The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1902, Page 24

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, DAY, APRIL 13, 1902. e FAMOUS SPANISH PLAY “EL GRAN GALEOTO” IS t ! | JOHN D SPRECKELS, Propristor s THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. Adcress Communications to W. >, LEAKE, Manager TINBAY S (] e APRIL 13, 1902 PRODUCED IN OAKLAND By GUISARD. | | WELL-KNOWN ACTOR, WHOSE PRODUCTION OF “EL GRAN GALEOTO” SCORED A SUCCESS. ] | | for her husband's protege, and the two| | | conspire to save Ernest’s seif-respect and | | | vet continue to befriend him by offering | | | him a secretary’s positi fully Ernest joy- | accepts the work, and Don Julian | leaves him delightedly discussing his plans with Christina. Enter the gossips. | It is dusk and Ernest and Christina | have wandered to the balcony, still talk- ing. Don Severo, brother of Don Julian. | i Mercedes, his wife, look in at the | | door, note the darkness and hear the | veices. They are already excited over some gossip they have heard, perhaps in- | stigated; and perhaps, also, a little jeal- | cus of this recipient of their -brother's bounty, and immediately put the worst censtruction on. the situation. . Signora | Mercedes then proceeds to inform Chris- | tiva what she and " think of her frienaship for Ernest, and Don Severo oo —— HE most rem forn the week, perhaps of the production (in Howard Kyle of the El Gran Galeoto,” of the foremost con- eason, iish dramatist, Jose Eche- | follows Don Julian to perform a like Kyle promised the pl dur- | friendly office for him. Christina and t engagement at the Califor- | Ernest, absolutely innocent, are bewild- but Holy got the benefit dsomely to the Week interfered, Our occas ered and horrified by the accusation. Don | Julian, utterly incredulous and furiously | angry at the gossip, returns with Don | greeting Mr. Kyle and |Severo, and, good fellow that he is, puts e pretty Macdonough | Christina’s hand on Ernest's arm ard re- honor to the genius of the | Guests them to go in to dinner together. | They do so, talking softly. But Don | Julian is profoundly moved in spite of | himself, and as the curtain falls, looking at the disappearing figures of Ernest and | Christina, he say “But why, why do | they speak so low? | x | - will soon forget their it could be called ng last. For myself, 1 v within my experience breathless spell of “El | iedda Gabler,” as it year by Blanche The Spanish v of the Ibsen drama | of treatment intellectual, rather appeal; the same fond- 1g with the obscurer trage- From then on the drama is the story | of growing jealousy on Don Jullan's part, | with 2 magnificent but futile struggle to | regain his lost trust in his wife and his adopted son. The progress of the poison | is painted with bitter strength, and the | tremendous climax of. the last act, when, dying from a wound received in defense | it, however, reaching | ©f his wife's good name, Don Julian drags | of the subjective| himself to the room where Ernest has | has sounded; COme to beg news of him, he screams, | “Let me see vou look into each other's | eyes, I shall know then,” is almost too painful to be borne. He dies cursing | them, dnd Don Severo turns Christina out of the house. .Then Ernest cries: “So you | fling us together into the abyss. Yes, at | last you are right. I will confess. This woman belongs to me. Do you want pas- sion? Then passion and delirium is here. Do _you want love? Then here 13 bound- 1 me ethical viewpo ne is a ic outlook. The t is possibly more normal m the usual—and in Echegaray certainly questions he propounds. in fact, fairly reeks of once asked, “If one is not | the lady who has just left om, what is to become of conver- T~ |less love. Nothing daunts me. Invent | Echegaray attempls to show in | wnat you will, T will exceed it. ' So you | aleoto” what becomes of the vy tell the tale truly at last, until it | e man echoes through this heroic town. But | Galeoto™ is in three acts, with | should any ask who is the infamous pan- | that was not given by Mr.|der to this villainy, you will reply, ‘Our. | onfreres. The play is dedl- | selves, ignorantly, .but ourselves, and | dy”"—“El Gran Galeoto” | with us the stupid chatter of the idle’ t go-between), whose thought- | and lightly malicious glances gedy around their helpless vic- Come, Christina, my mother kisses your pure brow. Adieu, all, and let heaven choose its day to judge between you and plot is of the simplest. A | me. Ernest. who has been edu- | g o a wealthy friend of his dead | Aside from the first act, which has the father, to whom the sald friend (Don |unusual fault of compression, the play 1o Julian) owes large gratitude, becomes | admirably constructed. The situations dissatisfied with his dependent