The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1899, Page 29

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1899. 29 ow Miss Kidder and the Re-Siamezed Warde and James Are Popu'arizing the Classics. a performance of a vou are familiar with coming more diffi- Ask the avtors tell you that tired of the ‘standard people and. they will are tired of the imi actor. The actor the people’ biame 1d so the sterpiec bad authors gros buy real estate and families. - And yet, v kind of a per v that you know by 2 W nd- O “witness s be y standard the people able Frederick have heard X down on their luck say that again actors fickle flow- Columbia de were rush to the nes-Kidder-W. Why, actu players are d n Frank Dan 1 beauties did ic agents and ng a alli one d at the Columbia; heels that Kathryn Kidder and James in clas tragedy did just as Mr. Daniels and his The Idol's Eye” and the in San Francisco; it g from vaudeville to nan at the Chutes; w that is good in its , as I have said be- little crowd, mostly 1t only when some- and distinguished is stage. I have grown and have n very nights T have mbia this past week. especial reasoen why it away, butjit does, and the ho go are the jolly, ed tho ¢ that develops the proper ‘ of popularity: By some g »w of fortune this classic e nded on .its feet and ¢ rattling farce medy, Mr. . Scheel’s” sym- Everybody who. pre- anybody goes to the sym- ormances, with or without of the difference between s ninth and Ernest Hogan's And th lemn tribute A shion supports the con- nd provides you and me and- that and of exclusives that I men- ore with just the sort of mu- to listen to once in-a fort- ong live the fads! My only s that the exclusives have not in line and enjoyed these actars. Columbia, who really give not namiatk performances of several of o the best [ s in the language. At any rate fickle San Francisco who not so long ago would have none Warde or Mr. James is now of Mr. ng in a long line to buy.seats stray .corners and last rows. managers have made us fickle, fickleness, in turn, has made ers shrewd. the modern drama one -season’s ess may be the next seasan’s fail- ) the legitimate the plays never change, the actors seldom change. and t there is no telling until thé house unted whether the legitimate = is to win or lose. Talk about the y of untried plays, it is as noth- ed with the chances a man vadays in sending a company 1 in the approved master- The rising generation is re- eéducated in the notion that >~ exception . of Modjeska we layer in this country who is ir ful, | peare the | in | operas ever | Good taste | y, well- | nds who attend | By Ashton Stevens. | term of reproach. The youngsters have done little or nothing in the legitimate: and the survivors of the palmy davs are not ard never have been acknowl- Kfllg?’l artists. The | mense originality in their work. They ihu\'k clung to the old fake stride and | gesture and have pitched their voices so deep in the bowels that children cried |at them. They have lacked humanness. | Instead of coming “fresh from life they have come “stale from the stag | For this reason most Sha -arean | performances have s [to m oth s unrealistic as an | old-fashioned Italian opera. The best 1 could do was to give up ail idea of | d ic illusion and center my pleas- : strength and melody of the G to me and So it was with somet = nger than impersomal delight that acknowliedged _throughout the past | weelk the bits of life-like acting that il- luniinated the -James-Kidder-Warde performances. Mr. James especially is | to be congratul Last vear- his| vas: gr e erated, and ous moderation of him- sent a vigorous, even thrillin , and a Charles Surface of irresistible dash and humor. ASHTON STEVENS. The Golumbia. Commencing to-morrow evenin k of the tri he is to pi the sec- ar en- ted with a pre- in ar, which James will be se as t jcal Brutus, Mr. Warde as Marc Antony | ana Miss Kidder as Portia, The part of Cassius will be in' the hands of Barry | Johnson, Harry Lang- will be the Casca. esar” will be | {katnRYN { | | KIDDER repeated on Saturday evening. For the balance of the engagement the repertoire