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The morning call., 1893-12-24
The sulIivan-Drew episode. ;"

Through the unbecomiDg and ungracious zeal
OF John L. Sullivan's press agent TO gain add-
tional nOtoriety for his ex-pugilistic star, saws
Chicago paper, Mrs. John Drew, he venera-
bic and estimable actress who stands foremost
among merican condolences, was placed in
an EN- barrassing position before the public last
week. An afternoon newspaper published
wordy account of how Mrs. Drew. on the last
day OF her engagement at the Schiller made
piIIful appeals from tbeater 10 lheater TO Dor
row enough money TO enable her company TO
get out OF town, and how. as last resort she
placed her distressing case before sullivan,
who graciously furnished her with $4,000 with
The remark: I'VE are all members OF one pro-
fesslon and must help one another" Later,
when a reporter for the Tribune questioned
Sulivan's manager on the subject he declined
either to deny or confirm the report, insinII-
ating, however. that it was true. The fact OF
The matter is that Mrs. John Drew had abso-
lutely nothing TO do with the transaction, but
that ner son. in whose interest she Is PLAYING
disastrous season, approached some OF his
friends for small loan and succeed In OBJ
tanning 5000 from Sullivan, with whom he was
acquainted. The idea OF Mrs. Drew woman
who has passed threescore and Ten years 90
ing from bOX-oiiiee TO box-office with sorrow
ful appeal for money is TOO preposterous 10 be
entertained for a moment.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
A Petrospectiye Actor.

MIR. Henry Howe the Octogenarian member
OF Henry Irvinr's company. has all the Ioqua-
city that belongs 10 bis years. Like Nerges in
''Much Ado About Nothing" he is "a very
good old man. but like Dogberry's neighbour
"he Will be talking" Not but wha Mr.. Howe
talks 10 some purpose. as the following will
prove. In referring 10 old times when all actors
were looked upon as renegades and rOgues, be
said the other day: Il bad a great deal
Of courage then, else ! would never have APP
preached so eminent parsonage rs Edmund
heau With reference TO the career l wished
TO follow. can you staTve?' was his rather
queer answer when / made known my ambI-
tons, for have known what lt is 10 starve.
have been without food for thirty-twO hours
except Tor a little bread and water, aud a tur-
nip / stole from field This picture was not
calculated TO fire a trusting young soul. Row.
ever, did not allow myself To be discouraged,
and two years later was playing in Nacready's
company 1t was while L was playing in his
support that / once had occasion TO be mem
Der Of the first cast which presented The Lady
Of Lyons And by the way, there is quite a
curious little bit OF history about this piece.
Macready had not been doing very well at the
COvent Garden, and Bulwer LyttOn offered to
write him play with the dis met understand
lag that the authorship should not be dis
closed; and the compact was kept for TWO
years. There were critics IN those days, and
when The Lady of Lyons was produced they
proclaimed II a CHASTITY failuIe.l but time has
proven the talSiiy OF then edct.'
The morning call., 1893-12-24
HAULING THEM IN.
Two Notorious EX-Convicts Kept Out
of Harms Way.

Two notorious ex-convicts were arrested
by Detectives Ed L. Gibson and Anthony
On Clay and Larkin streets on Thursday
and were booked at the City Prison yes
terday. One of them is George Thorn,
alias Charles Robinson, who is charged
with having burglars tools in his possess
sion and with vagrancy. He has served a
five years term in Folsom peniteDtiary for
burglary in Sacramento.
The other is Henry Lindley, who has
several aliases. and he is charged with
vagrancy. His record is bad. On Septem-
Der q. 1873 he got three years for burg
larry; July 9. 1881. eighteen months for
burglary in Nevada City: January 10. 1888
six his in the Alameda jail for having
burglars tools in his possession; October
20, 1888, five years for burglary; March 5,
1888. eight years for safecracking. He
was released on the last charge in July,
and two or three weeks afterward was
found about midnight in a doorway on
Mission street. He was charged with
vagraDcy and was brought before Judge
Campbell. who let him go. remarking that
he should be given a chance. He appar-
emily took the chance, for in few DAYS
he was found in Chinatown with a we'll
known thief. and Judge Conlan gave him
three months in Jail.
The morning call., 1893-12-24

