The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 18, 1906, Page 5

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, VVEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1906. Production as a Whole, However, Is Lacking to Some Degree in Distinction. Bessie Abott, as I'W—z'mela, Shares Honors and Audience Is Warm in Applause. . as sincere a bit of a > any of for Ralph the ributed at was a simply € as qu the artists last eas of the ces of Collamari: and permost In the minds of BY BLANCHE PARTINGTON. | pit, i balcony and gallery. The boxes were occupied as follows: — | Right, 1—Mr. and Mrs. Babcock, Mrs. ! d, Miss Jennie Flood. re. William Tevis and 3—Knox Maddox, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Pillsbury, Miss Ruth McNutt, Mlss Cadwalader. Right, 4—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Deer- Vih” PN ., 7' e STAR VO WHICH IN A MANNER OF THE GIVEN EEFORE CONRI AN MM THAT WON HIGH PRAISE. GRAND OPERA COMPANY WHO SANG LAST NIGHT IN BIZETS SE AUDIENCE, AND THE MAN WHO DIRECTED THE nce was con- trasted seemed to exactly agree one corner of the foyer stood Lindsey S h Barbour engaged in a ssion on the subject. Barbour announced in strenu- “that Fremstad's perform- nce of Carmen was the finest that ever happen Just at that moment Charlie Dickman appe rk, said, “Why, Fremstad isn't in for a single minute with Calve.” More friends surrounded the com- 4 | thought Barbour was s Dickman quickly { “No—not a judge of opera.” replied, work. It has peraa Captain John Metcalfe and Captain e before here. John Barneson also entered into, a chorus was not alwanys there, | n of the Carmen of the gh generally effective, and Signor | Captain Metcalfe thought seemed to hold a slippery baton The performance gged, in fact. a few Caruso more than com-| that did or could | ad’'s ideas of the role were n ke er's ideas and that Collamarini’s Car- y ideal of the day . Deering expressed himself y approving of the new Car- at | He came on - & Ereng, woasd | ar.ldkg:‘c ght she had evolved a . a Do J""‘_F“‘:““f ying the role with “captivating was knew that | inaifference.” = erent. This Caruso| pr Goodfellow and Clarence Ward was e on joking with | 51g0 held an animated discussion on N teasing the cigarette | the subject, but at the end of the argu- e capitulat the pi and joy always figh One shivers at t es. The tender- humanely, ana soldfer. ment they agreed that pretty good.” Judge Lawlor and “Fremstad was Arnold held a secret session upon the subject in question, but declined to report what | had es verdict they seemed V! may oye: arrived at. They and, like many e their decision. tal star of the family club, held forth at length in the foy: act to a coterie of h club friends. His was as radiant as a morning compared .with the sadness uffused his expression on Monday ; k announced to his listeners that Fremstad vas “all right"—but that the whole cheese.” his seemed to meet with the general approval of those standing near. In the cafe was a little group com- t- e were men 4 Jose sobbed his|Posed of Harry Stetson, Fred Green- - wood and George de Long. They had bl en Caruso could | heard all the Carmens that had been ply of the knife and dared And tt Strollers in Foyer Discu{s New “Carmen e S0 7 % Great diversity of opinion top it he sizzling as ! arena | the Carmen ! is the way he sang | else In the world can | | ! | before the public for the last fifteen p ed = i older he ! ihat this Carmen is a new one on us.” & and o and! “Willlam Porter, Frank Buck and H. : o, padne™® | Fleishhacker held a secret conference an opera. | Bpon the subject, but -~ they carried on their conversation in tones inaudible to the outside world their opinion will never be known to the public at large. Boxes Are Birilliant | | | More briliant than. on the opening 27 | night of the grand opera were th | boxes last evening. “Glitter gown: predominated, and these, blending with reigned | the jewels worn, dazzled audience