The morning call., 1894-05-29
AT THE THEATERS
Cheap Prices Are Filling
AuditOriumS.
" A German Soldier" Fills MoroSco's
OPERA ouse-HaIIen and Hart
Grow More Fascinating.

The closure of the Baldwin leaves a
blank in our Mondays record so far as legit-
innate theatrical attraction is concerned.
The theaters remaining open were all we'll
patronized, however. il we except the
Stockwell, which was rather SHINY at
TENDED, although Gadner's Tyrolean
drama, The Prize Winner" with its
pretty songs and childish merriment would
seem to be piece calculated to draw IN
der present circumstances.
Hallen and Harris entertainment at The
New California. 1.-The Idea," has won its
way completely to the heart of the public.
The piece has no well-defned connection.
1t is like a series of gems at random
strung. Some of these giisten with I'M
common brilliancy. The musical melange
with which The Idea" opens has many
of this character. such as When the Man
in the Moon Is Sleeping" sung ensemble.
and mure particularly the three old-fash-
toned numbers by Miss Lydia Yeamans-
Titus, "Within a Mile of Edinboro
Town." my Pretty Jane" and Pretty
Sally in Our Alley" These could not, of
course, be new 10 the audience, but, Judg-
ing by the applause, they were very
welcome. Perhaps 1t was because
of the fresh and exceedingly pleasant
Introduction Miss YeamanS gave them
At any rate they were applauded to the
echo. The programme of this perform
ance has been prepared In a mastery
manner There is no rigid following Of
fixed lines. The man with the wheelDar-
row. for example, like the lone fisherman
in "Evangeline," gives an aujunctlve i'll
terest To the first part when the wild and
nj irli in m n a
careless manner. wound up by the two
sisters, whose queer terpsichorean exer-
cises include SPLIT dances, sOmeTSauits,
handsprings and acrODatic feats. witbE a
flashing OF black and white drapery that
is bewildering. The whole performance
order; but the audience are none. the less
ecstatic il their admiration Of 1t.
"a German Soldier" at Morosco' s
Grand Opera-house, by James Reilly his
son and company. has all the characters
tics of an old-fashioned melodrama, and
was witnessed by a crowded house last
evening. From beginning 10 end it is full
of action, and of that kind, too, which
pleases a Grand Opera-house audience.
There is no occasion for the audience to
puzzle their brains thinking out the mo-
tive of the play as it proceeds. The actors
tell the story i'll broad and t1ord style
that comes directly home to those seated
before them. Fine art is not so much a
consideration as positive Information.
When the audience is dismissed, each is
not asking the other whats it all
about?" but comparing notes as to what
particular feature in the various scenes
pleased the most. James A. Reilly as Max
Schimmel, jovial young German, made
himself seen and heard in most conspic-
uous manner. There is a very pretty pic
lure in the second act, Outside Sedan"
While Max and his comrades are sleeping,
a second scene is revealed, as in dream,
of his household in the fatherland, where
Lena and his mother are in danger from
the Count Willmarck DANES NJ. BrOphy).
a German estate owner. A very neat song
runs through this dream. The boy, Mar
Il Rabbie Reilly, was we'll made up, and
acted nicely as Daisy. daughter of Lena,
The Irish element, Michael Slaugherty
Charles Viniug), and Mary. his wife (Julia
Blane). has large interest in the business
of the piece. "A German Soldier" is sure
OF a good week.
Charles A. Gardner's 1.-The Prize-win-
ner" ought to do better at the Stockwell
than the nightly accounts show. 1t is
sufficiently strong in its general consiruc.
ton to entitle il to place with the gen.
eral public, while the incidental business
in the way of realistic effects. songs, etc.,
gives it an 0rnateness calculated to make IL
attractive. The avalanche is, in its way,
better piece Of work than the jam of logs
in Gus Heege's Swedlsh-AInerican play
The fault, il may be, inducing lax at
tendance lies in tho fact that the play and
the cast are too entirely German for thi;
latitude. 1t might do for Wisconsin. but
not for San Francisco, where the Ger
mans fail 10 support their national drama,
even when given by the best artists.
The Tivoli continues THE Merry War
to large attendance.
Herr Franz He'll, the fuegelhorn soloist
is creating as great a sensation in the Or
pheum Music-hall as if he had never blown
| a single note at the Vienna Prater Of tn,
California Midwinter Exposition. III,
gave three numbers last night" Tn,
Trumpeter of Sackingen," the Baroness
Won Rnthschld's Hart der MIR NIGHTS z,
Sagen" and The Nightingale Song" frou
| Der Vogelh aendler," which excited The
most uproariOus applause. The fuegel
| horn will be the cornet of the future, =
has been we'll said. Mrs. Alice j. Shaw
! the whistling prima donna, still continue
! at this hall.
The Peoples Palace Music-hall, come
of Eddy and Mason streets, under the di
rection of Cliff Phillips has brought for
ward vaudeville company of Eastern
| and European celebrities.
A Commissioners Case.
United Stat Court Commissioner Hea
cock heard testimony yesterday in the cas-
Of Z. Plerson, Belgian Commissioner to thu
Midwinter Fair. who is charged with re
moving imported goods from cases with
| out paying duty. The evidence was
repetition of what has been published
| already, and decision is expected in
/ day or two.
| The mean annual temperature of th
| tropics is SO deg. Fahrenheit.