The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 8, 1898, Page 29

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1898. Zo 0000000000000 000000000000000000O0000000000000000D0O000O0000000 0O0O0O0OOOOOOOOO SECOND-CLASS AMUSEMENTS AND SECOND-CLASS AUDIENCES OF SAN FRANCISCO. By ASHTON STEVENS. 000000000000 0000000000000 0000000000000000000000O000000O00000O000000000O0O In the good old days—not so very old, 1 either—when we were the friends and | patrons of the Frohmans, Hayman and | the other theatrical speculators who |y a specialty of snubbing San t ymmer closing in New | cant the opening of | To be punctual, it| about this time of year that‘ the acquaintance of the last Pinero's, of Jones’, of Wilde’s, | iy’s, of Augustin Daly Shakes- | d talked and wrote about the | of the drama and its actors | Summer means nothing now. There | is no season for it to end, none for it to cor ence. It passes unnoticed in the continuous performance of the plece that does not matter by the actor who does not act. Mr. Frawley closed his season last y with Bret Harte's ue,” a pl t was almost great. | Robert Mantell came last week with | “A Warrant,” a conventional | satin-covered romance, cleanly written, entert , but in no sense import- ant, unless for the fact that its hero- ine introduced, Roselle Knott, anobscure | an young actress, who may Betw of “Sue” and the | ret Warrant” we have >n of “Under | been farce | s become | £ matter, and alled by some | d variety, vthing but a laugh ety would better be With th critics, everyb m of the dramatic San Francisco who est in the theater ma in any analogy s to have given up r. Cultivated per- the e a ave taken to reading books, to the fireside, to one an- ything but the theater. »sphere, no intellectual no artistical anxlety in the | at attends an opening now- The first night is a faded tra- | The Mondays come and with | re or less change in the play but there are no first nighters now except the managers and the crit- fcs. Of course the San Francisco theaters | would not keep open if there was not | some Interest in farce and vaudeville, | but this inter does not bespeak the | repre: tive class of San Francisco’s | playgoers, and it cannot be of normal | profit to the managers while so ny | theaters are given up to vaudeville and | months every been p! r months and cit f one audience show. Naturally, the ches < done the bigger bus! the Baldwin and the Columbia g with the patro d the Tivoli, their owncl been léarning tostay | at home. t in the | drama does not exist here, for the very | good reason that there is nothing for | t to e annot measure it | by the avor extended the | musical farcical pieces that have been | given in the Baldwin and the Colum- Sat empty seats to the | | uring the 1 count th: n. > town is large and as | My fa ant as ever; it found justification | ir record-breaking crowds that at- | t d the Bostonians and Melba. 1| that the ss of the Melba ivertise our suscep- attractions at firsc- | enting on what | subject, Mr. Fiske, the Dramatic Mirror, pub- stics of the Melba sea- San Franciscans hun- | is shows that ger for good musical and dramatic fare, have had too little in the | ; abandoned a monopoly | AMUSEMENTS. ® BALDWIN < THEATER. TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME, FERRIS HAHTMMfl ‘‘THE PURSER.” Beg. TO-MORROW (Mon.), THE SEASON’S NOVELTY, THE GREAT FRENCH PANTOMIMIST e, rieinat e MME. SEVERINE Direct from Daly’s Theater and the Wal- dorf Astoria, New York, Presenting for the First Week ® ) ® ® ® ° ® And her original [OJOXOJ ® ® MUSIC BY In conjunction with - - - FRITZ SCHEEL His Orchestra of 50, in Sym- phony and Popular Concerts. The Dre?fifii §fi§Eherdess. EXTRA—Every Afternoon (Except Satur- day), at 3, THE PASSION PLAY, Exactly as Shown at Oberammergan. Seats 2 Cents, And [CXCXOJOXOJOJOJOXOXO) ) 010] [CLOJOXOXOROXOXOXOXOIO)] country only dur OJOJOJOROROROROXOJOJOXOFOROJOROJOROROXOROXO, of San Francisco's amusements with the assertion that the public of