The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 31, 1898, Page 29

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1898 | | 3 are some peculiarities music a ‘of the MARIE BRANDIS dward M. Bell, I that reiteration s unnecessary. ‘Riche- who has heretofore interpreted it with | llen” affords a vast amount of material success. Blondet, starting in to help his | both in scenes and action. It reviews the gm_‘mcr out of a scrape by a little inju- | life of one of the greatest statesmen that icious lying, is himself gradually drawn | ever voiced the policy of France. The plot into the maelstrom, of circumstances and | takes up his life in his {unlor days and has all he can do, to keep his own head | closes it just prior to his demise. he ac- above water. May Buckley will a%pea.r tion is confined within the years that his as the wife, the part which’ Maud Adams | administration dictated the nolicy of the det, will ve played b{ n | to us: rortrayed. The remainder of the cast will e selected to give a well balanced and ghtful ‘production. For the week beginning August 8 the | company will appear in B. H. | great romantic drama, ‘“An| v to the King." This beautiful ro- | mance of the gallant days of France was vritten by N. Stephens. and has roved a brilllant su or to the former Lyceum romance, ‘The rrisoner of | Zend “An Enemy to the King" calls for a very elaborate stagine and Frawley | | firomises to go to extremes in that direc- on. The Tivoli. The third annual season of grand opera at the Tivoli will begin to-morrow even- | ing with a splendid presentation of Ver- ai's masterpiece, “Afda,” which will also | be repeated Wednesday, Friday and Sat- | | urday evenings. This work will Introduce | Frl. Marie Brandis in the title | FANCHON INGRAND OPERA I ; iR o \‘{ |ard of the past, either as to plays or | players; that from a Booth, a Siddons, a Nielson they have descended to the | point where they are content with what i | they receive from such artis ay, as De Wolf Hopper, Frar Wilson, Ada Rehan and Lillfan Russell; that the great tragedies and comedies, the stir- ring, thunderous melodramas have per- force given way to the roaring horse- play farce, the frothy society drama, have not only won |strung on a string made of up-to-date i and admiration, but | lovemaking, and usually the peccadil g money of the play-]| ‘l‘““; Ofu“ "'Umazl “flJfll)'-"SF composi- R AT G _|tion; the spectacular machine play, 8 e either been TUth-|yybngGrama and vaudeville, their proud pedes- | g 5 considerable extent this is true s to the storage room |and the logical quiries arise: What are ference, like a piece of | you going to do about it? What will . that has outlived its useful- fc 1ess, Most ass that they have be pe t 1 plain matter of the | te 5 fittest—for in the case ot t artists there is to suc greatnes solution of the prob- nd in the word fickle- | it cannot be said | down grade at the pace it ) succeeded by their | Pursuing of late yea d them, but work gives evidence of the 4 special qualities that come next with the opening of the new century? Will it bring us an era of great authors and master minds with the genjus to interpret their works, or will the play-world wag along on the has been Let us abide in the hope that the al- rnative will not be realized. MORTIMER WOOD. ’ The Golumbia. | One hait of the present season of the Frawley company at the Columbia | Theater has expired, and they have been It that the creation of these |Seen in a variety of plays in which the Thes iuses is governed by the | abilities of the members have been dis- as if appears to be in | Plaved. Thelr success has been quite in masters of literature, music | X¢€PINE With the merits of the organiza- ing. and i one indulges in | ton Mr. Frawley selected largely for Essanc Tor San Francisco's edification. Under _the ction such a theory can well be | test of comparison it is not as capable as | its predecessor, for it does not contal , for instance, the magnificent | thie equals of a Blanche Bates, a Gladys ction of the genius of the elder |Wallace or a Worthing, for the simple there be found among |Teason that there are not enough of such je Anglo-Sa¥on race one|l0 B0 around, but, notwithstanding the shoulders his splen. | M#ndicap of a comparison, the company - sheuld justly falis | Das won a commendable position in the | ts