The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1902, Page 22

THE SAN FRANOCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1902. HARD QUESTION ARISES FOR THE DECISION OF THE LOVERS OF MUSIC By Blanche Partington. [ —— & PRIMA DONNA SOPRANO WHO WILL BE HEARD AT THE TIV- OLI THIS WEEK. ~ 2 | | l HE symphony concert or the Hof- mann recital next Friday after- noon? is the puzzling question | for the music-lover this week. We are unused here to the familiar quandary of the concert-goer in large cities, where choice among a number nti attractive musical events has to e almost daily. We cannot make up our minds to resign gracefully any of the few good things that fall into our | d it is therefore going to | it to choose between the | attractions next Friday | Both will undoubtedly suffer, phony concert clientele in- cally all the best friends of us of doing honor to | young pianist, who makes appearance here this week. The | a ments for both affairs were made some time ago and neither is now admis- | sible to change. No blame seems to at- | to either management for the unfor- | e coincidence, and it is “up to” the | ver to do his best under the try- stances. It may be said that | will be more symphony concerts | next Friday, but Mr. Hofmann is | o to be heard again in the near future, it is to be remembered that the fu- of hony in San Francisco is | in the balance and will | ¥ upon the support afforded | experimental series of con- | ing circuw 1 y encouraging, but, with an 3681 for each concert for it can easily be seen that atial support is required to e this noblest form of musi- sale of seats for | also very good, 15 to point to the solution that ° nding to take in both af- | to support the local organization | and attend the visiting attrac- , or contrariwise—which seems less | —to subscribe for the plano recital | and go to the symphony concert. I wish | e —— POSTUM CEREAL. A GOOD CHANGE. A Change of Food Works Wonders. ThE wrong f00d and drink cause a lot of trouble in this world. To change the food is the first duty of every person that is 11, cularly from stomach and ner- | les. As an fllustration: A lady | in Hickmon Mills, Mo., has, with her husba been brought around to health egain by leaving off coffee and some arti- cles of food that did not agree with them. | They began using Postum Food Coffee | end Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food. “For 2 number of years I| with stomach and bowel trouble | kept getting worse until I was | ost of the time. About four | ¥ ago I left off coffee and began tak- ing Postum. My stomach and bowels im- proved right along, but I was so0 re- duced in flesh end s0 nervous that the least thing would overcome me. “Then I changed my food and began ng Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food in ad- on to my Postum Coffee. I livéd on two principally for about four | months. Day by @ay I gained in flesh | and strength until now the nervous trou- ble has entirely disappeared and I feel that I owe my life and health to Postum and Grape-Nuts. “Husband is T2 years old and he was troupled for & long time with occasional cramps, and slept badly. Finally I pre- vailed upon him to leave off coffee and take Postum. He stood out for a long time, but after he tried Postum for a few deys he found that he could sleep and that his gramps disappeared. He was =atigfied and has never had coffee since. “I have a brother in California who has been using Postum for several years; his | naturally whole family use it also because they Lave bad such good results from it.” the best of luck to both, and like my neighbor will doubtless take my afternoon as the British workingman takes his beer —*alf-an’-'alf,” B s 6 The symphony programme includes the | following very interesting numbers: Symphony, Overture, “Euryanthe” Suite, “The Nutcracker “Rhapsodle Espagnole” .. = The single seat sale begins at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning at Sherman & ‘New World”. | Clay’s music store. Mr. Hofmann's admirable programmes will contain the following for Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock precisel; (a) Varsations, F minor. ..Haydn (b) Sonate Appassionata, F minor, Op. 57 Beethoven (0) @ @ ®) Impromptu, G major. Bolree de Vienne... Ballade, A flat major. Prelude, No. 25 (c) Valse, A flat Chopin (d) Gnomenreigen Liszt (¢) Nachtstucke Schumann (f) Jongleur . . Moszkowsk! (&) Overture .. Tannhauser The Friday programme wiil be: () Fugue, A minor.......... (b) Sonate, A flat major, Op. 8 (c) Scherzo a Cappriceio. (d) Berceuse ........ () Durch die Wolken. (f) Danse Macabrs. .. (a) Ballade, G minor. Chopin () Two Polish Songs, G flat major and G majr ...... Chopin (c) Liebestram . (d) Valse Mephis The Tivoll Company numbers among its | members only one new star, Harold Gor- don, the tenor. Mr. Gordon should be g00d, if masters have anytning to do with the case, as his chief instructor, Sbriglia, was also Jean de Reszke's principal teacher. Anna Lichter returns after a two years’ absence, and with almost two years’ study in Germany to the good. The clever young woman should be singing very well now, as she knew how to sing before she went away, and with two vears’ additional study should take very high place among comic opera lights. vw = “The Princess Chic” at the Columbia gains largely In importance here from the presence at the head of the cast of Miss Maude Lillian Berrl, a clever young woman who hails from Fresno. The circumstances of her engagement are peculiar and interesting. Until two or three weeks ago the role of the Princess Chic has been sung by Marguerite