The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-25
G0FtlFa1i The Emma JIGl Opera
Company Takes Its Way.
L0TTh'S "MUSETIE" AT THE BALDWIN.
Manager Hess VIII Open lie New P0WallSfGSt
TbGatar T8-M0TT0W Evening with Les
HIglal08-C0ldllad0lS at The Different
Houses Brief Sketch Of Miss Phoebe d.
TiaS In Amateur julius Cesar For
tigL and Domestic Notes.
Something Ahont Lotta.

If the statement of her friends can be ac-
cepted, says Nj. Kane, writing in Il Phila-
delphia paper, Lolita was born on November
:, ls47, at $50 Broadway, New York, and
consequently is 81 years Old. John Brough-
am never crystallzed into an after-dinner
eligram Il more complete description of
character than when he alluded to Lotta as
"A dramatic cocktail" The very presence
OF This little Coincidence brings a degree Of
. spanking exhilaration that has made her a
universal favorte with the American pub
lie, ana entities her to rank without rival
as tie queen If soubrettes. Lolita was too
iudisposed after the rehearsal yesterday
afternoon tO~be interviewed or rather the
mother would not allow her TO be disturbed
Tie full name Of tits soubrette is Lolita
3. ignuu trabtUee. She still looks as young
as she did over twenty years ago when
ina star Of her fortune began to ascend, and
lie people behind tile stage declare that she
. still acts with ali the spirit and interest of
al amateur, To 90 back t. the it'll lady's
cradle, II must be stated that her family re-
1aIied IN New DIRK until 1854, when they
removed 10 the Pacific Slope Her family
HGS not IN a1fiueut CIT,Ums taGccS, for her
atuer Kept a baT-rOom-that is, if dug
uut can be called btr-To0m. Ii was in the
town aIterWard known as CalOme Hill.
Here
- LoTTA USED TO PLAY THE BANJO
And sing songs for her fathers customers
while tl-y reRaled themselves. She evinced
nucE initiative talent. y band of MINISTRIES
came 10 tile!T camp, and among them was
Zen Colt d, who met Lolita and recognized
be uudeyeloped talent that she possessed.
lie persuaded her to 20 10 san Francisco.
ehe roon lett Cotton for an engagement at
GItctis MeIOleOn, where she remained
great tavorite under the management OF
William b. Smith, who WAS her guardian,
tutor and good friend, and who Is now the
manager OF The Standard Iheater of ST.
Louis. Among the company were Sophia
aud Jennie Worrell, the former now Mrs.
George =. knight; Maggie Moore, the wife
o. Il.lam Williamson, now owner Of a cir
cult 81 tGeateTs in Australia, and Lolita
J or nYe years Lolita continued to sing and
lance in the MelOdeOn. AT length John T.
McDunOush placed her on the regular stage
- the character Of Tartarine in the drama
% 80 Tile DFTPS Daughter" So well did
sic acqUt herself IN the new role that she
became a universal fayoTite, At GilDert's
MelOdeJn there was great rivalry among the
artists.
The theatsr was crowded every night up
TO tile close OF tue hrst part, in which there
-Vas ''Walk-aTOuDd," and ii was here-the
arls entered into the liveliest kind Of a COM
petition. Zach did her utmost TO Guidance
lie other Each IavorIte had her host OF
admirers, and the demonstration on the
part of Tie audience was intense. After the
Valk-aruund the house became almost empty,
STUN iAS ltdI llliS WAS the ATTRACTIVE feature.
Lutta VAS very ambitious, and whenever
she failed TO score triumph she would re-
tle to her dreSSiuE-rOom and cry bitterly.
From san Francisco her parents took her 20
New NorE, where she gave her first per
fHrmance at Niblo's Saloon on June l, 1864.
She wasn't a success in New ork, so she
went TO Chicago, where she played THE
Seven Sisters" at McVickers. Fortune be-
gan to smile on her there, and her success
dates from this point. One night during this
Engagement an Unknown admiUer threw
So0U gold " atch and chain upon the stage.
ENOUGH TO KEEP THE WOLF AWAY.
Lolita made enough on the stage to have
Some Of 1t stored away to serve her in her
.oid age. Her mother manages all the
hnances. She has never been known to 60
outside the theater t. make her money ex-
c-Pt once. and that was when she gave an
/ stern broker $1,000 to invest in a specu-
latlun that panned out so poorly that Lolita
: lad TO sue TO get her money Dack-and got
l.. She has not been mixed up in any we'll
authenticated affair Of the heart, despite the
spinsteT age u which sue has attained. 1t