davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The morning call., 1892-09-25

The London Umpire treats a recent inter-
view with Mrs. Kendall in the following
fashion:
Mrs. Kendall has SO far overcome her
antlpathy to the press as TO consent to be
interviewed for The Players. 1t is crafty
ing TO find that the Mother Of the Drummer
pursued the same unbending course toward
the scribes of the States as she had pre-
viously done 70 the critics on this side.
When the London interviewer remarked,
Notwithstanding that Mis-. Kendall and her
husband held alO0f from them, that the
American critics had spoken we'll OF their
acting, the lady mOdestly replied that they
did so because they couldn't do anything
else Asked whether she had not a warm
feeling Of regard for America, Mrs. Kendall
replied, Nes, l love America, as You can
see from the flags that / place everywhere
in my rooms don't know how she man
ages to ring artistic changes on The stars
and stripes. but in my minds eve, HOra-
tic, | can see that room with such nice mot
toes as Think No Evil Let Us Forgive
Trespassers Against U.s. nicely draped
with the American flag, and In the place Of
honor beautifully designed work contain
Ing The words, God Bless Our Home and
Make Willie Better Actor for Heavens
Sake. Amen All. my Bohemian friends.
reflect on that delightful picture OF domes-
ITCHY. Picture it. think of II, deSOiate man.
One portion of the interview is delicious.
Said Mrs. kendall: America is far in adj
vance of Us artisticaliy. Look at The great
success achieved by Mr.. Kenda. They
understood his style immediately; they APP
preciated his advanced acting. Here ii may
be appreciated, but not till the public un-
derstood. and it took them long time to do
that 1t did, madame. it did. And there
are some obtuse folk who don't quite under
stand it yet. 1t is so rery advanced some
times madame
The morning call., 1892-09-25
"The Saturday Pops."

The popular Carr Beel musical combina-
ton started on its fourth series of concerts
yesterday afternoon under very favorable
auspices, which aucurs well for successful
season. The San Francisco society people
and public generally are waking up to the
fact that we have better talent IN San Fran
cisco than most of that which is imported
temporarily from the East. Outside Of the
large art centers OF Europe and New York,
and perhaps Boston, 1t would be impossible
to find better musical combination than
that composed of Mrs. Carmichael Carr, Mr..
Sgmund Beel and Mr.. Louis Heine. Mrs.
Carr belongs to one of the best known and
most talented musical families in London,
Mr.. Sig. Beel finished his musical education
under n o less important master than Herr
Joachim. the king of violinists, and any one
familiar with the playing of that great vir-
tuoso can easily detect similarity of style.
Louis Heine was an acknowledged artist
and master OF the cello long before he
came TO this city, and has high Eastern
reputation as very skillful performer,
so there is really no reason why we in San
Francisco should not enjoy listening
to the music furnished by such trio
for the small sum OF 81 and get as much
and more satisfaction for the money than
London society folks do at the London pops
for twice and a half that sum. The Bee
thoyen trio was beautifully rendered, and
the hearty applause that followed each
movement showed how much the perform
ance was appreciated by the audience. 1t
Is quite unnecessary to say that San Fran
cisco's favorite society tenor, Mr. Donald
The morning call., 1892-09-25

sentaiion at the Baireuth festival Theresa
Masten and Van Dyck, the tenor, were per-
feet III the rendering of their parts.
GrutZmacher. the 'celloist from Buda-
Pesth, played the concerto for cello and
orchestra, hy Volkmann, at the Vienna
Musical Exposition.
Grlng0lre," an opera in one act, by
Brnli. will be sung at the Opera in Vienna.
~, Augusta Holmes has finished new opera,
The Black MOuntsin," which will be given
at the Opera in Paris.
musical festival will be held at the
Royal Aquarium of Westminster, London.
The celebrated vocal quartet Of Cologne
had all of their medals, wreaths OF silver
ana other testimonials stolen from the cab
met III Which they were preserved.
Manns, the director of the orchestra of
the concerts given at the Crystal Palace,
London, celebrated the Columbus centenary
by the following programme: Overture
from Fernando Cortez," by Spontnl; two
fragments from "L'Africaine." Meyerbeer;
Spanish movements by Massenet and
Cowen; a berceuse By Silas Pratt. an Ameri-
can composer, and Hail Columbia"
The Lion of Venice" a new opera by
Verardini and d'Aquillo, will be given at
the National Theater in Buenos Ayres.
Cosima Wagner receives every Tuesday
and Saturday in Baireuth. Music is rem
1ered by all OF the notable musicians at
these receptions and it is the aim OF every
one to be invited
Count Belnzaghi. Mayor of Milan, and
noted as passionate lover of music. re-
Gently died in that city. Much of the sue
cess and many of the innovations at La
Scala In Milan during the past years were
due to him.
"Meluslna." an opera by Henschel. will be
given at the Opera in Berlin.
A cycle Of Wagner's operas has been COM
menced at the Opera In Frank fort. "Cayal-
leIla Rusticana" and Friend Fritz by
Mascagni will also be sung.
The story of the duel of Princess Meter
mich with the wife of the Governor Of
Vienna, Countess Kielmansegg, is but an
invention OF correspondent OF the Tribune
of Vienna
The morning call., 1892-09-25
The Grorr-street 1heater.

