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The San Francisco call., 1895-07-14
MANY new ATTRACTIONS
Harry Mann, the American
lmpresario, Arrives From
New York.
BRILLIANT SEASON IN VIEW.
Glittering Promises for the Bald
win and California Sue
CesSeS of the East.

Genial Harry Mann, president of the
Al Hayman Company, radiant with East
ern successes, dropped into the theatrical
world quite Unexpectedly from New York
on Friday.
"The reason for the phenomenal success
in New York." said Mr.. Mann last even
ing, ''is found in the production of such a
number Of novelties. Everything has
been new-'Trilby,' Madame Sans Gene,
The Passing Show Too Much John
son. The White Flag Rob Roy and
any amount of other attractions which
were absolutely blocked in New York.
They will all be here though before the
end of the year, and I can promise San
Francisco the strongest list of attractions
ever seen here in a single season.
Tomorrow night the Baldwin opens
with the New York Lyceum Theater Com
pany. containing the same people who
have been playing in New York. They
open in new play called 'The Case of
Rebellious Susan This will run but a
week, when The Amazons' will be put on
Then comes an entirely new play. Fol-
lowing the Lyceum comes William Gil
lette's big paralyzer, Too Much Johnson,
which opened the Standard last year and
played through the entire season. San
Francisco will be the first city to see this
piece outside of New York. John Drew
follows Gillette with The Bauble' and
other new plays.
1.-The California will close for five weeks
after the withdrawal of "A Black Sheep,
and when it opens again. like the Baldwin
1t will run on continuously to the end of
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THE DRAMA IN PARIS.
Production of Weird Tragedy by Polish
Gount.

The Poets Theater has just given a
wild, impossible production that, with the
exception of the last act, has made the
Parisians laugh where it was intended to
thrill them with very different emotions.
Charles Leger, who has founded and who
directs with great ardor the theatrical en-
terprise known as the Theatre des Poetes,
has in fact attempted nothing less than to
initiate the gay, careless Parisians into the
beauties of five-act tragedy called "Balla-
dyna," by Count Rzewuski, a Polish poet
who, although a gifted writer, has never
been able to get his dramatic works Oh the
stage in his own country, because they are
utterly impossible from dramatic stand
point.
"Balladyna," for instance, changes the
scene every few minutes, and sometimes
the action takes place in surroundings
that only exist in dreams. The heroine is
a sort of Lady Macbeth, who surpasses
even Shakespeare heroinein crime. From
murder to murder she has raised herself to
the royal throne of Poland. The day of
her coronation has come, and the law of
the land demands that on that particular
occasion the sovereign must mete out JUS
tice. The public accuser rises at the foot
of the throne, and without giving any
names, recites all the Queens crimes.
what punishment does the guilty one
merit!' he asks.
She hesitates and refuses to reply, but
the accuser insists. "The penalty of
death" she says at last and draws herself
up proudly, for who will dare to execute
the sentence! The storm shrieks outside,
the lightning flashes on the stage and the
Queen, struck by heaven itself, falls to the
ground with a savage cry.
This denouement is intensely dramatic,
in fact, if the whole tragedy were on par
with the fifth act, the Polish poet would
be nineteenth century Shakespeare.
The Theatre Libre (Free Theater)is going
to such revolving lengths in its realism
that the Partisan critics, who will stand
good deal, are lifting their voices with one
accord against its last production, Grand
papa"
II. Lemaire says: ''It is one of those
plays of which criticism should take no
cognizance, for, not to deceive ourselves,
there is absolutely no gain to art in these
realistic descriptions of equivocal situa-
tions whose brutality charms few mis-
guided enthusiasts -
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was the drawing attraction of the Lyceum
Theater Company last season IN New
York.
The heroine, Lady Susan Harabin, is a
thoroughly up .to-date young woman in
her ideas of independence, for discovering
that her husband is carrying on corre-
spondence with another woman, she deter
mines that what he does she also has a
right to do, and at once enters into des-
perate Irritation with another man. The
following members OF the company appear
in "a Case of Rebelious Susan: Herbert
Kelcey, w. J. lie Moyne. Charles Walcot,
Stephen Grattan, Fritz Williams, Walter
s. Hale, Z. Tarleton, W. Buckland, Ed
ward Wilks, Isabel Irving, Elizabeth Tyree,
Mrs. Charles Walcot, Annie Irish.
"The AmazonS" is announced for the
second week, and for the third THE Ideal
Husband -
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CALIFORNIA THEATBR.
Coming Production of Another Hoyt Farce
Comedy,


