The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1898, Page 27

| l THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1898. 27 gad 0o oo =20 oo fugel fagel fugad =323 g u] T fag=] o o Be el ok = ToGe OO0 “R that the Tivoll shoulder all Geisha” noth- 2. Of course, voli is suffer- , an honorable | oductions—*“The one—have been have fallen on at has been run- “The Vice-Ad- of German comic | tely begging. I | formance left something | but there was a lot in it | able; and one of those s should have been a anybody who cares | ated essence of the all | musical comic opera. iled the Tivolite. Ever at jolly Anglo-Japa- nothing else has been him; he has used the The Geisha” as a club COOVROO OO ,~C>OOC:QQ?QQQC(Q‘C‘UO§}§§§ | be no use to the theater.” OAOOUOOUONNRNLCLORDOO NN AR ON E TIVOLI, “THE GEISHA,” AND “SHALL WE FORGIVE HER?” OBIN HOOD” BY ASHTON STEVENS. LU T fegegegege] for young Irving as a gentleman, dis- covers that she does not care suffi- ciently for him to become -his wife. If all this be true it will be hard on somebody else besides Mr. Irving. As stated in these -columns several weeks ago, an enterprising - metropolitan vaudeville manager has been advertis- Ing Miss Barrymore's father, the de- bonair Maurice, as ‘‘the father-in-law elect of a son of a British knight.” However, Barrymore comes outof his vaudeville experience with a joke. The men who run continuous performance he calls the I-need-thee-every hour managers. George Bernard Shaw, the accom- plished play assassin of the Saturday did not receive the usual press n to the premiere of Pinero’s “Trelawny of the Wells,” and upon tel- ephoning to the manager was told that “three lines of adve: criticism would However, Mr. Shaw attended the second night, and evidently enjoyed the piece, for he wrote that the manager’s belief that mite the shortcomings ccessors. So the Tivoli man- | t has been practically driven to | h the enterprise joy No one louder than I in acc m of the Geisha" production; the clinging e of the music and the lyrics, the of the pictures and the general 1 work of the company prejudiced digious in favor of the little A house around the cormer. I, adulatory adjective for all T 1 that week, and g ts a hard run in the ra ; and I can now confess in mod- were beaten at their own But doubtless they were handi- ed by the truth. Nothing can be re painful to a press agent than for m to find that rosiest flights of ion are nothing stronger than al pride is ever to be considered theater we have an institution | at over in the Tivoli, the ancestor | p opera in America. The Tivoli but the spread. e most for the least, ity of cheapness has hia and Boston now pride on inexpensive music. The Jua a Company of Phil- an organization in direct our Tivoli, has established it- ew York, the home of the most :ra in the world. And this comed by the public and .. Its performances are given space in the review columns of ropolitan papers; the most znerian' and De Reszke-fed critics the s even when the or two ago in le bill of “Pinafore’” " the critics jeers. The a pretty safe place > to be encouraged so to the present policy an and, as nearly as is possible, ate performances. The town the Tivoli a debt for the first of nearly all the later comic 1 many of the grand operas. in America has ever given rmances of grand opera at a a dollar of tke Tivoll's m told by Mr. Leahy that g serious season will be a saker in enterprise. Monto- | ini, who were respon- t every pleasurable rec- the late Italian season at ifornia, are engaged to appear n Lescaut,” the two “Bo- | (Puccini’'s and Leoncavallo's), ard several other new operas that are | now being arranged for. | .. | [ in coarse ough the Bostonians have ex- ced anything but pecuniary 1ts in the last two weeks, there has a general complaint from the peo- who have filled the Baldwin at ry performance of “The Serenade” t that opera is a long fall short of | Robin Hood.” So the good-natured | ostonians will revive “Robin Hood"” | morrow night icket and the long line of | eekers that has strung from the | since the opening of the seat itely settles the commercial fortunes of this revival. And it is not too optimistic, I think, In view of every previous performance of