The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-18

George WalienrOd, manager of the Acazar,
will receive testimonial benefit ON NJ O nday
May 26th.
When "The Gondoers" is produced here we
viii probably have to be satisfied with Mr.. Sui
lVan's music as the main feature because Mr.
Francis Wilson is charged by New York critics
with gagging Gilberts text almost out of recos
milton ana his successor Will probably follow his
example. At the same time II must be stated
That Wilson has proved success with The
American public where Gilbert was failure.
Programme OF music at Trinity Church to-day
will be as follows
Opening voluntary organ ....,,,.... Ointment
re Deum Laudamus," with soprano, alto aud
" Gloria Patri Mosentasi
Let the bright seraphim soprano aria With
5 II Fierce aud Mr. john DO mi "a n''usi
sf Louis Schmidt, ofganst and musical Greeter
Mr.. George Rignod had proposed to revive
Julius Caesar" at his theater In Sydney, n. 5.
W., aud made oyertures 10 Miss Augusta Oar
gon 10 play MARX Antony The lady demurred.
"A reception concert has been rendered Mr..
Sigmund Beel by the ladies aud musicians of
Oakland, and viii take place az the First Con.
gregational Church in that city on Tuesday
evening, May 10th.
Miss Annie Toland of San Francisco is the
iibrettist OF the opera "0nte- Ora" 10 be pro-
duced by GuStave Hiniichs this season in Phila-
delphia.
Miss Grace Hawthorne is said to have failed in
Theodore at tile Princess, London, on Monday,
May 9th.
l. is reported thai theatricals have been killed
ID New Zealand by the craze for base bail, horse
racing aud other Outdoor sports.
DIVIDE Musin, the violinlst has been decorated
by the French Academy.
arthur Byron, newcomer on the stage. has
assumed the part OF the Ferret, in Across the
Continent" hitherto played by his father.
>, EdwIh Bootn has obtained permission from the
trustees oil Trinity Church to have George Fred
eiick COOKIES monument resored, and the work
18TH -
Nine. Louisa 7 Nipps of this ritv baa writ.
Ten The music OF new song When the Setting
sun Was Low"-words taken from The GALL
ana WIN bring 1t out 10 Boston and London, TO-
getnsr WIN tmree others OF her compositions
Baby Shoes" Lullaby" Would | Were
\ lng," the last-named dedicated to Nine. Camilla
UIsO.
The Sydney Daily Telegraph, April 9th has
long obituary notice OF Mr.. David Buch anan, NJ.
l.. =, VINO Gied on the Thursday preceding. In
MS long Colonial career Buchanan was a maa of
emlnence-at once legislator, lawyer, orator
ana htterateur, being particularly distinguished
as dramatic critic.
Papers Were passed formally between Short
STOP ward aud his wife Helen Dauvray In New
YORK ApIll 29ih, whereby the two agree TO live
apart for the future.
IL Is said that Dion BoucIcaulps new play
which Sol Smith Russell IL To produce at Days
this city, early In the fall. was originally written
ior Joseph Jefferson nearly twenty years ago, but
was never produced.
The name OF the great tenor, Gayarre. VIII not
soon 0e forgotten In Spain. A new Iheater at
Barcelona Will be called the Theafer Gayarre,
and next month another bearing the same name
Isles.
Edwin Booth and Nine Modieska closed
their tour n Buffalo May 10th. The Madame re-
turns to the land OF Poniatowsky Kosciusko and
SSo o, where she Will remain for TWO years
Booth remains IN New YORK. awaiting the re-
turn OF Lawrence Barrett from Europe In, he
hopes, good health.
The shelves of the library in the Players Club
now contain the books left by The late John Gil
pert. They were presented TO The club by Mrs
UiiDeft ana NUMBER between go aud 800 vol