The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-23
MONDAY NIGHT
WITH THE PLAYS,
John Drew as Mr.. Kilroy
in The Squire of
Danes"
DAINTY MAUD ADAMS.
Blanche Bates Appears in Low
Comedy at the Columbia
Last Night.
TIVOLTS GO TO THE MOON.
1.-THE Gray Mare" at the California.
The Weekly Bills in Other
Theaters.
DAINTY MAUD ADAMS.
TIvOLTs GO TO THE MOON.

Considering that large portion of So
ciety has hied itself to summer resorts,
there was good showing of fashionable
people at John Drew's first night at the
Baldwin Theater. The theater was fully
two-thirds filled, and it presented that
gala appearance which was conspicuous
By its absence during the Goodwin en-
gagement.
The play was 'The Squire of Dames,"
presented for the first time in San Fran
cisco. 1t is an adaptation from the French
OF Alexandra Dumas fills, by r. G. Car
ton, and IN the original has a seasoning of
vice which has been largely eliminated in
the English version. AS the play stands
there is nothing absolutely to shock the
susceptibilities of an American audience.
The risque portions of the original plot
have been delicately smoothed over in the
adaptation, and the suggestions which, ac-
cOrdlng to Dumas, would have shocked
Mrs. Grundy, according to r. c. Carton
are so vague and pointless as to be devoid
of all sting.
The Squire of Danes" is one Mr., Kill
roy, whose one object in life, apparently,
is to strike up sudden but abiding friend
ships with married ladies, who are on the
verge of committing the indiscretion OF
letting their hearts 60 out OF their hus-
bands keeping.
This guardian angel watches over his
proteges by day and by night; he is always
on the spot to play the unwelcome third
party at what would otherwise have been
dangerous tete-a- tetes; he secures posses
sion of uncompromising letters, photo
graphs, etc, giving them back to the fair
senders, and having finally biuffed off the
threatening lover, he hands the wife's
heart back to her husband, fair and spot
less, as on the day she took her wedding
VOWS.
This charmingly philanthropic part is
enacted by John Drew, whose easy non
chalance peculiarly fits him for the role.
Al first it requires stretch of the imagin-
alton to imagine a nineteenth century
gentleman devoting his entire time and
energies to the task of saving ladies from
STOPPING to folly and learning too late that
men betray but if any one could make
such part probable it is perhaps John
Drew.
He seemed to succeed last night IN con-
vincing his hearers that he was probable
character
Miss Maude Adams was, as usual, the life
and soul of the John Drew company. AS
Mrs. Adeline Dennant she was merely an
episode in Mr.. Kilroy's life-one of the
many whom he had saved iii the past and
was destined in the future to save from
scorchlng themselves at the flame of love.
She had an adoring husband, from whom
she had been separated, and she was
trifiing with the affections of baronet
who was not her husband.
Through this sea of troubles Mr.. Kilroy
guided her safely back to the haven of
connubiaI bliss, and in doing it gave rise
to some pretty dialogue and situations
1.-THE Squire of Danes" is not strong
play, but it affords a very entertaining
two hours and half to the audience, par
ticuarly as it was acted last night. Miss
Maude Adams was what, in the language
of Dumas, would be called the ''clou" of
the performance.
The support afforded the stars was
good. Frank E. Lamb was amusing as the
pedantic English lord, Harry HARDWOOD
made an amusing professor, and Arthur
Byron was not unsatisfactory as the baro-
net, who loved in vain. Little Miss Gladys
Wallis was very clever as the child"
who lavished her youthful affections on
the pedantic lord; Miss Ethel Barrymore
showed marked improvement since last
year, and Miss Annie Irish was, as usual,
fully up to the requirements of her role.
Among those present were: The pro-
scenlum boxes were occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs Oieda and party, Mrs. Charles M.
Shortridge. Miss Shortridge, Dr. and Mrs.
Other society representatives. attending
were Mr.. and Mrs. Russell ]. Wilson, Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Bouvier, George E. Hall,
Frank Michael, John l. Sabin, DR..
Sullivan, Mr.. anu Mrs. Frank John
son, Mrs. Thomas Breeze, J. Levy,
DR.. Rosenstirn, Donald de V. Graham,
Charles Bickford, A. 7. Hatch, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Gunst, J. Adams. J. F. Archibald,
J. X. Wilson, Walter Bean, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Kellogg, ]. A. Wigmore, Mr.. and Mrs
Timothy Hopkins, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. Mountford S.
Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Rothschild.
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Easton. Miss Fin
ley, William Naughton, Albert Pisss,
William Wiltshire, J. Cassery, Miss Cas-
serly, Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Bib, Alice Rix,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. McLennon, Alex
Loughborough, John Parrot, Herman
Shainwald, George A. Barton, William E.
Brown, Mrs. D. Brown. Mr.. ard Mrs.
w. Boune, Mr.. and Mrs. William M
Bunker, J. Downey Harvey, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. Tucker, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Donahue,
Captain Lyman, U. S. A., Mrs. Lyman
and Mrc / CbretjaD