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

Manager Hayman's OBSTACLES over San
Francisco, probably due to the fact that
he is Electrically interested in that city,
are not shared by other less ~prejudiced
nag A dramatic pilot well known
in this city has this to write to THE
Evening World:'' "In San 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
quack doctors hold forth and sell their
medicine. The Indians do a fantastic
war dance in front, and there is a beam
cry near by with the following sign:
Coffee, ham and eggs, 10 cents Can you
imagine all this in n town where the
people know 1t all? Eastern cities
would not permit 1t on their back streets.
They are all crazy about the Mid-Winter
are going to flock to 1t from the East
in thousands. OF course, the Eastern
people have all been waiting for this X-
position, as you know Chicago did not
fill the bill. / went out and overlooked
the grounds. and don't really think that
the whole space would accommodate the
Manufacturers Building, of Chicago.
The streets are full of beggars. You
meet two or three every block you walk,
n they don't ask. but demand assis-
ance. The theatrical business Is sim
the leading theatre, the Baldwin, where
they have reduced prices to 81, but even
that did not draw the people. Everybody
In San Francisco knows what you want
better than you know yourself"
Louise Beaudet, the little lady who went
to Montana to sue the e~X-tragedian,
Bandmann. wants one-half of the prof
It's Of her tour with him, years ago.
Beaudet does not say whether she'll
take the profits now, or wait till she gets
them; Landmarks answer, to her de-
that she was only his pupil, that she
was smart and bright, and that he
thought he might be able to make an
actress out of her.
Ed Favor, The royal treasurer Of
Rice.s 1872 company, Is frantlcally eX-
ploring his ancestry, and says that he
royal favors that were so literally dis
tributed during the reign of William the
Conqueror--a Jest worthy of his employ
reason for this ancestral examination
lies in the fact that n lawyer from
Concord. N. H., called upon him at the
or two ago. The legal gentleman stat
ed that an old and respected citizen of
his town, named Favor, had died re-
Gently; leaving a large and enticlng ss.
comedian is. therefore, anxious to see
If he can't get the estate. This sounds
nice. 1t is much better h the worn
out gag of losing diamonds, that Marie
Jansen has been trying once more.
The comic opera Venus" to be given
by the Camille D'Arville Opera Company
at the Garden Theatre next month. has
TO Venus" 1t is now being played under
that title at the Park Theatre. Boston.
Mrs. D. p. Bowers, who is now on her
way to San Francisco. to, join A. M.
her time in the train by coaching Wilton
Lackaye. who accompanies her. in Maui
rice Barymore's part in Lady Winder-
James A. Herne promises his actors
some pleasant realism at the Christmas
matinee performance of Shore Acres"
will lose their Christmas dinner, Herne
is going to have a regular ,epicurean re-
past on the stage during the second act
turkey, celery. cranberries and potatoes.
feits. Real food Is used all the time
in this play, but on. the Christmas &C.
casion it will be "realer."
Rose Coghlan and her company are
rel. eel sing a new play at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Theatre, although 1t 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 we'll.
Mr. Kendall should leave all the