The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-27

NO indeed .-Duniop'S Stage News.
The London Era, dramatic paper of
long standing, is offered for sale. Price
100000.
John A. Stevens contemplates trip to
Australia.
Robert Downing. the Forrestian TRACE
gan, is getting good deal of free advertis-
ing about the loss of his voice from laryn-
seal paralysis. Now he comes forward and
pronornces the report that he is so afflicted
untrue and sensational He says he never
felt better at any time in his life than at
present, and in two or three weeks time
will again don his tragedy buSkins and strut
his brief hour on the stage.
Mile. Mea, an attractive young lady of
Bernhardts company, is said TO be q daugh-
ter Of Dumas fills.
Mounet Sully. for years the leading actor
or the Theatre Francois, has sent in his
resignation, on account of advancing years
! and falling strength. Nevertheless, 1t is
said that he Intends making a tour of Amer
lea
Modjeska continues so i'll with the Russian
grippe i'll Philade phia that many uf her
engagements hayc had to be capceled.
Manager David Henderson and Scenic
Artist DaDgerfeld are now engaged in the
arrangement OF plans and scenery for next
summers spectacle at the Chicago Opera
House. which, it is promised, will eclipse in
brllilancy the gorgeousness OF "Sinhad.'
The prima donna Januchowsky and her
husband, Adolph NeuendOrf expect to go
abroad soon to hear "L'Ami Fritz" with
the Intention of producing Mascagni's new
| work u HammerStein's new Opera House
| ON Thirty-fourth street.
a French paper declares that register of
the birth Of Sarah Bernhard has been
found at Paris, which gives her name
! Rosina, the date of her birth October IL,
| 1S41, and her mothers name Julie Bern
hardt, native of Berlin.
William ). Gilbert, the librettist, owns
| library of 5000 volumes and parrot which
| is considered the finest talker i'll England
A lew DAYS before his death William j.
Florence said to one uf his friends, a Brook
| !yn man, dread the end of this season,
| for then I've got to separate from Jefferson.
It's all right Tor him, for he is rich and can
| afford to retire whenever he likes but for
| me 1t means that I'm to be sent back 10 The
Almighty Dollar to earn my living"
| Louise Beaudet announces her retirement
| from the stage at the end of the present
season. II is her intention to settle on the
| ranch which she purchased from Daniel
| Bandman hye years ago. Bandman sued to
| recover the land, but the case was decided
| i'll favor of Miss Beaudet and she now pro
| poses to 60 out there and hold it down.
Hugo TOland is playing Barnes in "Mr.
| Barnes of New York." at the Columbia,
| Chicago.
Zena w. Ramsey, one of the pioneers of
| negro minStrelsy, died at Ellenville, of
| paralysis, December 10Th, aged 10 He was
born at Shawangunk, Ulster County, n. I.
| Inc famous Princess Dolgorouki, said 10
| be an eminent violinste, viii begin an
American tour about February s, 1892.
Eugen UAlbert, the pianist, will not re-
visit the United States this season.
Says the Boston Home Journal marie
| Wit, the soprano who lately committed sui
| eide. once learned the part of Brunhilde, in
the 'Nalkure, in three weeks. That fin
lshed me- she said, shortly before her death.
| Scbnor died shortly after Tannhauser,
| Anders went mad studying Tristan, and
Scaria, after Parsifal, died insane" Are
| we to understand, post hoe ergo propter
| hoe?
Manager T. Henry French did very gen.
| eEous and patriotic thing in giving his check
for $1,000 to the Worlds Fair fund.
Mr.. John Gouriay was playing Frank
Featherly, and Miss Maggie Moore Lucy, at
| latest adyices, i'll William Manuing's kin
! bred Souls, at the new Princess Theater,
| Melbourne.
VernOna Jarbeau has been made an hon.
orary member OF the Montgomery (Ala.) fire
| DEPARTMENT
+ The material for the robes which will
adorn Mr.. ferris as the King in the produc-
| ton OF Henry VIII" at the Lyceum is to
| cost thirteen guineas yard.-LondOn Pa
! per- Here truly, adds the Chicago Times,
Is the promise of great performance
| 4here can be no bad acting III a company
costnmed alter this gorgeous fashion. Pro-
! ductlOn is the thing nowadays; the players
may be what they please.
