh is so written that he | t be the play. There is no alter- native—it is Collier or nothing. The star is not unconscious of his central- ization, and, moreover, he knows how to get the fullest value from his back- ground. Hi heme of acting his own part is the best and the only one feasi- ble to this farc He is seemingly un- re of his audience and his own com- ity, & Or as near it as a man can be, while throwing off gags and puns and catch lines at the rate of a dozen to the minate. In more legitimate farce, where there are no gag lines, an actor, to be funny, only to present a s rious countenance to the circum- stances which overwhelm him; but the backbone of this piece is verbal play and 4 touch too much ¢f unconscious- ness would gest & comedian in a trance. What Mr. Collier does is to glve to the part as much legitimacy as it will stand for, and not a bit more. He is deliberately quiet and represse: he presents (in the first act) the ap- pearance of a respectable, red-headed, suburban person, with an arch taste in clothes: he has an anxious, worried look accented by spectacles—and out of this modest picture and gentle demean- or whirls a perpetual cyclone of Amer- fcan gags. The incongruousness of it points the fun. And then he makes a tremendous effect of the contrast be- tween himself and the rest of the com- pany. He is all earnestness and repose; ey play in the loud, hustling key of conventional farce-comedy. He never goes into the painful details of any joke, or anything else; he relies on the subtleness of suggestion; he is perfect in the business of the part. By a sin- gle glance at the revolver, the where- abouts of which we have forgotten early in the act, he gives the suspense to, makes inevitable, that convulsing cli- max of the prison scene. Willie Collier is a wonderful little farce-actor. I hope nothing will ever turn his head or in- duce him to become a comedian. . .. Mr. Collier has done so much for the second act I wonder that he doesn’t do something for the finale of the first, which is now the one limp situation in the piece. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. ALCAZAR--% . 5 Main 2534, | This Sunday Night, VERY LAST TIME OF ESMERALDA To-Morrow- Seats by Monday Evening A DOUBLE BILL. At 815 Promptly, Mr. Frederick Paulding's Original Pathetic Play, “A MANS LOVE!” At 9 Sharp Prepare to Laug] & DION BOUCICAULT'S Roaring Farce “ FORBIDDEN FRUIT.” 15¢, 26¢, 385¢, BOc Prices BY ASHTON STEVENS. Dan Mason must not be included in the general background of “The Man An actor who can be funny through e German dlalect in this end of the century is preposterously From Mexico.” clever. What I hope will stand without a ri- val as the worst record of 1898 is Nellie McHenry's vaudeville farce, “A Night in New York,” which is now playing at the California. for men only. It ought to be in a tent | o ’ O00O0O000CD000O of instruments. You don’t really suppose anybody cares about looking at the front | elevation of a trombone, do you? Or at | the man at the other end of it, either. And besides the esthetic side of it there is a good practical reason why we should | keep our hats on. The Tivoll is not warmed for the symphony concerts, and the dressing rooms are not lighted. Are we to take off our hats at the risk of getting bad colds? And, having en them off, how are we going to get them on again? I had not, I admit, considered man and his trombone from “A Symphony Subscriber’s” point of view, but the 3t e cold Tivoll struck us all hard last This is to me from “A Symphony | Thursday afternoon. I wished that Subscriber”: fussy old gentlemen might wear their I have been reading your remarks in | hats, too. The symphony management N BARS ALL AROUND ME * “ANT GET A DRINK - The Call about the symphony co and the people who attend them, judge you to be a fussy old gent with no particular love for my sex permit me to explain I am a w one of those wWho go to the sym concerts, not because “they think it nice thing to go,” but because the delight in good music, and who dc pen to Schumann and criticized, fn your sarcast