The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1904, Page 2

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Between Palace Hotel and Examiver building. by Pommer- players, DARLING OF GODS" FULL OF SPLENDOR TAN OF SULU” ‘WITTY] D HEIDEL?[?RC" 15 | P WINS BET ANDDIES AT SAME TIVE Special Dispatch to The Ci | | cHICAGO. Dec. 26.—While Elmer Hunt, 19 years old, balanced a bottle on | | his head this morning, Willam Dough- erty, who had been boasting of his prowess as a marksman, attempted to emulate William Tell by shooting the bottle. At the second shot, Hunt feil to the floor dead, with a bullet between his eyes. Hunt's death was the outcome of a discussion which arose in a saloon at Thirty-fifth street and Archer avenue between Dougherty and several other men, as to which was the best marks- Dougherty ofiered to wager that could shoot a hottle off the head of any of the men. present without in- jury to the man None of them willing to assist in a test of Dougherty’s skill, until Hunt. who is employed as a porter i~ the saloon, finally accepted the wager and consented to hold the bottle on his head INELY ACTED| man. he were IR Ve R R Eastern cireuits would have made removal therefrom until this time reflective of pecuniary insanity on his and the plea might hold good if were such things N San Francisco h v of them this season, and apparent- well content to remunerate tors as if it was paying for the its re no companies. ¥ was a pr riginal the thing. Mr. Savage would not relish being accused of financial shortsightedness, so it is more chari- table to condole him with regrets than to accuse him of anything But some of “The Sultan's” gems have escaped piracy—enough of them e 3 - AN to make as much unfamiliar stuff as ,/‘A 7[J can reasonably be 1”.“ ed for nowadays n musical comedy. The music and the THE DARLIN OF THE GCZ)EQ situations suffered most from the buc- caneering, Mr. Ade’s lines apparently being considered unsafe to poach. They T SR AN were the first dramatic lines of the SODE" A7 Yis GRARD quaint humorist, and they are more ! RA SE uly characteristic of his literary - style than anything later written by } him the stage. There is a ring of his FRANCISCO CALL s % ables in Slang” in~“some of the & ar who is a Scarpia. Speeches—as for instance the assertion . 2 rebel against the that “inthe United States ladies smoke, . ; ho is betrayed into his but women don’t”; the allusion to the ; is 2 heroine from whom Sultan’s first wife as “the charter mem- Jap demands honor ber of the harem.” and the reminder s s hero’s freedom. that while hugging in the waltz is A 1 to comply the Proper, as a stationary amusement it is 2 o) au Not just the thing. There are scores of . . h ch sayings as those that could not thia be stolen without certainty of detection . wherever their author’s newspaper S work has been read e Jan Of the music, it is needful only to o onders many other things, too.. say that it is hardly distinguishable s timed scme fifty or one from the music of a dozen productions ars ago in “Old Japan.” Yo that came and went before the same in the “darling of the rattlety-bang ensembles and the same wse desire it is to marry for unmemorable solos and part songs, s harming, but not al- With no striking variations. But the . with one’s familiar Scenic investiture is lavish. Artistic ed Japanese eternal fem- | blending of bright colors on canvas and It is in Japan of Laf- in costumery keeps the eye pleased Bt example—and he | While the singing is in progress, the his .«ippon as well as most—that Jjokes cracking and the dancers nim- i cess refuses in full ' bling. The “show girls” are statuesque- ar hai a suitor proposed to 1V limber—if the paradox is permissible b s that she owns her —the “broilers” chic and agile and the nger: that she ets the masculine choristers well drilled, both geisha on familiar terms. Much to a Vocally and in calisthenics. spoiled child, the “darling of the gods,” To say that the principals are well- may be allowed. but it dees not strike ' balanced on a plane above the mediocre < th the ied here and below the excellent is about as Y ré racter. Much as can honestly be said. Mr ¢ nes in Miss Bates, the Whiffen, in the titular role, is funny Yo S Perhaps the that because the author has allotted him haix bril- funny things to say and do. Mr, O'Don- t Cigarette is the impressi nell sings basso quite acceptably, and the tress is her extraordinary Mr. Lawrence has a tenor of good qual- ers v. It is farth of cries ity which he uses with commendable he vivid little vivandiere to the discretion. Miss Maudie Williams also Japanese prix vet Miss Bates is makes the most of her vocal equipment, iy in one part as the & scprano of limited compass, and Mis in face of the in- Nellie