The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1904, Page 9

THE FRA NCISCO CALL, TUESDAY r\PRIL 19, 1904. NEW COMMITTEE HOLDS MEETING Republicans in Charge of Local Polities Convene and Perfect Their Organization S RIORDAN IS CHAIRMAN Adopt Resolutions Advising That Harmony Shall Be the Slogan of the Party ——— k unty har- together under the sgularly and legally f the consist unty Charge Pearson. sh PO<TL! CEBEA.L. Voke Up Found it was Himself always thought it was the Other Fellow. Coffee Hurt | If you have stomach trouble, weak heart or eyes, nervous complaints or kidney, we r liver troubles, and you are a coffee drinker, just mark it down as a_certainty that coffee is pushing you into fixed disease that may set firmly you will never recover. PROVE IT YOURSELF | Quit Coffee 10 Days and Use POSTUM FOOD COFFEE It will solve your problem. “There's a reason.” Get the little book, “The Road to Wellville,” in each oke. ON DR. ABBOTT Opinion Is Divided as to Eminent Man’s Orthodoxy CRITICS SPEAK | but All Pay Him Tribute YOUNG MEN FOR CLERGY Divines of the Christian Church to Urge Youths to Take Up Study for Pulpit Dr. 1 an Abbott’s lectures before Theological Seminary were of discussion by the mem- Congregational Ministers’ hich met in the Young an Association building morning. Rev. William and the attendance was the ortho- doxy of Dr going so far as to say that his v > divinity Bible are inharmo- regational . While rtain views of the t those that rn interpretation paid doctor’s “‘beautiful as an interpr general acher, Rader held that what they g was not the individual 1 movement and which he con- Abbott is h What ty of the minist of truth mony in accused of be- natural and helpful a theological H. Wil- before the Presdy meeting yesterday t of his work among arkin, pastor of Church Methodist of the n of the General Confer- A The argument t episcopacy, with ed to eight years, a pre- imited to six years and an unlimited pas- d to a greater effi- hurch. ing of the Baptist Ministers’ siding eld n was held yesterday after- w a paper on “The Bible as a Record of Religi Experience” was read by Professor Day, D. D., of 0. The Baptist ministers | B hristian church weekly | meeting yesterday afternoon, when a strong discussion took place on the ne- ssity of encouraging young men to | ook ~toward the ministry instead of | the professions and trades. Members were decision to begin to i suitable young men for the m;mu:r_v.i Two young men on the previous night | volu gave their names to Mr. | Waggoner as applicants for the min- istry. Dr. W. M. White, president of the| association, reported that he and a committee composed of T. D. Butler | and A. C. McKeever visited the Berke- | ley Bible Seminary last week, where they found 175 studying in two Bible Fclasses. Intense earnestness was ob- served in the students. | Ballington Booth will speak before the San Francisco Evangelical Union, | which will hold its monthly meeting at the Y. M. C. A. bullding Monday after- noon, April 25. | | Dr. H L. Bridgman, president of| Hamlin University, and a prominent | member of the General Conference, | | which will open at Los Angeles may | | 4, attended the Methodist ministers® | meeting yesterday and received a cor- | dial welcome. Bishop Hamilton is expected to ar- rive in the city this morning from | Kansas, where he has been conducting | | | the spring conferences of the Metho- | dist Episcopal church. Bishop Hamil- tion will be practically the leader of | the great missionary confegence which | begins here April 28. B — Fischer’s. “Chow Chow"” is the enlightening title of the new burlesque at Fischer’s. | The audience last night was quite en- thusiastic over some of the music. Some of the jokes may well be omitted | at future performances. Helen Russell won more applause than any of the, other stage people. In fact her voice | is probably the main atiraction at { Fischer’s. Richard F. Carroll made ! most of the fun. Nellie Lynch had a | bad cold, but looked pretty and sang | | measurably well, in spite of it. The ‘ book reeks with racetrack slang. The costumes are really quite fine. A some- what unsoldierly but nevertheless pretty military drill is a feature of the niece. WINE SPRINKLES POPPIES AND MAJESTIC IS NAMED [sabel Flower Bed and “The Cirisis” The eatest show town” in the Uni States, as the players call San Francisco, received