The San Francisco call., 1897-07-08
AT THE THEATERS.
Wearers of Endeavor Badges
Swell the Audi
enCeS.
THE MayfoWer" Very Artistically
Staged at the Bald
win,

With one or two exec ptions the theaters
did a land office business last night. The
members OF good many theater parties
wore Christian Enoeavor badges and out
of-town visitors com posed large proper
ton of the audiences.
THE Mayd wer'' at the Baldwin is
scarcely drawing in proportion to it's
merits. 1t is pretty romantic love story
of early Puritan days, well acted and
charmingly staged-indeed, each of the
three acts is a quaint picture of the life
and manners OF the early years of the
seventeenth century, and the stage set
tings are as picturesque and carefully
worked out as a bit Of painting by Dutch
master.
On Monday night Daniel Frohman's
Lyceum Theater Company W i'll inaugurate
the fourth and final week of its engage
ment with a double bill consisting OF
one-act romance entitled "The Vile OF
Willoughby' and Sydney Grundy's three
act comedy "The Late Mr.. CASTILLO"
The revival of "The Two Escutcheons"
has been wise move on the part of the
Frawley Company, for the funny comedy
effects of the rival fathsrs-in-law, from
Berlin and Chicago. are as amusing as
ever, and the changes in the cast since the
first production here have not detracted
from the merits of the performance.
Gladys Wallis and Thomas Ross have
stepped in satisfactory way into the
shoes of Hope Ross and Leslie, as the chill
dren of German prize OF birth and Chicago
pride OF hustle, respectively, and Blanche
Bates plays the widows part so exactly
on Maxine Elliott Lines that histrioni.
b har fc rcnIu n
ence 70 note in r nterpre tation. ''The
Two Escutcheons" has only this week to
run, as next Monday another comedy,
christopher Jr.," produced here three
years ago by John Drew and Maude
Adams. will be given.
1.-The First Born at the Alcazar has
taken a new lease of life in consequence
of the desire of the visitors to see a real
Chinese play. Francis Powers lurid little
drama is preceded by the farce comedy in
three acts IA Victim of Circumstances !"
Next week Francs Carlyle will make
his first appearance with the present
Aicszar company in "Rosedale. This
comedy drama will also mark the re-
appearance of Hugo Toland.
Costume drama, in the shape of Gap
tain Paul." is fourishin, at the Grand
this week. American patriotism is thor
oughly appealed to in the play and plenty
of melodramatic excitement is thrown in.
Taken altogether, Captain Paul. is re-
freshing relief from the average run OF
nelodramas up 10 date.
Wang" IS almost at the end of its sue
cessful run at the Tivoli. On Monday
evening the first production will be given
III this City of the comedy opera, "The
Isle of Champagne" Edwin Stevens will
play the great King Mumm The book
OF this opera is by Charles Alfred Byrne
and Louis Harrison. Two grand bailets.
elaborate marches and beautiful costumes
are promised.
The Orpheum's bill is up to the usual
standard. Lew Dockstader still remains
one of the chief attractions, in spite OF his
being near the end of his engagement.
Fuller and Smith are giving some novel
musical speciaities. 1mogene Comer's de-
scriptive songs are a feature of the per-
Torrance, and SO are Eckert and Berg
lyric sketches.
Two Divorces Granted Yesterday.
Two divorces were granted by the Superior
Court yesterday. The names of the persons
liberated from the bonds of matrimony were
as follows:
Charles X. Carey from Frances B Carey, for