the work by these singers, to anticipate the artistic BU s as well. Robin Hood"” was bullt. for the Bostonians, and it has fitted them closer than their cuticle, defying changes in the cast and’that familiarity of tune which so often breeds cblivion. Its popularity as a performance is unparalleled. The humblest organ-grinder and the nickel- in-the-glot ‘music box have long since come to' regard its choicest melodies as unprofitable chestnuts; it would be worth the life of a concert-singer or a person in ‘private life to sing “Promise Me” or “Brown October Ale.” And yet the line lasts at the Baldwin box office, and we will all go and be crushed while we listen for the hundredth time to" the tunes that have grown old young. There {s an attraction in “Robin Hood” that is impertinently lasting. At the moment I have no idea what it really is. - Perhaps I will find out Monday night. . The Columbia s in for another week of “Shall We Forgive Her?” and has my sympathies. The melodrama is un- pardonable mush, and Marie Wain- wright would do herself prouder to be in vaudevillee. ASHTON STEVENS. THE OUTER WORLD. News and Comment of Distant Piays and Players. Stanley Jones, the London corre- spondent of the New York Morning Telegram, authors the statement that the engagement between Ethel Barry- 4more and Laurence Irving has been b clared off. Credence will be given to this item, because Mr. Jones furnished his paper the information of the en- gagement "a day in advance of the other London correspondents. The reasons given for the breaking off are to the effect that Miss Barrymore, al- though declaring the greatest respect of the success of three months | and alone as the house that | with its little prices has | | which have been published in English. | The Saturday would attack it showed that the manager didn't know a good comedietta even when he saw it in his own theater. When Modjeska opened a fortnight's season at the Fifth Avenue Theater, New York, in “Marie Stuart” mostofthe itics gave their first night ‘“prefer- » to Charles Frohman's produc- | tion of a farce called ‘O Susannah!” | But Willlam Winter of the Tribune and | | Rankin Towse of the Evening Post devoted each a column to Modjeska, who, in their opinion, is still the great- est actress in America and one of the greatest in the world. They note that her temperament has been somewhat softened by time, but they are agreed that no other actress ever has played in the past or does play now Schil- ler's Mary Stuart with the supurb identity that Modjeska gives the part. One of the topics of conversation between acts at the first night of| “Mary Stuart,” says the Commercial | Advertiser, was the long acquaintance | between Mme. Modjeska and her com- ! | | | | fegagaieind =gegalesad L fa3ed gaded fuad oo feded feded ga2d fude] L0 fel=d oo fudad foisd oo an 6 8 00 F 208 308 300 308 0 00 308 06 06 008 00 0 0 SUVVULVVVOTOTR AR OGS Philadelphia. A revival of “Trilby"” is threatened, with Miss O'Nelill—a Cali- fornia girl, by the way, who has made quite a little name for herself nnder Rankin’s tutelage—in the title part. The Rev. John Talbot Smith, a Ro- man Catholic priest, who is understood to be, in his clerical associations, very close to Archbishop Corrigan, has writ- ten a play entitled “The Black Cardi- nal,” which is to be produced by Frank B. Murtha shortly at a prominent New York theater. Of course, “The Black Cardinal” is not the first play ever written by a priest, but it will be particularly inter- esting to note just now, when much that is presented on the stage is found | offensive, even by the Jay mind, exact- ly what kind of a drama meets with the approval of the church—and whether the public will take to it. Father Smith’s contribution to the - | { | g (IR m it [ AR i !fi!p;]lr“f oy ‘ I ,.W'{fi‘f (e atf it ol A N} il Vadis.” visit to this country some twe: ago, during which he wrote severa interested in the celebrated Polish ag- i tress, and that it was her presence in | California which drew him to the New | World, and which resulted in his| charming California tales, some of Some of the gossips even went as far as to point out his feelings for Mme. Modjeska as the basic mective of his psychological novel “Without Dogma.” Modjeska’s two weeks’ engagement at the Fifth Avenue was in all so success- ful that she will play a return season. next month. After two disastrous seasons as a star Wilton Lackaye is “at leisure” for the lack of a play good enough to war- rant him in continuing his season. It is said that he Is contemplating ap- pearing next season in 2 dramatization of Lever's “Charles O‘Malley.” In the meantime he has just declined an offer of $1000 fer twelve weeks to appear in a fifteen minute sketch at Proctor’s. vaudeville house. A rumor has arrived to the effect that Mr. Lackaye has joined genius & WILLIAMS. |, (it At i [ b ‘,wl I i ORPHEUM el ] l ) with the Booth and Barrett combina- tion. Booth was one of her first theat- rical advisers, and gave her strong en- couragement. In London she acted with George Alexander and John Hare beforetaking up the new tendency. She succeeded in establishing an independ- ent theater in London—the New Cen- tury Theater—and her progress in New York will be watched with interest, as nearly all the “popular” metropolitan critics are wildly opposed to Ibsenism. Forbes Robertson, whose Hamlet, according to the consensus of London criticism, is the best In the history of modern acting, will shortly make a tour of Germany, appearing with Mrs. Patrick Campbell and an English com- pany in several of Shakespeare’s plays. He will carry no scenery, as the Ger- mans, who have long been reckoned among the most enthusiastic of Shake- speareans, always keep their best theaters well equipped for productions of the bard. Mr. Robertson will include Maeterlinck in his repertory, using a translation of “Pelleas et Melisande,” recently effected by Miss Laurence Alma Tadema and J. W. Mackail, a famous Latin scholar. The interest at- taching to the appearance of Mrs. Campbell and Mr. Robertson in this beautiful little tragedy will be consider- ably heightened by the fact that Hum- perdinck is composing the inctdental music for the production. Modern Eng- lish drama will be represented by “The Second Mrs. Tanqueray,” which Mr. Robertson considers its masterpiece, Mrs. Campbell playing Paula, the part she created. From London comes the news that “The Cat and the Cherub,” with Hol- | brook Blinn in the principal part, has Jjust celebrated its 100th performance. @\\\\\\\\\\\W H!fl)fi///fl%% ROEL ) foBaM fi;w([ 4 / TR i G | patriot, Sienkewicz, author' of “Quo | stage is a historical romance, and its | Mr. Fernald has nearly completed an- The Polish novelist paid a |plot is founded on the struggle between | other play which young Blinn will pro- ty years | Napoleon I and Pope Pius VII, a strug- | duce in London whenever the run of gle full of interest and teeming with | the Chinese piece shall have come to an time imprisoned the Pope and carried off with him to Paris a large number of the .cardinals.. Among these latter was Cardinal Consalvi, a renowned dip- lomat, who had been Pius’ secretary of state. Later on, when the Emperor di- vorced Josephine and married Marie Louise of Austria, thirteen of the car- dinals, headed by Consalvi, refused to attend the wedding ceremony on the ground that Josephine's divorce was not valid. As a punishment for his boldness in thus defying the Emperor, Consalvi was exiled to Lyons and for- bidden to wear the red robes of nis of- fice. Hence the title of the play. Miss Elizabeth Robins, an American actress; who in London has become fa- mously identified with I[bsen’s plays, has just arrived in New York, where she will engage a company of her own and produce plays by Ibsen, Echegaray and other dramatists who are known by most of the New York'critics only to be misunderstood. Miss Robins was one of the pioneer Ibsen missionaries of London, where she is regarded as one of the best of modern -actresses. | short stories, all based on his Ameri- | dramatic incidents. The student of his- | end. | can impressions. It is said that he was | tory will recall that Napoleon at one The relation between the actor and the critic is at best a delicate one, and the less social intercourse there is be- tween them the easier it is for thecritic to be fair with his readers. Miss Da- venport's recent hospitable production of “Joan of Arc” in