The herald., 1897-11-14


the three houses running on full time.
The managers of "In Old Kentucky
made mistake which they seriously
regretted in not booking longer time,
as the house was crowded at each per-
formance of their play Corinne has
done fairly well, while the Knaben
Kapelle at the Orpheum has simply
packed the house at each performances,
and the fact that they are hold overs for
the next week will insure the same big
business. They are worth going miles
to see and hear. The Burbank, while
presenting an excellent play, well staged
and well acted, has suffered a little in
attendance on account of the crowds 60
doubt, however, that the 1.-Two Or
phans." which is billed for the present
week, opening tomorrow night. will
prove, as it always does, n strong, draw
ing card Miss Truax and Miss Henry
as the two orphans in the case will he
sure Of receiving the emphatic admira-
tion of the audience. .,,..4......
The Frawley company has started on
its tour and succeeded in engaging Mr..
Blakemore OF the Burbank company
His place viii be hard one to fiji, but
no doubt the management will be equal
to the task
In addition to the other attractions,
we are to have a week of comic opera,
presented by the Grau company, which
has been seen on these boards before.
Manager AL Hayman has arrived in
San Francisco for the purpose of pull
ing up his theatrical stakes and making
his final exit from the San Francisco
stage. In his interviews with the re-
porters he simply repeated and empha-
sized what have already been published
as the statements of Mr.. Frohman. to
wit, that in three years there has been
n loss to the syndicate In the neighbor-
hood of 100000 in the business of fur
nishing San Francisco and the Pacific
coast with imported dramatic attrac-
tions; that it appeared to the syndicate
that the public of San Francisco wanted
cheaper amuscments, and so, from 4
purely business standpoint it was deem
ed advisable to discontinue the sending
Hayman made the highly creditab.e
statement that he has spent in San
Francisco during his fifteen years man
ugement of the Baldwin theater the sum
of $1,217 900 in keeping up that house and
for the California theater during the
past ten years under his management he
has paid out in San Francisco over $780,
900, making total of. over 81, 900, 900
spent in San Francisco in fifteen years
Mr.. Hayman is evidently sore at the
treatment he has received from the
press of San Francisco. which has
wounded his feelings and hurt his pride,
but he attributes his financial! losses
mainly to the fact that the people of
San Francisco have got tired of paying
a dollar and a half when they could see
a performance which they liked equally
we'll for one-third of the money.
Imogene Conner, who will be remem-
bered as one Of the leading attractions
at the Orpheum some months ago in the
speciality of dramatic songs, which she
sang and acted in manner that excited
much favorable comment, has been set
ting the Boston people wild, judging
from the newspapers received from that
staid city. 1 took occasion on her visit
here to speak highly of her dramatic
ability and OF the cleverness with which
she adapted her choice of songs to the
wants of the average audience while at
the same time furnishing them with
something that was good and true, even
If melodramatic and exciting. OF the
Boston papers, the Herald, the Evening
Record, the Traveller and the Sunday
Post all speak in terms OF enthusiasts
admiration of the young singer. Her
voice. which is normally rich contralto,
was under Il slight cloud owing to a
cold on her visit here, but she appears
now to have gained full possession of it.
1t is probable that she will again be on
the Orpheum circuit in the early spring
and her coming would afford one of tile
strongest attractions of the season.
The failure of Oscar Hammerstein.
proprietor and manager of Olym-
pla, one Of the great vaudeville
houses in New York. is the
sensation Of the week in that city
Columns have been printed in the New
York papers upon the subject, which
may be epitomized in comparatively
few words. Mr.. Hammerstein has un-
dertaken the care Of the whole work be-
Tore and behind the curtain, and in at
tempting to do In his own person what
would require the efforts of several able
men, has failed physically. The Olym-
pia property Is valued, at a conservative
estimate, at s2,50O, 900, and it is mort
gagged for 100000 to the New York Life
insurance company. His total indebt-
edness does not amount to more than
$4,000 to $75.000 which he could easily,
have provided for II he had been in phys
ical condition to attend to oil the details