Williams is physically and salta- her bility of the Japanese : torially the soubrette of convention deliciously the butterfly ' that mo musical comedy could omit spirit of the thing, the half-child, half- without impairing its title woman, ~that the playwright has It is a hard-working company, and nted there is not a dragging second in either formance is full of exquisite of the two acts. Recalls were numer- | harming in its pathos, deli- reserved in its emotional phases admirably Japanese on the side movement is The ' facial ous last night, nd most ictur It ery was a happy ins; | hehind the footlights, among them be- | apanese, every gesture. management of the Alcaz spression is a little marvel in itself. | present for this holiday week the play d the delivery is most subtly | “Old Heidelberg,” which made such a sugestive of Japanese feminine. favorable impression here when pro- It is a delightful performance all duced by Richard Mansfield and his REh and n only add to Miss company. There is something.in the tes’ enviable reputation. She was:play that appeals to every ynan and called out after the second act, ! woman, young or old. The young cheered to the echo, patriotically be- | prince, having been confined in a cas- flowered, but succeeded only in saying | tle till he is twenty years of age with that she “wished Mr. Belasco were | only a tutor to confide in, is sent to the here to thank you all—and there’s| University of Heidelberg. He is to- | more to come!” taliy unversed in the ways of the support s good. even to the ' world and when he sees Kathie, the | lust gorgeously gowned geisha. Albert | innkeeper’s pretty niece, he falls in love Bruning is the minister of war, with her and his love is reciprocated. Zakkuri, and is good, if not at all! There is a rude awakening when he s | great. ugene Ormonde is the rebel peremptorily recalled to Karlsburg to hero, Prir Kara, and does more for | assume the regency, owing to the se- the part than it does for him. George | yious illness of his uncle. A marriage Wessells is a satisfving Prince of | of convenience is arranged and love's Tosan, and there are geishas, bowing | young dream becomes a memory. |‘courtiers, acrobats and servants that| There is life in the piece throughout il the cast in excellent fashion. | and the songs and choruses of the stu- The costuming throughout is magnifi- | dents with the glimpse of their rollick- | | cent and the lighting worthy of Wiz- ard Belasco, and “The Darling of the Gods,” if neither wholly new nor wholly Japanese, is something that will delight everybody in some of its phases. ing ways help materially in making it attractive. It is excellently staged and should have a successful run. John Craig as Karl Heinrich, the hereditary | prince, gave a finished interpretation of | the part. His scenes with Kathie, BLANCHE PARTINGTON. Columbia. Musical comedy is lesg of an innova- tion than it was when “The Sultan of Sulu,” designed and built by George Ade and launched under the house flag of Henry W. Savage, augmented the rapidly-growing fleet, and the tardiness displayed by the navigators of the much-mopted craft in getting it over the Rockies is regrettable on their ac- count, as well as that of the far West- ern public. For its arrival has been | by Miss Lillian Lawrence, were pic- | tured with faithfulness and realism. Nothing could have excelled the expres- sion of the shy, unsophisticated youth when he and Kathie have their first | tete-a-tete in the garden of the inn | while the old tutor snores at an ad- | joining table blissfully ignorant of his pupil's rapid progress in lovemaking. | Doctor Juttner, the old tutor, was | played by John B. Maher with charac- | teristic sincerity and ability. Another | bit of character work ably done was the preceded by many inferior productions | role of Kellerman, the old steward of of the same class and subsequent birth, ' the students’ corps, which was in the some of which have presented its most | capable hands of Fred J. Butler. Luke striking features, either unchanged or | Conness was effective as Lutz, the in garbled form, and folk who are not ' gignified valet, and Harry Hilliard had aware that its creators are victims of | 4 congenial role as Graf von Asterberg. unscrupulous plagiarism may accuse | Harry von Meter was good as a Staats them of pilfering. ‘ Minister von Haugk. The other parts All of which tends to lend virtue to | were well sustained. the proverb anent the foolishness of | putting off till to-morrow what can be | Majestic. accomplished to-day. Skipper Savage ' “A Contented Woman"” and a con- may—probably . does—allege that the tented audience were the cards at the iwm(-h part was admirably portrayed | | | tured the house when she appeared as | Chicago is in flames. TUESDAY, D DUKE OF HAMILTON REGARDED AS LUCKIEST BRITISH PEER CHANCE BRINGS HlM TIFEES Weds in Accordance With His Heart's Dictates. | LONDON, Dec. 26.