Boston is a good example of the point in question. She wanted the.play judged by the best critics in the country, and several weeks in advance of the premiere she sent invitations to pearly all the big critics of the big cities. Acceptances were numerous, and a large wing of one of Boston's swellest hotels was re- quired for the entertainment of the critical guests. A midnight banquet was given an hour after the conclusion of the performance, and it is to be im- agined that the good cheer nearly choked the visiting ecritics, for the play had been such an out and out faflure that their telegraphic reviews had dealt with it in no gentle terms. If such an occasion should arise again perhaps it would be better to make it a Dutch treat. Now that canned “Carmen” and Acton Davies of the Evening Sun wants Miss Anna Held, who is said to be very hard pressed for a novelty, to treat the gubllc to one of her condensed milk aths. G Remarking on the crowd at the thea- ters, its influence and taste, Fran- cisque Sarcey says in Revue Bleue that neither the intrinsic merit of a play nor the intrinsic merit of the act- ing is a considerable element in the im- mediate success of the plece. It is true that good plays succeed even at the time; Corneille, Racine and Moliere were usually immediately successful, but excellence insures only a very mod- erate success at first. Thomas Cor- neille, the unknown brother of the fa- mous Pierre, had a greater temporary success than his great brother. ‘‘Ari- ane” was played oftener and attracted much larger crowds than “Les Horaces” or “Cinna.” *At the theater the man of talent,” says Sarcey, "de- feats the man of genius, although in the course of centuries the genius and and the man of mere talent are put in their proper places.” ‘What counts more than intrinsic merit, continues the French critic, is the conformity of the play with the | turn of mind, the sentiment and taste of the crowd. At different times there are different kinds of plays which are popular. At a time when the classic tragedy was the only form acceptable, a poor play with that form would suc- ceed better than a good play of diver- gent form. No matter how much the tragedy bored, respect inclined the crowd to admiration, and they clapped their hands by tradition. The operetta began with master- | pleces of its kind, but when the type | once became popular anything of the ERGIE COOPER THOS L 1B|§OLI. kind would succeed. Good comedies, good vaudeville, given at that time would not succeed. “The crowd was like the man of whom La Bruyere speaks who appreciated and cultivated prunes exclusively, and prunes only of one species. He picked them devotedly fr_om the tree and said, ‘Taste that! What perfume! What meat! What taste! That is a prune, a real prune.’ ‘It is an operetta,” said the public, and ran to it as to a fire.” Revolutions in gubllc demand come, but no one knows ow. Sarcey says that the skill of the actor does not count as much as the adapta- tion of the actor to what the world be- lieves beforehand to be good. A come- dian who has failed for years, though an artist, suddenly educates the crowd to understand his quality, and when they learn it well they applaud every time he appears and anything which resembles him. “Mme. Bernhardt displayed a tender- ness, eloquence and grace and evoked in this role of the blind, loving and suf- fering woman an- emoti a sympathy, which are indescribable,” says the Lon- don Times, of her part In d’Annunzio’s tragedy, “La Ville Morte.” The play, however, is said to be monatonous and morbid, with rore talk than action, never moves the heart. There is a sig- nal want of proportion, and the very setting of the dead and cursed city is out of harmony with the sonorous phrases which seem to be delivered by actors promenading on stilts. “The most convincing line I ever read on the subject of actors,” says Jeffd'An- gelis, “was writ in large red letters on the wall of a dressing room in a South- ern California theater. It was this: ‘Aping the rich keeps actors poor.’ " It is authentic news from Paris that Jean de Reszke has added to his reper- tory “Trovatore” and “William Tell,” and that he will sing in both operas when he reappears in America next season, It is also said that Calve is studying the part of Lenora. This may result in a renascent boom for the de- spised um-pa school of opera. From Kansas City came the first news that Louis James. Mme. Rhea and Frederick Warde will make a joint starring tour next season under the name of the James-Rhea-Warde Com- bination. Mr. James’ present managers, ‘Wagnhalse and Kemper, will conduct the tour. The plays selected are “Julius Caesar,” “Othello,” ‘“Macbeth,” “Ham- ldeti" ‘Much Ado” and *“School for Scan- al.” Yvette Guilbert's success in Berlin has been so great that she now goes to Hamburg, Budapest and Vienna. *“Madame Sans-Gene” is to be played in Madrid under the name of La Corte de Napoleon I Duse has quarreled with d’Annunzio about the excisions to be made in “The Dead City,” so she has refused to play it in Milan this month, as intended. Jane Hading has canceled her con- tract with the Vaudeville and Gym- nase theaters at Paris. Commenting on Barnum’s circus, which did a phenomenal business in England, the critic of the London Sun writes: ' “One of the hardest things for the English public to understand about this show®is the perfectly fair treatment given in the matter of admission. Lon- don audiences are so accustomed to pay extra fees for almost everything they see after gaining admission to the large exhibition that they scarcely re- alize until after they have left the building that the shilling or two shil- lings or mare which they have paid for their admission ticket and reserved gseat coupon before entering the doors has paid for a view of everything? Henry Irving has in preparation a play written in part by the clever young barrister who wrote “The Green Carnation.” Baldwin. In the Bostonians’ revival of “Robin Hood,” which commences at the Bald- win to-morrow night and lasts the week, Miss Nielsen, Miss Glusti and Mr. Philp will be heard for the first time here in the respective parts of Maid Marion, Annabelle and Robin Hood. The original members of the company will have their original parts, Jessie Bartlett Davis as Alan-a-Dale, Barnabee as the intrepid Sheriff of Nottingham, Cowles as Will Scarlet, MacDonald as Little John and Froth- ingham as Friar Tuck. Mr. Fitzgerald will be the Guy of Gisborne and Miss Josephine Bartlett the Dame. Durden. The fourth and final week of the en- gagement will give us practically the first production of the new opera of “Rip Van Winkle.” Joseph Holland, at the head of a company which includes Gretchen Lyons, Joseph Kilgour, Winona Shan- non and Charles Collins, follows the’ Bostonians in Mrs. Ryley’s, “The Mys- terious Mr. Bugle.” burnt cork and vaudeville entertain- ers. Tivoli. In the Tivoli’s revival of ‘The Gel- sha,” which begins to-morrow night, the cast will be the same as in the first production. After the second run of “The Geisha” the Tivoli will revive several of the romantic and lighter grand operas and give the first pro- duction here of the operetta, “Made- laine, or the Magic Kiss.” Alcazar. Says the press agent of the Alcazar in his own English: 2 “Ludicrous farce after three weeks of immense business gives way this week to a drama of the most peculiar type. It is neither comedy, emotional, sensational and much less melodram: tic; yet the essence of the four faces of the drama are blended into one intensely interesting story, dramati- cally told. Misapprehended character, in other words false honor and false modesty afe the: singular elements which, when produced in London and New York, set the theater-goers of those head centers astir and the play ‘False Shame,’ 'so wonderfully well conceived by the great English writer, F. A. Marshall. So important were four of the leading roles considered by managers. that Harry Montague, John Gilbert, Clara Morris and Fanny Davenport were included in’the cast made up of some of the most able per- formers that have done a dramatic turn. It is this play which has been in active preparation for several weeks, which will for the first time in its history be put on by stock at popular prices, or even played by a stock company, and to the Alcazar stock company both press and .public will patiently wait to see what con- ception that clever little company will give to