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The Gemaripos.

When Fanny Davenport gave US, some
two years ago. at the Grand Opera House.
her idea Of Sardou's 'La Tosca," it may be
remembered that little kathryn Heron
played the role of the boy, Gemarno.
helper of the painter Mario, in his work of
redecoratng the church of st. Andrew,
Rome. 1t may be remembered also, what a
gay youngster Miss Heron made of the p art
with her jaunty costume, ribbon-trimmed
tamborine and general holiday manner. OF
course, the young American actress played
the part according to her imperfect lights,
and was, therefore. exeu5able. But when
Nine Seylor, the Gemarino of the Bern
hardt cast, was seen. the differ
enee was so great between the
two, that enc could not help smiling at the
contrast. The difference, Of course, was
altogether in favor of the Frenchwoman,
who showed the hard-wOrked, everyday
drudge. as the boy really was-scautily fed
and poorly clothed-an artistically truthful
conception, closely ana neatly realized.
Small as the part of Gemarino Is, and COM
paraiively barren of incident. it will do to
Illustrate the precision and study OF the
French school, as compared with the slap
dash, haphaZard method. for the most part,
Of the stage both in America and England.
Miss Heron and Nine. Seylor, even in the
personation of this insignificant character,
are as wide asunder rs the poles.
The Great Success.
Seats have been selling briskly at the New
California box-Office during the week for
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Just before him she sat
With mOnstrons great hat
on her head. quite obscuring the stage.
He twisted and turned
TN with anger he burned
And each moment augmented his rage.
In despair, then, at last
Half the evening had passed
Leaning forward, he whispered quite low:
Is Wont yOu take of your hat
/ can't see what they're at
On the stage" But she shook her head, "NoW
Then he had bright thought
Some by instinct are taught
And he put his own hat on his head.
In an instant behind
Him came murnurs unkind
" Shoot the hat :" Take that hat of ~ they said.
Their expressions were blunt
And the lady in front
(For she thought that OF course they meant her).
With rosy red face
And exceeding bad grace
Dotted her hat without further demur.
MORAL:
The moral is plain:
Your poiut you may gain
Sometimes in a roundabout way.
And this moral. too
Comes clearly to view:
Never we ar big hat to the play
-Sonerville Journal.
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There seems to be very pretty quarrel,
or set of quarrels, over Massenets new
opera lie Mage" recently produced at the
Paris Opera. In the first place, the composer
and the baTytone, Lassalle, are said to have
come to loggerheads and one has challenged
the other to the ordeal of single combat,
which would be alarming if French duelllng
affair ever ended with other than breakfast
for two. In the next place, the novelist,
Marion Crawford, accuses the librettist,
Richepin, of plagiarism from one of his
roman es,
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MEN and Women"

The date fixed for the production of this
play at the Baldwin is May 11Lh. Messrs.
De Mile and Belasco are the authors.
Frohman, the proprietor of the play.
has grouped a heavy and expensive
array of talent for its proper presen-
tatiOn. Men and Women" is a play
of local color. dwelling upon the busy life
OF financers and the home life of their
wives and sweethearts. 1t tells of the de-
fslcation of cashier of city bank and
how much depended on his confession. The
usual innocent accused, the suffering sweet
heart, the fond parent ana the gay old
lovers is found in this play as in almost all
which these two authors have contributed
to the stage. The story is interesting. and
the scenes demand the closest attention.
The third act which was the meeting of the
Directors of the bank. created the greatest
amount of interest and was very powerful.
The others lead up to it, and the first served
as an Introductory and the last to clear the
confusion which rested on the minds of the
audience. Each act exceeded the other, and
the four taken together made rs strong a
play as any company would want 20 under
take.
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Dick Is Jealous.

Richard Mansfield is yet telling the critics
how Clyde Fitch did not write "Beau Brum-
mel" In few weeks we shall know, says
Dunlop's Stage News, just what kind of a
play Mansfield can write, when his don
Juan" is produced at the Garden Theater,
and by that time we shall have seen speci-
men of Fitch's work in Frederic Lemai-
ire"
BY the way, some busybody has dis
covered that Douglas JerrOld wrote play
fifty years ago called Beau Brummel," and
that the play Mr.. Mansfield protests is his
work is very much like it. A list of Jer-
rods contributions to the stage, at hand,
does not include one with this title.
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The Sew PoMeIl-sireet.

