The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1903. H[[ENA NO FANTASY OF THE BRAIN HEFEMS IS THIS SHERLOCK HOLMES Gillette’s Aid We Learn That the Detective Is of Flesh---Mas- WM[H COMPANY lay Supply Itself, Not- wnh\t‘mdlug For- mer Contract. o Finds Serious Loopholes in Franchise f Corporation. oV @ PoLLoeK swoTg cagni Again Receives Grand Ovation ’\Lores a Hlt at th Grand--—Other at Tivoli---Maude Odell Bills at the Playhousesl CHARLE nts Wi k He 2 hi ed upon tive, d lliam C -act simes,’ to un eer ther showing FROHMAN dra lettc ama and- pul ey ange case of Such is the legend week’s playbill at the Theater. Following Mr 1 name in small type among | m s ex but nowhere a suggestion t had served kshaw of the p the court |is also its autl But he is ears ago Mr 3 t Jit that mou Stepney sgas N two years afterward in Sherlock Holmes' creator e sco, Cream and brass, $12.75 Here's a splendid bed for a child—because of its cleanl ness and the comfort it affords. 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It is on record that Dr. | Doyle approves ardently of Mr. Gillefte's Holmes, and of the—there's only one | word that fits—“bully” melodrama that | he has built round Doyle’s characters '\"'xia_“ln. Doyle wouldl be singular if he | If there is a character that would bet- | pallomon his fac | riage, which is impending, | sire to get hold of them to make other FIRE 15 OPENED | ON THE GUARDS Strike at Colorado City Assumes a Threaten- ing Aspect. Attempt Is Made to Murder| Men Protecting the i i | | { | ¢ | | FROM THE CALIFOR- OFFERING AND SOME EATRICAL FAVORITES. . NIA'S THE i i b his picture of the famous | fit Gillette's sonality than that of | the Napoleonic detective it is not lying | around loos rom the moment when, lean, with the cocaine his spare figure tailor- ter us nonchalant, ed with fastidious care, Sherlock Holmes lounged into the story last night, Gil- lette’s vital identity with the character | was established. he personal muslnn" is perfect and with a howl of delight the audience recognized the likeness to this popular idol—for who has not pictured bim? Holmes begins immediately with the expected virtuoso detective work and: the fun is o cene finds Miss Faulkner of the “strange case” in the hands of a precious couple of adventurers named Larrabee, man and wife. Miss Faulkner has possession of some compromising letters written by a member of the royal family to her sister, who was deserted and died broken-hearted. These letters the girl means to use to prevent the mar. of the afore: The Larrabees de- id royal personage. use of them, namely, for the purposes of blackmail. Holmes comes Into the story in the employment of the royal person- oned to obtain possession He makes his appearance as a visitor to Miss Faulkner, and finds the girl terrorized in the hands of the Larrabees. She has taken the letters out of a safe in which they had been kept, the Tarrabees have just discovered their disappearance, and are threatening the girl as Holmes' knock is heard at the door. Lanabee is found alone as he enters and Holmes sends up his card to Miss Faulkner, and then begins the detective fun with which everybody who loves a good detective st is familiar. Holmes begins by telling Larrabee that he is anxious about the safe; that a fellow- villain has just disappeared through the window and other little uncomfortable truths. Mrs. Larrabee thgn appears as Miss Faulkner, and after a cat and mouse scene, Holmes asks her why she is pre- tending to be that young lady. Larrabee flaunts a pistol, and Holmes says “Really!” to it in beautiful Sherlock way. Of course, Miss Faulkner comes and by an | arranged alarm of fire in the Kkitchen the detective compels her to betray the hid- ing-place of the package. Then, struck by unwonted sag in his detective instinct, he returns the letters to the girl and with a warning to the Larrabees the first act | ends. The segond act plunges®one into the hick of toils and conspiracies, where “Professor’” Moriarity, past master of the gentle art of murder, holds carnival. With a telephone and speaking tube, he directs half the crimes of London from his underground den, and to him comes Larrabee with a little commission, name- Iy, the dispatch of Sherlock Holmes, The second half of the act shows Moriarity visiting Holmes with a pistol and being beautifuliy foiled in his little personal at- tempt at murder. The third is the famous act, in the Stepney gas chamber, where the detective, Iured to the den, is set upon by three of Moriarity's ‘miscreants. The excitement, that has been growing | since the beginning, reaches here its cli- | max. With a chair the detective smashes ‘ the lamp, and with the little red gleam of | his cigar fools the men into following its | light while he escapes by the door. The | scene 1s breathlessly handled, and is melodrama apotheosized The play ends with the accustomed ex- | planations, and Holmes is made happy ever afterward with Miss Faulkner. Cleverness itself is Gillette's picture of the detective, He is possibly even more | finished in method, more distinctive than formerly. The figure stands out like a ! cameo. The courage of Holmes, the keen | bunting instinct, the gentle refinement, the abnormalities of the drug-eater, the | philosophical bent, every de of the char- acter is suggested with marvelous fidelity. The eye even seems to turn dull under the | cocaine influence; there are the uncertain | little movements of the hands—those fine | hands, that Holmes might have fiddled with—and then there is the hawk glancs | that comes when he sights his prey. That | is a wonderful bit of by-play where Mo- | riarity threatens him; a brilliant bit! where he sits nervously fingering the | cushions of the couch after he has taken | the cocaine. there, not a thought too little of and empha Mr. Gillette's Sherlock Holmes is a por. trait perfect of its kind ,and something that appeals to every playgoer. | He is excellently supported. Miss Tda | Conquest is graceful and ingenuous a'§ Miss Faulkner, fulfilling the not arduous | duties of the role with much charm. Her- bert Percy introduces Dr. Watson favor- ably to the attention, and Larrabee is ex- | cellently handled by Ralph Delmore. Alida Cortelyou as Madge Larrabes pleases, Morlarity is done in so-so fashion | by Griffith Evans, and some minor vil- | lains and parts are excellently filled in. | The ‘house applauded madly throughout, but Mr. Gillette, author of the play and actor of its chief role, Mr. Gillette the un- interviewed, escaped without a speech The plece is mounted in brilliant fashlon; its stage management a marvel. GUISARD. gesture | i = its kind | class of | Central. At the - Central Theater last Theodore XKremer's melodrama, Slaves of the Orient,” was produced before a large audience. Scenery and cos- | tumes are entirely new and gorgeous, and in addition to the regular stock company & number of artists of recognized ability have been engaged. In the principal scenes the stage is crowded with male and female auxiliaries picturesquely garb- ed, and in the various processions ga. caparisoned steeds make their appe: ance. Georgie Cooper made a great hit with Anna Held's latest suc- cess, “I'd Like to IMave a Photograph of You,” and M. Dreyfus Kingston made a conquest of her delightful manner in “Dear Heart.” audience by the which she sang She also gave “My Phil- h the assistance of a | It was encored, five Baby Dolliver was clever in a song and dance, and John W. World's shadowgraphing was clever and diverting. Landers Stevens played Lieutenant How- ard Ward in a manly and heroic manner, which proved popular. Ernest Howell, Henry Shumer, Eugenie Thais hwton. Alice Palmer, M. Drevfus Kingston, Donah Benrimo, Carl Berch, Edwin Em- er,v. George Nicholls, Walter Whipple and thre remainder of the cast were fully ade- quate in their respective roles. Monday evening next ‘“Ten Nights in a Barroom™ will be produced. Alcazar. Sydney Grundy's powerful play, “Sow- ing the Wind,” was produced at the Alca- zar Theater last night and the house was packed to the doors. The plot deals with a soclal problem and is skillfully drawn. The clever stock company gave an ad- mirable representation of the piece, but it was a pity that some of the members were not too familiar with their lines, Ernest Hastings as Mr‘ Brabazon, the | shortly after warra ! Charles Burr, i ern Federation of Miners and in charge of | three mills were fired upon at midnight. | | the vicinity | quent and displayed a resourcefulness and | friend, | effective as Lord Petworth, | Miss Alice Treat { success as Rosamond and charmed | audience so markedly | several curtain calls. { met with an ovation on her reappearance | The other parts were well sustained by Not an accent too much is | & i edgments. | to show their talent. Affected/Mills. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,, March 9. Sentries at three points were fired on 7 o'clock this evening by unknown parties. At one point an at- energy — everything about gone. tempt was made to enter the sentry lines, on guard came near being came to the military au- that a conceried plan was on foot to rush the Portland mill, and that ta charging mill emploves with | carrying concealed weapons were to be served when the men came from work. When these facts had been laid before | Colonel James H. Brown, representative | of the Governor and legal adviser to the National Guard, he appeared befora representative of the West- Information | thorities the strike at Célorado City, and the mem- | bers of the executive committee of the Mill and Smeltermen’'s Union No. 125 of | Colorado City and announced that if there | was any more trouble he would hold each | one of them responsible, | Other dentries stationed the | around From reports made by the sentries and the flashes from the guns the men doing the shooting were located on the hills sur- | rounding the reduction plan No one | was injured. The cavalry patrolled the country in | of the three mills, but be. cause of the darkness and the rugged character of the country did not succeed in Jocating the men doing the shooting. @ il e @ man who sinned, was forceful and nat- ural, and Albert Mdrrison as Ned Annes- ley, his adopted son, was manly and elo- strength in his scenes with