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49 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 1898. B R R R R R R The SIGHTS AND SENSATIONS of “COURTED INTO COURT.” BY ASHTON STEVENS, IR R R R RN XXX XX R RR D R R R R R R I S e A ) Above and beyond the uninspired |there is anything in this Mr. Rice that idjocy of John J. McNally “CourtedInto | deserves the double distinction? Court” is blessed by the personality - it of Marfe Dressler. There is hope and | My John C. Rice has fluent legs and consolation in Miss Dressler; it iS | falr command of dialect, but he is good to know that she is in the land. In case anything ever should happen to May Irwin we have Marie Dressler to fall back on. Not that things are likely to happen to May Irwin’s sensational health—not that!—but she might some not an attractive personality. There is $u his manner and his voice something | which sets a pace In the admiration of Rice that no one else can keep up | with; and his very limberness suggests day take it into her genial head to re- | Mr. Rice is not in tune with the tire: she might—who knows what these | healthy rest of the company. As fine good-natured women will do?—marry |a company, by the way, as ever was herself to some proud prince who could | wantoned on a McNulty farce. John not bear to see her work; or she might stay away from San Francisco alto- gether. It has been a long time since Miss Irwin westward hoed, and there is nothing in our immediate horoscope to point her on the way. New York, you know, finally has “discovered” May Irwin. She can stay there now all the year round with any old kind of a piece and nothing to do but work night in and night out, with never a care of transportation or advance agents and grow stouter and richer while we wait. Miss Dressler makes hope deferred en- durable. She is all but May Irwin and a magnetic considerable of her own be- sides. G. Sparks hasn’t his usual much to do | this time, but what there is of the %Irlshn‘mu he plays with a legitimacy &nd comic seriousness that are unap- | proachable. Jaques Kruger, too, does | a Harriganesque study of a toper that |is limited only by the fragmentary | possibilities of the part, and little Miss Sallie Cohen sings a tidy note and According to the cant superstitions about beauty that commonly obtain Marie Dressler is not beautiful. But she has a fascinating way of being plain; in her physiognomy there is something of a homely Hading, and she shows all the warm, womanly cor- diality that Hading—if she has any at | . Is under a mask of snow. Also she is probably a better Mc 1y farce-comedienne than her contempo- rary of the Comedie Francaise. Have all—conce you heard Marie Dressler sing? Her voice is the superlative of plump joy it has the real essence, the snuff-col- | ored tone, the just-throw-myself-away quality that finds the true temper of the modern coon song. Her “Ram-a- Jam, I Want That Man” is the most momentous Americo-Ethiopic song- burst that has happened here since May Irwin sang “The New Bully.” P I wonder if Miss Dressler has the same attraction for women that she has for men. Possibly not. She is the popular person, from the masculine estimate, that I have seen in fourteen months. All the men about | the town are intoning her praises. I| have heard but one woman mention the most matter—and then it was to say she | thought Miss Pressler a trifie bump- | tious and rough. Never mind abou the roughn but the bumptiousnes I admit; there which bette than that describes the physical attri- butes of this large, unique young wo- She is bumptious to be lovable She revels in a vast clumsy grace that vivid, personal and magnetic; she deals i sort of convivial hypnotism | that is immediate and fatal. But she is as gentle as & man. You, if you are a woman, may not consider it gen- tle in Miss Dressler to lift Mr. Lyon by the scragg of the neck and joust him against the floor and poke him in the waistcoat and titillate him on his | solar plexus—but I, who can feel the | *fluence of this Brunhilda of MecNally, know that these are mere and momen- tary concessions to a depraved play writer—episodes in which the artist’s physique is imposed upon by an gcro- author. You may not think that deserves his share of this you would, per- | , prefer to see Mr. Rice held up to is no word man is plays at belng Miss Dressler's servitor- L5 Bc0Im; of 'h.’f_J",r.