The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-22
Personal and o,her lettings.

Miss Mamie Snort OF San Francisco has been
engaged by Marie Hubert Ffohman for the COM
ing production OF The Witch"
II is understood that Miss Juliet Gordon OF the
BoslOnians will shortly become the wife of Mt.
Fred Pond, the business manager OF that organ
izati0D.
Patti has positively declined all proposals TO
sing in this country next season. and Mr.. Abbey
is authority for the stat III that there will be
no Italian opera perform ances III this country
before 1892.
Mr. L. NJ Ruben. who looked after Albanrs
business interests when she was in this city
lately, has arranged with the English manager,
Vert, for the appearance OF the tenor, Edward
Lloyd, III Fifty concerts and musical festivals In
the United States and Canada during the season
OF 1891 and 1892. alme. Furseh- NJ adj is said to
be also listening to tempting offers to return to
America TO sing In oratofiO
Max MaieZek, The veteran musician, now In
New York, Is giving finishing lessons in vocal
ism to Miss Ollie Archmere oil Red Bluff, Tehama
County. Max IS very enthusiastic about his
pup Il and pTUphesies great things.
The n. Y. Worlds prize play, written by Miss
Martha Morton OF that CITY will be produced at
Mr. j. NJ. HIPS UniOn-square Iheater on Thurs
day afternoon, June 26th IL Is called 80 The
Merchant MIR. Ben Teal manages the produc-
ton.
Master Blatchford Kayanagn. the boy soprano,
has done a very good stroke of business with his
supplementary concerts, and the funds OF the
Church of the Advent, which shares largely ia
the receipts have been somewhat enhanced.
We advise The pastor 10 select the scripture lines,
Out of the mouths of babes aud sucklIugs thou
has perfected praise" Tor his sermon this even
lug.
In the last number OF Harper's, Mr.. Bowels
deyoles Il considerable portion OF his editorial
columns TO expressing his contempt for the
dramatic critics OF the daily press. His COM
mems, however. lose their slug when one re-
calls that MIR. Howels once wrote a very bad
play that was most emphatcally sat upon by
these same critics. There are other uusuccess-
ful writer's OF plays who share Mr. ho"eHs sehti-
Mime. Christine de la Mothe, the French artistic.
assisted by Mr.. Alfred Wilke, tenor, ana many
others, viii cuucertze. at san Rafael next
"Wednesday evening. Mr.. Nllkie Will sing LIE
celebrated Mattel rOmanZa, Amo."
Tie marriage Of Miss oandeIini (oDly daughter
OF Nine. Sanderlni, prima douna) aud Mr. Rep
sold, merchant, Of This city, Will take place
to-day.
An Irish Arab" closes highly successful
TWO weeks engagement at the Alcazar this even
ing The inst presentation VIII be gwen at tie
Grand Opera House, Chicago, July 21tn.
james NJ. Waid and his wife 20 East with
engaged for next seasons Irish Arab Company
kleauor Barry joins the Brady Company here,
playing Rose Edgerton Ell route East. Ills prob
able IIat she VIII remain East next season.
AiacGeachy, the bastng agent, is Jamaican
by BIRTH but has been IN New York since baby
hood
Maj Goodwin is the next American moth, they
say, according to Duniop's Stage News. who Is
10 get siuged In tie wing by tie blooming British
candle. flame. He sailed on Saturday, June 7tn,
for London season, you know.
Kelly aud Leon, he old time minstrel fayorites,
have come together again and are about to Gre
visit the glimpses vi the moon" They viii open
at the MadisOn-street Ihratef, Chicago, on
August lth aud are now remOdellng that house
Tor the purpose. The veteran, Charles Melville
who managed Kelly aud Leon twenty years ago,
viii be the business director. 1t Is Intended 10
have the entertainment unique union oil Old
time aud modern minstielsy with an afterpiece
OF operate DurleSque, after the style OF The old
Swain BucNley Ministries. Kelly aud Leon have
reached the conclusion. mayhap. that old friends
are The best aud that the Chieagoese VIII tolerate
them, as Selden says King James used 10 call for
his old shoes. They were easiest for his feet.
The elder Salyini is again telling his impress
sons OF American audiences to foreign inter
viewers SAYS a New York paper. His lone is so
kindly as 10 convey no hint of the financial dis
appointments OF his last tour here; but his tend
eucy 10 romance Is yiyidly exhibited III tie
ecdUte IN which lie describes himself as the only
auditor left In the theater at the close OF GER
tain bad play produced In this ely. The other
spectators, he declared, had silently left the
house during the preceding acts. such spec
tace would be awe-inspning, 1t is true, but II
never happened.
Jones, 10 be presented In Chicago next season By
L. S. Willard, turps Oh bypnotism. IL has been
praised without stint by tile Lopdon papers.
Mr.. Otto SutIo, brother OF Adolph Sutro, the
popular President OF the Baltimore 0ratorio So
clety, sailed for Europe recently. MIR. Suiro's
two daughters, who are magnificent planists,
have been pursuing their musical studies In Ger
many for Two years.
Slgnor de VIyo has abandoned bis plan Of
bringing Giovanni ElnpanueI, the Italian ira
pedldD 10 this country next season,
Branded" new four-aet melodrama by
Mark Price, had its initial production al the
Thlid.ayenue Tneater, New Yolk, June I6Ih,
with Mr. L. j. Buckley In the lead.
Professor Bonelli. late OF San Francisco, is a
pefseyering individual In regard 10 his tendon
cutting for plano. players. Al Steek Hall, New
York, june 9Th. lie performed on young lad the
operation OF cutting the tendon OF the fourth
hnger. The boy bore the operation without ap-
parent pain. cocaine spray was used, aud
after the operation the boy evidently had much