will be as follows: Tuesday and Sunday evenings, “The School for Scandal’; Wednesday evening and Saturday mati- nee, “‘Hamlet”; Thursday evening, ‘‘Mac- beth,” and Friday evening, ‘‘Othello.” The bill- for this evening i& *‘Othello.” “The 8ign of the Cross,” Wilson Bar- rett’s religious drama, is the attraction to follow the James-Kidder-Warde com- bination at the Columbia Theater on Monday, February 20. The play depicts the struggle betweeén Christianity and a corrupt. pagan nation. The leading roles will be Qla)‘?d by. Charles Dalton, Irene Rooke, W. E. Bonney and Maude Warri- low. It i said that the piece is one of the most elaborately staged affairs seen in this country in many years. The Galifornia. On Monday night the Black Patti Trou- badours begin a two weeks' engagement is no profile, no im- | soph- | gagement at the same theater last sea- son, the performance and the company | giving unusual satisfaction to the pi tro pew repertoire and a record of rland “triumph: v, a Sissieretta Jones (the Black Patti), Er- ., the unbleached American; 1 . _‘“‘the real thing"; Byrd, W. C. Fi Mz Hal 3 that trio of pretty creole soubrette: 1, Anthon, Merideth Sisters, Mackey and the are mong last season’s tained. Among the n Holt, tencr; James Lightfoot. basso; Mu- dian; Judson Hicks and W. C, Cook, two clever ‘‘coon” comedians and crackajack cake-walkers. While the stage perform- ance follows the same lines as that of- fered last season, it has been further em- bellished by new specialties, the latest rag-time ballads, the newest cake-walks and an entirely new operatic kaleidoscope. The Alcazar. “Peaceful Valley’” will be given its last performance at the Alcazar this evening. For the new week Nat C. Goodwin’s old success, “A Gold Mine,” will be the of- fering. The play was first produced by Mr. Goodwin in the season of 1888 at the Fifth Avenue Thedter, New York, and later at the Gaiety Theater, London. The Frawley company gave it here a couple of seasons ago, with Willlam Lackaye in the leading part. The story is of a California mine moter who goes to London and financially ro- Encouraged by the popular suc- of last year the troubadours come to Pacific Coast with an improved com- Gus razier and Alice vorites who are re- wcomers are George riel Ringgold_a pickaninny dancing won- der; James Bland, the elongated come- | as SN (17 1R monial and pecuniary problems. Mr. Hastings will play the Goodwin part and George Osbourne the English broker. All the Alcazar favorites are in the cast. A revival of “The Girl I Left Behind Me" follows. 3 The Tivoli. After much careful preparation the Tivoll Opera House will present on Mon- day night for the first time in this city a new opera which was most successful throughout the East, “Madeleine, or the Magic Kiss.” It is the work of Stanis- laus Stange and Julian Edwards, the au- thors and composers of the “Wedding Day” and “Brian Boru.” It is founded upon a legend concerning the house of | De Grimm, which prophesies that any baron of that line who remains a bache- lor and reaches the age of 100 years may, on attaining his hundredth birthday, have seventy-five rs taken off his age, pro- viding he is kissed before noon of that by a maiden who has attained her ority without ever having been kissed man or boy. Miss Anna Lichter will reappear in the title role; Annie Myers will be seen as Mary Doodle, the sextet widow; Bernice Holmes and Ida Wyatt, Dr. Gourmet’s daughters, Vivette and L \VioreTTE DALE & T Margot. Phil Branson will portray the role of Baron de Grimm; Edqwin Stevens will be his physician, Dr. Gourmet; Wm. H. West, his scribe, Jules Le Meagre; and Arthur ‘Boyce, hls steward, Francofs. Willlam Pruette will be the Alsatian art- ist, Auguste Deutch, and William Schus- ter, the baron’s majordomo, Emile. The Orpheum. The Orpheum promises a great bill for this week. There are Conroy and Mec- Donald, known to the vaudeville world as the “'kings of Irish comedy”; De Haven and Maie, the youngest sketch team in America; P. C. Shortis, the musical monologist, and Lang and Keller, vocal- ists and comedians. Conroy and McDon- ald are said to be