master and Man" will be continued at
the New POwell-street all this week. and be
followed by " Formosa," one of Boucicaut's
best contributions to the stage, and with
which he made such success ut the old
California Theater. Miss Elnor Barry, for
merly of the Alcazar, is due from New York
during the week aud will fill the title role
which requires acting of the most decided
quality. Miss Jean Clara Walters and Miss
Minnie Young have been added to the COM
pany.
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Nine. Sarah Bernhardt's managers an
nounee that she will appear in Sardou's
Cleopatra" written to her order, at the
Grand Opera House tomorrow evening.
1t is the piece de resistance OF the engage
ment. and while there were vacant seats for
La Tosca" and will, no doubt, be for Joan
OF Arc" sittings for cleopatra" cannot be
had for love or money; even the spectators
will tell you, with a sad expression of face,
that they are all sold out at a great advance.
Premiums as high as $50 have been paid,
and of such are the public of San Francisco
a brief historical sketch of the daughter of
the Ptolemies, as conveyed in Houssaye's
interesting account of the fair Queens
career will be apropos, Describing the
first meeting of Cleopatra and Antony,
Houssaye says:
One day when the triumvir on his Judgment
seat was giving public audience In the midst OF
the argOra OF Tarsus, a great uprOar arose on
the banks OF the Cyndus. Antony Inquired
what it meant Flatterers as all Greeks are, the
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His Aristocratic Connections.

The mother of Charles MacG,achy.
Golden's Jed Prouty" manager. died in
New York on Sunday, April 10Th. She was
the widow of the late Hon. Edward Mac
Geachy. the first crown surveyor appointed
for the island of Jamaica, West Indies, and
the first civil engineer to survey the isthmus
of Panama for the purposes of ship canal.
Mrs. MacGeachy was the granddaughter of
Sir George Leith, one Of the sons OF the Earl
of File, whose descendant in the third gen.
erati0n recently welded the eldest daughter
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"CayalIeria Rusticana.

The first representation OF "Cayalleria
RuSticana," the new opera by Mascagni. in
Vienna found such an enthusiastic audience
that singers, directors of the theater and
orchestra were called for more than ten
times before the curtain. and, contrary to
the rules OF that theater, .Santuzza's
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A Seasoned Quartet.

Four of the best actors in their line on the
English peaking stage-as our readers will
admit-Frank Mordaunt, NJ. A. Kennedy.
Fred de Belleville and Leslie Allen-are in
Guided in the list Of the men and Women"
Company, to open at the Baldwin Theater
on May 18th. The stock company. gener-
ally. is strong in the male element. In the
femals less So, with the exception of Miss
Sydney Armstrong, who is said to be most
capable and excellent actress The play
itself, according to the assertions of the
Eastern press, will rank with the best OF the
American school.
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dured physical torture. Her malady was
such that the doctors advised an operation,
and after some delay she consented. She
was removed to hospital, corner OF Eiev-
enth and Cherry streets. A number OF the
best specialists in the city were called IN
and four of them were present during the
operation. TIE doctors had little hope OF
her recovery, but she SURPRISED them by the
courage and fortitude she displayed. Alter
the operation she fingered for days like one
dead. Finally she began to show signs OIL
life, and then it was that she began to suffer.
1t will take years before she is thoroughly
we'll woman, and to go back on the stage
will be at the risk of her life.
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two women happened to be widows of the
same man. This story is very clnverly and
entertainingly told. 1t appears that the late
maintained two establishments during his
unworthy life, and each of his victims be-
lieved herself to be the only genuine Mrs.
Wilkinson. The inopportune arrival of an
old-time sutton of one Of the Mrs. w. gives
the author an opportunity for three acts
of extremely lively farce. Both of the
ladies occupy apartments in the same house.
and are on terms OF friendly acquaintance.
The ancient sutton mistakes his erstwhile
flame for the other ex- Mrs. W., aud much
needless but amusing Jealousy is excited
thereby.
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"Mr. WiIkipson,s Widows.r

This comedy-farce, Gillette's latest, will
soon be brought ont at the Baldwin. A
verdict of approval has already been passed
upon it by the New York press and public.
The plot is laid in London, where two
widows of deceased sugar-Droker live
happily with their second husbands. The
effort of the three acts is to show how these
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Succumbed.

Mr.. McGrane, to whom Gustave Walter
rented the Orpheum Theater, closed itup on
the sd inst, owing to his inability to secure
suitable attractions. Mr.. Walter will
shortly reopen the house with an opera
company of sixty people direct from the
East with a repertoire Of twentY-four operas,
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Kate Castleton.

1t is likely. according to dispatch from
Philadelphia to Pittsburg paper, dated
April 18th, that the admirers of Kate Castle
ton will never witness her graceful dancing
again. She had been suffering periodical
spells Of sickness, during which she en-
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ANTONY's DEATH.

