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THE S AN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1900 ABSOLUTE ADVERTISEMENTS. SECURITY. Genuine CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS must hear signature of e T | SEE GENUINE WRAPPER ITTLE PES FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSRESS, FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXIOR GERNUDNE wust mve o Pt | Purety Vegetable, Cor e EE e B oo demtitng o £ SEE GENUINE WRAPPER OPERA RAN HOUSE MATINEE TO-DAY. +LAST 2 NIGHTS.. Of Rice's Laughable Musical Comedy, THE GIRL FROM RAND DU JCHESS."” 532 hestra Saturday porfum. PARIS CAPE NOME MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. SAND CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS. In Operation Daily, 6% Sixth Street. BYRON JACKSON. SAND CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS: ]KROG Sand Centrifugal Pumps, Drake | | Amalgamators, in operation dai- ly. § Stevenson st., San Francisco DREDGING PUMPS, | Ofl, Gasoline, Steam Hoists, Centrifugal Pumps, ‘Wks.,40 Fremont. MARSH STEAM PUMPS Supply fresh £alt water for sluice boxes; high or low lifts. Simonds, 33 Market st | PUMPS AND GASOLINE ENGINES. Al kin ¢ Pumps and Gasoline Engines. WOODIN & LITTLE. 312 Market st., S. F. | Engines& Boiiers. HendyMach TUESDAY AFTERNOON, March 20. At 3:15 o clock. GRAND ORCHESTRAL CONCERT WALTER DAMROSCH JCTOR, and [ ORCHESTRA. COLUMBIA i MATINEE TO-DAY. T WEEK. TO-NIGHT AND A Minister of Farce.” nd Origt Y. Cast LOVED HIM 50 CK R EN DNEY DREW, Cox “LOVE L WAY. ¥ TON:; FLATOW and DUN DLEY SKETCH CLUB. APPY FANNY FIELDS. IMPERIAL MOORISH ACROBATS. \ WHITNEY: NEWE and WARD: SME H t Product N FAICYLAND, )N AND NIGHT. Sunday ! And Ext Ly The The arge! Matinee, *TIVOLI* ““HOOT MON, GRD!DED AS USUAL! TWICE TO-DAY, at 2 and §. 71st and 72d Performances " Great Record-bresking Comic Opera, C The Idol’s Eye. POPULAR PRICES—25¢ and 50¢c. TELEPHONE—Bush | PHONE SOUTH 770. THIS ’HL‘LAL NG FARCE COMEDY, HAVE YOU SEEN SMITH e TO-MORROW _(EUNDAY) | 3 Jon (One Week Only) mr. HARRY GLAZIER | Excellent Company in a u\'llh: Production, “THREE MUSKETEERS.” 3 r FROM NEW YORK CITY. 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GOLD SEPARATOR, Cyclone SCHEMED FOR A GAY PARADE OF PLACARDED CARS Market-Street Company Has Invaded Advertising Business. Suit Filed by a Local Firm to Re- strain Chief Sullivan From Stopping a Billboard Car. ey If the courts will permit, the Market Street Raflway Company, aided by divers managers of advertisers, will soon go into the gene high fence advertising busi ness. Whether or not the company will be permitted to defeat the intention of the people to beautify the city by forcing the removal of fence-board signs and roof displays, by placing their old and unused cars at the disposal of advertisers that they may send unsightly signs on wheels through the streets, will be decided in the near future in the Superior Court. Suit was filed yesterday by Glen C. Barn- hart, Ed M. Swasey and John F. Sheehan, doing business under the firm name of Barnhart & Swasey, managers of adver- tising, to restrain Chief of Police Sullivan from sidetracking thelr advertising car and refusing to sanction its use by the plaintiff corporation. In the complaint plaintiffs say that on February 14, 1900, they leased a car from the Market Street Railway Company, the company agreeing to furnish power for the purpose of propelling the car through the streets of the city. Advertising pla- cards were attached to the sides, front and rear of the car, but “no bell or gong or other musical or noise-producing in- ruments of any sort” were permitted on e the ordinary gongs used to cles and pedestrians of its ap- intiffs allege that Chief nuing, p Suilivan, by means of his authority, has prevented and threatens to continde to prevent the operation of the car. “The said action is unlawful,” the complaint nd is unlawful and without right, s defendant is restrained from 1ing such interference these plain- tiffs will be damaged in a great and ir- co plaintiffs pray that an in- on ssued forever restraining of Police Sullivan, or those acting lines of the Market MARSHALL Saving Machine. 