‘”"“,s"““':‘h' S0 | coustn with a surprising degree of na- \\u\f‘.d 1. But Mr. Rice 5 on !_h" €OD- | turalness. An odd bit of grotesquerie, trary, kissed—yes, kissedby Miss Dress- | a¢ this time of day, is Oscar Figman's ler. It is not a Nethersolean ki | dude; he carries me back to the old there is nothing tumultuous, t robbing. | £arce-comedy at the Bush-street scorching, stifling about it; it is a plain, | Theater, where nearly every show had slo to confes; s low— A 2 - Y . ?»l\ hav u;“"‘f\'-!f‘ ': :;m-‘(jk“m Lits spider-legged dude, with wonderful the parting that Miss Dressler indents [SKI-Atting trouser e upén 'the osculatory “feature (o' M b, o 8 St o e Rice. Unwort =" 2 G hin Rlce! You may see | yyny. he 1s altogether astonishingly where the caress has left its seal. Mr. | successtul—but I should hate to think fxioe s livs wear a flattenct Dout; @wibe § iy seniclincatnmntleh’s cariouture is red spot glows between the diverging | i i > iloose again with any probability of points of his mustaches—and that is | permanence. where he has been kissed. Twice blessed and twice unworthy Rice! It has been his specialty to be kissed by the two most accomplished kissers in the pro- fession. He has been kissed into fame, nectarized into notoriety. First it was May Irwin—she had themselves kine- toscoped in the act; it was called the May Irwin Kiss, and was patented and copyrighted by photographers and kine- toscopers and couid be seen for a nickel in the siot. Now it is Marle Dressler who kisses Mr. Rice. . .. Since “The First Born,” one never | knows what will lie in a new piece at | the Alcazar. I was easily lured by the announcement of “an original pathetic play in one act,” written by Frederick | Paulding. In the present invasion of | farce it would be a luxury to weep a | tear or two; it would perhaps recon- | cile us to the immediate future, which |1s to consist of more farce. But there | were no sweet tears at the Alcazar last I ask anybody if | week. “A Man's Love” is damp and | the epicene mister of the French ballet. | | mushy enough, but it is not pathetic, | according to the pathos that is pledged | in the bill. I cannot see where a man of Mr. Paulding’s experience found the nerve to expose it in the theater. And his acting of the principal part would not have been countenanced by any | stage manager other than himself. 1 ASHTON STEVENS. Scheel's Symphony Goncert. | A programme of established modern | pieces has been selected by Mr. Scheel | for Thursday's concert at the Tivoli. | i | | The symphony will be Dvorak's “New World;” the ballet music, Delibes’ “Coppelia,” and the overture Gold- mark’s “In Springtime.” Robert Franz's version of the old Hebrew.melody, ‘Kol | Nidre,” will also be played. | Arrangements have just been com- | pleted by which Henri Marteau, the young French violinist, will be the ! golofst at one of the San Francisco o JonN C.RICE AND "COURTED INTO COVRT’ AT THE CALIFORNIA Symphony Soclety’s concerts of an l early date. | Baldwin. “The Girl from Paris,” which com- mences an engagement of three weeks Baldwin to-morrow night, is one of the most popular musical attractions of the lighter order that has been pre- sented in years. It has a record of 1000 nights at the Duke of York's, Lond and another edition of it is now f ing at the Herald Square Theater, York, where a run of 300 nights recently completed. We are promise arly as possible, the produc ward E. Rice first gave New )f course all of the originals are not in the cast—several of them made such reputations that they are now “out on their own"—but the present company is said to be compact and valuable in every particular. The pro- duction will be under the hand of Frank Smithson, whom Mr. Rice se- cured from London, and the dancing, which plays an important part in the performance, will be directed by H. Fletcher Rivers, a bailet master of rep- utation. The elabdrate scenic equip- ment is the work of La Fayette W Seavey, an artist who needs no intro- | duction. The piece itself is said to be almost a real comic opera, with catchy music by Ivan Carylland asmartly humorous book by George Dance. The presenta- tionrequiresa castof fifty. Miss Mamie Gilroy, whose clever work in Hoyt' NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. estas. 