the best in their line, Carter de Haven has been fore. He is now assisted by Bonnie Male, a little miss of 14, who is said to be quite as clever as her “leading man.” rom last week there remain Professor Macart and his troupe of dogs and monkeys, Miiton and Dollie Nobles in a new com. edy sketch entitled “Bl]sevllle Junction,” Schrode brothers, comedy acrobats, and Stine and Evans, the singing comedians. New Gomedy. The “Spider and Fly” extravaganza at the Comedy is now in better order than it was at last, Sunday night’s opening, Miss <7 seen here be- | formance as the queen of the mermaids. Some fifty people are employed in the production. John L. Sullivan’s vaudeville and athletic show follows. The Olympi Bthel Lynwood, a European contortion- ist, is the special feature of the new bill at the Olympia. There are ten other specialty people in the programme. The Chutes. New at the Chutes this week are Kohl, a2 European ‘‘phantasmagorialist,” and Ida Howell, “‘the queen of serio-comics.” Pianka and her lions and the animato- scopic reproduction of the “Passion Play" are still strong features. Vosmer will make a balloon ascension this afternoon. Carreno’s Goncerts. Mme. Carreno's opening piano recital is noticed in another column, She will play again in the Metropolitan Temple to-mor- row night and Tuesday afternoon. Fol- lowing is Monday night’s programme: Fantasie and Fugue, G minor (Bach-Liszt); Sonata, Op. 27, No. 1 (Beethoven): Nocturne, Op. 62, Barcarolle, Waltz, A flat, Op. 42, Bal- lade, Op. 47 (Chopin); Romanza, E flat, Bar- carolle, G major, Valse Caprice (Rubinstein); Impromptu, Op. 90, 3 (Schubert); Etude de Marche Militaire (Schu- Concert (MacDowell) bert-Tausig). And this is the menu for Tuesday after- noon’s farewell: Sonata Appassionata, allegro, andante con moto, allegro non troppo, Presto. (Beethoven): Nocturne in C_minor, Etude in A flat, Waltz in C sharp, Ballade in G minor, (Chopin); Etudes Symphoniques (Schuniann); ‘S Oiseau J'Etals,” Etude (Henselt); Romanza (Tschai- kowsky); Polonaise in E major (Liszt). T. M A Benefit. The seventh annual benefit of the The- atrical Mechanical Assoclation ' will take place at the Alcazar next Sunday after- noon. The Frederick Warde company and the best performers at the Orpheum, Tivoli, California, Comedy, Chutes, Olym- ia and Oberon will participate. = “The irst Born,” with a juvenile cast, will open the programme. The hard work involved in playing “Cy- rano de Bergerac” has made Richard Mansfield a positive slave to routine. His physician allows him to see no one during | the day, as a measure of rest and as a preventive against talking, for Mr. Mans- field has to give throat continued rest in order to preserve the energy for the five acts of Cyrano. He not only speaks continually through the play, but each SPECTACULAR EXTRAVAGANZA ComMED Y N r‘,‘?@) D & D333 | evening about 10 o'clock, the time of the moon scene with De Guiche, he sings in a rich barytone voice for seven minutes, and an hour later does a death scene requiring the most vigordus and impas- sioned work of the evening. Charles H. Hoyt, the Y]aKwrlght and theatrical manager, is badly broken down in health. His new farce, “A Dog in the Manger,” was produced in Washington last Monday nlfi t. It failed utterly, and the company will be disbanded at the end of the week. The piece was not of itself up to Mr. Hoyt's average, and, still more detrimental, its performance lacked the ersonal direction of the author. It will e laid aside to await his recovery of health, which he hopes will come of long rest and diverting travel. New Orleans is likely to enjoy a legal battle over ‘A Lady of Quality.” Both Miss Julia Arthur and Miss Eugenia Blair have announced_their intention of doing the play there. Miss Arthur says she has CRICKETERS HONOR A COMRADE Alameda Club Presents the Hunter Harrison Cup to R. B. Hogue. Of the local cricket clubs the Alameda has been the first to hold its annual meet- ing and election of officers. The following were chosen to serve the club during the season of 1899: President, Edward Brown; vice presidents, Robert B. Hogue and Henry