Rosamond when he gave up everything for his love for her that carried the sympathies of the audience with him. George Osbourne gave an artistic characterization of the part of Mr. Watkins, the meddlesome and Clifford Dempsey was very the old roue. Hunt scored a distinet | the | that she received Miss Oza Waldrop | after her Drief marital experience and was as bright as ever as*Maud Fretwell. Miss Marie Howe, Frank Bacon, J. Lester Wallack, Walter Belasco and Miss Elea- nor Gordon, Grand. For a thrilling war melodrama with a | heroine who is not a Maryland, Calvert or a Barbara Freitchie, but a dashing Polish Countess caught in the swirl of the Napo- | | leonic regime, *“The Countess Valeska,” | {at the Grand, is a play which holds the audience as few such plays can. There is | a rush and a vim to the piece which con- | { tinues unabated during the whole length | o the four acts, and the spectatqr is not given a breathing spell until the curtain | has at last gone down to the sound of the | opening guns of the battle of Friedland It is a plece which calls for a vigorous effort on the part of the whole cast, and | well do the actors fulfill their obligation. Miss Maude Odell as the full-blood Polish Countess has a part calling for a great | Geal of emotional acting, which might | easily be overdone. This Miss Odell care- f avolds, and yet gives to the charac- ter all that there is i it. Herschel Mayall as the heroic “tall Prussian” grasps the | opportunity offered him to play the dare- devil, surmounting unheard-of difficulties. | Harringlon Reynolds ‘and Antoinetts I'Walker carry the secondary parts well. Tivoli. Pietro Mascagni's triumphs of the open- ing weel were repeated last evening at the Tivoli Opera-house, when the second week was bgun. Whether he was con- ducting the “Dance of Dolls,” with its queer rhythm, the “William Ratcliff” se- | lectio the ‘‘Cavalleria Rusticana,” or | the “Hymn to the Sun,” from “Iris,” with its progressive harmonies, he was a hego. There were repeated cries of ‘“bravo!” The maestro was compelled to come re- peatedly before the curtain in respouse to : The substitution of the “William i”" overture for the overture to “Tann- hauser’” gave an opportunity for some new light on Mascagni's method of con- ducting Rossini’s music. e made much of bringing out clearly the brass and strings, making the overture much stronger than it is ordinarily conducted. The “Intermezzo” from *“Cavalleria” had to be repeated to satisfy the demands of the enthusiastic audience. At the end nl “Cavalleria,” Roma, Holmes, Marlotte, Avedano and Cunningham accompanied | Mascagni as he appeared to bow acknowl- | The Mascagni performances | will be continued to-morrow, Friday and | Sunday evenings, and there will also be a | Saturday matinee. Fischer’s. ’ “Hoity Toity,” the Weber & Fields bur- lesque at Fischer's, seems at the zenith of its drawing power. It entered upon its fourth week last night before a crowded house and the witticisms of the comedians were greeted with roars of laughter. The burlesque banking scene and the game of poker are unusually clever, affording Kolb, Dill and Bernard ample opportunity | Maud Amber is a | beautiful and good natured foil for much of the fun. The music is bright and catchy and the chorus well drilled. Lee Johnson's song, “Don’t Make Them Scandalous Eyes,” has made a decided hit, both for its melody and the manner of ns rendition. Orpheum. Rice and Walters do a stunt ecalled “Bumpety Bumps” at the Orpheum this week that is aptly termed. XEvery move they make is laugh provoking. Dave Nowlin, Lillian Burkhart and company, the Salambos, Le Quatuor Basque, the | de Forests, Musical Dale and the, Andres sen Brothers make up as good a pro- | gramme as has been shown at the Or- pheum In some time. Republic. A large audience witnessed the produc- tion of Tolstoi’'s ‘“Resurrection” at the Theater Republic last night, and the piece went with more smoothness than it did | on the opening night. Next Sunday night the big minstrel and burlesque show with | Richard Jose as the vocal star begins an engagement at popular prices, Chutes. Farmer Jones and his wonderful edu- cated pigs, Dalton and Lewis, clever singers, Delia Richardson, a soprano, Fay and Morton, comedy club jugglers, the talented Bennett children, Goto's troupe of Japanese performers and the Animatoscope are on the bill at the Chutes this week. They are sli-clever. alifornia. “Corianton” at the California is well presented and is attracting much interest, Last night's audience was very generous with its applause. deficiency, but how.? uco'n"s numon. OVER-DRAWING THE ACCOUNT Every hour in the day you are using up’ nerve force, body tissue, blood cells, that means health. Always taking away, always borrowing— do you ever pay it back? and pale blood say no; the reserve force is There is a general weakness and the body is run down. drawn your account; you must make up the The thin bodys You have over- Scott's Emulsion makes it up with interest. It will clear you of the debt you owe health and give you a working surphu of solid flesh, good blood and healthy tissues. In Scott’s Emulsion