style, women who have kept on_their h these concerts. Will you kindly e why they should take them off? Tt hat ordinance was enforced to gi persons an equal view of the stage. is there to see at the symphon A lot of men in modern clothe concert and a lot | AND LATE OF MEXICO T season. The plece has a record of 1000 | performances at the Duke of York's Theater, London. Tivoli. The Tivolli production of “Brian Boru,” an Irish romantic opera, com- posed by Julian Edwards and writ- ten by Stanislaus Strange, promises | to be as much an | event in this sea- | son as the excel- lent production of “Shamus O'Brien” was in last. To properly present the work the Tivoli T management has @Arthur Donaldson. Secured all the original scenery, models and costume plates. Arthur | Donaldson has been brought out from the East to play the title role, and Thomas C. Leary will appear as | - O'Hara, in which part he was promi- | nently identified with the success of the piece on the road last season. As told before, the score is hardly as ambitious as that of “Shamus,” al- though it is written heavily and in the | modern mode. A peculiar feature of | the music is the number of quotations from well-known songs and operas that are employed in the orchestra- tion. The vocal music i8 more dfrectly melodic than that of “Shamus"—it was < THOSE DEAR LITT FLOWER LE SYMPATHETIC GIRLS N % € 0000000000000 /0 Ooo 0© ncerts | will have to hold out some warmer in- f:'.‘;lv.x‘. ducement than the law before people oma phor s the find 5 hap- the xplain high ve all Wh will part with any of their ciothes in that temperature. ASHTON STEVENS. Baldwin. To-night and for another week Willie Collier in “The Man From Mexico” will fill the auditorium and the box of- fice of the Baldwin Theater. The next engagement on the books is that of “The Girl From Paris,” a gingery operatic farce that attained to tremendous vogue in New York last | perhaps for this sea Boru son that “Brian | was, of the two operas, the bet- ‘ by the public of New York ts it was the succ season, and we may thank the enterprise for the chance of ‘This is the author’s argument i tion of the first act tak hills, at the beg leventh century. The Spirit of Ireland, with b of 1z Tivoli’ ring it. | { Ireiand. To the latter the: c fiddle and | show him * his master in the hour Brian is beloved by Erina, th of O'Connor, one of hi | iefs. The English Prin | a, tries to win him by her wile: | the plots of her scheming factotum the | monk, Oswald. O'Donovan, his X'nfll\*r—‘ 0 desirous of securing lhr“ . The first act ends with | irian accepting the flag of Ireland | taking oath to set his dear country fry | The second act takes us to the English headquarters in Dublin Castle. All is tering and feasting. The English set a trap to imprison Brian, but O'Hara plays his magic fiddle, all are entranced to dance, during which Brian escapes. The first scene of the third aet is in the forest near Dublin. Here the true-hearted T help their fathers, hu nds and brothers. O’Donovan, who has secured, thrcugh E frida’s machination: upon the scene and lowers against the Enshsh, who are en- camped near St. rick’s Church, over- looking Dublin Bay. Brina is a prisoner, tied to the flags She is freed by the good-hearted, fat Fizstephen, a Fal- stafflan knight of the period. Brian and his followers arrive on the scene, subju- aimed King of Ireland. California. And now we are to have our oppor- tunity to laugh at the latest farcical ed Into Court,” and Jt comes to us O K'd as a five months’ run at the Bijou Theater in New York last win- ter. The story of “Courted Into Court will not tax any one to a great extent. It is written around the love affairs of a successful actress who is wooed and John C. Rice. won by the son of a millionaire. His parents chjecting to the alliance, The Olympia, at the corner of Mason the oung couple land in the di-|ang Eddy streets, will open next Sat- vorce court, where it is settled by a t with a number of Eastern conservative Judge, who patches up an al and vaudeville attractions. amiable trace. »use is being refurnished