The morning call., 1894-10-28

tors 10 the blush. George T. bromley will be
theFe ana Dr. Regensburger together with
choice selection OF other local talent
The musical prodigy of the Mission Miss
Lulu Lewis. Will give her first piano recital al
Golden cate Hall on Thursday evening No
vember l. She will be assisted by Miss Kitty
NJ. Black, soprano. and David Manloyd tenor
Reserved seats at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s.
Blind Tom, the pianist, will give several con-
certs at the Metropolitan Temple early next
MONTH
General Lew Wallace will tell the public ALI
ne knows about Turkey aud the Turks ar the
Y. nj. Z. a. Hall on Tuesday evening next On
| "Ben Hur."
The first concert of the Berkeley Orchestral
S0cIeiy-Alex l. Stewart, drector-took place
on Friday evening last IN Shattuck Hall The
% %Tocailsts were; Alfred Wilkie, tenor aad Miss
| Dora Goodsell, soprano There was a large
atendaner, and the concert was pronounced
very ereditable to those who took part in it.
| Mr.. Richard Mansfield gave a dress rehearsal
OF Mr. Lorimer Stoddard's tive-act drama, 'Na-
pOleOn BOnapaIte," IL the Herad-square Thea
alSr last evening, the 9th inst, playing the
title role. The ulay opens in NapoleonIs tent in
| The camp at Tilsit, where the interview with
Queen Louise of Prussia takes place. The ab-
'dieatlon OF FOntainebleau and the famous inter-
| view with Talleyrand are the features of the sec-
| ond act and then come the Punishment 10
| Elba, he attempted assassination and the
escsne. The incidents OF the night before
| Waterloo are depicted in the fourth act and the
play closes with the death of the ex-EmDeror at
| St. Helena.
| MIR. William H. Crane, Iayipg aside Falstaff
for the Donce. made his promised production of
The Pacific Mail' at the Star Theater. n. Y
on Monday last. The play Is written by Paul
NJ Potter. and is In hree acts, the first opening
In the cabin of the steamship City of Peking,
| then lying In the harbor of Yokohama. Crane
plays the part OF bogus doctor, SylVdnus
| Urban. The play. 10 use the authors own
words, is freely adapted version" Of Tom
Taylor's The Overland Route" that, In its
time, had phenomenal success.
| Mr.. HiTscbback, leader of the Tiyoli orches-
| ira, has promised to place Mrs. Leila France
McDermott's pretty song "The Beautiful Isles
of Nowhere" and will probably av4il himself
| OF the coming production of Jupiter" to do so.
The Stanford University Will attend the per-
iormanee TO De gwen by Charles Frohman's
company OF The New Boy" at the California
| 1heater. on Thanksgiving evening, IN body.
William Greer HarrisOn's new play, "Runny-
mede," will be read before the SorOsls Club at
Maple Hall, Palace Hotel. tomorrow after
noon, and the incidental music performed
under the direction OF IL. j. Stewart, the COM
poser.
Mccormick, the famous wrestler of Philadel.
phla-a city where man has o wrestle earnest
ly for living Notwithstanding its brOtheTy love
name-comes TO the California with Robert
Downing, The tragedian. Mac PROPOSES to
challenge any athlete in this city TO wrestle
with him in The arena scene. He has had prac-
tice. and Kob, himself, might fight shy OF him.
As Tor the present range OF Olympian efetes
they would be nowhere.
The Fruit and Flower Mission entertanme Mt
at the California TheaIer on Wednesday after
noon next will begin promptly at 80 o'clock,
and the doors will be opened at L O'Clock.
There will no doubt be large attendance, as
the dark places of human suffering.
Robert Downing is credited with doing an
immense business in Colorado and Utah.
The New Boy" Is the hit of New York and
is said to be better comedy than Charley
Aunr-that Is not saying much.
Mr.. William L. Carleton is iHvalided and Will
not make an op-Tatic tour this season.
horse on rOller-skates is a Philadelphia
attraction.