that city was “jay” and unable to support anything rth while. All the San Francisco pub- wants is amusements of the first class. ‘Well, we have had a long experience with amusements of the second class, until the active play-going public has come to be represented only by audi- ences of the second class. Persons of the first class seem determined to stay at home until the theater recovers its quality. This means that the amount of mon- WOl 1 ey expended for amusenients in San! Francisco, at present, is about one-half of what it would be under proper the- atrical conditions. It also means that unless an improve- ment is effected soon, some of the man- agers must go to the wall SHTON STEVENS. Baldwin. At the Baldwin Theater on Monday night San Francisco theater-goers will have their first opportunity of witness- ing a genuine pantomime production of the order popular in France. Pan- tomime has become popular in this ing the past few years and through the efforts of Pilar Morin, who will be the star at the Baldwin on Monday in the production of Vance Thompson’s tragic work “In Old an.” Mile. Morin first brought Znfant Prodigue” across the water ly’s Theater four years ago and its success was such as to warrant a return engagement at Abbe ter. ‘“The Dresden Shepherdess, nounced as the second production for the Baldwin engagement, was also a success in New York, where it ran for 100 performances. Accompanying Mlle. Morin are the members of her original company— Mile. Severine, Edwin Starr Belknap and Edmond Morin. The latter is one of the youngest pantomimists on the stage, being but 12 years old. He will “L to Da be seen as the young emperor in “In | Old Japan.” The piece is a pure trag- edy, show her genius in the graver moods. It consists of two acts and three scenes. The Empress of Japan, according to COLUMBIA THEATER. TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME, A SECRET WARRANT. MONDAY, May O, SECOND WEEK OF ROMANCE. The Eminent Romantic Actor ROBERT B. MANTELL. Accompanted by a Select Company. Under the Management of M. W. HANLEY. Presenting Louis Nathal Adaptation of D'Ennery’s MONBARS. The Play Will Be Magnificently Mounted. MAY 16TH, THE FACE IN THE MOONLIGHT- | written to enable Pilar Morin to | the law of the nation, is obliged to kill herself on the death of her husband. Not being courageous enough to com- ply with this terrible requirement, she cajoles a dancing girl into assuming her attire. | The dancing girl is only too flattered to wear rich garments; but almost im- mediately she is shut in a room, un- der the belief that she is the Em- press, where it is expected that she will kill herself. The girl is totally mysti- fled and refuses to suicide. She is brought before the tribunal of justice | and put to the torture—but at this juncture the real Empress, with remorse, bursts in upon the court and revealing her identity kills herself by hara-kiri, the ritual form of death, which is a ripping open of the body | > = e e | with a knife. The role of the Empress is played by Mile. Severine, a ~upil of Pilar Mortn. Special scenery, costumes and decora- | tions are being prepared for the en- | gagement. The music of “In Old Ja- pan” has been founded upon the Jap- anese national hymn by the celebrated | pianist, Aime Lachaume, who will con- i duct the orchestra on Monday night. | | The presentation of the pantomime occupies about an hour and a quarter. The rest of the evening will be devoted to an orchestral concert directed by Fritz Scheel. Saint-Saens’ Henry XIII ballet music and wieniawski's polon- aise in A major, played by the young | violinist Pietro Marino, are the notable | pieces for Monday night. Mrs. Flor- | ence Scarborough will sing on Friday night. | California. | On Monday evening, at the California | Theater, “The Ensign” will be given by | practically the same company which stricken | appeared at this theater in the recent successful Trilby production. The role of Ensign Baird will be played by Fred- erick