and ela- | The comy y which Messrs. Rich & tely decorated. During the com- | Harris have selected fc presenta- | ing week arrangements wiil be com- tion of urted Into Court” is above | plated to thoroughly heat the house the 3 it does Marie | with the idea of making it one of the and Jacques | mgst comfortable theaters in the city. | | Kruger, John G. ks, James F. Cal- | Kirchner's ladies’ orchestra is now en | | lahan, Damon I Harry Ertheiler, | route from the East, and a number of John Fr rs, May Duryea, | vaydeville attractions are being ar- | Clare ¥ hen, Blanche Ve- | ranceq for. rona, and Marion | — Brighton. Chutes. Miss Dressle the of French, Marle Dressler. Alcazar. They will give a double bill at the the shamrock ring, the badge of kinship, tells them Brian is a traitor; but is unbelieved. Brian enters leads his devoted fol- gate the English, and Brian Boru is pro- | ut first pre- | nd character rish women, led by Mona, resolved to of the husbands hears the sound of his wife's voice coming from a neighboring box, which he enters and finds there with her—only her long-lost brother. Soon after this the Gaiety girls arrive, and there are many complications be- fore the happy le is hit upon, and all ends discreetly. ‘Wright Huntingtonand Wallace Shaw will play the parts of the naughty hus- | bands, Frank Denithorne will be the long-lost brother, Miss Kingsley the Gaiety girl and Miss Foster and Mrs. Betes the trusting wives. | B | Morosco's. | The late unpleasantness will be cele- brated at Morosco's this week by a garment from the| melodrama called workshop of that “The Blue and the expert tailor, John | Gray."” Inside the J. McNally, a fool- smoke, powder and ish playwright, who pageant runs the has many times in story of a young the past bid us ~\| Northern captain laugh with him. | ~-)' and a beautiful The comedy in « /) Southern girl. Her question is “Court- | father has been cap- tured and condemn- ed to death. Sheap- peals to the hero, who loves her de- votedly, but, true to his duty, refuses to interfere. Through a train of Mor- osco circumstances the prisoner es- capes, to bring death and disaster to the Yankee camp. The hero’s life is spared only on condition that during the father’s life he and the heroine | shall neither see nor communicate | with one another. The gallant captain | becomes blind during the war, and five years later, miserable and mortgaged, is discovered by the heroine. Her father, now being dead, she is honora- bly able to devote heart and fortune to the comfort of what is left of the hero. All the Morosco favorites are in the cast, and as the play offers some big scenic opportunities a characteristic performance may be looked for. Orpheum. | The Orpheum announces several im- | portant changes in its bill for this week. Five new acts will go on, and two re- turn engagements will be played. The new people include Rice and Elmer, who are said to do ex- ceptionally clever work on the hori- zontal bars; Al- mopt and Dumont, high-class musical specialists, in solos in- struments; Carter de Haven, the diminutive comedian, who has recently | made such a success in the East. Mas- | ter de Haven is but ten years of age, | but is said to take rank as an artist | rather than as a boy prodigy. | _The novelty of the bill is Professor Mile. Dika. | and duets on a variety of musical | Gallando, clay modeler, who is |said to excel anything of the kind that has yet appeared at the Orpheum. Knight Aston, a tenor robusto, has been imported from Australia by Gustav Walter for the | Orpheum circuit and a tour of the East. The boys’ Hungarian military band, which recently played such a success- {u] engagements at the Orpheum, have | been brought back for a farewell week, | when they will leave for the East en route to Europe. The hold-overs in- | clude Patrice, supported by Alf Hamp- | | ton, and J. F. Whitbeck, Barney and | Russell and Paulo and Dika. | O Olympia. Chiquita, the “Cuban Atom,” con- tinues to be the sensation at the | Chutes. This week’s hjll includes, be- sides Chiquita, the militia quartet, Marion and James, coster singers, Ce- have a new and popular programme for the new week. Jrinity’s Organ Inauguration. Alcazar this week, consisting of the | i pvrrurm.’