The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 15, 1898, Page 29

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1898. 49 T is a remarkable coincidence that at one time there should be in San Francisco three of the great- est exponents of the art of panto- mime. Not pantomime in the sense of buf- foonery, of clownishness, of the Punch and Judy kind, but the old classic mode of expression by gesture, the deathless art of dumb acting, which is ng and the end, the form of dramatic at once the bes lowest and hi art. Just when things are at their low- est ebb dramatically comes this trio of artists to our rescue. To be sure, Pilar-Morin, that bewitching combina- tion of grace and beauty, of comedy and tragedy, will be with us only a couple of weeks more. But her two mighty rivals are, in a way, the prod- uct of our own theatrical soil, and they’ll continue, probably, to uplift the stage and educate the people by the exposition of their wonderful art, just so long as the box-office shall flourish and theater-goers be grateful and appreciative. It is true that Pilar-Morin has nat- ural advantages which make competi- tion with her hopeless. In the first 1 she a woman. Better than that, she is a French woman—thatmost feminine, most irresistible of created Neither of her great rivals is r French—a bitter handicap. Neither of them is beautiful, as is this lovely brunette. Neither of them pos- sesses the fascinating combination of traits which makes this exponent of grief or joy equally delightful. Both of them are a bit inexperienced. Both m tread the boards with. that tainty that marks the Both of them seem more to spia than to worship her. Yet them are greeted by the plaud- ns )f the enraptured multitude. How do you account for it? A ver; le matter. It's art—pure uld be spelled in this in- least, wi m a capital A as | en Tom-Sharkey appears upon the stage at the California, at the close of the second act of “The Ensign,” the e house bursts into a roar of laughter. What has he done? Noth- ing, apparently, but to flounder down from the middle entrance in his sailor togs and stand like a pugilistic Co- lossus of Rhodes, a long knife in his hand, his face grim and pale—as though he could feel fear—stage fear, at that! Now, this is art. The gaining of ef- fect—effect so strong, so immediate by ch simple means requires a high de- y. It is the kind of art so those who do not possess it, works with the fewest possible In whatever trade or profession it denotes genius. Re- a celebrated French les Keene, Punch’s hows itself, n, your Charles es a pen and Ink and and wiz half a dozen ow to frame a gust of bit .\1 pape: k he know [haL s just the way with Tom- With half a dozen strides ‘ow to raise a perfect wr aughter. And a joyous, ¢ at length and uttered, profane with “But we can fight strokes are " California is con- giggling harp now to be pon by t ister of comedy. great pantomimist pretends to s of his marvelous power. The be unconscic fe stands statue-like in all the un- couth awkwardness of a position so strained, so dead still, so impossible that only an artist could accomplish it. There’s genius in those stiff, wide-apart legs, the sides of an artistic right-angle triangle. ~There’s genius in that fixed eye, which seems to watch the curtain with a hypnotic glare that finally pulls it down. There's genius in that noble right hand that clutches the long knife as though support and safety lay alone in that. The audience roars. It is helpless; at the mercy of the great comedia: It remembers another tableau; that at the Baldwin, where Pilar-Morin by the shuddering strength of her agonized posture, by the exquisitely sympathetic horror in her beautiful, expressive face brings home to the watcher the tragedy of the death of the Empress. If you looked but at Pilar-Morin, at her alone, you'd understand. is the mirror of emotions, in “hl(‘h is focused all the rays of feeling. All that passes, all that takes pm ce is reflected in that lovely, changing face, in that graceful, natural pose, in those eyes so like dark, deen mountain lakes. The people at the California remem- ber this, and then they look at Tom- Sharkey. And they howl! And the curtain falls! It is time. There are talents so great that human nature cannot bear the full exercise