The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03

>pTayhouses has been the produc- tion of Fort Fraynef:. at the Co.,
 lumbia While. it is: classified with .'- < well-known military. dr&mas and :. ..... contains fine dramatic situations, 1t is confined largely to the Illustration of : the social side of life in the Western gar / risons of the United States The male parts. with one exception are officers CT soldiers in Uncle Sam's regular service, and there is Q varied and pleasing variety in the female characters. Although the scenes are laid in the lands of Indian war fare, the tornahawlI, the *warwho0p, the heroic and reckless dash of frontier sol :. diers in bloody battle gre not intrudea, the whole story being restricted to the limits of the fort. phe explosion, of. the magazine, the accidental murder of the "Indian. scout and the swimming of the ; treacherous river Platte by the delayed : Bridegroom furnish the leading incidents and thrills, as a contrast to the many * good comedy sltuations and Faughable ; ;humor with which the play abounds. It .: is not a picture of martial tragedies and heroiCsi such as tugs. at the heartstrings 1, of the patriotic spectator, as Is the case l. in some of the famous war dramas of the day, but it Is a delightfully."- bright and :: wholesome series of scenes in which fair women and. brave men make love- quar- .IoA dAAn EilblOGElilS GilJOS. .lILGf WAIAfS eAAN grim hardships and .privations supposed :. ..torbe, component parts of life in the In dian. wilds are wisely left to the :tmagi- ma ton. :-... Taken. as a whole, General King mi ttal contribution to the growing list of : ~natlitary plays is novel and will be accept ed with thanks by. play goers. It is.-to
 be hoped that his success. in this effort will cad him to further. and more ambi- tioUs labors. *.. ..: =. " <...... ....
 That the Iatter-day efforts of Gilbert and Sullivan to produce successful comic operas have been dismal failures is proven :. by the fact that manageTS have to avoid
 such productions as Utopia Limited. - etc, and resort .to.the old ,favorites. with their unique Juggling rhymes and SeduC- tive music, brilliant scenes and original
 wit and humor It. goes without saying that the day of the advent of worthy sue .cessors to these masters will be hailed with genuine delight by the admirers" of there is to be a revival Of; the ever-pleas- > ing ~"AIikad0" at the .TiVoli to-morrow # evening, with. some very desirable: addt- tions 10 the regular conrpanE5 which :. should make the production worthy or :. substantial patronage.
 The field of mimic war Is rapidly, ,siiread- ing. as we are to have Gillette g. Held by > the Enemy at the Grand Opera house during the week. while the. c,olumbia has :. in preparation for it's. first production Ed ward kidder's new drama based. on e the late Civil War, entitled "A Gallant Sur- + render; and depicting one the greatest .aDd most dramatic scenes in hlStorF-tAe @tox kfdder,s work in A Poor Relation" .Whlch< was Sol Smith Kussel,s stepping stone to success. should be 9 good guar .antee of the QuaLity of this war drama [ Following. 'ttF7ort. FTayne'E will come the .coTlfcal. 1T lost-24:H0urs ,"'. which is said 2. to be a prolific laugh-producer.
 : 4 writer in the. Musical Courier. or New g.. York evidently does not fancy the people of San Francisco, who. consider them :: selves music lovers. He. says that the fact .:. that a community is: fQnd- or come opera : or thatTt pays ST a. seat to. hear Melba or " S a: seat to gaze on. and listen to the q frantic Paderewsh does not dlsproNe his a statement.tNVe are told that we will never gain the reputation of being musical sim s Ilv. berause we take advantage of all op- ' Opportunities to hear such great 'artiSJs ana
 cheerfuliy permit ourselves to De t0reHer ... parted from our good, hard money Tor
 such entertainment Furthermore, that tha:fact that the people of this city have for twenty years steadily. supported an -OpPra+hOuse that is open every day ID the year gives them no right to claim fellow
 ship. with our brethren in the l4nd CT %rnince pie and dyspepsia.
 . emerging ffom the sand-dune and horse car period but we do not now blockade
 the thoroughfare with: crowd when a
 handorgan plays Annie Laurie nor do we ostracize the misguided individual who
 "Wabashes' in public, notwithstanding
 our deep disesteem for him. Yet We do
 think we are entitled to a small red dot on
 the musical map, for we certainly suffer
 much and silently in earnest efforts to
 encourage our amateur musicians and ed
 ucate our wild Western ears to proper
 appreciation of the soulful in music.
 It may not be amiss in this connection
 to call attention to the significant circum-
 stance that our people have supported a
 fine symphony orchestra the past season
 that had a cash balance at the close. If
 any of the effete Eastern oities who do
 not maintain a permanent orchestra can
 make 0 better showing than this. it would be pleasing to hear of them
 Fire away. Mir. Critique, San Francisco
 Is all right and will be in time the musical
 center of the continent. Even in these
 our pinfeather days the singing world has
 discovered us and is now drawing on our
 rapidly increasing supply of vocal talent.
 Tn addition to this we are now introduc-
 ing real prodigies and will soon be in a
 position to meet all demands for the
 same.
 If it is necessary to incinerate some
 community train your fire on Gotham.
 We are Credibly informed that the
 music lovers there can't distinguish
 Wagner from De Koven or Sullivan from
 "A Hot Time in the Old Town" How
 ever. this may be an error which can be determined by experimenting.