times, Hazel Kirke" 4S6 and "Humptv
Dumpty' for 4S3 performances. "Adonls"
held the record, with run of 6O3 perform
ances at tile Bijou Ouera-house, until this
great farce comedy eclipsed all previous hold
ings and placed Tor itself a mark which VIII
probably not be again approached unless by
another OF Mr.. HOyPs productions.
The cast includes: Harry COnor as Weland
Strong, Harry Glfoil as the waiter. Introducing
his famous wbiSIling specialties and exhibiting
bis art as an adrOt mixer of drinks; the
charming Widow GuyeT introduces Anna BOYD
with pretty LOttie Mortimer as Flirt. Julius
Whitmark. the well-known barytone. is also
In the cast Bessie Clayton. the sensational
dancer. who seems 10 be creating no end of
comment everywhere, is also In the cast. The
musical numbers, so many of which can be
found on almost every piano in the land and
which include The BOwery," "Do, Do, MY
Huckleberry, Do" "Tbe Girl [ Left Behind"
d" Back Among the Old Folks" ana
others equ lily as strong. viii be waited for
with some impatiPnce. A carload OF scenery
designed and painted by Arthur Voegtlin, to
gether with properties and accessories, even to
The miautest deail, Will be Incidental 10 this
production.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
50 Manon Lescaut" and "La PERI
choIe,"

Puccini, the operate composer. has just
finished new opera called "Manon Lescaut."
the hbretto ofswhich is based on the famous
work by a French able with the same title
and which has been widely read by those who
affect fOndness for peculiar Kind of literature
Reference is made 10 the fact for the reason
that a portion OF Manon's letter to the chey-
aler. her lover, in chapter VIII OF the first part
of the book, is peculiarly like the letter in
0ffenbacn's LA Perichoe" Did Offenbach
steal from the abbe ?-or vice versa ? Here is
the portion referred to:
Il swear TO you, my dear, that you are the
idol of my heart, and that IN all this world
there is not another man whom | could ever
love as / love you. But do you not see my
poor, dear soul, that in the plight TO which we
are now reduced, cOnStancy is foolish virtue
Do you suppose that weak mOTtals can indulge
In tenderness while they lack bread 10 eat?
Hunger, / fear would lead me into some fatal
mistake. Some fair day j should breathe my
last, when 1 thought 10 breathe only love
sigh. / adore you, rest assured of that; but
leave the management OF our fortunes TO me
for While. Woe 10 him who gets entanged in
my meShes; for i shall seek only 10 bring
wealth aud happiness TO my ebevalier."
The morning call., 1893-12-24
INTO THE BAY.
Launch of a Pilot=Boat,
Oracle s.
The Promising Successor to the
Honored George Peabody Slides
Down the Ways.

Yesterday was pilots day, and the trim,
graceful and natty-looking Oracle s..
pilot boat, marine beauty and offspring OF
the Union Iron Works. first felt the
thrilling touch of salt water and trimmed
sail for test of speed and endurance.
By virtue of her dignity as a successor TO
the honored George Peabody and her
promise Of nautical achievements. the
Oracle S was accorded no ordinary
christening, but was baptized after the
fashion OF modern cruiser and with all
the eclat generally attendant upon such
ceremony.
Pretty girls, bottles, popping corks and
cheers are spoken of in one breath when
the launch of the Oracle 5 is mentioned.
AS dazzling as the sparkling wine that
freely flowed, and buoyant as the corks
that were disdainfully discarded, was the
dainty craft IN point Of beauty and light
ness. She marked the era of the coming
race of craft that shall bear the naviga-
tors or dangerous bay channels and ocean
currents, and as such was Saluted.
Socially speaking, the crowd that gath
cred to witness the christening of the
oracle ) was great, but in numbers it was
lacking the crush and curiosity that gen.
orally concentrates upon the occasion of
the launching of an Olympia or an Oregon.
Miss Jessie ArmageT, granddaughter of
Pilot Jones, and Miss Nellie Erskine were
chosen by the SCOTS and the crafts own
ers to perform the launching ceremonies.
About them were gathered invited guests
to the number of about fifty. including the
nine owners of the boat in the persons of
Pilots Jones, Mccullough, Erskine, Mayo,
Boyd, Meyer, Kautz. Matthew and John
son.
At II o'clock the Oracle slipped down
the ways and shortly afterward every sail
was spread for run up the bay.
The new mo. 81 is to take the place of
pilot-boat George Peabody. which was
lately sold. and is considered the crack
boat Of the pilot feet. Her cost was ST.
coo. and when launched she was fully
ballasted, equipped and ready for sea. She
is named after the eldest daughter OF John
ID. SpTeckels.
Music, merriment and dainty collation.
were INDUCED in on board the boat after
the launching took place. The Oracle S
will now settle down to business.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
E. e. BLYTHE.
Attorney holiday Says That He
Has No Case.