position, s been gossiped about unpleasant- ) benefactor’s relatives. Don ., who loves him as a son, has a are striking and plausible—almost inevi- table—and the dialogue natural and char- acteristic. The characters are drawn with sure, broad almost brutal stroke, and de- his Joung wife who also has a strong regard | veloped with masterly consiste The = = = piece lacks in detall, relief, somewhat, ADVERTISEMENTS. the author having disdained to use the | ~ | elegant padding with which a Frenchman | | would have relieved the gloom and stress | of the situations or the neavier filling in | of the English school, for which ample | opportumty is offered by the story, but |e it remains nevertheless a great play, with grip and thrill and irresistibie spell, and | one is immensely grateful for the oppor- | » tunity of seeing it. . { As to its interpretation, Mr. Kyle and'| his company -displayed 4 largely unex- | pected strength in their handiing of the v. Mr. Kyle, in the difficult part of | mest, not by any means a becoming roie, did excellent work on the whole, Mr. Kyle does nothing very badly, and he had nothing to do in the first act, but later, in the storm and stress of the play, his work rose to the high level that one might reasonably expect from an actor who chooses to present “El Grau Galeoto” for his amusement. Not easily the dreamy, romantic, sensi- tive youth of the first act, he was com- pl!:lelly identified v;;nh the later Ernest, showing a power that could not be readily excelled. Mr. Kyles diction is wamln: - beauty and his gestures in grace, but | that he is rapidly nearing a very worthy | position in his art last Friday's perform. ! ance puts beyond question. Genuine solid Oak Chair, brace arms and cane seat; only 3 to each buyer: each 7bc. We sup- ply everything to completely fur. nish your house for cash or pay- ments to suit your convenience. ——————— Stuffed prunes withapricots. Townsend’s.s | | Cal. glace fruit 5c per Ib at Townsend's.s | —_———— | Townsena’s Caiiforni g1 | T BRILUANT | oot e ca o ote. resen FURNITURE C0., | €% Market W Baiace gofi?‘fi'fi‘amg."e" | 338-342 POST STREET, Oppoeite Union Square, : Special information su ation supplied daily to | 3 uses and public ‘men by the Press Clipping Burean (Alien’s), o fornia street.” Telephone l(;?h.)lu? Cn.u Publication Office . Market -na Third S. F, THHE REOPDES WIT T, N some quarters the will of the late Cecil Rhodes has been commented ‘on by the America_n press as the most marvelous testament made since Caesar devised his estate to Rome. This sentimental effusion is caused by its provision for students from every one of the United | States, in the English universities. The avowed purpose of the testatcr was to practically make England and the United States one. No one can detract from the fame of Cecil Rhodes. He had the diplomacy of Warren Hastings and the initiative dash of Robert, Lord Clive. His countrymen fondly call him the Greatest Englishman, and their‘expressions of ap- preciation of his character and service to the empire are, from their standpoint, more than praiseworthy. { But the American ecstacy over his phenomenal liberality is without fair excuse under the cir- cumstances. His idea of making one of thiz country and England is grand in its conception, but its accomplishment is not desirable for either country. Such dreams are not new. They dwelt in the mind of Sardanapalus, and their web and woof was an Assyria that blanketed the world from the Mediterranean to the Ganges. Genghiz Khan and Timour had such visions, and so before them had Aiexander and Caesar, and, aftef them, Bonaparte. But these are dreams against nature. Another Englishman, whose fame is eclipsed by that of this political imperialist, has vindicated the designs of nature which stand against the devices of men who ignore her. Men are differentiated by their environment, and in that law fature has set an impassable limit to universal empire. In their environment men take on an individuality which goes from them into their political insfitu~ tions, and until nature changes her plan and for variety substitutes monotony of environment, common institutions are impossible. s Nor in the aspect of its generosity to education can Americans justify laudation of this im- perial testament. It devises an estate of twenty-five millions. But, in the lifetime of both, Sen- ator and Mrs. Stanford gave more than that to education. George Peabody gave a large fraction of it, and the American citizen Andrew Carnegie has already far exceeded it, and all that he has given is to some form of education. Nor has he been exclusive. Great Britain has been en- dowed by his liberality, and wherever these American gifts have been bestowed they have carried no political nor imperial