The San Francisco call., 1896-06-12
At THE CITY THEATERS.
Lorraine" Is Proving a Sue
cess at the Tivoli Opera
House.
Miss Don Cams Singing Adds to the
Attractiveuess of miss
Jerry"

Nat. g. Goodwin and his company are
presenting "In Mizzoura" to fairly large
audiences, but the play and the perform
ance deserve full ho1ors. There is plenty
OF sentiment of the right sort in this latest
work by Augustus Thomas, and the in
terest never flags. Goodwin's interpreta-
ton of the selfdenying Sheriff could
scarcely be improved upon, and his sup
port is good. The play will run for the
remainder of this week, and will be given
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights
of next week. On Monday, Tuesday and
present ga Gilded Fool" by Henry Guy
Carleton.
Brother John" is amusing large audi
ences at the Columbia Theater. The one
draw back to the performance is the length
OF the waits; but the public overlooks this
in return for the good staging given the
plav. Macklyn Arbuckle has made de-
cided hit as Hacket, the halter and the
rest of the performers all contribute to
making Brother John" go with spirit.
There is plenty of sensationalism in
Brother Against Brother" the melo-
drama which the Grand is producing
this week. The scene where the blind
girl breaks in the door and rescues the
lovers from the flames is one of the most
effective situations in the play and never
fails to elicit delighted applause.
Lorraine" is one of the best perform
ances seen at the Tivoli for some time.
The opera itself has bright and catchy
music, which runs to marches and waItzes.
The efforts to find the nero are too long
drawn out for the plot to be as brisk and
bristling as one could desire; but some of
the dialogue is good, and there are some
humorous situations. Miss Marie Mil
lard's singing adds greatly to the attract
iveneSs of Lorraine"
The vitascope continues to arouse in
terest at the Orpheum, and added to the
list of attractions, makes a strong bill for
the week. Papinta's dances used to be
watched in silent enjoyment, but since she
took to having pictures of prominent peo-
pie thrown on her draperies, her perform
ance arouses quite a popular clamor.
Hayes and Post go on adding to their
popularity.
The Amy Lee season commences at the
Alcazar on Saturday matinee next, with
Amy Lee, Frank Doane and the new COM
pany in 1.-The Little Detective"
''Miss Jerry" which received its last
performance in this City last night at
Metropolitan Temple, is the first picture
play which San Francisco has SEEN
though the style of entertainment is be-
ginning to become quite fad in the East
1t is very charming and novel way of
passing an evening, and well deserves the
applause it receives "Miss Jerry" tells a
dramatic story of young lady who
wished to enter journalism and of ali
that befell her when out on her "details"
The story is well read by Miss Carrie
Louise Ray and is illustrated by rapid
series of life-size pictures thrown on a
screen.
Miss Don M Cam, who sang between
the acts of miss Jerry, is a pupil of
Willard j. Batchelder, who will certainly
make a hit in the East, where she is
shortly going to take an engagement. She
has rich, sympathetic contralto voice
which she uses exceptionally Well.
Preparations are nearly complete for the |
summer stock season to be inaugurated at |
the California Theater next Monday night
by the dramatic stock company under the |
direction of L. r. Stockwell The open
ing play is to be the Lyceum Theater sue |
cess, The Home Secretary"
Two Women Made Happy.
Judge Trout yesterday divorced Emily Nc |
Coy from ]. A. Mccoy and Dora Campbell from |
William Campbell. Mrs. Mccoy was allowed /
to resume her maiden name Emily Jenick.
The decree was granted because of Willful
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