229 Fol G Oi_Crude Ofl and Gasoline. | & McGUFFICK, 22 Spear et., S. F. PLATES FOR SAVING GOLD. Echaezlein & Burridge. 3 Hardle place, Kearny. between Sutter and Bush streets. ks, 852 Mis- LUBRICATIN N P oft | ,_Central Plating W F. Phone Jessie 301 Centrifugal v. PARKE E HOUSES. co., BURNHAM-STANDEFORD 1st sts., Oaklan Washington | Ex, 8. F. PILE-DRI Worthington St & Water Meters, ay H Tatum & Bo ENGINES, BOILERS, ETC. BAKER & HAMILTON. Engines and Boflers: lowest prices on the coast. Pine & Davis sts. TENTS AND COVERS. EVILLE & CO.. manufacturers, bags, tents, v 31 and 23 California st. W. & P. BUILDING PAPER. Wind, water and vermin proof. 112 New Montgomery st Prepared Corner Fourth and Market, 8. F. Try CAFE ROYAL 552572 our c. team and Lager, Overcoats an 'SHERMAN, CLAY & CO.'S HALL. | MR. C. L. GRAFF | LAST EXPLANATORY RECITAL| AT THE PIANO BY MR. WALTER DAMROSCH | ~—ON THE— WAGNER OPERAS AND MUSIC DRAMAS, THIS AFTERNOON at 3:30 TRISTAN AND ISOLDE. MADAME GADSKI will Presents Sing “‘Dreams’ Brangaene's ““Warning Call,” (a study) and eats—$1 50, nan, General Admission—$L. lay & Co.’s. Reserved Now on sale at ALCAZAR THEATER. LAST TWO NIGHTS. MATINEE TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW. A WHIRL OF FUN! Never Again A JOLLY FRENCH FARCE. | | PRICES—15e¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50¢ NEXT WEEK—ETNVY!‘Q Production, “DIPLOMACY !” SEATS NOW READY. { MECHANICS’ PAVILION. LAST 2 DAYS! LAST 2 DAYS! NORRIS & ROWE'S BiG TRAINED ; ANIMAL SHOWS. | | AN UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS. | Thousands Deilghted at Every Performance. | THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:30. | TO-NIGHT AT 8:5. LAST PERFORMANCES SUNDAY, | BRING THE CHILDREN. 2 DAYS! LAST 2 DAY! ., 2%ec: CHILDRE WESTERN TURF ASSOCIATION, TANFORAN PARK. FIFTH MEETING, Meh. Six high-class running races every week day, rain or shine, beginning at 1:30 p. m. “I'he ideal winter racetrack of America. Py trops step directly from the raflroad cars into | a superb grand stand, glass-inclosed, ~where, | Somfortably housed in bad weather, they can | enjoy an unobstructed view of the races. Jrains leave Third and Townsend streets at 10:40 and 11:30 a. m. and 12:15, 12:3, 12:60 d 125 p. m., returning immediately after jast race at 4:45 p. m. Seats In rear cars re- served for women and their escorts. No smok- g Valencia street, 10 minutes later. ‘Een Jose and Way Stations—Arrive at San Bruno at 12:4 p. m. Leave San Bruno at 4:00 .:",,.“ £ :4:; Meamiaaion b0 veack BLi TS m | v, W. 3. M, . Preatdent ¥. H. GREEN, Becreiary and Manager, | My Deax Friend:—You has 12 to M, mclunve,l = ay Company ¥ does not grant an advei but permits the compar ines for passenger trafii Ne only. 1 says, do the company's articles ncorporation anticipate tha advertising privilege, and its articles of Incorporation and cannot use its line for r than those specified there- purposes oth in. Still a Chance to See the Circus. The animals of Norris & Rowe's shows rtained two large audiences again yes- seat in Mechanics' Pavilion ied at both matinee and even- ter b ing performanc The animals are t ) education. The dwarf ally well trained. s called, is a great the ladies and chil- dren. Besides doing his tricks in the ring Fargo entertains sitors in the me- nagerie lays a capacity ts almost equal mbo,” although he forty-four inches tall. The show is good in every particular and each littie imal actor does his part with an ac- and enjoyment that lends to the entertainment. There yrmances to-day and Sun- conciude the season in ple e two per: , which wi San’ Francisco. ADVERTISEMENTS. DRINK HABIT CURED ‘Wirs. May Hawkins WIill Help Every Woman Save a Drunkard. A Trial Package of Her Marvelous Home Treatment_flgs for the asking. Any true woman might well be proud to have gaved one poor soul from the shackles of drink, but Mrs.Hawkins has redeemed thousands by hernoble &nd practical work among those who gl beea victims of intem; suffered the griel and anguish shared by somany true and faithful women of America to-day, wi bave drinic-afilicted fathers,husbandsor sons. She determined