The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-11

igencies of the stage will permit. /
haven't quite decided who shall write 1t,
whether Archibald Clavering Gunter, to
whom l have written. or Theodore Kremer,
but one or the other. surely.
I've always had desire to go on the
stage and was particularly DESTROYS of
doing so when l was 15 but my
parents objected strongly. OF course,
when 1 was married l naturally gave I'D
the idea. Now the time has come. and 1
propose to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity.
MY strong point. l rather think" con-
tinued Mrs. Martin, lis the emotional"
And she drew herself up in her pale
crushed strawberry and brocaded satin
wrapper, and the atmosphere of the room
was pervaded with a scent Of violets as
she swept her right arm grandly out. She
certainly made good appearance.
Don't you think" she asked, ''that the
introduction of scene where | throw
book at the bald spot on the bald head of
Delmas will make a great climax? l
rather think SOL"
Then Mrs. Martin went on to point
out the salient points of the will trial that
would make strong scenes in the proposed
play, and it took her some time to 20 over
the number.
Mrs. Martin continued that she had not
as yet fixed upon the place that would
have the honor of witnessing her debut
1t had narrowed down, however, to choice
between San Francisco and New York,
and she rather fancied the former. She
has tested her drawing powers here and
knows they are all right. She has really
not decided upon the time, but would like
to make it about the Christmas holidays
The foolish ideas about elevating the
stage have impelled Mrs Martin to the
step she is about TO take. She Will become
an actress, on her statement, merely for
the money there is ia it She has figured ii
all out, and, as she says, has had enough
advertising to carry her the world over.
As stated in THE CALL yesterday, Mrs.
Martin has quite decided on the opening
scene of the new play. and several of the
cIimaxes. The opening scene alone is
deftly calculated to be worth the price OF
admission. That lonely graveyard on the
sloping hillside, the wind soughing through
the willows and the pale moon shining
darkly through veil of grayish cloud, is
surely enough to put the most critical audi
CnSO ibbO q plOp0L dnCoUmc ltdluo VI mIuu
for what follows. Then a little "chil!s and
fever" music and the enemyof the heroine
hurries in, breaks the time-lock on the
tomb OF the peaceful deceased, and ia
about to cart off the unoffending remains 5.
when the ayenging widow splits the
welkin with her shrieks and the patrol
wagon rushes up.
There will be plenty Of action, and,
although the villain escapes six times in
each OF the first four acts and three times
In the last, he is captured as the curtain is
about to fall and given the new pedro"
drop from lofty gallows. Then that
climax in the second act where the heroine
defies the bench, the bar and the bailiffs.
and, holding property baby in the left
arm, shakes her right fist at the covering
crowd and exclaims. 'Me che-ild shall n OF
be nameless?
That ought TO fetch 'em and 1t will give
full scope to the weli-known emotional
powers of Mrs. Martin.
Then again where she makes target OF
that devoted bald spot on the head of q
respected attorney. Constant practice
with lawbook at an aggravated dummy,
fifteen PAGES distant, for two months,
ought to allow of sufficient proficiency to
make ten strike every time when the play
goes on the road.
Decidedly. the production should make
hit, and Mrs. John Martin become
famous. But the lady in question has done
more TO astonish San Francscans than u
determined to 20 upon the stage. She has
made discovery which will knock at least
one tme-honored stage usage higher than
Gildsroy's kite.
It's onions-not the pale. aristocratic and