1857 LOS ANGELES CAL. esua. 15 GUSTAV WALTER, Director-General. WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY, JANUARY Z24th. GRAND JUBILEE BILL of Gold Nuggets Gathered From the World’s Vaudeville Amer Mines. OIN, WILS 's Representative German Comedian CRIMMINS Noveity Comed Duo. in thelr sketch, * 2 = A]ufrlc:l's ?r(x:l!e!! Female Barytone. LE’ -45eri THE AMERICAN BIOGRAPH, ™o s Pesitively Last Week KNABEN-KAPELLE. 4o:’=l:|;in. Natural-Born : ___New Programme of National and Popular Atrs. < " CARTER DE HAVEN, | RICE AND ELMER, & __Diminutive Comedian. i Horizontal Bar Artists PROF. GALLANDO, [ i T Lightning Clay Modeler. Beautiful Gypsy Violinist. GRAND GOLDEN JUBILEE MATINEE MONDAY, JANUARY 24th. MATINEE TO-DAY—SUNDAY—JANUARY 23d. LAST APPEARANCE OF PATRIOE AND COMPANY. Parguet, any seat, 25c: Balcony, 10c; Children, 109, any part. l’élw GOTTLOB 8 €O wtsstrs & manaum “Excelsior dr.”" ALCAZAR . | THIS (ST and Seats by Phone Main 253, NDAY) NIGHT, FORBIDDEN FRUIT! | | HOLIDAY | | | MATINEE TO-MORROW, Monday, January 24, JUBILEE WEEK! Sydney Grundy's Scréaming Farce. e A . It Will Make You Laugh. REGULAR MATINEE SATURDAY. Evening Prices—lfc, %c, 3c, Slc. Matinee Prices—3c. 25c, 15c. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. EDW. E. RICE’S SUPERB SPECTACLE, THE GREATEST PRODUCTION -3 SEASON r Surpassing in Splendor Rice’s Past Triumphs—‘Evangeline,” “1392," “Little Christopher.” THE ARABIAN NIGHTS! part of “the girl”; Willlam_ Blaisdell is the comical French spy; Edgar Hal- | Stead is the Ebenezer Honeycomb, a | “shining light Harry Hermsen has| the part of “it-is-to-laugh”. Hans, which |In his hands is said to be quite as| clever as the original creation of Mann's; J. C. Marlow impersonates the | dandy Major Fossdyke of the Batter- sea Butterfly Shooters; Philip Thomas, recently of the Bostonians, will appear as Tom Overleigh, the British barris- ter: Miss Carrie Bahr will appear as Ruth, the slavey, and sing the now fa- | mous “Sister Mary Jane's Top Note.” | Clara Lavine will have the chance to | sing in the role of Nora Honeycomb, | and Mlle. Fleurette, a distinguished | dancer, will exploit her newest crea- | | tion. “La Parisienne.” Rice may be de- | pended upon for a comely chorus and a | | good orchestra leader. Galifornia. “Courted Into Court” promises to| | have a crescendo second week at the | | California. The town is just awaken- | ing to the fact that Marie Dressler, | John G. Sparks and Jaques Krueger are a farce-comedy trio that would be hard | to beat. The attraction to follow is Black Patti's Troubadors, headed by | the redoubtable Sissurieta Jones her- | self. The fifty members of the com- | | pany are all born that way—not col- | | ored—and are said to reach the limit | | of emancipated song, dance, speclalty | and spectacle. They will bring a num- | ber of new songs. The performance s | | divided In two parts—one, & musical | farce, called ““At Jolly Coon-ey Island.” the other a novel vaudeville olio. ‘ £ | Alcazar. | “The Arabien Nights,” one of the best of Sydney Grundy’s adapted farces, | will be revived at the Alcazar next week. The adventures of the unsophis- ticated but sporiy Hummingtop with his fair decsiver and his mother-in-law are too well known to require ampli- fication at this time of day. ‘“The Arabian Nights” has always been a afe plece in San Francisco since its introduction years ago by Joe Holland and ( rgia Drew Barrymore. It was one of the most successful of the many Frawley productions and did well at the Alcazar last year. Although the cast has not been announced at the time of writing it is reasonably safe to say that Wright Huntington will be the Hummingtop and Mrs. Bates the moth- er-in-law. The curtain will be raised | with “One Touch of Nature.” The opening performance will take | place on Monday afternoon. a “Jubilee™ matinee being the order at the Alca- zar. | [ Orpheum. hether tae other theaters ar: of- fering good shows or bad, yoa ere al- ways sure of finding something that is worth the while at the Orpheum. The | house has a standard and lives up to it fairly well Now and then gbad turns mar a programme, but on the T farces is well remembered, plays the’ Whole there is not a variety house in the land that offers as good a bill year in and year out. There are several new features on the bill for the new week, prominent among which is Carletta, who styles himself “The Human Lizard,” and is said to be practically boneless. . Dol- line Cole, another newcomer, claims to be “America’'s greatest female bary- tone.” Monday night will mark her ini- tial bow to a San Francisco audience. The comedy portion of the bill will be contributed by Al Wilson, the famous Dutch comedian, and Crimmins & Gore !