The morning call., 1894-12-20
SONGS SUNG in " ALADDIN"
s" Johnny, My Friend john and
1.-The Alabama Coon"
SCENIC BEAUTY OF THE PIECE.
" Fanchon, the Cricket" - Dan
Kelly's Plays-Martinot Speaks.
Miss Beddard's Enterprise.

Ii you want to hear something new.
no tn in words and style of singing, listen
to Burke, true buffo, doing ".Iohnnv, my
friend John" in Aladdin Jr." at the
Baldwin. You'll like the voice of the
man. but more than this will you be eXer-
cised by the quaint expression he puts
into the lines. Then, again. hear him in
the quintet when he de bates the proba-
bility OF his returning broke from the
races. This extravaganza actor is TeVe-
lation in the way of trimming his work
free of wearying excrescences, and giving
what may be called, for want Of better
expression, only the core of Wis comica.
1.-THE Alabama Coon" sung by Miss
frankie r. ymond, is also bit Of novelty.
not so much in the sweet notes of the
songstress. which are very melodious in
deed. as in the obligato of the crying baby.
which comes in with such naturalness
that the maternal solicitude of every mar
ried lady in the auditorium must be awak-
ened and also painful recOllections by
married men of pacing the chamher-hoor
at midnight with a fretful infant in arms.
The scenic beauty of this Aladdin"
spectacle has become the talk of the town,
and with the younger portion or the CON-
compared with the SHOW"
The matinee for the fund of the Hos
pital for Incurable Children. yesterday,
was well attended, and handsome sum
was realized for this laudable purpose
Il do not think" remarked Sadie Mar
tinot. the other day, speaking of 1.-THE
Passport"-a play with which she will re-
open the California Theater on Monday
,1avt-ffit ic Il,-E In hot
MIR. Daniel Frohman intended the Lyceum
Stock Company OF New York should pro-
duce the play during this season. I hap
pened to meet Mr.. Frohman in London
last summer, and told him how anxious
was to secure the right kind of a play to
amuse the American public the coming
season. He then told me he had char
acter suited to what he termed in q COM
plimentary way my agile and spontaneous
comedy methods! This character is Mrs.
Darcy in The Passport afterward Mrs.
Greenwood"
do you find the character as Frohman
describ e0 / ?"
"Oh. yes; think it lies quite in my way
Greenwood is one of these Eighty, ire
sponsible. beaming. bewildering. fin de
steele society women. She travels alone
from Paris to Russia by way of Berlin.
and on the Russian frontier she loses her
passport. A certain English diplomat
who happens 10 be there passes her off as
his wife in order to get her through the
lines. This chance meeting of theirs for
few hours, during which time they are
taken by the world to be man and wife
gets them into all sorts of unhappy predic-
aments months afterwari. when they
both turn up at their country places in
England, Mrs. Darcy, who is since mar
RED for the second time, as a guest at the
wedding of young friend of hers to
certain Lord Bibary. The Lord turns out
to be the English diplomat, who has sue
ceeded TO title, and The presence upon
the scene at this stage of the play of vari-
Gus characters who had seen the pair dur
ing their brief masquerading as husband
and wife ar0uses the wrath of half the
characters and causes the dismay of the
other half"
us the general construction of the piece
in cd form ?'
I'm my opinion it Is we'll put together.
and my long experience on the stage ought
to entitle my opinion TO some considera-
ton. There are numerous sub-plnts and
counter-plots which have a direct bearing
upon the value and interest OF the piece. -
The sale of seats for Miss Mar 10 OTIS en-
gsgement begins at the California box
Office this morning.
After Seven Years" will. at the end of
this week, finish Daniel A. Kelly and
Miss Kate Desmond's engagement at
Morosco's Grand Opera-house. Mr.. Kelly's
series of three plays were s'good-enough
Morgans" in dramatic way, but, in our
opinion, it is not iudicious to string them
together so closely in the presenta ton.
for the simple reason that the same meio-
dramatic method and, in degree, similar
incidents obtain so largely in each of
them that The IMPRESSION is given of a
lov, a nj
installments; TO- be-cont inued-in-our-next
sort OF business. Divide ct lmpera"
ought TO rule in the case of Mr.. Kelly's
plays. In other words, scatter 'em, and
each will have keener Zest for the audi
ence than will the three in close success
sion. and, with an enhanced zest, will
Gene a greater financial reward to tina
author. Think ont, MIR. Kelly.
The annual banquet given by Manager
Mornsco To the company and attaches of
the Grand Opera-house will take place in
the spacious cafe OF that theater on Christ
mas night, after the performance. 1t will
be most enjoyable occasion, and serve to
strengthen the good feeling that already
exists between the liberal manager and his
employees.
Miss Lillian Beddard and company will
add another to the active tbeaters of orr
city when they open the Bush-street on
Saturday evening next with Hereward
Hoyte's version of Wilkie Collins famous
novel OF The Woman In White" in
which Julia Dean used to play Ann Cath
erick so effectively. and Stephen Leach
made an admirable Count Fosco. We Judge
from the names of the cast that Miss Bed
dard proposes to play this English story
with English players-even Hoyte's Chris
tian name takes one back to the Saxon
Heptarchy-but this fact will only make
the realism of the play all the more vivid.
That the drama must be interesting goes
without saying Collins, in his day, was
the best plot-maker that ever entered the
lists OF romance writing. Even Dickens
sought his aid on one occasion. Wilkie
Collins devised the plot of mo Thorough
fare" and Boz wrote the tex. It is said
thai Mr.. Royte in his dramaliZed version
of "The Woman In White'-the most
powerful fiction that ever left Collins pen
shows good judgment by staying closely
by the book. j. j. GOttlob is the business
manager of this enters rise, having aban-
doned the Les Angeles theatrical enter
prise in order to reconDect himself with
the old Bush. The house will De run on
the plan of the best work at the cheapest