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TiyOli Business,

After most successful run of the White
and Bauer spectacle, "Aquilo," the man
agement Of the Tvoli will withdraw it on
Monday evening in favor of the pretty lit
tie musical composition, Coquelicot." Ac-
cordlng to managerial statement Aquilo"
has bro ken the attendance record at the
rlvoli, and after little revision will prob
ably have run about Christmas time in
the Eastern States.
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The Grismer-Da.ies Engagement.

Joe HawOrths war play in disguise,
"Ferncliff." is holding its own at the Bush
street so far, and will no doubt enlarge as
well as tighten its grasp on the public dur
ing the coming week. Several COMPARE
lively new people in the cast have gained
the good opinion Of the audience by merito-
riOus acting. which opinion mas been en-
HANGED by the evident desire of the young
ment TO zeal. Among these may be men
TONED Miss Della McQuaid, Mr.. Arthur
Livingstone, Edgar Weir. The children,
too, little Laura Crews and Lit tie Irene, are
apt and interesting
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ing to work, and love the art, in which
have found my chiefest pleasure in Lille.
Poor Human Nature.

Honor and fame from no condition rise;
Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Lew Rosen writes: San amusing trait In
many actors and actresses is their desire 10
hide their humble origins. The new-fasli-
Toned farce-comedy stars are especially
anxious to make you understand that they
were never in the variety ranks. There IS
considerable caste i'll Bohemia, L can tell
you yet humble origin IS nothing 10 p haH s
had lowly beginnings. John Gilbert was
dry-goods clerk. and so was Lawrence b ar
rett. John Mccullough made chairs. Ed
Harrigan was a calker. Tony Pastor was a
clown. Clara Morris in: The Black Crook
was a ballet girl. Maud Granger was
factory girl. Bob Slavin was machinist::
Francis Wilson was minstrel song and
dance man. John 7. Raymond was
printer. great many have been nero
nOneDtities"
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21st, and the advance sale for that day
reached $500, which, to say the least, Is an
encouraging sign. Carmen" will be pre-
scented on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday nights; Thursday, Saturday,
Sunday and Sunday matinee, "a Trip to
Afrioa -
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the court. Why should she keep my house?
of the house.
wanted to get some valuable papers,
play manuscripts and the like that have In
the mouse. and-well, you know it wouldn't
MS own home by the relatives of his wife
who was seeking to get separation from
him.
didn't want to give her the house be-
cause my business is a precarlous one and
about to set out for California ON tour 1
wanted to have an understanding with her.
l can never live with her again"
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ground. Mr.. j.
Holmer, a popular
young gentleman
residing at sos
Minna street, San
Francisco, had a
premonition based
on facts. He was
a victim Of heart
a n d Il erv GU s
troubles, He has
resided here for
ave years, and was
a sufferer nearly
all that time. He
consulted differ
ent physicians, and
spent q little for
tune on patent
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81 am glad to say
that 1 am feeling
much better than 1
have for years. Your
treatments have viz
tually made a new
man of me. When /
first took treatment
my Constitution was
completely run down.
my appetite poor, and
I failed TO sleep at
night. The great I'M
proyement is percep-
, tible to my friends,
some OF whom have al
ready written you for
treatment, Thanking
you for the great bene-
fits received, 1 am
yours truly,
W. f. GOODRICH"
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, THE THEATBRS.
THE PLAYERS.
Mime. FaDbTiMlnGr viii Begin
an Opera Season.
ANOTHER WEEK OF ALABAMA"

Looking for Nat Goodwin in {" The NOmiHHe."
"FHrlrllf Makes The Pace - While
Kate CEtlHt0l Is a BOna-FidH Success at
the California =" KYriE-Pyritz The
StsWartO'C8Ilell New Opera, " Bluff
King Hal Sarah Bernhard" Shadows
Of a Great Ciiy"-The Rdllying- Ground
Of FaTCe-COmedy-TiHOli Business.
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remedies, but to no effect Though he Is only 20
years or aye, he looked almost total wreck, when
some friends advised him to go to the Cosmopolitan
Dispensary. He had lost all faith but still grasped
like the drowning man, at what he supposed was
merely straw. and went HE BLESSES THAT
DAY He is now a robust handsome young fellow,
thoroughly cured and certainly happy, and gives
the Cosmopolitan Dispensary the credit for making
him such.
Mr.. W. E. Goodrich, popular gentleman of Col
lege City, Cal has something to say on this very
point:
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Never Say Die.