of them. The audience can endure no more. It is whispered that the other great pan tomimist—he who crowds Moros- co's with admirers, gallery upon gal- lery of them, enough to fill all the other theaters in town combined—orit- iticizes his great rival who serves now in Thespia’s Temple for descending to speech. James-Jeffries, it is claimed, disapproves of the use of words. Ac- cording to his finer interpretation of Dramatic Art, articulate speech is the resort of incapacity. Now, it must be admitted that James-Jeffries makes his meaning per- | fectly clear. And not a word does he | utter. Just once he smiles—when his lesser brother shows evidence of his own skill in pantomime. Tt is not a Pilar-Molin smile exactly, which is what the poets imagined when used the old simile of the sun brea through clouds. It cannot candidly be said that Morosco's pantomimi: has a beautiful smile. It's too nearly allied to that lifting of the snarling upper lip one sees and adm a safe distance—in the fc pugili No one can con accuse James-Jeffries of relying upon his physical charms for the great suc- cess which is so deservedly his. The methods of this great artist are almost the rev e of those his rival uses. His costume is the height of simplicity. Clothed in black tights, | with the American flag for trunks, he | sits between | of this rounds sheepishly eying the audience, carelessly scratching his nose with an unsatisfactory, wadded finger of his swollen glove, his arms like the legs of a piano, his black hair simply, chastely “slicked down” over forehead. ‘When time is called he skips toward his unhappy partner in this dumb duet in action. He dances about him. He slides. He ducks. He smashes. He clutches at his oppo- nent, and then inconsistently throws him off, scornfully, . easily, only to make for him again savagely. And da capo, da capo, until the thrilling | athletic drama is done. The shouts, the shrieks, the pathetic appeals for more that come from the audience at the close of ten minutes classic pantomime, are the tributes the world pays to the favorite of the gods; he who, all untrained, all unaccustomed to the glory of the foot- lights, leaps, by sheer strength of his genius over the obstacles lesser artists | have to overcome slowly and painfully. The management at Morosco’s has | omitted to give to the public the short explanation with which Pilar-Morin usually prefaces her programmes. Thi: is only another proof of the genius of | James-Jeftries, whose work needs not the lamp of written words any more than that of spoken ones. It's story is one act, of course, of the great trag: edy, the struggle for pugilistic exist ence. In Tom-Sharkey's opinion, its | title should be “The Survival of the | Unfittest.” Experienced dramatic critics will | note an odd coincidence. That great actor, James J. Corbett, asserted and still maintains that Robert Fitzsim- won his laurels by starring in mons | the self-same play. And Du Maurier holds that one’s fellow-craftsman is one of the two critics whose verdict means life or death to the artist. He also intimates that the public is likely to come ‘round to the craftsman’s | point of view in time. But this is a question merely of the ethics of criticism. The great revival | in pantomimic art which has given so many great men to the American stage | may be relied upon to keep the drama | | pure and unspotted, devoted ever to | Tofty ideals. But one thing is to be feared—and that, happily, is improbable. Should(he l‘h'lmpu-n of the World (In New York) | llenge the Champion of the World (in Denver) and the Champion of the World (at present in Pennsylvania) and the Champion of the World (now “fighting like hell” at the California) and the Champion of the World (the idol of Morosco’s) to engage in pugilis- tic pantomime for the World’s Cham- pionship, the elimination of four of these five great actors must follow. In that event what, O what, would become of the American stage? Baldwin. There will be a triple bill at the Bald- win next week, consisting of “In Old Japan,” “A Dresden Shepherdess” and a Scheel symphony concert. In one evening you will have the pleasure of seeing Pilar-Morin in both tragedy and comedy. The story of “The Dresden Shepherd- | ess” is a tale of the love of the Fairy Queen for Pierrot. Pilar-Morin