Sylva, who has taken care of part ever since the first production of opera, more than a year ago. But two or three weeks ago in Denver Miss Sylva disappeared from .the cast and Miss Berri, then singing at Castle Square, was called upon at shortest notice to take the part. Her success was immediate. She drop- ped into the role with the ease of a vet- eran and has since filled all its require- ments with utmost aplomb. The former Fresno girl is an actress of refreshing naturalness and bouyancy, and sings with ease and charm in a voice that is better than its uge. The “Wood Nymph and the River God,” one of the daintiest of* comic opera lyrics, shows Miss Berrl at her vocal best. It is charmingly sung, with taste, sympathy and full vocal mastery. There seems no good reason for the oc- casional harshness that mars the singer's tone quality, for some of her notes, es- pecially in the upper range and in all of her pianissimos, are admirably sweet. She has a good compass, with particu- larly useful upper notes, and, barring the sometimes stridency before mentioned, is one of the most attractive comic opera singers that have been heard here, and a “credit to her country.” BIEE The following excellent programme will be given at the benefit concert to Mme. Fabbri-Mueller to-morrow evening at Sherman & Clay Hall: Adagio end Scherzo from trio in E flat, Op. 1L, No. 1.......... tesesasens Miss George. Flute obligato by Elias Hecht H. B. Pas- more, eccompanist. “Che Gelida Mainina' Algernon (a) “Ah! Rendi MY (b) “L’Addio” Mrs. (a) Trio, Schubert's Serenade. (b) “Moment Musicale™ --.R. Mulder Ovide Musin wis. ............ Verdi Quartet from “Rigoletto™ Mme. De Seminarlo, Mrs, Birmingham, A. Aspland and H. H. Barnhart. Mre. K. de Mott, Harry Fickenscher and X ’ B. Pasmore, accompanists, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprietor. BUNDAY L il B A Addréss Communications to W, S. LEAKE, Manager L arns s s eans s deng s JANUARY 26, 1902 Publication Office .................. weev.... Market and Third, S. F. THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION. ERSISTENT reports that the opening of the St. Louis Exposition will have to be post- poned until 1904 have brought from ex-Governor Francis, president of the exposition company, an emphatic statement that there will be no postponement, that the exposition will not only open at the date originally fixed, but will be in good shape on the open- ing day. The statement of President Francis is the more important because he has been quoted as advocating a postponement. It -appears from the report that some of the European governments in reply to invitations to exhibit have declined on the ground that the time is insuffi- cient for them to make adequate arrangements. When asked whether under such cir- cumstances St. Louis could not make a better exposition in 1904 than in 1903 he answered that it could. The reply was misunderstood and taken as a declaration in favor of postponement, when the president meant it as nothing more than a statement of the self-evident truth that the more time given to preparation the better would be the result. He holds, however, that while something would be gained by delay, much would be lost, and that it is better to hold the exposition at the time fixed by Congress and announced by the President in his proclamation inviting foreign countries to participate. The exposition authorities are now trying to overcome the objections of those European governments which have thus far declined to participate. Even should such efforts fail, how- ever, the situation would not be so bad as may be supposed. The failure of the governments to take part in the exhibit would not mean a failure on the part of the manufacturers and producers. From every country in the world a good exhibit is already assured, and in order to put an end to all rumoers of postponement the St. Louis committee recently adopted a resolution declaring: “That under the act of Congress and under every plap of the board of directors and the executive committee the exposition will open and close in the year 1903.” It is of course the aim of the St. Louis people to make their exposition larger and better than any which has preceded it. That aim is reasonably sure of accomplishment. In the natural order of things such expositions ought to improve. As industry advances, transportation facili- ties improve, and the nations draw nearer together through commerce, it is always easier in each succeeding year to arrange for a larger industrial display. St. Louis is making full use of the im- provements that have been made in all lines of industry since the Paris Exposition. She has raised a larger sum of money than was ever before used for such purposes, and has planned the build- ings and the surrounding grounds upon a scale of unequaled magnitude and magnificence. It is gratifying to know that preparations are under way to provide for California an ex- hibit at the exposition which will be worthy of her vast resources and of the splendid opportunity the exposition will afford to attract capital and settlers to the State. In making such prepara- tions every county should actively aid. Tt is to be for us a year of golden opportunity, and we should be prompt to profit by it. NIGHTS IN OAKLAND. NCE upon a time, as will be well remembered, a Police Judge in Oakland fined himself $50 in open court for having spent the night chasing abat. The incident made a pro- found impression upon the public mind. It attracted a great deal of attention from those who are inclined to the study of natural phenomena, and whose minds are aroused by anything