for a Frederick Warde | eStimation of the theater-goers of this Robert Downing, and with | €1t¥- Of the leading peopie who hav the list is exhausted, | M€t With special favor are Theodore R Gt obaeraabieion Edward M. Bell, Sam Edwards, s b “arey, Madeleine Boutcn and gt i innie. * Roberts has made himselc N Retor. | & Eeneral favorite by his excelient work efer- | in such widely differént roles as the pugi- at of the once rich fountain of the Duse, rved entioned. : s our acceptable sub- at they have started on their c The musical world fares some bet- | ter and thus clearing the fleld for his suc- % “another_ Jenny | cessful wooing, The fraud is discovered nd satti : < 4 | too Jate when the young wife and the Lind, a Patti, @ La Blache, a Liszt, & | sormer suitor meet at the French ball, E k + Mendelssohn. | pye complications and fun grow out of | a Mozart; n their places are a methods they pursue to punish the . a degenerate | husband, the situations being highly a D Sousa, who | amusing. jin teps. | The leading role, that of Dr. Paul Blon- is deplorable and vorld of the present d ler matters in line - th that make food for e 1 speculation. The,most € I ts of the times, who have b th lic a generation or mo re and become therefore, blessed tell where can be ul heirs to their abili- Irving, Sarah Mrs. Kendall, 1 othe: the answer that v well be remarked will not com that these inheritors are not on the stage of to-day, and worse still, the roster of minor celebrities who were once public idols is growing rapidly and painfully less. We have practically bidden adieu to such erstwhile prime favorites as Clara Morris, Rose Cogh- an, Kate Claxton, Sadie Martinot, n, Grace Henderson, Otis Louis James, J. H. Stoddard who are either struggling beens” or are tempting fate aking the step that ds the legitimate actor to ob- fon. In reply to the foregoing it might, with some degree of reason be said, that amusement seekers of to-day have de d a new, a degenerated taste that does not demand the high stand- Italian dramatic art, who has n put forward as the best represen- a pigmy who |1 well as a walking | nd artists whose names | company will be “The Masked Ball,” in on, Florence, 5 In the lang- 1 state n ‘“th have ' and there is no indica- list in “Number 3, Stockton in ‘“‘Aris- tocracy,” the Indian in ‘T'ort -Frayne,” » | Old Todman in “Liberty Hall.” ter he proved himself fhe possessor of tional talent. bill for next week by the Frawley Th which. John Drew and Maud Adams had such remarkable success. The play, which s a translation from the French of Bis- gon and Carre, had a run of 300 nignts in New York, and met with proportionate success in all parts of the country, in- | cluding this city. The plot turns on the treachery of a suitor in sending his rival o foreign lands by means of a false let- in the | 22| CHAS. THORN AT TO THE ORPHEY | role; Mary Linck as Amneris, the haughty | Princess; the distinguished barytone, Maurice de Vries, as Amonasro, the Ethi- opian King; Sig. Wanrell as Ramfls, the high priest; Rhys Thomas the young sol- dier, F nd William H, West as the King. Special attention has been given to the proper mounging, costuming and present- ation of this “famous work. Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings and at the special Saturday matinee, Donizetti's | favorite lyric opera, “Lucia di Lammer- | and William Schuster, a full ~ba: Bide-the-Bent. - The second week | will be “Faust” and “Il Trova nately presented. This season o opera _will' be the most costly and | vanced the Tivolf has ever cffered. Wag- | ner’'s celebrated .music-drama, ‘‘Lohen- in,” will be the third we “La_Gloconda, .’ “The ' Q Sheba, | liacel,” “Cavalleria Rusticana” ‘and other kindred works will be given. A new fea- ture of this season will be the Saturday matinee, especlally for ladies, out-of-town music. lovers and the younger generation | of music lovers. The prices for this cc- | casion will {nclude a reserVed seat for 25 | cents. An enlarged chorus and augmented or- chestra will assist. The Aicazar. For the week beginning to-morrow the Alcazar will present a double bill of un- | usual attractiveness. Mr. Morrison as | Richelleu will be seen Monday, Tuesday, | Wednesday and Thursday, and “Camille"” will be given, with Florence Roberts in the title role, on Friday evening, Satur- | day matinee, and