is Plerrot. Pierrot is indifferent, but, | taught by Cupid, learns to love not Ti- tania but Sylvia, the shepherdess, who, in turn loves—not Pierrot—but Colin, | the shepherd. Pierrot cajoles the Fairy Queen with an affectation of love to give him her scepter, and then he base- ly drives her forth. Then Sylvia steals | the scepter from him, and he, too, is | driven back to his home *in thé moon, whence little Pierrots should never stray.” The comedy is written by Vance Thompson, music by Aime Lachaume. | A ballet of Dresden shepherdesses is-on AMUSEMENT& AMUSEMENTS. | AMUSEMENTS. | the programme, and Lachaume will | play the music of the pantomime on the piano, aocompa.nied by an orches- tra of stringed instruments exclu- sively. | The representation of the “Passion Play” at the Baldwin continues all next week, every afternoon, except Satur- | day. On Monday, May 23, it will be | produced in the evening, as there are many who are unable to attend the matinees. Galifornia. The event of next week at the Cali- | fornia is the debut of two young Cali- | fornta girls, Miss Olive Snyder of Berkeley and Miss Helen Young, who s a San Franciscan. The stage names they have chosen are Charlotte Beck- | with and Helen Dumars. The latter will appear as Fuchsia Leach, the American girl, in “Moths.” Phosa Mc- Allister plays her old role of Lady | Dolly Vanderdecker and Fanny Gil- lette is Vera, her daughter. Golumbia. To-morrow begins Robert Mantell's last week at the Columbia. He will play a double role—the conspirator | Ferrand and Victor Ambrose, the hero ‘ of “The Face in the Moonlight.” The Hopkins Trang-oceanic Vaude- ville Company follows Mantell, begin- | ning May 23. | Tivoli. | The Iroquois Club will attend the Tivoli to-night in a body to see “Ship Ahoy,” which will run all next week. A week from to-morrow “The Poster,” a comic opera composed by San Fran- | ciscans, will be produced. L. G. Car- | penter, dramatic critic of the Post, and | | John P. Wilson are responsible for the libretto. The music is by Chester S. Packard. The theme is Poster Art, and there’s | a love story, boundless opportunity for | clever, novel costuming, ballets and | grotesque Gaaces and a possibility that | “The Poster” may make a hit. At any rate, San Francisco is interested in the | event, and the Tivoli managers believe | that but one hearing will be necessary | to set the whole town \\hl:tling “It's All in the Poivt of View “The Bee and the’ Lightning Bug." The dresses | are made fro. well known poster de- signs by famous artists, the odd poster | | effect being carried out with striking fidelity. All the costumes will be new, and the wigs are being manufactured expressly for this big Tivoll production. Morosco's. Frank Lindon, who has been produe- ing his play at Morosco's to large audi- ences, will be seen during the coming week in a character comedy role in “The Corner Grocery,” the play that made Dan Sully’s fame. The two prin- cipal characters of the cast are Daddy Nolan, played by Lindon, and his bad @@@@@@@\-/@@&@@@@@@@3@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ BALDWIN Theater. TO-NIGHT KSUNDAY\ and ALL NEXT WEEK-—Triple Bill. The Great F; h PILAR MORIN, ™, 25se Frene Presenting Two Complete Pantomimes. A DRESDEN SHEPHERDESS (C Somedy), OL: JAPAN (Tragegy) In Conjunction With ymphony Orchestra. Preliminary Announcement. For a Limited Number of Appearances. May 24, 25, 27, and atinee and Night. May 28, THE GREAT VIOLINIST, [oJoJOXOIOXOXOXOXO] ® Accompanied by the noted Belglan Cel o@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ COLUMBIA Theater. TO-NIGHT, MON BA RS ¥iME, Beginning MONDAY, THIRD AND LAST WEEK. The Eminent Romantic Actor, ROBERT B. MANTELL Accompanied by a select company, un- der the management of M. W. Hanley, presenting Charles Osborne’s Romantic melodrama, THE FACE IN CALlFORNlA Theater. TO_NIGH TThe Great Naval Drama, B e ENSIGN MONDHY NIGHT And all the week. MOTHS A Play of Bright Lines, | Striking s(tum And Dllmy ‘Comedy Element! The cast will be of exceptional strength. Superb Production of Ouida’s Romantic Drama, FIRST APPEARANCE OF HELEN DUMARS @@C@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ %fin,.}?“fl?