Gerster is about to open a singing school at
Bologna. In the Papal states. ITO this favor
| must they come"
Here is an important utterance by the vet
eran Sarah Bernhardt. Diamonds on an ac-
tress," she declares, "are horrible. They kill
the best expression of The face, put out the fire
, of the eye. change The teeth TO porcelain and
chalk and ruin the pink tints OF the ear and
chin"
Miss Ellen Terry confesses to new accom-
plishment-the power Of turning pale at Will
Both Beerbohm Tree aud Richard Mansfield
. think of presenting Dean Swift on the stage
This season. How happy could The Dean of ST.
Patrick's be with either were 'totner away.
While abroad MIR. Abbey contracted witt
| Henry Irving for another season, beginning IL
November 1895, when The English actor vii
produce king Arthur" after its initial pro
ductiou IN London, and will also revive
"Faust."
The latest play by Lawrence Irving. son OF
Henry Irving, IS founded on Swlnburne's
one act las been bought by henry Irving. and
may be produced at the Lyceum, Miss Terry
having consented to appear as the heroine al
though some of her admirers VIII grieve tha
owing to the facts of the story, she Will be com
PEELED 70 wear a mask.
Emma Abbott h ad precedent In some sort fol-
singing Nearer, My God, TO Thee" in tht
church scene of Faust" At the first produc
duction of "FreischutZ" In London seventy
years ago John Braham the famous tenor. In
ierpolaIed pretty German melody in thu
second act and pOlacca In the third. Tht
same tenor sang "Rule Britannia" before tht
final chorus OF ''Israel in Egynt" that is TO say
Immediately after the host of Pharoah haC
been overwhelmed in the Red Sea,
Duyernay, who sixty years ago was the riva
| Of .,.rlin In fha hal at md hn fret fpfra
duced the cacnuca in London. died recently In
England at the age OF 81. She married ricf
banker named Lyme stephens: ana was one o.
the weallhest women in England. few
years ago she bult Catholic church at Cam
bridge which cost 100000.
II. Rider Haegard was benefited by the sale
of over 100000 copies OF his weird romance
''She."
Mr. Sam Adelstein. the solo mandolinist and
| luleist of this city, has carried the merry
musical war into Japan. He gave a soree mu.
sicale al Yokohama on the 18Th. assisted by
seven artists. charging dollar with TWO for
reserved seats. Sam never did anything By
halves.
Days "The Gayety Girl" now being played
at mat managers theater in New York. is one
| OF the greatest successes ever brought 0veI
from Europe.
San FraDcisco's fayorite organization. the
American Extrayaganz;a Company, WIN soon be
coming this way. ALADDIN Jr." Is the spec
taele they are presenting this season, and it is
SAID to be far superior TO any that Manager
Henderson has yet presented to the public
Henry Norman is still with the company, and
is making a distinctive blt in the character OF
AbauaZar. The new comedian of The company
John j. Burke, has already established himself
as a favorite. His style of mimicry is said t0 be
entirely original and OF the most amusing kind
/ Hoyt's "A Trip to Chinatown" has failed In
London. 1t was Greek TO the people OF
Coekagne.
Louise Thorndyke- Boueicault. the not fully
accepted widow of he famous and tickle Dion.
is said TO be engaged 10 rich Baltimore an
All things come TO her as well as TO him, ac
cording 10 the ola proyerb. who waits.
. Helen Dauvray has called halt on her pro-
) fessional touT owing 10 bad business.
Henry Irving recently celebrated The thirty
!. fifth anniversary Of the beginning OF his stage
career
! Nine Janauschek the veteran actress, has
written ii play with the appropriate title
'At Last" Kate Claxton Will produce it will
the madam in the cast
James A. Herne is at work on new play
called IAN I'm official Patriot" In the light o.
present politics the title is paradoXica.
Mascagni was honored at Leghorn with
y torehlght procession.
Abbsy's grand opera subscriptions this sea
son amount TO 100000.
9 According to a New York correspondent
s Mr. Cranes version of The Merry Wives o
I Windsor sticks close TO the original text. "a
I shade is called a spade, and the liceDtious sub
D ject is put forward without gloves There arr
: lines of Shakespearean text spoken that woul(
y make monkey blush. and the adventures o
The fat knight are offered precisely as they Weri
o designed for the deleetation of the EliZabetbaI
. | court"
/ James Silver IS 10 play a company from New
o York TO San Francisco, CAL. for stated bet O
8 $1,000. the company 10 travel on bicycles. Th