the necessary ele iument of fatiis plentifully supplied in the most palatable and easily digested form. It enters the system quickly and without effort. There’s no tax on the digestive organs—no strain on any part of the body. We'll sénd you a sample free upon request. L] SCO1T & BOWNE 409 Pearl Street, New York. BINES LEGTURE ON ART METHODS |Supervisor of Drawing in Schools Makes Plain Talk. | Miss Katherine M. Ball, supervisor ol drawing in the public schools of this city, gave a lecture last night to the parents of the children who go to the Franklin Grammar School on Bryant street, near Eighth. She spoke to them on art and emphasized its different styles with | | 'stereopticon views. Miss Ball commenced at the very foot of the ladder and told her listeners what art was. She led them | | to the ideals in art and how they must | be approached through the senses; of themes adapted to painting and themes adapted to literature, and drew a strong comprehensive line between a book and a picture. She spoke of Ruskin as a great author- | ity 'on painting and of Millais as one and | | | whese mind, she said, was literary not esthetie, and who had the power to show the degradation of humanity In- stead of the uplifting. She told of “line and tone,” of “law of succession,” of “rhythm” and ‘‘parallelism” all in a gen- tle understandable manner that made the non-artist think. Miss Ball considered that there no painters in the days of savager: that only in the highest stages of ci tion is really high art posstble. She fully divided the stages of art into fmlr~ the primitive, classic, romantic and real- istic, and explained to the parents the different stages. She gave particular weight to Japanese art and said that Cal- ifornia artists should go on their knees to China, Japan and India as far as art is concerned, for these natfons have tones and colors of which we in California have no idea. She sald Whistler, the great English artist, is an imitator of Japanese art and the studios of London | are full of Japanese ideals. Miss Ball's lecture was e(haq!“\r‘ yet simple, and accompanied as it was with | views of famous paintings very complete. Richard D. Faulkner, principal of the school, in conjunction with his twenty- one teachers, who are as a unit with him, | has mapped out a new order of things for the one thousand children who at- | tend the Franklin Grammar School. His | idea is not only to bring the children's | minds artward, but also the parents of | the children, the patrons of the school, so that they may help their children to the understanding of art and to the mural decorations of their school. Mr. Faulkner said last night: y teacher have color, originality, individuality and leadership. We are creating a sentiment | fot this type of work. Artists Eligible for Contest. | the State courts, The committee_on poster exhibit of the | carnival, to be given | jon April 13 to April competition for League of the Cr in Mechanics’ Pav 18, announces that in th the prize of $100 for “Dbest poster’ all artists and teachers of drawing and pupils of the schools and colleges -of the State are eligi- ble to enter the contest and exhibit their “‘poster” work. This contest is open to all, and the committee has already re- ceived notification frcm many of the lo- cal artists and those in interior cities of their intention to send posters for the ex- | hibit and to compete for the prize. Those desiring to enter the contest may commu- nicate with Martin W. Fleming, secre- tary, 87 Flood building, San Franeisco. —————————— In the Divorce Court. A suit for divorce was filed yesterday | by R. W. Gray against Maude Gray for desertion, Josephine M. Sullivan against William Sullivan for failure to provide, | Louise Berglin against Charles Berglin | for neglect, Adelaide Thatcher against| i | FHenry Thatcher for desertion and Ida E. Field against Asa Field for desertion. A divorce was granted to Susie A. La | Jennesse from F. W. La Jennesse. for | neglect, Millie Silverstein from George | Silverstein for neglect, Adelaide Colt from C. Colt for infidel Eugene Mantell from Sarah Mantell fe esertion and La- vina Brown from Fred H. Brown for neglect. —_————————— Will Request a Rehearing. | City Attorney Franklin K. Lane wil i leave to-morrow for Washington to peti- tion the Secretary of the Interior for a rehearing in the matter of application for right of way through Yosemite National Park. Unless the petition is granted the plans of the Beard of Public Works for reservoir sites for preserving the over- flow waters of the Tuolumne River for municipal use will have to be abandoned. ——————————— Gives Interesting Lecture. “Under the Eaves of the World” was the subject of a stercopticon lecture given | last night by Henry Payot at the San Francisco Teachers' Club, which was held on the third floor, rcom 33, at the City Iiall. The lecture dealt with India and the hill land and the views showed the beauties of Delhi, Darjeeling and other | cesses, gclden cities of India. | no | tion free. GOURTS HAVE JURISDIGTION Claim Against the Gov- ernment Is Not Immune. 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