that appears unusual or abnormal. Some investigators concluded that the effect upon the mind of the Judge was produced by the bat; but others held that it would have been just the same had there been no bat. They contended that there are certain influences which exhale from Oakland nights which thrill the nerve centers of even the most callous and produce diverse effects according to the temperament of the person acted upon. The issue was never settled, though the opinion prevailed that the bat theory had the worst of the argument. It was pointed out that Police Judges and perhaps other Judges had chased bats all the long night through in San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Sacramento and Los Angeles, but had never found it necessary to fine themselves next morning; while on the other hand, so the argument ran, no one ever wandered about Oakland at night without having a peculiar experience, whether chasing a bat or not. Out of that discussion it came about that Oakland nights got to be looked upon as some- thing queer. There was a widespread belief that through the streets and the byways of our sister city there radiated after dark something more than the shine of the stars and the gleam of gas and electric lights. San Francisco wives whose husbands had business on the other side of the bay got into the habit of insisting they should return before dark, and even in Oakland itself it seems a dread grew up, and any one known to have been out all night was looked upon with suspicion by Mrs. Grundy. Under such circumstances it is gratifying that the influences of Oakland nights have been brought into court and duly subjected to judicial investigation and decision. A short time ago in a divorce case Judge Ogden decided that the fact that an Oakland man stayed out all night with- out accounting to his wife was not good ground for divorce; and now Judge Hall has decided that if an Oakland woman stay out all night and decline to give a true account of herself, her hus- band cannot on that ground divorce her. Thus being out all night in Oakland is not a sufficient cause for divorce on the part of either husband or wife. The nights therefore must be harmless. Among all the breezes that blow and linger over the mudflats and amid the rose gardens of the city there is not one that breathes a breath of suspicion,upon the wanderer of the night. What- ever she may be by day, Oakland by starlight is above reproach. While Oakland may be felicitated upon these judicial dispersions of the suspicion brought upon her by the Police Judge who fined himself for staying out all night, the consequences are apt to bring about something like a wholesale desertion of the homes of the city. If no wife have a right to inquire where her husband passes the night, and no husband a right to ask where his wife sleeps or dances from dewy eve till morning light, there is going to be many a deserted hearth where once two happy hearts reposed in one another and mutually confided all their secrets. That disaster is far off in the future. For the present let it be understood that Oakland nights are harmless and Oakland married folks need not show up at home unless their money gives out. So long as they can afford it, they may chase bats or do what they choose. “Out ail night” is to be the motto of the city. The courts approve it and Mrs. Grundy has left town. 7 AN EXTRAORDINARY WINTER. ALIFORNIA seasons follow one another with such slight degrees of change, and one year is so much like another, that we have none. of those extraordinary seasons that perplex people in the East and in Europe by throwing nearly the whole of the ordinary processes of nature out of order, giving them sometimes roses in February and some- times a snowstorm in July. This winter, for example, is notable with us only because up to this time we have had less than our normal rainfall. In the East and in Europe, however, it is prov- ing to be a wonder to the oldest inhabitant. A short time ago the New Haven Palladium noted that wild geese that went south late last fall are already returning to the north, and have made their appearance in New England. That fact in itself was interesting, but the return of the geese has been followed by that of other birds. The Boston Globe says that since the middle of January quite a number of robins have been ob- served in that city. It also notes the reappearance of flies that do not usually haunt Boston homes and offices at this season of the year. From Europe come stories still more strange. The Westminster Gazette reports frequent instances of nest building by robins and other birds in various parts of England, and cites two cases where the young have actually been hatched. Finally from St. Petersburg, where the Rus- sian winter usually renders it almost impossible for any but the hardiest animals to survive in the open air in January, the report comes of numbers of butterflies seen disporting themselyes in the parks and seeming to enjoy the weather. The reports are the more curious because they are not accompanied by any statements of unusual warmth. The New England papers record sleighing and skating events just as usual, notwithstanding the appearance of the robins. It is up to the naturalist to explain the move- ments of the birds. Something has set the robins'and the butterflies to join thé winter gayeties of Boston and St. Petersburg, and it ought to be inquired into. As Prince Henry is not to come farther West than St. Louis it may be set down right now that while he will have a royal time he won’t see the really royal part of this country, BARD OF AVON LOOMS UP ONCE TORE IN THE ESTEEM OF PLAYGOERS ,‘ By Guisara. HEN in doubt play Shakespeare seems mno i1l rule for the theatrl- cal manager to take to heart and “chew upon,” as Brutus puts it. The year of January, 1901, to January, 1902, holds a round dozen of lo- cal Shakespearean productions of more or less merit, but all reasonably successful so far as financlal results go, lO;l;: conspicuously so. . It i= doubtful, example, if the Grand Opera-house has held so large houses at any time during its dramatic season of the year as for “Hamlet” and “The Merchant of Venice,” given there during the engage- ment of Joseph Haworth last November. So, too, the California box-office is mak- ing no complaint to-day of Shakespeare's drawing power from the current week's experfences with Frederick Warde letting “loose the dogs of war’ In “Jullus Cl?