\ncei The new organ in Trinity Church, of a pathetic | built by the Hook & Hastings Co. of curtain-raiser b ¥ | Boston, will be inaugurated on Wed- Fr .. Paulding | nesday’ evening, January 19, when Dr. led “A Man's | g . Stewart, organist of Trinity, will Love” in which the | hiyform the following programme: author, Frank De-|gonata in D minor (Guilmant): com- nithorne, and Chas. ;muninn, in F (Grison); fantasia and Bates will appear, | rugoye in (6 minor (Bach); benediction and = “Forbidden | n,ptiale, toccata, in G (Dubois); polo- L s =;‘»-'3::y”fmn‘\l:f | naise, in A (Chopin); air, with varia- Gertrude Foster. gies, written by the | :K;r;;erfbléi;r;muns). Schiller,” march late Dion Boucicault. A part of the story of Fruit” is not unlike that of the immor- tal song, “After the Ball.” The two erring husbands go to the Cremorne ne, expecting to meet there two ladies of the Gaiety world. While walting for their fair companions, one “Forbidden | Daly and Shakespeare. The following is written by the dra- matic critic of the London Weekly Sun, and tells its own story: | | Having a desire to produce “Katherine cil Hendricks, contortion dancer, the | cycling Martells and new chuteoscopic | views. Oberon. The Cosmopolitan Orchestra will T and Petruchio,” knowing that West End audiences had had no chance of seeing Miss Ada Rehan and being desirous of making his production as ar {cally notable as possible, Mr. Tree invited the charming American actress to appear with him at Her Majesty’ The terms have not been hitherto divulged, but I belleve T am betraying no confidence in saying that Miss Rehan was offered a salary of £100 a week for a play lasting some fifty minutes. His offer was declined, ostensibly on the ground that other arrangements had been entered into which would preclude Miss Rehan from appearing in London after the conclusion of her engagement at Islington. To the ordinary unobser- vant playgoer the attitude of Mr. Tree would suggest chivalry and an unselfish love of artistic excellence; but how false that conclusion would be is seen from Mr. Daly expression of opinion, reserved until he is once more in America. o dered it pos- aly, “that Mr. Tree ch an unmanagerial, coolly insulting propositionas to separate Miss Rehan from her companions and ask her to descend to play in an emascu- ated version of Shakespeare's piay, af- ter she had established her renown in the production In which she is dintin- guished.” It is indeed news that an offer to star at the finest theater in London at a very remunerative salary, and backed by a singularly efficient company, is to be construed into a “coolly insulting propo- sition.” When Sir Henry Irving placed the Lyceum, with himself, Miss Terry and the whole resources of the theater at the command of Edwin Booth, after the lat- ter had failed at the Princess with his own company, we all applauded—and rightly so—the generosity of the pro- ceeding. Must we then be instructed on these matters by a gentleman whose principle, in Willam Archer’s words, Is that ‘‘Shakespeare may think himself Tucky if he gets his words spoken at all, and must not be too particular as to who happens to speak them”; who tacked on the epilogue from “Henry VIIT” to *The Two Gentlemen of Verona”; who threat- ened us with a production of the two parts of “Henry IV” jumbled into one; and whose version of “The School for Scandal” was bowdlerised to the point of the ridiculous, Odds and Ends. “‘Sherlock Holmes” is being dramatized in London. Those interminat croakers who are always telling us how much opera is loved on the Continent, where “opera fs patronized for art’s sake,” will be glad to hear that the actual loss on the Paris Grand Opera for five years (less the sub- vention) is 4,500,000 franc: Naughty Anna Held and a vaudeville organization that includes in its perform- ance “The Cat and the Cherub” are on the road that leads to San Francisco. May Irwin presented