The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
Personal and Other JottIngs.

Mr.. Charles Stow, general press agent for
Sells Brothers United Shows, returned
from Australia on Friday last by the steam
ship Mariposa.
Among the names in the cast of "Bue
Jeans" we find an old California fav0rite,
J. j. Wallace, and no doubt warm greet
ing will welcome him on his return. The
cast contains many California favorites.
such as Miss Lillian LamsOn, Lawrence
Hanev and others.
Mr. Henry Heyman's violin recital Of his
pupils takes place on Monday evening, May
Is. at Odd Fellows Hall. Mr.. Heyman de-
sres the public to remember that the tickets
are not tTansfers bic and will only be
honUTed when presented by the parties
whose names they bear.
The Strathm0re Minstrel Company gave
a concert at the -Bijau last evening to benefit
Alta Paror No. 8, \. ID. q. w.
The public is already evinciDg a lively
interest in Jane" which comes this week
10 the Baldwin. Nearly everybody who
pays the least attention TO theatrical affairs
is familiar with Jane" and its unusual
record Of success not only in London but at
the Madison-square Theater, New York,
Charles Frohman is sending his original
company, including tombstone Bennett and
Paul Arthur.
Letters and papers received per the
steamship Mariposa on Friday last men
ton the fact that MIR. Carl Hertz, the young
California professor OF natural magic has
met with brilliant success In the Australian
colonies. The Melbourne and Adelaide
papers devote columns 10 a description OF
his performances.
The Black Mantles," by Bucalossi, will
be sung some time during tbe second week
In June by the San Francisco Operate So
ciety for the benefit OF the music and library
fund Participants:
Don Louis de R0samonte. Mr.. Frank Coffin;
Don Jose, Mr.. {. l. Parent Jr.i Don Phillip,
Mr.. A, Luttrlnger; Dromez, MIR. A; NJ. Thorn
ton; Nicholas. Mr.. II. b. Sullivan; Glrola. Miss
A. NJ. Neuer; Isabel Mrs. c. L. Parent Jr.
Across the Potomac" Pltou and AL
freud's war DRAMA is playing to the capac-
ity Of Preetor's Theater in New York.
John w. Jennings new production,
Hosea Greenleaf of Jericho, Vermont" is
called a monOcomOdrama" New coinage.
Manager Wiley of the Acazar returned
frou the Northwest on Friday last.
Mexican Ladies' Typical Orchestra from
Zacatecas. sixty IN number, are engaged 10
play al the Chicago Worlds Fair in 1898.
George w. Lederer's comedy players will
travel IN swell STYLE coming to the Pacific
Coast ina the palace hotel-car Pacheco,
named in honor of the auth0ress of the COM
edy which that lady Is writing for the COM
pany, which will be a stock organization
without any individual thereof being
starred ana appearing only at Tue DeSk but-
alters and at the highest prices.
A second Joseph X. Emmett Jr. comes
into view. The sister OF the ginal Fritz
Emmett is Mrs. Denis Dewey of ST. Louis
She has a son, Joseph Emmett Dewey at
first, but now Joseph K. Emmett Jr., who
will take the stage in the fall.
Francis wilson, en- route for San Fran
cisco, began his road tour at Omaha, May
IL, in THE Merry Monarch" and 1.-The Lion
Tanner"
Imagination" Sydney Rosenfeld's latest
and funniest comedy, Is said TO have made
genuine success.
Nine Modegka played Rosaliud in Pitts
burg, May 2, to 500. John L. Sullivan,
the slugger-actoT, played the same night In
the same city TO $1,000 I'm America" says
Julani. the French music-teacher in "A Pa
risian Romance, talent is secondary con-
sideraton." Whether the remark was in
terpolated or came from Octave Feuillets
pen it matters not. 1t is true.
A correspondent OF the Dramatic Mirror
writes: A jolly new pantomlme, La Statue
du Commander" is great success in Paris.
1t is pronounced perfect of its kind. Though
the story is said to be "Frenehy," it avoids
eoarseness. The music is charming. A
proof of the pieces artistic success is that
II has been first brought out at the Cercle
Fuuambulesque.
Barton Hills brain is one of the richest
storeh0uses of "reminiscences possessed by
any actor now before the public. His recol-
lectiOns 60 a long way back, and lie dis
tinctly remembers seeing Dion Boucicault,
then known as Lee Moreton, play Sir Giles
Oyerreaeh in "A New Way 10 Pay Old
Debts" III 1887. Mr.. Hills sister possesses
a set of Shakespeare's works. in each
volume of which is written: "To Resale
HiI from her sincere friend. Lee Moreton."
Lee Moreton was Boucicaults original
name. but tire old reprobate got far worse
name, says tha City Item. before he died.
Mr.. John w. Jennings, capital come
dian, we'll known in this city. has written