the most difficult play they have ever had assigned to them.” Morosco's. “Saved From the Sea,” a sensational natutical melodrama of the English persuasion, will be the production at Morosco's. In the first act the good ship Ocean ‘Waif plows the ocean main. A num- ber of melodramatic scenes occur on deck, terminating in the blowing up of the vessel. As the hull disappears be- neath the cruel waves the hero and he- roine are discovered battling for life, but are rescued by ore of the boats. In act two there is a sensational break- away bridge scene and generoussprink- ling of comedy. Later on there is in- troduced a stone quarry, shrouded in fog, which lifting discloses a scene in waving corn fields. The story of the play has been cre- ated from the strange circumstances surrounding the case of John Lee, who, having been condemned to death in the British courts, had his sentence com- muted beeause three attempts to hang him proved unsuccessful, the gallows upon each occasion refusing to work. Harry Mainhall and a big cast will as- sist the scene painters and stage me- chanics to make the production a suc- cess. Orpheum. Comedy will predominate in the four new turns which will be added to the Orpheum bill this week. The Whitney Brothers will contribute a grotesque musical act; Smart and Willlams will sing coon songs and execute coon com- edy, and Joe and Nellie Doner will ap- pear in a skit by the name of “An Es- caped Lunatic.” The serious relief to all this fun will be furnished by Drawee, the juggler. The hold-overs include Filson and Errol, who will reproduce their come- diette, “Men vs. Women,” in which they made their first appearance at the Orpheum over a year ago; Maud Beall Price, mimic and vocalist; George W. Day, monologue comedian; Lina Pant- zer, wire artiste, and the Cart Damman troupe of acrobats. The biograph re- mains for another week, and among other views will show one of the United States battleship Maine. CGalifornia. Black Patti’s Troubadours close a three weeks’ engagement with to- night’s performance. F. Marion Crawford, the novelist, is to appear at the California shortly in a series of three lectures, the subjects being “Pope Leo XIII in the Vatican,” “Early Newspaper Experience of the Original Mr. Isaacs in India” and “Ital- fjan Home Life in the Middle Ages.” Ghutes. This is the farewell week of Chiquita at the Chutes. She has been a mag- netic attraction for many weeks. A big variety show is offered in the Free Theater, Olympia. The new bill includes Julius Simons, a music-hall singer from London; Star- key and Rathbun, horizontdl Barris- ters; Arnold, acrobat, and Cecilia Ma- rion, balladist. Peary Lecture. At the Baldwin to-night Lieutenant R. E. Peary will give another of his fllustrated talks on the frozen North. He intends to-night to make a special feature of the Klondiker’s wardrobe by giving authoritative opinion on the sort of clothes and equipment required in and on the way to Dawson. Musical. At the next concert the Symphony Society will introduce its first soloist in the person of Henri Marteau, a young _Golumbia. The second week of “Shall We For- give Her?” will be followed by Prim- rose and West’s Minstrels. In the troupe are George Primrose, George Wilson, E. M. Hall (the celebratéd | banjoist), B. S. Carnes, Ernest Tenny, Manuel Romain, W. H. Thompson, the French violinist of international repu- tation. - Another violinist of local interest is young Marino, who left here several years ago to study under Ysaye. He will give a recital on Wednesday even- ing at Sherman & Clay Hall. On Thursday evening at the same hall Miss Marion Bear, another native just returned from European conserva- J, s a work that reads better than it plays. | B v: with McKee Rankin, Nance O'Neil and | She is a native of Louisville, Ky. Her | tinned ‘“Camille” have proved so suc- | Being without life, it seems 111512535. b:‘nhexo::ét T:;lr?\'- t{l:e VZ];trevrel;g‘r‘Z g;i”hflubefie;eflitfl?