The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 25, 1899, Page 29

THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL SUN NDAY, JUNE 25, 1899. 29 | evening, there will be three perform- of *“Orpheus and Eurydice,” which opera enjoyed a very pleasant performance in the same theater as re- cently as a few weeks ago. ances R Not to be outdone in Irishness, the Southwell singers at the Grand will put on “The Lily of Killarney.” As a special inducement it is pledged us that Mr. Persse, who has the principal role of Myles Coppaleen, is just as Irish as his stellar colleague of the Tivoli. The two productions will offer an interest- ing study in the operatic modes of yes- terday and to-day. “The Lily” is a bal lad opera of the old type. ‘‘Shamus” is ently dramatic in treatment, written in the graphic idiom of “Bo- heme,” or even Wagner, one might | say gain, like Mr. O'Sullivan, Mr. | Persse wi Irish songs comely chance Mr. Wolff ought to add another ing character to his gallery hunchback, Danny Mann. . interpolate se ¥Edith Mason will have a O’Connor, and as as the ral stirring | | strik- | QUERITAVINCEHT . « OLYMPIA « TIARGARET ANGLIN - ~ColUMB: \ MANAGER OF LORPHEDM less prove of great benefit and interest to the theatrically inclined of our young Californians. GRACIE PLAISTED. Why did I go on the stage? Because it was necessary for me to do something I | was educated at Mills College, and had | for my vocal her Alfred Kelleher of this city. He always said I had a good | voice, and after my fatlier failed in bus ness suggested the stage as a means of | supporting myself. I made my first ap- | pearance with the old California stock { company in a fanta 1 play called ‘A | Trip to the Moon,” piaving the part of the girl to Alice Harrison's Prince Cap- rice. I married soon after that, and gave the T n. When my little giri | a old my husband’s failmg | it necessary for me to again | ge, and it was not until then | that T fully made up my mind to adopt | the ge. It was then that I appeared | wit milie Melville | | EDWIN § ENS. | | Like a great many cther people, T turn- | ed to when everything seemed to have failed. I was at one time te P was | health made | | ar | | 8o on the the ge superintendent of a mine in Arizona, but the Indians yve us cut of the count and 1 came to the city without a ce good voice, I was supposed to poss | | | RoBERTS MorRigoN < - AlCAZAR - | trouble was over I Miss Roberts and | ind so some of my friends secured me at the will | ®40404040404 0404040404048 1 wi Alice Oates Opera Com- a e e % er month nardly equal ge Fos 23 23 one week wever ed the Great B THEATRICAL COMMENT + i ciang atierd Badiach Featd mloin and offered me' a been made in the dialogue | * AND FORECAST. + WILLIAM WOLF. g wae TRAC ot Fernando i 1l It is a matter of fact that 2 - o Wolf made his first pu appear- | atore.” 1 first appearance on has enjoyed considerable| g By @Ashton Stevens. o4 e L G ; ccess in the piece since it was pre Pe + “irst of w yvears. I promised it to myself be- ced here last year v attr; D40404040404 04040404040 went on the stage, and 1 intend uced here Iz ar. An + t g f the Morrison engagement will| gyock ey T e Y :‘(rr“\’ or t performance on age | original creation' of the D 5 ompany INRY MILLER Cr Ulr “Robesplerre.” Mr =l Lk A the Hol Up to the time 1 was 15 1 had only t Y s Ulri ¥ Mr. my debut |in a theater twice. Then I read a mag ) is ,cal newspaper man who s \mbula art siving a sketch of Henr ard before. om all o~ s life. That settled it. I deter- e e, Tt Turtle which mined to become an actor, modeling my I : : the Ery i ihe carrer_on the aid down by Mr. Irv- ved tes the Sar-|gioid AEorous ifohm A nle of 1 My first a rance was at the by the. same name thatiis|| ges o oS e ‘e appeared nd Opera-hous ronto da. The s V84 by Henry Irving : nd sl »atronage—some of the ¢ eras. The A ‘m.