The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1904, Page 19

FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY; SEPTEMBER 4, 1904 at 12 ¥ s vears of that nia. Two time as dresser, Following the Alcazar. t to be an ac- od e fine picture than g the world,” the actor thing that wou asked un- serious. I nties—ever snders, knows where t gallery is and that worth replied mpecu T asked. answered n It is rather the fashion t decry hi but Daly is the door through ch all the new life of the d to pass. He is the far in the American d Mrs. Fiske. And Daly uch as his view of not acting himself— hed. See page — of * the actor added paper on D a laugh ou write, too?" I queried. A lttle” said the sailor-wrestler- ribe! *“I'm just ticle of mine on Daly in Pearson’s.” know you want to talk about i Bosworth, leaning forward to it That was absolutely Mrs. Fiske's fault” “The concept % ut my being in the part.” was much more feeling in the cool voice here than at anw erview “1 didn’t I pjayed Flavius in New York, where the'brutal brawn of did good service. But 1 had such faith—have s almost as much—in Mrs. Fiske’s judgment, that I undertook You saw the result— a great mistake.” The pause here was not wholly pieas- ant. Then again with Lovborg,” he re- sumed. “Any one less like a Lovborg I am—could you find anywhere? describes him exactly—pale, hec- 1 implored Mrs. Fiske to let me play him with a beard, as a character part. I am a character ac- But she wanted the Lovborg of the fleshpots—"" “And there’s a good deal to be said for that Lovborg,” I inserted. “But surely Lovborg has more wit than beef?” Mr. Bosworth protested, “and 1 have more beef that wit.” re actor’s me lute tic, slim, so tor. His se ousness here made this purely ous “Then when you people here got me in a part suited the actor re- il most comically modest, ou didn't think I was so objec- would like to y?" I asked dda Gabler'—oh, Brack!"” said hout hesitation, “per- ears from now. I've d just as I concelve . big, fat, tired ful of him- virile for his I have seen a judge—that Norway. Charles d have played the part— wodld be cut ead of a scal- you really = Abraham of boyish face t by. ‘I want a real boy big man KYRLE BELLEW COMES BACK TO CITY AFTER TEN YEARS' ABSENCE Francisco to the Col i sdrama by e Presbrey, row with man,” a o evening te “Raffles, liant society thief material ctive, “S| Bellew is said to be d as Raffles, and nation of the is only s itable lc imed to b f interest of the exciting adven- ractive in every ning even his the question as shes those eeable food for is the same in which helped him s at the Princ Ne: York g in The Man mbia. Mr. of Napoleon n The opening of the new Mafjestic a new stock company in n took place eptionally patriotic in which a more than pportunity as the triot of the name role. her sons is week, may confidently be expected of this clever little woman. As usual she has surrounded herself with the best actors possible and has been most warmly welcomed . e i If you have not yet seen it you can take in this afternoon or evening the Central's Chinese play, “The First Born.” It is well worth a visit to the uptown theater. This week's bill is another Kremer, “The Evil Men Do,” and if it be anything like Mr. Kremer's “For Her Children’s Sake” of a few weeks ago it can be prophesied as im- mortally funny—and vulgar. b e e “The Toreador” is still running to the same successful tune at the Tivoii ““The Serenade™ follows in a week, with Andrew Bogart. ¥ . s e “The Annheuser Push’ seems to have come to stay at Fischer’s, the bright burlesque cramming the house nightly. “Miss Mazuma,” the piece to follow, has been written specially for the house by J. C. Crawford. .- 8 “The Great Singing Four,” or the Mendelssohn Quartet, as they are called In Denver, where they come from, are headlined at the Orpheum this week. Eva Williams and Jac Tucker enter upon their third week and promise something as good as “‘Skin- ny's Finish” in their new sketch Driftwood.” There will be a matinee given every day. . The programmes for the two grand operatic concerts to be sung at the Al- hambra Theater on the evening of the 2ist and the matinee of September 24 by Mme. Fannie Francisca will be the finest offered here in years. ,The prima donna begins her tour of the United States and Canada in this city. ® comoise Sunday night performances at the Columbia Theater will now be given for the remainder of the season. Ar- nold Daly and his company will give the double bill of ““Candida” and “The Man of Destiny” for the last time to- night. e e s CHILDREN'S THEATER TO BE OPENED THIS WINTER IN NEW YORK A theater for children will be opened in New York in November by the Edu- cational Alliance. Matinee perform- ances will be given on Sunday after- noons. Plays by Mrs. Frances Hodg- son Burnett, William C. de Mille and other well-known writers for children will be presented. “The price of admis- sion will be only 5 cents. e & is Frederick Warde and Kathryn Kid- der presented Stanislaus Stange’s dra- matization of Flaubert’s ‘“‘Salammbo” for the first time at the Stone Opera- house, Bi on, N. Y., on Satur- day even gust 20. tion is said every way. : The produc- to have been a success in “owell Le Moyne arrived week after a rest of She will play the role of in “The Two Orphans,” Boston on September 5. that engagement she intends to duce two Brow g's poetic dramas in New York. B Luscombe Searelle, who arrived on Saturday, signed this week on behalf of Ella Wheeler Wilcox and himself, as authors of the poetical bi of “Esther,” a contract with