The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 28, 1902, Page 3

THE SUNDAY CALL. ' : 3 a1 5 2 10 salisty the eravirg of the great Amerie Miller in the exquisite ng publc for beauty and T p the oft N ; : . _' § ‘ needs ro gift of second sight to realise < . ! 1 < ¢ : its possibilities for a gorgeous display ') k m A # 4 % ot fiue clotne ecialLy as the scenes . ey . are all laid in Paris, the fashion center of - . i o the worid. ensatior i the - . £ A N Bul perhaps even more remarkable is gh art is compelle > . = s the femunine invasion of vaudeville just ‘ e Gay Lord Quex, - - 1s had such great o very long ago when it\hasn’t had anagers would have s € or even a half dozen which has been a big at- “‘sup- : st because of the mag- port lone star, especialiy when they H bt more pror say #re required to g.wve their whole art and H f the gowning of the enus Jusc lvoamg pretty and to sassador,” by John very liu Hobbes. It was ‘‘done” in London Now. theatrical are N York to th fuil slightly en 8 is held ~ ench modish s qerefor, among y_other the opening bill yf - 4 wi ‘The Ambassador™ is pracucally the iorerunper in the West of i the over-elaboraceiy dressed modern we have giready seen several of Wiz, FRED CLAXRZ 2.5 preity girl “ba at the Or- £ £i IMETORK WELLINGLOXN heé first was the * 3allet,” a New & fmpurtation Vish giris, whuse speci g und fancy dancing cf the new vaudevil d T TETES sponsible for their GEAN /. QRERAZ Clever little Eng- v _was high kfck- fhe very noveity was chiefly re- 25 Boozis' anor Falk and her girl ballet.” They did all that y Ballet did in singing and danc- and more, too, but the climax of was’ the dormitory scene, in all. appeared in snug-fitting irg, their act which they tu read, *“I'hé gown, not the play, Is the ~ WED WAEYBUERES ,Jovcrbz‘y cLUB ~ “Frocks and Frills,” the new stock season at the Alcazar. Something of the extept and importance of the wardrobé réquired ‘may bé gath- ered from the fact that there are sixte feminine as against twelve masculine speaking parts. This is most unusual for .the proportion, éxcept in cdmic opera, and musical extravaganza is generally the otner way. And eacn of tnese women is expected to wear gowns that are posi- tive creations of beauty, originality and richness. In New York every costume l7orsE TIHE FERADE OF CrIRZLS AT THZE QRIZIZDIT b —_—mm—__ e —— was a model, and in tne big scenes the play was nothing short of a grand parade of the very latést fashions. The old clas- sic quotation might be truly paraphrased continentdl premiere it was entirely lost, for the feminine portlon of the audlence at least, in the kaleidoscopic display of swagger garments. And the premiere foreordained the extent and attractive- ness of its future popularity. Juliet Gainsborough is to marry Sir William Reauvedere, but the match fis not, considered of sufficient imnortance by Lady Beauvedere, Sir William’s mother, Gwendoline Marleeze has al- ways loved Sir Willlam_and is very jeal- ons of Juliet. Princess Vendramini prom- ises to help Gwendoline by proving that Juliet is not invulnerable to the charms of .other men and she (the Princess) en- lists the aid of Lord St. Orban, for whom ghe has an unreciprocated affection. St. Orban, dashing man of the world thavigh he is. promises his assistance. but finds an _excention ‘}‘l“elc‘(llg'ves her at sight—loves for the first time in his life. and Juliet. proud and sorely wounded by the very apnar- ent disfavor hey engagement to Sir W - llam nas caused, resolves to be Iree. She then realizes her ideal in St. Orban and they “all live happy ever after.” “It's a simple story, ’tis true, but it r thing. . pajamas of daring colors. Of course, the play has a plot, and a _Tripping close upon the heels of Miss good one, too, but In its Eastern and Jalk ana her bevy of beauties came the “KFour Madcap: whe are said to be a remnant, albeit the cleverest, of the Pony Rallet, and now we are called upon to enjoy the tascinations of Ned Weyburn's tockey Club, another bevy of pretty girls who are the sensation at the Orpheum this week. They are led by the Countess von Hatz- felt, who, before the vaudeville “ballet™ Lecame all the rage, was quite content to sing alone, but the noveity of the per- formance is their quick change into jockey suits, representing the colors of the fourteen largest racing stables In America. And though they sang a med- ley of old song a way to send fond memory trooping back into the dim and Gistant past, one is fever permitted to get very far from the main fact that the whole specialty is a parade of chic and dainty girls. At the Grand Opera-house there is a star of famous lineage, pcoducing equally famcus plays of the old classic school, “She Stoops to Conquer,” “The Rivals’” and “A Widow Hunt,” which will be the attraction rextywecic His name is Wil- ired Clarke and he has bad to fight his way upwaré to the top of the ladder in the fierce calcium of his ancestor’'s fame. No one who has nut tried to experiment i it is to be “the son stage. one of the few, the who have tried the experiment ucceeded. J. K. Emmet Jr. Is the only other singing comedian who has foi- lowed in the footsteps of his father to popular fancy, who comes to mind just pow. He s at the Orpheum a few weeks ago, sang his illustrious father's old pathetic songs and brought the tears ;ust as his father did, but only because Lis father had made them famous, said many who had_heard both parent and son sing. Young Emmet was experiencing some of the difficulties tiat young Clarke las always _encounte But then Wilfred Clarke has had to bear n with a much longer line of famous ancestors to prove his own title to be called a star. He is a nephew of the late Edwin Booth, the youngest son of the once famous comedian John Sleeper Clarke and brother of Creston Clarke, who will be remembered as the handsome young leading man who made Minna Gale's last starring tour In the classic drama so notable Though his fathér was such a popular actor his dearest wish was that bis youngest son shou!d follow the sea, and in cansequence Wilfred entered the Eng- lish merchant marine at the age of thir- teen. But the histrionic blood that flows in the blood of the family would not be denfed and in 18§ the youthful sailor yielded to the inevitable and made his debut at the Strand Theater, London. After supporting as leading comedian such stars ds Barry Suliivan, Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, Julla Marlowe, Ada Rehan, ete., he was chesen by ti late John T. Ford to star as Tony Lum- kin in “She Stoops to Conquer,” and suc- cesstully climbed above the reputation of his ancestors in “Paul Pry,” “A Widow Hunt” and “The Rivals.” Then he be- came the lessee and manager of the Strand Theater, where he began his ca- reer, and for two years he gave it a world-wide popularity for modern com- edie After that he succeeded James lewis in Daly's company, a position of no small honor, and now he is starring at the Grand Opera-house. ® \ e (‘A %..Qb As Major Wellington de Boots In “A ‘Widow Hunt” he is said to be at his funniest, which is saying a great deal in a very few worda