The morning call., 1892-09-08
THE AMUSEMENT WORLD.
aidWeek Notes Of Theatrical Business Here
and Elsewhere.

Some of the evening newspaper services
of this city are interesting themselves with
the business relations Of this paper and the
different theatrical managers and are in
dustri0usly placing the situation in false
light. Gentlemen, the simple fact is this
THE CALL newspaper found it was doing
more work for the theaters than it was paid
for and ordered a halt for readjustment.
The reasonable proposition of its managers
was not accepted by the theatrical mag
mates, and with that independence always
characteristic of the business operations of
this paper they were told. VERY well, gen.
tIemen: your advertisements can no longer
appear in our columns," and the blue pencil
was mereiessly drawn through every one
of them. That's all there is about 1t. Ii
these local eleemosynary pseudo managers,
wao are always. after successful SEASONS,
begging The public for benefits and from
the daily press soliciting gratuitous adverIis-
ing can sail without legitimate journalistic
aid, so much the better for them. We are
rather pleased to free our columns from
their burden, promising our readers IL the
same time, that full report. without re.
slrictive influences. of all theatrical sayings
and doings will appear as usual.
81 dropped in to hear Lillian Russell sing
Marion, in what they call here Audran's
La Cigale,' /" remarked a gentleman tcaTiSt
the other evening while posing in front Of
one of our local theaters.
Had you never heard it befoTe?"
"Well, not this version. | heard La
Cigale' Ia London last year, when Geraldine
Ulmer was doing Marion in Audran's score.
Ny reason for bringing up the subject is
simply TO remark the wide difference be-
tween the London production and the one
now given here. Tho opera was a good
deal transmogrifed, no doubt, when Horace
Sedger took IL cut of its French dress and
put it on the London stage; but when L.
Henry French bought the rights for the
United States, he, it appears, from my ex-
perience last evening, got his work in with
a yengeance-he and Ivan Caryll-in the
same direction. 1t does not strike me as the
same opera l heard under this title in Lon
don. Not at all"
'tThe changes are many and marked, you
say?"
"Whewl ! should think so. To be can
did with you, almost the only point of resem-
bance / find between the San Francisco and
London production OF La Cigale' is in the
donkey"
Mr. Hereward Hoyte, who arrived here
month or so ago from Sydney, n. 5. W., has
been offered and accepted a place in the
cast Of the Grismer-Greene new play, "The
New South" when it is produced in this
gagged to support Miss Beddard. who has as
yet not appeared before our public, and by
her kind permission accepts two weeks
engagement proffered by a local manager.
Mr. Hoyte has fine presence and an alert
manner, and we have no doubt these natural
gifts will tell to his advantage when heis
before the fo0tlghts. Miss Beddard will
probably make her bow to San Francisco
audience some time toward the end of the
present month.
The coming advent of the great John
Robinson equestrian, geological and spec
tacular shows has as much interest for our
young people as the New Orleans prize
fights have for children Of larger growth.
While the old circus business is retained in
all its fascinating form-the clown. the
ringmaster, the fairy-like equestrienne
flying around the arena posed gracefully ON
her splendid courser-new spectacular
features OF extraordinary splendor have
been added. The interview Of the Queen
OF Sheba with, King Solomon OF Israel,
tho proyerbial philosopher. is said to be
a marvel OF costuming and OF profess
sional glory. You can read the story
it illustrates If you have a Bible
handy, in L Kings, chap. x. Perhaps it
would be as well to do so before you visit
the great Robinson tents. for this grand
sight would be all the more keenly relished
when one is in possession OF all the facts
which it is intended to represent Things
are getting little mixed, however. II must
be confessed, when we have to 20 to holy
writ 10 find out what is being done at the
circus. 1t is impossible to tell all that will
take place in this wonderland under canvas
at the Central Park, Market street, on
Monday night next, September II; but
our readers will be kept posted from time
to time.
With one exception, our local theaters are
doing rather a meager business, and evil
deDces of ''snow-storm" can readily be
detected in many of them. This pernicious
practice OF filling the benches of the tiieat-
rlcal auditorium by means of free passes
obtains In San Francisco to a greater de-