( of the )1 of Shrewsbury ¢ ved by I netropolitan vepap. were quite | comedy part ed was Amy Robsart” and the number of my 4 e Mod- | excited ov wift treatment of it. ) N o i e . for. the mew | I an editorial by the inquiring title of EDWARD MORGA oyt e e e o Ve 01e | “The Herring or the the New Mr. Mo is an except to th should have been the leading man inton Stuart—only | o° - o s 2 = eral rule. He did in love v Marie Antoinette. AR > 1 00! 1p because he FLORENCE ROBERTS that San Franci 2Ethca, 15t !\:.mv \\'fi st view ‘\g””‘u’v‘[ P Winel Said he I went cn the stage first, because it was the premiere. John E.| e iniEhtiaun e e e hking 1 had failed, in s tNEEHECR LT Y00 e tolt et T mvoniana will be Modjeska's 1eading | performances a w mont fArstipast was Wil el BIuL - Il isceemn aunhe Jacerest part of it all 1s : will play the Morrison-Irving | The Pacific slope cri oyl O i e L R B R T thought I'd make a good soubrette nger thar |l R nin SRIEC o i who brought | 1magine! My first speaking part was that itn H cading bart . : Nl of Peach Blossom in “Under the Gas- g and r 1 Cra the horse on and my ow som light.” Refore that I h Heeh on aneen : ; il hree new acts are programmed for | onvms for the word *d i ';'llln n',:vl:\n . 1“~ s, and I w \~<1{.-,v|'(\: cxtoa SRl {uss Aol id BORC. a I Lbusd 1\1 Be.l o 2 il emhr’ AT€| and say that thev fear they sl R LEWIS MORRISON e the mos ric 0% | be able to disinfect their the who brought on the horse the cry I went on the stage because 1 was revival of en comedians. The others, the| San Francisco has the reputation of be. | tor of the part of John Storms in “The | voung. fond of excitement and had noth- sO'Brien” | Pasqualis (opera singers )and the Far- | ing an extremely easy going, ‘“broad | Christian. Ing €lse o do.. T was an officer In the ght. A de- | rells (cake walkers) have been seen|minded” town. What is the matter FRED NIBLO. P e A e ints for the here before, They were successes, other- | I8 San Francisco indulging in a spasm | How did 1 come to go on the Siage Orleans, and one night at the theator fel sh opera we | wise they would never have been re- ;'f ll‘lrmiflrv‘ Or 1: m:]r n';wr::l sense of )\';"1‘1'."']‘;‘! :‘{!‘“‘ 3 ‘y;”\r'j‘” ["\i; hsd 1n Hlx love wi(\lu the art and determined to try = mell so clogged by the high perfumes | N7 IR Qusee ! AT e s .awrence Ba vas the terpieces of | engaged. Mr. Abramhoft will aid the| T B0 CORREE A AR B ER PErfumes | this wise. T was for a long time an ex e L e U R D in both this| Pasqualis in the prison scene from | niiel U Heiinesl MARnEers have held | pert accountant with the New York Life | me when I told him of my determination. O'Sullivan is | “Faust,” and the Farrells will give us | longer detect the presence of a theatrical | apal latse clubsin that city, among others | 1o, TRAIlY gave me a part—that of Cap: title role. | the latest in real, dangerous, razor- | dead herring? A the Century W hmm‘* n “‘m‘ exening Lover.” In six weeks' time I was play- »ach other, the Irish |edged cake-pedestrianism. | they gave a stag smoker and engaged a | jng Barradas in “Richelieu’ r an e e D e How | Happened Y BT e e e 313 not | ambitious part for a novice. re the O'Brien ends and the| What with loaded “Turtles” and | arrive, and the boys hegged me to blacken MARGARET A} T e e s e G| To Go on the Stage |ty and take the place, which I did. I| There is little about me that is in- : pn : g Japs 2 a T | suppose T must have made a success, for | teresting. I simply drifted into