Saturday and Sunday evenings., Both plays will be superbly mounted and appropriately costumed. rhe gowns worn by Miss Roberts for the occa- | sion have been especially made by the | “Worth of America,” in New York, for the present production. The pubiic is so perfectly familiar with the plot and the circumstances which surréund both plays crown and thwarted the arrogant attitude of the nability that had through feudal privileges overridden the ruler. “amille,” Mathilda Heron’s French adiptation, is a play dramatized from | true life. It was founded upon facts fa- | miliar to every one. It illustrates what | power the magnetism of a handsome wo- man has and how base becomes its ef- fects when exercised for evil purposes. Both bills will receive a gorgeous mounting and the casts which have been judiciously made present a good and forcible company. "~ Morosco's. “Bonnie Scotland,” a romantic drama in four acts, by Sidney R. Ellis, will fill the Grand Opera-house with the piercing tones of the pibroch, the drone of the bagpipes, the clash of arms and the tur- mofl of battle during next week. This will be its first production here, after a good reception in the East. The plot deals with a feud between two claus in which there are equal parts of love, courage, deceit, war and reconciliation, through which the villain receives his just reward in common with the distracted lovers. The play is a picture of Scotch life in the olden times and is sald to possess speclal attractions by reason of the beautiful stage settings, the odd costumes and the strange customs shown. The fourth act is particularly exciting, portraying a desperate combat between the fierce clans | moor,” will be the bill, with Arna Lich- | whie ric | ter as the.unfortunate’ heroine; Sig. Kd- | niy cnds: of course, In victory for the gardo Zerni, who comes direct from La | The situations are said to be highly Beala. Milan, as = Bdgardo; William | gramatic, the action rapid and the Scotch ruette, one of the most popular of|accent comprehensive. Mr. Brophy has American barytones, as Henry Ashton,{afine role, which should show him to ade vantage. His present engagement will end in two weeks. The Orpheum. For the week opening to-morrow night the Orpheum announces an exceptionally attractlve bill; the new people include James Thornton, the well-known writer, author. of “My Sweetheart’s the Man in the Moon.” Among the songs he will introduce this week Is his latest, “When You're in Love,” which has been very successful. act Valoon and Anthelmine have been imported from Paris. They are said to be very clever in thelr line, which is songs and dances of the “Gay Paree' order. Joseph Hart and Carrie de Mar have a number of new specialties to pre- sent in their clever comedy sketch, “Dr. Chauncey’s Visit.”” This versatile couple have scored a great hit. The Macarte Bisters have some additional feats on the high wire, and Valmore, “the Instrumen- tal Man,” has new Imitations to offer. The Angela Sisters will appear in a budget of new songs. . H. Windom and the Blackstone Quartet have new selections for public favor. Gilbert and Goldie will put on a new act which is said to be quite as clever as the one which won so much praise on their opening. Wilton and Stack, the horizontal bar ar- tists are still a feature. The bill with so many clever acts will no doubt serve to pack the house to its utmost capacity, For a novelty | as usual. Matinees Wednesday, Satur- day and Sunday. The Olympia. The Olympia Music Hall for the coming week will have new attractions. They in- clude Demaric and Orlando, who are de- scribed as “Parislan Wonders” and de- clared to be very clever; Bell and Dalton, who are said to be very funny Dutch knoek-about comedians; Charles and May Stanley, another new team. who appear in songs and dances. There appear also Maude Rockwell, soprang; Anita La Mont, soubrette; the Royce Sisters, and others.” Matinee to-day. The Ghutes. The Japanese acrobats have proved themselves to be one of the best attrac- tions the Chutes'' management has ever resented, their remarkable feats and ex- remely odd tumbling appearing to never row wearisome to the audiences. Herr annon, the mightv 618~gound Swiss. who cannot get up if he lies down on his back, is seemingly as popular as ever, He is ex- pected to perform soms astounding acts of valor in the Zoo at