Morosco, whereby the latter w duce the play for the first time on stage at the Majestic Theater on vember 1, ensuing. Mr. Searelle is negotiating with the Tivoli for the iuction of his opera, “Bobadil,” any No- also pro- which a success in London and later in Bos Thomas Q. Seabrooke will star in “The Billionaire,” the play in which the late Jerome Sy tour, s in October, will in clude the Pacific Coast. o e oi J. Morgan is starring this his last season’s success, . . »ctor has signed Mrs. James ter for a long engagement as one of the vaudeville features at his the; ers. e R new comedy, “The Col- lege Widc be produced by Hen- Savage i shington on September Dorothy Tennant will have the title George Ade's 12 role. g e PIANIST AND SINGER MAX HEINRICH ALSO HAS CREATIVE SKILL On Friday afternoon Max Heinrich gave an afternoon of music at Lyric Hall. The afternoon was devoted ex- clusively to the compositions of Mr. Heinrich, who to his gifts as singer d pianist adds an important creative ulty. The programme included the melodramatic music to “The Rave; o ‘“Magdalena, or the Spanish " with Mr. Heinrich reciting the mt. The composer was assisted by s Julia Heinrich, both as singer and pianist, by Miss Dora de Fillippe and by Hother Wismer, violinist. And, the way, besides her exc tional gifts as a soubrette, that she developing at a remark: de Fillippe is an accomy chumann and 1 have heard n her co-operation. And, again by the way, ous career the little sing When I said “soubrette” to chat for these columns, not months ago, the little lad ely but evidently shocl here with all the weight of a upon her sm tragic grand opera wr! aspirations. But part after another chosen by that clever sta Ferris Hartman. Always first Miss de Fillippe was a terical, restless, unconc efforts, but always m tined for ises to be one of the f Chie, wit, grace, and the of consciences, as well as her tional vocal qualifications, ma de Fillippe perhaps the most attractive soubrette the Tivoli has had. o s . Talking of Tivoli matters, the latest surprise is the engagement of Andrev Bogart, who appears next week in “The Serenade.” I know nothing of Mr. Bogart's dramatic gifts, but know him as a singer of unusual charm. It the highest, most tasteful, most pol- ished sort of art and should serve ex- cellently in “The Serenade.” The en- gagement has aroused a wide local in- terest. soubrette cleverly came one for her, st s come The Orpheum—talking of the Tivoli —is rapidly entering into competition with that ancient institution as a musical missionary. Following up the Heinrichs' engagement of last week—that followed the Russo-Deck- er-Abramoff engagement—that fol- lowed any number of others, including the only Slapoffsky’s; comes the Men- delssohn quartet this week. For vaudeville purposes the combination is called the “Great Singing Four.” The four hail from Denver, Colorado. Their names at home are H. D. Mar- tin, first tenor: Robert Slack, second tenor; R. V. Brown, first bass, and C. D. Schmidlap, second bass. As to their entertainment it is Improbable that they will give “The Old Oaken Bucket” or the steamboat whistle; their programme taking the form of a sketch, “New Year's Eve in Bohe- mia,” composed of songs and dialogue in equal doses. If the quartet equals its reputation it should be very much worth hearing. . . . Sousa and his band will be at the Alhambra Theater for twelve concerts during the latter part of October. The band will be accompanied, as u-‘.l. by soloists of excellence. ~ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | i | | | | | | [ | | | FLORENCE ROBERTS’ LEADING MAN ONCE A JUGGLER’S ASSISTANT. - v ——tl tiently awai by every class of then bed, and we begin all over again. the jury that Mr. Vest attacked T T s the Josef Hofmann Such are my days at Belle Isle. They witness on account of his il 3 series of piano Mr. Hof- are all identical. They are charming clothes. mann begins here hi ncert tournee, and magnificent. I feel that among Mr. Vest denied this assertion in and will give two recitals. . B . The programmes to be given by Madame F isca in her song reci from the ext and ext varied —_— e Bernhardt at Play. ter: “Dear friend.” she writes to know avhat I do at Belle Isie. I rest % you want I re: xtra fa athe same fate which made me the servant of an art in which « brain and heart, sensibility and intelligence, are active, also gave me a taste, a want, a furious passion for physical motion. How do I conciliate these contradictions? 1 am sure I don’t know, but I go to Belle Isle. 1 see you smile. How can a microscopic place like Belle Isle give scope for my insatiable nature? Welil, Belle Isle certainly is microscopie, but it is wiid is immense, because Belle Isle e of the outposts of the Oid World, a bit of Europe in the ocean. Because the cean hurls its furious green t the black rocks of Belle nd, at the other end of A imagine America and fresh And that is why I Be! For its solitude, its silence, its fisherfolk, its sea, its sky, black, and for all splendid representations which ture stage manages there: for dreams, the ideals and the beauty that I find there. Yeu ask for a pro- gramme_of the ‘day’s empioyment here. 1 append it in schedule form. It wiil show you that I give my lungs and love its trans- s wildness, parent gray-green blue, now muscles a fair share of work to do., In all weathers, up betwveen 5 and 6. Shooting immedlately. Eight a. m., back home, gun exchanged for fishing net and I go shrimping. Eleven a. m., bath and toilet; 12:30 p. m.. luncheon. After luncheon, siesta. The siesta