Hoyt's latest play, "a Black Sheep"
will be produced at the California Theater
tomorrow night. 1t is said TO be filed
with roaring, rollicking fun from the rise
to the fall of the curtain, and to preclude
the possibility of any unwary member OF
the audience thinking it a purpose play,
Hoyt has caused this explanatory sentence
to be printed on each copy of the pro-
gramme: The purpose of A Black
Sheep is to teach no moral in particular,
and the author is hopeful that he has done
it we'll"
The opening scene of ga Black Sheep"
is laid in the wild and woollY town OF
Tombstone, Ariz., and the subsequent ac-
ton takes place in the gorgeous mansion
of the Mudd family on Fifth avenue, New
York, where the Arizona cowboy finally
becomes transformed into pitiabe Anglo
maniac. In spite of his earnest protest
that he does not wish to point moral in
"a Black Sheep" Hoyt has barbed some
of its wit with good deal of satire upon
prevailing fads.
Otis Harlan is the star actor of the or
ganization that appears tomorrow al the
California. The cast also includes Joseph
Frankau, William Devoe, Joseph Natus,
Lottie Moore, Hattie Wells and beyy of
pretty girls.
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TIV0LI OPERA-HOUSE.
A New Tenor to Appear in Balfe's "sat-
analla,u

Balfe's opera, "Satanella," will be re-
vived at the Tivoli Opera-house tomorrow
evening. 1t is twelve years since the work
was first played with elaborate effects at
this house. 'Satanella" has had two sub
sequent productions.
Martin Pache, new tenor who is to
make his first appearance with the Tivoli
company tomorrow evening, will take the
part of Count Rupert. Louise Royce is to
sing the title role, alternating with Alice
Nelson. and Laura Millard will sing the
part of Leila Ferris Hartman will appear
as the Counts tutor, Hortensius, and John
J. Rafael will be the pirate chief, Bracac-
clio. The bass role, Arimanes, King of the
demon world, will be sung by W. H.
Kinross. The orchestra has been augmented
with harp, which will accompany the
celebrated aria, ''The Power of Love-"
New scenery has been designed and paint
ed for the production of "Satanella."
Alice Carle, one of the new prima dom
mas engaged, has arrived from the East
and will shortly be heard in a revival of
"Martha'
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then will come Frohman's Lyceum Com
DUSE AND BERNHARDT.
The Italian Has More Than Held Her Own in
London,

London.
The student of acting in London has Just
had splendid opportunity. He has been
able to compare two of the greatest act
resses, Bernhardt and Duse, in LA Dame
aux Camelias," ''Magda," etc. Dramatic
criticism has been split up into two rival
factions, the Bernhardtites and the Duseltes,
but taking things all in all. the Italian act
ress has more than held ber own, IN
deed some very severe things have been
said about the divine SaIah's ranting and
raving, her tendency to overact, and over
paint, whereas every one has acknowledged
the absolute simplicity and sincerity OF
Buses acting. The scathing critic OF the
Saturday Review has dealt the French act
ress some especially cutting. blows, while
he has exhausted his stock OF superlatlVes
in extolling the Italian woman:
Another writer says: Sarah Bernhardt' s
Gismondas and Toscas and lzeyls and
Magdas are not essentially different. In
varying scenes and costumes they express
her personality with prodigious effect.
You are taken captive by something mag
nificently and seductively fellne;. 1t
purrs with languishing grace; the claws
the scene into minute particles, In one
aspect or another the tigress is always
there; nothing varies but the stripes.
In Eleonora Duse there is different po-
uentiality, also circumscribed by its condl-
tions. Here is no tigress; there IS not a
touch of that delightful but alarming ami
NAL even in Fedora" which ought to be
its native jungle. Duse's Magda is
simply Marguerite transported from
''La Dame aux Camelias" into an
other milieu. This Magda-Marguerite
is not the diva whose vagabondage is in
her very blood. This Marguerite MadSa is
not the courtesan, but lily fading in the
atmosphere of corruption. If Marguerite
had child, and an attempt were made to
take it from her, feel that she would do
battle for it with all the superb vehemence
OF Madgas nature. It is in no case the
skill of impersonation that appeals to me
in this wonderful artist. 1t is not her
beauty. for she is plain of feature; the face
seems marked by suffering, and there is no
effort to disguise the winter IN her hair.
But her whole personality breathes an in
tensity of womanhood in its finest and
subtlest charm; she has that free, large
movement which is untrammeled by any
artifce; her gestures with the exquisite
hands that seem like phantoms OF her
thoughts, her speech with the intonations
that go straight to the heart, make such an
illusion that the mechanism of the stage
and It's craft fades absolutely away.
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the year. Between the two playhouses
will be divided the greatest attractions of