ANION = DEATH
With 0ctayius just out ide Alexandria at the
head OF 4 victorious army. and deserted by mis-
own adheTeuts, Antony rushed madly about the
palace, commanded Eros to Stay him, and finally
thrust his sword into his own breast.
In a few minutes he RECEIVERS consciousness.
He calls and entreats the slaves the soldiers, TO
put an end 10 MIN, but none dare to comply, and
lie is left alone, bowling and struggling on the
couch.
Meanwhile the Queen has been informed OF the
TACT. Her grief is bitter aud pTofOund-the
j more bitter that it is mingled with remorse. She
must see Antony again; she commands that he
be brought dead or alive.
DiOmedes, her Secretary, hastens to the palace.
Antony is at the last gasp. but the Joy at hearing
that the Queen is not dead revives him. and 'he
rises" says Dion CasSius, "as If he might still
liY -
Slaves bear him In their arms, and. to hasten
their movements he utters entreaties, inyeetives,
threats, which mingle with the death rattle.
They reach the tomb; the Queen leans from a
window OF the upper story.
Fearing surprise she will not have The port
cus raised, bur she throws down som4 ropes
and commands Them TO be fastened around An
tony Then, aided by Iras and CharmiOn, the
only ones she has allowed to enter tile mauso-
eum, she begins to draw him up.
" Ii was bot easy" says Pluiarch. " for women
thus 70 ilf' a man OF AutOny's size"
Never. save those who Witnessed 1t, was sad
der or more pitiiul sight Cleopatra, with arms
suh au1 brow contracted dragged painfully at
raised nmNed as much as possible, extending
Toward her his dying hand.
THE ASP.
Then follows CieopatTa's interview with Octa-
Yius. But lie power that had brought Cesar
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"The Upper Hand"

This week will be signalized at the Alca-
Ear by the production of another melodrama
in Oliver Byron's series called THE Upper
Hand" The piece was very well received
al this theater last season, and repetition
of similar successful week may be looked
for. 1t is very strong and gives Mr.. Byron
opportunities for some clever character act
ing, in which, his roIes-he plays three
parts-being entirely different from those
he assumes in any oil Their of his plays, he
makes the most of his chances. Some of
the scenes are startling and effective, nOta-
bly, the forge and abduction scenes.
THE CAST:
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"Anina,"

The latest barlesque comic opera by Bruins
wick & Winke, has drawn well at the Tivoli
since its production. 1t will be continued
till further notice.
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making each feast more extraYagant and amaz-
ing than the last, it concludes with this interest
ing passage:
Sometimes Antony and Cleopatra INDUCED in
more vulgar pleasures. Disguised.
SHE AS A BARNARD,
Ana he as porter or sailor, they ran by night
about the streets OF Alexandra knocking al the
doors OF houses, abusing belaied pedestrians,
entering low lodging houses and quarrellug with
drunken men.
To the great delight OF Antony these frOlics
usually ended in fights. Despite his strength
and skill the Roman did not always win, ana
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The MendeIssohns.

This club. so well known and so much
appreciated by the San Francisco public,
undergoes change, like everything else, but
does not deteriorate with age. Two concerts
and matinee are ANNOUNCED to take place
in this city, MAY 4th, It'll and 9th.
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to be produced in rapid succession. Mr..
Walter finds it judiclous to withhold the
name of the company for the present.
Mr.. McGrane's retirement from the dra-
matte managerial field was followed by that
OF Mr.. Leavitt, who had undertaken to
direct the fortunes of the Casino Gate the
BiiOul ON Market street.
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Bronson Towards great war play which
will lake the stage tomorrow evening. This
drama is so widely known and so deservedly
popular that anything said in its favor is,
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Fanny DaveBporPs engagement at the Column
bia Chicago, when she will be seen in her sump-
tuous production of Sardou's cleopatra" will
begin May An 1t Is claimed that the scenic
effects surpass anything attempted in recent
years. Nearly $50 people, Including ballet,
are employed In the production Tn company
Is headed by Mr.. Melbourne Mcdowell. who as
sumes the role of Marc Antony.
Frederick Bond viii play In this country, with
the approval OF Sardoa. tie part III "Thermidor'
originally played by Coqnelin.
Nine. Scalchi VIII 20 with the Ferrarl Opera
Company 10 BuenOS Ayres.
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Clclllans replied that It was .Aphrodlte hersalf,
WHO, for tie happiness Of Asia, was coming to
visit Bacchus. Antony liked to assume the
name OF Baechus The crowd which IhrOuged
tie public square rushed in a body to the shore.
Antony was left alone with his hctors in the de.
serted agora-his dignity kept MIN there, but he
hdgeIed in his eurule chair till, finally, curiosity
gains the day.
Unaccustomed to selfeontrol. he also descends
to the strand. The sight Is worth the troube-a
vision divine that carries one back TO the dawn
Of myIhologc times. Cleopatra is entering Tar
sus, asc nding the Cyndus on vessel pialed
with gold over which float sails OF TYrian purple.
This silver oars rise and fall 10 measured ca
dence to the music of Greek Tyres and Egyptian
harDs. The Queen,
THE GODDESS CLEOPATRA,
Lying beneath an awning Of eletl-Of-gOld which
shades tile deck, appears aS the painters usually
represent AphrOdlte. surrounded by rosy Gull
dTeu, ike the Loves beautiful young girls
scarcely clad with lghest drapery as graces and
Dymphs, bearing gari2nds OF roses and the
lotus flower, and waving great fans OF The
feathers OF the ibis. On the prov Of the vessel
other Nefeids form groups worthy OF tile brush
OF Apelles; loves suspended from the yards aud
rigging seem descending from The skies. Incense
aud splkeuaTd, kept burning by slaves surround
the vessel with a Light and odOrous Yapor Which
sends lis perfume 10 both banks OF the stream.
Antony NJ once dispatched one OF his faVOrtes
same night. CLEOPATRA, awaiting herself doubt
less Of her title OF goddess rather than That OF
queen-a queen OF Egypt was nobody in COM
palIs0u with a tTiumvlr-made response that it
was she WHO Invited Antony 10 supper, and the
Roman did not decline the invitation.
He went a the hour appointed TO the palace,
which several days previously Cleopatra had had
secretly prepared with gorgeous magniheenee.
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bands grandsire was Major-General He'll
MacGeaehy, who. while in command of the
British army in Nova Scotia, entertained as
a guest the Duke of Kent, the father of the
present Queen of England.
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'''''"'"' 'o''' '''s ''i LAWRENCE BARRETT.
no CoLoNrL y. ALIsroN BRnMN4

