The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-14
Personal and other Jottiugs.

/ ub MI gus VI t'tii' u Dtttd2s ACA's
recently banqueted Fred Warde He is
coming this way.
George W. Morgan, the orranlst, and his
daughter, Miss Maud Morgan, harpiste.
propose to make an extensive professional
tour THIS spring.
MI Joseph X. Grismer has secured " The
Merchant" Miss Morton's prize play,
produced at the Madlson-square, New York,
for his opening at the Alcazar Theater on his
return to this city.
The Philharmonic Society, Mr.. Hermann
Brandt director will give the third concert
of the thirteenth season. at Metropolitan
Hall, Wednesday evening, February II, s
O'Clock sharp.
Mr.. Mckee Rankin will begin an engage
ment at the Alcazar. February -.
The Belgian critics damned Thermi-
dor"
Isabella Urouhart has gone to Melbourne
with Mrs. Bernhardt Beere.
w. ID. COxey is said to be the author of
" Hou YonsOn" and not Gus Heege.
A. c. Wheelan (Nym Crnkle) was re-
Gently married in New York to Miss Jennie
Pearl Mowbray Of Minneapolis.
Robert Mantell has received an excellent
offer Of an engagement with a New York
stock company, and It is likely he Will accept
it. Another lost Pleiad.
Mr.. James O'Neiu has accepted a new
drama, an adaptation of the popular play
"Narcisse" and will give it a run In New
\ 0rk Ia tie sprug.
II Is told that The Power Of the Press"
the mei0drama by Augustus Pitou and
George ii. JesSOp, to be shortly seen at
the Columbia, deals with the successful
efforts Of q newspaper 10 restore al uBjustly
convicted man 10 freedom and his citizen
ship.
The KendalS have decided to postpone
their return 70 England until June. They
intended TO so IN April, but find it hard to
tear themselves away while there Is IN
American dollRrin sight. Meanwhile Madge
Kendall has made friends with the ankle of
the American feminine, and will tolerate it
a little longer.
Mrs. Kate Rankin kitty Blanchard has
been engaged by Manager Charles FrOh-
man for next season. Her daughter, Pixey,
is also engaged and viii play the maid in
The Junior Partner"
C0Quelin is to play "TheTmidOr" in Lon
don next March.
Llttledale Power, grandson OF the great
Irish comedian. Tyrone Power, is coming
to America in search Of an engagement. His
brother, Tyrone Power, is member of Dir.
Days company.
Little Lord Fauntleroy" has proved
great success at the Clune Opera House,
Sacramento, under the management of Mr..
Wash Norton. The local papers give great
praise to Miss George Cooper's " little
i0IU, anu also 10 the manner IN which Nj r.
Craig plays the Earl
James AIbery, the author of "The Two
Roses" like Keats, wrote his own epitaph:
sleep beneath tho moon,
think beneath the sun;
live life OF goingtodo,
die with nothing done.
In the Ducal Theater in Carlsruhe no
actor is allowed 10 get up and bow after he
is dead, and the only time when he can re-
ceive flowers over the footlights is when he
of tara Ion l. =,
celebrating the fiftieth anniversary Of his
connection with the theater.
Augustln DAILY announces that he will
shortly produce new comedy by Justin IL.
Mccarthy. This IL the younger man of
that name-nOt the historian. Mr. Daily
also gives notice Of a new comedy written
by himself, soon to be brought forward.
Clement Scott, the London dramatic
critic, received a special blessing from the
Pope Mt Christmas time. The document,
signed and sealed at the Vatican, was sent
t. England in a rich casket of LACQUER and
Damascene stssf Scott is In luck. Most
critics only get cusses, Christmas or any
other time, and they don't come from the
POpe, either.
Jan Robertson, a good actor who was
the support of Julia Marlowe two seasons
ago, IS now editor OF new theatrical paper
in London called The Players.
Two young men were arrested in Yer
sailles for Kissing play. The magistrate
who tried the case discharged them, saying
they had right to hiss If they wanted 10.
The magistrates head was level. Ii somo
of our audiences had a little courage in the
Kissing line ii would be found to be whole
some discipline and n corrective for careless
and bad actors.
"Dixey writes free hand now." says
contemporary, "but it is said that when he
was heifer's hind legs he could not write
at all, and the Brooklyn Eagle says:
lot q do OF vrif .ryfft fh ii
feet"
NJ. Delalr has turned '"rhe Tanning Of the
| Shrew" into French. He has changed the
character Of Caterna. as he calls Katherine.
She yields often, only to rebel again and
again. This is TO suit tho French taste.
IL would be rash TO conclude that Caterina
had suddenly become all rOsewater, with
out bite or sting, under Petruchio's disei-
pline. T@e French have not so learned the
feminine character.
A new firm OF collaborative play wrights
consists of David Belasco aud an associate,