Paulding, and the part of the child who is such an important figure in the development of the story, by Little Mildred. The other members of the cast are H. S. Duffield, William Brewer, Bert Morrison, H. S. North- rup, George D. McQuarrie, Frank Clay- ton, Charles Shad, Franklin Kent, Mar- jon Barney, Phosa McAllister, Effie Bond, Anita Bridger and Pauline Bow- ers. The play of “The Ensign” is not new to San Francisco, but the manage- ment of the California believe jt to be up to the minute of these war times. New scenery painted for this produc- tion includes a view of Morro Castle, Havana. Arrangements have been made to introduce the current system of naval signals in accordance with naval rules, and A. R. Carrington, bet- ter known as “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh,” will present his patriotic, scen- ic allegory with a series of “flag pic- tures,” between the acts of the play. Columbia. Robert Mantell will begin the sec- ond week of his engagement at the Col- | umbia Theater to-morrow evening with | “Monbars,” a drama of the romantic- | realistic order, which has been given | here before and with considerable suc- The action is laid in France in cess. Wrsvee s - A& SN | some opportunity in the way of cos- | tuming. Monbars, played by Mr. | Mantell. is a man of the people and a hero, who saves the heroine from the attack of a mad dog, bitten on ths arm, cauterizes the wound with a red thot iron (in the presence of the audi- | ence), is married by the heroine for reasons of gratitude and finance, is nearly poisoned by a false friend and | rises from a bed of pain to fight a duel | with brilliant success. This role is |one of Mantell's favorites and is cer- ‘lainly not lacking in heroic opportun- ity. Morosco's. Morosco’s will have another new star attraction next week in Frank Linden, a well-known Eastern actor, in his own dramatization, “The Prisoner of Al- giers.” The play is in the nature of a sequel to “Monte Cristo,” introducing in the prologue the count in his Paris- the year 1810, a period which artordsl | | | | Jack Stelzner. ian palace. Albert, however, becomes the central figure as the play advances. His life mission is to avenge his father, poisoned by Benedetto, an illegitimate offspring of Villefort’'s liaison with Mme. Danglars. After her husband’s downfall, Mme. Danglars has become the keeper of a famous gambling es- tablishment in Paris. A lapse of three years occurs, and the scene opens outside the walls of Al- giers, at the French encampment, dur- ing a truce. Albert is a French cap- tain and Danglars his superior officer. The sole object of the latter is to pro- voke a quarrel with Albert and con- summate his ruin and death. He suc- ceeds in part, Albert being court-mar- tialed and cast into prison. But he is rescued by Danglars’ daughter, Eu- genia, and next appears at the gamb- ling palace of Mme. Danglars in Paris. Benedetto, arch enemy to Albert, and assassin of the count, kills his own mother and is arrested. Albert fights an exciting duel with Danglars at Fontainebleau and kills him. The French Government turns Benedetto over to Albert, who sends him to the Isle of Monte Cristo, and there, in a sword contest, Benedetto is killed and Monte Cristo is avenged. In spite of these tragic events, it is pledged that the Irish corporal and other characters furnish a liberal amount of comedy relief. George M. Hayes, another Eastern actor, who has been associated with KERNER| AT THE ORPHEUM. { Lindon, makes his first appearance as Danglars. Maud Edna Hall, after a short vacation, reappears, as does also Queen Purssell. Fred Butler, Landers Stevens and all the Morosco favorites are in the cast. During every performance of “The Prisoner of Algiers” J. J. Jeffries, the pugilist, will box several rounds with Alcazar. Following immediately upon the two weeks’ success of “The Gay Parisians” “Niobe" wilt be revived at the Alcazar. In “Ermine” and other plays the Paul- ton brothers have done some very clever