The morning call., 1890-09-04
Hubert WiIke


duced at the Alcazar.
Hubert Wilke
Is doing very well nowadays in "Peti the
Vagabond" at the Bush-street. 1t took him
week to convince the public that he had a
fairish play and that he could sing a coed
song. Now they are coming TO see and hear
him; but just as his harvest field is whten-
ing he is called off in favor of Maud
Granger with Lucy Hooper's INHERITED"
1t is too bad for Wilke; but it is
the fortune of the time. lie has had
good impetus in the metropolis tEo aS,,y ana
districts; ii he happens to return this way,
and give us second serving of Clay Nj.
Greene's dramatic dish, with his own garnlsh-
ing, he will find the public appetite more
sharply set. We hear goed tnlngs oI the
Granger enterprise, and 1t is expected the
brilIiant-eyed Dora of the Montague-Warde
DIPLOMACY" Company will strongly revive
as an actress. in Helen Carruthers, the
favorable impression she made in the previ-
GUS and somewhat inferior part. Mr.. Harry
Mainhall plays, in the cast peculiar lndl-
yidual as Julian Raymond
"wife for Wife"
Is gradually increasing the attendance at
the Alcazar as the play gets in its last
nights " Blessings brighten" said some
ODe, dS tuCy tdhO tACAi h'6Ht AZ
is an open question if ever one of John A.
Stevens plays was benetactlon to the
stage. The influx Of the Native Sons is be-
ginning to be felt at all the theaters, and
notably at the renovated Alcazar. In
Tom Cravens 1.-THE Fugitive" to be
brought out here next week as SER
sation for our rural and coast
visitors, there is an eye-0pening effect
promised, dependent upon the new electrical
pft tho staOa in tha destination nf
a ship, struggling 10 mid-ocean, by dis
charge of atmospheric electricity, accom-
panied by vivid flash of light, commonly
known from its Zig-zag, or fOrked form, as
chain-lightning. 1t IS to be presumed that
Wallenrod, Stockwell, and all their people
will be at a respectable distance when the
electrical bolt descerds. A common eX-
preston is that to be ''struck by lightning"
has tendency TO revive business. Let us
hope it may be SO in this case
The TivoIi.
"Genevieve de Brabant" is drawing TO
close, and as it has made, is still making,
good business for the management. There
is quick sympathy on the part of the
direction with the current interest of the
time, as evidenced by the fact that last
evening a young bear. native son of the
Sierras, was introduced in the second act,
and caught the audience at once Bears are
dt just ilON,
" bruin had nothing particular. TO
do with the business of "Geneyieye" he
made merry time of it while on the stage.
The libreito of; Lecocq's La Marjolaine"
(The Sweet Masjoram), to be. otfe red
next week, has, we find, been rewritten by
Messrs. Philip Hastings and Albert Ray
mond, both well-known in this city. The
young gentlemen are in their noyitiate as
adaptors and writers for the lyric and dra-
matte stage, but their work in "Marjolaine"
is said to show keen aptitude in the profit |
able direction OF stage literature.
"Honor Bound"
Rehearsals are going forward at the Grand |
Opera House, under the management of !
7. Il. Andrews and George Selleck. of the |
new piece, Honor Bound, or the Sons of |
the Golden West specially prepared for |
the approaching festival week. The first |
public performance will be given on Sunday |
evening next. September .7th The char,
acters are said to be faithfully drawn and |
the dialogue crisp and pointed. In
the way of scenery, the pictorial artist |
of the theater has been called on |
to spread himself" and in the way |
of ford picturesoueneSs he has ably
answered the demand. The last act repre- !
sents Withholding gorge OF canyon, with |
a cascade OF real water in the foreground, |
and an altitudinous volcanic mounta1n up |
lifted in the far distance. These two sets |
occupy the whole stage, and the mechanical |
effects shown in the falling waters, and the |
lava streams pouring from the rended sides |
of the mountain are striking enough to hold |
an audience spell-bound. The natural |
phenomena of Vesuvius and Niagara are |
brought into the line of vision at once.
Organ Dedication.
Mr.. Clarence Eddy of Chicago. an organ |
virtuoso and of American and European |
fame, will dedicate the Hutchins $4,000 |
organ of the First Congregational Church. |
corner Of p st and Mason, this Thursday |
evening, September 4th. The programme |
for the occasion has been specially prepared |
by Mr. Eddy This organ, the gift of Mrs. |
Hattie Alexander to the church in |
memoriam of her deceased parents. |