}’l their screamingly funny sketch, What Are the Wild Waves Saying.” The blograph will have an entirely new set of views. The Knaben-Kapelle has been re- tained for another week, but this will positively be their last. The hold-overs will include Gallando, claymodeler, Almont & Dumont, in mu- sical specialties, and Rice & Elmer, horizental bar performers. A Jubilee matinee will be given Monday. Tivoli. 4 & week will be the last’of “Brian Boru” at the Tivoll. The management had hoped for a better success with an opera that was such a tremendous go in New York, and spared no pains in the production. There are several con- certed pieces and one or two of the solos that are worth hearing. The cast is a long one, including Arthur Donald- son in the part of Brian, Thomas C. Leary as the Pat O'Hara, Florence Walcott as Erina, Edith Hall as Baby Malone, Tillie Salinger as the English Princess and Fred Kavanagh as little Johnnie Dugan. The next piece will be “The Pearl of Pekin,” with Edwin Stevens as the great Tyfoo. This will open a new season of the lighter at- tractions, including Hopper's succes: “Dr. Syntax,” ngeline,” laine,” a new burlesque on the subject of “Sinbad the Sailor,” and finally the second of the Tivoli's annual reviews, which will be entitled, “Round About ‘he Tfown.” Morosco's. ‘The attraction for the week at Mo- rosco’s will be Frank Harvey's sensa- tional melodrama of English life, enti- tled “Brother for Brother.” It is a story of the tragic revenge planned by Jasper Crane upon Anthony Radford, a wealthy iron founder who, led to be- lieve his first wife dead, rentagries, only to discover that his second marriage is void and his son illegitimate. However, the ending is happy, as Crane finally relents sooner than live up to his re- venge. The pathos of the plot is relieved b; considerable comedy and sensational NEW 'I'O-DJ;\Y scenes of & great foundry in operation and a lively fire. All the favorites of Morosco’s c¢ompany will be seen in characteristic parts OI\JmpiaL The Olympia Music Hall, at the cor- ner of Mason and Eddy streets, was formally reopened last night with a musical and vaudeville entertainment, BY G.EJ.COLBURN,D.D.S. chiefly contributed to by Kirchner's | WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR “Lady” Orchestra. Amcng the other attractions were Anna Killian, violin | soloist; Ma Belle, a serio comic; Jessie Millar cornet operator, and several | specialists in song and dance. Il Ghutes. Out at the Chutes’ Free Theater Chi- | quita, the condensed Cuban patriot, is | still the biggest attraction of her inches | on record. She draws the ercwd, even | in cold weather. For the new week a big vaudeville bill is announced. | Oberon. 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A > CLOSE ONE EYE s N THE OTHER! IF Yoy CANNOT SEE EQUALLY WELL BOTH NEAR AND FAR CALL AND SEE US. 3 OPTICIANS “pHoTO s SUENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS <y, 7 642 MARKET ST, 1% UNDER CHRONICLE BUILDING o~ | A concert programme, to which Michal- ena, the tenor, and Marquardt, the vio- linist, will contribute solos, will pre- cede the performance of “Olivette.” An especially interesting programme | Is that of the opening of Anton Schott’s second season of song recitals, which takes place at the Association Audi- torfum on Friday evening. Songs by Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann | will be sung by Mr. Schott and Mrs. ] Richards. Another! Remenyi, the veteran vio- linist, made his debut in vaudeville at Keith's last Monday night. The Henschels have just finished a| very succesful season in New York. May Irwin has another “Johnson”| New TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. song which she is introducing with glad effect in “The Swell Miss Fitz- well.” It is called “Keep Your EyeOLYMplA on Your Friend, Mr. Johnson.” | Cor, Mason and Eddy Streets. The Most Beautiful Music Hall in America. Thirty times was Mancinelli called ' Grand Reopening Last Night, out at Madrid during the premiere of his ne pera, “Hero and Lean Thousarids Delighted by Our BEGINNING Tu-MORROW, MONDAY, JANUARY 24 Magnificent Scemery. . . . ... Gorgeous Costumes . . . . Excellent Cast . . . . Beautiful Chorus . . . . Fifty California Thealré FRIECLANDER GOTTLOS 8 (° wssiss 8 manimy COURT John J. McNally’s Latest. “ The Most Laughable Comedy of the Century.” MARIE DRESSLER, JOHN C. Coming—BLACK PATTI'S TROUBADOURS. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. ; YOU WILL LAUGH TILL YOU FORGET YOUR NUMBER. COURTED INTO |mcua.mms' SPLENDID COMEDY rnnnuunuu!l GREAT BILL OF EASTERN MUSICAL AND VARIETY SPECIALTIES. TO-NIGHT ——AND— ALL NEXT WHEHEK. (Direct from New York). Q20—Young Ladies, All Soloists—20 Under the Direction of Miss Anna Killian, JESSIE MILLAR, Cornet Soloist from Barnum & Bailey's Great and. LILLIAN LESLIE, Soprano and Descriptive Vocalist. MLLE. MA BELLE, Character Vocalist. PURITA, Dancing Soubrette. ELLA KIRCHNER, Musical Specialties. Tt seintillates with witty lines, 1t bubbles o'er with song; It sets the people laughing, It's a play for which tbey long. RICE and 20 Other Farceurs. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. Mus. ERNESTINE ERELING. Proprietor & Manager ‘THIS EVENING! —THE MUSICAL TRIUMPH— The Irish Comic Opera, “BRIAN BORU.” Enlarged Chorus—Augmented Orchestra. BEAUTIFUL SOLOS. Soul-Stirring Ensembles and Finales. The Mos® Perfect Production of Years. Next Opera—THE PEARL OF PEKIN.” — Song—Dance—Humor.— Popular Prices. - 25¢ and 50¢ SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY SOCIETY. FRITZ SCHEEL, Musical Director. Fifth Concert, Tivoll Opera House, Thursday afternoon, January 27, at 3:15 o'ciock. Pro- framme “Overture, “Irm Frubling, (n spring- time). Goldmark; symphony, ** the New World,” Dvorak; Hebrew melody, arranged by Robert Franz; Coppella (ballet),’ Leo Deiibes: Eepana rhapeody, B. Chabrier. Prices, includ. ing reserved seat, §1 50, §1 and 75 cents.. Seats on,"gje at Tivoll, commencing Monday, Janu- ary MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. Walter Mcrosco........Sole Lessee and Manager Last two performances of E BLUE AND THE GRAY.” COMMENCING TO-MORROW, January 2 Grand and Elaborate Production of n] Harvey's Sensational Melodrama. **BROTHER FOR BROTHER.” Sensational Fire Scene. Operation. Pathos. New Scenery. Com- edy. A Thrilling Plot. SPECIAL HOLIDAY MATINEE MONDAY. Evening Prices, 10c, 25c, 50c. Matinees Sat- urday and Sunday. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. TWO GRAND OPERATIC CONCERTS. ‘Thursday, January 27, at § o'clock p. m. Sat- urday matinee, January 29, at 2 o'clock p. m. Given by the principal artists of the DEL CONTE'S ITALIAN OPERA CO. Selections from ‘‘Otello,” “Aida,” * Destiny, rany, ignon, e “*Crispino- e la Comare” and Tickets now on sale at Sherman Clay’s Music Store. Reserved seats, $1; bal- cony. 50 cents. Iron Foundry in Full | HAVE YOU SEEN CHIQUITA ? —SHE IS THE— |MARVEL OF THE AGE! SMALL AND SMILING AND A TINY TOT. ANNA KILLIAN, MATINEE SUNDAY. ADMISSION FREE. House Thoroughly Heated. Most Comfortable Theater in the City Daily Reception at the CHUTES ¢ Afternoon and Evening, RAIN OR SHINE. 16c to all, including Vaudeville; Children, 6c. CENTRAL PARK. JUBILEE BASEBALL CARNIVAL! | 3-STAR TEAMS-3 | TO-DAY—2 P. M | BUSHNETL ALERTS vs. CAL. MARKETS. TO-MORROW—2 P, M., CAL. MARKETS vs. WILL & FINCKS. ADMISSION-2=c, BUSH-STREET THEAT The Thalla German-Febrew. Somma: lC‘t')mpanv Saturday and Sunday Nights, Januaty 2% and 23, “SULAMI Monday Evening, January 24, Jubilee Day, y_speclal Tequest our great: “K by Spectal Breatest success, “KOL .y THE LYBECK CYCLE SK Howard st., between Third mNF‘guE;.NK' Moving Pictures and Optical Illusions. A tn(‘.n%:s"é‘RA MUSIC, 3 Open daily from 9:30 a. m. t s R g o e B 0 12 m.; 2 to 4:30 p. 1 A . Gents’ Skates. 15c; Ladles' Skntes Froc "o Kirchner’s Ladies’ Orchestra ¥ ¥y