The San Francisco call., 1896-10-30
MUSIC AND DRAMA
FOR The PRESS
A Highly Successful En-
tertainment at the.
Grand.
Distinguished Artists Give Their
Services for the Press
Club.
SHAKESPEARE = VAUDEVILLE.
The Tabers in "Much Ado" and Jasper
and Jenkins in Circus Act
A Big Audience.
SHAKESPEARE = VAUDEVILLE.

One OF the most successful performances
of the kind ever given in this City was the
Press Clubs annual entertainment at the
Grand yesterday afternoon. A large and
appreclative audience was in attendance,
which wisely refrained from encoring
even the choicest features of the pro-
gramme more than three times. AS the
cream OF talent at the City theaters had
been SKINNED for the occasion the audi
ence showed great moderation.
The programme opened almost as the
clocks were striking the hour of 1:30 with
the fourth act of "Tennessee's Pardner,"
from the Columbia Theater. The man.
agemeht of the Grand had provided ap-
propriate mountain scenery and the act
aroused great interest. Charles B. Haw-
kins, as the hen-pecked oldtimer, at.once
became a favorite and Jane Corcoran's s
pretty acting as Tennessee was especially
applauded. The rest of the company,
consisting of Harry MainhaH, Oliver II.
Barr, Frank M. Kelly, Walter Ryder,
Frederick Hicks, Leon Parment, Estha
Williams and Annie Mortimer. did good
work. 1.-The Golden Nuggets" a male
quartet, received the full compliment OF
encores.
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quality in the church scene from Much
Ado About Nothing" which made the
audience hunger for more. They were
supported by Bassett Roe Henry Doughty,
Frederic Murphy, ii. A. Lang gdon.' Dodson
L. Mitchell, Eugenia Woodwork, Alice
Parks and katherine Wilson-some of the
best mem bers of their company-and the
staging and costuming OF the act were all
that one expects from these distinguished,
artists.
The Zanzibar Trio" from the "Babes
in the Wood" at the Tivoli, gave promise
of being encored until it was. time to open
the evening performance, but ferris Hart
man introduced verse against encores,
which had the effect OF .quelling further
demonstrations. He was assisted IN the
trio by Elvira Croix Seabrook and Maurice
Arcy.
Victory Bateman and Howard Kyle, as
sisted by Frank Hatch and Nettle Hines,
appeared in the pretty. two.act drama
"Sweethearts. The little work gave the
performers an opportunity of doing some
very artistic acting.
| In the concert part of the programme
Bernard Mollenhauer played violin solo
very acceptably, ACCOMPANYING by Mrs.
! Willard J, Batchelder. The Press Club
! Quartet sang two lullabies and second
! encore, and R. Tomas, one of the
| tenors from the Tivoli, won warm ap-
| pIauSe 1Or "IOm bowling. MT. 1nOHlaS
sang in place of Frank Lincoln, who was
unable to give his musical entertainment
owing to previous engagement.
Clayton, jenkins and Jasper from the
Orpheum gave their humorous circus rid
ing act, and Miss Josephine Gassman held
the audience till the curtain went down
with her celebrated "Coon" song. Every
thing had gone as smoothly and rapidly as
if on oiled Wheels. and it was SO early for
an entertainment OF the kind to be over
that the audience seemed loath to depart.
Considerable praise is due TO Leo Cooper,
the stage director, assisted by Tom An
drews and Louis A. Imhaus, for their
avoidance of all "waits."
Just before Miss Gassman's song Judge
Hebbard made a graceful little speech,
thanking the artists who had so kindly
volunteered their services. The Judge
also said some pleasant things about the
newspaper profession and the press of this
country.
Beautifully illustrated souvenir pro-
grammes were presenter to all corners,
and postscript stated that the Press Club
was indebted for the program literary
features to such weil-known.writers as Fred
S. Myrtle, G. M. Coe and Phil S. Montague.
The Press Club will net from the souvenir
programme and entertainment abo out
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