toovercome this fearful evil if possible. Her search for a harmless, perfect and gecret home cure wasatlast reivarded when an old friend came toher and gave her a remedy which had never beea known tofail, Mrs. Hawkins gave the remedy sec- retlyandina few weeks, to her great joy her dearest | Telative wasentirely cured of his appetite for drink | d manhood, and was again restored to health and m: After this wonderful resuit, Mrs. Hawkins de- ed to devote her life to the work of helping her | erseverywhere,whom she found suffering as she i had suffered from the effects of aicohol upor. a hus- | the assistance of others | band, father or son. W she perfected the orizinal treatment and now offers tosend this treatment free to any distressed wife, mother or sister who will write for it. Mrs. Hawkins has means of her own and no charge whatever is made for the treatment, because her great desire is that every woman who needs medicine will%Tite at oice to her and get it. Ar IS Meman- g Hr the ingsunshine into my home. as h‘“‘la&. st August remedy and began giving it to my husband, and thattime until the present he has not taken a drop any kind of alooholic drinks, I cannot sey too much [t your remedy has dono for me sad b4 Brge it 2 & R i S ool “ East Hampton, Mo, Feb. 14, 1%, Thousands have saved their_hcmes and loved ones by thisremedy and youcan be among thenume ‘ber if you only wish it. rs. Hawkins treatsevery Jetter Bhe receives sacredly confidential and you need havenohesitancy whatever in writing her fo assistance. Donot delay; write her today. Address PALACE " . Located on Market street, in closa proximity to busi- AND ness section, places of amusement and depots: 149 rooms, 900 with baths at- tached. The largest and fine-* hotels in the world. Amerie GRAN irtue of his orders, from 1monerl:‘|'g“ about two wecks | hat the franchise held | THEY DO NOT SPEAK NOW AS THEY PASS BY ScoTT.. H EY never speak as they pass by,” is an old song, but it has been resur- rected by some of the members of the Alcazar stock company, and has even found favor among Thespians and others who are initiated. “They" MAY BLAYNE STOCK COMPANY PLAYERS WHO KISS UNDER PROTEST. * b in this instance are Miss May Blayney and Howard Scott, leading lights % in the happy (?) family now entertaining theatergoers at the popular local é |# Dlavhouse. It is a sad story, but it must be told as a lesson to others. ;- Fd When Miss Blayney joined the stock company her charming manner and g | % winsome face won the admiration of Howard Scott, a member of the aggre- % & gation. He was her devoted slave, accompanying her on shopping tours, buy- &8 4 ing her flowers and icecream sodas, and it was remarked that his attentions ¢ $% would result in marriage. That 18 but a memory now, for a quarrel—only a & # lovers' quarrel—has blasted thelr happiness and they have drifted apart. When & 8 Mr. Scott passes Miss Blayney on the street the atmosphere in their vicinity & ;2’, congeals, so cold have both grown toward each other. Their mutual dislike é [% would never have been heralded to the world but for the cruel hand of fate. % @ During the present week botn have been cast in parts as uncongenial as g % they are humiliating. In “Never Again,” which is being produced, Miss Blay- @ ney enacts the part of Marcelle, who Is the devoted wife of Vignon, a talented g3 4 sculptor, portrayed by Mr. Scott. During the comedy it becomes necessary ¢ 8 for both to display affection for each other, and as fate, or the author, will & 4 have it, they must exchange honeyed kisses. In one scene Scotf is compelied $ # to tmprint Kisses on Miss Blayney's lips, and as the caresses are not welcome 2 the actress turns the other cheek. 2: Mi: Blayney has been heard (o murmur angrily, “Now stop it,”” but Scott b4 §® Dbelieves in getting eve rything out of his lines, and refuses to desist. Miss Blay- % ¢ ney has also upbraided Mr. Scott in the “wings" for his cruel conduct, and ¢ & has even tearfully intimated tha’ he was ‘“no gentleman.” Scott replies that g8 % Miss Blayney is as cold as “nor'west wind.” and has informed the lady that 8% she does not know how to kiss. Miss Blayney answers that “people do not go 3 4 through life kissing only on the mouth,” and both have appealed to Mark Thall $ % for mutual protection. Papa Mark 1s rapidly growing gray over the dissension % .’ in his stock company, but is happy in the thought that all troubles will end on P % Sunday night, the last performance of the farce. 2 ' 2@ e etietie Betioti +tiotio Hetiotis Hotieti +5ie%iQ TEACHERS MY AN FEEL THE IMANCIL Charter and State Law Do Not Agree on Questions of Appropriation. | s | State Law Will Give Sufficient, Char- ter Will Have a Deficit, and the Auditor Must Decide Be- tween Them. e Owing to conflicting provisions in the State law and the charter regarding the school appropriation, there is danger that the teachers’ salaries may be reduced un- less the State law be regarded as para- mount to the city statute. The Board of Education is inclined to adhere to the charter, while Superintendent of Schools Webster will be guided by the State law in his estimate of the expenditures for the coming fiscal year. According to the State law the appro- priation of last year must be followed in estimating the school fund for the next term_and this sum amounts to $1,080,000 for all salaries. The charter provides that the appropriation shall be based on the average daily attendance in the schools at the rate of $28 per pupil. The attend- ho | ance now is about 37,000, and this will al- low but $1,036,000, or a deficiency of $54 This must_include the salaries of the four School Directors, amounting to $16,- 000; secretary, $1800; Superintendent of Schools and four deputies, $10,000, which are statutory and may not be reduced. The janitors and laborers will certainly not be disturbed, and the burden must | fall on the teachers if the provisions of the charter are carried out. This is the view taken by Superintendent Webster. To avoid such a possibility, Mr. Web- ster says he will base his estimate pn the | appropriation of last year. If the Board | of Education estimates on the basis of $28 per pupil it will become the duty of the Auditor to decide the point. —_———————————— | Standard Optical Co., 217 Kearny st., leading | opticians. All work guaranteed; prices low. ¢ | = 5 | Thieves on the Logan. Thieves held revel on the transport | Logan during her last voyage here, with the result that the quartermaster’s stores aboard were robbed of all the choice brands of cigars, cigarettes and tobacco, besides dogens of Apollinaris and ginger | ale. The thieves have not been found, but the loss was of such proportions thaf it was found necessary to appoint a board of survey to examine into the case and fix the responsibility for the loss. ‘Acting Assistant Surgeons John M. Lowery, Emilio F. Cabada and George 1 Porter have been added to the list of acting assistant surgeons to go on the Meade to-day. —_—————————— Insolvent Merchant and Miner. Anton Rulfs, a merchant of San Fran- cisco, filed a petition ldn the ‘l.zxfllledhstntel t Court yesterday asking that he g.:i‘:glnred nnylnhlvent. His labilities are $5414 42. He has no assets. Alfred H. Fitch, miner, of Santa Cruz, flled a simi- lar petition, with liabilities stated at $2791 16, and no assets. ————————— -St. Patrick’s Day WIIl be celebrated in a fitting manner by tak- ing dinoer at Zinkaad's, Good company; UNDERGROUND LODGINGS T0 BE SUPPRESSED Resolutions Are Adopted Ef- fecting Sanitation of Chinatown. e g Property Owners Will Be Ordered to Place Their Premises in Absolute Sanitary Condition Within Thirty Days. — Stringent resolutions affecting the san- itary condition of Chinatown were adopt- ed last night by the Board of Health. They were precipitated by the recent bubonie plague farce. It was surmised that the Chinese had broken faith with the board and it was resolved that no death certificate be Is- sued by the Health Officer for a deceased Chinaman to any physician unless the signature of the City Physician, who could order an autopsy if he found it necessary, was first obtained. The second resolution provides that all property owners in Chinatown be allowed thirty days to place their houses in propev sanitary condition, otherwise warrants will be