The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1904, Page 19

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 'SU VDAY. APRIL 2%, 1904 orge M. of the droll As many people as the Fire Depart- eve, of the wry slit of a ment would permit, including a hand- & briny jests bover some stageful, crowded to hear the wought so. But last for some time of Madame Schu- mann-Heink last Sunday afternoon at the Tivoli. It was the kind of audi- ence one likes to be one of, the kind the manager prays for, the kind that must infinitely gratify the pergon that calls it out. And I think Schumann- | Heink liked her “auf Wiedersehen.” I | know we liked hers. It is to be doubted if any singer has made here quite the depth and kind of | impression that Madame Schumann- | Heink has made. Haply, however, this warm and magic moment is hardly the time to judge. Yet I venture to pre- dict that the Schumann-Heink spell will be found to be extraordinary last- ing. Its secret, vital and adorable, is in the full-heartedness of her song. The singer gives her whole heart and soul to you. Madame Schumann- Heink, her voice, her method, her fame, she considers not at all. Utterly with- out the singer’s vanity, she never sings a note for the sake of exhibiting that note—yet the mere note how glorious! Her every power, the big, splendid voice, the large intelligence, above all | the great warm heart, are bent to the interpretation of her song, and with | what delight in her innumerable illu- minations of the text she succeeds! T remember no such utter exquisiteness | of sympathy, no such complete charm | of self-forgetfulness, as the singer | showed in her “Frauenliebe und Leben,” given at the Saturday after- | noon recital. How one would have liked | that other Schumann sorcerer, Harold Bauer, at the piano! Heréin, however in her single-hearted devotion to the composer, is Schumann-Heink's uniqu and distinguished charm, and herefor will she be deeply remembered among us, a precious and perfect memory. Her last programme held many favorite numbers, a Schubert grouj “Die Junge Nonne,” “Rastlose Liche. “Der Tod und das Madchen,” and the “Standchen.” “Der Tod und das Mac chen”—well, it was sung as Schubert dreamed this pearl of songs might be sung. The rest went nobly, least hap- pily, curiously, the “Standchen.” A Schumann group followed, with the “Ich Grolle Nicht” and “Die Wid- mung,” that aroused a thunderous and tearful appreciation that resulted in Wolf's “Heimweh,” that has found per- manent favor here. /7(/%'{ Brahms—the programme was thor- 7= oughly typical—came next. Is Brahms .]Zf ozt to Schumann-Heink just what Schu- LN | mann is? It occurs, at any rate, to . wonder. Neyertheless one need hear no P GRS M Sl ot ey CHRTER, - 4 nobler “Sapphische Ode,” no more e sh her daughter didn’t have any money either,” George audiences at the Columbia, and will included in her repertoire with ;’;xz’::fly“ 'iig":“;?,',,”,';‘,;f;}’; T ¥ viewer, and N ded, irrele t P = “Oter ™ 0 3 Iy, . ey aimt pocdin : et gewen & 1 'Y';H 1, irrelevantly. S righten up this week. Olympe. ¥ : e I & Ve Shligato vy Hhbt .« e n hey began very young? aske e i 5 accomplished viola player, Bernat Jau- e el e - 3 e k e biddi i ¢, Wilton Lackaye’s production of “The ey Lovagrie ~ right, mamma But Mr. Mre Cohan then arge houses' are bidding nightly lus. One again realized that the task Brother ha on ( an illustrated page in obe when he was 15, ning herself, mother- a song, ‘Inez, My | FOUR STAG Shining Light." " | combination at the Grand Opera-house. # successful run. oP making any tone count against the THied Toamghaaty Do e, barisaguere ¢ - ey splendor of the Schumann-Heink volee 5 4 will be seen in ‘“Fiddle-dee-dee Willie Collier has finally found a IS no easy ome in the organ accompa- . farewells to the Kolb, Dill and Bernard FPit” comes to an end this week