The directors of the McVicller Theater
| bOhipdnN nave utCiaIeu q 4 per cent SEMI
| annual dividend on the capital stock of
100000 for the half year ending December
| 3lst, and have surplus left sufficient to
mount spectacular play for the coming
| summer.
One of the handsomest Christmas num-
bers ever issued by periodical is that of
| the New York Dramatic News.
| The following effort has crept I'm by mail:
III am ne Ist LEY AN h1srtlqn from Yae-
Could sic in q box at smart matinee
Aud study cur chorus for only minute
they'd have TO acknowledge they never were In
| It. PAUL +. NICHOLSON.
Mr.. James O'Neill is about to try a new
! play called IA Royal Trust aud 1t fits him
| so exactly that he is confident he can trust
| american republicans to make it profitable
| The plot is laid in France during the reign
| OF Louis XIV and the Infamous Pompadour.
| Both Sig. Beyignani, the conductor, and
| Guile. the tenor, have left the Juch Opera
| Company. The conductor says Mr.. Locke did
not live up to his agreement; but he owed him
| only tritle. Little Guille's reason for leaving
was the same that is always troubling him,
| super-SeDsltve1ess He says Miss Juch had
| resented the applause bestowed upon him
| by 2dmiring audiences, and had caused his
! name to be omitted from the bills He had
| SING In "Cavaileria Rusticana," in Faust"
| and IN 'RigOletio." and in every instance
efforts were made to mar his work or de-
| prive him of proper credit. He had grown
| tired of this opposition and has resigned,
losing the $3.50 which Mr.. Locke owed him.
| He is now engaged to sing with Mime. Patti
| during her coming concert tour.
| A S1,JO0,00o opera house and theater on
| tho Chicago Exhibition grounds, structure
4G0x600 feet in area, is the latest idea Of
! Steele MackayP, the actor and playwright
| He submitted his plan to the Worlds Fair
| Board OF Architects December I'd.
London is the objective point of several
American companies in the near future
Wainwright proposes to take Amy Rob-
| Sa ri there next season; Charles Frohman
intends to do tile same with Paradise
Los. Manager Lit also goes, with "Yon
| 1onson." lew others are talking Len
| dom for effect, but it is doubtful if they
ever see the worlds capital.
| IL ever man was entitled to blow his
| own horn Il is Mr.. Williams, bandmaster
OF the English Tenth Hussars, who has just
| received the degree of Bachelor of Music
| from Cambridge University, and 1t is be-
| lieved that he is the first man wearing uni
| form who has ever been the recipient of this
| honor.
IAN Old Habitue" praises, in L'Echo de
| Paris, the Skill and knack of Professor Carl
| Hertz. the young California necromancer,
| as shown at the es-BeTEere in that city,
! lie calls the mystery of the air illusion 'un
| true merVellleuX, un veritable triomphe pour
| Pinventeur," who is Mr. Hertz himself. OF
| his assistant, Miss AstTia, he says she is
"une tres 1olle ct tres seduisantc Ameri-
| came"
Jennie c. Wilder. sister of Marshall P.
| Wider, has made her professional debut as
| humorlst and reader. She is twelve years
her brothers junior Her deformity is
nearly identical with that of her brother.
The attempt to establish a genuine stock
| company IN Denver has failed.
A delightful book, which will interest
music-lovers, has just been published under
| the title If Songs of Two Savoyards," the
two Savoyards being w. s. Gilbert and Sir
| Arthur Sullivan, and the songs choice selec-
| tlonS from their famous comic operas.
RnbinsEein has returned to st. Petersburg
| where he will give a new cantata in honor
| OF the silver wedding of the Gar and Gar
| Ina. After Christmas he will go to Paris,
| where he expects to remain permauentiy
| His sacred opera, Moses" the seventh and
last part finished this year in Dresden, will
soon appear from the press of Seuff, in
| Leipsic.
Those who play the violin will be inter-
| ested in learning that Nine. Camilla Urso