The San Francisco call., 1897-05-30
The last flicker of the waning season

The last flicker of the waning season is
going out in New York and actors and ac-
tresses are packing their trunks prepare.
tory to going 10 summer snaps" or TO
Europe, the former for remuneration. the
latter for ideas. San Francisco is the
summer-snap actors paradise, for here he
knows there is no sweltering on roof gar
dens, no crying necessity for fans and iced
drinks. Society is out of town during the
deg days, put what OF that? Plenty of peo-
pie are left who find the theater as pleasant
place for spending the evening at mid
summer as at Christmas. So the summer
snap actor is waiting to come here chean
and put on less airs in e month than he
puts on in day during the regular New
York season.
Heaven forbid that l should point 10
any star, or galaxy OF stars, and say:
''These are summer-snap actors" That
would be as unjust proceeding as to call
every daintily-clad damsei one meets a
summer girl. Summer girls are proverbi-
ally faithless, and summer-snap actors
fold their tents like the Arabs and steal
back to New York when the heat dimin-
ishes. But the summer-snap actor is to
OS Will Us ILLS SGdSO4, anu VIC eu6ll Ill
be heartily glad to welco me him. more
particularly if we realize that the time is
not far distant when San Francisco may
begin 10 cease being looked upon as the
softesr OF all soft summer snaps.
1.-THE conquest of England by the Ameri-
can actor"-that is the latest dream of
actors, managers and authors since the
news was flashed across the Atlantic of
the triumph achieved in London by Gil
lettes ''Sscret Service" American plays
have struggled into London before now,
but "Secret Service is the first that has
come within mile of setting the Thames
on fire. 1.-THE Girl / Left Behind Me"
was produced about two years ago in Lon
don, with English actors, and made a
tepid sort OF success. "a Trip to China
town. "My Friend From India, - "Chris-
topher Jr.," ''The Pro1igal Father and
Others have been localized and play ed
with more or less-generally less-success
by English actors. Neil Burgess is at
present giving 1.-The County Fair at a
suburban London theater with his Anleri-
can company, and the critics and public
regard it with mild curiosity SIS a
Yankee" curio. But "Secret Service"
produced by New York company OF
American actors, is a real rousing suc-
cess. Even Clement Scott, the caustic
critic of the London Daily Telegraph, re-
marks:
The latest American success in London is
"secre Service" with its author, William Gill
lette, and his native company as interpreters.
OF course there will be much OF unf1vora Bile
m after written about this production, but
from all accounts it Will find general favor.
Charles Frohman ca ples to the Mirror an ex-
preston of Clement Scott of the London Tele-
graph as to this play Mr.. Scott said: cit is
great success 1t fascinated las. 1t the best
example we have ever seen of harmonious,
easy, well-balanced acting. Visits from such
"a company with such play do US good.
They wake US up instead of taking the bread
out OF the mouths OF English actors and
authors"
Charles Frohman is the commander-in-
chief OF the American actors for the con.