The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-19
Personal and Other Jottings.

Mrs. II. j. Stewart, Mrs. j. Madden, Pro-
fessor Rosewald, Donald de V. Graham,
II. J. Stewart, DR.. a. ReGen burger, T. NJ
Coffin, c. a. Rowland. w. c. Stadtfedt,
William Nielsen and Signor f. Deliepane
have volunteered their services for Miss
AIvina NJ. Huer's benefit at Odd Fellows
Hall next Friday evening.
SignoTa Link, prima donna dramatiea as
so uta. arrived from Australia by the steam
ship Alameda on Thursday last. Her
freshest aurels have been won in Nagnerian
opera.
Miss Stella Dolores Alexauder's coucer
d'adieu, postponed from the goth OF March
on account of Illness, will be given on the
S0:h OF the present month.
Following Camille" at the Stockwell
Nancy & Co." will be given by permission
of Mr. Augustin DAILY.
The opera for the present week at Charles
Meyers Wigwam Theater will be the sue
cessful "Erminie." 1t will be produced
under the direction of the Valerga brothers.
The ''4-paw Family said to be the best
female Gymnasts in the world. is also dow n
on the bills, with many other attractions.
Fanny Rice and her Jolly Surprise"
company are now playing in New Orleans
to packed houses.
Sam c. Mott joins StocEwel's spectacular
"Uncle Toms Cabin" Company as man
ager in advance.
The following quartet has been selected
for the grand concert to take place next
month at LiYermOre: Miss j. Eastman Miss
T. Y. McClnskey, Mr.. +. G. b. Mills and
MI II. NJ. Fortescue.
Alex Salvlni has made new adaptation
of 'Ruy Bias"-dOubling the parts Of Ruy
and Don Cesar de Bazan.
The New York Sun remarks that the now
famous brass coal seuttle which serves
Robert l. t'nttInp i r. a n
OF "My Official Wife" is not to protect him
from the gallery. 1t is demanded by the
author.
Little errors will creep into plays, despite
greatest precautions. In the couTt-Varlial
scene in THE Ensign" the Judge A/vOcate
puts the question to each witnes/ What
Is your name aud rank ?" Wien is the
proper prelude to the examination which
follows. The question is put to the old
cOckswain the same "a to his superior
officers, and It was not until very recently
that the error was pointed out by naval
officer and the regulations produced to sup
port him. II seems a cocks vain has no rank
in the navy. He has only rate" and the
question should be, What is your name
aud rate? ?"
The Abandonment of the corkroom at
Roster 81 BiaFS has led TO curious demand
for old cOrks from thai famous apartment
The applications come from members of
several well-knOwn clubs, who wish TO gid
ana preserve them as souvenirs OF certain
Dibulpus nights.
The roof of the McKaye Spectatorium at
Chicago will be, it is said. the strongest of
its kind in the world. In Itself it weighs
over 1000 tons, and will have sufficient
strength to sustain a freight-train of forty
loaded cars with the engine and tender
The roof is composed Of twenty-five steel
trusses, weighing from thirty-fve to fifty
FIVE tons each.
When Americans Abroad" leaves the
New York Lyceum, where il has been for
several months, the company will travel as
far as this coast before returning present
ing the chief plays in its repertoire.
According to the sun, the present dra-
matte season in New York is likely to be-
come prOyerbial for its long runs at the
leading heaters The stock companies
have never as whole given the public
better work and the plays are exceptionally
strong and wholesome.
GOrlng Thomas comic opera, 1.-The Golden
Web" has been successfully produced by
the Carl Rosa Opera Company in Liverpool
and Is said to be very melOdious and pleas
ing The story is based on Rice and Be
SAINTS "The Chaplain Of the Fleet" and the
scenes are chiefly laid in London.
The organized musicians OF New York are
upin arms against the practice Of importing
foreign musicians under contract in the
gulse OF artists" The musical society has
Il vigorous protest In President CleYeland's
hands.
The plan inaugurated by Manager A. NJ.
Palmer Of levylng a 10-cent assessment upon
every complimentary ticket issued - the
money to 60 10 the actors fund-has given
rise to much discussion and comment. The
scheme originated in Germany, where 1t
operated so successfully as TO furnish means
not only Tor the prOfession's charitable
work, but pensions as well for many aged
actors and actresses.
Boston boasts that in 1o1 years she has
81 fah 1.
but eight have been destroyed by fire. 1t is
a question, adds the New York Sun.
whether this is due to the Fire Department
Boston prudence or the poor quality of
Boston matches.
1t is reported that Frederick Pauldinp
and Nadia Craigen. now supporting
Thomas W. Keene in tragedy, intend to
star jointly next season.
Minna Gsle-Haynes has declared in an
Interview that she VIII leave the stage after
Easter and settle down TO domestic life in
New York. For how long?
An interesting controversy Is in progress
between Nat Goodwin and Manager T.
Henry French. Some months ago the latter
sold Mr.. Goodwin the play. walker, Lon
don, and $1,000 was paid down on account
OF royalties. No date was fixed for its pro-
duction, and Goodwin holds that lie can
delay it as long as he phases. He therefore
declines to receive back his $1,000 which is
offered because other actors seek to produce
the play AT once. Inc point TO be decided
possibly by the courts-is, When must
play be produced in case OF purchase with
out date being fixed .
Miss Annie PiXley has met with an acct
dent and temporarily retired from the stage
Manager John A. Forepaugh of Fore
paugh's Theatcr. Philadelphia, has been
elected to the Common Council of that city,
running ahead of his ticket. 1t goes with
out saying, adds the New York Sun, that
the demands upon lin for free seats Will
double before the season ends.
Lewis Morrison Is considering an invita-
tiun 10 personate Columbus In the Steele
Mackaye production Of THE World Finder"
NJ The Worlds Fair. Should Morrison ae-
cept he need Only consult recent files of the