The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08

tel Frawley has been specially engaged to
create the part OF General Smolensky in Fran
els Powers new play. TURK Meets Greek, 10
be produced tomorrow at the A.eazar.
Somebody wrote once upon time to the
late Henri Meilha to ask his advice as 10 how
10 become dramatic author '1s is dim
cult career and the trade is not easy. wrote
back Meilhac. "A bove all, it needs success.
Yes, success is the thing II you want 10 nave
talent"
The success of "Secret Service in London
will oren the way for other American plays.
Louis Nethersole has purchased the London
rights OF Edwin Milton Royle's Friends
and Charles Frohman's London agent has Sc
cured Mr.. Royle's latest success Captain I'M
pudence."
Marie Wainwright has at last seeded to the
ranks of the vaudeviilisns. She has pur-
chased one-act o az IN Europe by an author
whose name is not dlvulged. but whom MISS
Wainwright's agent AYERS TO be .'promlue mt.
and she will make her debut i'll II at one OF
keith's tbeaters in the early autumn.
Signor Novaro, the basso, at one time mem
Der of the Metropolitan Opera-house company,
has been stricken with paralysis and is almost
helpless He is in London with his wife and
two children. His last engagement was with
Nine. Patti in concert tour Nine. Patti has
been most kind to the afflicted singer.
Anthony Hope Hawkins, In response to q
question by the correspondent of the Associ-
ated Press as to the report that he was engaged
TO Miss Ethel Barrymore, said: There is no
truth in it whatever The papers have had
me engaged to several young ladies, and [
could not marry all of them, even II any OF
them would consent.
London is rapidly being regarded the
Mecca of American actors and playwrig IS,
and now Sousa says he does not see why
American musicians should not have a look
| in too. The march kings compositions were
| played a good deaf during the jubilee. and
| there seems to be demand for Sousa himself
| SO he is negotiating for an appearance there
with his band.
J The five wicked little Barrison sisters have
| disbanded. Three have returned to their
mother, the widow Barrison, who lives in Den
mark while Sophie and Leona Will go to Os-
| tend, where Heron, Leona's husband, is going
| to open cafe-c hautant. This disbdnding
| shows that reputation for wickedness, I'M
| supported by talent, will not prove peren-
Mai attraction.
villsinous joke, showing that all mem bers
of the same family are not equally endowed,
! is sometimes perpetrated the Drews. 1t
runs as follows: John Drew (do), Sydney
! don't-" According TO adyiees from London,
| however, il seems that sydney is now worthy
| OF the family name for he and his wife ara
! declared TO have made a great hit at the
| Tfvoli in their sketch, when Two Hearts
| Amateur performances of great plays have
| been common for charitable purposes, often
| to feed the ambition of those who have ap-
/ peared in them. The most novel production
| OF the summer season, however, recently took
| place at Denver, where LAS You Like lt' was
performed, many local society persons "sacri-
| hcing their dignity as a Denver newspaper
! put it, to raise funds for kitchen garden ex-
! pertinent. Ii there was any sacrifice in this
proceeding Shakespeare probably suffered it.
| cable to the World~says: When Mile de
Merode appears in New York she intends to
discard all kinds OF face makeup" She
says it has tended to hurt her COM lexion. and
she believes, with Signora Duse, tha it is need.
| less for stage purposes Nile. de Merode will
leave this side of the ocean August "a by a
North German Lloyd steamship she will be
| accompanied only by her mother, q Belg ian,
| and her famous poodle, Toto.
| Like myself" she remarked to the World
foreign places and keenly breads the long sea
| journey. We shall be miserable exiles to-
gether.
| In London recently Mrs. Cooney, whose pro-
| fessional name is Miss Lottie Collins, sued the
| proprietor and editor OF Society for libeling
! her by saying that in her song, The Little
! Widow" she was gully of vulgarity. Mr..
Kisch, who was for the plaintiff, read some OF
| the lines of the song With wonderful effect,
| and Mr.. jeff, VINO was ior defendant, followed
| W tn a selection from 1.-The Girl on he Ran
| dan-dan,'' the Judge remarkfng that with q
| little more rehearsal. the learned counsel
might be sble TO sing the songs IN qus stion;
| No evidence was offered for the defense, and
! the jury gave verdict or plaintiff with f25
| damages. A stay OF execution was allowed
| pending an appeal