in Genthe | vocal and instrumen- | r after the second | vears, but their unanimous verdict was | “When Carmen Is Sung| 0 two in the vast assemblage | ed along and, hearing Barbour's | | de Young, outsider made the re- | | | Batchelder, Ernest H. Denicke, Mr. and | Mrs. J. W. Goodwin. ping with the compos- | | Mrs. Captain Moore N. Falls, Mr. and | with & black lace yoke embrojdered in frides | cent flower vattern. ing, Mr. and Mrs. H. Sisson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Browne. i Right, 5—Mr. and Mrs. Adolpaus | Busch, Mr. and Mrs. F. Tillman Jr., | Fred Tillman. Right, 6—Henry Nicolaus, Miss Mag- | nus, Miss Agnes Mangels, Miss Clara Bergo. Left, 1—Mr, and Mrs. de Sabla, Mr. and Mrs. F. McNear, Mr. and Mrs. Clement Tobin, Mr. Thieriof. Left, 2—Mr. and Mrs. M. H. de Young, Miss Helen de Young, Miss Constance Miss Kathleen de Young, Roy McPike. Left, - 3—Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hol- brook, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. Left, 4—Louis Lefkavits, Miss Hazel Beatus, F. Gomett. " Left, 5—Mr. and Mrs. George A. Palco, right—Miss Alice Hager, Miss Agnes Tobin, Mr. Raymond, Count de la Rocca, Mr. Tobin. Palco, left—Colonel and Mrs. J. W. Donnejlan, Miss Donnellan, Sacramento; Mrs. Kenneth Donnellan, T e Many Brilliant Gowns Add to ( C_ham\ of Opera Among those who wore gowns . were the following: Mre, C. Frederick Kohl wore a gown of black jetted lace over siik, with dog collar of vearls and diamonds. Mrs. John Breuner wore a white lace robe over white silk. Mrs, W. C. Morrow wore « nandsome black lace robe over black chiffon with yoke of Jetted net and garniture of pale blue satin. Miss Evalyn Griffiths or Sacramento was gowned in a princess robe of nil with tiounces of white lace. # A Ts. arry olbrook was gowned In a elaborate robe of cream lace over white satin. Mrs. Edward Barron wore an imported gown of lavender satin very elaborately embroid- ered in flower deslams of goM and silver, with yoke of embroidered 1lace. Miss Marguerite Barron wore a beautiful gown of pale blue satin chiffon richly trimmed in white lace. rs. Edgar Peixotto was gowned In a wh siik net Tobe over White satin and wore o necklace of vearls. iss Bessie Wilson wore a gown of chantilly lace over white chiffon. . e Miss Helen de Yourg was gowned In a rich Paristan tobe of silk net heavily em- broidered in intricate design of gold and sflver. Miss Florence Ives was gowned in white | lace heavily spangled o silver over white satin, Mrs. Willilam Cluff wore a gown of lace and chiffon with Jetted lace yoke. ook Mrs, Marcus Hellman wore a handsome robe of bedvy white lace over satin. re. Walter C. Camy was gowned In exquisite black and white silk net. over whics brilliant Mrs. Frank A. Deering wore a handsome pompadour gown of purple and white with wide flounces of white lace on skirt. Mrs. Wakefield Baker wore a biack soan- gled lace robe over black eniffon. : Mrs. Ernest Willard Crellln wore a’ gown of white satin Jace. Miss Natalie Coffin wore an exguisite gown Juire. Baward Schmiedell was xowned in black ace. e Mrs. Walter Hobart wore a pale blue chiffon gown. Mrs. Evans 8. Pillsbury wore a silk embroidered in silver and white. " Mrs. J. W. Goodwin wore a pale tan chiffon cloth. Mrs. Carleton Coleman wore a gown of pom- padour silk and lace. Mrs. Eugene de Sabla was gowned in heavy Trish point over chiffon. Mies Ruth McNutt wore a yellow chiffon cloth and white lace. Mrs, George Downey wore a white lace robe over white silk. Miss Donwellan of Sacramento wore a Pprétty gown of white liberty silk and lace. Mrs. Frederick S. Greenlee wore amber silk heavily spangled. Miss Jennle Dunphy wore a white lace gown with opera coat of shrimp pink. Miss Viola Plercy was gowned batiste and lace. Mrs. M, F. Forbes wore a gown of ecru silk and lace, . Harry J. Lask was gowned hand- somely i{n garnet velour and lace. H. ‘A. Delwood wore an oranre silk own trimmed in white lace. Mrs. Willlam