Ward; secretary and treasurer, Henry Ward; members of executive com- mittee—Henry Ward, J. J. Moriarty and J. H. Saunders; members of ground com- mittee—J. H. Saunders, W. G. Fortman and B. Bird; delegates to the California Cricket Association—Henry Ward and J. J. Moriarty. Edward Brown, who is also president of the California Cricket Association, will be absent from the State during a great part of the year on a visit to England, and it is not unlikely that Robert B. Hogue will return to New South Wales, thus leaving Henry Ward. who is already Lord High Everything Else of the Ala- meda Club, the absolute Pooh Bah of the organization. he club has experienced some difficul- COOOO0OOOOOOOPOQOOIPRES® The Sunday Call, 32 pages, delivered at youwr home by mail for $150 L4 & & k3 & a year. Subscribe for it. ® @ CRROR R RN X PPPOOOPOOO0OOOOSGS [lng had been transacted the silver- cup | presented by J. Hunter Harrison to the { lifornia Cricket Association, and. won | by the Alameda Club in 1895, 1897 and 1898, . was presented to Rebert B. Hogue. The | Alameda Club possesses no club-house in_ an be safely Kept | which trophies won presented: the |and exhibited, and having t | cup given by 'W. Greer Harrison to Ed- ward Brown, president of the. club, thought it could not do better than give the Hunter Harrison trophy to Robert B. Hogue, who has rendered eminent serv- ices to cricket in San Francisco: Though R. B. Hogue did not win the first Burnell prize ziven last season for the- highest batting average (this being carried off by | 3. 7. Moriarty with an average o in all matches sanctioned by the or- | nia_ Cricket Association), he made’ tlie highest -average in the five two-day matches for the Hunter Harrison cup, viz., the very creditable averagé of 4342 | for seven innings. All Californian crick- eters will feel that the cup.was well be- | stowed. | 1n the Cape Town police force there are now on the roll thirty-eight constables of six feet high and over. The “‘top-notcher’ is Police Constable Andrews, who takes the standard with six feet eight and a half inches, probably the tallest police constable in South Africa. 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Arrangements will, however, probably be made whéreby the Alameda Y tha i . acrifices himself instead of the usual vic- | and will continue another week. ht the g in Shakespeare. Tragedi-| at the California Theater.” This attraction fims, therepy winning a charming wife | Post i quite Tecovered from her recent figes Pfi?e#&'flo’é"gtbfi:g g’r‘;;c;:}?ioi}f ;;’,;’u,fi;‘“““ Cpmhel R an in America to-day is practically a | played a very successful three weeks’ en- | and helping along several other matri- | indisposition, and appears at every per- | son Burnett, the author. ‘After the formal business of the meet- AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. SO - sy e e O T | A A AR A A A A~ Ay SIS Sd e San Francisco, Cal., Estab, 1887 ALCAZAR THEATER. {aany Los eles, Cal., Estab. 1884 T B City, Mo., Estab, 1897 TO-NIGHT (SUNDAY' The Transcontinental Triu BLACK BLACK PATTI..... And TEIRTY Ebony Eostacis Every Evening st 8:15. ALIIORNIA NicHT WHY SMITH LEFT HOME” o BEEfilIll? 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SOL SMITH RUSSELL'S Peaceful Valley. TO-MORROW NIGHT, AND DURING ENTIRE WEEK. MR. N. C. GOODWIN’S BIG COMEDY SUCCESS, A \GOLD MINE. By Brander Matthews and George H. Jessup. PRICES. 4 . 15, 25¢, 35e, S0c Next- I LEFT BEHIND ME." ‘“THE GIRL AMUSEMENTS. COMEDY THEATER. (Formerly the Popular Bush.) GRAND GALA MATINEE TO-DAY. TO-NIGHT AND ALL NEXT WEEK. . STANDING ROOM ONLY. Gigantic and positive success of the gorgeous Spectacular Extravagenza, SPIDER AND FLY. The beautiful production with its magnificent scenery, brilllant costumes and ef- fective stage pictures. THE TOWN TALK. B Chronicle—Spider and Fly now goes smoothly and effectively. Call—Miss Post is now in good health and the production is gréatly improved. 5 Examiner—There are some really pretty girls, speciaities that are clever, the transformation brilliant and costumes gorgeous. 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