The San Francisco call., 1895-11-19

The past week has seen lot of new
small-fry attractions in town. On Mon
day Peter Daley came to the Biiou in
"The Night Clerk"; Frederick de Belle
ville,. fatter than ever, appeared at the
Standard in Honor" and on Tuesday
Marie Jansen appeared at the Garrick in
The Merry Countess" Irving has 'The
Corsican Brothers" underlined for produc
ton, but the great success which king
Arthur" has scored will probably delay
the performance. This play has proved
| once more the remarkable power of Ellen
Terry as drawing attraction. The part
OF Guinevere does not give her an oppor-
tunity TO show her matchleSs powers as
comedienne, but it keeps her on the stage
for the greater part of the evening, and
gives her some exquisite scenes to inter
pret. The vogue of this woman amounts
almost to an alteration. Ellen Terry is
one actress of whom l have never heard
another actress speak an unkind word.
The women in the company fairly
| worship her and Julia Arthur, the Ameri-
can girl who now plays second parts to
Miss Terry, said: las long as | live
shall never forget Miss Terry's kindness
to me. Mind you, it was no easy thing
for me, comparative stranger in London,
| to fall into the ways of the Irving COM
pany at once. / shall never forget the aw-
ful feeling had at my first rehearsal. 1t
first nights combined. l had no idea
whether Mr.. Irving would be gentle or
| autocratic. And then Miss Terry came in
and the sunshine came with her. She told
me that mustn't mind this and mustn't
| mind that ana before / knew this woman
had i'm bued me with the idea that she and
L, as actresses, were on an equal footing
| and if anything | was the more experienced
of the two. When Mr.. Irving arrived /
was in admirable form. And then L real
lied that my fears were groundless. MI.
Irving, Jar from being an autocrat, was the
gentlest and most painstaklng stage man.
ager that / had experienced. l consider 1t
pleasure as we'll as an honor to work for
him."
Last Tuesday morning May Irwin
strolled into the box-office of the Bijou
when a woman followed her inside. miss
Irwin" exclaimed the actress, II was an
actress once myself. I want you to look
at my stage Jewels. Buy them from me.
They're just the thing for you to wear in
''The Widow Jones'"
1.-THE woman took a box out of her
satchel In the box was an emerald neck
lace, each glass shone almost as large as
hens egg. Miss Irwin gazed at it ecstati-
cally.
"My good woman" she exclaimed. S'that
is the finest stage necklace | have ever
seen. 1 would buy it in a minute, only
and here Miss Irwin laid her hand signif-
cantly upon her collar, ''only / haven't
any neck"
The name of Bronson Howard's play.
with which the Empire Stock Company is
to open its New York season, is still
mystery. In fact, all details with regard
to the play are kept dark. From present
appearances it looks as if the stock COM
pany would Lot appear at the home theater
before the middle of January. Miss
OF yvbO m
engagement at the Empire on Decent Der 2,
will remain there for five weeks.
Nat Goodwin finished his engagement
at the Fifth Avenue last week, and will
not return to New York for a long time.
| He feels that his New York critics were I'M
necessarily harsh in their treatment of his
| performance OF David Garrlck, and as
| Ambition" Henry Guy Careton's play,
| has not set Broadway on fire, the come
| dian is not feeling in particularly fine
| fettle. It is to be hoped that Goodwin
will not stay away from New York long,
| for he is easily the best of American come
dians and the playwrights of this country
owe him debt of gratitude, for he, more
| than any other actor now before the public,
shows a willingness to produce their play s.
| This seems to be bad year for British
attractions in New York. Irving's COM
| pany is the only imported organization
which is now doing large business in
| New York. This seems rather unfortunate.
| as 1.-The Shop Grip and ''His Excellency"
! companies contain some of the best sing
| ing and dancing comedians that England
has sent us in long time. Even Irving's
| business has not been SO phenomenaliy
large as in former years. This may be due
to his having opened in Macbeth
play which does not suit his personality,
and in which his enunciation is almost un-
intelligiole. This strange mode of utter
Of xxhJn oh hn a ~ c
| master, is purely mannerism which this
great actor can shake off at will. In the
| criticisms of his performances the notices
| were so severe on this point that they
worked good effect Immediately. AT his
! second performance OF Macbeth" Mr..
Irving's voice was as clear as bell
| The chief topic of conversation on the
Broadway car now Is, Will Hammerstein's
| Olympia be ready to open on Monday
night? The general opinion seems to be
| that if any other man than Hammerstein
| were at the head of affairs the building
could not open by any chance. But of
| late years this meteoric manager has
proved himself to be a marvel in so many
| extraordinary ways that it is pretty safe to
| bank on his accom- pllshing anything which
| he guarantees to do.
| The death of Mrs. Bowers last week set
| many anecdotes of this famous old actress
| in circulation. During the last few years
| she had dropped out of the running in
| metropolitan stage affairs. Younger thea
! ter-goers will remember her best by her
delightful performance OF the Duchess of
| Berwick in "Ladv Windermere's Fan"
1.-THE Rise of Jack Harvard" play by
| Jerome X. Jerome, which Mr.. Sothern
| has played in this country under the title
| of "The Way to Win Woman" was
hissed when produced in London by E. S.
| Willard.
The happiest man in New York just now
! is Paul Potter The success of ''Trilby" in
| London has elated him almost more than
| the triumph of his Or. .ginal production.
The Cloister Club has moved uptown
! right into the heart of the theater district
1t has become already a rendezvous for the
| dramatic critics after the performance.
| The club is composed of artists and news
paper men and magazine writer's, and in
the two years of its existence it has
achieved remarkable degree of success.
Charles Frohman has arranged to pro-
duce "The Gay Parisians'' in London next
spring with four members of the original
company in the cast.
OdeJte Tyler and Burr Macintosh both
have novels in press. MacIntosh's novel
deals with football and Miss Tyler's with
the first families of Virginia. 1t is called
'"The Boss"
Elenor Morrow, an actress, who at one