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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
Baldwin Theater.

From all accounts Wilton Lackaye will
offer fine bill at the Baldwin Theater to-
morrow night when he Will produce for
the first time on any stage the comedy
Captain Bob" and the one-act drama
."Moliere" for the first time in America.
The latter play was presented in England
by George Alexander. and is said to have
achieved prominent success. 1t is from
the pen of Walter Firth, son of the Firth
who is the celebra ted Royal Academy
painter. "Moliere" Is founded on the last
hours of the comedy genius and illustrates
the manner in which tue famous man be-
came reconciled to his wife, from whom
he had been estranged just before he died.
Captain Bob" is in three acts and is the
work of Robert Drouet, all actor and play
wright. Lackaye will appear in the title
role.
The next attraction at the Baldwin
Theater will be the spectacular produ ction
of Palmer Cox's Brownies"
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Mrs. Kendal's Anger.

Mrs. Kendall has been letting her angry
passions rise again, not against the great
American public this time, but against
the London critics. headed by Clement
Scott, and particularly against writer in
the LONDON Referee.
The matron of the British drama said
that she went home and wept- when she
read the things that Clement Scott and
his fellow-critics said about her acting.
In this lachrymose state OF mind she found
one day on her Kitchen table a copy of the
Referee, in which well-known writer,
who bears the pen name of Carados,
pointed out the fact that Tom Robertson's
grave in Brompton Cemetery was going to
wreck and ruin from neglect.
Tom Robertson. in addition to being
famous playwright, had the honor in his
day of being Mrs. Kendaps brother. When
the lady espied the reference to his grave
on her kitchen table sne at once wrote
choice epistle to Carados, of which the
following is the conclusion:
brothers grave. but the paper proving the
ownership OF same cannot be found and
among so many has been lost; and las even
you in your ignorance may know that unless
one can prove the ownership of the grave TO
clean or alter anything connected with 1t is
impossible.
When you write my brothers. name again
do IL on your knees with your hat off l never
knew your paper existed till 1 saw it one day
on my kitchen table. when / told my house
keeper to burn it. She rang for the groou,
who sent for the stable boy, who did SO. Yours
faithfully, MADGE kendall
While Mrs. Kendall was penning this
ladylike effusion Clement Scott, who mad
also read the Referee, was vending his
way to the grave of Tom Robertson. He
easily obtained the permission of the
cemetery authorities to restore his old
friends monument at his own expense
and put flowers and plants there which
made it a little garden of sleep. 1t is an
open secret that for some years past Mrs.
Kendall has had a grievance against Gle
ment Scott. Not long ago she wrote of
him: "The poor man has lost his juug
ment and makes me weep" Well! Gle
entScott has heaped Goals of fire on her
head, but it is very probable that they
will only add fuel to the fire of Mrs. Ken
dars wrath.
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ness, and to people who like the morbid
satisfaction of getting cold chills ''Dr. Bel
graft must have been great treat. /
think, though, that most of us are OF
gayer disposition than Mr.. Klein and Mr..
Lackaye give US credit for. Villainy and
brutality do not repel us on the STAGE
when they are used as foils to virtue and
heroism, but why should we pay our hard
earned dollars to sit under pail of gloom,
unrelieved by ray of heroism, unrelieved
by hero to applaud or even heroine to
weep forP
In his eagerness to give Lackaye great
role Charles Klein has tried to make him
the hero and the villain rolled into one,
and the result is something that is neither
fish nor flesh nor good red herring. Bel
CRAFTS one weak effort at heroism is when
in the dawning consciousness of his love
for Agnes he advises her to eIope with her
lover. But no sooner dues he find that
her departure will jeopardize his own
safety than he thinks better of his mo-
mentary unselfshness and acts with as
sharp an eve TO the we'll being of No. 1 as
the most vulgar criminal could do. In
real life we might feel q contemptuous
pity for the poor wretch, but on the stage
we have no use for hero whose heart is not
in the ri hit place. As villain Belgraff
is lacking in daring and resource. What
self-respecting villain would let himself be
foiled by a fat, self-compIacent village
policeman?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
Grand Opera-House.

