The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-01

playbills Of the h0nse has caused to be
printed request that the ladies' cooperate
with the man agempnt in catering 10 the
comfort nf the other patrons by dispensing
with their beadgear.
Mr.. L. S. Willard has finally conquered
New York with Barrie's THE Professors
Love Story"
Elenora Duse, the Italian actress. W"
bring company of thirty people with i..i
tn this country this month. Il
Mr.. Henry Irving intends to alternate
Shakesreare's Lear with Lord Tenny-
sons Beckett"
Frank Daniels proposes to purchase and
stock an island off the southern coast of
California with all sorts Of game. paying
man to reside and look after it.
An amusing story is told OF James Robin
son, the rider. and Mr.. Bailey. The latter
found that cheaper man would have an-
swered his purposes just as well in the
antip0des. SO he went to Robinson and
said:
Robinson, India, where we are going to
next is a terribly unhealthy country. A
man is almost sure to catch some awful
fever, or something of that sort there"
Robinson looked Mr.. Bailey straight In
the eyes as he returned coolly:
"Mr. Bailey, YOU eau pitch your tents in
HI, but I'll ride there for $500 week"
was introduced to Ellen Terry, says a
corresp ondent. by Mr.. Edward Greer, an
old friend of hers. in his bric-a-brac shop.
The actress was sprawling on tn polished
floor at the time, toying with big pink
vase. Her face was worn aud rouged. her
hair Of q suspicious blonde tint, but her
smile was CHEEKY and her voice music.
Eyes. it's true" she said In reply TO my
query; Il de occasionally stir things up at
the Iyceum at rehearsals when Tehearsals
are inclined to become dull and prosy.
Only short time ago / at first shocked and
then delighted Mr. Irving and the company
by sliding down balustrade behind the
scenes l am a nervous. irritable woman,
but then L have my moments OF exuberant
hilarity."
The Montana statue controversy served
an admirable purpose for free advertising
for a number of actresses who paraded
their claims for beauty of figure before the
public. As a matter of fact not one of
them is really model Lillian Russell is
very pretty woman, but her ank les will not
pass muster. As for Marie Tempest, her
limbs are rather shapely but there is not
enough of them. This cannot apply TO Cora
Tanner. whose limbs are rather TOO bulky
for the line of beauty. Least OF all is Ada
Rehan a fitting subject. There are too
many deficiencies in the lines OF that iady's
face and-fgure to warrant the assumption
that she is beautiful woman in the strict
sense of the word.
Nat G. Goodwin. who is on the top wave
OF success nowadays in his new play, "A
Gilded Fool" has some well-dehned ideas
of the province of a comedian. lie says:
"Some people have an idea that the come
dian is merely the actor who makes his
audience laugh. Not so; that Is only one
phase of him, very essential phase, to be
sure, but by no means the whole Of him.
He must portray varied emotions. Tears
are one feature in which his work may and
often should legtimately result. One of the
prettiest touches in "A Gilded FOOL to my
mind. is where Chauncey Short narrates his
pathetic experience in seeking for his uncle
and returning TO his mother. The side light
of pathos accentuates the comedy of the
piece Perhaps this gives you an idea eff
my reasons for desiring TO work more and
more into serious plays"