Don Diego de Vivo is like the Frenchman
in the famous old farce, NJ. Tonson, coming
again and again into the field of profess
sional action. A few lines from New York,
under date of August 18th, informs us that
he has made another discovery. He writes
1t is long time since you heard from me- but
this summer has. so far, been very quiet sun,
have something new for you. A new dramatic
star, just arrived from Italy. and her name Is
Trina MuraZzi Dgenu (An. what memories that
name 1rma eOnjuieS up!). She was born In Ven
ice, her mother a Canadian. her father a Hol-
lander. Her age Is "a years, and she is pre- ~
too, speaking fuently English. French. Italian
Dutch and Spanish. The lady Is the wife of a
clever actor and impresario, SGnor MaraZzi Dill
gent, and has played leading parts In my com.
pany for i've years. She comes to The United
States for the purpose OF playing ia English on
the American stage. i think, as far | can
Judge. she viii prove success. When size
played in Amsterdam lately, in the Hollandisch,
she was overwhelmed with applause. Signora
Diligentl Is also a pianisIe and had been singer
In her time, but her vote. did not meet the re-
quiIements OF the lyric stage and so she has
adopted the dramatic one. Her repertoire i.
very large, including Mary Stuart" Marie
AntoineIle." 4" Lady Macbeth" SapphO"
Joan of Are" Sister Teresa" " La Tosea"
Love Without EsLeem." " Denise 4" by Dumas
lie Living statue" IAN Only Daughter"
Gioconda," etc. She translates all her works
The ouIy trouble she is In is an opening in New
YORK, as all the theaiers are tau en-, but she will
Try Boston or Philadelphia, trusting that some
company may break down when she is ready 10
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The Rallying Point.

1t would seem from the line of attractions
lately presented at the New California that
that theater has been chosen as the rallying
place or the rounding up station of all the
farce-comedies, as they are called. with de-
signs on the Pacific Coast. The manage
ment have evidently concluded such course
is good policy from financial point of view.
When they get through with 1.-The Dazzler"
next week. Evans and Hoey will, therefore,
make another stoppage here with their ''Par-
lor Match" now in the seventh year Of its
career. 1t is boosted that the public never
tire of this peculiar piece of work. nor of
any Of Mr.. Hoyts compositions, for the
matter of that, and in this fact the reason
for their frequent turning up here must be
sought. When we consider the nature of
the entertainment offered-being the first
lings of Hoyts numerous fiock-the slight
claim it has on the public interest and the
continuously ample manner In which that
claim is honored, wonder ceases at the in
creasng number of workers for the stage,
and surprise takes its place that the increase
is not faster and the number of "play-
wrights" does not quadruple every year
a lucky hit with farce comedy is now a
sure road to fortune, for the public are as
constant in their liking for it as they used
to be for the old clown in the circus, whose
single expression, Here we are again y was
considered such an exquisite bit of fun that
1t always set the tent auditors in a roar.
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Deborah T.. wife of b. Y. wilds. to Aiva N.
Phelps. lot 20, Block 2l1s. Alden Tract,
Temescal. .......................... 10
Laura b. EckfeIdt to S. HUFF, lots Is aud Is,
Block SO, lands adjacent to Encinai. Ala
F. H. Meyers to A. Cassebohm, lot SO, Rock
Island Tract Oakland Township ............
q. T. H. Palmer ana wife to Alice, wife OF
Suburban Tract, Oakland Township, except
water from certain spring.
T. T. H. Palmer and wife TO Julius Leeman,lots
o ana D. same block, same exception.
william II. Mackinnon and wife to Elizabeth
Darms, lot on S. line OF Tenth ST., 1850 w.
from Kirkham, w. 50xl20.. 80
Charles A. Walker to Harriet Walker. his
wife, lot on SW. line OF East Twentieth ST.,
140 NV: rom Twenty fourth ave-, NV. 50x
W: il Mead to Aug Kroeger. lot s.. Block &.
truityaie Villa Tract, Brooklyn Township.
D. y. Adriance and wife to Annie A. Murphy.
iots 10 to 70, Block +, Nicol Tract, Brook
J. A. E Eastman ana wife to q. H. Robinson, lot
on N E. cor of Cedar and Louisa sts., L.
III ;6x n. $50, BERKELEY. ..............,....
). a. Eastman and wife to same. lots 10 and
Same to same, lot on sw line Of East twenty
second st., 425 Sc. OF Twenty-nrst ave., Sc.
Same to same, lot il, block 4. king Tract on
Fruitvale ave.. Brooklyn Township.
Thomas J. Bartlett and wife to same, tot ID,
Carson Reid to same. lot on sw line Of East
Twenty-second ST., 325 Sc. Of Twenty-first
ave, Sc 2Sx14O, oakland.
L. Scotchler and wife to Michael Walsh, lot
u, Block 8. Case Tract, Bergeley............
Hattie q. Fault to William NJ. Merry. all
Interest In lot on South Thirty-ninth ST., $50
w. OF Telegraph ave., s. 122:6, w. 1OO:2,
n ll6:ll, L. 100. Oakland Township.
q. s. Martin and wife On. e. to Frank Green,
lot on South Seventh st., 100 w. OF Brush,
W. 2oxlOO, Oakland ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Winifred Curtis to same, Tot on w. line OF
Brush ST., So $. OF Seventh. s. 1915. Oak
Nancy A. Beiaen to Fanny NJ. woodward, lot
on N. line OF Tenth ST., 126 20 l.. of Cypress,
E 36175, Oakland. ........................
E. f. Staples and wife to william f. Lewis, 10
acres, except 2.6S acres S. line of Rose
ave, In Laundry Farm, Brooklyn Town.
M w Conpor To w. q. McGiaty. lot 2, Block
U, Golden Gate Tract, Oakland Township.
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Nat Goodwin's Work.