Brown did the best he knew how to Soothe
Mr. Barretts irritation, but he never wholly
succeeded in doing so. The dead actor had
two brothers, Louis and Joseph, with neither
of whom he had been ON speaking terms for
many years. and the sun OF his life, we be-
Iieve, went down on his wrath.
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t0riGal Cleopatra.
SHENANDOAH" IN The FIELD AGAIN.

" Joan Of ATC E" Tonight at the Grand The
English and French Dramatic Claw
renee BaTatt'S Thorn in the Flesh.
The County Fair KATE CaStlstOlS
Professional Career Cut by the Surgeons
knife Success Of Anila at the
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Lawrence Barrett,s True Name

The statement that Lawrence Patrick
Barretts family name is BIannigan" was
made for the first time in book called the
History OF the American Stage" but, in
reality, a collection OF biographical sketches
OF actors a0d actresses of note who had APP
peared in this country. The compiler of
this book was Colonel L. Allsto1 Brown,
and it was published in New York in 1870.
Recon .ly Colonel Brown con- .ributed an ar
ticle in the Sun of that city in which he
acknowledged he was deceived by an actor
to whom he applied for information, and
whose letter is responsible for the error that
had SO long grieved lawrence Barrett. To
show that the deceased actor, who was a
singularly sensitive man, irked under the
name that had been thus fixed upon him the
following letter is published:
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept. 81, 1879.
Dear Str-For many years have endured the
annoyance which owes its origin To you. l have
seen In every paper which had a grudge TO satisfy
copy Of your fictitious biography. 1 have borne
this patenty. But now am getting SO far to-
ward the grave that may be allowed 10 say
something for the truth that may be spoken Of
me after am gone. And. II there be any virtue
in the name which have Inherited, l wish that
il be transmitted stainless to my p0steriy A
book Is about TO be published in Chicago repeat
ing the fable OF which you are the author.
W halever you may have thought when you
peDned tie biography, you can now learn the
truth. My father Is now living at 81 East
Twelfth street. Ii you are still IN doubt OF my
real name lie VIII give you satisfactory proof OF
IL, il you see ut 10 call. AT any rate, think the
time has now arrived when you should do me
justice. public avOwal of the facts is due TO
me, aud can In no way be degrading TO You.
never Injured you. l scarcely know you. There
fore, you can have mo- cause to perpetuate
matter Which Is coming very annoying. L
make this appeal to You as gentleman and
privately. IL il fails must ask 1t publicly, aud
before Il notary shall establish the true facts.
have hope that this plain statement will awaken
a sense of justice in your heart toward one vino
has for years borue unmerited ridIcule owing to
your act. Please let me have your assurance
that you VIII take a just view OF the matter. L
remain. ygury very truIy
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The Great sucees

Seats have been selling briskly at the New
California box-ofice during the week for
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FIRsT-CLAss WATER GoBLETs at 25c set
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