The morning call., 1893-03-12
Personal and other Jottings.

complimented by supper at the Bohemian
Club last evening.
Primrose & Vests Ministries are on their
way to this coast.
a correspondent is informed that Peter
jackson was born at Nassau. New Provi-
deuce, Bahama Islands, West Indies,
whence he went to Australia with his
father when he was years old. Jackson
prides himself on being a traight-out Brit
ish subject.
Nine. Emilia TojettHs chronological song
recital, postponed on account of illness,
will take place at Maple Hall, Palace Ho-
tel, on Wednesday evening next, March 10.
RumOTs regarding the Union square
Theater. New York, are revived to The eff
fect tnat the lease Of the house has been
sold TO Manager b. +. Keith of Boston, who
proposes to again devote the place to va
rlety entertalnments-iO which, 1t will be
remembered, the theater was originally
built.
Chicagoans are taking surreptitiOus les
sons III Italian from fruit-Yeuders in autici-
patton Of the arrival OF Eleanora Duae.
Inc Hen Club Is the latest thing IN New
I Ork society All the members are ma
irons, ana they have caused quite stir on
entering their boxes at the tbeater. There
is delightful little dinner, without men,
before the play at the house uf one or other
OF the members, and all are handsomely at
h4Gu hliNH lutN dlltuu "a performances.
well-kn0wn nursery rhyme about the
Queen of Hearts who baked some tarts all
on summers day has been ingeniOusly
converted into two-act operetta under the
title OF Who Stole the Tarts?" by Mr..
Frank Sylvester Hedges, ST. Albans, Eng
land.
The Baltimore American is respou-
sible for the statement that, during bis
summers spent at Buzzards Bay, Mr..
Cleveland formed a very close acqua int
snce with Mr. Joseph Jefferson. So close
dld their intimacy become that there seems
to be good ground for the report that Mr..
Jefferson was greatly disappointed when he
woke up the other morning and disc OYeIed
that the Cabinet had been completed with
out his name in the list.
Langtry Is reducing her fat by internal
doses Of iodine. 1t is a treatment original
with herself.
Annie Pxley will spend the summer in
Carlsbad. and take a course of the waters
FOR health. She has fallen into fat lately
and TINS bodily condition brings a train Of
attendant evils. For one, an imp0Ssibility
to realize the character Of M'liss.
Sh ewas fair divinity in gauze which be-
gan late and ended early, and a the youth
gaZed rapturOusly upon her layishly dis
played charms. she mnrmured, Lovely
dress, isn't IL? Cost $50" NO really {?
Why. that's at the rate Of $50 a yard % was
the boyish rej0inder. And a cold wave
came between them followed by frost.
ItG w y CuuAu mas UlHut an eiDDDattC
hit in Boston aud Miss PG9oe Davies
comes in for good deal of praise In fact,
says Duniop's Stage News, SHE is ranked
among the great actresses of the country
and justly SO. When she appeared in
New J Ork the best Of the critics who saw
the California actress and who later at
tended the performances of the great
Italian artist, EleanOra Duse, were bold
enough to say that Miss Davies had more
dramatic genius than the Italian and
prophesied for her place not before filed
10y any American. Although well known
beyond the Rockies, this is Miss Davies
first season in the East She came un-
herGlded, and handicapped with the fact
that she was native, but she has con-
Quered and the pretty California rose will
probably. in the future, bloom in the me-
tropOlis and be the best ornament of the
American stage.
The News is wrong in calling Miss Da-
vIes native She was born In Cardigan,
Wales. came to California when 10 years old,
and at that time spoke Welsh better than
EDglish.1
Mr.. Charles Wyndham has resolved to
build new theater in Chnring Cross road,
London, opposite the Garrick.
Miss May Bro0kyn-who rarely sees her
name snelled right. the cnmp0siiOr prefer
ring "Br0oklyn"-has made rousing hit in
Lady Windermere's Fan"
Mckee Rankin says his fathers estate
will foot up one million of dollars and now
hell walk In SILK attire and siller ha' TO
spare" But where does Kitty Blanchard
come IMP
The blase Chicago style) Mr.. Reginald
AlgeTnon Plantagenet de KoveD has new
sensation which lie will spring on the Vau-
deylle Club next week. II consists of
c0ryphean quartet, able to perforate the
ceiling with their big toes, but each and
every one of them will he masked, because
they are coy society ladies, whose identity
must not be disclosed.
Hoyt and Thomas have divided $3.50
this season uD to March 4, with ten or
eleven weeks yet to hear from.
If you amateur Thespians wish to succeed
and set the wide rivers aire.
Don't work with a yim-iplt only impede
Your progress toward rising up higher
Instead try the newest, most capable plan,
cure ior all trfes most jarring;
just marry-that is. Of course, II you can
society actress who's starring
Philadelphia Music aud Drama.
Eleanor Calhoun. originally from Santa
Clara County, in this State, is playing in
"L'Argent d;Autrin" at one of the Paris
theRteTs.