This house bids fair to become one of the
most popular places Of amusement in San
Francisco. With the rapidly changing pat
ern of the times it is now sd theater Of the
people," and while not dealing with So
called talent, deaT-bought, far-fetched and
doomed, supplies nightly a most acceptable
entertainment to a large and respectable au-
dience. The prices. 10, 20, 30 and 80 cents,
meet the prudential consideration of to-
day so far as the sightseeT is concerned
but the number in attendance enables the
euterprising young managers, MesSrs f. ).
Haswell and Z. J. holden. not only TO treat
visitors to a good play, but also to surround
them with every comfort while enjoying 1t.
The auditorium is bright and cheerful, the
stage is well conducted, and every attention
is paid to scenic effects, costumes and minor
details. The ushers are well-dressed, polite
and swift in the discharge of their DUTIES.
We believe, moreover, this is the only local
theater, save one, that has fully complied
with the fire laws 1.-The Grove" has only
been six months In existence. but its ad-
yancement during that short space of time
in the confidence of the public and the
patronage il has received are matters Of as
constituent to the addle-beaded members of
the combine" Lester Wallacks Rose
dale" this week.
The morning call., 1892-09-25
A Thrifty Manager"

A gentleman, who happened behind the
scenes Of a certain theater, the other day,
in this city, mentioned an incident that
may be of interest to our readers. He found
the carpenters of the establishment busily
engaged in joiner woTk-Oak panels, fine
holdings, etc, that were unusual in the
scenery OF theater.
whats the piece; what's the produc-
Iion?" he asked of the boss carpenter.
What are you after?" was the response.
20, nothing particular; / thought you
were bringing out some big piece"
The carpenter laughed. "The work we
are doing now," he said, ''is not for the
public 1t is for the inside finishing of the
house the theatrical boss is building"
20. ali! suppose you get extra pay for
thisP"
mot much. He considers we ought to
fill up our time for his advantage. He has
Vanderblfs opinion of the public"
docs Hayman know anything about this
appropriation of your services?"
Il don't know. | suppose they under
stand each other. Our business is TO saw
wood and say nothing. Whether we work
for the public or work for the boss, we get
our pay. It's nobody's business"
But the theater must suffer in its equip
ment."
Let Ii suffer-"
The morning call., 1892-09-25
The Press Club Affair.

This club receGtly wrote to Mr.. Hayden
Coffin, the tenor of the Russell Opera Com
pany, requesting him to sing at the per-
Torrance 10 be given by the club next
Thursday afternoon. requests were also
sent TO other members of the company. Mr..
Coffin asked Miss Russell and other men,
bers Of the company if they were going to
sing, and they said they were not. Mr..
French also deferred Mr. Coffin from offer
ing his services. Under these circumstances
Mr.. Coffin wrote TO the Press Club politely
regrettiDg that he could not sing Soon he
learned that Miss Russell and others Of the
company were going to sing, and he felt
that he had been somewhat placed in
false light, since he was and is quite ready
to give his services to the Press Club. He
would like now to be set straight with the
Press Club and the public, lnasmuch as a
wrong impression Of the case has gone
abroad, and he does not wish TO be thought
unwilling TO sing when he is quite ready to
do SO. AS French has Coffin under
twelye-mOnths contract. he can, of course,
absolutely refuse TO allow him to sing if he
wishes, but Coffin wishes it understood
that the hitch is not his fault; that he is
quite ready.
The morning call., 1892-09-25
WOMAN'S WEAKNESS.
She Is Rather Too Prone to Reveal What
Her Husband Says.