purpose. They have gone for the enlightenment of men and women in the wisdom of the world and the uplifting teachings of ‘science, carrying no obligation of im- perial federation. i It may well be contended that Americans do not desire to become English nor Englisk- men to become American. Starting from a common origin, environment has differentiated them for the good of each. The wisest Englishman desires to be what he is, and does not lack reasons for being proud of it. The same is true of the wisest American. One may doubt whether educat- ing American youth in an English university will give them a better understanding of Great Britain. It will perhaps incorporate them by sympathy and instinct into the British community, but that is far from implying a better understanding of that community. In our view, Cecil Rhodes stopped far short of an idea that might have earned for him a more abundant ascription than' he now receives. If he had provided that an equal number of English youth should be educated in American universities, the scope of his plan would have been widened,'and, above all, would carry the stamp of impartiality. As he left it, there is only his assumption that only England is worth understanding, that in her institutions of learning only can the highest absorption of the human mind be promoted and only his country is worth study. That all deserves that the great glishman be praised by his countrymen, but it really presents no justification for ecstatic action here. The best study for Americans is their own civil polity, their conquest of things material and of things ineffable, and that study is not best promoted by the provisions of this re- markable will. In contemplating it we should not forget that if the liberality of which it is the expression is rare among the rich of Great Britain, it is far from being so here. American wealth has been the most liberal wealth the world ‘has ever known. ' It has been bestowed upon charity and edu- cation with a wisely lavish hand, and in no case has carried with its benefits the obligation to any re- cipient to change his creed, his country or his national sympathy or sentiment. FORCE OF FUBLIC OPINION. STRIKING illustration of the force of public sentiment in affecting the course of great nations is afforded by the contrast between the mortality figures of the British con- centration camps before the recent agitation and expostre of the evil, and those of the months which have succeeded. The latter have just been made public by the British authorities and can be studied with satisfaction by all who take any interest whatever in the cause of humanity. Last October the death rate per thousand in the concentration camps was 338 for the whole number of prisoners and 572 per thousand for children under 12 years of age. It was the publication of those and similar figures for the preceding months that aroused the whole civilized world to indignant protest against the maintenance of camps or prisons where such mortality could occur. The British authorities affected to be indifferent, but it was soon given out that changes were to be made in the camps. The results are now attested by reports which show that the death rate per thousand in February was for the whole number of prisoners only 72, while that for children was 100. . The rates are still very high, but they show a marked improvement over those of last sum- mer and fall that strengthened the agitation against the concentration system. They also attest the justice of the charges made against the British military authorities for responsibility for the high death rate. The February returns attest that had proper care been exercised in the first place there need not have been that appalling mortality among children that shocked humanity. Miss Hobhouse, who made the exposure of the camps and who bore the brunt of official hostility, has won a noble fight for humanity at large. She has done as good a work in South Africa as Flor- ence Nightingale did at the Crimea and merits as high honors. It now seems evident that-the end of the war is at hand and that ere-long peace will once more dwell in South Africa. Briton and Boer have learned to respect one another, and in that new feeling may possibly be able to devise a plan upon which they can live together without strife. The most difficult thing to be accomplished in the task of reconciliation will be that of eradicating from the minds of the sufferers of the concentration camps the horror of that fearful death rate zmong the children; and it is therefore fortunate for the British that as something of an offset to the harshness of the military-authorities who established the camps, they can set the example and the memory of the British woman whose brave crusade