The evening world., 1893-12-20
TIMES ARE DULL IN FRISCO,
The Dramatic Profession in Par
ticular Is Suffering.
Bsndmann Answers Louise Beau
det's Demand-stage Gossip.

mage Hayman's ecstacies over San
Francisco, probably due to the fact h a
he Is theatrically interested in that city,
are not shared by other less p~rejudiced
managers. A dramatic pilot well known
in this city has this to write to 1.-THE
Evening world:'' "In a Francisco we
found times very dull. On the main
street, and directly opposite the Baldwin
Theatre, they are tearing down build
ings, and 1t was amusing to watch them
erect tents as soon as the ground was
cleared. The tents are inhabited by two
dime museums, with rural bands, Of
course, and an Indian village, where
auack doctors hold forth and sell their
medicine. The Indians do a fantastic
war dance in front, n there is a beam
cry heal by with the following sign:
Coffee, ham and eggs 10 cents a you
imagine all this in a town where the
would not permit 1t on their back streets.
They are all crazy about the Mid-Winter
Fair. and have a wild idea that people
in thousands. OF course, the Eastern
people have all been waiting for this ex-
position, as you know Chicago did not
the grounds, and don't really think that
the whole space would accommodate the
Manufacturers Building of Chicago.
mse f W or a shree ,e every Ht blesE you Walk aHa
and they don't ask, but demand assis-
tance. The theatrical business Is sim
Ply awful. Joseph Murphy L playing at
they have reduced prices to 81, but wen
that lid not draw the people. Everybody
in San Francisco knows what you wan
better than you know yourself"
-tuS rDo.lzk H. ftxstS -..-a
to Montana to sue the ex-tragedian,
Bandmann, wants one-half of the prof
its of her tour with him, years ago,
through Australia. III and India. Miss
take the profits now, or walt till she gets
them: Bandmann's answer, to her de-
mand is frank and simple. He says
was smart and bright. and that he
thought he might be able to max an
actress out of her.
Ed Favor, the royal treasurer of
Rice's '14s2" company, is frantically ex-
ploring his ancestry, and says, that he
has already traced himself sd back to the
tributed during the reign Of William the
Conqueror-a Jest worthy of his employ
er, by-the-bye; Favor declares that the
reason for this ancestral examination
lies in the fact that a lawyer from
stage door of -Palmer's Theatre, a night
UT TWO dsO. ltBdi Bchtltiiiuh Slat-
ed that an old and respected citizen Of
his town, named Favor, had died re-
Gently, leaving. a large and .enticing es-
Comedian is s. Therefore. anxious to see
If he can't get the estate. This sounds
nice. 1t Is much better h the worn
out gag of b Losing d diamo onds m anae Marie
The comic opera Venus" to be given
by the Camille D'Arville Opera Company
at the Garden Theatre next month. has
been renamed Prince kam; or w.. a "Trip TIP
that title at the Park Theatre. Boston.
Mrs. D. P. Bowers. who is nov on her
way to San Francisco. to join 4. M.
her time in the train by coaching Wilton
Lackaye, who accompanies her, in Maui
rice Barym9re's part In Lady Winder-
mere's Fan"
James A. Herne promises his actors
some pleasant realism at the Christmas
matinee performance OF Shore Acres
viii Wn'T lose their christmas dinner, Herne
is going to ave a regular .epicurean re-
past on the stage during the second act
of ffrt tne eelsry. T crau SeTPts ana M p eaa Ges.
There will be no papier-mache counter
feits. "Real" food Is used all the time
d in th,' It p Wiii be- su! sr ea tns Christmas &C.
Rose Coghlan and her company are
rehesIsing a new play at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Theatre, although IT. is not-accord-
Ing to announcement-to be given during
the present New York engagement. The
manuscript of this novelty has only just
been received. In the mean time "A
Woman Of No Importance is doing
surprisingly well.
Mr. Kendall should leave all the