The morning call., 1894-09-30


At the Maple Room, Palace Hotel, on Thurs
day evening, October IL. Mr.. Farland. the
banjo player, will give students recital,
rendering fourteen selections from the WORKS
Of the great wril erS, also number OF popular
pieces. This will be his last appearance III
this city.
many O hers of the various clubs In the city
will attend the California tomorrow evening
10 see the play "In Old Kentucky"
Thomas w. Keene will glVr series OF
Shakespearean plays at the California this
year.
plates arranging with Robert Downing Tor an
entertainment on the evening OF November z
at the California, the proceeds TO be devoted TO
their beneficiary und.
Living Pictures will be resumed at the Call
fOrnia after "In Old Kentucky"
A jackson (Mieh.) man combines the busi-
n, of stage carpenter OF the local neater
with that of sexton OF the Congregational
church.
The yice-chancellor of Oxford, England. has
forbidden the performances OF sowing the
Wind' in his jurisdiction.
Contrary to previous experience, Ned Harri-
gan has done well in Chicago this year.
Madeline Pollard has wisely abandoned her
intention TO attempt star acting. She is SAID 10
be writing a book on her experiences with Con-
glessman Bteckinridge. The prurient taste of
The public ought 10 make such a book proht-
able.
BostonIans are protesting against the living
pictures not because they Outstrip anything
ever seen there, but because the figures OF the
England pie is not the best developer OF tue
female form.
Little Miss Cute" by Miss Hope Booth, was
not a success in London. She has lost all her
money by-it, and Is In debt to boot.
Miss Louise Davenport, widow of The cele-
brated actor William Z. Sheridan. arrived from
Australia yesterday by the steamship Mono
wal.
1.-The Pacific MAIL" play by Paul Nj. Potter,
has been accepted by Mr.. w. III. Crane who de-
sires To produce IL qui ckly. BY putting extra
make the trip with IL this season.
Charles Ii. CasSasa and bis San Francisco
Dand were warmly welcomed at the great fair
in Tacoma, Wash. A letter 10 The CALL from
tnat place under date September % says when
the conductor mounted the stand 10 open with
the "Tannhanser Overture" he met a greeting
OF applause that lasted fully five minutes, and
lie only stopped t by beginning the overture.
There were $4,000 people present at the time,
and the correspondent judges from this fact
that TacOma's first great fair will be success.
company with pltai of G160.O0O has
been formed by Herbert Saunders with a
view 10 the amalgamailOD OF the principal
Theatrical supply businesses III London. 1t
will combine a dramatic exchange or club,
where actors may meet managers and nego-
ilate engagements without the aid OF middle
man or agent. 10 the basement will be large
and commodious Stage, with every accessory
for rehearsalS. The building will be erected on
tn vacant land adjoining Daiy's Tbeater.
The Boston Globe says utilizing theaier pro-
gfammeS Tor The serving or divorce papers Is
really fin de steele idea. This puts uShers in
In San Francisco some years ago who brought
church and business together IN this respect by
Slyly putting The bill of d debtor between the
leaves of bis prayer-bOOk. be marked down
the number OF the pew and came early to
church for The purpose.
The Walnut-Street Theater has "come down"
10 81 aGmiSSiOn-a very liberal fee to see the
best acting anywhere.
Irving will play the part OF Waterloo vet
etsn ERA II new pay Henry Is In haste to meet
There are seventeen candidates for the TWO
vacancies 10 the Edwin Forrest Home at
HomeSburg Pa:
Chill penury repressed their noble rage
And froze the genial current of the soul.
L heSe be hard times for the sock ana buskin
professors, especially when age mas touched
them frostily but not kindly.
Miss Selma Cohen Of this city is in New York
waiting for an engagement
Lolita has gone To England with her mother
and "br0ther Jack" TO stay for years.
j. G. Williamson will produce Shenandoah"
IN Melbourne, Victoria.
Hope Booth. now in London. wrote 10 the
Earl OF Lonsdale that she had misald letter
OF introduction TO him from Abe Hummel, the
criminal lawyer, but would he call? The Earl
spent about $40 cabling 10 Hummel to find out
whether or not Miss Booth had written The
truth. The lawyer cabled back that lie had
never heard of her and the Earl did not call.
Mr.. Ben Teal staged the original production
The London Musical Times, discussing the
question. is Music Played OutI" maiutains
that the combinations of seven notes OF the
! e phrase of four notes may lake upward of
1000 forms while phrase Of eight notes may
AXE over 6O,OOO,OO0 fOrmsl
Richard Mansfield thinks the perfection of
stage mechanics iulnous to the drama. He
quotes the saying of Hans Christian Ander.
sen, after seeing finely mounted performance
OF "The Tempest" that he would prefer TO
play in s barn, provided the actors engaged
spoke their words clearly and with sense aud
feeling.
James j. Corbett has several new plays In
view, and /! Is SAID that he and William A
Brady Will build new theater In New York If
tney 1all 10 lease one OF the existing houses.
"A curious fact III music nail management"
said the boss OF one recently, lis that the
greater the business done in admissions and
seats, the less are the returns from the bar"
Debate on this assertion Is suspended till Wal
Ter of The Orpheum Music Hall is heard from.
Coqueiln alne may become an actor-manager
in Paris.
''Some one," says Freund's Musical Weekly,
told Pachmann, the distinguished but eccen-
tric Russian pianist, that lie was generally sup
posed 10 be of Hebrew descent. Mont said he
proudly, my father was cantor at Odessa,
but my mother was a Turkey: am pianist"
James ONelll has made quarter of a mil
lion dollars oul of The Count OF Monte Cristo'
In ten years. This season he Is reVying and
producing other plays, but he keeps Dumas
celebrated drama In bis repertory. 1t refuses
TO wear out.
Sam Smiths old California play OF ''Struck
OH" that made j. Z. Williamson and Maggie
Miss Jane Stuart at the FOurteenlh-s!reet
Theater. New York. September II, aud
achieved instant popularity.
The Theatrical Protection Union OF New
York had Day's pTOperiyman, Henry w.
Elliott. All Englishman, arrested September Is,
and sent TO Ellis Island under the laws govern
Ing alien contract labor. The Theatrical Union
had prepared affidayits containing specific
charges that Elliott had signed a contract with
Mr.. Daily o come TO the United States, and it
demanded bis arrest and deportaI ion.
PADDY" is not coming right away. An
English paper reports that by tie advice OF his
physician the eminent pianist will rest for a
en- nd nfn uie tnn N TNf fnc
until the autumn of 1895.
European Musical Items.
Translated from the Gazzetta Musicale OF Mia n
Palestrtna's mass. Papa Mareello," was
executed In Palestrina. Forty artists from
Rome were specially engaged for the occasion,
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