The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-18

miles through cloudland Everybody is in
vited. Il Will be jova occasion
Miss Carrie Roma OF the Ttvoil company has
published her song, "Only Ros- bud" as sung
by her In mister Monte Cristo." and dedi-
Gated IL TO Miss Virginia FoltZ. The words and
music are by herself.
Miss lillian Daily now leading lady in Mr.
James ONeilps company. once played Opheia
TO Wilson Barretps Hamlet. She is NOT seen
10 her best advantage in Mercedes. but Wiz
ginia and Julie de Mortemer being tile class OF
characters which she is wont 10 portray, the
public may look forward to good work from
her during Mr.. ONeilPs production OF "fir-
gnius' and ''lticheeu.'
Tie Tivoli o. era house management is In
negotiation for an early production OF the East
etn success, "The Tar ana the Tartar"
lille Sallnger wears ov $4,000 worth of
diamonds in the last act OF Mister Monte
Crsto."
Mrs. Hardaere (seeing n ballet for the first
time)-Oh. Hiram, lrps go! l don't brlieve
they've got any clothes on Mr. HaId acre (also
his first tlme)-WaIt; let's see!-Puck.
Partisan playgoers are complaining tDat the
iheaters are charging too high prices Tor tue
quality OF their entertainments. and even Inc
great Sarah Bernhardt is criticized Tor Gu ing
down LA Dam aux Camelias" TO such an ex-
tent that the Representation takes only two
hours aud fifteen minutes.
Fanny Davenport wears In slgnet ring one
OF the few genuine scarabeil In !hls country.
The grotesqlIe little emblem Of immortality
Was found IN mummy case III an Egyptian
tomb.
You say your mother is on the stage"
"Oh, yes; has bren all her life"
"She must be old enough by this time to be in
the ballet"
mo. she has outgrown that. She's playing
Little Eva now."- Judge.
I. j. Devere Of s.The Country Circus" has
been left legacy of $4,000 by the death Oh
his father In Australia.
The Lawrence Hanley Company was lately
stranded in New Orleans
Miss Ellen Terry has been interviewed by
me Boston reporters. One OF them has found
out that her opinion of progressive woman Is
tDat she is more In danger OF wearing OUT
than ruSting out"
w. s. Gilbert has broken a long silence TO
remark that with all their cackle there is not
single living En- lish playwright who can write
a play suited 10 such artists as Ada Reban and
William Fa1eH.
The New York Tribune's critic remarks of
MIR. Wizards Hamlet: upon the lovely,
dreamlike, penslve, affect0nate, mournfu,
suptrstitious, weird: haunted, desolate, phan-
iasmal aspects of Hamleps mind the actor
cas- no light
Joe Jefferson proposes TO play in England
neXl year, appearing III round OF the Oh
Nine. Melba. who is singing at the Metropol!-
tan. New York, is The daughter OF an Australian
contractor named Mitchell.
When Sowing the Wind" opens IN Boston
Manager Charles FrObman Is going 10 present
10 the public the most unique souvenir OF the
season. Ii Will consist of a small brass jar on
which the faces OF the company will BIZ enam.
eled in relief. The jar VIII contain Boston
baked beans.
A young woman in a sealskln coat was talk
about her own age IN a Broadway car few
days ago. She spoke just loud enough for the
man next 10 her 10 hear. The opera of
Wednesday uleht was her theme and she was
full of It. "Tbe acting wasn't as good as some
| have seen In Milwaukee," she sad but he
Don Juan of the plece-tbe FigarO-was great
He really made one believe lie was in love with
everybody. And the leading lady played well
too" but how about the singing?" asked
her CONF anton. "Oh, there was lots of singing
through the whole Niece. Ii was one OF the
hest fliurS abOlif The DDera-ODe OF The BEST
Speaking OF the cool reception of Lottie Col
Inns IN this city The Chicago Times says: I'VE
we're thunderstTuck al the temeIity OF The San
FTaDciScaDs when they turned the cold
shoulder toward their hriceillustrious towns
man. Champion Corbett, but We haven't lmag-
inatton enough left 10 conceive what the effect
OF this rude Iepulse Of the English dancer Will
be upon The Gillette art centerS OF Europe. III
san Francisco goes on III this ruthless, icono-
elastic fashion the idols of ihe earth will fight
shy of the Pacific Coast" Frauds and Eastern
papeT-made stars have not much show IN this
city, and the sooner they drop ON this fact the
better IL will be for themselves and the com
munity.
Now that Henry Petritt is dead, Sir Augustus
Harris, MS collabOrateur, says he will write no
more melOdramas.
Frlrnd-How are you coming on?
AWhor-GoOd. I've got the material on hand
for hrsl-class novel.
"You are a lucky man."
That's not all, I've got the mate rial for a
splendid comedy besices."
"Nou are fortunate"
"Yes; all i need now Is the material for a
new pair of tTouseTS."-TeXas SifiingS.
An Eastern writer calls Julia MarlOwe 1.-THE
American Shakespearenne"-wha that
may mean.
Sousa's band will pass through ST. Louis
about March 8. EN- route 10 California for the
Midwintrr Fair.
The showroom Colonel J. H. Haverley has
opened IN Chicago me PEOPLES TheaIer at
''peoples prices" Maze Edwards Is manager
ana Charles McCuen treasurer.
People who have admired Oscar Wide's
interested in learning that most of them 90
through a process of evolution. ilde keeps
a notebook ia which he jots down a promising
eplgTaID. the material for one. and when lie
has nothing better TO do he takes II out and
pOlishes 10 ana sandpapers II. Tie most famous
epigram of the play, "A cynlc is man who
knows the price Of everything and the value Of
nothing" was tile result of whole weeks
tinker.ng.