—The Duke of | Hamilton, who recently obtained a certificate exempting his little son and heir from vaccination, is regarded as | the luckiest man in the British peer- age. At his birth ! that he stood the remotest chance of succeeding to the most illustrious title in Scotland. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all second scn; his great-great-grandfather, curi- ously named Anne, in honor of his godmother, Queen Anne, third and his nearest ducal was born as long ago as 1659, when Cromwell was still alive. In 1895, when only 33 years old, as the was a son ancestor ceeded his exceedingly distant con- the twelfth Duke, and there- by became ‘the premier peer of Scot- lund and acquired more titles than any other British nobleman, with the ex- ception of the Duke of Wellington. Before that he had been known only, and that not widely s a lieutenant in the navy. He gave promise de- veloping into a good sailor, for with no other prospects that he could count on, apparently, save his profession, he tock to it keenly. An accident, which rendered him permanently lame, com- pelled his retirement from the service to what promised to be life-long ob- scurity, for Fate had as yet given no hint of the rich prize she had in store for him. FAMILY FAMED IN HISTORY. It is the representative of the Douglas family, so gloriously famed ir. Scotch history, that the ducal Ham- iltens owe their pre-eminence among the Scotch nobility. One ancestor, Sir James Douglas, was anion in armé of Robert Bruce; first Earl ction, of as com the of Douglas was distinguished at Poic- | tiers and other battles; the second de- feated Hotspur and fell at Otterburn in 1338; the fourth was severely | wounded and taken prisoner at Homil- don, but at Shrewsbury a year later he knocked down the King of Eng- land. The first two Dukes of Hamil- ton maintained the fighting reputation the family, the first being taken prisoner at the battle of Preston in| 1648 and the second being slain at| ster three years later. The| fourth Duke became one of the most | d.stinguished statesmen of his time and perished in a duel with Lord Mo- hurp in 1712, it was suspected through the treachery of one of the latter’'s seconds. Some of the later heads of the nouse| added nothing to its luster. The| eleventh Duke was one of the most/| intimate friends of Mavoleon III, and plunged into = the wildest dissipation which Paris could afford in the days of the second empire. He met his death eventually by falling down the stairs| of of a fashionable restaurant after a dinner which had left him very un-| y on his legs. His extravagance impoverished the family ex- chequer. The last Duke did not relish the idea of the property passing to a it did not appear | descendant of the fourth Duke, he | e e e +* | WHO SUCCEED- WHICH AT ONE E | ~t he prefers a pive. His extraor- / luck has not spoiled him a bit. d of seeking a grand alliance he made a love match some three years ago; but the living rooms of the house | daughter of Major Robert Poore. She is an attractive woman, tall and fair, with blue eves and soft golden hair. She is devoted to her husband, prefers a country life to the gayeties of the town, and is rarel en in smart so- ciety. Hamilton Palace, the family seat in Lanarkshire, is a magnificent building. Its most striking features are the por- tico, with twelve pillars each composed of a single bloc of marble; and the black marble st se, with its spa- cious steps and stately balustrade. Like Stafford House it has a state en- trance which is never used except for brides or royal guests. The state rooms are somewhat bar a result of the famous Hamilton sale of many years distant kinsman, and by his will did! his best (o tie it up, leaving as much’ as he was free to dispose of to his| only child, Lady Mary Douglas-Hamil-» ton. who celebrated her twentieth| hirthday the other day. { 3 | w S MAJOR'S DAUGHTER. 1 Still the present Duke is very far| from being a pauper, and it is not be- cause he cannot afford the best cigars ago; but the living rooms of the house comprise some charming apartment Notable among them fs a sitting room that was used by Princess Mary of Baden, wife of the eleventh Duke It contains, among other {(reasures, a plain, small writing table with a silver “N"" on the tov and a silver tablet with an i rintion stating that the table form art of Napoleon's furniture in his bedroom at St. Helena. — burlesque on woman suffrage has sel- dom been put upon the stage in a style | so claborate and with a company excellent. It was funny from beginning | to end and the laught of the audi- | ence was a grateful Christmas box to | the players There are some new faces this week | ing Mina Crolius Gleason, whose Aunt | Jim was the feminine hit of the even- irg. That old-time favorite, Oza Wal- drop, was greeted with a hearty wel- come as ghe made her entry in a minov pert. The three practicai politiclans in the hands of J. H. Gilmour, J. D.