an early dats. The bill at the free theater is changed weekly nndkwfll be particularly strong for this week. Gora Jinnie's Sorrow. Cora Tinnie, the bright and popular soubrette of the Frawley Company, does not, when on the stage, show any indi- cation of the fact that a giggle from the andience released at an inopportune mo- ment would drive her to grief and tears, but such is the case. Her first appearance here was in the curtain-raiser, “Po’ White Trash,” her role being that of the daughter of a wealthy planter. The little lady had one good line In the part and naturally supposed she was %re(fared to deliver it properly, but she had not gauged the acoustic properties of the theater, and the result was on the order of a nervous schoolmiss “‘saying her first piece.” The audience cofild not refrain from snicker- ing, notwithstanding the scene was a really pathetic one. Miss Tinnie was almost heartbroken, and the flowers that came to her only made the sorrow worse, ~..e stormed up and down behind tne drops wringing her hands and crylng as though there was no balm in Gilead. The little lady could not be comforted, and finally was es- corted home, sobbing like a child, her face buried in the armful of flowers she carried. On her subsequent appearance she was received very cordially, and now thinks that the much dreaded and critical San Francisco audience is not such a dread- f\;l_tcnmb(nauon after all that is said of it SLAPPED TAVARY'S FAGE. The Red-Whiskered Jenor Who Wanted His Picture Printed. Contrary to tradition there Is once in a decade or longer a good story connected with the stage that does not find its way into print through the efforts of the hard- worked press agent. The present narra- “ong | tive Is “wan av thim,” and shows to what lengths a man’s personal vanity will carry | him; vl im; how the cultivation of the habit of seeing his ‘‘picture”” in the papers became finally a mania which led to serious re- sults and even ‘the .violation of his con- tract. The artist in question is a famous tenor, who came here first with Patti. He is a little red-faced, red-whiskered Frenchman, whose voice constitutes his attraction. However, he did not believe that his features would not charm the ladies, and hence the trouble. He appear- ed here with the Tavary Opera Company, and was to sing on Monday, the opening night. Coming up from Los Angeles, the Sunday papers were received, and to his horror Monsleur G. discovered that his portrait did not appear in any of the pa- pers, and he nearly went into spasms, tearing his warm whiskers and indulging in cholce French invective against the hard-hearted press. The nearer the train approached San Francisco the madder he got, and finally he swore by all the gods of song that he would not sing on the opening night, ‘When the opera people were convinced that he was in earnest there was a quar- rel, which terminated on the ferry. The male songster was ultimately told in the heat of passion that the publication of his 29 ortralt would en the fur In the mixu lowed it is said that M Vi her. face Siapped. angtine Tava worse happene Later the local managers who had the | DS opera company, he will produce both > = ruin the engagement, and | contract with Augustin Daly and has flew. hat fol- gone to London, v\g-here he will be seen ry had | shortly in Hamlet and Shylock. that somethin, - 10’ the excited tenor "¢ | When Frank Daniels comes here, with his successes, “The Wizard of the Nile” company on their hands tried their sweet- This will be the est wiles, and they are many. to con.|and “The ldol's Eve,” vince' the stubborn songbird of carmine s adornments that all was not lost because his face had not been run through a per- fecting press and given to the public, but he haughtily and profanely said them nay. Then they became alarmed and tried all kinds of bribery. They offered to print a half-page picture of him. He said it was too late. Then cash offers of extra pay were made, until the hot-head- ed an unreasonable Frenchman had scornfully declined a proffer of $200 above his_reguiar pay to sing on the initial night. As the last resort the campany had to put on a substitute, who knew nothing of the part, and the result was that the performance fell flat and the engagement eventually proved a failure. All because of the perversity of a man who wanted he wanted