after ther said, pre fashion It w ENTER- | “WHirlLGig” and “The Big Littie Winer in Richard Harding Davis’ “The niments of Mr. Fickensher to the next Dictator.” songs, the Raff “Sei Still” and a Reb- “Have you got it here?” I demanded. | TAINERS AND AN IN- You can get my works at any mu- | TERVIEWER. Prine this week. g ling “Psalm.” What there was of the Frank Campeau, who has made an organ was, however, valuable, and the Fischer’s continues with the amusing ', ovo 0o hit as Trampas in “The Vir- singer did the rest. Then the audience “Chow Chow.” sic store,” the composer chuckled. - b 3 g R R ginian,” has a remarkable gift for bravoed and waved its handkerchief for ¥ from th “But, the 0! s first,” mother s ue e i B ¥ e, 8 nadame returned to give the . » O3 rag W But that not his first,” mother tioned, and with it came the following The Still Alarm,”, with its sensa- training animals. Recently he has ":‘::r;r:: n;:r‘:“. _.[n,m“(mg ’sfl_eng . W ¥ continued. “He wrote ‘Why Did Nellie story tional pictures of the fireman's life, been training a Plymouth Rock to play 3 : e 3 ' is th with epic gavety and a Russo-like top Leave Her Home? when he was only “We used to have a fellow,” the Wil be the Centrals attraction this the part of Em'ly. In the second act note that eclipsed even the little tenot’s 1 younger xl'n:un related, “who didn't Week. Apor Em’ly is supposed to cackle and the in length and sheer, handsome, Latia it Godtie s sephine: “That was a bird care a ow a girl looked so long S 5 2 one who takes the part of the unhappy rado! s she o Lew Sully and La Petite Adelaide, a bravado! ~J~1 eye for a Witmark published it as she could sing. He had that end ¥ e R Shorty also does the hen act. Mr. Most of us, T think, were rather sorry of the show to lcok after and would terpsichorean novelty, are headliners W George: “Only thing I have against . . )t the Orpheum’s. bill this week. Campeau, although finding no fault that we had the Erda and Waltrauten ey have d"m'r:m some funny specimens on P o, s bk with Shorty’s cackling, believes it will gcenes, that closed the programme. It Reas < » " . us if we hadn’t locked o ay \ 9 s i or Iy 8 2 - > Josephine: “But T got the worst of U5 If We hadn S”:‘:m d«m‘r‘x“uc“r:]:dd:: S5 Aer K D1y e Yoused :1:’ l;:“.h'r-kl' tic \f‘h‘lcf“;ylt l;le;'s(’lfhlp is to be regretted that in this greatest N 3 usual, a half-dozen or so country girls J.th Remenyi, heads the Chutes list e e ey e e B S oy oy “Bgnmla(n s R George: “Nay, the audience suffered . " Sephiia® S ‘this week. i ¢ 2 - singer—Schumann-Heink cannot suit- humbly that I never, never most.” who lh;:ughl they could blister Broad- mand. The “Rock” will make her de- aply be represented on the concert plat- vr ays, and that it Josephine: “Those were the days b 1o .“;a;rl}:"fe"‘mn'i’l‘”fll'[“;:‘;;[“““‘ CHAT ABOUT PLAYERS g e . form. But so it is. The “Rienzi” aria, " X > “ ® ere play P b a Wer, % 3 % . iffic: i i n b e ik 3 A i e s through and then went up fto the AND, THE; QUITOOK : BOR Owen Wister, the author of “The Vir- ypen "smdi:r:‘ul'll'hpxpggis'a]nsd Wal- d d within the memory of et George: “I gave a living imitation "“r;“"';h KI k!gntnl;;d tuko:inrhman ‘not gt THE COMING SEASON ginjan " has written a preface to the trauten scenes again clamor for the bt g S g oS ot = A any ut he asked her what she S T AbsTeal Aaith g ? p illusion. v € he tell the truth? I wanted of a pump. ooy rien, DUl e asked her WAL ahe | | oo nétie) Bathdion e coficiusion; of . (BeSteIgal adition of Blwibogk i witich aréfiesite e seis i Miaton They are ow he had evolved his won- Mother: “But it is a shame you don't e £ P Y. ‘her‘toiir on MEY.7, will ‘#all to- Hir he discusses the desirability of the so- heroically sung, but no one heard 1 o anid SEatt Ak it 3 croaked, ‘Anything, what do you want? our on May ¢, will sall’to_Iuurope, 4 snatches of the water theme, and this 4 and struts is sister had practice, dea ‘Sing a scale/ the director and on returning to this country in called book play. He says that on ” - Wt . 