The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-27

under engagement at the Thalia.
:, A notable gift to the actors fund is
from Hamlet" William Thomas Wright
of London was the thoughtful and generous
donor. The Fund Fair, by the way, moves
| on well IN preparations. Already enough
money has been subscribed, donated or con-
| triouted Tor advertising in the official pro-
| gramme to more than cover all the ex-
| penses. says the New York Sun.
The Bostonians will occupy Days The
| alter. New York, this summer, while Daily
| brings his classical company to this city
for an engagement at the new Stockwell
| Theater
Mr. Richard Mansfield has temporarily
| shelved Ten Thousand a Year" and gone
back to "a Partisan Romance" and Baron
| Chauvreil.
Bernhardt has nearly finished up her
! Americap business and will sail for home
| next week. This, her last week. she devotes
| to Brooklyn.
No handsomer or more engaging hero for
| an oreretia could be reasonably asked than
| the Paul Jones of Miss Huntington, in
which opera size will open her San Fran
| cisco engagement at the Grand Opera
House. The lady is said to be endowed
| with undoabted magnetism and carries her
| audiences with her from the moment of her
entrance as the prentice lover.
| Arrangements have been completed for
| Miss Lillian Russelrs appearance at the
Metropolitan Opera House, New York,
| May So.
Report has it that Edward Clayburg has
| gone the way of the wicked who burn the
| candle OF life at both ends, and that he has
| Deen put In an asylum by his relations.
| Clay burg first became known as the hus-
| Dand OF Lillian Spencer and then as the
| consort of wild Western larry. Then he
married frankie kemble, who left him
| some time ago.
lingo Tyrrell. bailing from San Fran
cisco, Australia and New South Wales. is
| IN or nrl- trrsfh D. - A.
tried here. He wishes to give it metro
| pollian production, and for that purpose
has called it la Cosaque." He claiEis IL
as original, and protests mat it is not lit
| erary seizure.
AT meeting of theatrical managers. held
| at the Office of Mr.. A. NJ. Palmer, New
! York. May IL, it was agreed TO ask Mr..
| Joseph Jefferson to represent the stage of
this country at the International Musical
| and Theatrical Exhibition TO be held from
May Till October in Vienna. If Mr. Jeffer-
son finds 1t impossible TO go, an effort will
be made to raise enough money to send
there Mr.. Palmer's Alabama" Company
Samuel IT, Freshman, a young pianist,
who has been studying abroad for some
| time, returned home last Friday. He pro-
poses series Of concerts during Eastertide.
Augustus Thomas. Sydney Rpsenfeld and
| Henry Guy Carleton are each endeavoring
! TO provide Nat Goodwin with new play
The New York Recorder thinks when these
! authors turn over their stuff to him Good
win Is not likely to stand in need of further
material for some years To come.
Miss Georgia Cayyan is said to occupy the
i best social position of any actress in New
| York. Where does Mrs. Kendall come in
! Frank Curtis brother of NJ. b.. is playing
.'Saml of Posen" at the Windsor, New
| York.
The last concert of the season by the
Schmidt Herbert Quartet was given in New
York March 10. The Suns music critic
grows enthusiastic over the general per-
| formance and adds: "Mr. Louis Schmidt
made decidedly excellent impression by
his strong and vigorous violin playing in sew
| eral solos. lie was repeatedly encored with
| heartiest expressions of admiration.
clever quartet, entitled 'Scherz0- Tarentelle.'
In canon form, by MIR. Schmidt. was an al
traGuye feature OF the concert programme
| Halen Hostyn, the comedian of the
| Agnes Huntington company, that is to be
seen here shortly in Paul Jones'" is one of
| the very few actors who can boast OF ioug
line of ancestry and Of the fact that he is
graduate of the Oxford University.
Tho Lost Paradise" is dls;iuc,ively a
| play OF to-day. There is not character in
| this drama but what Is drawn true Il life
| from the class OF people who make up the
| population of a busy manufacturing town
| The brawny workman, at times over-assert-
| i've II his rights; the stO0p-shOuldered and
| br0ken-doN old man, whose wages barely
| keep starvation from the door of his humble
home; the wan-faeed consumptive girl, con-
| rugged and coarse-manneTed factory girl
who uses slang phrases as Glbly as her boy
| ish companions, are all types Of character
| in everyday life.
New York has taken a great liking TO
| Clyde Fitch's "A Modern Match" The
| Union Square has been crowded since il
was put on the boards, and in the cast Miss
| Minnie Seiigman wins the greatest share of
| applause.
Baldwin's Butterfly Company sailed from
| Yokohama for British Columbia, March Z,
| EN- route TO San Francisco. The organiza-
ton IS comparatively unknown in this quar-
ter of the world, notwithstanding the pro-
| prietor confidently asserts ii is the funniest
| SHOW on this great EARTH
| Mr.. Alfred Wilkes operate company
| has been meeting with public approval In
| the interior Of the State.
Aunt Louisa Eldridge won her suit against
! Charles X. Gardiner aud w. w. Randall for
S526 and costs for salary due her on the pro-
drctlon Of Uncle Toms Cabin" by these
! managers in 1888
J. B. Polk c'Mixed Pickles') has turned
| gold-digger.
The news comes from Paris that at the
Theatre Lyrique an opera will shortly be
| Produced which Is the artistic result of A
symposium oil composers. The librctto is
| Helne's Faust arranged by Armand Sill
| veStre, and of the five acts which constitute
| following composers: Rousseau, Pierne.
Marty. Hugh and Vidal. One would very
much like to see this score. which, for vari-
ETY. of style and ideas. is surely bound to be
the most unique in existence
Mathide Cottrelly, once Colonel John A
| MeCaulrs chief lieutenant in his greatest
operate successes, has Joined Aunt Bridget's
Baby Company.
From Europe comes the news that Fran
Ccsima Wagner Is more than hopeful of
bringing to early fruition the cherished
wish of Richard Wagner of establishing at
Baireuth training-sehool for dramatic
| singing.
Abingdon Baird, the wealthy Englishman
who gained uoturiety by backing Lily
Lalgiry's eyes, is said to have robbed
Howell Osborn of his inamorata, Fay Tenn
pleton. Osborn has returned to America
from Paris in quest OF the hayward Fay.
Mime. Patti stopped her special train on a
| trip recently from Louisville to Pittsburg
10 give pet skye terrier 10 minutes exer-
else. Tho engineer dog goned" the prima
donna under his breath. He would have
used stronger language, and at the top of
lis voice, had he dared.
| European Musical Items.
Translated from the Gazzetta Musicale OF Milan
Verdi and his wife are at present in
| Milan.
Rosentha, the pianist. who was favorite
pupil of List, gave a successful concert in
! Zurich.
Benedetto Razzeit. professor of music,
recently died In Turin, aged 100 years.