The morning call., 1893-05-21
Personal and Other Jottines.


The Societa Fllharmonica Giuseppe
Verdi will repeat Fierovanti's opera.
"Columella" at the Alcazar this evening.
Marcus r. Mayer will sail for Europe
June 3 to remain until September. He
has completed all the arrangements for the
American tour of Nine. Patti. who sails
for the United States late in October or
early in November.
Ned Buckley's benefit In New York
week before last Melted him $4,000 and the
Stockwell matinee $1,000. Five thousand
dollars ought to keep the wolf from the
door for some time.
Mr.. Charles III. Hoyt. being in poor
health, has made his will, which gives TO
Mr.. Bert Dasher all his theatrical prop
erty.
Louise Natal. known some years ago
at the Tivoli in this city as Louise Lester.
is now the leading prima donna of the
Hinrieh Opera Company in New York.
She sang Vloletta in La Traviata" on the
10th in a most finished manner. Nine.
Natal recently filled an engagement In
Lisbon. She has a repertory OF eighty
three oreras, and sings equally well In
Italian, French. German and English.
Jean Davenport Lander (Mrs. General
Lander OF Washington, ID. o. has written
a powerful romantic society plsy for
Mazda Craigen and Frederick Pauldlng.
They will star in it jointly.
The Beasy children sang to satisfactory
recognition in Sacramento recently. The
local press is loud in their praises.
AT Paris recently concert was given at
which an orchestra of blind players was
directed by leader who was also blind
Naturally there was no need for gesture in
his conducting. The conductor, Victor
Paul. merely gave the cues and indicated
the time by his foot. The orchestra played
from memory, and the performers had
learned their parts from copies which they
had read with their fingers.
The question whether the librettO or the
music is the most important in opera has
been decided by an English court, the
Judge declaring that ANYBODY can write
libretto. but that genius is required to
compose the music" In grand opera the
opinion is no doubt sound. but with an
American comic opera its way off.
Gus Heege. the author of "Y on Yonson."
who has gone TO study the Swede in his
native land, will send weekly letters to 4
Minneapolis paper while abroad. He will
visit the land of the midnight sun, the
scene of which he will use in his next play
Julius Gynther, the celebrated tenor.
who was engaged to marry Jenny Lind,
before the Swedish nightingale left her
native town. is rs years OLD. and still con-
tinues his duties as professor of singing at
the Royal Academy Of Music in Stock
holm.
Margaret Mather intends to return to the
stage next season. having wearied of in
activity.
a party of young gentlemen and ladies
undertook to present Dion Boucicault's
"The Octornon," at the Standard, Bush
street, on Thursday evening last. The
merit or demerit of the performance can
not be recorded, as the MANAGEMENT issued
invitations to the press that were refused
by the doorkeeper.
Hallen q Harris audiences ut the New
California Theater vary the tedium of the
performance by game OF keno.
The first night of "Salambo" at Marseilles
was noisy. The Mayor and Town Council
who had suppressed the subvention TO the
opera, were present and the house rose at
them, yelling "Subyentioni subventon
Turn them outv' while the occupants Of
the parterre and boxes shook their fists
in the faces of the city fathers.
Nine. Albani designs all her own op-
cratic dresses, which cost ON an average
from 60 to 70 guineas. She has ward
robe for over twenty operas. some OF which
require several dresses.
And now Miss Martha Morton says tn at
she wrote Americans Abroad" and that
Victorien Sardou only ''bettered it and
signed his name to il"
The Danish yiolinist, Miss Frida Skeytte
who has been playing at Carlsruhe, was
summoned The other day to Berlin to play
before the imperial family at court. The
Emperor was so pleased with the perform
ance of the fair artist that he said to her !:
IF l shut my eyes while you are playing
could fancy that l heard Sarasate, but l
prefer to keep my eyes oren."
On the art Of keeping voice Minnie
Hauk adds: The greatest danger to a
ia NM ypiI
cal powers SO much as TO overtax Them
Each constitution has just so much vitality
and when that gives out it is useless
TO force things. The wonderful organs
that go to make q voice are delicate, and not
imperyious to the recklessness of the for
tunate pOssessor. There are a thousand
and one precautions necessary TO protect
voice and keep it fresh and clear,
and the girl who has found she pos
Sesses voice and has trained it must not
think the hardest part of it over. Two
words. however. constitute good advice
be healthy"
The Italian actress. Signora Duse, makes
peculiar contract. She gets about 4S per
cent Of the gross receipts and hires her
own company. She loses, as her mana
gers do. when she does not play. If any
serious loss is incurred. she bears As
per cent of it. She is the soul of honesty
in her dealings with her managers aud
implicitly. Signora Duse likes Boston
best of the American cities she has seem
She thinks American audiences are cold
and conservative. The play she likes
most is Fedora" with Camille" close
second.
A new star has shot out of the South in
the person of Miss Dorothy Daffron, .
young society woman of Richmond, Va,
who, during several years experience on
the stage. has developed great talent as
Coincidence.
}. Lombardero has published tie Figaro
waltz for the pianoforte. II is highly
spoken of.
John T. Malone, formerly lawyer in
San Jose, is iecturing on '"The Real
Shakespeare" at the New York Lvceuu,
The rumor of Marie Wainwright's per-
manent withdrawal from the stage is con-
frmed.
The prize fad has hit the cheaper the