brought about their abolition. Roosevelt has found it necessary to reprimand so many officers of the army and the navy that, according to a report in Washington, he has decided to save breath by shouting a reprimand with strenuous eloquence into a phonograph and then arrange it so he can turn on the machinery whenever occasion needs by simply pressing a button. The plan has the further advantage that if an officer fails to call at the White House for his reprimand the machine can be sent to him, —_——— The wife of a New England minister has sued for a divorce on the ground that the “strain of attending sewing circles and presiding at missionary meetings” is ruining her disposition; and there seems to be no doubt in New England itself that the grounds are ample for a grant of divorce, resumption of maiden name, alimony and the privilege of marrying again. The British War Office is said to have approved of a plan for using balloons to carry seven soldiers each, and while the plan may be a good one, it is going to take a whole sky full of such flying machines to enable the troops in South Africa to keep out of the way of the Boers. LONG 'MUSICAL SEASON COMES TO A BRILLIANT CLOSE AT END OF WEEK BY BLANCHE PARTINGTON. o HE long musical season comes to a brilliant close this week with the four piano recitals of Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, to be given on Tuesday and Thursday nights and Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at Metropolitan Hall. It is five—mayhap six—years .since Mrs. Zeister was here, and from what I can gather she has been growing every minute of the time. She | is an unforgettable sort of person; a thin, | brown, fiery little creature, with immense power, immense chic, immense tempera- ment, a mass of superlatives; hers is play- ing that must be listened to whether one agrees or not with its message. I well remember on Mrs. Zeister’s last visit, and it was at the Metropolitan Hall, too, an occasion when the pianist had Sig- mund Beel to assist her. Mrs. Zeisler played a Grieg sonata with Mr. Beel and it ‘was the most furiously funny perform- ance I ever heard. Mrs. Zeisler's Grieg was not Mr. Beel's, either in rhythmic, dynamic or any other values, and Mrs. Zeisler had not the slightest hesitation in so-saying—with those brilllant fingers of hers. Mr. Beel, being a gentleman, nat- urally permitted the lady to gang her ain | gait, fetching up meekly somewhere in | the rear of things, but, having played some little with the violmist ‘myself, I can imagine all the things he left unsald. At that time certainly. Mrs. Zeisler was not what might be called an ideal en- semble. player, though no one who heard | her could deny her tremendous attraction as a -soloist. Here are her four pro- grammes for the week: Tuesday night, April 15, 1902—Prelude and Fugue No. 2, C minor (Bach), from Well-tem- pered Clavichord, Book No. 1; Sonate, Op. 111 (Beethoven), Maestose—Allegro con brio et Ap- passionata Arietta (con Variazion!); Menuetto (third movement from Fantasfe, Op. 78) (Schu- bert); ‘‘Marche, Militaire' (Schubeft-Tausig): Nocturne, . Op._37, No. 2 (Chopin); Etude, Op. 25, No. 9 (Chopin); Valse, Op. 64, No. 2 (Chepin); Polonaise, Op. 53 ‘(Chopin); Deux Arabesques, Op. 45, en forme d'Etude a la Tar- antelle (Leschetizky), dedicated to Mrs. Zels- ler; Andante Finale from “Lucta’” (Donizett), transeribed for the left hand alone by Leschet- izky, Op. 13; Gondoliera, Op. 41.(Moszkowskl); Impatience, No. 1 from Spring, Op. 57 (Mosz- kowski); Valse, ‘“‘Man Lebt Nur Einmal" (Strauss-Tausig). Wednesday afternoon, April 16, 1902—Pasto- rale, Capriccio (Tausig edition) (Scarlatt!); So- nate, Op. 31, No. 8 (Beethoven), allegro, | scherzo (allegretto vivace), menuetto (moderato e grazioso), presto con fuoco; Marche Funebre, third movement. from. Sonate, Op. 35 (Chopin): Etude, Op. 25, No. 3 (Chopin); Mazurka, 33, No. 2 (Chopin); BaMade, Op. 23 (Chopin) oc- turne No.'8 from “Album de Peterhof’" (Rubin- stein): Rigaudon, Op. 204, No. 3 (Raff); Valse, Op. 34, No. 1 (Dvorak); Nuit Venitienne, Op. | 40, No. 3 (Lewy): Serenade Espagnole, Op. 26 | (Zaremski); Chant Sans Paroles No. 3, from | *‘Souvenirs de Hapsal,’ Op. 2_(Tschatkowski); | paraphrase on the waltz from “Die Fleder- maus’ (The Bat), Op. 10 (Strauss-Schuett). Thursday night, April 17, 1902—Prelude and Fugue, No. 5, M major (Bach), from Well-tem- pered Clavichord, Book No. 1: Sonate, Op. 10, No. 2 (Beethoven), allegro, allezretto, presto: Hark, Hark, the Lark, The Erl-king (Schu- beri-Liszt); ‘Des Abders (No. 1, from Fan- tasiestuecke, Op. 12) (Schumann): The Prophet | Bird (No. 7, from Waldscenen, Op. 82) (Schu- mann); Novelette, Op. 21, No. 7 (Schumann); Valse, Op. 64, No. 1 (Chopin); Etude, Op. 10, No. 1 (Chopin); Andante spianato and Pol- onaise, Op. 22 (Chopin); Barearole, Op. 30, No. 1 (Rubinstein); Ballade (first movement from Fantasie, Op. 143) (Godard); Renouveau (Etude Op. $2) (Godard); Liebestrum (Noc- turne, No..3) (Lisat); La Campanella (Etude No. 3) (Paganini-Liszt). Saturday afternoon, April 19, 1902—Papil- lons, O». 