The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-23
COMEDIES IN GERMAN,
Clever Presentation by Univer-
Sity of California
Students.
Members OF the German Literary
and Dramatic Club as ANA
teur Actors.

Union square hall was tastefully decor
ated last evening with the yellow and blue
of the University of California and over the
stage was strung in letters of gold the
words, German Students" The occasion
for this was the fourth annual entertain
ment by the German Literary and Ora
matte Club of the University.
There were present to witness the per-
Torrance the relatives and many friends
of the members of the club besides large
number of classmates.
After the overture Professor PutZker,
who has charge of the German class at the
University, numbering over three hundred,
was presented to the audience and in a
happy speech said that studies occupy near
" all the time of the students and that their
time is taken Up with serious subjects, but
somehow the twenty-five mem bers of the
dramatic club found time to study play
or two to present for the qualification of
their friends. This, he said, was splen did
method for the students to familiarize
themselves with conversational German,
and the members of the club had, in
their rehearsals acquitted themselves so
well that they deserved to have their names
printed in letters of gold on the pro-
gramme.
! Cook, Kuhls, Knerr, KreuZ, Kalman,
Mehlman, Heinrich Michaelitschke, Parker,
| E. Sanderson, G. Sanderson, Wilson, Will
liams and Mrs Dr. Miner.
Messrs. A. H. Allen, Baum, J. s. Drew,
W. J. Drew, Girzikowsky, Hus, Larsen,
Perry, Reinhart, Rosenthal and Wharf.
The curtain rose for the presentation of
German comedy entitled "a Criminals
| Accomplish" lively comedy with bright,
spicy dialogue and rapid action. 1t is the
| story of Froelich CA. H. Allen), a pen
| stoned registrar, who, with Minna (Miss
Mehlman), his wife, occupied rooms in
quiet neighborhood. Charlotte miss L.
Parker, the wife. of tailor, and as talka-
tive as a tishwife, pays visit to Mlnna,
and she no sooner leaves than Froelich en-
tiers and finds himself in trouble about his
pension. His wife leaves him to go to
market, and during her absence an un-
known man q. S. Drew rushes in and asks
for protection from the police. He is Sc
GREETED. and after time allowed to make
| book, which Froelich picks up to prevent
Lorenz the tailor (Mr. Hus) from gaining
possession of it. Froelich believes that
| he by this act is the accompllce of crlmi-
nal, and his life is torment. Herman,
magistrate "a. III. Allen), visits the house
to present Froelich medal for having
rescued a child but the self-accused &C
complete escapes through window. There
| is, however, happy termination The I'm
| known turns out to be lover who was
| escaping from the wrath of an angry
father. Everything is explained and Froe-
| Itch secures his medal.
Miss L. Parker, who is an American and
| in the freshman class, had most difficult
part on account of the rapidity with which
| she was forced to deliver her lines, but
| while her information is marked with a
! American accent she manifested a won
derful command of the foreign tongue.
| Her acting, for an amateur, was remark
ably good. The other characters were
well sustained and the players showed that
they had devoted much attention to char
acter, lines and situations Their effort to
please was loudly applauded.
This was followed by another comedy
entitled 1.-THE Announcement of the En-
gagement of -" written by Ernst Wich-
| ert.
The following was the cast:
! Frau Won Grumbach ..............M Miss A. Krenz
| Maluine, her daughter Miss E. Sauderson
Franz Won Grumbaeh, her nephew W. F. Larsen
Adelaide Hoppstenge governess,
| Andreas Langehaus, AN inspector, E. E. Grzikowsky
Gretchen, servant. ......... Miss J.. Reddngton
This, as amusing as the first one, should
have been presented on larger stage as
for want of room the participants were I'M
able to display their ability to act. Still,
|
and there was in this also evidence of care
full study. These participants were also
loudly applauded, and by none more so
than by Professor Putzker. who, after the
fall of the curtain expressed himself as
very proud of the success scored by his
pupils.
| Calling a clerk "clark' is ordinarily
reckoned an English affectation in this
country, but here is the new Standard die
tionary giving no less than twenty-one en-
inent American authorities for pro-
nouncing it that way, and among these
are the names of Wendell Phillips and
George William Curtis who were .gener-
ally regarded as having been masters of
correct English as it should be spoken by
Americans.
THE cook should examine carefully the
label of the baking powder and see that sho
is not imposed upon. If the grocer sends
anything but the Royal send it back, as
one cook did five times until she got the
Royal. The only safe way is for the cook
to have the finest things to work with and
the Royal is not only the finest but the
! most economical tn rlSn haoouu. - 49,. =.