to every member of her company an extra week’s salary as a Christmas gif & Brahms was onc haus in Vienna in his favorite bier- ith a friend. He said to the landlord, “Bring me a bottle of your ' best.” The landlord returned, “Here is wine, as much better than other wine as Brahms’ music is than other music.” Brahms looked at the label with ‘h!s nea: ghted eyes, and sald, “Put it away; give us a bottle of Bach. San Francisco is included in this year's tour of Ysaye. The reports that come from Rome about the poet, novellst, dramatist and | industrious self-advertiser, Annunzio, are bewildering. With the help of “capital” and royalty, he is about to realize a poet’s dream and build a temple of dra- | matic art, with which trade and commerc shall have nothing to do. He has jus had one new play, “A Spring Morning | Dream,” acted, and anothe: ‘The Dead | City s in rehearsal in Paris and Rome. | other npew plays, “Iron” and | “Laura,” are finished in manuscript. He is writing, simultaneously, five new nov- | els, each one taking the name of a flower. At the same time his genius is devoting itself to _the composition of three mys- “‘Perssphone,” “Adonis” and In Boston the Ammergauan Passion Play is being projected by the cinemato- | graph. It will be exhibited in Augustin Daly New York Theater during the Lenten season. The new Sardou play, which 1s about to be produced in Paris, deals with the history of Louis XVII, and is called “Pamela la Marchande de Frivolites.” Both Napoleon and Josephine are of the characters, and Mme. Rejane and a little 12-year-old actress are prominent in the cast. The latest and wildest enterprise In the show business is credited to Henry B Clifford, a ChicagQ manager, wno going to send an dpera company of 125 around the world, giving performances in a large canvas tent. A new role for Mi berte in *‘Frou-: | Daly is soon to present. ‘When William Archer’s invaluable rec- ord of “The Theatrical World in 187" shortly make its appearance it will have | a preface by Sydney Grundy. Rehan will be Gil- ' which play Mr. Miss Anna Daly, a young actress of this city, now playing with Modjeska, has been praised by the Eastern crit- ics for her Phoebe in “As You Like It,” | and Margaret Curl in “Mary Stuart.” | The Musicians’ Clubof SanFrancisco | encourages musical composition by of- fering a gold, a silver and a bronze medal for the three relatively best compositions of chamber music that have not been previously published or publicly performed. Edward A. Mac- Dowell and Xaver Scharwenka will pass on the merits of the music. Full particulars of the competition may be had of Julius Weber, secretary of the Musicians’ Club. i i NEW TO- GUSTAY WALTER, Director-General. Waek Commencing Monday, January (T—°"=ATESLSA292L% womsor SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. estas. 887. [0S ANGELES CAL. esua. iaon. Return From Their Triumphal Coast Tour for Positively One Week Only Prior to Their Eastern Engagements and Thence Homeward Bound to Their Native Land, THE MUSICAL BENSATION OF THE CENTURY, THE KNABEN-KAPELLE BOYS’ HUNGARIAN 40 Little Natural-Born Musicians. GUSTAV WALTER'S IMPORTATION, MILITARY BAND. New and Popular Selections. RICE AND ELMER In Their Original Specialty, “A RUBE'S VISIT TO CHINATOWN." CARTER DE HAVEN, Diminutive Comedian. PROF. GALLANDO, Lightning Clay Modeler. AT MONT axnp DUMONT, HIGH-CLASS INSTRUMENTAL DUETISTS. Direct from _ Australia’ KNIGHT ASTON— World’s Renowned Tenor Robusto. PAULO & DIKA, Eccentric Vocalists. BARNEY & RUSSELL, Novelty Character Artists. Last Week of the Legitimate Btar PATRICE wu In Their Dainty Playlet—"‘A NEW YEAR’S DREAM."" SUPPORTED BY MPTON and J. F. WHITBECK. MATINEE TO-DAY, SUNDAY, JANUARY 16th. Last Appearance of Musical Dale, Elinore Sisters, La Petite Lund, Fartum Brothers, Kitty Mitchell, Mlle. Rombello and the BALLET SPECTACLE. PARQUET, any scat, 25¢; BALCONY 10c; CHILDREN 10c, any part. NEW TO. TLOB & CF Ltasees & manasim PERFORMANCES. || WILLIE -DAY—. AMUSEMENTS. TO-NIGHT and ALL NEXT WEEK. ~—usr | THE BIGGEST OF BIG SUCCESSES! COLLIER, The Quaintest of