Although young in the service of the
stage. Nathaniel c. Goodwin has done con-
siderable work in his time. In very we'll
written article on the young comedian. who
opens at the Baldwin in THE Nominee, ION
the 31st inst, Mr.. Elwyn Barron says: La
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A Rough School of Experiences.

In an interview Miss Minna Gale says:
VI am the first of my family to adopt the
stage. But l always had a love for the
theater. l wanted to become an actress,
but had little idea how to 60 about it. H.
stead Of going to the right kind OF an actor
l registered at one of the dramatic agencies,
through which was given tentative en-
gagement with Mr.. Daniel E. Bandmapn.
You smile, but let ME assure you that as l
look back on those laborious months of 1888
see that no better beginning could have
been made. The work was appalling for
twenty weeks. We travelled all the way
from British Columbia to Texas, and [ was
plunged into great range of parts-Emelia
10 'Othello' one night, Queen Gertrude in
Hamlet the next night, and so on through
Mr.. Landmarks enormous repertoire. And
all without penny OF salaryl You must
know was working for experience got
1t, believe me. / was nearly broken down
at the end Of the tour. At the beginning of
the season of 1856 l entered Mr. Barrett's
company, and when Miss Wainwright Sc
eeded circumstauces thrust me into prom
Inent parts. You know the rest. The pub
lie and critics have given me encouraging
applause, and j am hopeful OF making a
steady, upward climb. / am strong, will
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Mrs. Julia Brady. teacher Of sewing in the
Mission Cogswell High School, has rendered
her resignation to the Board of Education.
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MILE. MARIE DECCA

Sang on Thursday afternoon at the Cbautau-
qua festival and received an ovat ion-ihree EN-
cores and five recalls. l think when the Califor-
MA public hear her they Will applaud me for
calling her the Am rican Nightingale" / VIII
bring her with me when come 10 San Francisco
with my dramatic star Yours, sincerely.
ID. DE VIvo.
Zone cannot help wishing the Don success,
he Is so perseyering, and so evidently i'll
earnest. Therefore, we hope. after an ex-
perlence with his star from the Low Coun-
tries, our audiences may not DO as Marlbor-
ough's troops did in that section. We have
Uncle Toby's authority for 1t that the SOL
dlers "sWore terribly in ElandersNl
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The chorus consists OF forty people and
the orchestra of twenty-five pieces, under
that accomplished director Romandy.
Special attention has been paid to the cos
TUNES, scenery and stage-settings. Grand
and comic opera will be included in the
repertoire. The season has good pros
pect, as the pu bic are disposed to patronize
it. The box-sheet opened on Friday, the
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MISCELLANEOUS.