Romaine wore a very hand- some robe of white Cluny lace with touches of black velvet over white si Miss Ruth Waterhouse wore an exquisite gown of lavender siik, elaborately trimmed in in white paler shades of lavender and lace flounces. Mrs. M. A. Tobin, black sik and fet. iss Emily Rosenstirn, pink chiffon em- broldered in pink roses and narrow ruffles of Valenciennes lace. Miss Amy Jackson, pink silk princess gown. Mrs, James Flood, white sllk gauze and sliver cloth, necklace of pearls and dlamonds and diamond tiara, Mre. Alexander Hamilton. white satin gown. Mrs. Minnie Dargie, Battenberg gown with chiffon under-dress and black velvet. Mrs. Charles Ackerman wore an exquisits red_embroidered chiffon over red silk. & Mrs. H. Ramsdell, white silk net over Dresden silk, diamond and pearl necklace, Mrs. Alexander Bergevin, blue liberty silk and duchess lace. Mrs. Clement Tobin in blue crepe and chif- fon, Mrs. Demosthenes Dorn wore a spangled black chiffgn and Battenberg ince wrapy Mrs_ W. A. Ford, black jetted lace trimmed in_coral valvet. VMrs, Harry Campbell, blue silk. Mre. L. W. Tucker, Dresden silk mull over white silk. Mrs. Frank Motfitt Wore a beautitul gown of white embroidered tulle. Mrs. W. Gregg wore a heavily spangled black lace. Mrs. Leopold Michels, white net' over white satin. 3 Mrs. S. A, Wheaton Wore a princess gown of white embroidered silk. - Mrs. Charles Keil wore a very pretty white and lace gown. L. Sanderion, black velvet en R. A. Taylor wore a beaded blue silk net. Mrs, Charles Carpy Wore a beautiful white siik_creation. Mrs, George Dowing wore an all-over white lace robe, Miss Constance de Young, shell pink chiffon satin_ and 'lace. Mrs, Willlam H. Demming wore a gown of white lace, embroidered with pearls. The corsage was decked with silver and and she wore a wreath of pink roses in her coiffire, held in place by a magnificent pear! clasp, Mrs. Agn es Cooley Wore an elaborate gown of pink Tace over pink silk, the corsage decked with - dlamands. Mrs, Noble Eaton Wore a dainty gown of white lace fl with pink roses, o pearls and diamonds. g Mies Alice Hager Wore an elaborateiy spangled white robe. Mrs. Joseph Sisson wore & ‘handsome white robe. Mrs. Max Sloss was gowned, In white bro- cade trimmed in bands of pale blue satin_and Irish point. : Mre' Dantel Koshland wore an elaborate white lace robe. ’ wore & black glitter gown. Mrs. Frederick was_gowned in Miss Jennle 3 satin. K blue Miss Kittie Nolan, white brocaded siik, dog dlamonds B_{lflifl [nterpr elati FASHIONABLE COMES ouTt RARUSO MAKES DON JOSE THE LEADING ROLE ‘Carmen.” by Olive Fremstad, Is Overshadowed by the Great Tenor's Spl on of His Part SOCIETY RADIANTLY ON THE SECOND NIGHT ]Splendor and Beauty at Their Best Make the Assemblage at Production of the Opera One of Rare Distinction. BY LAURA BRIDE POWERS. And yesterday's prophecy came U pass! 3 LE NOZZE DI FIGARO THIS AFTERNOON AND LOHENGRIN TONIGHT i S R Afternoon at 2 o’clock, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (The Marriage of Figaro). Opera in four acts. Music by Mozart. Book adapted from “Le Mar- iage de Figaro” of Beaumar- chais, by Lorenzo da Ponte. | (In Italia La Contessa ..Mme. Eames Cherubino. .........Mme. Alten Mercellina. ... Mme. Poebhlmann and Susanna.... .Mme, Sembrich 11 Conmte. Figaro. Dottore Bartolo. Antenfo. ..... Basilio. ..... Don Curslo.... Conductor, N: Stage director, friche. Eugene Evening at 8 o'clock, LOHENGRIN. Opera in three nmcts scenes. Musie by Richard Wagner. ‘Book by Richard Wagner. (In German.) Elsa von Brabant— ; Mme. Rappold «.Mme, Homer d four Lohengrin. . M. Burgstaller Friedrich von Telramund-— M. Gorits Helnrich der Vogler.. .M. Blass Der Heerrufer des Koenigs— M. Muchlmann | Conductor, Alfred Hertz. Stage manager, Frank Rigo. —_ WOMAN KIDNAPER STEALS LITTLE BOY Takes Child After Getting “Into Home by Pleading Distress. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. LOS ANGELES, April 17.