2 (Schumann); variations serfeuses, Op. 54 (Mendelssohn); Wedding March and Dance of the Elves (Mendelssohn-Lisat), from the music to Shakesveare's ‘‘Midsummer Night's Dream'’; Rhapsodie, Op. 79, No. 2 (Brahms): Berceuse, Op. 57 (Chopin); Etude, Op. 10. No. 5 (Chopin); Valse, Op. 70, Ne. 1 (Chepin); Scherzo, Op. 20 (Chopin): Hexen- tanz, Op. 17 (MacDowell): Etude ¢prelude), Op. | 52, No. 2 (Saint-Saens); A Ia Blen-Aimee (vaise). Op. No. 2 (Schuett), from Papil- lons d'Amour (Souvenirs Viennois); On the Mountains, Norwegiecher Brautzug im Vorue- berziehen, Ncs. 1.and 2, from Folk Scenes, Op. 19 (Grieg); Caprice Espagnol, Op. 37 (Mosz- kowskl), These programmes are subject to slight changes. 8wty Karl Formes Jr., basso by heredity and several other interesting things, is the latest attache of the Tivoli. Mr. Formes A member of the New York City Council who introduced an ordinance requiring all street railway companies to provide special cars for expectorators has’ been written up as a sar- castic “cuss,” but perhaps the poor fellow meant to be a philanthropist. S SR A single steamer arrived at New York the other day with 2696 steerage pa&sengers—- enough to form a whole village; so there is no need of an almanac to tell us that the immigrant season has'begun and threatens to be one of unisual severity. % : It is said that Miss Stone has decided not to lecture, and now the wonder is how a woman smart enough to stand off the lecture bureaus ever let Ige}'self_-get captured by a Bulgarian, is ‘the son of the celebrated basso, and himself has a useful bass organ that will be heard frequently in the coming Tivoll productions. This week the singer has the small “character” role of Matosin, that seems to be well cared for at his hands. Like every one else, only rather more | so, Mr. Formes has a history of much | interest. Intended originally for a physi- clan’s life, he defled heredity by taking the | degree of doctor of medicine at the Ber- Hin University many. years ago. He al<o took the degrees of doctor of logic and of laws. Then the stage called him, and he has been acting and singing off and an aver since for twantv-six vears CLEVER BASSO WHO HAS JOINED GALAXY OF TIVOLI SINGERS. e L i o e o s does other things, too, paints, writes, is a collector of South Sea Island curiosities, where he spent much time, and about which a book now in writing concerns it- self. He comes to the Tivoll from Aus- tralia and is certainly a unique and in- teresting personality among the good Tivoleans. The following story—that may possibly have made its debut before time—has tha disadvantage of being true, but is never- theless interesting. A certain distin- suished member of the violin craft here, whoSe name may or may not be J- S, was recently engaged with some other musicians by a soclety woman to play for an afternoon at her house. When the question of terms came up the fiddler and his confreres demanded the very modest sum of $5 a head for their services. “What! Five dollars for three hours’ playing!’! sdid the lady. “What exor- bitance ““What do you pay your walters?" asked the chief of the pirates of the bow. “‘Only three dollars,” promptly returned the lady. “Well, madame, It takes us just eight- een months longer to learn our trade than it does your waiters,” said J—a, gravely. Madame saw the point, and to the credit of her good heart and sense apologized handsomely. But there are still many gaps In the ranks of the apologists. o e Leon Moreau, the clever young French composer who accompanied Mme. Nevada on her recent visit here, has just received the coveted French decoration of the Palmes Vertes. ; Mr. Moreau received pleasant word of the award in a letter from his mother last week and later the formal announcement of his new distine- tion. The decoration has been conferred for distinguished service to muste in France, including important contributions to musical literature and triumphant ef- fort in the Wagnerian cause in Paris, where M. Moreau was long associated in the battle of the music drama with M. Charles Lamoureux. Which reminds me. Pablo Casals, whose brilliant 'cello playing was the feature of the Nevada concerts, is still here, hav- ing met with an accident while climbing Tamalpais. Mr. Casals was making the ascent of the mountain in company with friends, when a shower of loosened stones fell about them, a large one badly crush- ing the ’cellist’s right hand. 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