Harpers Bazaar.
Leigh Hunt says "A wise man quotes
bravely." However that may be, women,
wise and otherwise. have always intrenched
themselves behind certain conversational
defenses. ''Sary Camp" is not the only
possessor Of a friend Mrs. Harris, who
carries In her pocket stones Of argument,
repartee and history and goes security for
all statements
Like the sleeping partner of the money
lender, this same mysterious conversations al
hacker is responsible for all the things one
wants to say but had rather not. Even
Charles Dudley Warner admits that ex-
cessive accuracy kills expression. One
bright writer declares that he quotes his
best original remarks. thus making them
more effective. Behind that innocent little
phrase, MY husband says" turks vast
amount OF feminine pictuTesqueness.
what establishment. not unmiXed with dis
may, would fill the soul of the good man If
he could hear the extraordinary statements
his wife puts in his lips! For instance, she
tells her friends very earnestly that her hus-
band says he prefers sleeves thatare shirred
diagOnaiiy and then embroidered rather
than those That are embroidered and then
gathered into plain cuff That is tie rea-
son the pretty little speaker gives for the
fashion OF her own garment.
Ihe truth Is that her husband does not
know what shirring means. Men with al
most morbid horror of personalities are re-
ported rs warning their wives against GER
tain people. When drive is proposed dis
tasteful TO the young wife she almost auto
matlcally declares that her hus band saws
be Is afraid TO have her get into the car
rage 1 on cannot carry on q conversation
OK five minutes length with some people
without the introduction of this phrase,
either as an excuse or argument.
iS mn vel for falo oh -,
matter whatever. 1t is simply a habit,
trustworthy from some point of view.
Who does not admire the wives who, since
the days of Elizabeth and her Zachariah,
have interpreted dumb husbands? They
may be welded unto clowns, but into the
lips of these same clowns they put their
own nobility of thought aud speech. There
are many like Mrs. wilkins, who quoted her
meek little 'Lisha. and so hedged him In
with wifely loyalty that all listeners felt
like apol0gzing for disparaging thought.
Perhaps there is no surer revelation of
character than in the manner in which
wife uses her husbands name in converse
ton. We have some respect for Mr.. Faw-
cetrs heroine, who closed her eyes when
her husband staggered into sight, and de-
clared that Manhattan had one of his head
aches, for he never drank" 1t is hard, how
ever to pardon the woman who confides to
every one she meets the shortcomings of the
man whose honor is In her keeping. Re-
tceDce requires more culture and brain
power than criticism.
There are wives who argue. with sharp
tongued Mrs. Poyser. that God made the
women silly to match the men," and with
her are ready to Stay sister making the
same statement.
We question il women are quite fitted to
occupy positions of public trust until they
have learned TO guard more zeaously the
secrets OF the home.
The morning call., 1892-09-25
BREAKFAST.
PROPOSALS
For Painting Seho0llOuses.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
" new City Hall, San Francisco, Sept. Il, 1892
Sealed proposals will be received by the Superin-
tendent OF Common Schools In open session of the
board on WEDNESDAY. September 20, 1892. from
TO $3.50 O'Clock NJ, for furnishing labor. tools,
staging. ladders and falls. and painting the exterior
OF ten schoolheuSes. in this city and county in
cordance with specifications which may be a.
the office of Charles j. Ravens. architect OF the
Board of Education, room 65, Flood building
southwest corner of Fourth and Market streets
Each bid must be accompanied by cert fed
check In the OF ten lO) per cent OF the amCuAG
of the bid presented made payable to the order OF
the secretary OF the Board OF Education, condi
tiona that II the proposal be accepted and the
tract awarded. and IL the bidder shall fail neg
Iect TO execute written agreement and give the
bond required within six days after the award is
made then and in that case the said check shall be
forfeited to the Board of Education.
The Board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids, as the public good may require.
The party parties to whom the contracts are
awarded will be required Tor t. or at the time OF
the execution of the contracts. TO pay the coSt Of
advertising.
Blank proposals furnished by the secretary.
sel4 I'd GEORGE BEANSTON. Secretary
The morning call., 1892-09-25

