The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-01

produced in London when the first patri,
Otto warnings Tor: jubilee we're begin !
ming 10 stir. the British breast, and the
outward and Visible signs of this vearning
We're beginning to- manifest themselves in 4
a. tendency. 10 revive poke bonnets. big
sleeves and Oh the other nominations of 4
dress = familiar 10 ;rthe early Victorian
period. #It=is needless 10 describe the /
nominations. Cruikshank' Illustrations
ot.p1ckens. have m ade us all familiar with
then1.:* The Victorian dress revival was
dire and dismal failnre-eyen patriotism
could. not drive I'm de. steele English.
women to model themselves on :Cruik.
i hang; but :, Rosemar v,,l a story of early
Victorian days; eGught on from the first
night. ..Blase-. critics, sick to death OF
:Iosen an d. problem plays, hailed its pie
sentiment with the feelings with which
.ml.en#condemned to pass their nights amid
the slckly scents of,a drugstore would hail
a breath OF fresh spring air. . Rosemary
struck a chord ofheaIthy, natural sent1-
ment, so most of them said, such as no
dramatic critic had exploited for many
day. In TACT, the critics said So many
pretty things about the play that ii half
81 them are true, q treat is in store for
John Drew's admirers tomorrow night.
There is no use making prophecies, how
ever. San Francisco has many time be-
fore confounded the prophets. She never
takes her opinions ready-m ade from Lon.
don or New York, and Rosemary" will
have 10 stand entirely on its merits here.
No Record Reign Jubilee boom will en-,
nance its-early Victorian atmosphere.
: Speakingof london critics and Ibsen re-
calls the latest development in the now
famous feud between Sir Henry Irving
and George Bernhard Shaw. Barney"
as he is familiariy called, is the critic OF
the Saturday. Review, and he lives in per-
"petual sDonnybrook Fair, because he Can
see no greatness in the heavens above, the
earth beneath or the waters under the
eartn except the greatness of Ibsen. The
sfurther en- author or actor is from Ibsen-
the. fur therhe. is from grace, in the gospeI
according to Bernhard Shaw. The way in
which this CRITIC slated "The Girl / Left
Behind Me on.its first production in Lon-
don was something to make the blood run
cold. N owit happened that in an evil mo-
ment Sir. Henry Irving commissioned
Barney N3towrite a drama for MIN On the
them eof Napoleon. When it was W.T. itten
Sfr. Henry coldly refused the WORK. Shaw
poured Ills tale of woe into the ears of the:
.pu bic b. means Of the press, and. Just 10
show he meTitthat iteontains, he has had
his lay produced at the Grand Theater
Croydon, by Murray Carson. This is the
pref w and promising beginning: "What.
no Ink 2 Kill somethins and bring me the
blood Nothing about the place but your
wife Well, kill 20 ur wife, -. ~.
=..: ..tUntiIzI had seen George Bernhard
.Shaw's one-act play, The Man of Des- 1
TIN i 3 which Sir Henry irving wouFdn't
thought Napoleon. Bonaparte very great
IN an. in deed. When. i LETT the house beau
Croydon Treekone ed him very small
@beerindeeG. The. only bit Of originality
he gave us.in his talk was the declaration
4 hat England was nation of shopkeepers.
You=atl9 know that that has never been
said before. The scene of. the play is an
inn on. the road from. Lodi TO: Milan, and
the time of action is tive days after the
hattie. OF Lodi. Why Bepy wanted that
Tnk*I copidn' I'd fscoyer.& Certainly he did
NOS hing in the way Of writing but settled
down to some trivial conversation with:
%the silly landlord land awaited The ar
:rival OF the lieu teafa nt: and the Important
dispatches, withasWhichr he had been in-
: trusted: Whea that lieutenant arrives it
appears.t h Rtthedispatch es have been lost.
r. - He mas baeha the victim ef the conf
.dence tElckA4-.thl he sort OF con fidences trick
that plansibIe :rogues in public: houses
play upon greenhorns from the country:
< "A nice .Heiltepa Mt is This and a very famil-
:iar:oue.T e. re al Bony II guess. would have
had him Shot ia. less than no time, but
" Mr.. iShawis *here5 is very patient while the
young man: ludulges IN such. phrases as
;. what: does 1t matter? r.: You ought to
know That rfght-pu4 alleithe blame
on: me'-alE addressed 10 his mighty mas
ter. Carson was earnest enough in the
principal part, hut all. the earnes tness in
The world will. not make, good play of
''Fhe Man Of Destiny, -.
A good many. actors and authors
Americans: among the number-will re-
joce. with exceeding great Joy over the
stern Justice which has been dealt out on
ali hands to George Bernhard Shaw by
his feTlow-critic, ;: He has: doubtless
learned that it is not so easy to write
successful play: as it is to tear one to
pieces.
Old Californians will feel an almost per-
sonaI. interest in the production Of Ada
Lee Bascom's play, "a; Bowery Girl" at
Morosco's tom orrow night, for:the. young
.Iady's: family was we'll known in early
Gays. On. her mothers side she is con-
nected~ with the .SWaseys.:. MISS Bas-
CONS own story:is full of interest: and she
has: had. a hard struggle to obtain the.
recognition: which is coming Ito her at
last. Miss: Bascom has:always shown "a
m arked fond ness for the stage. When
QUITE 4 little girl she;:nppeared here in
enid parts with Clara Norris and soon 1
aiterward went East, appearing in a NUM-
Der of productions.
=. In New York, when "a. young girl. she
met that fascinating woman, laura Don,
painter, actress. and .all-around genius.
Atfhat time George Gould was lowering
per$istently around Laura Don, and every
one supposed that his ad miration would
end in marriage. A warm friendship
sprang up between Ada Lee Bascom and
Laura Don. They acted in the same COM
:pany kent house together in luxurious