‘;‘;i‘ and the Distinguished THE MOONLIGHT. T A s STAG: T tnis 2 e box o BEAUTIFULLY STAGED! T Mxy Ga A 8 EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG CAST! CHARLOTTE BECKWITH. i Daily ¢ B TiE P £E POPULAR PRICES: —Daily_at S—"THE PASSION — Monday, May 2—HOPKINS' TRANS- PULAR : ToaiuTatty; Moy, Z-MEBL. IRARE IR 1 obasao NAGDIALE: 1Sc—2Sc—and—SOc. PPPPPPOROIOE® @@@@@@OOO@@@O@@@@@@QO@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@O@@8 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PACIFIC COAST WOMAN'S PRESS ASSOCIATION, THE ROUND-THE-WORLD TRAVELER. MISS JESSIE ACKERMAN, ‘Will Give Her Famous Lecture on ICELAND, 'TRATED BY ONE HUNDRED STER- b EOPTICON VIEW! For the Benefit of the RED CROSS, NATIVE SONS' HALL, Mason Street, Bétween Post and Geary, O SR Y s, 8 OCLO Se i Tiokets (admit one), e, - - b3 Francisco Press Club Quartet.— Music isan T Press Clu FRANK NoARD, W. G. BATCHELDER. “Shakmas, 'nclm- Dtor sale at Clay & Co.'s “aic Store. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE Walter Morosco.. Sole Lessee and Managar Last Two Performances of THE PRISONER OF ALGIERS And of. the Grand Exhibition of BIG JIM JEFFRIES. All’ Next Week Dan Sully: Great Comedy “THE CORNER R GROCERY.” “THE P'L’hNn‘ST Tflé?)fl THAT EVER A Hearty Lxu(h in Every Situation. FRANE LINDON as DADDY NOLAN. MAUDE EDNA HALL as BAD BOY JIMMY. Spectally. Enzflled‘\\' R. DAILEY, MASTER JA QBEBTSON and L-TTLE Wn'BRXCH. s.z Bnn FIRST TIME IN CALIFORNIA! BURIAL OF THE MAINE SAILORS And tho Battleskip “I0WA” in Action, SHOWN BY THE ANIMATOSCOPE ~EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING— ar THE CHUTES RAIN OR_SHINE! In Conjunction With *'Visions of Art” and a Great Vaudeville Performance. 10¢ to All, including Zoo, etc. Children, Sun- days and Holldays, 10c. Two Matinees To-day, at 2:15 and 4:15. SPECIAL! THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, GRAND TUG OF WAR. ELEPHANT vs. 200 MEN, THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY CONTEST Usual Rates of Admission i ALCAZAR. 6 This Sunday, lAlt Time of NIOBE. ... . TO-MORROW NIGHT, Bronson Howard's Drama, YOUNG MRS. WINTHROP! A _Success All Over the Globe. A Play That Touches the Heart. The Running Mate to East Lynne. SPECIAL CAST—NEW SCENERY. EXTREME Orchestra.-.- 50c g Dress Circle... 50c, 35¢ PRICES Baicony -35¢, 28¢, 15¢ Coming—LOUTS MORRISON. | Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. | Alcazar. { “Young Mrs. Winthrop” |Is next | | week’s bill at the Alcazar. “Niobe"— | boy Jamesey, whose mischievous | pranks are a notable feature of the comedy element, played by Maud Edna Hall. W. R. Dailey, a well known com- edian, will also have a good part in that of Budweiser, a German grocer, whose plotting for the heroine’s fortune brings disaster and sadness to the Nolan household, for there is a pathetic side to the plot in spite of the fact that it is uproariously funny. Being a com- | edy drama, it admits of the introduc- tion of several specialties, which will be given by Comedian Stewart and other members of the company. Lin- don is said to be very clever in this par- | ticular play, and will have a strong support for the last week of his engage- ment at the Grand. l Orpheum. ! The Orpheum has engaged Edouard; Remenyi, the great violinist, who V\fll\ make his first appearance at this house | to-morrow evening. Everybody knows Remenyi. Everybody has heard him play and that is only an additional rea- son for wanting to hear him again and again. To be able to hear so famous an artist for the popular prices pre- vafling at the Orpheum is a test of thc great success of vaudeville in the West. Other new features of the bill are the Manhatta rank among the Se best quartets playing the vaudeville stage. Jerome & Bell, comedy sketch artists, have a | clever skit. The holdovers include Isa- belle Urquhart, Mlle. Bartho in new | dances; Gruet, 3eers and Gruet, comedy acrobats; Bogart and O'Brie, musical | comedians; George H. Fielding, comedy juggling, and Kerner's Visions of Art| with several new subjects. Matinees | though you wouldn't guess it from the | name—was written to evoke laughter. | | Its successor has just the opposite ef- fect. But all the trouble ends in a re- | conciliation and Young Mrs. Winthrop | and young Mr. Winthrop live happy | ever after. Olympia. The Olympia Music Hall retains the | biograph with new