de Y. Graham, received hearty welcome.
Every oDe Is glad TO see BIN back on the
coast, and he arrived just in time to make
his first appearance this season at the first
pop" His long rest has put new life into
his singing. ard II ever he sang better than
he did Yesterday afternoon we did not hear
him. The Sea Hath It's Pearls" by STAN
ley Cohp, is beautiful song and was mag
nificently rendered by Mr.. Graham
The audience, already worked up to the
highest pitch of enthusiasm, insisted on
a repetition that was gracefully acceded TO.
His second number, II Love, and the
World Is Nine" by Clayton Johns, was
just as much appreciated and as vocifer-
ously encored and as graclousIy repeated.
Mr.. Sigmund BeePs solo. Highland Bal
LAD" (Mackenzie), was we'll played and I'M
pressed the audience most fayorably His
performances certainly place him in the
foremost rank Of violin sol0ists In the coun-
try.
delightful musical afternoon was
brought to close by trio for violin, piano
and cello by Tschaik0wsky, "Dem ADden-
ken zines grossen kunsters," splendid
work beautifully rendered.
The attendance CT season-ticket holders
was somewhat interiered with by several
private receptions and parties; the audi
ence, however, was large, representative
and critical, and as it is the correct thing to
attend the Saturday p0ps" the attendance
during the season should be very large.
The next pop" will take place on Satur-
day afternoon, October g.
The morning call., 1892-09-25

Emma Cronch. Her father had her very
carefully educated at convent at Bou-
logne-sur- Muir. but from there she eloped
with the hairdresser who came to dress the
hair of the young ladies. Such was the
beginning of Cora's career. She had no
voice and never indeed pretended to
have, bit she was very fond of
mouTnfully hooiing Kathleen Mavour-
neen" when she was three or four glasses
OF "the Boy" the wrong side OF sobriety.
and felt, as she expressed it, 'homesick. !"
Cora was good business woman, and left
papers clearly establishing her identity
with her homme d'affairs in Paris. For a
woman of her clasS-One we should call a
fortunate unfortunate-Coraw was not really
bad sort. and was very generous and
good to women always when size had
money; men she naturally looked upon as
shootist looks upon grouse on the 10Th of
August, and she never was in love with her
most wealthy and powerful protectors,
neither with Narschkene, who on enc &C.
casiOn sent her 92000 worth of flowers from
Nice, which she danced upon dressed as a
boy in blue velvet; nor Plon Plon, who
gave her her hotel in the Rue de Chaillot !;
nor hut SoVOnc dicprptc
The morning call., 1892-09-25
THEY DIED TOGETHER.
Two Brothers Who Met with Tragic
Fate the RAN.

Fate on the RAN.
st. Louis Globe Democrat
u have seen great many men killed"
said Burke Mcmahon at the Southern. al
was with old Pap Thomas at Chickamauga
when his corps stood like rock for the
flower of the Confederacy to beat and break
upon, and with Grant when he hurled his
columns at the impregnable heights of Vicks-
burg. have seen commanding officers torn
TO pieces with she'll and beardless BOYS
dead on the battlefield with tn cir mothers
picture pressed to their cold lips, but
never had anything affect me like the
death Of a couple of young railroad men in
Texas seven or eight years ago. | was
riding on the engine of a fast passenger
train, and at Waco the engineer got orders
TO look out Tor a brakeman who was miss
ing from the freight We were following
He was supposed to have fallen between
the cars Of the train. My brother is brak-
ing on that train; | wonder II il can be
him" said the fireman. 'I'll keep up steam
while you stand on the pilot and watch out
replied the engineer.
The fireman took his post In front and we
pulled out. We had just gotten well under
way when the fireman gave the signal TO
stop. Ine engineer applied the air-brakes.
They tailed TO respond and we were on a
down grade and could not stop. The miss
ing brakeman was lying on the track,
badly manged, bnt conscious. He raised
his hand aud frantcaly signaled the train.
but the great iron machine went punging
down upon him at a rate of twenty
miles an hour. The fireman cast one
despairing look at the engineer, then
sprang in front of the pilot and hurled
his wounded brother off the track. But he
was not quick enough TO save himself The
engine caught him and crushed both legs
off at the hips. AS we picked him up he
SAID, with quiet smile: It's no use, boys,
I'm done for. But saved Ned We laid
them down in the baggage-car, side by side.
Ned put out feeble hand and casped that
OF his brother. I've got my time, old fell
low he said. Here, too, Ned: we'll make
the run TO the next world together was the
response. and holding each other by the
hand they died without another word"
The morning call., 1892-09-25
"Au Moulin Rouge"