1.-THE Promised Land" a melodrama of
the "Wild West" will be played this
week at Morosco's. 1t is a successful
play written by the author of Ranch 10"
and other dramas of equal excellence, and
its story wears the garment of most of the
emotions. Victory Bareman will play the
frank, breezy Western girl, who is loved
by the owner of the Fire Fly ranch, How
ard Kyle. Her brother. part filled by
Mortimer snow, comes to her under an
assumed name, fleeing from an unde-
served disgrace, and the suspicious aroused
by his advent arouse the wrath of band
of White Caps. Lottie Williams and
Josephine Gassman, who have been spe-
cially engaged for this production, have
attractive light comedy roles. Leslie
Morosco, Frank Hatch and George
Nichols are also in the cast. The play
has some novel electric and scenic effects.
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shop seems to be the rendezvous for the
aristocracy of the neighborhood, who walk
in and out promiscuously without buying
anything, which perhaps accounts for Bel.
CRAFTS straitened circumstances. Sir
Godfrey Langham has long scenes with
Miss Belgraff in the shop without being
disturbed by customers or arousing the
suspicious of the household. This phil
andering is put a stop to by young
squire, who is in love with Agnes Lang
ham, Sir Geoffrey's sister. The enter
prisipg youth divulges the true state OF
affairs to Belgraff, and almost stimuli
taneously with his VOW of vengeance the
apothecary discovers that he can sway
Miss Langham as he wills through his
power to by pnotize her.
After these discoveries matters go on
briskly. DR.. Belgraff murders Sir Godfrey
and Agnes is witness to the crime. No
one else seems to suspect The doctor, and
dressed up in his best clothes he takes
ND his abode at Langham Hall as the &C.
knowledged iance of Agnes who gives all
the outward and visible signs of insanity.
The idiotic family practitioner iovially &C.
quIesces in the matrimonial arrangements,
in spite of the fact that DR.. Belgraff is
consuming enough whisky presumably
an asset of the murdered baronet) to JUS
tiiy any friend of Mi IS Langham's in for
bidding the banns. But the sacrifice is
about to be consummated when the vii
lage policeman, the only entirely sane
character in the play. takes hand in the
course of events. THIS astute limb of the
law make it his business to bring a cele-
brated alienist from London, and the Wis
ltor finds out at a glance that Agnes is
not mad, but hypnotized. She is at once
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sent to him. He had lot of trouble to
get them safely over to this country, but
they arrived lust before he started out Tor
his annual tour. and he took them to his
Castleton Corners home, and had them
safely bestowed in dry corner OF the
cellar, to be kept for planting in the
spring. One day the servant ran across
these potatoes and found that they nao
begun to sprout.
ats too bad to let these potatoes be
spelling here in the cellar all winter" she
said, and she carefully brushed away the
swelling "eyes" and took them up to the
pantry. Mrs. Keene had been on visit
to her husband when this happened and
she returned home about the time the
gone into the pot. Where did you get
these potatoes Pr she asked the girl;
they are nice large ones" I'm the cellar,
ma'am." I'm the cellar? l didn't know
that we had any potatoes in the cellar" "
Then she remem bered that Tom had
asked her to look particularly at his
Richard III" tubers and see that they
| to investigate. The sack was empty.
"Annie," she said, solemnly, to the girl,
''you have fed the family we'll. Those
potatoes cost Mr.. Keene 81 80 each. Did
they taste any better than those you
bought at the grocer's for 10 cents peck 2"
Thatcher. the minstrel at the Orpheum,
was telling story on ALT Hampton
of the Lackaye company, the other day,
which he says is true. because he was
present when it happened. Hampton so
strongly resembles Nat Goodwin that he
is often called "Good wins double" and
on the strength of this likeness he has
given public limitations of Goodwin in his
various parts.
Some time ago both great men happened
to be playing in the same town and Good
win managed to get off from a matinee
performance to see Hampton impersonate
him in "a Gilded Fool" Hampton's turn
came on and Goodwin from stage box
watched it with such deep interest that
Hampton felt convinced he had made
deep impression. Both actors met outside
the theater when the show was over,
and Hampton asked eagerly, "Well,
Goodwin, what do you think of it2"
"Well," replied Goodwin, in his lei
surely way, IF that is an impersonation
of my acting all can say is, that one of
US is no good.n
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
STRENGTH of the company with the addi-
ton of several new speciality artists.
At the Orpheum.