the pro- ee weeks of packed houses for | has had a fortnight of rough luck. But| = | T was besieged by all the clubs in town. | fesslon. My intent was to give readings irning home previous production, it is safe to the clever children who several weeks| At present San Francisco is favored | I gave up my position A e N v the e Nistaath ol Gleeaa e S = ARy 5 5 3 g T ki is known as a society entertainer. From | Wheatcroff School of Acting in New York. 2 ] icengthin rt of eleven days of |ago distinguished themselves in a pro- | by the appearance of a large number | (1T drified into the vaudeville Mr. Wheatcroff persuaded me to try the ears same for s one. Rhys duction of Palmer Cox’s “Brownies in| of stars in the theatrical firmament. DENNIS O’'SULLIVAN stage, and so T accepted a place in Charles ave his old part of the British | Fairyland” bid fair to soften the 4tmos. | They have kindly consented to tell the | Originally T had no Intention of adopting | fami e i ° 1 Theachdoah’ company in the | but the r : 7 ; 3 ! y ) all of '94. T liked it so well that I decided Jut the rest of the cast—bar the phere and raise the hoodoo. They give | readers of the Sunday Call why they | the stage. After my father's estate was | {o make the stage my life work veterans of the chorus, who are aiways | four “Brownie” shows this week; on | went on the stage and. a few of their | settled I went to Burope to study. When ¢ MC ot with us—-will be new to the plece. I ;. e 4 Saturday afterncons and | experiences in the berlnning of a dra. |1 had worked for a while I began to ap- JORN MORE PET, ) n | Thursday and Saturd fed DS in nning of a dra- | pear at ““at homes” and concerts. On one| Few people know that John Morrisey, commencing to-morrow Friday and Saturday nights. L. R.|matic career eir history will doubt- | occasion Mr. Rosa of the Carl Rosa Com- | the genial manager of the Orpheum, was | the meant mmencing t 1 d Saturd ights. L. R.|mat Their hist 11 doubt- | Mr. R £ 1 Rosa C n ial f the Orph = == == | = == — — = — : ,A MUSEMENTS - I‘MUSEMENTS | AMUSEMENTS. \ AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. e CALlFORNlA THEATER, | TWflU UPERA HUUSE GRAND OPERA HOUSE Al CAZAR THEATER THEATER | Telephone Main 532, T THEY ARE COMING AGAIN | LAST NI [2) I e S THOSE REAL LIVE BROWNIES, | NIGHT oF x {ANCE TO-NIGH SIE ‘ LAST NIGHT OF “THE CHIMES OF NORMANDY." | LEWIS \ u BEGINNING MONDAY, THIRD WEEK, harles Fr Pre | THE | BROWNIES IN FAIRYLAND « hmar Mr HENRY A sp?gllat‘iéo‘MPA Y?’CA(LIFO' NiA THEATLR ROMANTIC hO"léD sovintue A MIDNIGHT oF THE ‘ TIADY [ oA A charming story of Tast oaritiry ew England r duction * PRODUCTION Sp es and effects. Sale rr seats will b hurs u\ \hmtnz THE FIRST... GONGRESS OF CAKE-WALKERS | ...OLYMPIA.. EVER HELD, | Eddv St. From Saturday, July 15th, to July 22d,| America's Most | GREATEST FR MECHANICD PAVILION, | Cor. Mason Beautiful Music Hall E BILL ON THE COAST. THE KEISINGS, Conjunction With This Convention of Walkers Comes th INTERNATIONAL CAKE WALK CARNIVAL. | Soclety Duettists, CONCY nd Badge Cham s Sociaty Am B Dias AND DAILY. | Pacific Coast | for Juveniles and The Big Hit of the Year, QUERITA VINCENT, ! New Songs, Costumes and Dances, +| BILLY DODSON, The Divine Soprano AND AN ALL AR In addition walks recejve O'F ipts * bullding, portion of rec r Boys' Fu for Cake Walks R :Week Commencing Sunday Matinee, June 25t | NEW NOTED VAUDEVILLE CARDS. American Debut of the Celebrated - 4-OLEARYS-4 Europe’'s Renowned Acrobats and Eccentriques, slgnm Pasquali —AND— Late of the Scalchi Concert Co., Assisted by SIGNOR ABRAMOFF The Famous Basso Profundo. Direct From Their European Triumphs. The Colored Stars, 'THE FARRELLS World's Champion Cake Walkers. 