A great many people have experienced Fremont
ton Of impending danger for which there is no
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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

Martin Dale to Bertha Dale. lot on N. line OF
S GI9ys st, JOG + Of Br % E 70. N
David Center to John Center, new Potrero
Blocks 1874. 1855 and 1856. ................... $40
Mary Black to Albert NJ. King, lot 40 BLOCK
80, City LAID Association. 10
Nellie Dillon TO Albert NJ. King. lot IS, Block
William hurley to Nellie Hurley, lot on e.
line OF Tennessee ST., l7b s. Of Sierra, S.
Alfred Clarke and wife to benjamin Il. Keith. 'i'
lot on w. line of Dupont ST., 20 n. of Lom-
bard, y. 52:eY77 IS. Observation-Disclosures. $500
Alfred Clarke and wife TO James A. johnson,
lot on Sc. line OF Louisa St, 362:6 NE. OF
George Nelson to Amelia s Peterson lot ON 0''''
S. line OF ronqnin ST., 237:6 W. of Broder-
AbDie A. Graybei to George ID. Graybeli, lot
on \ Z corner of Fifteenth and Castro sts.,
Castro and Twenty-seventh sts. S. 22SxllS;
also lot -. Block %. Market Street Home
August Keibler ct al Caroline r. Aigel-
finger, lot 1s. Block SO, City Land Asso.
George de Toy and wife to iheodor Wolf w
weber, lot on w. line OF Ashbury ST., 6I:6
\. OF Frederick. n. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10
John NJ. Comerford and wife 10 Ferdinand
lombard, lot ON \. line of Thirrieth ST.,
125 L. of Dolores, L. 25xl14 5000
Andrew Stewart and wife to Ferdinand e.
IS 5 OF Twenty afta, S. so1il7:e -. 1o. 900
Annle A. Meignan to Luigi Cuueo, lot E.
line Of Howard St. IS N. of Tweuty-first.
Margaret de Forest and husband to A. Ruef,
lot on Sc. cor. of Waller aud Steiner sts., S.
William r. Lewis and wife to John C. Spen-
Ger, lot on w. line of Castro ST., l34 IS n of
Sixteenth, n. SSYl20. Observation-Disclosures. 10
Thomas Murray aud wife to Lewis Z. Kelly,
lot On s. line of Eighteenth st., $50 w, OF
Church, w. 25xll4: also undivided x OF
lot on n. line OF Hancock ST., 100 w. of
Church, w. 25xll4 Observation-Disclosures, 5
Lewis L. Kelly to Jessie M. Murray, same s
Jacob Heyman and wife to August Grueshing,
lot on K cor. OF worden ave. and old San
Jose road. n. so. E. 1855, S. so, w. l54..... 10
Maria l.. Grim ct al. to William q. PennycooK,
lot OH W. line of Florida ST., 2OS y. of
Twenty-second, N. 26xlOU............. LOO
Joseph Eberhart to Mary Eberhart, lot on s.
line of Brazil ST., rs W. oil Madrid, W. 25x
loo Gift
John BeIgerot to Z. f. Bergerot lot w.
line OF stockton ST., 1877 10 N. of Pine, n.
49:7xl37:6 .................,..,,.. Gift
L. b. Cornwall to Olania Monroe ct al. lot
SW. cor. OF Goiden Gate ave. and Steiner ST.,
W. l3f :bA l2I :Sl4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS j
FRANK l. Chaplin ct al to Thomas Kirkpat-
rick, lot of w. line OF Steiner St, 100 5. of
Go;den Gate ave-. =. "a :2xl37 e. ........... 10
John j. AyIward and wife to John Miller aud
wife, lot of N. line of Bush ST., 81 IL w. of
Scott, W. n :6xl5T :6...................., $500
John X. Martin and wife to Nellie q. Gaffney,
lot on n T. cor. OF Eighteenth and Church
stephen t. King to j. Heyman, lots to D, Is
and IA. Block 3, Junction Homestead AsSo-
N'"'iou' ~
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Quality Ladies on the Stage.