—The two-| year-old son of Mrs. Mary Smith was kidnaped today by a woman known as Lizzie McGuire, according to reports made to the police by Wililam Harver, from whose home ‘the child was taken. The McGuire woman was taken in by the Harver family on Saturday when she ap- plied for a place to rest. She told a pitiful story of abuse by a landlady, and as she was thinly clad she was fed and cared for and no ques- tions asked. Mrs. Smith left her baby at the Harver home this afternoon while she went shopping. The McGuire woman took the baby into the yard,: and that was the last the Harvers saw of either of them. Two hours later the woman and child, accompanied by a roughly dressed man, were seen. They 1avé not been seen since. The police eve the woman took the child to tion has been sent broadcast over this end of the State. ¥ Last night WAS opening night, Monday but a prelude. The thrill, - the throb, the quiver— without which grand opera becomes a mere recital—was n the air last night. And it got into your blood, even in the lobby. You felt it while you fumbled for your quarter for the score—if your blood 'is of the warm red winé that flows in the veins of the quick. The flutter and swish and swirl that women make when plumed for the opera is a good tenth of the grand en- semble. And they didn't night. They slipped into" their places mod- estly and meekly as nuns at mass, and there was no atmosphere—no passive moment that one feels and that quick- ens the breath and stirs the passions. | But last night—Ah! it was subfime! | The house rose to Bizet with bravos and the “atmospheric half” was there | in good measure—if a half can be good | measure. But that’s mere detail, and | make it Monday | with one’s bload a-tingle with melody and pageantry, precision is as possible | as sunstréke in Iceland. | On Monday night I think I likened | the house to a terraced garden of| pansies—black and pink and yellow and | blue—and solemn and staid as pansy | beds, the primmest of blossoms. But last night the house was a ter- | raced garden of orchids and narcissus and nodding roses, with fruit blossoms scattered between. And the odor that| rose from the pit assailed the senses | like the breath that blows from flower- ing orchards of Santa Clara. As to the gowns—well, therein lies a story. Inartistic to relate, many of the gowns worn last night were the same as were disported on Monday night. But they looked different, and, matter of fact, they were different— the moods of the wearers were different | and the gowns expressed the moods. That's the whole thing in a nutshell— the atmosphere.was keen, alert, alive, and the gowns reflected it. But ye gods! The way a lot of San Francisco women wear their “tac-raras” and. wreaths! = It takes what'racing men call “class™ to wear a tiara, or ‘even a wreath, and | not make -a comic valentine of one's self—which iIs a sweet comfort to such of us. who have never owned a top plece of dlamonds. As a matter of fact, more smart get- | ups. were spolled last night by top- heavy tiaras than were augmented by them. Do, oh, please do. good ladies, anchor | them on in the future with good, old reliable hatpins to your back hair and save yourselves from caricaturing Old King Cole, the merry, etc. ! On the subject of jewels there were pecks more worn last night than on Monday. There was Mrs. James Flood with a tiara, a dog collar, shoulder straps, a stomacher and innumerable corsage decorations. of .diamonds and pearls; Mrs. Frederick Kohl. with a two-inch-wide dog collar of pearls and diamonds, with an - assorted lot of shimmering things on the corsage line, and, outshining them all, a brilliant American ‘Beauty rose; and these wore their jeweled headgear well. So, too, did Mrs.'de Young, Mrs. de.Sabla, Mrs. Clement Tobin, Miss Alice Hayes. and Miss Agnes Tobin, and, of course, a few others. And - the ' same distinction holds. to the wearers of chaplets—all right,. it worn right. = Are the women of ‘San ‘Francisco