The San Francisco call., 1896-03-26
TO PERFORM FOR CHARITY
Alameda Children Will Entertain
Society People and Aid
the Poor.
THE MATINEE ON SATURDAY.
A Musical Entertainment and Farce
by Boys and Girls of the
Encinal City.
THE MATINEE ON SATURDAY.

ALAMEDA, CAL, March 25.-The
Young Peoples Theatrical Association will
! give charity matinee at Armory Hall on
| Saturday afternoon, presenting musical
entertainment and farce entitled "$15,
| 600, or A Lottery Ticket" The proceeds
will be given to the Women's Exchange
for the poor people of Alameda. The en-
| terprising little society that is to give the
entertainment is composed OF Mary Lin
| derman, Ruth Sheldon, Helen Entzman,
Rita Maylotte, Daisy Freeman, Herbert
| Clark, George Macaulay, Leland s. Rams
dell and Clarence Oliver. These are to be
assisted on Saturday by the Misses Belle,
Eileen and Sylvia McCurrie and the Misses
| Robinson.
| The farce to be presented is the work of
Master Ramsdell of HOO Morton street,
| who is the business manager and press
agent of the company, as well as one OF
| the leading performers.
Among the songs on the programme are
"Ben Bolt" "Ma Angeline, won't You
Come to My Tea Party ?""The New Bully"
"Just Plain Kate, Louise and Lou"
Broken Pitcher" without Him What's
| tn Band?"
Several pretty dances will be given and
there will be quite an elaborate variety
| performance.
Another pretty charity work to be done
by the young people of Alameda is the
endowment Of bed for the Children's
Hospital of San Francisco. To assist in
raising the needed funds an operetta, THE
Rival Queens" is to be presented by sixty
house on April IL. Miss Camilla Lies Of
San Francisco is the author of the words
for the operetta and her sister. Miss Stella
G. Lies is to drill tine children in the sing
ing. Miss Gamble is giving the nee essary
training In the fairy dances, Miss Isabel
McCurrie is to be stage manager and Miss
Clara Fisher will have charge OF the stage
settings.
The leading characters in the operetta
| are as follows:
Rose Queen of the fairies Marjorie Moore
| Nightsn ade, Queen Of goblins
.Hazel Ihane, from Niles
Leon, NOR tai prince. Daisy Crawford
Telfa, page to Queen Rose. Eileen McCurre
fAses " As % Mabel Getty and sylvia McCurre
Cupid Edward A. Won Schmidt Jr.
Eschscholtzia Queen of the Poppies. .....::..
| ..-..-.-.........Ale1ine Mitchell
Don Teller will direct the boys chorus of
sixteen huntsmen.
| The Electric-Light Injunction.
| ALAMEDA, CAL, March 25.-Work on
| the cltV t0leCtrlC SCdt1Ou Is proceeding,
notwithstanding the injunction. This is
| in accordance with permission given by
| the Judge and acquiesced In by the
| attorney for the complainant in the in
| junction proceedings to enable sufficient
| progress being made to protect the
| machinery from the weather. Imme-
| diately after the first proceedings were
begun the most extensive work was
| planned and begun by the contractors. A
side of the building was torn out, exposing
| the dyGamos and engine. and pits were
dug for foundations for the new engines,
weakening those upon which the old
engines stand. Then the injunction was
secured, which found things in bad
way, and if it had not been relaxed public
| interests would have suffered. The COM
| plant upon which the injunction was
| based has been in essentials sustained,
and it is regarded by the lawyers as being
| quite probable that the point raised is
good and valid one.
Case of Mania.
ALAMEDA, CAL, March 25. = Mrs,
| Henry Kustel, the wife of an assayer, will
be examined this afternoon by the Com
missioners of Lunacy. Her examination
neighbor, Mrs. Otto Brewett. The accused
woman has mania that her accuser keeps
her from sleeping through hypnotic power
! She believes that some 200 people, includ-
| ing Charles Neal and Michael Kane, are
subject to hypnotic spells also. Mrs. Kus-
tel has greatly frightened and worried Mrs.
Brewett because of her strange delusion,
at one time knocking at her door and
| striking her with whip when it was
opened, and at another going to the back
door with club with the expressed deter
mination to kill her. Mrs. Kustel and
Mrs. Brewett we're never at enmity and
have long been acquaintances. Mrs. Kus-
tel is the mother OF three children and her
husband is away in the mines.
Municipal Money Short.
ALAMEDA, CAL, March 25.-The final
payment on the construction of the new
City Hall was ordered last night at the
regular meeting of the City Trustees. 1t
was in the sum of $7949, and was due
| tractors. A warrant for this amount was
this morning presented to City Treasurer
| Wheeler. but as there was not money
enough in the fund against which it was
| drawn to pay 1t it still remains uncashed.
Fund No. g. which is the City Hall fund,
| is $110O shy of the required amount to
| square all demands. The Municipal Board
| will be called upon at its next meeting to
do some financiering in order to supply
the deficiency.
Electric Railroad Burglary.
ALAMEDA, CAL, March 25.-There is a
rumor about town that the safe of the
| electric road has been burglarized. The
managers of the road say it is not so.
| The police say they know nothing about
| it, but the men who know about the rail-
| road offices say that $310 was taken from
the safe on Sunday night by somebody
| who must have had possession OF the keys.
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