the year. Between the two playhouses
will be divided the greatest attractions OF
the year.
"What will we give you besides those
Palmer New York; Home Company with
'Trilby.' This is without doubt the
strongest company that has been seen for
ten years. Eddie Foy will be seen
| with his burlesque Little Robinson Cru
soe, one of the funniest successes of the
season. No, there is no truth i'll the story
of Foy going to sing bass in comic opera.
Then we will have the De Wolf Hopper
Company in Wang and 'Syntax,' with
Edna Wallace, the pretty little Californian
actress who has gone UP to the top of her
profession like a skyrocket. 1t is truly
wonderful the way in which that little girl
has won her way. Think of her going out
of the Empire Company and jumping into
comic opera at bound. Why, she has
made one of the greatest hits of the year in
New York. She has simply captured the
town.
Canary and Lederer's Casino Company
will be seen here in the Passing Show,
another success which ran through the en-
tire season in New York. The London
Gaiety Company opens Palmers Theater
in September, and from New York they
come direct to San Francisco with eighty
five people and all their scenery and prop
critics complete. Catherine Kidder in
sSans-Gene' will be another attraction.
She PLAYED for eighteen consecutive weeks
in New York. Among the other attrac
tions which are billed for San Francisco
are the Whitney Opera Company, Stuart
Robson in new repertoire, Marie Tavary
in grand opera; Hoyt's Milk White
Flag which ran forty-two weeks In New
York; Lily Langtry, James O'Neil, Louis
James, Lifts big production "A War of
Wealth. Professor Hermann, Robert
Downing in repertoire; Charles Frohman's s
latest production, THE Fatal Card, which
was booked for San Francisco twice, but
which we could not get out of New York
so great was its success.
"May Irwin is coming here in the
Widow James, Roland Reed in The Poll
tician,' Frederick Warde In Old Ken
tucky,' the Corinne Burlesque Company;
Canary and Lederer's Twentieth Century
Girl, from the Casino Theater in New
York; Peter Daley in a new comedy, Rob
ert Mantell in repertoire; Palmer Cox's
Brownies which has been seen only IN
New York, Boston and Philadelphia, and
which made a remarkable hit in each town.
"Frohman has secured Olga Nethersolee,
the great English actress, and, to my mind.
the coming woman on the English stage.
She will also be seen here, as well as other
attractions, the names of which now es-
cape me-"
Mr. Mann will remain here until the
middle of August, unless something un-
foreseen occurs to shorten his stay. he is
suffering from an extremely bad cold, con-
tracted on the trip out, but he thinks he
will be ali right in day or two.
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French customs and depicts in a dramatic
manner the adventures OF a New York girl
who visits some of her dead mothers rela-
tives in Paris. The conventional Partisan
friends cannot comprehend Kate's free and
Independent character, and III the climax
of the play her fearlessness and generosity
barely escape entailing serious conse-
quences. Bronson Howard, in speaking
of "One of Our Girls" says: The Ameri-
can girl in French society is invariably
misunderstood, sometimes even insulted,
on account CT that innocent freedom in her
social relations to which she is accustomed
at home. 1t seems to me that this has be-
come fitting subject for discussion on the
American stage"
Souvenirs viii be distributed to every
lady attending to-morrow's performance.
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CONSCIOUS OF HIS MERIT.
Salvini's Memoirs Show Him to Have Had Nc
False Modesty.