scenes, including the Thirteenth United States Infantry in heavy marching order, artillery re- | view at Washington, the ‘United States | monitor Amphitrite and several thrill- |ing war scenes, including Spanish troops in marching order, United States | battleships and thrilling Havana scenes. Chutes. At the Chutes the power of mind over matter, or vice versa, will be fllustrated when Jolly, the big elephant, and twe hundred mer engage in a tug of war New York is the only city of America comedy four, who | ¢ ahead of us in this respect, for it has | bebeld this same Jolly pull 150 firemen over the lire Incidental'y she aiso van- quizhed 100 policemen, thus adding to the world’s scientific knoviledge of the reistive physical values of firemen and rpolicemen anc giving rise to the latest arithmetical puzzle San Francisco school children have been trying to solve: “If the pull of one hundred po- licemen equals that of one hundred and fifty firemen, in what proportional val- ues shall the strength of their push be | expressed? Give three reasons.” The Chutes Theater pozsts, besides, of a_vocalist who composss his song “‘ac he ‘goes along,” and som=a clever (Hnese impcrsonators. In addition, reny of last week’s performers and the animatoscope picture of the Los geles soldies boys marchiag up Mark street wilt be continued. Musical Notes. The Kneisel Quartet, which gives its first concert to-morrow night, comes from Boston, where Franz Kneisel is leader of the Boston Symwphony orches- tra. It comes here recommended by that Henschel whose marvels of ex- quisite accompaniment still linger in our cars and memories. The yuartet gives zubreription concerts every year thr ughout all the principal cities of ast, and last year gava i imber concerts in Londos Aus der Ohe, D'Aibert have i at scme of th and many of [wn‘hks most enjoyable compesitions ave first been heard i this cele- reted quartet. Franz Kne'sel is first viclin, of course. Otto Roth second vialin, Louis Svecenski viola, and Al- vin Schroeder, violoncello. The testimonial concert arranged for Fritz Scheel by the San Francisco Sym- phony Society and the Apollo Choral Society, H. B. Pasmore director, takes place at Metropolitan Temple this aft- ernoon at 2:30. The programme is an excellent one, including Tschaikow- sky's “Romeo and Juliet” overture, Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden, Pasmore’s “Star of Bethlehem” and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The so- loists are Millie Flynn, soprano; Flor- ence Scarborough, contralto; Frank Coftin, tenor; Sig. Abramoff, bassu. Stage Gossip. Ed M. Bell, secured for the coming season by Manager Frawley, was last seen here at the Baldwin with A. M. Palmer’s stock company. He made quite a hit in “The Dancing Girl,” which piece, by the way, has been se- cured by Frawley for presentation at the Columbia. Sothern’s success, “An Enemy to the King,” will be the open- ing production. Frawley has postponed the appearance here of his company till June 13. Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease will lecture at the Baldwin on Thursday evening next. During the coming week at the Bald- win, in connection with the concerts given by Fritz Scheel and his orches- AMUSEMENTS. PUSIIUSS ST WALTER _San Francisco Los Angel' ORPHEUM CO., Proprietors. WEEK COMMENCING SUNDAY MATINEE, MAY 15th, A GREAT BILL OF RARE ATTRACTIVENESS! AMUSEMENTS. Cal., Estab. 1887 , Cal., Estab. 1894 Sunmento Cal., Estab. 1897 sas City, Mo., Estab. 1897 EDOUARD THE VAUDEVILLE DEBUT OF THAT BRIGHT PARTICULAR STAR. REMENYI The Most Renowned Violinist, Who Has Charmed the Music-Loving World. His Violin Scolds. Weeps, Sings and Laughs. The Greatest High-Class Musical Attraction Ever Seen in This City at Popular Prices. Prices. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. Mrs. Ernestine xnllu, Pmprle'.or and Manager OUR unexme Soccpss, The Nautical Farcical Comedy Opera, SHIP AHOYI MELODY. MARCHES. GRAND PATRIOT!C TABLEAUX. TO-MORROW EVENING, IROQUOIS CLUB NIGHT. LOTS OF NOVELTIES, Popular Prices.. ...2%¢ and & No' ‘Telephone. TO-MORROW (MONDAY) EVENINO, FIRST CHAMBER CONCERT OF THE KNEISEL QUARTETTE. From the Boston Symphony Orchestra. el Ll SHERMAN, CLAY HALL, Remaining Recitals WED&{EEDAY EVENING, And SATURDAY AFTERNOON, May 21. Prices §2 and $1 §0. seats at. Sherman, Clay & Co." 2 MANHATTAN COMEDY FOUR America’s Greatest Singing Comedians. The Popular Farce Comedisn, CHAS. J. JEROMEMDMISS CLARA BELL IN THE FUNNIEST OF ALL COMEDY SKlTS. ISABELLA URQUHART Presenting the Charming Farcstte, * The —Supported by— + ,;...51'."