issued for their arrest. In each case the property owner will be notified | by registered letter. The third resolution provides that all underground lodgings or cellars and any offensive trades conducted therein be sup- pressed within the next ten days. The board decided to request the Board of Public Works to put the sewers in Chinatown in good condition and the Su- Tvisors to bituminize the streets in that ocality. NEW CAFE AND GRILL WIL'. SOON BE OPENED ‘When Breuss' cafe, grill, bakery and lunch rooms are opened to the public on Saturday night the public will have an opportunity of seelng what a genuine modern restaurant and grill is. Breuss' cafe is located at 70 Third street. In the fitting and furnishing no expense has been spared. Lighted by myriads of Incandescent lamps, with mirror reflections to heighten the illumination, the interior is one of the most attractive dining places in San Francisco. Everything Is of the newest and latest pattern and the service will be ual to the famous grills of this eity. reuss’ will be just the place for sup- pers after the theater, as well as lunches and dinners. A specialty will be the cof- fee, roasted by an electrical apparatus in the restaurant. Besides catering to the patrons of the 5{“1 Breuss will sup- ply parties and weddings at short notice. A D — Charged With Burglary. ‘Willlam Lee was arrested on Pacific street yesterday by Detectives Wren and Dinan and booked at the City Prison on a charge of burglary. November 6 he broke into the residence of E. Lunducci, 324 Broadway, and stole {wn diamond 1 and a lady's gold watch and chain. s Joined the cutter Bear and did not return to the city till Thursday. The detectives have recovered the stolen articles. For tan, and blackheads Anyve Theatrical Cream has no equal. * Copyright, 1900, V. SARAH KEMBLE SIDDONS. 1756-1531 Sir Joshua Reynolds’ magnificent por- trait of Mrs. Siddons as ‘“The Tragic Muse” is Interesting aside from its artis- tic value, because it recalls the gallantry of the painter and the personality of his subject. When the great actress came to hand and ceremoniously escorted her to the place generally occupled by his sit- ters: “‘Ascend your undisputed throne and graciously bestow upon me some good idea of the Tragic Muse.” Mrs. Siddons complied with his request with such easy grace that the delighted artist seized his palette and, imploring her not to change her first attitude, painted her as we see her to-day. Sir Joshua Rey- nolds seldom in this Instance he painted name upon the border of the robe of the Tragic Muse and justified his ex- ceptional act to Mrs. Siddons by exclaim- ing: “I could not resist the opportunity of sending my name down to posterity on the hem of your garment.” In striking contrast to the social and professional adulation of her maturer years was the early life of Sarah Kemble. Daughter of Roger Kemble, manager of a company of strolling players, she was born at the “Shoulder of Mutton,” an inn at Brecknock, South Wales. Notwith- standing his humble vocation Roger Kem- bie was well bred and of unquestioned in- tegrity, ingeniously described b: his wife have ever seen.”” Mrs. Kemble, also of play-acting extraction, gave to her daugh- ter Sarah her striking beauty, her supple tional advantages, especially in mausic, far beyond her lowl was forced to follow the family vocation and strive after that intrepid self-confi- culty in her maturity. between Sarah Kemble and a Mr. Sid- dons, an indifferent actor in her father's company of itinerants. This attachment met with the stern disapproval of the im- erious Mrs. Kemble, who hastily exiled er daughter to the companionship of a | country family. Thereupon the disconso- | late Siddon; "drngped off into poetry” and sang to a sympathetic audience a metrical account of the banishment of Phyllis from the company of her bewaliling Colin. Mr. and Mrs. Kemble, although greatly exas- verated by these personal allusions, final- y consented to the marriage at Coventry. With the exception of his m-{gdged poet- fcal ebullition of bad taste Mr. Siddons | proved to be in every way commendable —a model husband, a devoted father, a | satisfactory actor and an obliging cipher {in_the household of genius. . Immediately after their marriage young Mr. and Mrs. Siddons began acting at Cheltenham and attracted the favorable criticism of the aristocratic familles of the neighborhood. In some ways this pat- ronage, friendly and encouraging though 8ir Joshua's studio he took her by the | signed his pictures, but | his | | as “the only gentleman Falstaff that I | and majestic figure, together with educa- | station. As a child Sarah | dence which she gained with great dl!fl-' At 17 a musical attachment sprung up | MRS. SIDDONS: QUEEN OF THE ENGLISH STAGE by Seymour Eaton. BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES FOR GIRLS, BY CHARLOTTE BRFWSTER JORDAN. | which she was to never,” she writes of the play to the e my dressing-room order that my enact her part. “I ‘from the beginning d of it, once suffered door to’ be closed, in ition might be con- stantly distressing events | which I could plainly hear were going on upon the stage, the terrible facts which | were to be represented by Her stately ally became me. manner in tragedy gradu- » and | was not alw Mrs. Thrale excla | the renowned actress | leaden goddess we ar all w 2 | However, we shall soon_ gild it." Her | statuesque bearing was largely affected by her study of antique seulpture. Once, while touring in the provinces, she was requested to buy a stucco bust so uniike herself that she did not wonder that the salesman failed to recognize Feeling that she could the original. » better, she | studied sculpture In her e ments and_executed a bust of her: which may be seen to-day in South Ken- | sington. Her studies of marbles of a tiquity served to heighten her statuesque charm as Hermiohe in “The Winter's Tale.” She told Lord Lansdowne that “the first thing that sugges to her the mode of expressing intensity of feeling was the position of some of the Egyptian statues, with arms close down by the side and the hands ¢ d.” Cor Rachel, the great Frenct . were ~Inevitable Those eholding the art of | agreed that in hel surpassed her renderi sntrations, while ined pre-eminence thos. Although arsimony, Mrs. Siddons never sank to_t riciousness for which R: and Dr. Job nan after one 1 Neither praise nor v, the two powerful corrupti mankind, seem to have depraved For thirty years she charmed her ences with her distinctive stage genius her rich, warm voice, and her sy thetic Interpretations. Her spirited has been deseribed by a_contem “so thoroughly harmonized when ¢ cent and so expressive when impass that most people th 0 | than she fs. In 1 of the public in her great L Macbeth, and age only in benefit occasionally of the remat by readings 1 ried vacuity s of her iife family, chiefly m peare. ' Some have ass . Shakes and Milton were the only books she knew comprehen- sively. and these she knew by heart. Al- though her intellectuality lay strictly along these lines, she doubtless enjoyed a more varied reading in addition to this | exceptionally strong foundation. In 1522 e published a book d “The Story of Our First Parents, Selected from Mijton's ‘Paradise Lost the Use of Young | Persons.” Her poetical compositions were | never fully published. | The latter part of her life was saddened | [ e e sl ol e e e e e el et e e B ot 2 ot et 4 | & . B R D Y MRS. it was, proved of doubtful advantage to the debutante, for it induced Garrick to invite her to act at Drury Lane, where her immaturity caused inevitable failure and mortification. Ill dressed, frightened, frequently inaudible, her Portia drew down such unfavorable comment upon the | management that she was curtly and un- expectedly dismissed. enerations of actors were not to be owned by this sudden blight. With her husband and two children Mrs. Siddons now returned to the provinces, where for six years she played, chiefly at York and Bath. This pericd of disciplinary training, oftentimes necessitating disagreeable or subordinate parts and dally exhaustive journeys, caused her, nevertheless, con- stantly to rally ber forces and make overy effort tell in reaching that higher plans unsurpassed actress. In 1782 Mrs. Siddons received from the new management of Drury Lane an offer of a three yvears’ engagement. sake of her three children she agresd to reappear upon the stage from which she had been so summarily dismissed. With many misgivings lest her voice might not prove strong encugh to efface the fmpr sions of her former failure, she draj through a memorable fortnight of nervous rehearsals, and finally appeared witk her beautiful 8-year-old boy ¢ tragedy of “Isabella.” Her success was instantaneous and indisputable, only sec- ond to Garrick’s incomparable first night. Garrick had retired from the stage short. 