Quaint Comedians, in THE MAN FROM MEXICO AN ABSOLUTE- AVALANCHE OF LAUGHS, THAT'S RIGHT! PRICES—A good Reserved Seat on the lower floor, $1; Balcony, 50c and 75c. Special Matinee Prices. Last Performance Next Saturday Night. MONDAY, JANUARY 24. ... THE GIRL FROM PARIS PRIEDLANDER GOTTLOB B C° wessies & mnauny RICH Big, Buoyant, Billowy, Bri IT SCINTILLATES IN WIT. “Whoop De Dooden Do. “I Ain't Obliged to Stand ning a Home, I Don’t Know."” First Five O'clock Tea.' NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. doin the Throngs and Hear the Song Ram-a-Jam, 1 igger Foolin'." ‘Why 1 Bécam 2 Daughter of the Leader of the Band.” ‘The Swellest Thing in Town,” and BEGINNING | MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 17, “PLEASE MARRY ME, IT WON'T TAKE LONG.” AND HARRIS' liant, Ebullient Bundle of Laughter, COURTED INTO COURT. BY JOHN T. McNALLY. COMPLETE Comedy INTRODUCING - BERFECT = production!MAmE DRESSLER, MOST |pRLCHIEM: [Extant. | JOHN C. RICE AND TWENTY OTHER 'FARCEURS. IT BUBBLES WITH MELODY. nsieu; COMING—""WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES."” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. Mes. ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME Of Our Holilday Spectacle, “MOTHER GOOSE[” New Songs, Dances and Specialties. TO-MORROW EVENING, A Musical Event —“BRIAN BORU I"— A Romantie Irish Opera. First Appearance of ARTHUR DONALDSON, Rarytone. CHARLES CHARTERS, Character Comedian. Popular Prices. CENTRAL PARK—BASEBALL. TO-DAY- SUNDAY- 2 P. M. “Hot Time at the Old Grounds." SANTA CRUZ. (Beachcombers.) VS, BUSHNELL ALERTS. esesee25 conts MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE w ole Lessee and M: Last Two Perf “THE PLUN Commencing To-Morrow, January 17, Magnificent Presentation of the Great War R S E and the . TB';:\‘:::I{\!EI’}“M‘\:,(HIIC Scenes and Tableaux. The Acme Quartet in War and Camp Songs. A Strong Cast, New Scenic and Mechanical Effects. Evening Prices, 10c, 25¢ and MATINEE SATURDAY AND § ger. R PAY. CHIQUITA!! Cuba’s Atom! The Smallest Woman on Earth, Is Positively the MARVEL OF THE AGE! Daily Receptions at the CHUTES Afternoon and Evening. RAIN OR SHINE. 10c to all, including Vaudeville. Children Sc. BUSH-STREET THEATER. The 7Thalia_German-Hebrew Onera Company, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS, January 14 and 16, “RZRA, THE WANDERING JEW,” Dramatic Opera in 4 acts, by Professor teiner. Box office cpen daily from 10 a. m. 5 p. m. to CALIFORNIA THEATER. TO-NIGHT (SUNDAY)—LAST TIME— JOLLY NELLIE McHENRY In Her Brilliant Comedy, A NIGHT IN NEW YORK! MONDAY—"COURTED INTO COURT.” GENUINE . CORBETT-FITZSIMMONS CONTEST Reproduced at —— 873 MARKET STREET,— OPPOSITE POWELL, As follows: 1, 7 and 1045 p. m., preliminar- fes, first and second rounds; 2 and 7:4 p. m. third, fourth and fifth rounds; 3 and §:30)p. m., sixth, seventh and eighth rounds; 4 and 9:1 p. m. , tenth and eleventh rounds; 5 10 and 11:30 p. m., twelfth, thirteenth, fourteénth and ‘knock-out. The only city in the world where any part of this great fight was ever reprodiuced for this price of ADMISSION, 10 CENTS. 0 B E RO N —O'FARRELL STREET, Near Stockton. Grand Concert Every Evening by CARL MARTENS And tne COSMOPOLITAN ORCHESTRA. 57 2 t Win- a Sailor.”” ““Ma Lulu 'm the Dooley's RACING! RACING! RACING! —CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB— Winter Meeting, 159708, Beginning MONDAY January 10 to January 22, Inclusive. OAKLAND RACETRACK. RACING MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, 'THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FIVE OR MORE RACES - “H DAY. RACES START AT 2:15 P. M. BHARP.—— 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—Trains leave the rack at 4:13 and P. M., and immediatcly after the last H. WILLIAMS “R., President. OY, Secretary. ce. THOMAS R. B. MILR( THE LYBECK CYCLE SKATING RI Howard st., between Third and Fourt] Moving Pictures and Optical Illusions. RCHESTRA MUSIC. Open dally from 9:30 a. m. to 12 m.; 2 to 4:80 p. m.: 7 to 10 p. m. General Admission, 10c; Gents’ Skates, 15c; Ladles’ Skates, Free.