The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-30
Personal and other lettings.

The Italian ope ratio society, "Phihar-
monte Giuseppe Verdi" are rehearsing
FiorayantPs old but very pretty opera,
"COlomella," and will sing it at the Alcazar
May 10. The society includes in its mem
bership some OF the best voices in the
Italian colony.
The pupils of Mr.. Alois f. Lejeal, as
sisted by Mr. Robert Uhlig, viOlinist, gave
an informal recital yesterday afternoon al
Koher & Chase Hall, O'Farrell street,
which proved 10 be a very agreeable affair
For the equipment of one scene of The
World Finder" in The Chicago Spectacle
rum" there was completed week before last
a faithful reproduction Of the now famous
convent. or monastery, of La Rabida. This
building as seen in the production will have
a length Of 60 feet, height of % feet and
breadth Of % feet. and despite this tremend-
Gus size Will occupy less than one-half of
the stage view.
MI Alfred Wilkie will concertize at Palo
Alto May S.
According TO the Los Angeles Herald of
April - he Beasey children are the most
remarkable juvenile quartet that has ever
appeared in that city.
One of the Y0n Yonson's-Gus HeeCe's
-fads is buffalo raising. When he quits
acting he intends 10 invest all his money In
a buffalo farm
Gounod, the composer of Faust" is writ
inI for production in Paris next year an
opera on the subject of Charlotte Corday."
1t is said Verdi received at Genoa on his
birthday nearly 1000 kilograms of con-
graduation.
Julia Marlowe proposes to take a trip to
Europe after her season closes.
Colonel Mapeson says that De Reske has
a vocal cord tumor.
New York is soon to have daily dram
attic newspaper the Figaro run by
couple OF Boston men.
Theatrical people say the true inward
ness of Mrs. William j. FiOrence'5 mar
rage to young Howard Coventry is now
apparent since they have started out on a
tour with The Almighty Dollar"
Burt Haverly and Laura Bggar have be-
come man and wife.
James j. Corbett and William A. Brady
are said TO have cleared over $500, 900 this
season.
Mr.. Irving has resolved not to take King
Lear" on tour in the United States. The
character of Lear is one which makes such
great physical demands upon him as to
render the play hardly suitable for touring
purposes. The chief parts which Mr..
Irving will play in America are the two
cardinals, Beckett and Wolsey, besides, OF
course, those in his ordinary repertory.
Jay Rial arrived in New York recently
from Surinam, British Guiana. He has been
suffering from bush fever and returns to
consult his doctor, but hs looks as brown as
a nut, and pretty healthy for sick man. His
gold mine Is IN good shape.
An exchange says: One of Hermann's as
sistants. who came from the audience one
night last week to assist in the watch trick
afterward changed his clothes, put on false
nose, and was the member of the committee
who asked permission TO enter the cabinet
with the medium.
Good Judges say that the theaters IN Chi
cago this summer will fare badly because
folks will be so tired after going TO the fair
that they won't care to 90 to the theater
Sarah Bernhardt, so London papers re-
port, has ceased to be star attraction at
Rome and Vienna. According to the reports
she had been doing bad business in both
capitals and prices had to be lowered.
Hugo Gorlitz, II. Paderewskis secretary,
will return to America in June, bringing
with him his wife, we'll known TO music
lovers as Amy Sherwin.
Ellen Terry is other-in-law Her only
son, who was Gordon Craig, appears as the
Youngest Knight Templar in ''Becket" at
the London Lyceum, made pretty brunette
of is his wife during Holy week.
Otis Skinner is the son OF a clergyman,
and was born in Cambridge, Mass. 1859. In
his case the church and stage are brought
together.
The Eastern press is talking very nicely
about GrismeT's New South" and Miss
Phoebe Davies. Some OF the critics declare
1t the best American play produced in a
decade, and others that Phoebe Davies
acting in it puts her in a foremost place
among young American actresses.
The Jibbenainosoy," Joe Proctor's time
honored Indian melodrama, will be revived
and put on the road next season by Newton
Beers in an elaborate fashion.
The Stage News says Dan Harkns looks
exactly like John Mccullough. This can
hardly be. John has been long time dead.
Lillian Lewis press agent says she wears
a $50, 600 diamond garter, and. adds au ex-
change, one may as well believe IL as to try
to look for proof.
1t is proposed by his New York friends
TO give +. j. Buckley. well known as an
actor in this city, grand benefit at the
Fifth-avenue Theater on May 7. From being
one of the liveiest and most active men in
The profession. Buckley has been reduced
10 a state of helplessness by paralysis.
The New York Recorder says Buckley Is
foster-brother Of Marcns Mayer. and that
both were born IN San Francisco. Not 20.