A famous London stage beauty, the Hon.
Lady Duncombe. was engaged by Manager
M. b. Leayitt, during his visit to London
this summer. for the principal part for his
new spectacular production, Spider and
Fly" The lady joins the company at Chi
cage. December 9th, for tour of the prn-
cipal cities of The United States. The fol-
lowing distinguished personageS are related
to the Hon. Lady Dunc0nbe: Duchess of
Leicester. Duchess of M0ntrose, Earl Of
Feversham, Countess of Feversham, Lady
Cyentia Graham, Lady Helen Vincent, Lady
Urica Duncombe, Vlscount Helmsley, Mar
quiS Kildare, Lady Herme Fitzgerald.
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music-or the abstruse style OF composition
that only musicians far gone In their art
reverence, but which to the uneducated,
the popular, ear has no more significance
than sounding brass or tinkling
cymbal:" This is a mistake. OF course,
the Oxford graduate stands on the highest
plane in the art he has made life study;
but, at the same time, he has the sense Of
artistic propriety fine enough to know that
sonata-writing will not do for the score
OF an opera intended for the public at large.
II any one doubts this let him attend a re-
hearsal and listen to the musiealiy ford
settings the composer has given to O'Con-
neips lyrics, the well-written concerted
numbers and the descrlptiveness of the
choruses. Expectation runs high in regard
to the operate bluff King Hal "a king
whose reign, however, was not remarkable
for anything, if We except the invention of
the be ef-eaters, which Gilbert Abbott
as Beckett credits to Harry, but wife-mur-
der and monastic incendiarism.
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LIABILITIES.

Claim for death losses and matured
endowments. due and unpaid. :.
Claims for death losses and ma
tured In process OF adjustment,
or adjusted but not due. ........
Claims resisted by the Company
Amounts due and unpaid on an
nuity claims.
Net present value OF the all OUT
standing policies, computed 2c-
cordtng to the American Expert
ence Tables of Mortality, with
4 la per cent interest. .....
Premiums paid in adyance......
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i" Shadows of a Great civ %


Will again fall on our dramatic community
tomorrow evening at the Alcazar Shew-
ellis sensational meodrama is pretty well
known in San Francisco. 1t has been so
often presented, in fact, that the principal
interest in connection with 1t now is to
make comparison of the several Biddy
Romans that have successfully Hiberncized
its scenes. Annie Ward Tiffany will have
an inning with Biddy on Monday night, and
she claims to be superior to all the ambi-
tious females we have heretofore seen at
tempt to delineate the character No
doubt Tiffany can play the warm-hearted
Irish girl for all that type is worth-a little
too warm, perhaps, it may be added, con-
sidering the present temperature. We hope
the clerk of the weather will send us cool
night on the oath, and then the performance
of Shewelps melodrama will be ever so
much more agreeable. the Irishwoma is
the only distinctive character in the cast
the only one that gives tone and color to
the scenes in which she is engaged. The
rest OF the dramatiS persona are made up
OF tho fiotsam and jetsam of the metrop-
olis-people that float here and there on the
surface of all kinds of society and when
finally cast ashore generally land at the
State Prison. No particular dramatic in
tereSt can attach to them, because, for the
most part, they are everyday occurrences.
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Total Liabilities.
INCOME.