money or friendship. Of such suxxér some artists are made, be it sadly said. New Gomedy Theater. Advices from New York indicate that B. Leavitt; who is to open the old Bush as the New Comedy Theater, will proceed on his former lines of enter- prise and success. Among the many at- tractive features he will offer will be four checo, author of ‘‘Incog,” thig city. The company will play Salt Lake the fore part of September and then come to the New Comedy Theater for a run. Mr. Leavitt has also made an ar- rangement with George W. Lederer and George B. McLellan whereby he will pro- duce all the Casino sdccesses for a sea- son in San Francisco. For this scheme a special company will be organized by Lederer and McLellan. This organization is headed by the three prestiaivitateurs, Le Roy, Fox and Powell, and will sbe gmnaged by Frank Conant and Matt erry. The remodeling of the New Comedy Theater is now proceeding rapdily under the direction of Al Luinghouse, and when it is completed it will be one of the handsomest theaters in the country. People and Plays. Max Hirschfeld, who will direct the Tivoll grand opera season, was the leader of all the Castle Square (Boston) grand opera productions, “Shenandoah’ did nine weeks of great business in Chicago on its latest presen- tation. Good things are appreciated even in the big village. Mr. James Keane, who has been spend- ing his vacation at his old home, left for Denver last week, where he is to join the Manhattan Beach stock company, pre- yious to going to New York for his regu- lar season at the Manhattan Theater. Among the passengers lost on the French liner La Bourgogne were Bernice Wheeler, who made a hit in “Chimmie Fadden” as Fannie, and Leon Porteau, Leon Jacquet and Albert Weiss of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Company. two former were accompanied Dby r wives, who were also drowned. The Belasco-Thall company, now in re- organization, will play its opening date September 5. The company has in its re- pertoire many of the Alcazar successes, and with a carload of scenery and para- phernalia promises to be one of the best and most thoroughly equipped road or- ganizations that ever played the coast. Among the artists engaged for the Ti- voll grand opera season are: Marie Bran- dis and Anna Lichter, sopranos; Mary Linck and Bernice Holmes, contraltos; Sig. Rosselll and Thomas Green, tenors; Maurice de Vries and Willlam Pruette, barytones, and Sig. Wanzell, basso. There are lots of prize housekeepers among the women of the stage. 0se Coghlan can cook, and so can Lillian Rus- sell. Mme. Modjeska is a great house- keeper, and May Irwin delights in goin about her house dusting, with a towe! | about her head. Little Edna Wallace has & most formidable apartment in New York, which she looks after personally. She has a cook and butler and maid, who boss her around because she is such a mite of humanity. The spectacular Kiralfys, well known in San Francisco, have during several years confined their affairs to Earis Court, Lon- don, where they are now giving-represen- tations of naval encounters between American and Spanish warships. These exhibitions are sald to be extensive and accurate, and they are changed from time to time to keep u% with events. It is said that they will be brought to the Madison- | square Garden next winter, and may come to this city. And so_the inevitable problem play is | going to bob up serenely again next sea- son. There are a good many Squeamish people_who cannot endure reading Zola | even. How they will stand for him on the stage I don't see. Mme. Saccard (Renee) made the Parisians squirm at first, but I believe they settled it that her self-de- | struction in the last act atoned for | guilty love of her stepson. Mr. Valentine “a\‘e to make this very apparent in t] | will his English version, or New Yorkers will do more than squirm.