a leader of Partisan society sends to an
English papers the following description of
This new quadrille:
] am so pleased 10 be back In dear Paris. l
hope you viii not be shoeke ed, ma petite, but Hal
and went 10 the JaTdn de Paris last thursday
for The express purpose OF seeing the new quad
rifle, an Moulin Rouge. The four girls are very
pretty probably artists models) with superb
figures. with just that abandon which prevents a
very decidedly TisQue performance being dis
eusting and imruoque. The girls were dressed
IN ordinary dark dl eSses, which were gradually
raised, disclosing rather bRh-leg boots, then
their stockings, a few inches Of pantalOn
FILLING. Just one began 10 wonder
what was coming next, skirts were dropped
and one saw four apparently well-c0nducted
girls and their four partners dancing ordinary
gu sdrille. Then the skirt-raising began afTesh,
and we were treated TO a lavish display of lin
gerie. Tie management supply II, / am told,
and II Is til most recherche that money can buy,
and these girls always wear 10 dernier Gil in
such things. The girls kick higher than any of
your dane eIs, and think the combined effect of
legs and undertaking displayed TO tie utmost
would tur your County Council people gray
with horror. he last figure in The qusdrlle
leaves tile four girls ia the center OF The floor
space with their skirts and pejicoats almost
over their heads. II Ia needless TO say these ddr-
ing young ladies are POPULAR, and that The show
perfectly brings down The house. j do not want
10 60 again. however.
The morning call., 1892-09-25
Nine. Bsrnard-BosFe.

Mrs. Beere, who Will this season make an
American tour under the management of
Marcus r. Mayer and Benedict Stern. Is.
says Dunlop's Stage News, the daughter Of
Mr.. Willy Whitehead. and was born in
Norfolk, England. She was married to
Captain E. Dering, eldest son of Sir Edward
Dering, a Kentish baronet. Shortly after
her husbands death she resolved to go
upon the stage, and received her training
from Mr. Herman Vein. Her first bit was
made as Fedora in SardOu's play. She APP
peared as Lena Despard IN LAS In Look
ing-glass" in 1887, and in the following year
undertook the management OF the London
Opera Comique, revviDg MASKS and
Faces" Her next appearance was as Mrs
Sternbolt in Still Water Runs Deep" MIR.
John Hare engaged her during the season
of 1889 to play the principal part in LA
Tosca." Some time after the death of her
first husband Mrs. Deere married the gen.
tleman whose name she now bears. She
has a melcdious eZZO-sopranO voice and a
unique taste in dressing. While in this
country she viii be seen in a repertoire con-
sisting mainly of the plays mentioned
above and possibly two or three new ones.
The morning call., 1892-09-25

RiddIe viii Read Hamlet."

Mr. George Riddles fourth reading at
Odd Fellows Hall on Monday evening will
cover the character of the Prince OF Dem
mark as presented by Shakespeare. Ham
let is said to be the best thing in Mr.. Rid
dies list. and to say that he reads this
much-discussed Prince better than anything
else is in itself high praise. Riddle has ar
ranged the part so a 10 make Hamlet more
distinctively than is even generally ac-
cepted the motive Of the piece. Students
of Shakespeare, especially Of this ''philO-
sophlcal play" as it is called, would do
well TO hear this analysis Of poor Ophelia's
capricious lover. 1t meets and deals with
the eyeT-recurring doubts Of those who
read, and reread, and reflect on this wonder
full crea tiOn of the dramatist.
The morning call., 1892-09-25
Tronble Nav Come off.

There have been new plays literally from
Maine 10 California in the past week, says
the New York Sun OF the 18Th inst, but the
proportion Of success among them has been
small. The San Francisco novelty was a
test of 'The New South" which Clay NJ.
Greene wrote to the order of Joseph r.
Grismer. the actor, and in which Grismer
himself had a hand. In the trial Phoebe
Davies Grismer was an important figure.
The play is referred TO in dispatches as in
teresting. Trouble may come Of it. Richard
Linthicum of the Denver Posi- claims that
THE New South" contains the main idea
of a play which he wrote for Grismer q year
ago. He asserts that Grsmer held the piece
a long time, and that he has proba bly, made
use Of its motive. However, Mi. Greene is
no habitual plagiarist.