The San Francisco call., 1898-08-21

road company MT. Belasco has ob- tained the coast rights to a number Of leading Eastern successes, which will be put on in rapid succession at the Aca- gar
 Christine Nilsson invested some of her savings in American real estate. which soon rose in value. The other day she disposed of her last holding In Boston; hfah brought over $150,00O.
 Wolodia Roujitsky is the name of the latest chifd pianist. He gives concerts Fiugge Fse Who Nfs1sten aithongi on M i6 years oid is said to take rank already with the most distinguished harpists of the day. In Cologne, her native town, she IS known as a composer.
 Edward M. Bell will play E. H. Soth- ern's. original part in the Frawley com panys production of An Enemy Enc drds 10 tHe ne the hands nf each of the combatants, is one of the; closing scenes of the drama Bell is giving much attention at present | to the handling of the sword.
 Francis Wilson's new opera, to be pro duced at the Broadway Theater, New anS h s s work of he Harr1 Smith and Ludwig Englander.. The com Bany VII include Lulu Glazer: John | Louis Casayant and Lillian Berri- | The number of musical performances l given in Berlin may be inferred from the fac fact that in Bechstein Hall alone about 1 a salary of ,oOO a year; at any rate. | they ought to- observes the musical edi- tor of the New York Evening Post.
 Friedlander, Gottlob & Co have just | signed a contract for the appearance of | Nance O,Nefll, supported by the Mckee Rankin Company at the Columbia @ Theass l Nance ONeill has been on the lips of l Eastern theater goers necessarily during ! the past season, due to her magnificent | work.
 Modieska Is at San Diego. and is utiliz- | ing the Fisher Opera House in that city for the preparation of her coming produc- | Stuart" Macbeth Camille - "As You Like It. and Antony and Cleopatra The last-named piece will be given prob ably the most gorgeous presentation ever seen on the American stage.
 Mime Scalchi is to be at the head of a | concert company which is to begin a sea- 1 son of twenty-five weeks in the principal | American cities aDout the middle of Oc- | tober. The members of her company will be Miss Helene Noldi, soprano; Codurri | Canzio. tenor; Achille Alberti. barytone, and Marcello Lobardi, musical director. | Acts from operas will make up part of the companys repertory.
 Modjeska is at present selecting the members of her company for the coming | the best of health and spirits, and her many admirers will be astonished by the 1 notable amount of new life which she in .Adrienne Lecouvre" is to be feature | of her repertoire at the Baldwin.
 The four Cohans, well known in this city. have made a big. hit in their latest @ farcical sketch, Running for Office" The i Philadelphia papers of last week speak of 1t in hattering terms. They will nro- of September F. George NJ. Conan, the l author of the sketch, will elaborate 1t i into three-act farce, ana the family will jointly star in 1t the following sea- | son.
 Hall Caine, the famous Manx novelist; will visit America early in September and % U bs Teman naW hdre pay till he aeeF Re | will come as the guest of Miss Viola AL len. The presence of the author of The he | lend additional importance to the produc- | tion of this great story in dramatic form. | MT. Caine will be accompanied by Mrs. 1 Caine.
 Sarah Bernhardt's London engagement | has been extraordinarily successful. and | her endurance is as wonderful as eyer taVe Feuiilet's fhree-act comedy, Julie"
 piece full of morbid Passio11: 5s Iad and bdf La
 At latest accounts she was to, give.
 series of flying matinees" in the prtn- cipal towns of England and Scotland.
 Many Italians of the younger genera tion had their first opportunity on June b of hearing Adelaide Ristori on the stage.
 Notwithstanding her age and her infirm- ity she made the trip to Turin, where she
 recited the fifth canto of Dante's Infer
 no'' at the Carignano Theater. Though
 her voice was weak, the dramatic genius
 which had made her worldfamed still an
 mated her delivery, and made the audi
 enee wild with enthusiasm. The actress
 made a short speech. in which she said her grave, which was not far off.
 That the Chinese play fad is not. dead is evidenced by the fact that "A Celestial
 Maiden" the, work of Charles Ulrich, a
 open its second season on the road at Woodland on September 5. The play was
 produced with success at Oakland in July, 1897, and since that time has been presented 169 times in all the principal cities of the coast and Middle West. Its reception everywhere was such that man.
 agers are now requesting return dates. The play has been booked solid for twen- ty-fve weeks in the leading cities of the | Pacific Coast.
 Much has been heard of late of an ex- traordinary creature named Diligenti. She used to act in barns with vagabond play ers.I She has recently drawn great crowds | In Monte Carlo. One of her roles is Ham, let. She is said to be ugly and old and of
 unwieldy dimensions, but she electrifies her hearers. Her rendering of Hamlet As Queen Elizabeth in an old-fashioned melodrama, which concludes with the death r ft or the @ queen, 1esertea 9y nea c9ur
 indeed sent her the ring. La Diligenti rose
 to unparalleled tragic. heights. Her ef- Iecls or nOrrOr were DlOOOcufullng.
 Howard Paul has compiled for the Home Journal some facts and figures re- garding the system of subvention in | France. The total amount given annual | ly by the Government is S326 000. The Grand Opera receives $160 900. the Opera Comique s60,000, the Comedie Francaise | $40000 and the Odeon S20 900. In addition the sum of $3s 800 Is appropriated toward the maintenance of the Conservatoire. After a thorough examination of the sys- 1 tenn of state-aided theaters, MT. Paul | reaches the conclusion that 1t Is ineffec- | tive. The directors at the opera find 1t hard to make both ends meet, and were 1 it not for foreign visitors the other sub ] ventioned houses would seldom prosper.