—New York Dra- matic News. The vaudevilleites' are up to strange acts in the way of patriotism. In an Eastern roof garden an artist wrapped himself in a Spanish flag, as in a mantle, and stood in the attitude o« a diver high above a deep pool of water. At a given signal an_attendant touched a match to the hated red and yellow banner, the “‘professor’” took his’ downward plunge, fluttering with fire, and lo! when he arose from the pool he was clad in the stars and stripes. How it was done is not stated, but it was a clever pyrotechnic performance, indicating that it was not difficult to extinguish fire or Spain if the proper course was pursued. and that the and ‘“that ain’'t no lie.” Here is a iittle story which Marshall P, Wilder tells about himself: While | giving an entertainment in a small West- ern town some years ago he was stand- ing at the door the audience filed into the hall, when big lumberman tried to push his way past the ticket-taker with- out a ticket. “Can’t go in unless to pay, | my friend,” said Wilder. ““Well, I've got | no money,” sald the lumberman, ‘but T'll give you my dog,” pointing to a hound that was trailing behind him. *“All right, T'll try some of my new jokes on him/' said the humorist quickly. *‘Go ahead; I don’t want your dog; take him in with you.” After the performance Wilder met the fellow and asked him how he liked the performance. ‘‘Well" grunted the countryman, “I'm glad I kept my dog.” Theatrical Notes. Lewis Morrison will give an Irving pro- duction of the ‘‘Merchant of Venice,” to follow “Camille” at the Alcazar. Rhys Thomas has been especially en- gaged by tne Tivoll for his great grand opera successes in ‘‘Alda,” “La wulocon- da'" and ‘“‘Lohengrin. Laura Millard has been engaged as prima donna for the Carleton Opera Com- any, which is to begin a season in St. oulg at Uhrig's Cave. Frawley Intends to give a very elaborate production of Daly’s revised “The Tamin of the Shrew” before the conclusion o his engagement at the Columbia. James Young has signed a five years’ | AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA THEATER. ——TO-NIGHT— LAST TIME-— THE FRAWLEY COMPANY IN A GALLANT SURRENDER. BEGINNING TO-MORROW NIGHT Eighth Week of the The Frawley Company Seven Nights and Saturday Matinee THE JOHN DREW AND MAUD ADAMS GREAT SUCCESS THE MASKED BALL A comedy by the Autho) —*Wilkinson’s Widows.''-— As Played for over 300 Nights in New York. Cast Including MAY BUCKLEY, EDWARD M. BELL, SAM EDWARDS, ELEANOR CAREY, ALFRED HICKMAN, Ete. HIS ABSENT BOY." 1 August_ 8th... AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS, ALCAZAR THEATER EAST LYNNE.” TO-MORROW NIGHT STARTS THE FOURTH MONTH OF 'Lewis Morrison win 1o, IGHT & 8 5 JAY— Be Presented an Elaborate Production of RICHELIEY FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY MATINEE, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS, C“CAMILLE.” Seats Now on Sale for Entire Week. | When | dom and Blackstone Quartette; Wilton MATINEE TO-DAY (Sunday), July 21 Parquet, any seat, 25c; Balcony 10c; Children 105, any part, WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY, AUG. lst. James Thornton, Champlon Songster; Joseph Hart and Carrfe De Mar, New Songs and Specialties; Valbon-Anthelmine, International Duetists; Macarte Sisters, Equlpoise Artists; Angela Sisters, Musical Artists; W. H. Win- &Stack, Triple Bar Wonders: Valmore, ‘‘The Instru- mental Man’; Gilbert & Goldle, New Sketch, CHUTES AND ZO0O. EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. “REMENDOUS SUCCESS OF THR JAPANESE BALANCING ACROBATS. In Conjunction With A VAUDEVILLE BILL OF RARE ATTRAC- TION. NEW MOVING PICTURES and CANNON, the §13-POUND SWISS. 10c, including Zoo and Theater; children, Sc; Sundays and Holidays, 10c. Prices 15¢, 25¢, 385¢, 50c. Look Out for ““CANNON in the LION'S DEN." AMUSEMENTS. QOPERA MOROSCO'S GRAND is: WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager. POPULAR PRICES Telephone Main 532 Reserved Seats, . . . 25 and 50c. Famlly Circle ahd Gallery, » - 106 MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TO-DAY and TO-NIGHT, Last Two Times of “THE TWO_ORPHANS.” To-m Night, “OUR C. RNIA BOY,” JAMES M. BROPHY In an Elaborate Production of BONNIE SCOTLAND FIRST TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO. CENTRAL PARK. Commenoing SUNDAY, July 8ist, 2 P. M. First Great HORSESHOEING Tournament. Under Auspices Mechanics' Athletic Union, For the Chunpionlh{‘: of the World and Cash rizes. ; First Heats—JAMES O'ROURKE V8. H. GER- wfl' %OMAB TIERNEY VS, FRANK Also first_pubiic_exhibition of STANIFORTH'S ¢ AT, DOG RACING COURSE. - - ADMISSIO] 3 AMUSEMENTS. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE. Mrs. Ernestine Kreling, Proprietor and Manager TO-NIGHT-Last Night of the Comic Opera Season. Milloecker's Superb Work, “THE BEGGAR STUGENT.” TO-MORROW EVENING AT 7:30 O'CLOCK. Opening Grand Opera Season ‘ednesday, Friday and Saturday Evenings, ‘‘AIDA.’’ Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday Bvenings, g ‘C“LUCIA.’ Special Saturday Matinee—'‘LUCIA." Po)yular prices. e 25 and 50 cents . B—RESERVED SEATS MATINEE Zc. TELEPHONE BUSH 9. SUTRO BATHS. _SUNDAY, July Siat, at 3:30 P. M. JUVENILE SWIMMING RACES! 50 yards, 7 yards and 100 yards, and HIGH-DIVING CONTEST tween the Pledmont Swimming Cl e Kin Franciaco. 4 (hietier iy, =03 the _FOR VALUABLE PRIZES. ADMISSION, 10c. *...CHILDREN, 5¢ BASEBALL—RECREATION PARK, Eighth and Harrisan sth. PACIFIC COAST BASEBALL LEAGUE. Monday, Championship Pac. Coast, To-day at 2 m, SACRAMENT 'R l ENTO e A HLETICS. to see his phiz in the paper worse than | comedies written by Mrs. Romualdo Pa-| which was | originally and successfully produced in| er | Americans havé Spanish flags to burn; | | first ‘visit of Daniels in several yeafs. | _“An Epemy to the King, which_ the | Frawley company produces the week of | August 8, is the successor of “The Pris- oner of Zenda” in the romantic field. E. | H. Sothern madg a big success in the | play. | . Richard Mansfield says that if he has been at all successful it has been no credit to the press of the country. Tut, | tut, Richard! If it had not been for your discovery by the press you would still be doing turns in a dime museum as a dialect artist. For the season of French operas comique at the Tivoli several new people 1‘\,‘)[[ be brought from the East. “Girofle- ‘Glnv)'fla,' ‘“Madame Angot,” Grand Duc | €88, “La Perichole” “La Belle tielene, ‘Barbe-Blue” and “Luzette” will be given In a most complete manner. Among the plays to be presented by Modjeskd during her coming engagzment El the Baldwin Theater are ‘‘Magda,” ‘Adrienne Lecouvreur” and Mary Stu- art.” The great Polish actress has a new glay In preparation which she hopes to | have ready for presentation during the | engagement. I think Al Caldwell of the Coon Hol- low company too tender-hearted. He tried to have a man arrested last week for beating a carpet. He is liable at any time to have a ‘cook in a restaurant ar- rested for beating an egg. He soured on his soubrette last season because she 'mashed” a potato.—New York Dramatic | News. Lessee Fred Belasco of the Alcazar is on his way East to secure new faces and plays for the Alcazar and the Belasco- Thall road company. The latter organiza- tion will open its first date Sentember 5. | It is the intention of the Alcazar manage- | ment to be in a position to offer its atrons the very cream of talent and the atest Eastern successes for the coming season. Mrs. Leslie Carter will spend her sum- mer vacation at the close of her London season in ‘“The Heart of Maryland” at Interlaken and Lucerne, Switzerland. Her health is not very good, having been run down very much through her long and arduous season in Belasco's great war ExayA She hopes to recuperate thoroughly efore returning to_America to open her fall season in Mr. Belasco’'s new play in New York. ‘William L. Tomlins, leader of the Apollo Cluyb of Chicago and of the chorus of chil- dren that sang at the World’s Fair, has lately resigned his various positions and is to give all of his time to work among children. He is to lecture in all the prom- inent Eastern cities during the next sea- son on the method of tgaching music suc- cessfully to the wee youngsters. He will be in San Francisco in August. It was a light that failed Blanche Walsh as she went cycling down Fifth avenue last evening, says the New York Sun. The actress's self-possession did not fail, apparently, and she got well out of the scrape. Arrest, however, with in- terviews in court and all that sort of thing, makes rather a dreary existence for these scorching days. Miss Walsh will get much sympathy and some little advertising out of her unsuccessful en- counter with the police force. Anna Held has gone to Russia for the summer, where she will try to make the far north people think she is an artist. If she finds them as cold there as she found the San Francisco theater-goers, who took her at her true value instead of her own estimation, thebox-office ther- mometer will be low. It is a mystery how she can succeed in hypnotizing the Easterners, for she has made a lot of money, and it didn't come from this town. “Our Boys” is th title of