| O'Hara and Harry Mestuyer furnished no end of amusement with their faith- ful personation of characters known so well in every large city. George Wood- ward, as the husband of Aunt Jim, entered faithfully into the spirit of the role. Adele Block, the rival candidate for Mayor, Frank MacVicars, ever| clever, and Howard Gouid filled the | leading roles acceptably That ever popular favorite, Eisie smond, cap- the often divorced grass widow. Central. Realism reaches its highest develop- ment in “The Heart of Chicago.” which is on this week at the Central Theater. There are two scenes in the play that have never been surpassed, if, indeed, they have been equaled, in the history of the stage in this city. The play opens amid excitement. Great anxiety Is depicted on every face and then comes chaos as the people flee for safety. Again the curtain lifts and the smold- ering ruins and tottering walls are startlingly realistic. Lurid red, among leaping flames, the mimic ruins of granite structures tell the story of the holocaust—the greatest in history. It is a triumph in stage-craft. And more realistic still is the scene in which the hero of the play, engineer of the express, is saved from death by the heroine. The scene portrays a rail- road track running back in the per- e light grows larger and larger, the tattoo of wheels on rails is heard and in a fews seconds a great locomotive dashes down to the footlights and is brought te a standstill, amid the hissing of steam, the flying of sparks and the hurrahs of the excited audience. Herschel Mayall has a small part but plays it with his usual dignity and grace. Miss Clifton does her work well and was frequently encored. Henry Shumer and Ernest Howell as the villains are the features of the per- | formance in their line, while Jim Cor- the comedy role with much success. Danny Halifax and Myrtle Vane' with Miss Ellsmere, as the daintv French maid, are all good. The scenic effects throughout are most picturesque. rigan sustains The Chutes. “Princess Fan Tan.” the delightful holiday musical extravaganza, packed the big theater at the Chutes yester- day afternoon and evening. The piece is produced by nearly 300 children and is well worth seeing. In the af- ternoon every child in attendance was presented with a Christmas remem- brance from a gayly decorated tree. On Thursday evening the feature of the amateur performance will be a relay race for fat women. The pris- matic electric fountain will also give a brilliant display on the same night. e PATTERSON SPENDS GLOOMY DAY IN PRISON “NAN" NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—"“Nan" Pat- terson spent a gloomy holiday to-day, although many sympathizers did their best to cheer her. The early fore- noon mail brought to her sixty-one letters, most of them messages of sym- pathy, some of them containing money. One inclosed a $20 bill. She spent the early part of the day open- ing and reading the letters, with the help of Philip Waldheimer, one of her counsel. Daniel O'Reilly, one of Miss Patter- spective seemingly for miles. At the footlights is a drawbridge. The bridge tender is killed by villains who throw the bridge open and turning on the wrong signal lights make their escape, expecting the on-coming train to be hurled into the river. The heroine is locked in the station house. The head- light on the engine is seen in the far distance. The long whistle and the clanging of bells is heard. The heroine tears open the door of the station just in time to throw on the danger signal nd then exhausted by the exertion enduring popularity of “The Sultan” on Majestic last night. Hoyt's charming ' she falls across the track.. The head- son’s counsel, gave her a Christmas present in the shape of an especially prepared dinned from an uptown res- taurant. Mr. Patterson, the girl's father, is | in Washington, but there was a letter from him early in the day. The only callers were a man and a finely dressed woman, who saild they were from ‘Washington, but refused to tell who they ware. Start the New Year Right... Have a Home Furnish a cozy flat or cottage. Your promise to pay a little each week or month all it costs you The rent difference be- tween a pretty flat and furnished apartments will buy the furniture. Easy Paymenls Here Terms that no other dealer CAN make. Prices that no dealer WILL make other Richmond Ranges THE WORLD'S BEST. 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