False Modesty.
Are you reading Salvini's memoirs in
America? asks an Italian correspondent
to Footlights. They are very interesting.
Here is his account of his audience with
Victor Emmanuel. The King was very fond
OF the theater, and especially admired Sal
vini. One night he took diamond ring
from his finger and sent it to Salvini on
the stage, and the following morning he
sent court carriage for him. When Sal
vini arrived at the Pitt Palace and entered
the Kings presence, the King rose with
outstretched hands, saying: "My dear
Salvini, am glad to make your personal
acquaintance"
II am proud Of the honor, Majestyp'
NO, man of your genius makes others
proud of knowing you," said the King, and
he offered him two Havanas. "You
smoker"
"Only Tuscans!" said Salvini.
'Take this one," said the King, and he
struck match and handed it to the actor.
After pause the King said, "You are
Republican,"
Eyes, Majesty, but with a King like
yourself | could be monarchical."
''Thank you. Yes, | live only for my
country. But the battlefield. is my home.
Politics cut the grass under my feet. feel
me your 1uSOHidr at tlmeS, Could crush
the world, but | would as soon be Presi-
dent of republic as King, but my crown
has descended to me from SO many CEN
turies"
The conversation continued on this topic
for some time. Finally the King said that
he would die happy, after he had set foot
IN Rome. When Salvini observed that
several great personages were waiting to
be admitted, the King said, ''let them
~ hafN ffsh h ic t-rifJ fJon 70 h
and took an envelope, which he gave to
Salvini. ''It is a souvenir of this inter
view." he said, land l hope it will not be
our last''
The envelope contained the order OF the
Crown of Italy.
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GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
This Weeks Play Has Startling Mechanical
Effect,

ga Flag of Truce" which receives its
initial San Francisco performance at the
Grand Opera-house tomorrow evening, is
a return to the realistic, which has always
been so conspicuous feature of Morosco's s
chief successes. In one act is quarry
scene where genuine Rand steam drills are
guided by skilled quarrymen. The blast
is handled by experienced blasters and the
ponderous hoisting derrick is one of actual
size and power lifting full twenty feet from
the stage massive bowlder OF tom S
weight.
in deadly peril, while the villain trt1es
with the machinery, which can make II
fall and crush him to powder. this thrill
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Injured by a Pulley.

Alfred c. Gunnarson has brought suit against
John Wright, owner of q building on the cor
ner of Sacramento and Polk streets, and Robert
Ewing and n. Edwards, two carpenters who
were working for him, to recover $50 900 dam
ages for injuries received through alleged neg.
adjoining Wright's house when an iron pulley
block which the carpenters had left hanging
on the wall fell from its place and struck the
boy on the head. He was unconscious for
some time and it was found that his skull was
fractured. His guardian claimed he was in
ilJred for life
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BALDWIN THBATBR.
The Autumn Season to Open With Daniel
Frohman's Lyoeum COMPANY,

The Autumn Season to Open With Daniel
Prohman's Lyceum Company.
Tomorrow evening the Baldwin Theater
opens for the season with Daniel Froh-
mans Lyceum Theater Company in 1.-The
Case of Rebellious Susan" comedy of
English society life. and the only play it
Is said, which treats the "new woman"
question in distinctly comedy view.
Jones is an Englishman, who first came
prominently before the public as the part
author of number of Wilson Barrett's
successful productions at the Princess
Theater, such as 1.-THE Silver King" and
"Claudian." 'The Dancing Girl, 'tThe
Bauble Shop" and "The Masqueraders,
from his pen, have all been Eastern sue
cesses, and "The Case of Rebellious Susan"
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Kennedy and Lorenz. For one thing
Miss Kennedy will add up a long list
of numbers, which members of the
audience will be requested to write
on a slate carried by Lorenz. She
will add the vertical columns of
rows of figures of four digits, in rapid
succession, and will call out the sum total,
while Lorenz is at the further end of the
hail and she is on the stage, bIindfolded,
complete silence being observed between
the two performers.
The Martinettis will continue to be one
of the Orpheum's attractions this week.
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AT THE ORPHEUM.
A Number of New Attractions for This Week.
Pi1l

A Number of New Attractions for This Week S
Bill.
New acts weekly" appears to be the
standing rule at the Orpheum in these
days. Kennedy and Lorenz, the Muhle-
man trio and Blocksom and Burns were
introduced last week, while the Garnellas,
the Whitney Brothers and Miss Maud
Harris will make their first appearance
this week.
The Garnellas are grotesque acrobats
and the Whitneys perform novel musical
act, in the course of which they run up
and down flight of stairs and produce a
popular air by the patter of their feet.
brette.
A new set of tests will be presented by
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ing moment blast occurs which obscures
the stage in dustclouds of powdered stone
and leaves the fate of the hero a little
longer in doubt, although the blast really
saves his life.
ga Flag of Truce" will be produced un-
der the direction of Walter Sanford, who
will play q leading role. Special atten-
ton viii be paid to picturesque and me-
chanical effects, which in the quarry scene
will be very elaborate.
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Bfzefs opera of that name, will be in her rep