work, and “Niobe,” their first effort, has not yet outlived its comic usefulness. The Alcazar management brings from the Los Angeles company Wright Huntington and Florida Kings- ley to re-enforce L. R. Stockwell and the remainder of the company. The story, it wi.l be remembered, is that of a 2000-year-old statue of Niobe, found in the ruins of Thebes, valued at $7000, and brought to life in New York by the accidental aid of an electric light current. The sudden appearance of a well- developed woman scantily attired in the presence of the family of a muchly married man creates no end of sensa- tion. No one believes that the Parian marble could be vitalized. Dunn, the possessor, is frowned upon by his en- tire household and poor Niobe is the innocent cause of a public scandal. “Young Mrs. Winthrop’ will proba- bly follow. Orpheum. The new features on the Orpheum’s bill for this week include Isabelle Urqu- hart, supported by Wilmer and Vin- cent, in a one-act comedy entitled “In Durance Vile.”” Miss Urcuhart is one of the many people who recently have deserted the legitimate stage for vaude- ville. The straight vaudeville acts include Gruet, Beers and Gruet, said to be ex- ceedingly clever acrobatic comedians, in a new line of work, and George H. Fielding, who is certainly the most original if not the very best of comic Jjugglers. Mlle. Catherine Bartho, the premier danseuse, returns for one week and will appear in international character dances. New subjects in Kerner's Vis- ions of Art and Lizzie B. Raymond, John W. Ransone, Hayes and Bandy and Bogert and O’'Brien complete a strong bill. Tivoli. “Ship Ahoy,” one of the Tivoli's suc- cesses, will be revived on Monday even- ing with Edwin Stevens in the part formerly played by Ferris Hartman. The cast includes many of the origi- nators of the various roles. Phil Bran- son will be seen as Commodore Colum- bus Cook, commander of the United States steamship Cuckoo; John J. Raf- fael as the Lieutenant Lollypop; Ar- thur Boyce as the ensign Toddles; Thomas C. Leary as the able seaman, Barnacle Duff; Fred Kavanagh as “Christy, pull 'em down”; Carrie Roma in her original creation of Mlle. Au- burni Ernani, prima donna of the Ori- ole Opera Company; Helen Merrill as the romantic Georgia Carolina, prima donna contralto of the Oriole Opera Company, and Edith Hall as the dash- ing soubrette, Lula Lola. The next production at the Tivoli will be the first presentation on any stage of the new stire, “The Poster,” or “A Dream of Art” Chutes. At the Chutes the “Visions of Art” are the sensation. For the coming week a number of new living pictures will be shown, and the cinematograph will display many scenes of the de- stroyed Maine. Olympia. The Olympia Music Hall has as its chief attraction the biograph, with AMUSEMENTS. [CJOJOXOXOOFOXOXOJOXOROJOROJORORO O] CALIFORNIA THEATER. TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME, Hoyt’'s A TEXAS STEER. TO-MORROW NIGHT, Monday, May 9, GRAND REVIVAL William Haworth's Na- val Drama, New scenery, displaying Havana Harbor and Morro Castle, the White House, man-of-war. A STRONG CAST. BPECIAL ATTRACTION—Between Ao The Drummer Boy of Shiloh. (A. R. CARRINGTON), Presenting his great Patriotic Scenfc Al- legory, FLAG PICTURES, showing the ad- vancement of our flag. POPULAR PRICES—TI5c, 25¢ and 50c the (oY oJoROROFOXOROJOJOJOXOROXOFOROROIOXOJOXOJOXO JOXOXOROXOJOROJOJOXOROROOROXOXOXO)] oTololotorororclelelelckololeloiolofolofofooXoJoXoROlolclofofofofojolofojofolofofofolol) METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MAY (5th, 2:30, Testimonial to ---FRITZ SCHEEL - - - 60—BAN FRANCISC0 BYMPHONY ORCHESTRA—60 APOLLO CHORAL S00IETY, 150 VOIOES—E. B. Pasmore, Director. QUARTET OF SOLOISTS. FLYNN, FRANK OBZNCE SCARBOROUGH G, ABRAMOFF. Bee®iovan's Ninth Symphony. ‘Tschali ‘s *‘Romeo and Juliet." Prices Tic, y & C MILLIE COFFIN, %, %180, Box office, 5 e s g A Sherman, TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. Mrs. Ernestine Kreling, Proprietor and Manager LAST NIGHT The Greatest of All Comic Operas, WANG! TO-MORROW EVENING Our Most Successful Comedy Opera, “SHIP AHOY ! Up to Date and Way Ahead. POPULAR PRICES <eane-.25¢ and b0c Box Office Always Open, No Telephone. UNION COURSING PARK. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, May 7 and 8, GREAT SEVENTY-TWO (72) DOG STAKE! Total Prizes $825 Total Prizes Train leaves Third and Townsend sts.: Sat- urdays—11:30 a. m., 12:5 p. m. Sundays—Il a. m. 11:30 a. m., 1:30 p. m. Valencia st., 5 minutes later. Returnin mediately after last course. p. m. also. Mateo electric cars every minutes. D. g, leave the park im- Sunday at 4:45 10 AMUSEMENTS. | ALCAZAR THEATER. THIS, SUNDAY, NIGHT. LAST TIME. The Gay Parisians TO-MORROW, MONDAY, | The Comedy That Captured All America, NIOBE. ALL LAUGHTER. NO TEARS. PURE UNALLO TERSE_DIALOC SUBTLE SITUA HANDSOME COSTU) L. R.STOCKWELL, WRIGHT HUNTINGTON and Full Alcazar Company in the Cast. sares. Blc, 35c, 25c, I5c. Seats by Phone. Main 254 _San Francisco, Cal., Estab. 1887 Los Angeles, Cal. GUSTAV WA'I'iTER";'Dm'Ec-ron GENERAL. Estab. 1894 Sacramento, Cal., Estab. 1897 Kansas City, Mo., Estab. 1897 WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY, MAY 9th, E—NEW VAUDEVILLE GREAT GUNS TO THE FRONT—8 Ban Francisco Debut of the Charming Comedienne, MISS ISABELLA URQUHART, In the funniest of farces, “‘IN DURANCE VILE,” and supported by WILMER AND VINCENT., The most sucoessful legitimate stars now playing on the vaudeville stage. MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE | Walter Morosco.......Sole Lessee and Manager. Last Performances of LETTIE_HI;E VYNE “HEARTS OF NEW YORK.” All Next Week Spectal New Features. The Celebrated Eastern Star, ==-FRANK LINDON In His Superb Dramatized Version of The Prisoner of Algiers A Gorgeous Sequel to “MONTE CRISTO.” At Every Performance a Grand Contest Between Big Jim JEFFRIES = Jack STELZNER WAR BULLETINS BETWEEN ACTS. Evening Prices. 10c, 2%c and 50c Matinees Saturday and Sunday. SUTRO BATHS. TOMSHARKEY ——AND—— LEO G. RATTO ‘Will Swim a 220 Yard Exhibition Race AT 8 P. M. —SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1898 ‘Admission, 10¢ e, GRUET, BEERS AND GRUET, Europe’s Burlesque Acrobats. GEO. H. FIELDING, The Emperor of Comic Jugglers. Return for One Week Only, MuE CATHERINE BARTHO, s ted Parisian rmation Dancer. JOHN W. RANSOME, Realistic Impersonation of Governor Budd. | LIZZIE B. RAYMOND, In an Entire Change of Songs and Stories. BOGART AND O’BRIEN Musical Comedians. | HAYES AND BANDY, Dancifig Marvels. The Theatrical Sensation of the City, KERNER’S VISIONS OF ART. The st Expensive and Artistic Production Ever Presented to the Public. New Bubjeots. MATINEE TO-DAY, Sunday, May Bth, "~ ,_any 3eat, 25c; Balcony, 10c ‘Children 10c, any part. s THE KNEISEL QUARTETTE IN THREE CHAMBER CONCERTS. SHE‘RMAN:_C_LA Y HALL MONDAY EVENING, Y 16. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 18 SATURDAY AFTERNOON, May 21 .52 and 5150 .$5 and 34 Sale of season. tickets opens to-morr ing, May 9, at Sherman, Clay & oW morn- Co.'s. i | RACING! RACING! RACING! -——Cw AI;(IFO'RNlA JOCKEY CLUB— inter Meetin~ 1597-08, Beginning TUE! May 3, to May 21 Tnclasve. T OAKLAND RACE TRACK. . RACING MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH 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., connect- ing 'with' train stoppiug at the ertrance to truck. Buy your ferry tickets to Shell Mound. Iteturning—Trains leave the track at 4:15 and 4:46 p. m.. and immediately alter the last race. . THOMAS H. WILLIAMS JR., Prea. R. B. MILROY, Havana and other Cuban and war scenes. Among the new views to be seen this week are Morro Castle and the battle-ship Massachusetts as she appears cleared for action. Maud Rockwell and some ten others appear in the variety olio. Kneisel Quartet. The famous Kneisels will give thelir first chamber concert in San Francisco on Monday evening, May 16, at the Sherman & Clay Hall. The other two concerts of the short season will