The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-04
AMUSEM ENTS.

Miller.
ADJUSTMENTS.
Midweek Notes OF Theatr cal Business
Here and Everywhere.
The Lost Paradise" is in its last week at
the Baldwin and steadily maintains its in
terest. Three weeks is a severe test for
play in San Francisco. especially in the
midsummer season, and the manner In
which the Fulva-De Mile drama stands IL
shows cOnclusively its innate strength. The
piece is abreast of the times, and its lessons
are clearly and foreibly iDeuleated by COM
petent eople. Mr.. Fritz Morris, the peren-
NAL, is busying himself, in connection with
the management of the Baldwin, about the
attraction that follows, Thomas pretty pic
ture of life in the rural districts of Alabama.
Miss Jeffreys- Lewis sustained her pres
tge in "Clotilde'' at the Stockwell and her
drawing power is as great as it was in what
some are pleased to call the 'palmy days"
of this actress. If anything, Miss Lewis is
ripper than formerly in her style and general
manner of dealing with character, and
reads with greater ease and impIessivenesS.
Perhaps one OF her best scenes is the parting
with her lover. Andre. in the first scene of
the play, when she finds his affection es-
tranged. Her cOncealment of suffering by
an air OF gayety andinOnchalaIce is an ar
tlstlc piece OF work.
Moths" is filling the Aleazar. The dis
cussion of the merits of the new company is
having beneficial effect, as the popular
verdict appears to be in their favor. To-
morrow evening is set aside at this theater
for the benefit OF Miss Kuehne Beveridge,
who will play the part Of the Duchess de
SonnaZ, now assumed by Miss francesca
Wakeman. OF course the friends OF the
beneficiary will ill the auditorium. Miss
Beveridge goes to join Richard Mansfeld's
company and will take leave Of san Fran
cisco for the present.
At the New California Tuxedo" is doing
better than expected. Young San Fran
cisco appears TO be enamored of this monde
script entertainment. Referring to the
clubhouse scene painted for Thatcher by
Mr.. William L. Porter of this city. it may
be mentioned as a compliment to one of
our best scenic artists that his work is pre-
ferred 10 that of Eastern painters. Thatcher
had the same scene made in New \ DIRK, and
again in Chicago ii pronounces the San
francisco work superior TO either, and will
retain ii.
The TivOi is doing good business with
Beauty and the Beast" chiefly on account
of the very excellent manner in which il is
mounted. Some of BaueI's music is neat;
the nocturne especially so. Till further
notice.
The Orpheum is amusing its patrons with
melodrama and variety by the vaudeville
company from Madison Square, New York
Mr.. James Ward. Irish comedian, and
Miss Carrie Clark Ward, enter on an en-
gagement at the Avon Theater, Stockton,
for nj uh nj Mr.
Ward will play two Of BOucicaulPs pieces
one The Shaughraun'-durIng that time.
Mr. Kirke la Shelse. who m anaged Z. /.
Willard last season. proposes TO bring here
shortly a new comedy by Mrs. Paeheeo
called Nothing but Money" cast with
many Of the same company that male the
same authors "IucOg" success. Mr..
George W. Lederer and Mr.. la Shelle are
partners in the terprise.
Dan Rice. the oldest circus clown alive,
and probably the ouly one who occupies
much space in the heart Of the small boy,
has not yet lost all desire TO wear the pyra-
midal hat and yariegated pants. The Jolly
old soul recently attended a performance Of
Nellie MeHenry's "A Night at the Circns"
in New York, and declared he could no
longer resist the temptation to revive the
good old one-rng circus of other days
where the people could see the show with
one pair of eyes without breaking their
necks. Uncle Dan said he'd have To take
off his hat to Nellie McHenry. That's
something like it," said he; That's the
best show I've seen since Dan Rice quit the
business"
"The Ensign" which will be given at the
California Iheater for two weeks, com
mencing Monday, August %, is founded
upon one Of the most stirring incidents Of
the civil war; and is said to possess a plot
of absorbing interest. The story is de-
scribed as a succinct and dramatic nara
tive. and the characters, il is asserted
stand out boldly as real flesh-and- blood
figures IN a patriotic American drama. a
great deal of money has been expended
on the scenic effects, which are entirely
naval in character, two scenes representing
with perfect fidelity the deck of~an Ameri-