las night an im- | portant reinforcement to its show places in the new Majestic Theater, | thrown open to the public last evening, with “The Crisis” tion. The house-warming was perhaps a little prer ure, but Manager Bish- heroic € rts to get the house into shape for its promised opening were warmly complimented on all hands. | The foyer, handsome and spacious, 18 still in the lath and plasterfstage, but palms and huckleberry hide its defi ciencies. The concrete foundation of the floors is yet covered only with| cheesecloth, and the walls are still of the p { ster tints. But the large audi- gathered last night found only | Ad"nl'mmn for the varied beauties of the new theater and a practical reas- | surance of its safety in the evidence offered by the wpussd materials of the theater’s construction. The theater promises to be ome the prettiest in town, with its spacious | except one instance. for = the |2ll a very hearty greeting at the morn- orchestra and two graceful balconies. |prompter's services, and everything | Ing session, after which Dr. James W. They have been lucky with the|went along smoothly. The play has|“ard of San Francisco read an inter- | acoustics, too, every seat in the house | been seen here before, but this was the | esting paper on food adulteration. Dr. offering good hearing, and also an ex- | first time for its production by a stock | George H. Alken of Fresno spoke on ellent view of the stage. Not unim- |company. The humor is spon!aneous|m"k supply and sanitation of the dairy. xmr(:mllx the se themselves are as | and the risible faculties of the audx»l At the afternoon session several very s Y they make them. Par-|ence are kept in full play, but there is | fine papers were read and discussed | flective, too, are the lighting | running throush the piece the effect | | by Dr. Edward von Adelung of Oak- and throughout the com- e and safety of the heater had plenty of time to | s before the curtain Mayor Schmitz, went up who dedicz new temple of the At 8:30 o'clock the irom| lifted to e a handsome | with running brooks and for- € the orchestra, headed AVE irichs, and sunk below f the audience a la Bey prelude. The second se parted to er Mayor Schmitz, solus, in a yet not so strange— | long acquaintance with | always deserve “Majestic,” and assuring it ge in the name of the San co public if such patronage were rved, gallantly introduced Miss in whose fair hands was the portant function of christening the Miss Irving was equs her role, though charm- She came almost shy! of the s(azo to a huge “alifornia pop arranged t and with the ple words, “I c en thee Majestic,” broke the bap- t Mumm over the prows of the new theater. And it-was all over. There were still some delays then before the play began, a refractory light with two electricians and a ladder | playing star parts. And then the house was flash-lighted and photo- graphed, and after that “The Crisis.” That “T ’ began to interest | immediately on its own merits speaks for it and, Indeed, Mr. | Churchill has made a neat, compact, clear and thoroughly interesting little play from his book. The situations are ar, the characters familiar, the nts even -familiar, but they are freshly treated and hung together in deft and convincing fashion, and Mr. is unusually happ: Miss Irving fashion. She has Southern tinge in her ac- and brings a charming gayety She has part most cent, and girlishness to the role too, and looks the fle hingly. The supporting company is unusual- Iy adequate. Wilfred North as Stephen | is a gentlemanly and hand- hero, gifted moreover with the antest of voices. Thomas A. Hall as the lovable and fire-eating Colonel rvel is thoroughly convincing, and Charles Lanh as his abolitionist crony, Judge Whipple, is very competent and characteristic. Jacques Martin does a clever character sketch in his Clipha- let Hopper, and the rest fill in with all needful variety. Play and players will alike be en- | joyed. The story is sweet and fresh, the war flavor—the story is of Civil ‘War times—not too rampant, and the people all those one would enjoy meeting. In fact, the opening of the Majestic is in every way auspicious, BLANCHE PARTINGTON. Columbia. That remarkable family of fun- makers, the Four Cohans, provoked more hilarity in the Columbia Theater last evening than the oldest habitue of the house had ever heard at a single sitting. The middle