8 broth Josephine: “And vou used to play quested. fenle,” the director: Te: Taly shid will Pley & four manthe en-. every uila you-Will Her the Dook play - SDE Ihef Enateh of Che" ESERE o be late worst of interviewing second violin then in the orchestrs : © tives; one longed for the ‘cello, the “‘Oh, T can’t do that,’ she said. gagement at the Imperial Theater, St. condemned simply because it is a book ‘Anything, then e Louis. play. As if it were new to dramatize horn. the glittering fiddles that give them. And then madame left, followed PR T once,” George M. de- ‘Little Georgie, the boy wonder,’ I see /e to keep track of the You now.” iR e ot 3 en we all went upstairs e 2 e X i “‘Oh, any popular song.’ stories. Mr. Wister gives a number of S : : a E - il o stories. How did I learn George: “I shouldn't have minded if ., "0l @15 POPUlar, sons’ she sald. Noy york seems to be affected with examples of plays Which many do not DY an adoring multitude o fe e bege to w Oh, one just drops into it ac- I hadn't had to go out after the over- - & ine. the revival “fever Owing to the suc- know to be book plays. Among these that conveyed her to her hotel. She did. I nmever heard anything 23S S like it “Then she stopped. Gibest wont on playing. He was the most cold-blooded to sell my pictures.” “You sold mine after the in- on, ‘Little Josie, the child artist’ I hope I don’t contradict attending the production of “The are “The Merchant of Venice,” ‘“Ham- Two Orphuns’” it is announced that let,” “M’liss,” “The Little Marchioness,” several of the old plays will be revived. “The Vicar of Wakefield,” “The Cricket Bauer, Schumann-Heink, and now comes Sembrich, a most notable trio, indeed. Rarely rich has this season his sister laughed, proudly. s It's this way, really. Suppose you — what good times we used to have! b [ s ol i 5 b . ., P o P4 her s have a three week run, and only two There was one thing brother hated,” 5u¥ IU the world. T had my head out lAi"v,}’:ng t'htls‘ (;“”"p'l“;(hah“”bs'r Bt F'amho:" T been, with these greatest of the great, d y to the lounge. =3 P ’ e i of the window. .ights o' London, outh, 'aken Lynne, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Rip 3 in Sembrich comes a fitting climax. - e I ey Picces, mothing for your third week; to me, and Miss Cohan's mischievous ., .o o’ " coig e - From Life,” and several of the old Van Winkle,” “Ben Hur, “Drink” 2ndin Sembic o s g vou have to have something different. blue eyes snapped most mischievously. “Then .()H;efll i -‘d & Union Square and Wallack Theater “The Bells,” “Under Two Flags,” “Ca- The singer brings _vut er, too, T. And vou simply”—zip! zip! She snap- “He and I used to have a turn together, .. """ ned round and thun- o, ogeeq, mille,” and many other plays which Rudolph Ganz, a pianist of considera- He ped her fingers, on and do some- dressed as girls, accordion pleated 9c1d; ‘Who told you you had any * ene have been successful. In addition to ble note, and an accompanist—I have it I Angeles, three ye thing different, new steps, new some- dresses. Brother was very pretty then, ' cae. _. The fact that Lillian Russell’ has 11 lict T would suggest Mr. Wister's from Schumann-Heink—exquisitely ac- glit thing. It comes. That's it, isn't it. golden hair, pink cheeks afd so on, and _The EIrl turned to her companion signed a new contract with Weber and e Virginian” as a shining example, complished. Mr. Ganz is a member of Eth Miss Cohan Georgl made up into a very pretty girl. But 204 screeched: ‘What did I tell you? Fields should be taken as a denial to e the Sauret trio, among other distinc- T knew darn well T hadn’t any voice!'" the statement, recently in print, that