Z. A. Holiday, attorney for the Ken
lucky or so-called Gypsy Blythe. was in
terviewed by CALL reporter yesterday
in reference 10 she claimant, E. E. Blythe,
who intends to make an attempt to obtain
possession of the Blythe estate.
Mr.. Holiday seemed to think that the
claimant has no show, even though he
really were the son of the millionaire.
How 90 you think the prospects are
for the new claimant? asked the re-
porter.
''It can hardly be made case because
E. E. Blythe put his claim on file early in
the fight and was made one of the defen-
dants." said Mr.. Holiday. Later he
was served with process, and by an attor-
torney put in his answer and claim. The
case was taking the usual course nd his
attorney obtained commissions to take
dispositions on his behalf in England, but
whether his commissions were put to use
and the deposition taken we cannot say"
WAS any evidence produced at the trial
| to show that they had ?"
mo; there was not. Other defendants
DR. esented their evidence in due order. one
after another, and were disposed Of.
Was the case called? 2"
"Yes; Edward Edwin and Edwin Ed
ward Blythe was called in turn, and no re-
ply was heard, nor did any attorney APP
pear in his behalf 10 proceed with his
evidence or to ask further time. Such be-
ing the case, judgment of nonsuit was duly
returned against the parties. That ended
the case In certain way, but it could be
appealed within a certain time, which.
however has long passed. AS things are,
1t would make no difference even if the
appeal had been made in due form, because
there is no remedy when the party puts in
40 evidence al all iD a decided suit"
The morning call., 1893-12-24

and full of the dash and spirit so essential in
burlesque. Miss da DeaveS' Maraschina is a
clever piece OF grOtesque character work ana
Bessie Lynch Is most vivacious and attractive
as Salmagundi, While her sister Nellie as
cupid Is the cynosure of all the opera glasses.
In The comedy line Edwin FOy, Henry Norman,
VIII Armstrong. Joseph Bonner and Jack Gull
mette carry the burden of the metry-maktng
with supreme success. and the eccentric animal
representations of Ali and Bent are laughabIe
IN the extreme. In the grand ballet fan
tastique, which takes place in the daZ-
cling scene of the valley of diamonds,
great attention is paid 10 the dancing of the
four principal sOloists. Martha Irmler Madeline
MorandO, Hulda Irmler and Signor Nicola
Guerra. Miss Martha Irmier is one of the
most famous OF European premleres, and
Slgnor Guerra is one of the most re-
markable male dancers OF The present time
"Slnbad" abOunds Win catchy songs and such
numbers as The BOgie Man." "The Inter
rupted Serenade," True as 5 ee.'' and That's
What the Wild Waves are Saying" are i'm
menSely popular Tonight "Sinbad'; begins
the last fortnight of its engagement here. TO-
morrow. christmas day, special holiday NATL
nee VIII be given. which from present indIca-
IONS VIII be very largely patroniZed by ladies'
ana children who know how to appreciate an
entertainment which is perfe city adapted TO
Christmastde,
The morning call., 1893-12-24
A Variety Verse.

My love is 4 lady contortioniSt
With an educated spine,
Aud II you could see her doing her act
YOU'D say she was boss In her line.
She Is always billed the Flexible Fay,
The Phenomenon of the Age
She's the only lady can straddIe her ears
ANA do a clog on the stage.
She can lay her chin right down on the stage,
And take her heel in her mouth
ADd$hey used her slipper for julep-dipper
One time that she showed down south
oh, them Southern sports is terrible lot
With their hats made out of palms,
And their white duck pants would make you
weep
But their hearts Is as big as hams.
My love is a lady. I'll give you that;
Her costume is dark red silk:
She can stand on her head and keep her face
AS white as drink of milk.
But the prettiest act that she does
And she does 1t once in 3 while
is 10 put her arms round my old red neck,
And Just hug me, plain she-girl style.
And when we get married she shakes the biz
She's loads too good for 1t. seee
nd she'll do an act with the gas-stove next,
A-cooking my dinner for me.
I'm working now for \ spDrting-hOuse,
And I've hired Harlem fiat
Where she'll meet me at night with home made
smile
And there amt no contortion to that
For she's straight as any Fifthavenyer-Murray-
Hill
Four hu ndred-high heeled saint
And can lick any elegant gent
Whose got an opinion she ANTI
II. G, BUNNER, in Christmas Puck.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
Driven fo Degeneration.