&ofl?cxfitk ]\i‘z‘es:l others of the Park Stock Compauy at | last appearance in this country was | cessful in the continuous performances, | It sometimes shakes the nerves, but|Seymours and ofher well-known | in Berlin and Dresden . AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. ' AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. Bal; Jealrt | ALCAZAR. =58 TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. | PHONE, - E. balfornia Sealr AZAR. ", Fige. INTERSTATE COURSING CLUB | PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME. BLACK PATTI TROUBADOURS! CONCLUDES TO - NIGHT—CAKE WALK contest for gold medal and championship of the world—open to all comers. \Emzounom GOTTLOR 8.C% LLssres 8 ransstey To-Night, Sunday, and All Next Week, ‘The Accomplished Actress, ——MARIE WAINWRIGHT- In Jacob Litt's Production of the New Drama “SHALL WE FORGIVE HER.” A stirring play of human Interest adequately staged and acted. Sdarch 7-Primrose & West's Minstrels. BEGINNING TO-MORROW (MONDAY), THE FAMOUS ORIGINAL BOSTONIANS. Presenting >3 “ ROBIN HOOD.” S B& De Koven and Smith. THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING—LIEUTENANT R. E. PEARY Klondike. in final lecture. Talk Upon “CHARLEY’S AUNT!” LEAVES YOU TO:-NIGHT (SUNDAY). To-Morrow, “False The European and American success. Prices, 1ic, %c, 35 and 50c. All new scenery and aflecu: OLYMPIA— Com&:; Meson and Sl e o G Streets. Amerca’s Most Beautiful Music Hall. Great new bil of artlsi CIL MARION, SENORITA INEZ, MLLE. ANTONETTE, FRED BROWN, COUCH, MILLER, PUNTA, and others. MATINEE TO-DAY. Matinee To-Day, SUNDAY, Feb. 27. Parquet (any seat), 2c; Balcony, 10c; Chil- dren, 10c, any part. Week Commencing Monday, Feb, 28, 8 —NEW VAUDEVILLE MAGNETS —8 WHITNEY BROS., Noveltyg Musical Art- ists; DRAWEE, the Modern “Juggler; JOB and’ NELLIE_DONER, Comedians; SMART and WILLIAMS, Fbony Comedy; FILSON and ERROL, LINA PANTZER, DAMMAN TROUPE, MAUD BEALL PRICE, GEO. W. DAY and the Blograph. MRs. ERNSSTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME. THE MUSICAL TRIUMPH, The Vice-Admiral! TO-MORROW EVENING, requeéted revivalof ‘““THE GEISHA !’ The brilllant Japanese musical comedy. Popular prices .. 25 and 50c SEATS MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. Waiter Morosco. Sole Lessee and Manager. Last Two Performances of “THE LAST STROKE.” Commencing To-morrow, Feb. 2, Fourth Week of the Talented Actor, HARRY MAINHALL, n the Tnitial Production of the Great Nau- tical Melodrama “SAVED FROM THE SEA, Explosion wreek scene In mid-ocean: sensa- tional collapse of the suspension bridge. Fvening prices, 10c, 2c, G0c. Matinées Sat- urday and Sunday. MARENO, THE VIOLIN VIRTUOSO. TWO RECITALS ONLY. SHERMAN-CLAY HALL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, March 2, 8:15 o'clock. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, March 5, 2:30 o'clock. ¢ Admission 50 cents, Reserved Seats, 1. Sale of seats commences to-morrow (Mon- day) morning at Sherman, Clay & Co. f Sutter and Kearny streets. SHERMAN, CLAY & CO.’S HALL. Piano Recital by MISS MARION BEAR. THURSDAY EVENING, March 3, 1898, Seats on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s NOTARY PUBLIC. A. J. HENRY, NOTARY PUBLIC . @88 MARKET ST OPR. F % Valencia street. r’dnm" OF CALIFORNIA. THIRD ANNUAL INCLOSED MEETING. To Be Run_ at UNION COURSING PARK SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, .| February 26 and 27, Commencing at 11 a. m. Take 8. P. trains, leaving Third and Town- send streets—Saturday, 10:40, 11:30, 1:45. Sun- day, 10:15, 10:40, 11:3, 12 Trains leave Valencia streets 5 minutes later, electric cars. ~ ADMISSION - - - 25c. and Twenty-fifth or take San Mateo CHIQUITA THE TINIEST TOT THAT HAP- PENED. Lt ‘WILL BE AT THE .- CHUTES But One Week Longer. A great Vaudeville bill in the Free Theater. “Chwrch” I 10c to all, including Vaudeville; children, 8 | Plrection: Henry Wolfsoha. INGLESIDE TRACK. ‘RACING from MONDAY, Feb. 21, to SATURDAY, March 5, inclusive. Five or More Races Daily, Rain or Shine. FIRST RACE AT 2 P. M. S. P. R. B. Trains 11:45and 1:15 P, M. Dally. Leave Third street station, stopping at Va- lencia street. Returning immediately after Taces. . ELECTRIC CAR LINES. Kearny street and Mission street cars every three utes, direct to track without .change. Fillmore street cars transfer each way. S. N. ANDROUS, President. F. H. GREEN, Secretary. COMING! MARTEAU THE GREAT FRENCH VIOLINIST. DURING MARCH. Dates, place, etc., in later announcements.