act of their mu- sical comedy, “Running for Office,” left the big and fashionable audience so fatigued with laughing that an imme- diate repetition would certainly have proved homicidal. Men and women fairly screamed while the curtain was up, and when it fell they just lay back limply in their seats and silently jol- lied as they thought it over. Saying that is not insinuating that either the first or final act was bar- ren of fun. Indeed the entire piece fairly bristled with snappy lines, hu- morously quaint characterization and side-splitting _situations. But the clean and keen wit of the initial act was merely a sort of gradual prepara- tion for the uproarious jollity of the second section and the third was a merciful tapering off to a giggling finish. The book was written by George M. Cohan, and the whimsical spirit of his authorship was reflected in his acting of the leading part. method would be no less difficult a task than to review the marvelous compli- | cations in which he plunged his char- acters and then deftly disentangied them. His comedy style is absolutely distinctive and the quiet naturalness of his parents and sister contribute mightily toward its effectiveness. The quartet work together as no equal number of player folk ever harmonized. Young Mr. Cohan composed the mu- sic, also, but it is of secondary value. Irving Breaks to a as the initial atlraf:-} of | yntil its fall. eem to have | sclose a pair in | 2] Irving” | ter and cheers) | @ been chosen t of the drama,” d, then hoped To desgribe his | Champagne Over Clever Actors Play Large Audience It is his construction and logical dis- solution of complicated situations that | constitute his greatest worth as a pro- Aucer of entertainment. | | Aside from the Cohans, there is a| | big company of people who evidently | were enlisted with a particular view to their fitness for the roles respect- | ively assigned them, and there is a !large and pretty and \vocally clever | chorus. The plot as a whole is rather impossible, but the sub-plots are so | numerous and clever as to make one | cease attempting to find coherence in | | the main story. As a show for laughing purposes, | “Running for Office” fills every inch of the bill. i Alcazar. ’ The comedy “The Frisky Mrs. John- | ‘inn " by Clyde Fitch, was presented at | the Alcazar Theater last night to a\ crowded house. That the clever stock | \(vr'npdn‘v scored a success was ap- | ! parent from the rise of the curtain | There was no occasion, | |of a flirtation that nearly ends in a| | tragedy. ; Miss Adele Block in the title role w: all that could be desired, artistically | |and otherwise. Her deep love for her | x)nurgar sister and her sacrifice to save | her from the wrath of her husband | were cleverly portrayed. Miss Frances | Starr as the erring sister, Mrs. Frank Morley, shared the honors with Miss | | Block. She was natural throughout | |and carried the sympathies of the | |audience with her. James Durkin as | Jim Morley. who falls in love with Mrs. | Johnson, had an excellent conception | of the part and Luke Conness as Frank the injured husband, was ef- | fective. The last scene in which these ‘ four participated, when the young wife confesses her faults, was worked out to a climax that literally brought down | | the house. John B. Maher as Lord Bertie Heathcore supplied the great- er part of the fun and he was inimi- | table. He was ably seconded by Harry S. Hilliard as Lal Birkenhead; George Osbourne as Count Max Dindeau; Miss Juliet Crosby as Mrs. Bowler; Miss Marie Howe as Mrs. Chardley; John Hines as Professor Chardley and Walter Belasco as Mr. Bowler. The scenery is excellent and the dresses of | the ladies are superb. | | Morley, | Central. The Central Theater resoundegd with enthusiastic cheers and applause last night, when the heroie climaxes of the | American naval drama “The White Squadron™ sent patriotic thrills through the crowded house. The spec- tacular scene of the congress of the navies was splendidly effective. Brit- ish, French, Russian, German and Jap- anese warships In full sail were repre- sented, and finally the matchless white | ships floating the stars and stripes glided into view and fired salutes. The landing of the sailors of the various nations made a fine sight, and the bold defiance breathed by the American | commander, protected by his squad- ron’s guns in the harbor