The San Francisco call., 1897-07-01
JESSIE BARTLETT DAVIS As DOLORES IN 1.-THE sERENADE


theoretically than it is agreeable practically.
When singers reach the stage of absolute in
capacity and decrepitude, they ought to be
pensioned." "
AT the Theater Grand Guignol at Mont
martre, Paris, the police forbade the perform-
ance of "Mamsell Fiji" by .Metenier. The
programme contained four other similarpieces
and when these had been given Metenier ap-
peared on the stage and SAID: ".Lsdies and
gentlemen, have you not had enough for your
money with four piecesi Nevertheless. an
other will be given yon, and that gr ralis. The
police have forbidden 'Mamsell. Fif..,=. They.
can do SO when you pay. but when you are in
vited the police cannot meddle. I,-"Oscar.
Metenier, author and poet, of Montulartre. in
vite you to performance oil my 'Mamsell
Fiji, i have hired the theater from mid dnight,
and hence Ii is private institu ton to which. L
can grant or refuse entrance: beg youi.
ladies and gentlemen, TO leave the. hall and:
return in few minutes as my guests. But,
alasl the: police were on the lookout. next.
night, and they shut: the theater up tight ana
did NOT let single actor in, mucn lessaany of
the public. - =. .-..'::' =; -.
Tho hie OF Richard Wagner, BY the Wagner
ophile. Houston Stuart Chamberlain, will be
published in this country by the Lippineotts:
It is an exhaustive work. enriched by photo.
gravures and other numerous illustrations,
together with reproductions from the score:of
ea C b opera Mr.. Chambe rlain's q qualifications
for the task have been recognized In Germany
and nowhere more warmly than by Frau Co
sima Wagner and the Society of Bayreuth. =.
Albert soubies has just published at Paris
the twenty fifth volume of his curious and lin.
teresting "Almanack of Theatrical Doings,t.,
the success Of which has never wayered since
1t was first issued. twenty-five years is a
good showing for a theatrical record, and so:
far there has only been one other such publ
cation. The almanac of NJ. Soubies is made;
with care, conscience and the greatest exacti-:
tude as to details. The historians of the:
future win never know the pains he has taken
to be useful to them, and the chr oniclers OF
the present time owe him gratitude for the
mass of information, so exact and precise.
which he: has put at their disposition for
quarter OF century. ~. r. -:
. DR.. Fridtjof Nansen, the celebrated explorer,
will commence, his series :of lecture; in. New
York, October %; 1t is expected that he will
make as big success here as in Europe as the
scandinavian societies in all the large cities
have taken an unprecedented interest in his
appearance. Nansen will be heard in Mime
apolis, ST. Paul, Pittsburg, etc. Chicago will
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81. The last date Saturday will be. the stu
dents matinee. and a tremendous crush is
expected at the Auditorium. =:
Hitherto, the instruments which, at the su.
preme day of Judgment, will call the dead to.
the divine tribunal, have been designated by
the vague term "trumpets''-in Latin tuba:
Tuba mrum. In q poem or ten cantos (The
Ten Days of the Wandering Jew). NJ. Ea
Bernaert is moro explicit, he translates tuba
by-tuba: "Suddenly the immense sound. of
the angelic tubas -, Will they be bass
tubas or piston? In any case 1t is very fiat
tering to the tubaists -
Henry wolfsohn, the manager. says he ha,
engaged for next season in the United States
tho excellent Lsipsic violoncellist. Professor
Klengel, who is one of the worlds greatest
technicians on that instrument and he has
arranged for the appearance of the beautifni
American soprano, Mrs. Blauvelt, at Berlin.
r. E. Johnston has engaged for the season in
America: Ysaye for 100 concerts, Nor1 lea for
40 concerts, Gerardy for so concerts. Marchesi
for SO concerts and Piancon for so concerts.
N. Arthur Krupp, the ironmas ter. of Bern.
dorf. near Vienna, has had a theater con,
structed for the amusement of his ,numeron,
workmeu. This new theater contains 500
places which are put gratuitously at the dis
position Of the said workmen.
The list of princely composers is constantly
augmentipg. IT appears that the Princess
Henri Of Battenberg, who has already pub.
lished several melodies, has just finished the
music OF an oratorio. of which; the title is not
yet made public. This work will be executed
toward the end OF next year.
!. A fact little known is that Wagner had an
intense enthusiasm for Napoleon /, and that
on the occasion OF his ashes being removed
no wrote on December 10, 1s4O: the same aay
that the solemnities at the Inyalids took
place, q poem entitled .'The Return OF Bona.
:perte." This poetry has just been put to
music by M. Wilhelm Kienzl. composer. of
-"P PHomrne de l'Evangiie," tie opera which Is
now 80 much admired fn Germany.
Robert Schumann is at last going to have a
ststus Of Leipzig. a lady OF that ciH. who