tions. There is no need to enlarge upon . ‘Georgie” nodded, then negatived any at the last of the act he would always i v b A charming feature of the farewell . I question if his study of dancing had drop his voice 'way down, like this"— GOOD PLAYS BILLE {hese comedians had dissolved partner- A harming fe : either the voice or art of Madame Sem- hélped him to walk like anything from Miss Cohan struck a deep, deep C: 2 LED ship. recital of Otto Spamer last week, at y..n in San Francisco. It is necessary ke a grasshopper to a confidence man. show that he was a boy.” = AND PROBPLOT : FINE Loy Lyric Hall, was the Waltz cycle of gnly to say that she will sing on Thurs- He never studied dancing; didn't Papa contributed then: “He was one FOR A LIVELY WEEK New York will shortly have the op- song of Oscar Weil's, given by the day evening, May 5, and Saturday aft- Very mu & Miss Cohan owned. ¥ to,” his mother said, smiling over of the first of ‘Peck’s Bad Boys,’ and Of the new things of - portunity of witnessing “‘Camille” as Brahms quartet. The set, that Mr. ernoon, May 7, Mr. Greenbaum having b t him; “his papa was a great dancer the critics used to say he made a very (‘in[ From Dixie," to ';? the v\eek‘ A interpreted by two different actresses, weil calls “In Maytime,” grows with been unable to secure the three dates, 1 once on a time.” good boy for a girl. foinia toonight. heads At the Call- yargaret Anglin and Virginia Harned. gcquaintance, and was finely given by s at first designed. The concerts will w t let him now,” said George They all laughed at him then, with piece is a musical comedy. h"s" The mhe former will play in conjunction the quartet. The songs have quite the be in the Alhambra; the sale of seats e M., affec ately regarding his sire. the teasing, happy laughter of those from the pen of Harry ,’3' 'S“ libretto (i1} Henry Miller at the Hudson The- gchubert quality of spontaneity and a Opens on Thursday morning next, and Then the photographer flashlighted wholly sure of not being misunderstood, js presented by Shubert: \T;f): a:: ater, and the latter at the Harlem gayety that well beseems their title. it WHI be the part of wisdom to book ‘ the ¢ sinpeny. :m;»mT null the remark and George M. threatened, counter- zimmerman. Chief of its features to OPeT2-hOUSE Being Mr. Wel:;s‘bthey i well made, lgl;zrx:n::;ly. Here are the two pro- X from Mr. Cohan tk s last flas relationis. 2 e g B 2 v .? at hi .,,“:,‘ ;,]n:d § oAn :f;‘ 22:111:1 A:’li: ‘;t{::n\\?:ulr:s::dhla‘: (;I,l’; locn! eyes ;\mrbeB(he appearance in the Peter F. Dailey will be starred by ::‘s lt:]e(;:;:'ed“(eo thenglrnhm:qs;):-?:tog:: THLR!DAY NIGHT, ,AY 5. “And now you're father,” said heartiest admiration. leading role of Beatriz Bronte, other- Kjaw and Erlanger next season in “The . gniched and sympathetic rendering “Deh_vient, ~ trom his partner, “and I'm 48. Dear, dear.” “Ade’s ‘C ¢ Cha o wise Beatrice Michelena, daughter of Bjlijonaire,” to succeed the late Jerome Nozie de Figaro “Mozart pa _“and I'm Dear, dear. Ade’s ‘County Chairman’ is the best the well known tenor and teacher, Far- 3 of the cycle. In their hands—largely, Had 1 rom s Hn% I ”"‘1", women kf‘b]) younger on thing on Broadway now,” young Cohan pnando Michelena. A large contingent Sykes. S 1 think, through a change in its timing PR g PR e B""‘l;:‘i:: the stage than anywhere else,” I ven- said. “And he is one of the nicest fel- of theater-goers will be there to wel- «The Shepherd King.” which is on —the cycle had lg!l the effect of Jerki- $lano so, ballads (G minor), siude (A tured low: ver - ] v/ y .C v ows that ever happened. Quiet! You come Miss Bronte, who has made a the “Ben Hur" order, was produced DN¢®* disconnectedness, noticeable in its “cenr:i:!:"r':l _Drfn oK g e erdi first rendering at Berkeley some fors e luf”’ That's because,” George M. contra- wouldn't think