so clothes-conscious, . or that they cannot visit the: foyer when the curtain drops? Or is’it because they are so listless? Assuredly, - the “assembling in the | foyer of the birds of plumage adds tre- mendously to the’ atmosphere of opera night. And it'smacks of metropolitan- ism—it Jooks confidant and gay and brave—which provincials cannot afford ‘to ignore. And besides it affdrds a chance to shift the toppling tlara back to its an- chorage. A Let It be noted. Mowever. that last night a“half-hundred women did ven- ture out to stretch their limbs and gos- sip after the manner of men, who have ever possessed the wisdom of get I ~ . ibear them to Congress Springs. A bar- and | self-conscious, | o ¥ out of life whatever of joy and comfor® it holds. But every one of those women had traveled—they were not provincials. MEF'S OFFLCE NIT ABOLISHED Knights of Royal Arch Decide Order Still Needs a Grand State Attorney — | SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. | SAN JOSE, April 17.—The Knights of the Royal Arch decided tonight to re- | tain the office of grand State attorney, thus defeating the effort to have the office abolished. A. Ruef is a candidate for re-election. There is considerable po- Litical gossip current tonight, the eve of the election, and some warm contests are expected. The new grand valiant | commander will be John L. Herget of | San Franeisco. He will be succeeded as grand leutenant commander by C. Barr of Woodland. Salinas, Stockton. Los Angeles and other cities have applied for the next convention. The grand lodge reopened in annual session at 10 o'clock this morning. Lit- { tle business other than routine w | was transacted. A number of standing committees were appointed and the re- | ports of officers submitted. At noon the delegates adjourned and formed in line of parade on First street. | Headed by a San Francisco band, they | marched to Market street, where spe- cial Interurban cars were in waliting to | becue was given in the afternoom by | the Knights. The Supervisors, Sheriffs, city and county officlals, Chamber of Commerce and the local press represen- tatives were their guests, PARDONS PRISONER TO SAVE WIFE'S LIFE Woman Pining for Hus- band Whe Went to Jail for Beating Her. SACRAMENTO, April 17-—Governor Pardee today commuted the sentence of John Oakes, serving ninety days i the County Jail at Los Angeles, for battery commiitted upon his wife. The case is not without unusual features. Oakes, who is an old man and a erip- ple, returned home one night in a con= dition of Intoxication and beat his wife, for which offense he was com mitted to jail. Immediately his wife began to pine for him and could not be reeonciled to the enforced separa- tion. Several prominent people in Los Angeles took the matter up and pe- titiomed the Governor to commute Oakes’ sentence. Physicians’ certificates to the effect that the old woman will die if her husband is not restored to her at once are among the exhibits in the case. The commutation granted today becomes effective at once. —————— BABY SMOTHERED TO DEATH —Arthur T. Perisch, the five-year-old son of Justim Perisch, 50 Shotwell was suffocated in bed yesterday morning. The nurse, Mrs. C. Tuhte, 1120% Folsom street. had been sleeping with the mother and baby, and when they awoke yesterday morning the baby was dead. The Coromer's office was notified and the body was allowed to be taken to an under- taker's establishment. WAGNER “LYRICS FOR SOPRANO," “LYRICS FOR TENOR,” Both Edited By CABL ARMBRUSTER. “SELECTIONS FROM THE MUSIC DRAMAS,” Arranged for the Plano by OTTO SINGER. Preface by RICH- ARD ALDRICH. These volumes contain, respectively, 29, 28 and 25 numbers. including every opera from “Rienaf” to “Parsifal” Such fa- vorites as ‘“Lohengrin.” ““Tanmha “Siegfried” and “Die Walkure” are rep- resented in each bock by several numbers. The translations of the vocal numbers are unsurpassed. 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