The morning call., 1893-04-02
Personal and other lettings.

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Personal and Other lettings.
Mr.. Charles Hall. formerly manager of
the BuSh-street. has left for New Y ork ana
the East on business. He will return in
about six weeks
The New Park Theater, Oakland, Albert
Lando lessee and manager, VIII open Mon
day, April 3, with John A. Stevens I'm
known"
All mechanical effects used in "The
County Fair" of Neil Burgess are protected
by patents in the United States and Europe.
The Beasey children give their farewell
concert al Metropolitan Hall tomorrow
evening Miss Jennie Beasey, The eldest.
and Mrs. Hugo MRnsf6l will y lay a grand
duo for two pianos. Tickets for this affair
are selling freely at Sherman 81 Clay's
music-store. All these remarkable children
read the most difficult music at sight and
play II with perfect ease.
An addition to the cheap theaterS in this
city will be made Tomorrow evening in the
opening of the New Wigwam, corner of
Jones and Eddy streets. The auditorium
has seating capacity of 1900.
The Wigwam, at the corner of Geary and
Stockton streets, is becoming ambitious in
the line of its productions. "Boccaccio, or
the Prince of Palermo" will be presented
Tomorrow evening undOr the direction of
the Valerga Brothers; Rebagliatti's famous
SPANISH sextet will also appear; a wonder
fui pedO-manualist named FentOn and many
other novelties.
Mr.. II. J. Stewart will be music director,
J. NJ Hamilton business manager and
Hugo TUand stage director for the Mrs.
Mary Nyman Williams testimonial at Odd
Fellows Hall on Wednesday evening next,
April 8. A. Joulln, Willie Williams and
Porter Ashe will act as ushers
Miss Annie Frmin Mrs. John Jacll will
be leading lady Of the National Theater.
opening in this city on Monday next The
lady has been for some wears in the pro-
fessiOn and is well qualified for the position.
The annual Mayday festival of the 6. A.
r., at the Grand Opera-house, May /. will
include the pupils OF the public schools,
local ana professional talent. all under the
stage direction Of the old soldier and actor.
John Jack
Betiina Gerard, perhaps better known as
Betty Padelford, who was announced to be
dying in a hospital a few weeks ago, is out
in tho world again, bright and pretty as
ever.
Report is to. the effect that Henry Irving
will soon be knighted. Will lie get the ac-
colade under his stage name, or his family
one. BrOderip.
They say that the silver statue, soon to be
seen at the Chicago exposition. is so far
only as the head IS concerned a copy of
Miss Ada Rehan. The other part of the
figure is modelled from that of a New York
lady well known in society.
Through Mr.. |. II. MagOnigal Mr.. Edwin
Booths secretary. the great tragedian has
sent Mr.. HanleY the following:
my dear HGHley: You are deserving OF
success. Only 10 thine own self be- true
and it shall follow thou canSt not then be
false 10 anv man"
Junius Brulus Booth, son of Agnes
Booth. has gone to 2 medical school from
the stage, having determined to be a doctor
rather than an actor.
g Speaking OF A. +. Hall, an old actor who
has been driven from the stage by deaf
ness, the New y ork Sun considers IL a seri-
Gus ailment In the profession, because 1t
renders one unable to hear the cues. The
Holland family, however, appear to get
along very well before the fOOtiights without
the sense of hearing.
Miss Emma Nevada recently appeared in
Berlin at KrolPs, where she achieved but
small success in III Batbiere"
Mazda Craigen has sued Margaret Mather
for $500 because. after being engaged at
500 a week for Joan Of Are" she vas dis
charged from the company.
Isabelle Coe mas just recovered from
serious illness.
George Parkes. remembered as a good
actor Of sero-comic dandies, the man of
immaculate costumes, and numerous pocket
handkerchiefs in Days company, is
chronic invalid. and has gone TO the Forrest
Home.
Richard Mansfield is an inventor of many
ingenious devices of siDgularity. After
rlayiDg Baron Cnevrial; at the Harlem
Opera-house last Wednesday evening. and
depicting with his usual vivldness the de-
crepitude, senility and gruasome death OF
the old French debauchee, he responded
rather tardily to call before the curtain,
and when he appeared it was not in the
gaise of the character he had been acting.
but as himself, with his handsome face
washed clean and his toilet immaculate.
The swell OF society numb his cane
And said to the dashing soubrette at his side:
"l'm really TOO happy to meet you again;
Won't you come out with me for q nice little
You see. life without you Is awfuiIy SLOW.
You used TO be one of the regular sights:
But hope TO see more OF you now, don't you
know"
And sho said: "Bet yer life. for I've got to wear
tights M. L. r.
Henry E. Abbey has beaten Colonel J. II.
Mapleson and Sir Augustus Harris 10 the
race for the privilege of giving opera at the
Metropolitan Opern-house. He will omen
the season November l and give ifty-fou
performances.
The New York Sun complains that imI-
tation of the names of major actors by
minor ones is common in theatrcals. "a
Herbert Chesley is just now making the
audiences in the smaller cities believe, no
doubt, that he Is our own star-eyed Herbert
Kelley of the Lyceum."
Etoile de Loraz has gained verdict for
S2800 against Fanny Davenport, who hired
her at 500 week for cleopatra, but
did not utilize her.
}. NJ. Hill. Melbourne Mcdowell, David
Belasco and Z. J. Henley are lust through
with attacks Of pneumonia.
Henry c. Miner is off on a Florida yaca.
ton.
For use in 'the Mackaye Spectatorium"
at Chicago VIII be supplied fifteen of the
largest passenger elevators ever built The
contract for furnishing these immense mas
hDiStS IL In h.,
the Columbian Celebration Company and
The Standard Elevator Company. These
elevators will be guaranteed to carry 10000
persons per hour and will be more rapid in
their movements than any elevators ever
constructed up to this time. They will be
used to transport the people from the
ground floor Of the building to the various
galleries and to the roof gardens, restau-
rants and tower. When completed they will
form most interesting exhibit IL them
selves.
Tacatanee. the Indian who was Lillian
Russelps coachman last season but has re-
Gently taken to the stage, rehearsed Othpllo
at the Garden Theater, New York, recently,
with Lillian as audience. He is not as
good an actor as he was a ceachman." com
Dented Lillian, but he was star coach
man." Then, laughing at the pun which
suggested itself, He's not so we'll used to
these lines yet. When he has studied lit
tie more behave he will succeed. He I'M
doubtrdly has talent"
A musicale will be given by the blind
pupils OF the institution for the deaf and
dumb and the blind on Monday even
ing next at o'clock, in the Assembly
Hall of the institution. Berkeley.
Char les Coghlan had narrow escape
from death in Washington recently by an
attack of pneumonia
The New York Herald makes merry over
Thomas w. Keene's enacton of Hamlet,
because he. played the Danish Prince in
a manner that New Workers had been un-
accustomed to. Keene's reading and action
may be correct for all that
European Musical Items.
Translated from the 5azzetta Musicale of Milan.