the latest song { and chorus brought out by war times. | The words and music were composed by Miss Hattie Moulton, a pupil of the John | Swett Grammar School. Consldering the fact that the young lady s but 16 years of age, the production is decidedly cred- itable. The sentiment is highly patriotic and the verses cleverly constructed. The song is dedieated to Company G, First Calfornia Volunteers, and is published by | the Zeno Mauvais Music Company, this city. | George Caron, the clown, whose quaint | and original antics made children scream with delight, an. caused the most staid adults to laugh till the tears rolled down their cheeks, is no more. Lne mobile face, | which he could distort into a thousand forms, each funnier than the other, will never again cause laughter to leap to the eyes of delighted audiences; and the fer- | tile brain, constantly engaged in think- | ing out new devices for making people | forget their troubles, is at rest forever. | The sad event took place at the perform- er's late residence on Sunday, June 26. One of the cleverest and most am- bitious members of Augustin Daly’s or- ganization is Mabelle Gillman, a San Francisco girl, and_she has been a gold- en nugget for Mr. Daly by reason of her versatility and ready adaptability. She has been able to take Virginia Earle’s or Marguerite Vernon’s place at any time | in case of sudden indisposition of these ladies. She Is not only attractive in face, but has a deliciously clear-speaking voice, 'an enunciation that makes her lines telling. She has played the lead- ing parts in all of Mr. Daly's musical productions. The New York Dramatic News says that “Hery Lee has undertaken the plan to organize a big vaudeville company to consist of high class European stars to play the leading cities, and M. B. Leavitt | Will manage the company. Mr, Lee be- | lieves a company of prominent artists will appeal to the patrons of first-class thea- ters, and as all the members will be im- | ported the idea will be something new. | KIL Leavitt will play this company at the | Comedy Theater in San Francisco and over an extensive route, while a represen- tative has gone abroad to secure the proper talent. Mr. Lee will introduce a | number of new specialties, and a feature of the affair is to be the introduction of a novel pantomime.” It was just a little slip of paper that turned up at McVicker's Theater in Chi- cago the other night, but it was handed about as a great curiostly. The holder, it read, had purchased two seats “on a sofa,” which would be reserved until the end of Act I. The signature of J. A. ‘Warren, treasurer, and the date, June 6, 1862, were written in the spaces of the printed order. A railroad man presented the pass, saying that he had originally | obtained the seats for a performance of | “Richard III" and “Who Speaks First,” but had been unable to use the order at the time specified, thirty-six years ago. The pass was honored on _presentation and is preserved as a relic of antiquity in the McVicker's box office. AMUSEMENTS. MRS. ANNA VON MEYERINCK Will REOPEN Her SCHOOL OF MUSIC FOR VOICE CULTURE AND PIANO, on MONDAY, August 1, 1398. The Complete Conservatory Courses of tha school, outlined to conform with those given at the Royal High School, Berlin, offer exceptional advantages to students desiring a THOROUGH MUSICAL EDUCATION, Including instruction in Harmony, Theory, Chorus and Sight Singing, ‘Ensemble Playing, Languages and Physical Culture. TERMS FOR FULL COURSE OF FIFTY WEEKS, $75, Payable in monthly instaliments of $6 %. Pri- mary department for beginners. -Spedlal semin- ary courses for teachers. Terms fon private in- struction and all further particulars may be obtained by applying at the schoal, $41 Fulton street, San Francisco. Reception ' hours, 12-2 daily. REMEMBER THE STATE FAIR AT * SACRAMENTO, September 5 to 17, 1898. Held Under the California State Agricultural Soclety. The Annual Exhibition of California Resources. Excursion Rates on Rallroads. DON'T FAIL TQ Exmisit. TO ATTEND: A. B. SPRECKELS, President. EDWIN F. SMITH, Secretary. | oLYMPl MASON STREET, COR. EDDY. Only Free Theater Offering Bill of Recognized Star Artists—Demario & Orlando, Parisian Wonders; Bell & _Dalton, Dutch Knockabouts; Chas. and Mae Stanley, Dancing Duo; Rockwell; La Mon: Royce Sisters: others, 4 ADMISSION FREE. MATINEE SUNDAY.