The San Francisco call., 1895-12-01
Miss Beatrice Harraden Engaged
in Writing a New
Book.
NEW STATUE OF GEN. GRANT.
There Is Now Considerable Activity
in the Theatrical World Of the
Metropolis.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Nov. 30.-The talk
of an attempt to create new Republican
organization outside the present Repub-
lican County Committee, which was limited
at in mysterious way few weeks ago,
was revived again yesterday by Cornelius
Bliss in a remarkable interview, in which
he intimates that be and his friends may
bolt the Republican party itself and talks
of situation that might be repetition Of
the Folger campaign and the subsequent
result OF a Democratic President.
Bliss says: 81 have not fully considered
the advisability of forming new county
organization All things considered, it
would be better to fight within party lines
if possible. But if the bosses continue to
trample on the rights of the people they
must take the consequences.
Everything looks promising and bright
in the coming campaign. and it would
seem that whoever the Republicans
nominated would be elected. But the
politicians, the machine politicians, rarely
learn anything from history. l would like
to call your attention to the election OF 1882
in this State, when a popular Republican
was overwhelmed by a comparatively un-
known man, Grover Cleveland, who was
elected by a majority of $4,000. Cleve-
lands campaign was unprecedented, and
he Immediately began National career
unexampled in history. The same causes
might show o similar result in the next
four years.
"This total disorganization might be
prevented by Lauterbach declining the
presidency of the County Committee and
agreeing to the election of such man as
Joseph H. Choate, Chauncey NJ. Depew,
Elihu Root or Horace Porter"
Miss Beatrice Harraden, the authoress
of 'Shi1s That Pass in the Night" is again
a visitor to this country, having arrived
here yesterday from England on the steam
ship Lucania.
81 am writing new book" she said to
a reporter. 1.-The scene is laid in England.
have not decided on the title yet. In a
few days shall start for California to visit
friends. l am not going to become an
American citizen, but 1 like America and
Americans. l have many dear friends
here"
1t is very probable that the football
teams of Yale and Pennsylvania Will meet
on the gridiron next year. While the ar
Tangements have not yet been completed,
it is understood that a consultation has
been held by the authorized representa-
tives of the two colleges, at which the most
pleasant and amicable relations were es-
tablished and plan mapped out which
Will bring the two teams together without
the formality of apologies or concessions
by either side.
This will be good news for the football
enthusiasts of the country, for this season
as well as last closed with the champion
ship in doubt. The question of supremacy
between the two teams can never be set
tied until they meet and battle it out in
manly and sportsmanlike fashion.
Another meeting between representa-
tives of the two colleges will be held soon,
when this matter of so much moment to
the football world will probably be def
nitely settled.
A new statue of General Grant is to be
erected in the square fronting the Union
League club in Brooklyn, and is to be un-
yelled on the next anniversary of his
birth, April 81, 1896. It's pedestal, which
is OF massive granite without ornament, is
now being placed, and will be sixteen feet
in height, the statue, which will be of
heroic size, reaching almost the same alti-
tude. The work is now being cast at the
Mossman Bronze Works in Chicopee,
Mass, the artist being William Ordway
Partridge.
Messrs. Abbey and Grau last evening in
troduced another of the new members of
their company, when Signor Cremonini
made his bow before the New York public
as Fernando in ola Fayorita" at the Met
ropolitan Opera-house. The occasion also
served to bring Nine. Mantelli forward in a
role in which she is locally unfamiliar, that
of Leonora while NJ. Planzon was the Bald
assare of the evening and Signor Ancona
the Alfonso. There was thus an element
of novelty generally in the production and
this served to draw large audience to
hear work which long became an operate
"back number"
Signor Cremonini made a decided nit.
His voice is of sympathetic quality and
fairly abundant power, though its lack
of resonance on the higher notes of the
upper register prevents him from pro-
ducing marked effect in broadly dra-
matte concerted music such as the finale
of the last act of LA Favorita," which
dio not want for dramatic fervor in the
acting, but through deficiency of vocal
strength Lacked something of the passion
and vigor that was needed to make it
thoroughly effective. The green scene in
the third fell little short of what it
should have been for the same reason.
That he is a tenor of good quality, with
the exception noted, is undoubted, and he
will prove powerful addition to the
already strong company of vocalists now
at the Metropolitan.
Nine. Mantelli's Leonora was not dis
appointment to her many admirers. She
sang always with intelligence and nice
effect, the 80 mio Fernando" particularly
serving IN the andante and allegro to en-
able her to broadly contrast her varied
vocal powers.
NJ. Planzon was an impressive Baldassare,
but Signcr Ancona was hardly equal to the
demands made upon him by the role of
the King Mile. Bauermeister was an ex-
cellent Inez. The work of the chorus was
capital and that of the orchestra satis-
factory.
Manager Aronson of the Bijou Theater
returned from Europe yesterday with a
brand-new theatrical scheme. He pro-