'Melville and Stetson, ‘xn New Repertoire of Songs, Jokes and Im- personation Francesca Redding, Assisted by MR. CARLTON MACY. in ‘A Forgotten Combinatio TACIANU, The Female Impersonator. FRED NIBLO, The Club Entertainer. WILL M. SRESSY And BLANCH DAYNE, In “Grasping an Opportunity.” MATINEE TO-DAY (SUNDAY), JUNE 25, Reserved Seats. 25c; Balcon: 10c; Children, | 10c. Any Part: Parquet. any Seat. Zc. Signora Pasquali (DENIS O’SULLIVAN “THE BRIGANDS” ...MONDAY... Three Nights Only “ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE” Thursday, June 29th, The Society Event In the Romantic Opera SHAMUS O'BRIEN PRICES - - - - 25c and 50c TELEPHONE BUSH 9. SUTRO BATHS. SUNDAY, JUNE 2, at 2:30 p. m. IMMENSE PROGRAMME. SWIMMING RACES FOR VALUABLE PRIZES. ADMISSION, 10c; CHILDREN, 5¢ Bathing, Including Admission, 25; Children, 2c. OPEN NIGHTS. B TO-MORROW NG OUR NEW PRIC] Orchestra, Reserved, 50e .um c: Dress | Circle, Reserved, 25€; mily Circle, Re- | 15¢ . 10¢. | RDAY — Best Reserved | In the F Fuml', Re- rved, 1 CfllJTES AND 700 A MATINEE EVERY DAY. GREAT BILL IN THE THEATER, The FLYING BANVARDS, ARMSTRONG and O LL, in “Fun in a Club”; ADA J. COSGROVE, the London Fa- vorite; the LA ROSE BROTHE Comedy Acrobats; MAE TUNISON, Queen of Song, and a HOST OF NOVELTI Aerial Marvels; THIS—SUNDAY AFTERNOON, A SOUVENIR FOR EVERY CHILD, | MORRISON. TO-NIGHT. | TO-MORROW | (MoNDAY) MR. LEWIS | NIGHT + DURING FREDERICK ween: THEGREAT! ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY. 15¢, 25¢, *SEREP 86e, 50¢. SEATS UNION COURSING PARK. THE FINEST ENCLOSED FIELD IN WORLD. TEE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, June 24 and 2. OPEN AND SAPLING STAKES. 50-TOTAL PRIZ 3952 MONEY—$9:2 5. - TRAIN SERVICE: Leaves Third and Townsend sts. 10:15 a. m. and 12:35 p. m, Sunda 5 . m. U a m.12m and 1 p. m.; Twenty-fitth and Valencla sts. i minutes later. Returning from | Park iImmeadiately after last course. tra train from Park on Sunday at 4:45 p. m. electric cars every 10 minutes, ADMISSION, 2 cents. LADIES FREE. Saturday, 10 GLEN PARK. THIS SUNDAY. SHARKEY In a four-round scientific sparring exi With “SPIDER" RELLY, oo bition ADMISSION ........ONLY 10e. OTHER ATTRACTIONS I} THE CIRCUS. i pU in his wonderful wire (M act. ihest act ever attempted. ||j SEE THE FAMILY OF EDUCATED Battle of Manila Bay! GREAT REALISTI WAR PANORAMAL Prof. W. G. ROLLINS, the eminent orator, lectures half hourly Market st.. nr. Eighth. Admission, I0c. Children, 25c. THE WEEKLY CALL, $1 per Year. MORRISON i | | have delighted | brought to life and made to a Mateo | at one time an actor and a very clever one, too. Whi »w he happened to adopt the “If 1 remem- ber correctly it—literaily, I . but at one v tenor.” appearance full length a hit would then I have vervthing there is to be done on ge, with the exception of the role »f female impersonatc QUERITA VINCENT. me the stage was a matter of Even as a young girl I was never ous to be some man's housekeeper board and clothes—for too often abo the reward of the dutiful wife. I looked forward to the time when I could be self-sustaining and self-ind pendent. I thought seriously of law a medicin 1d was at to choose be- tween m when my attention was drawn to the stage. I decided that the s»me amount of hard study required in obtaining @ diploma in either law or medicine, if devoted to some branch of the stage, would & greater returns, and it also offered the advantage of be- cast partly self-support from . which the study of medicine or does’ not T had a natural talent dancing 1 t that line first, and to-day I devote hours and hours to v and p I am now more than satisfled that first ambition to