The morning call., 1893-01-15
Personal and Other lettings.

will be given Saturday. January %. Miss
Gill will be the vocalist and Mrs. Carmichael
Carr and Miss Negiel play fouT-hand
piano solo. The Mendelssohn String Quar-
tet will be the feature.
Miss Ella V. McCloskey, contralto,
achieved success in the concerts given at
San Jose on the evening of January 9.
Adele Aus der Ohe, pianiste. will be In
the United States about March next. Her
American tour will be under the manage
ment of Mr.. Albert Marks.
The GrismeI-Greene play, THE New
South" is doing we'll at the Broadway, New
York, and 1t is expected will continue 10 10
we'll till the end of the month. when Mr..
Gillette's Ninety Days After Date" will be
produced.
Miss Blanche L. Bates, daughter of Mrs.
tresses. who distinguished herself rs
pianiste by the PLAYING Of Schnmann's
"Aufshwung" at Wilkes Maple Hall con-
cert on Friday afternoon last, is a pupil of
Professor r A. Luchessi. She accompa-
MED Miss Gruenbagen, yioliniste.
Manager John Mcguire OF Montana has a
capital article in a recent number Of the
Anaconda Standard, entitled In the Good
Old Days" in which he tells ab0nt the
fluctuations OF the drama in the Northwest.
In NeTdPs new opera, "Falstatf. there
are ten principal characters, two sopranos,
one mezZo. one alto. three tenors, two barry
tones, and a basso For these parts the
maestro has selected Mines. Zilll, Stehle,
Guerrinl and Pasqua, and Nm. Garhin,
Maurel, Pinicorsi, ParOli, Pelegalli and
Armondi. Several of these artists studied
their parts under the guidance of Verdi and
his libretts. Boito, at Genoa.
The new Empire Theater, New York, will
be opened to the public for the first time on
Monday evening, January %. 1t is located
on F6rteth street and Broadway, with the
il, Frr 10 fH,nr he laof no ad
and is five stories high. 1t will be opened
by Mr. Charles FrOhman with a new play
by David Belssco, called 1.-THE Girl l Left
Behind Me-"
II. Clay Minor. the New York manager,
Will take a three months rest In California.
He is or his way hither now.
Ever Elusive Rice is saying that he will
soon build new theater in New Yerk.
Rice has wonderful recuperative powers,
| financially.
In the absence OF a bouquet an enthusi-
astic Scotclman recently threw an empty
whisky flask on the stage in Glasgow dur
| ing performance OF The Mikad0," and
struck Pitt Sing on the knee. The en-
| thusast was sent to Jail for Thirty days and
| Pitt Sing 10 the hospital.
| Mr.. Frank Daniels company this season
| numbers twcniy-six people. His new
| comedy, "Dr. Cupid" is called the profess
| sional hit of his life. His part in 1t is en-
| tirely different from that of Old Sport in
"A Rag Baby" or Gilt-edge in Little
Puck"
] January 10, at the Fourteenih-strest Pres
! byterian Church, Sacramento, Colonel
| Thomas II. Andrews of the Grand Opera
| house, this city, was united in marriage to
| Miss Minnie Louise Ellenberger of San
| Francisco, the Rev. g.. p. Tindall officiating.
| Colonel Andrews is one of the chief officers
| of the Knights of Py thias OF California, and
| formerly resided in Sacramento, where he
| and his bride have host Of friends, many
| Of whom gathered to witness the ceremony.
| Colonel Andrews and his bride will arrive
| here to-day.
Asa New Years Gift TO Northampton,
| Mass, 4. III. X. Lyman. a native of that
| place, now resident of New York, trans
| mitted to that city January a deed TO the
| Academy of Music, built by him last year
at cost of about s10O, 600.
Charles Ii. Hoyt is busy with new play.
| This time 1t will be devoted to our volun-
! tecr soldiery. The piece will be dedicated
| TO one OF the most popular regiments now
| in the service of the State.
Tin heaven above the sartoriaI art
Is one OF the unheard OF things;
The society actress Will there play her part
BY conceiyipg new wrinkles in wings
II remember" says Stuart Robson. "pro-
ducing a play called Champagne and Oys-
ters.' the funniest piece | ever played in.
1t was a laugh from beginning to end. The
first night l produced it, Immediately after
to see me. Well l asked, what do you
think OF ii. Jos?' It's too funny to be
money-maker,' answered Jefferson. Too
funny l repeated, dumfOunded. Yes,
too funny echoed Jefferson. You don't
give the audience time to rest between the
laughs, so you tire them out laughing.
You'll never make penny on the play
And | didn't"
Louis James is soon to become the hus-
band of Abbie Hendricks. member of the
Warde-James company.
Henry James will write the comedy with
which Mr.. Augustin Daily will open his
new London theaier about Eastertide.
The Chicago Tribune of January s says
the two weeks engagement of the Duff
Opera Company in the Auditorium was sue
cessfu neither financially nor artistIcally.
Catnarlne Lewis, sister OF JeffreyS- Lewis,
Will return to Augustin Days company
| after an absence of nearly twelve years.
MY Official Wife" gets the following
notice from a Chicago paper: "The first
presentation OF the piece extinRushed it
completely. In its narrative form, Colonel
Savage's piquant and lively novel has many
charms, but the transfer of the story to
dramatic action by Archibald Flayering
Gunter has blghted 1t. The Gunter touch
is to be seen almost everywhere, and IL Is a
touch that has been nything but beneficial"
Adelina Patti is writing her reminiscent
ces. She has been on the concert and ope-
ratio stage since 1851.
Herr WeiDgarlner Is so deeply chegrined
over the failure of his opera, "Gesenus,"
that he has resigned his position as conduc-
tor of the Royal Opera-house, Berlin.
Fred Leslie, the English farcaur, left G26,-
600 about Sl30000) to his three children.
The spirit Of thrift is growing among pro-
fessiOnals
when dey see me In DE Gladiator sal d
John IL. Sullivan to pal the other day.
''dey' II say Ned Forrest wasn't In IT,"
Edwin Booth left his own rooms at the
Players Club on Christmas eve to hear the
midnight address" delivered by the new
member, Grover Cleveland. Mr.. Booth
spoke slowly and with profound feeling.
His Woras ware very fa w Init thov nrod noad