The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-03
OUR ADJUSTMENTS.
Notes of Business at the
Different Theaters.
Modjeska at the BaIdwin-A New
Attraction for the California.
"The Red Spider"

"The Red Spider"
The favorlte "Magda" was reproduced
at the Baldwin last evening to large
audience. Mime. Modjeska was In the
title role, with Miss Maude Durbin as her
sister, Marie. The same play will be re-
peated this evening. On Friday much
Ado About Nothing" will occupy the
stage, and for the Saturday matinee and
evening Nine Modieska Will appear as Por-
tia in "The Merchant of Venice" MAC
beth" is in order for the week commencing
May z, wherein Modjeska will give US her
idea OF Lady Macbeth.
When the Ellsler engagement is finished
at the New California, a legitimate organl-
cation known as the Hopkins Trans
oceanic Star Speciality Company will take
the stage. 1t is the only aggregation of its
kind in Ameria, playing in hign-classed
theaters, and is composed of picked stars
from Europe and America. the feature OF
the entertainment being Danish troupe
of acrobats, the Lars Larsen family, con-
sisting of four ladies and one gentleman;
Kara, the young Bavarian jugger; Mel
vile and StetsOn, topical duettlsts; Ia
pinta, In the myriad dance; Billy Van, the
representative comedian; viii ID. Fox, In
a satrcal creation termed Paddle
whiskie"; the Brothers Dixon, musical
clowns: De Bersel, lightning modeler in
clay; Fulgora. transfgurator; John and
Harry Dillon. parody singers, and the
Larsen Sisters, queens Of the horizontal
bar.
Beginning this evening, Thursday. and
for the remainder of the week, Miss Ellie
Ellsler will appear in her great creation.
Hazel Kirke." No play has ever re-
ceived such homage from the amusement
loving public as Hazel Kirke," the sweet
est, most natural and most beautiful domes-
tic play of this generation. The two leading
characters, Hazel and Dunstan Krke. are
in the hands OF the original creators OF
those roles, Miss Ellsler and G. W. COul-
dock; while Frank Weston. also member
of that memorable cast, appears at Pltacus
Green. Robert Drouei, the young leading
man. who has appeared TO such advantage
in Doris" Is the Arthur Carringford OF
the cast. Our play patrons should be glad
o an opportunity OF again seeing Hazel
Kirke" presented by such fine company.
We append the complete cast:
Hazel Kirke. ........-Mss Enie Ellsler
Emily Carrinsford CLady Travers) .............
Mercy Kirkc. Miss Fanny L. Burt
Clara maid. Miss Kate Lander
Arthur Carringford (Lord Travers) .........,...
Observation-Disclosures. Robert prouet
Plttacus Green. FRANK eston
MetGusea higgins. called Met CHARLES r. Bates
Barney o,FIynn.s valet. James Castle
Hazel Kirke" will be given at The regu-
lar Saturday matinee.
The Tivoli is drawing full houses with
Miss Oracle Plaisted's version Of Gene
We've de Brabant" 1t has been local
lied 10 such degree that nearly all the
fine points of the original operetta have
been obliterated; but, at the same time. it
is pulling heavily. 1t is the framework of
Offenbach filled in with lecaisms, with
which the people in the cast do their best
and the audience laugh consumedly. The
operetta may run for week or two yet.
The Orpheum Music Hall is doing a
large business with the dyed-in. the-wool
miustrels-Kersands and the rest. Every
thing appears to go at this house just now,
and Walters is lGss jubilant with his sue
cess. The Grove-street his .suceursal
establishment. is also making itself felt
again as a place of popular amusement.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Clay M. Greens's RED Spider" is the
attraction at Morosco's Grand Opera
house. Joseph ]. Bowling and Miss
Myra l.. Davis have the most important
parts. and so far the play has proved to be
an uneQuivocal success. Curtain calls are
frequent. A Dascottu, the man with a
mission. Bowling is well received, and
makes distinct hit. Miss Davis as Roxy,
a big-hearted Western girl, makes her
presence felt. Lucille la Varny, victim
of insanity, showed study of her part,
as did Wright Huntington in the part of
the gond-na tured doctor. James NJ Bro
ply is the villain. As negro Chinaman
and tramp w. p de Vault, Leslie Morosco
and Charles w. Levain respectively fur
nsh the fun of the evening. The staging
Of the play makes the scenes realistic.
Nine. Theo Sanderini. prima donna
assoiuta dramatica, will have control of
the forthcoming concert at the Hopkins
Institute this evening. Two Of her promis-
ing pupils, Miss Doane and Miss Henrietta
Seymour. are on the programme for sew
eral numbers and with the education they
must have received from such an accom-
plished teacher, musical treat may be ex-
pected.
Il. J. Stewart organst of the First Uni
tartan CHu1cO. fTaukllu anu OSaIy streets,
will give an organ recital on Monday even
ing. May7. at o'clock. at the church edifce.
j. a. Rosewald, the accomplished VIC
linist. and Elmer de Pue, a vocalist of repu-
tation. will assist. The numbers are from
Felix Mendelssobn-B artholdy, Giuseppe
Tartini, Adolph Charles Adam, Johann
Sebastian Bach, Otto Denel. Francois
Frederic Chopin. Henri Vieuxtemps.
Eugene Gigout, Angelo Mascherini and
Charles Francois Gounod.
Miss May Mason. a young Franco
American lady, made her debut On Mon
day evening last at the Metropolitan Tenn
ple She is a native daughter of the
Golden West. is handsome in appearance,
and is gifted with'a fine soprano leggere
voice. The occasion was a concert by the
Camara Club. Miss Mason sang the
pretty air "Waiting" and also the more
exacling song 1.-The Nightingale" from
"The Tyrolean." in a manner that proved
her lyric ability. She will be an addition
10 our local musical circles, till her rea-
sonable ambition carries her to higher
plane.
MUST NOT WHISTLE.