is compulsory and sacred. It is my first instant of bodily rest after the mo- ment of getting out of bed; the first instant of immobility and silence. We lie down on wicker sofas against the fort, sheltered from the sea breeze. Then ‘mum’s the word.” Each one med- itates, reads, or sleeps as he or she feels disposed. Afterward to work. In the studio opposite the fort each in- mate has a special corner. For myself I read manuscripts, learn or look over parts, or take up the sculptor’s chisel. At 5, tennis. Then dinner. then music, all the days of the fleeting year I live those days for myself alone and for those dear to me. That time is my haven of in the year, when I recreate ¥ ver and store up health I return to Paris e has given me g0 back joyfu all I asked of it my art, to w e e g T Good Sense. In reply to a certain temperance so- ciety of Connecticut, which protested against the breaking of the traditional bottle of wine over the bows of the battleship to be launched, Acting Secretary of the Navy Darling sent _the eminently sane and/wholesome reply: “I am in receipt of your communica- tion of Au, Connecticut, soon recently following ian of wine part of the cere: of launching the battleship Connecticut, on the ground that ‘the use of wine in the ceremony is a practice misleading to the young, questionable tc others and offensive to many."’ “I have great respect for your cause and your organization, comprising 46,- 000 societies and three million members in the United States, but in this par- ticular case, as a practical question, I am unable to reach your conclusions. If the youth of the country are mis- led, it is not by the ceremony of break- ing wine upon the iron prow of a bat- tleship, but because they follow false prophets, and if such a use of wine is ‘questionable to others and offensive to many,’ it is because of ‘evil to him who evil thinks.” “It is inconceivable that the breaking of a bottle of wine upon the Connécti- cut can injure her as a battleship or work the slightest injury to any man, and as an example, it seems to me that the cause of temperance would be bet- ter served if more of the world's prod- uct of wines were spilled overboard to wash the hulls of battleships. “Finally, permit me to suggest that you and the 3,000,000 people you repre- sent ought to find comfort in the thought that wine thus expended can neither imperil the soul nor contribute to the cup of human sorrow.” —_————————— Vest's Telling Point. Among the reminiscences of the late Senator Vest is one by Hunter Ben Jenkins, the steamboat man, concern- ing the trial of a murder case at Lex- ington, Mo., which occurred before the war. A man named Smith, living at Independence, Mo., had given himself *up to the authorities for killing a men named Foster at Kansas City. Smith was a friend of the late Senator and the latter, being cognizant of the con- ditions under which the murder oc- curred, offered to defend him. The prosecution was conducted by Messrs. Comings and Sawyer, assisted by Colonel Aaron Connor, who was afterward in the Confederate Congress. In the case Mr. Vest discredited the statements of one of the witnesses. The witness was an unkempt, poorly dressed individual, who wore a long, {li-fitting jacket. Colonel Comnor in his speech tried to make it appear to closing his eloquent speech and said: “If that man's countenance fitted him as well as his jacket he would be a good looking man.” The jury returned a verdict acquitting Smith in fif utes after retiring. mocrat ————— Nail of the Universe. enormous reve- nue armies, Iimperial chancellors, Government officers and courts of jus- tice, one of these Emperors is known outside world and he only to a xtent. The name and titles of g would easily fill a column; his subjects, 1,000 in num- ber, call him the Susuhunan, and he himself modestly signs himself Pakoe Bowono X—"“Nail of the Universe, the Tenth.” In him his people venerate not only thelir sovereign ruler, but also their religious pontiff, placed so high above them that none dares approach him upright or cover him with & glance; his state ministers, and even own brothers, crouch before him with folded hands as if in prayer, and with downcast eyes. Yet he is a pow- erless puppet in the hands of a small European nation, and may not even receive or dispatch a letter without previously submitting it to the Javan representative of the Dutch. He actual. ly rules his empire, every square inch of it, which he calls his personal prop- erty; yet he may not walk or ride out- side the palace gates without the for- the lea one hundreds of buildings, the most sump- tuous halls, luxurious chambers and storerooms and stables, with being sent to him daily from outside. He is absolute master over all his peo- ple, who depend for their liveithood entirely upon him; yet he may trust any of the men, and himself entirely with women. sands of the latter and call; hundreds he less legitimate wives, him many sons; yet heir to the throme, the oldest and most eminent in Asia. of the Universe” in September Century. —_————— ‘Real “Dogs of War.” The “dogs of war” in these days as- sist in fleld hospital work. In Germany and Italy St. Bernard dogs have been trained for years so as to aid, after an engagement, bearer parties in their search for the wounded, especially at night. Russia, apparently, has no ca- nine corps, and Major Richardson of Carnoustie, England, who has made a specialty of training ambulance dags, has received a communication from St. Petersburg asking him how many he can supply for service in the Far Hast,