- sar.”” And I doubt not that Mr. Warde's “King Lear” of last night looked out upon an audience that even tho" flame- haired and auburn-moraled “Zaza” would not have despised. At least things looked that way when I Interrogated the smiling management on the subject. It is to be remembered, too, that “Sapho” saw no larger housed last year at the Alcazar with Florence Roberts dragging her stiff- necked victim, Ernest Hastings, and later the goo-goo-eyed White Whittlesey, down to the eterpal dum-dums, than it did with the same lady cleverly shrewing it as Katherine in “The Taming of the Shrew,” or inviting neumonia on a bal- cony in “Romeo and Juliet.” Neither does the “through by daylight or I'll bust the bollers” drama do any better busi- ness up at the Central Theater than did “Julius Caesar” last year with Robert Downing as Mark Antony and the house company in support. It is true that neither the Kidder- James engagement of last year, "wm: “The Midsummer Nl(::‘:’ Dru:n:: r the Modjes! ames Pemt ot this year, with ‘“Macbeth,” “Henry VIII” and “The Merchant of Ven- ice” for fare, has been what without stretching could be called brilliantly suc- cessful. Still all the performances eas- fly bear comparison in their financial takings with the best two modern plays of last year, “Mrs. Dane's Defense” and “A Royal Family,” which is no bad record. 5 Perhaps, as holding mayhap the best Shakespearean characterization of the year, the ““Otello”” at the Tivoll should not be omitted, though Salassa’s subtle Iago is sung not spoken, and the magic of Ver- al is added to the wizardry of Shakes- peare. But every one knows that the “Qtello” is always one of the Tivoll's best lures to the muititudes. Grau, too, contrib- uted his Shakespearean quota, giving us theoperatic “Romeo and Jullet,” that even the Iollipopular setting of Gounod has not wholly deprived of wonder and charm, and that stood by no means last in fa- vor in the Grau repertoire. Altogsther, “Zagza” and company, not to speak of the pinchbeck heroisms and emotions of the “Janice Meredith” school, the fluffs and frills of “Florodora” and the like expen- sively petticoated productions, the thrills of “Under Two Flags” and so forth, have not yet succeeded in putting ‘“Jullus Caesar” out of business here, and there seems no present need of putting up the shutters. Which is all very desirable, and greatly to our credit. pusy . The palm for the year's individual Barry wedk, as it Is from the vicious colloquial- | M= mormtotoflurutmmwm @ it e @ Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's.* —— . Cal. Glace Fruit 5c per Ib at Townsend's.* —_—— Townsend’s California glace fruits, 50c pound, in fire-etched boxes or Jap. s A nice present fc ends. 639 Market st., Pdm“um.l mmm‘ . Spectal information daily to business houses and _—-!m D l A TALENTED TRAGEDIAN WHOSE WORK IN “JULIUS CAESAR” WAS EXCELLENT. p——— e - unnamed. It is a model of elocutionary art; accent, emphasis, modulation, all fitted to the noble verse to its last high necessity. More than any other Shakes- pearean actor of the year, barring Salassa, Mr. Haworth has the faculty of creating and sustaining {illusion. The “atmosphere”” of the ‘“Hamlet,” as given by him and his fellow-players at the Grand Opera-house, held more conviction than either the Kidder-James or the Modjeska-James performances, with all their pomp of circumstance. I have seen no more remarkable instance of the lift and illumination of a single personality, together with the known magie of a good play, than that afforded by Joseph Haworth's effect upon his assoclates at the Grand Opera-house in the “Hamlet'* and “Merchant of Venice” performances. It is the product of an eminent sincer- and a triumph of temperament. uis James never touches the bottom: of things in tragedy, though he is al- ways reasonably acceptable. Thers is an irritating insincerity in nis work, and in ite of his fine bearing, voice and dic- tion, his Cardinal Wolsey seems only less thin than the body of his Macbeth, or less vital than his Shyleck. Clowning it in Bottom he 13 a reasonable satisfaction. Frederick Warde has been classed among those who rant, but his Mark Antony is strong and sincers and with- out any undue emphasis. It has helped Fenerously to_conviction the week’'s per. ormance at the California Theater. Brutus of Charles D. Herman, particula ly in its later phase, is also worthy, and more the flne Cassius of Barry John- stone before mentioned. ADVERTISEMENTS. “773“;% The city is full of Colds and Grips svers ome {8 coughing and sneezing. To avold taking Cold, keep the feet dry and wear wafm clothing. A lighter shoe at night, a high-neck flannel set aside—just for once to wear an evening gown—are fraught with danger. 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