of Rio Janeiro, roused the audience to a thunderous expression of approbation. The great | play is expensively staged, with a cast of more than 100 people. Herschell Mayall, as the Yankee captain who | gallantly champions the cause of his mistreated countrymen in Brazil, was | a hero par excellence, while Henry | | Shumer as the Brazilian officer who ! sells his honor for gold and Ernest Howell as a coconspirator were typical dissembling villains. Lloyd Edwards played with merit the most pretentious role Be has yet essayed—that of the Brazilian general; and Edwin T. Em- | ery was good as a noble young Bra- | zilian fighting for love and honor. El- mer Booth put a great deal of vim into the part of a newspaper correspondent, and George Nicholls created a striking scene as a slave, who appears yoked to an ox until his freedom is purchased by an American. Eugenia Thais Law- | ton and Edna Ellsmere won honors in | the roles of two beautiful Brazilian girls, whose affairs of the heart and loving | sacrifices figure prominently in the | | story. Myrtle Vane and Helen Hart- ley have pleasing comedy parts. The scenery is very picturesque, and ‘““The | White Squadron” is a pronounced hit | at the Central. | | | | Tivoli. “The Beggar Student” entered upon its second week at the Tivoli Opera- house last night. —_————— SAN JOSE, April 18.—Southern Pacific de- pots at Mountain View, Alviso and Agnews Were entered by burglars last night, but noth- ing of value was taken. ADVERTISEMENTS. | ing, and 100~more are expected on this | | evening’s train. | sion of the medical society of the State | will be held. .An address of welcome | the annual address of President H. Bert [MEDICAL MEN N CONVENTION Prominent Physicians and, Surgeons of State Qoeietyig Assemble at Paso Robles| MANY ABLE TREATISES } % —_— 1 Seqsion Will Be Repletef With Interesting Diseus- | sion on Various Subjects Auctioneers. PASO ROBLES, April 18.—About 100 members of the Medical Society of the State of California met here this morn- The committee met each morning train and escorted the visitors to their apartments. | The president, Dr. H. Bert Ellis, First Vice President W. A. Flint, Second Vice President George A. Hare, Secretary | D. G. H. Evans and other officers are here. The State, county and municipal san- itary conference of California held its| first session at 10 a. m. President Mar- tin Regensburger of San Francisco gave Weathered Oak. land, Dr. William Simpson of San Jose, Dr. O. Stansbury of Chico and Hon. W. 1. Foley of Los Angeles. Dr. Ross of Sacramento spoke of the pollution of | public water supplies. | The evening session was addressed by | Dr. C. C. Browning of Highland and | Dr. Mary R. Butin of Madera. The| speeches were limited to five minutes and discussion of all papers was in- vited. On Tuesday at 10 o’clock the first ses- Gold Gilt, Maple and Oak. o ® | Oak. Oak. will be delivered by John McLellan of Paso Robles, which will be followed by | Ellis of Los Angeles. Other topics will be presented by Robert F. Rooney of Auburn on medicine and J: Henry Bar- bat of San Francisco on surgery. —————— The only kick about Hills Bros.’ Ara- bian Roast s when you don't get it. * —————— ‘Will Dedicate Banner. 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Dining-Room and Library Furniture in Golden Oak and 2000 pieces elegant Parlor Upholstery in Mahogany, 500 Bureaus in Mahogany, Oak and Birdseye Maple. * 1000 Solid Brass and Enameled Bedsteads. 300 Mahogany, Oak and Maple Ladies’ Dressers. 2000 Dining Chairs in Oak, Mahogany and Weathered 150 Sideboards and Buffets in Golden and Weathered 365 Extension Tables in Golden and Weathered Oak. ALSO A large assortment of Ladies’ Dressing Tables, Chiffon- iers, Hall Stands and Hall Mirrors, Pedestals, Tabourettes, Rattan and Summer Furniture, Children’s Cribs and ‘Chairs. s ALSO Wood Mantels, Tiling and Grates. Goods on Exhibition Tuesday and Wednesday. EDWARD S. SPEAR & CO., 000000000000000000)00000000000000600000050000000000000000000000000 Auctioneers. 9060600000000000000000000000000000000000000 ment will be in dedication of the prize banner recently awarded the union for having the best decorated float in the Labor day parade. AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA i HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE BIG HIT? 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