Five new acts are announced at the
Orpheum for this week. Jean CIerm ont's
trained animals ought to be drawing
card. The piano-playing poodle has been
New York sensation for the past few
weeks. and San Francisco is the second
city in the country to see it. Another new
act is that by Galleti's monkey comedians.
attic stars. are now doing the vaudeville
houses and will appear in an opera tic and
character sketch. The three Dunbar sis
tiers are said to be clever dancing SOU
brettes. Kaoly is an acrobat with great
reputation in Europe and some clever
work is expected from him. Thatcher and
Marble have new sketch. This will be
their last week, also that of Langslow and
Ellen Vetter. Stuart has new songs. The
RONALD brothers remain.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

"The Cotton King" one of Brady's melo-
dramas. The most realistic scene in the
play is said to be that which shows the
Ashton Mills. with the calico spinning
machinery in full operation.
The story is said to be full of interest
and sentiment.
Joseph r. Grismer on this occasion will
essay character role, that of James Shil-
linglaw, an engine-driver. 1t will be
quite departure from the parts he has
played recently. John T. Sullivan has
been specially engaged to play the part of
Jack Osborne, Edward Heron for Ben ia
min Upper. Miss Nellie Harrington,
who has been brought from New York
City, will play the part of Kitty Mansfield.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
TivoIi Opera-Hous e.

This week Offenbach's "Brigands" will
be revived with picturesque scenery, etc..
by the excellent stock company. The
leading roles will be played by Lilly Post,
Elvia Crox Seabrooke, Bernice Holmes,
Anna schnabel, Rhys Thomas. Ferris
Hartman, w. 81. West, Maurice Darcy,
John J. Rafael, w. II. Tooker and Fred
Kavannagh.
The run of the 'sBrigands" will be
limited to one week, after which Balfe' 8
ever-popular opera, ''The Bohemian Girl, !"
will be sung for few nights, in order to
fully prepare for the Christmas spectacle
of Jack and the Beanstalk," holiday
production filled with song, dance, mirth,
specialties, ballets, skits upon the latest
fads and current events. 1t is said that
the scenery, costumes. etc., will be gor-
geous, and tie cast will include the full
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

is said to be stronger and better for his
long rest and he is anxious to give the
drama written by the Boomers its FIRST
hearing in San Francisco. In all proba-
bility that will be some time this season,
as the Cancelled dates in the Salvini tour
are rapidly being flied again.
The name of the drama and its story are
still kept close secrets, but the subject Is
known to be very romantic one.
John Bonner is one of the best known
newspaper writers on the Pacific Coast
and Miss Geraldine Bonner has made
quite name for herself as a contributor
to Harper's, Vogue and other we'll known
periodicals. She also has the reputation
of being one of the most talented and re-
liable on dramatic subjects in America.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
Green Room Gossip.

When Thomas w. Keene made his last
trip to England he visited Boswofth field
and determined to bring back 70 his
friends peculiar souvenirs Richard III
variety of potatoes. So he bought busheI
of the "murphes" that had grown on that
historical battle-ground and had them
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
Alcazar Theater.

After a successful run of two weeks
THE End of the Century will be with
drawn tomorrow evening to make way
for "Alabams." q story of the South
by Augustus Thomas, which, it is stated,
will be produced on scale exceeding any
thing yet done by the present Alcazar
management.
The stock company will be augmented
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

prano, Ellen Beach Yaw, will appear.
ii er voice is phenomenal one, as it ex-
tends over nearly four octaves, from 6 be-
low E in alt History records only one
other singer approaching such a, range,
Lucrezia Agujari, protegee OF Mozart
Miss Yaw's appearance here will be an
event that will be looked forward to, not
merely by musicians, but by all mu.ic
lovers, and large number of people will
undoubtedly go from the same motive
that would prompt them to see freak Of
nature
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

by George osbourne and Hugo Toland,
both favorites in this City. The rest of
the cast will include: j. B. Polk as Colonel
Moberly. John Armstrong, Gordon Foster.
Francis Powers, F B. Clayton, J. Harry
Benrimo Beatrice L;eb, Mrs. +. M. Bates,
May Buckley and Maude Hines.
Ali the scenes will be new and there will
be q cOlored ouartet
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