take place on the following Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon. The programme for the opening concert in- cludes Haydn's quartet in D major, Beethoven’s in C major, and Dvorak's in F major. A New York paper traces significance in the facts that Mrs. Richard Mans- field has retired temporarily from her husbanu’s company and that Mr. Mans- field is learning to sing lullabies. Mr. Mansfield, however, attended to it that nothing interfered with his opening the Garrick Theater last Monday night with a production of “The First Violin.” Marie Stone and Percival Pollard have worked together in this dramatization of Jessie Fother- gill's novel and Mr. Mansfleld is pleased with the result. The character of FEugene Courvoisier, which is played naturally by Mr. Mansfield, has large possibilites for an actor capable of appreciating the musical atmos- phere which makes the charm of the story and it is remembered that Mr. Mansfleld is an. amateur musician of much accomplishment and the son of a famous professional. The New York critics vote the play weak, but the principal part one of Mansfield’s most positive successes. Miss Viola Allen of the Empire stock company, who resigned from Charles Frohman's forces at the end of the season, has signed a five years’ contract by which she will star under the management of the Liebler com- pany. The remarkable success which Mr. Charles Coghlan has scored under its management has induced the Lieb- ler company to go into the theatrical business more extensively, and Miss Allen is the first of several stars to ac- cept its terms. Miss Allen will sail for Europe early next month for a long rest, and her tour will open in Septem- ber, probably with a production of “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” a drama- tization of Longfellow’s work by Stan- islaus Stange. Miss Beth Franklyn, a San Francisco girl who played “The Duchess” with the Chimmie Fadden company here (and elsewhere) has made a success in in- genue parts this season, and will re- join the Baltimore Lyceum Company: for the season to come. AMUSEMENTS. NORRIS BROS. DOG==PONY - SHOW - THE LARGEST, HANDSOMEST AND MOS® HIGHLY EDUCATED COLLECTION OF TRAINED DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN THE WORLD. AND Cental Park AFTERNOON 2:30 NIGHT - - - 8:15 T0-DAY ir Adults 25¢. Children 15¢c. ALL CHILDREN ATTENDING MATINER ARE GIVEN A FREE PONY RIDE. MASONIC FESTIVAL —IN AID OF THE— WIDOWS' m: ORPHANS' HOME Mechanies’ Pavilion, MAY 9th to MAY l4th. General Admission 25c¢. Season Tickets $1. Children 10cs Tickets on sale (except children’s) at leading business houses. Opening night, Grand Chorus of 1000 children's voices in ‘‘Hail California,™ “‘America’” and “Star-spangled Banner.” CAL. STATE FLORAL SOCIETY. EXHIBITION and GRAND ROSE SHOW. Golden Gate Hall, 625 Sutter St. NEXT THURSDAY, FR_IDAY AND SATUR- DAY AND EVENING. 'i‘ICKETS, 25 CENTS, A SPANISH BULL FIGHT MAY BE SEEN EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SE ety P THE CHUTES, tion With a GREAT VAUDEVILLE 2B O SHOW ! Latest WAR NEWS Read from the STAGE. 10c to All, Inctuding Zoo, etc.; Children Sc. BASEBALL! ONLY ONE LEAGUE. ONE GAME. At Recreation Park, Eighth and Harrison Streets. PACIFIC STATES BASEBALL LEAGUE. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, TO-DAY AT 2 P. M., SAN FRANCISCO VS. SAN JOSE. ADMISSION 25¢. CHILDREN 10c. EL CAMPO, THE POPULAR BAY RESORT. N v S duris the season. me, “Bahcing, Bowling, ~Boating, Fishing and other amusements. efreshments at city prices. Fare, round e Children, "166; "inclading admission E STE. Will leave Tiburon F t 10:30 & m., 1 11 ve iron Ferry at :30_a. m., 12:] S and s p. m Returning, leave El Campo 3and 5 p. m. 1115 a. m., L Corner of Meson and _ OLYMPIA ot oon WAR! WAR! NEW WAR SCENES!—Morre Castle; the Maine; divers at work; feeding re- concentrados; Spanish troops and ships, with a host.of thrilling Havana war scenes by the nungh. and a great ollo of specialties. MISSION FREE. to-day.