Ellen Cummins, actress. once prominent on
the stage and well-known in San Francisco,
pleaded guilty yesterday, says the New York
Sun of December II. In the General Sessions,
before Recorder Smyth, of stealing diamond
lace pin. worth S6O from Mrs. Guinevere Cusl-
man. actress, Of the Bryant Park Hotel on
November IS. Il was driven TO desperation
she said. bursting into tears and sObbing. II
was destitute and locked out OF my roOm / in
tended TO return the pin as soon as possible"
"Well," SAID the Recorder, II am not disposed
10 be severe, especially a. Mrs. Cushman pleads
very strongly I'm your behalf for mercy. | COM
init you TO The City Prison for twenty days"
Petitions invoking the clemency of Governor
Flower for the unfortunate woman were at
once sent to Albany by some of the New York
newspaper people. IL appears Miss Cummins
expended all her means I'D aid of her sick
mother as we'll as giving up her time 10 attend
10 her. When her parent died she found her,
self penniess out OF an engagement and abso-
lutely starving. She became d. sperate and
committed the act for which she was sent TO
prison.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
Orpheum Music Hall.

Manager Walter has every reason TO be salts
hed with the patronage extended to the Or
pheum during the week past, as the standing.
room sign was displayed at the box-office
frequently. The programme proved very popu-
lar ana VIII be succeeded by still stronger
one for holiday week
Sllbon and Siegrist. the daring aerial per
formers. Will appear in their novel meteoric
Ill elts. and Miss Madeline Franks a reputedly
clever vocal coincidence, Will make her initial
DOW 10 San Francisco audience. "TOOlsie,"
the clever child song-and-dauce artist and the
hlgheStprlced juvenile performer on the yaude-
VINE stage, VIII make her first appearance in this
city, as VIII also the taking singing sOubreite
MISS GeTtle Raven. The big lavorites the
Arab troupe and th Barra family, will appear
ior The last time, and The other numbers on the
Dlll VIII be sustained by select speciality artists
viewing the programme annouuc from
professional STANDPOINT il is tame TO style il the
greatest aggregation of specially talent ever
assembled III The city. 4 matinee will be given
thls afternoon at reduced rates.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
A Music Hall Romance

Miss Bessie Bellwood, who at one time sup
ported Lord Vaudeville, afterward the Duke Of
Manchester, by her earnings as a London
music-hal singer, comes TO New York shortly
under engagement 10 a variety place in that
city. When Bellwood got tired OF paying the
Dukes bills she sued him for his board. There
seemed to be an impression in conservative
quarters In Great Britain az times, adds the
New York sun, that these "goings ON" reflected
in some indefinite and intangible manner upon
the dukedOm OF Manchester and the peerage
in general. But the more Miss B. llwood got
into the papers through Dukes and Lords and
things like that the higher terms sh- received
cOncert-ball singer occupying the foremost
place among the women talked about in Lon
don. Then the Duke died, and one or two sat-
ellire Lords gave way 10 The ravages Of dissi-
patton aud Miss BewOOd fell from her high es-
tate to the general world OF art.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
Bauer's Next Concert.

Adolph BaueI's many subscribers who were
disappointed al the postpOnement of the last of
his winter serbs of symphony concerts, will
have an opportunity of enjoying the programme
prepared for that occasion next Friday after
noon, December 30 The number OF particular
interest Will OF course be Bee hoyen's concerto
for violin, with cadenZas by DIR. Josrf Joachim,
played by Sigmund Bee. Ii will be heard for
the first time here, and the young violinist
should interpret it remarkably well.
The programme in full is as follows:
Huldigungs march. ........................ Wagner
Concerto for violin, OPP. 81 ........... Beethoven
MIR. Sigmund Beef.
''Danse des Syphes" from THE Damnation
OF Faust" .............. Beriioz
midsummer Nights Dream ..........
The first concert OF Mr.. Bauer's next series
Will take placr on the afternoon OF January /
1894. and the sale of subscription seats viii be
at Sherman, Clay q Co.'S january and 6.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
Modieska,s California Debut

