The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-04
Personal and Other lettings.

has left active business on the stage for the
present TO take an engagement as teacher of
eloeutiOn and oratofy at the ST. Dominic
Monastery, Benicia.
Managers William Y. Fleischman and Alf
EtliDghouse will, during the holidays, play q
company with an extensive repertoire over
the northern circuit. Nj. Aubrey Bouci-
caut ID the lead.
Miss L. V. McClOskey has been engaged
as vocalist for the grand concert of the
Bach Musical Club. Professor Barth direc-
tor, to be given a. Pioneer Hall next Friday
evening, December 9. under the auspices Of
the association.
0ura'S Imperial japanese Show Is the
leading attraction at Charles Meyers Wig
wan. There is world Of novelties TO be
seen at this popular place of amusement.
There viii be 10 festival at Baireuth
next year.
Miss Ada Rehan is not to be the model
for the silver statue at the Worlds Fair
from Montana after all. That honor has
been laid upon Miss Nora Hauser Of Butte.
IgnaIio Martinelli has taken the place OF
the late Charlie Reed in "Hoss and HosS."
Mrs. Annie Besant, disciple Of the late
Nine. Blavatsky, famous as thensOphist
and who is now propagandist of that sys-
tenn of esoteric Buddhism. will visit this
city early in January and give series OF
lectures at Metropolitan Temple.
Gilmore's band will not separate as re-
ported. Ii will be reOrganzed.
Designs, IN water color. for the various
costumes 10 be used in the forthcoming
production of the Stewart-Rob ertson comic
opera, His Majesty" have been received
from London. The dresses, in themselves,
ought to prove a strong attraction. As the
ladies say, they will be very nice"
Mr.. James Whitcomb Riley. Americas
favorlte poet, will give three OF his inimii-
able entertainments at Metropolitan Tenn
pie, December IL. Is ana 10.
The brSt OF Mr.. Wilkes Maple Hall
ballad concerts, given at the Palace on
Thursday last proved so successful that the
protector will present additional attractions
at the three others to follow.
Miss Meta Asher, the l1-year-old yioliniste.
who coneertized for charitable purpose at
Irving Hall, on Tuesday last, surprised all
tie musical experts present BY her render
ing OF classical music, particularly in her
treatment of Beethoven Sonata. They pre-
dict a great future for her.
"a Nutmeg Match" is due in this city on
Monday. September 4, 1893. A long way to
look forward. There may be greater at
fractions in the interim.
Minnie Hauk is doing Baden Baden She
Will sing al Berlin. Copenhagen and Stock
holm during the winter
It's stated that Nj. Bertrand of the opera-
house at Paris has actually succeeded in
peTsuading Nine. Patti TO sing the title part
in GounOd's Romeo Ell Juliette," on the oc-
casloD OF its approaching one hundredth
represen tation there.
Colonel w. f. Cody Is arranging for his
before
that time he " i'll take lot of English and
Bavarian friends on a hunting expeditIon
into the Rockies. There will be nine noble
men and their retlnues. Rather too much
oil good thing, II the game desired is other
than poker.
Augustus Thomas (who wrote "Ala.
bama') has met with another success in
his new clay Surrender" recently pro-
duced in Boston.
John II. Havlin and the Walnut-street
IN tar fpNear
brought suit for $4,000 damages and for AN
Injunction against the labor organizations
and their officers who recently inaugurated
boycott against this theater and others in
that city. Judge kumler. before whom the
suits have been brought, has Issued tempo-
TaTy inluDctlOns restrain ng all the defend
ants from interfering in any way with the
management OF the plaintiffs business
The Judge warned the defendants that sum-
mary punishment viii follow any violation
OF the order
The Home Journal, New York. SAYS Sal
vini intends TO bring out new play in San
Francisco called 'RohaD, the lent" When?
Actors go up or down with surprising
fluctuations OF fortune. Harry Lee. once a
IromisIDg LOrts with Fanny Davenport in
Fedora, is playing the mDor part OF an
old man IN "a Gilded Fool" with Nat Good
win. On The other hand. Adelaide Detchon
was regarded here as OF small account
when she went to England few years ago,
a
parlor entertainer, and comes back pros
porous.
Henry Miller will star next season in a
new play written by Clyde Fitch.
The Drew family may be called Won
derful one. Mrs. John. up in the seventies,
is still vigorous. and almost repeats the ex-
periences of Nine. DeiaZet who at so
PLAYED on the Paris stage buy of is IN
The First Amours OF Richelieu." George,
wife Of Maurice Barrymore, is the leader of
A1aan Ax-A =.
stage. and John, who recently rose as a
star IN the dramatic ornament. is looking
forward to the complete mastery of his pro-
fessioD. The father of this bright family.
John Drew. was the best Irish comedian Of
his time, exceliing John Collins, Hudson,
and, some say, even Tyrone Power himself.
The Carl Rosa Opera Company, Of which
Zelie de Lanssan Is prima donna, was re-
Gently invited 10 Balmoral to sing "Fhe
Daughter OF the Regiment" before her
Majesty. After the performance the Queen
entertained the singers at luncheon and
conversed some time with them. particularly
with Miss de Laussan, who seemed TO i'm
press her.
Ben Tuthill. ex-husband OF little Ida
Mule, now OF the All Baba" spectacle h.
engaged Louise Thorndyke BoucIcault and
will lake her on a tour in reconstructed
version of Husband md Wife"
Ii is said that Miss Augusta Dargon. once
popular actress in the United States. bnt
liza, where she married DIR. Percy, con-
nected with the Austral-American line of
steamships. proposes to return to this coun-
try and reappear on The stage. She will be
remembered as the representative of the
late Lord Tennyson's Queen Mary" Miss
Daigon Is niece OF the famous architect of
the same name who erected the grand built
ing for the Dublin Exposition, and who was
knighted therefor by the Queen OF England.
Carolina Hamilton DIETER known in this
city by her maiden name of Carrie Milzper)
Is making great reputation as the prima
donna Of the robin Hood" Opera Com
pany. The Cincinnatians went wild over
her. and in some places the young men OF
the period endorsed her carriage after the
performance and drew the vehicle and the
lady to Ter hotel themselves.
Nine. SchiImer. Mapleson is meeting with
some success in "Fadetie" at the Academy
OF Music. Montreal. "Fadette," by the
way, was a comparative failure in Boston.
Miss Minnie Tittell. who plays the part
OF the servant in Settled Out of Court" a
new play recently produced in New York,
Is one OF three sisters, all hailing from San
Francisco, and all on the stage. Esther Is
with the Frohman farces, and Charlotte is
| TO be In the cast of the new spectacle. TO be
brought out in New York by L. Henry
| French.
There is a curious incident in the COM
muDion between Bronson Howard and
Charles Frohman. The playwright had his
heart set on Shenandoah" aud it was pro-
| 1t was a rank failure. The keen eye Of a
military officer caught Its defects and told
| them TO young Frohman. He suggested
them to Howard. The changes were made
| In accordance with the military directions.
| OF which Howard knew nothing, and since
| the renovation Bronson Howard has taken
| into his Golfers nearly 100000.
Il The last play written by tiny da MaUOas-