become a lawyer or a doctor did nc material- ize. Cold, practical consideration prompted me to seek the stage, and 1 find that it is a profession where a woman, if she chooses, can, under the most trying circumstances, maintain her self-respect. he honors that come with stage life I care little for, but respect I prize above all things. THOMAS H. PERSSE pan, born near Limerick. d over to Toronto, Can- time of the Reil rebellion 85 as travellng for the Canadian | Pacific Railway. I at once left my posi- | tion and enlisted as a private. When the had just recelved my commission and a medal. 1 couldn’t live on medals, and =0, having a good voice, I resolved to study for the stage. I was studying with F. E. Bristol h\ New York Ci when Louise Kellogg, who was seeking a tenor, heard me. She engaged me and I made my first npt" appearance as Manrico in “Trovatore,” a part, by the way, that is still my favorite role. EDITH MASON. My dream had always been to be & great concert singer, and I studied with that intent. For a few years I was soloist with Gilmore’s band and later with Seidel. Julius Grau, a cousin of Maurice Grau, managed a comic opera company at this and heard me sing. He offered to rima donna, but I i Dh, that's all right,’ teach you 1 accepted and first appearance with them as “Sald Pasha.” 1 l{eutenant’ However, can't ac he; “we'll made my Serena in THE OUTER WORLD Colonel Robert ('v Ir‘zl‘rflnll s address at the actors’ fund benefit in New York re- cently has attracted attention in dra- matic circles. The gifted colonel in his enthv m soared to diz heights. it judged by his answers to the » Are the Friends of the Human Race,” which formed the opening for the following response: “The citizens of the mimic world, who the weary travelers on’ amused the passengers filled with joy pars, of the ney’'s wand The dexd are act again the The hearts and lips dust are made to would seem question, W the thorny path, on the fated train, and the hearts of the clingers on floaters on rafi With they rebuild the past. parts they played. that long ago were beat and speak again. The dead Kings are crowned once more, and from the chadows of the past emerge the Queens, and sceptered as of yore. Lov- jeweled ers leave the ves and breathe again their burning vows: aid again tha | white breasts and fall in passion’s storm. laughter that died way _bene the touch of again, and lips that fell to curved once more with hero bares his breast th is heard es long ago in the de: ast re mirth Aga | to death; again the patriot falls, and again the scaffold, stained with 'noble | blood, becomes a ' shrine. When in the mimi¢ world the shaft of wit flies like the arrow of Uly through all the | | him with their trunks as he passes. | breaker. —when words rings and strikes the cente: of wisdom mingle with the clown's con- ceits—when folly laughing shows her pearls and mirth holds carnival—when the viliain fails and the right triumphs— the trials_and the griefs of life for the moment fade away. The stage brings Solace to the wounded, peace to the \!rnul]nl—and with the wizard’s wand | touches the t of grief and ihey are { changed to_te: Three elephants in the Zoo earn $10.000 a year by carrying on their backs the vis- itors to the gardens. The elephants are stationed in different parts of the Zoo, and there seems to be a bit of profession- ‘between them. Apparently they are on very good terms between hours, but when Lusiness is brisk, and the largest one is coining money, for he is the favorite, the other two try to lash The largest elephant is a financial record- He is the senior member of the firm, €0 to speak. On one holiday he car- ried 1600 persons. al jealousy