.1here are so many stories af0at concerning
NINE, Modleska's first appearance in san Fran
CISCO, and the circumstances under which 1t
was maze, all more or less false. that it may be
refreshing TO have the truth told in regard 10 1t.
10 be brief, the Polish actress was sprung upon
the public OF this city by Barton Hill when he
was one OF the managers Of the old California.
Modleska was living with her husband, the
count Ge BoZenta, on ranch In southern Gail
lorna. The ranch did not pay, like many other
ranches in California, and he Countess, having
knowledge of the dramatic art, applied TO the
manager OF the California for an opportunity to
make II avail bic. When Hill consented 10 90
so, after long conversation with the lady he
Immediately gave out hints among the news
paper men of a surprise in store in the share
OF the but of one of the most talertr,f
amateurs he had ever met in his experience
No further information was given the lady's
name was not even mentioned. The night fi,-ed
for the appearance Of riDeonnue saw The large.t
assemblage ever within the walls of the Cali
lofnla. Tie play was "Adrienne Lecouvreur
and certainly more magnificent persopation
OF the heroine was never given than that by this
So-calied amateur on The California stage. II
revived tie stories of Rachel Felix The house
arose. TO Ad;lenne despite her accent and
shock ior lace with their applause The next
morning he papers were full of long criticisms
OF the performance, most of them enthusiastic
ID ieis Lone Then IL came out that Barton
HES amateur was in reality skilled actress.
famous in CracOw and Warsaw: that Poland
was The land of her nativity but thar her dra-
p matilc education was had III the best schools of
Paris.
Modleska was living IN the Palace Hotel at
the time. Harry !. Sargent, an enUepre neur
not unknown 10 fame, and who had managed
Boucicault ana Heller. in bis day. resided at
tie same palatial h0stery. He was acquainted
with an. the newspaper people and canvassed
heir opinions after The performance of Adri-
enue. He did more. He obtained the FIRST
issue Of the different pauers in tie gray OF the
morning and having pernSed ali thai was said
about lie 'debutanle" quietly camped on the
doOrmat in front Of her apartments. determined
that no one else IN a professional way should
have anything to say to the lady before he had
n little talk" He succeeded in being the first
man ana the result was that this "dashing
white Sergeant became ModJeSka's manager.
took beg 10 he East made tie beginning Of her
present ai1uent fortune anu some money for
himself These are the facts about the first APP
pearaHce of The Polish Countess in San Fran
cisco Sargent aferward brought Rhea from
Eelglum. hoping 10 repeaT the same experience
He failed, however, not having the same ma
terlal with which 10 work.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
Resetting an Old Saw.

HoyPs "a Trip 10 Chinatown" under the
man deement of Frank Mckee, who succeeds
the late Mr.. Thomas as Hoyts full partner on
The lst OF January next will be the attraction
al the California 1heater beginning Christmas
matinee, and it will be a notable engagement
moi only D. cause the town commences 10 grin
whenever Hoyt production is announced, but
with the present coming of this fertile aufhor,s
mos successful play ii is TO be interpreted by
tie original New York company that pre-
scented il for coo consecutive nights at Hovi's
Madlson-square Theater. New YORK. Previous
TO the unprecedented run OF "a Trip TO China
town" The Black Crook" had been given 476
The morning call., 1893-12-24
"Babes in the Wood.n

The piece at the GrOve-street Theater select
ed for the Christmas and New Year holidays is
entitled as above. There are two sources from
which the play may be derived. One is an
Irish one. The insurrectiouary hordes that in
tested the mountains of Wicklow and the woods
of Enniscorihy toward the close of the eigh-
teenth century were ironically called "Babes in
the Wood" But the Grove managers have no
doubt hit upon the Other source, the story OF
the hapless children and their cruel uncle
found originally in the Percy Reliques, and
from thence transferred to childish literature
all over The world. Should this be the selee-
tion, it will be an interesting one for ladies and
Children.
The morning call., 1893-12-24

of the road known as commercial travellers"
Miss Rice claims that nothing like il has ever
before been seen in this country. Manager
acquire wealth by writing verses applicable to
lie subj CT, which will be satsfac DRY TO Miss
Rice aud at the same time not too sarcastic or
offensive TO the drummers. Following this imi-
tatiOn Miss Rice makes lightning change TO a
ballet costume, in which she will execute a new
pas seul. The clever actress cabinet imper-
sOnatlOns, which made such a profound hit
here last season, Will be repeated, and some new
figures and characters added 10 her repertoire.
The performance will begin with Ottenbach's
one-act Operetta, "a Little PracemakeT."
Matinees Will be given on Christmas day and
SATURDAY.
The morning call., 1893-12-24
Fighting for the Center.

The little fights for the center OF the stage are
always funny 10 any one not interested re-
marTs the ST. Louis Republican. When Sin
bad" was here. the coveted center would fall TO
specialits in their turns. Once, when Henry
Norman was singing THE Boyle Man." some
one by chance. or intent perhaps, got his foot
over close 10 NOrmans. The latter kicked
vlciousy 10 protect his sacred ground from in
trusoD. From the front the movement seemed
only bit of business" but the chorus thought
that 1t was very funny. "Why don't you cut
the center out tand lake 1t home with you of
nlghts?' was the sarcastic observation OF the
man who was repulsed.