Thus far the following have been named as
John Drews next leading lady: Agnes Miller
Maude Odell, Olive May, Amy Busby and Ethel
BARRYMORE.
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removed from the presence of Belgraff
and tells the true story of the murder to
an organ accompaniment. Finding that
the game is up Belgraff takes poison, and
the last scene of all, which ends this
strange, eventful history, shows Agnes
falling into the arms of her lover, who,
although accused of Sir Geoffrey's muir
der, is roaming ABOUT at large.
The audience is sent home with the
distressing knowledge that Miss Langha m
is about to be married instead of being
placed in an asylum for the feeble-minded,
where she undoubtedly belongs. The
fears for her future are not allayed by
the recollection of portentous remarks
uttered by Belgraff about the law of hered-
ity ana the sins of the father being visited
on the children. Miss Langham's father
had erred and strayed from the narrow
path, and his shortcomings had peen
visited on his daughter in the shape of
mental weakness.
This is the story in all its native hideons-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

Mr. and Mrs. Russ Whytal are to make their
first appearance in San Francisco as stars
April 10, at the California Theater.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
Columbia Theater.

Tonight 1.-THE New South" will be
given for the last tine at the Colum bia
Theater, and tomorrow evening Joseph
Grismer and Phoebe Davies will present
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

The King, the Queen, the Jack and the
Giants clubs are all prominent in the Tivoli's
"Jack and the Beanstalk."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

Miss Yaw sings "Take Me Back to Home and
Mother" TO an air composed by herself at the
age of 10 years.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

Miss Baird (Trilby) and her husband, 81. B.
Irving, are coming to America. Miss Baird is
a great favorite in London, and on her marriage
received quite an ovation from the crowds
who waited to see her.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

william A. Brady, besides touring plays all
over this country, has established an interna-
tional theatrical agency and play bureau and
a weekly newspaper devoted to keeping track
of his enterprises
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

Herr Lohse, the husband of the late Frau
,Kathe rine Lohse- Klafsky, who arrived in New
York last week. has set at rest all the rumors of
suicide, ETC., which have sprung up since the
German priIna donna's death.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

Henry " Esmond, the young actor-author of
''The Courtship of Leonie," the new play for
the Lyeeum Theater New York, was the Little
Billie in Beerbohm Trees production of
"Trilby" in London.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
AT the Chutes.

The Chutes offers strong list of attrac-
tons to-day At 2 o'clock Arion will
carry Emil Markebur on his back over
wire 100 feet above the lake, and at half
past 2 there will be another potato race,
The sport so successfully inaugurated last
SUNDAY. At o'clock and at half-past 8
Bob Fitzsi mmons Will give illustrations of
his 'iSharkey Knockout blow" his sub
jects being Jack SIenzler and Dan Hickey,
who will each spar with him for three
rounds. At half-rast 4 Markeburg will
make a balloon ascension and parachute
drop, and both afternoon and evening
Pirri will coast down the chutes on his
bicycle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

The Philharmonic Italian Operatic Society
will produce Verdi's opera "Po liuto" at the
1t is the first production of this opera on this
coast.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

The Theatrical Mechanics Association, San
Francisco Lodge No. 81. will give their fifth
annual benefit at the Tivoli Opera-nouse on
Sunday afternoon, December 81, in aid OF their
CHART able and benevolent fund.
The attractions from all the theaters IN the
City will be represented.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

David Henderson has secured separation
from his wife, Grace Henderson.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

1t was the old and the new-Grismer
showing the antique hero of meIodrama,
all virtue and glory, and Lackaye giving
US modern character study, as unsoftened
by romance as the diss ecting-room is.
What we wanted was a happy medium
between the two. MARIE EVELYN.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

Nine. Navarro MARY Anderson) is occupy
ing the house of Lady Tennyson's sister at
provements in the handsome estate at Broad
way, Warwickshire, recently leased by her for
twenty-one years. She will make her perma-
nent home at Broadway, famous resort for
artists.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
Dramatic Brelities.