..'. WILMER AND VINCENT, “IN DURANCE VILE.”” The Emperor (iEORfiE H. FIELDIN Comie Jugglers of GRUET, BEERS & GRUET | © 'l'h Acrobatioc Comedians. MLLE. BARTHO, ‘ ransformation Dancer. - . LAST WEEK OF BOGART d O'BRIEN MARION KERNER'S VISIONS OF ART New Pictures. New and Elaborate Settings. Bril- liant Electrical Effects. MATINEE TO-DAY, Sunday, May 15th, Porautcany soofo 25, Sargen: 1o Corer of Mason an3 OLYMPIA | E‘E‘é Streets. -1 |r1n WAR SCEN] United States !n{n:!r;‘ Tand Artillery, Spanish Navy and ; Unued States Battleships l.nd Toxgfil 5«’3’1?' ’nmmnarflnvm Scenes b O GRAPH. Srojectoscopes, and Great 01 o ey Greatspmealy Mois Baciiee ‘SUTRO BATHS. OPEN NIGHTS. Open Daily from 7 a. m. until 1 p. m. =DMISSION - = - = CHILDREN &¢ Bathing, with admission, %c; children, 20c. tra, will appear some talented soloists, both lyric and instrumental. Zangwill is to write a play for Rich- ard Mansfield. So is Bernard Shaw. Besides this, Mansfield intends to ap- pear in an adaptation of Stevenson's “St. Ives.” Hope Ross Is with “Too Much John- son,” of which Gillette has made a suc- cess in London. Ada Rehan is to build a veritable home of stone on Montauk Point, Long Island. Wilton Lackaye is playing “Charles O’Malley” in Washington. Richard de Koven conducted the or- chestra at Wallack’s last Monday, upon the occasion of the Boston:~ns’ twenty- five hundredth performance of his opera, ‘‘Robin Hood.” Mrs. Potter has purchased a drama by Mrs. T. P. O’Connor, based upon in- cidents in the career of the late Charles Stewart Parnell. The play may soon be seen in London with Mrs. Potter as Mrs. O'Shea, and Kyrle Bellew as Par- nell. Edwin Starr Belknap, who plays a double role in “In Old Japan,” the Em- peror and a Shinto priest, was born in San Francisco. He was interested in the “Passion Play” here with Salmi Morse. He is professor of pantomimic work in the American Academy of Dra- matic Arts. A Boston matinee was interrupted by a call from the stage for a young man in the audience to join his brigade. The audience cheered lustily as he left the theater. Coquelin has informed the Minister of Fine Arts that he intends to return to_the Comedie Francaise. Bernhardt will appear in a new play, “Lysiane,” next week when the Renais- sance reopens. This is her first ap- pearance since her illness. “The Geisha's” run in Paris was only scantily profitable. Paul Lawrence Dunbar and James ‘Whitcomb Riley are to collaborate and give us a negro comic opera—all with a negro cast. Genius can do more than emancipation proclamations to set a people free, and the “spirit wine of a singing line” is beyond a hundred amendments for dissolving barriers of race, color or previous condition of servitude. Joseph Haworth, who did such valu- able work with Modjeska during her last season, announces a tour of the principal towns of the East in a reper- tory of Shakespearean plays. Miss Ber- tha Galland will be Mr. Haworth's leading lady, and the tour will be under the direction of W. M. Wilkins, not unknown to fame as manager of the late Alexander Salvini. Although as yet Mr. Haworth advertises no far- ther West than Boston, it is understood that he may include San Francisco in his visiting list. It is said that when Mr. Hoyt wrote “A Contented Woman” and made its heroine defeat her husband for the Mayoralty of Denver people laughed at the idea, but at the last election in Salt Lake City a wife did actually defeat her husband for the position of State Senator in the Utah Legislature. Holbrook Blinn, says the Post, is making arrangements to produce in London Fernald's latest plece, “The Moonlight Blossom,” a Japanese com- edy. He has taken a house in London and will stay there for a year at least, as he writes that the English have an idea that he is an actor. Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without remov: ‘Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. AMUSEMENTS. CENTRAL PARK. - - LAST WEEK OF - - NORRIS BROS. 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