he'd done or been any- most favorable impression in her part. &; i months ago. Althogether, “In May- (a) Pastorale (Bizet): (b) Nussbaum (Schu- dicted, “you haven't been on the Texas thing for a moment. I remember when with great success at the Knicker- bocker Theater on April 5. The scenery circuit. That's work. On the square I met him first, at a farewell supper The Alcazar will put on to-morrow time” Is a delightful addition to the manaki (0 Witsiuig (Qehsimonp O i . S (Rudolph G 3 ) Sere- there are burgs there that haven't peo- to Vesta Tilley, in Chicago. I'd writ- evening for the firet time in San Fran. '° 52id to be magnifcent, and WSt pixeq quartet literature. The Brahms nade (Richara Strauss). ple enough to fill & box—counting the ten a sort of—you know—Kkind of—well cisco a new farcical comedy, “The New LOTimer as By Tt o COM- quartet conslsts, by the way, of Miss Piamo sl (@) SCantaue &Amour” () ¥ pigs. They run excursions down there —anyway—about a thousand words of - Clown.” The present stock company Mended b:flti e,pre’!le ePHON yrijlfe Flynn, soprano; Miss Gertrude waite - Veee di Primave e for ninety mxl:;s ]r:;und to fill a house, farewell and appreciation of Miss Til- celebrates its four hundredth anniver- °f that % cu‘( r(.u Vg ‘Wheeler, contralto; Frank Onslow, SATURDAY MATIN y and forget to bui box office. S . Y g i "hineggag < nd forget to a box office. Some ley. It was a hit and Ade took it beau- sary with the performance. Another all-star revival of “The Two tenor, and Homer Henley, bass. The :g; P;x‘rhi (;—r'ellm T % " Lou: of the towns were closed up altogether. tifully. It was something his kind of DR Had to write one and play it several thi e know, and h The Tivoli has wisely decided on a re. Orphans’ thing, you know, a e came up to vival of the popular “When Johnny Palmer, and Louis James has been fs contemplated by A, M. Singers were less fortunate, particular- (c) Mon Petit Coeur soupire. ly in intonation, in their Br: Composer * unknow: Y alis €xoay @), - The Lass With the Del A Are g times. congratulate me afterward. I w; e songs of the evening. Mr. De Oh, Georgie,” mamma laughed. i i g % Comes Marching Home," that will be Mentioned in connection with it. Sikred ik M okt Ry A a e Rk, mouth “Alexandria was the worst,” Miss “You want to do his kind of thing Put on @gain to-morrow evening. It is sald that Clyde Fitch intends to and sincerity several good numbers. () Scherso in ¥ sharp major (st “""’_ « t falls Josephine contributed. “That was the some day?”’ 1 asked. “The Crisis,” with Isabel Irving, will test his merits as a librettist next sea- B TR A AT ; 3 place where our baggage fell in the “I couldn't,” George M. sald humbly. . ontinue for this week at the M,fj‘,,uc son. He is said to be at work on a The smallest conscript at the latest ——— T the droil, river ar d we 'had to be hung up to dry. 1 don’t know quite how the subject rpcater, after which the house will be musical comedy which is a satire on drawing for service in the French army (b) Auftraege - Behu:nn',: cxperienced eye, and wry siit of a SHll It's all fon if you Whnt 1o wee it of voices came up fhen, exoept, Der- . gosndinntil ity ciuipletion)inoris irow ' How, York doclaty Jeaders was Joannes Chabaud of Verpilliere. (3 ‘{'fi,,‘.’flicm zleht es mi g_n:-: mou n: jests whenever it that way. 1 enjoy it down to the haps by way of Cohan Jr.'s sore throat. weeks hence. . His height is two feet eleven inches (. Caecilie gS O Mre. Col omfortabl ground.” But the “trying out” of voices for a S N Amelia Blnshum hlu revived “The and he weighs sixty-seven and one- (a) At the & ring, (b) Longing for -_ brown-eyed, soft ced, was with him. “And one was an actor and the other musical comedy company was men- The Four Cohans are amuslné large Frisky Mrs. Johnson” and it will be half pounds. His age is twenty-one, z i"‘"