The morning call., 1891-10-11

company, and will go East tomorrow or
Tuesday to join Nat Goodwin's company.
The Lyra Either Club will give grand
CONCERT at Union-sqnare Hall IN December:
Miss Charlotte Tittel. leading lady of
"The President company, is writing a
novel.
Mr. Harry Mainhail has been engaged as
leading man for the Acazar, and Will make
his appearance about November 1st.
Augustus Thomas is drawing royalties
amounting to $500 week on Alabama"
1t has been concluded to hold the big Act
ors' Fund benefit at the Garden Ampni-
theater. New York, next May.
Miss Jennie Fowden will shortly leave
this city en- route to Europe, where she will
enter on thorough course of operate train
ing. She is the eldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. F0wden, late of ST. Louis, but at pres
ent resident in San Francisco, and has been
instructed in the principles and practice OF
music so far by Nine. Herm Won kassinger.
The young lady has voice of remarkable
sweetness and great range.
Thomas w. Keene, the tragedian, seems
to have found mascot the present season.
He is playing to enormous business every
where. His portrayal of Richelieu is very
highly spoken of by competent critics.
Roslna Vokes has several new and
sprightly comediettas which she will pre-
sent during her forthcoming engagement at
the Baldwin.
All hands at the Baldwin are busy pre-
pairing for Fanny Davenport's coming and
the production of Sardou's cleopatra"
Betting Is even as between Davenport and
Bernhardt.
Laura Schirmer- Mapleson's portrait in the
Clipper is very much like SoZodont adyer-
tisement. The teeth are the principal feat
ure, and they resemble the keyboard of
piano. Laura is the wife of Henry Maple
son.
George Marion's dish of "Macaron" was
spoiled, it appears, in the cooking. Lud-
lows nlaVars Nhn had IN N hand hi Sha ndp6
after TWO weeks at MeVicker's, and Marion
has joined The Boys and Girls party.
William L. Carleton's company was an
nounced to open to-day Sunday, the 18th.
at the Columbia Theater, Chicago. in
Strauss Indigo"
Nine. FurSch-Madi is teaching again in
New York.
London theaters issue something like 3d.
COO free passes every year. 1t would be in
teresting to know how many people the
theaters Of San Francisco deadhead in the
course OF twelve months. Population COM
pared. we are inclined to think the free
list is. relatively, more than that of the me-
tropolis of the world.
Mr.. Edgar Stilman Kelly, the composer
and author of the Macbeth" music, who
failed to fix himself in San Francisco, is to
give course of lectures before the Ameri-
can Academy of the Dramatic Arts. New
York, on Musical Expression With Special
Reference to the Drama
ness of her life in the New England circuit.
Her company is strong and well liked
Manager Joseph Levy, who looks after
affairs outside the stage. seems to bring
good fortune to the companies he handles.
lie was Lawrence Barretts business man
during that actors lifetime.
Marie Van Zandt, the prima donna of
Henry E. Abbey's new italian opera COIN
pany, will reach this country ABOUT Noyem-
Der LIST.
And now it is whispered that the Star
TEeater in New York is haunted by the de-
parted Wallacks. James Wallack is said to
have shown himself in the theater cellar in
the grim old cape ulster that he wore in his
last DAYS. bobbins along on his equity foot,
and Lester Wallack sometimes walks
thoughttully through the corridors. The
most surprising thing in connection with
this nonsenslcal paragraph is the ease with
which the average professional accepts 1t as
fact.
George Barretts new play. ''Another
Mans Shoes" has made pretty bad fail
ure. 1t is said to bs of that kind which
sends road company home on its up
pers"
Alexander Comstock. it is said, will have
meiodrama written around Boulanger,
who has just committed suicide on the
grave of his mistress at Brussels. The plot
is to show how le brav General tried to
hand the republic of France over to the
Oreanists.
Marie Jansen's runored engagement to
young Bass, the English ale man, is said to
be joke invented by Eugene Field and has
no foundation IN fact.
Mile. Rhea's new play, judith made a
disastrous failure In Boston Monday. She
mangled the English language in her usual
distressing fashion and missed all the af-
feetionateness In the emotional scenes.
w. w. Kelly, unfavorably known in the
United States as Truthful Kelly ana the
Hustler" has been sentenced by London
judge to ten days in Jail under Judgment
secured against him by the Rocky Mountain
News of Denver, Colo. If all the news
papers in America should pool their issues
against Kelly, says Dunlop's Stage News,
he would remain in Jail the rest Of his
natural life.
The English journalists are having great
fun with the Knight of Thespis, Sir Angus
ius Harris. They now allude to him as
The late Mr.. Harris"