Frank Cushman has new play called 1.-THE
Air Ship"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

Charles Klein's play is as sordid as a
chapter out of the Police Gazette, and as
destitute of any spark OF romance. DR..
Belgraff, a country apothecary, is so
wrapped up in chemical experiments as to
be blind to the fact that his frivolous sis
ter has fallen victim to one of the most
blackguardly baronets that ever trod the
stage, and baronets in the drama are gen.
orally stepped IN vice. The apothecary's
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

The YaW Concert.
AT the Baldwin Theater on Monday
night, the 14th inst, the phenomenal So
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

There is a play in New York which has been
written around cello. 1t is to be hoped that
this won't start our dramatsts writing plays
around fiddles, bass drums and trombone
We have had plays written around fire en-
gines, train wrecks, bank burglars and bridge
jumpers, but they are fast serving their useful
ness Let our future plays be written around a
story.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06

Fay Templeton has become first-n1ghter IN
New York.
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1.-The plays the thing" not only, as
Hamlet remarks. ''to catch the conscience
of the King, but also to catch the
elusive dollar of the tickle theater-goer.
Wilton Lsckaye has just given us strik-
ing proof of this. For a long time he
reaped a golden harvest as Svengali in
"Trilby" His success enamored him of
hypnotism, and last week he appeared at
the Baldwin as a star in "Dr. Belgra1f,
a play by Charles Klein, based on hyp-
notism. The company was better than
Palmer's "Trilby" Company, and Lackaye
gave magnificent character study OF the
hypnotist but the play AYE, there's the
rub-the play made the tickle theater-goer
take some OF his dollars elsewhere.
The shortcoming in DIR. Belgraff "
is its objectionable lack of ro-
nance. People may be tickle, common
place and sordid in real life, but it is COM
mercially unwise. as well as dramatically
immoral, to represent them all as being
so on the stage.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-05
No Pnrer o,.r IN. oor.rnnr.

sPRlSoFIKtD. Ills, April 4.-Regard.
ing she indictment Of Governor Altgeld
by the Champaign county grand jury.
United States Senator Palmer SAYS;
"The governor is the chief executive
officer Of the state. aud che courts have
no power under ordinary circumstances
20 control him. AZ university trustee
his discretion cannot b. controlled ~
the courts, nor can ne be punished BY
Indictment FOR any omission Of dutv.
Judge Wright was guilty Of a grave
judicial ofirnse whom he allowed his
grand jury 70 attack the person OF the
governor % the state. "
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-05
Notice by Publication of Final
Account.
THE STATE OF rEXAs.

To all Persons Interested In The Estate
OF Mary A. Whitman, Decreased
W. u. Lawrence. administrator oi the
Estate 1T said Mary A. Wlllman. de-.
ceased. has illed Wa the County Court
IT BWzos county hi- Final Account oi
the condition II said estate. together
with an application % be discharged
a. admin traitor thereof, aud flr par.
tiiiou aud distribution ol said estate,
which viii boz heard hy our said conri
on the Sui Monday Ia April, A. -. lS0,
same being the O.h day of April A. d.
1895, at the Court House VI said Rraz.
Os county in the city OF Bryan at which
time aud place all persons interested in
said estate are required 10 appear and
contest saii Final Account aud Apple
cation, 81 thevscc proper
Witness. J. W. Barron. Clerk OF the
County Court of Bragos county.
g., , Given under my hand aud the
| =" o. seal OF said Court az my Office
Ia Bryan on this the 2Slh day of March,
A. d. lS96. J, W. BARRON,
Clerk County Court Nrazos Co. Tex.
BY 4, j. Butler, Deputy. l22