Bizets opera of that name, will be in her rep
ertoire.
Nj and Mrs. Tabor are summering in Yer
mont They will produce Henry W. next
season. Mrs. Marlowe Tabor will impersonate
Prince Hal and her husband Hotspur.
The New York Chinese theater is doing
rushing business with a play called "Tbe
Haunted Tea Chest" which was begun in
April, and win probably last well into August
So many requests have been made for ''The
Wife" that Manager Daniel Frohman is con-
sidering the feasibility OF giving at least one
performance OF it during the coming engage
ment OF his company at the Baldwin.
Daniel Frohman comes with the Lyceum
Company to the Baldwin Theater Monday. He
will remain but short time, as he begins re-
hearsals in New York August 1 for E. II. Soth-
ern in his new play, ''The Prisoner OF Zenda."
At the open-air performance of GAS You
Like IT, on Staten Island last week. while the
play was in progress a local policeman rushed
across the greensward stage in pursuit of
some small boys whom he had seen shaking
fruit off one of the apple trees in the mimic
forest of Arden.
The opening of Daniel Frohman's Ly-
ceum Company at the Baldwin Theater
will be the chief event at the local theaters
this week. The company will produce
new plays, as well as standard favorites,
and there is every indication that the sea-
son, which will be inaugurated tomorrow,
is to be an unusually successful one.
New attractions, however, are to open
at every theater in town tomorrow. At
the Columbia Helen Dauvray will appear
in zone of Our Girls, play by Hoyt will
receive its initial San Francisco perform
ance at the California Theater, sensation
al melodrama will hold the boards at the
Grand Opera-house, and an especially or
ganized company will present farce-com-
edy at the Alcazar. The Orpheum has a
bill containing a number OF new per-
formers and the Tivoi gives produc-
tion of Balfe's "SataneIla."
So many people have already returned
from the country that no doubt full justice
will be done in the way of audiences to all
these varied attractions.
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ALCAzAR THEATER.
Tomorrow Nights Production Will Be Irish
Comedy.

UOmedy
The legitimate season at the Alcazar
closes tonight, and the two comedians,
Thomas c. Leary and James F. Post, open
tomorrow evening at the Alcazar in the
screaming comedy, "Mulcahys Visit, "a
satirlcal creation on domestic Celtic life.
Both Leary and Post are favorites IN this
city. and being of widely different styles
they will doubtless afford plenty OF amuse-
ment. The. play is diversified; catchy
music, singing and dancing, together with
a lumber of local hits.
Manager Daley of the Alcazar will be
rendered testimonial benefit by his many
trends on Tuesday evening, July %, when
lengthy and entertaining bill will be
rendered by volunteers.
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Home for the Inebriate.

The Supervisors are awaiting the decision OF
the City end County Attorney in regard to the
validity of the deed to the site of the Home for
the Inebriate before accepting or refusing the
gift of that institution. The site is part OF
the Pueblo grant,
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Macdonough Theater.

Tomorrow the Macdonough Theater,
Oakland, will reopen with "The Old
Homestead" The play will run for four
consecutive nights and an extra Wednes-
day matinee. Hoyt's "a Black Sheep
follows for three nights and matinee
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COLUMBIA TKEATER.

Helen DaaVray to appear IN Uns Of Our
Girls"
The first production in San Francisco of
Bronton Howard's Zone of Our Girls" will
be given tomorrow evening at the Colum-
bia Theater. with Miss Helen Dauyray in
her original role. The play was written
for her, and will be produced under her
personal direction.
'One of Our Girls" is a satire upon
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A company playing "Jane" in Michigan
charges 3 cents for admission TO all parts of
the house at the matinee performance.
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When "The Bostonians'' come to the Colum-
bia Theater they will present their entire
repertoire of all the new and popular comic
operas
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Charles E. Cook takes "The Old Homestead
to the Yosemite Theater, Stockton. for one
night, July 24.
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The tour of Olga Nethersole, under the man.
agement OF Daniel and Charles Frohman, will
begin in October. Camille Romeo and
Juliet and a new play, Carmen" founded on
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The song called ''The Widow of Sherlock
Holmes" is hit at one of the London halls.
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The comedy to follow zone of Our Girls" at
the Columbia Theater is "The Jilt."
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Kennedy and Lorenz are puzzhng students
OF mindreading at the Orpheum.
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Tonight is Dampier's last appearance at the
Alcazar as Hamlet"