1y after acting as Shylock to Mrs. Stddons’ discreditable Portia.” Rumer said that her early dismissal had been largely duc to Garrick’s irritation over her unintentional blunder in making him act one of his fa- vorite passages with his back to the audi- ence, a mortification which it was difficult for the veters actor to brook. Mrs. Sid. dons always felt that he flattered her un- duly only to dash her heavily downward. He certainly did not discern in her carly unequal efforts the genfus which was t3 make a triumph of her reappearance. Since tragedies were becoming increas- ingly fashionable sotiety lent its sanction to the popular enthusiasm, and the :n{lc actress became a social as weli as a his- trionic celebrity. Occasionally she essayed comedy, but not with marked mirthful- ness. Tragedy was more favorable to her cast of powers, her extraordinary gs‘ysmu endowments, her weird majesty, hant beauty and solemn dignity. So well wera these characteristics combined in her im- nation of Lady Macbeth that Charles d in his “Last Essa Elia™: f tted -of the drama in From an Original Painting by Gainsborough in the National Gallery. P e et e S Y ) But the hereditary tendencles of four | upon which sh2 eventually stood as an| For the | in Southurne’s | SIDDONS. B R A R B A S R by the loss of husband, chiliren and friends; twenty-six of her friends dying in | six years ieft her restless and desolate. The ‘greatest blow was the death of her eldest son. Henry, the proprietor of the Edinburgh Theater. Although her voice | was gone, and she said her sight was al- | most_ washed away by tears, she deter- | mined to devote the remainder of her life to her son's widow and children. Before ]her death In 1531 she was overjoyed at the | favorable reception given to her niece, | Fanny Kemble, whose | watched with tears of her face. rformances she oy running down | Throughout her long life of seventy-six | years she was sincere, industrious and | courageous, with an unconquerable love | of truth which won her the immediate | confidence of all with whom she came in contact. Even the riotous mob around the theater fell back when it heard the deep volce of the dignified woman in the sedan | chair appealing: “Good let me | pass. Sir Walter Scott, in_responding to a | toast to this great actress and noble- spirited woman, gracefully voiced the at- titude of his contemporaries regarding her | charms. After describing the usual stru | gle to secure tickets for her performances, the breakfast near the theater, the day- long wait. outside and the hour's wait | within. after forcing a way through the mob, he concluded by saying: “If any- thing could reconetle a man fo old age it would be the reflection of having seen the rising as well as the setting sun of Mrs. Siddons. Those young fellows,” he reft- erated, “who have only-seen the setting sun of the distinguished performer, beau- tiful and serene as It was. must give nus | old fellows who have seen its rise leave to hold our heads a little higher. Courses of Instruction. Spring Term, 1900. Mondays: American Political Parties. Tuesdays: Twenty Lessons In French Conversation and Recent Scientific Di: Wednesdays and Thursday: Golden Ages of Literature. Friday: Ehotography for Amateurs, Saturdays: Bilographical Studies for Girls. Thess courses will continue until May 31, 1900, Examinations will be held at their close as a basis for the granting of certificates. —_———————— @+0+0+040+0+0 Look out for the page of swell walking hats and inter- esting fashion notes that will appear in next Sunday’s Call. @+0+0+040+0+