Cash received for premiums on new
policies during the year. 8
Cash received for renewal OF pre-
MUM, during the year. ]
Cash received for sale OF annuirie5,
Cash received for interest. .....
Rents received, including interest
on buildings while In process OF
construction.
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$94.235. $50 II
Total Income. ss1. ,88.7oI !,
EXPENDITURES

EXPENDITURES.
Cash paid for losses and matured
endowments. .................,.... SLOTS 272- 4s
Casn pald 70 annuitants.. 1,274.499 $40
Cash paid for surrender policies -. 2.65OSI2 ~
Cash paid for dividends to policy
:, holders. .........;;..;....... 2.26s,2o7 SIS
Premium notes yoided by lapse of
policies .,........................ 1871 55
commissions paid TO agents. ....-. 1896, $50 20
Salaries and other compensation of
officers and employees except
agents and medical examiners -. 6Oa225 OIL
Salaries and travelling expenses of
agents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $4,000 90
Medical examiners fees aud sal
aries. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 245 s9l 81
Sasn pai9 1of taxes ................ 1855 AZ
oasn pald 1or advertising............ l54 1897 81
All oIhef cash payments............ 1,17l,OlS 63
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" Moldincn n PLAY.

Mr.. Frohman allowed me Says Johanna
Stats in New " rk TRUTH to pass very good
quarter Of an hour in watching that process
known as padding the lines" This would
seem to common everyday ordinary in
tellect to be deliberately intricate, and cal
culated to inspire intense pity for the actor
whose lines are being so manipulated. Re-
hearsing is bewildering enough. Imagine
Mr.. ShakletOn being obliged to calculate
ninety odd times these words: Hello!
there's the old lady p and following the
next one: Call me Charleyl' Each time
the accent is altered until he Is fsin to
begin all over again. Each time some
alteration in attitude is suggested by the
six or seven people who are pooling their
brains to better the scene.
For example: Now try that all over
again. Do! First lean on the mantel, then
start. NO-perhaps you'd better start first"
Agreed by all to be the better plan. Then,
as starting Is easily done and immensely eff
fectve, 1t is settled that the miserable young
man shall start twice-0nce before he leans
on the mantel aud once after. This settled,
shall the accent be on the ''Hello!' or on
the ''old lady? A grave discussion follows.
Ihen-shall he look at the ''old lady" when
he Says Call me Charley" or shall no avoid
her glaneeP The young man is firm in this
matter. He thinks it will be easier to say if
way. And then-after all this-to see the
falterng stars sparkle forth as naturally at
night as the stars in the summer sky, and
with no more apparent effort
FUNNY BUSINESS! ISN'T TIP"
And the young woman in stiff shirt-front,
mannish tie and jaunty coat, with hands in
pockets. stands besides me. II is tombstone
Bennett. Mr.. Frohman's an angel! He
hammers away at US unlll we have to catch
his meaning Mr.. Belasco, too, is Quiet
about rehearsal work, though things have
to go his way. BHt-you should see Mr..
Mansfield There is probably no sadder
sight than strong man in tears. But be-
came accustomed to it while we were re-
hearsing Monsieur When he wasn't
jumping In and out of his hat. or butting
MS head in desperation against the scenery.
he was weeping-for L was awfully stupid
and drove the poor man wild.
" 1t would be about like this, you know"
and Miss Bennett took very large folded
northumberland out of her coat pocket
and Illustrated. Why-er-oh-cann
You understand? Why cannot-boo- hoo-I
inspire you with an interest in your part?
(snuffle). Why-oh-bo0-cannot you re-
member! That's fact! just the way ne
did oh no!-it is not fiction. Though,
perhapS-I have exaggerated-a little"
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O5n0P0LLTAN
1DlSPENSARY

Corner Market. Stockton and Ellis Streets
San Francisco. Cal. Entrance Stockton.
Out-of-town patients treated with UNFAILING
SUCCESS through correspondence: visit desr-
able, but not necessary. Medicine sent safely and
Tree from observation to any part of the country
Write for symptom blank to Ill out and a letter ex-
planning your disease, giving advice, etc. will re-
turned free. au23 27 2t
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The Fabbri-sIuller Opera Season

The Fabbr1- HnIIer Opera season
VIII open at the Orpheum to- morrow even
ing (Monday), oath inst, with Georges Bizet's
Carmen" Miss Ida Valerga in the title
role. which fits her, judging by rehearsals,
as a glove does the hand. Than Miss Va
lerga few of our professional singers have
had a more liberal education in the lyric art,
and fewer still possess such delightful
natural voice She made brilliant success
as Carmen with the Mapleson Opera Com
pany in London. The full distribution of
the onnra is as follows: