The San Francisco call., 1898-05-11
THE
 AUTHOR REMEMBERED.

o o o 0 "Romeo and Ju- liet," in the midst of great enthusiasm and applause and after the principals had bowed acknowledgement, a wag called author which was quickly picked up and the house rang with the cry "authorv' Presently the joke dawned on the enthusiasts and all wound up in a hearty laugh.
 Robert Mantell tells a similar tale. He says: 1T was playing Hamlet in a Col orado town, small but extremely prosper ous and enterprising. During the day I had met the treasurer of the theater a very charming girl of about 19, pretty, educated and as bright as a new silver dollar. She spoke enthusiastically of the certainty of big house at .$2 per- and how delighted the camp was at the pros pect of seeing real Shakespearian play. In the evening of course the house was duly counted up and my treasurer came back with the receipts, also the young lady. With some pleasant words she proffered three slips of paper filled out on printed blanks, such as we get in metro politan theaterS-one marked manager, , one Robert MantelP and the third for MT. Shakespeare Thinking it a joke, told the pretty treasurer that she was quite a wit but her serious look satisfied me she saw nothing funny in the transac- tion. Referring to the third copy I asked her why she rendered it. With face as sincere as I have ever seen she replied that it was for the author. You know said she, 'all the fine companies want statement for the author I asked her if she knew Shakespeare had been dead about 300 years. At this she appeared somewhat surprised, but said doubtless his heirs would require a copy.
 ITO me the comedy of the circum- stances was lost in my profound admira- tion of the finished way in which this girl transacted business. Here was a daugh- ter of a pioneer whose sense of honesty and exactness in business would do credit to many an exquisite holding like posi- tion in an Eastern box office. even though she had not read up the history of the immortal bard'
 W. C. Parker of Kenwood, Shasta County who is extensively engaged in the fruit industry in that locality, is at the Grand.
 F. S. Morris, R. E. Moody. F. P. Nave, three railroad men, and w. w. Cotton, an attorney, all of Portland, Or, are among the arrivals at the Palace.
 Archdeacon Webber, the Episcopal di- vine of Boston, who came up from Los Angeles yesterday, is at the Occidental, and will return to his home shortly.
 Count and Countess Poninski of Poland, who are touring the world on pleasure bent, were among the passengers on the Peking, which arrived on Monday night, and are registered at the Palace.
 The death of Joseph H. Sinton. travelling freight agent of the Missouri Pacific Rail- way, has caused profound regret in rail- road circles generally, for he was uni versaliy esteemed. He had been i'll but a short time, his death being caused by ap- oplexy. Deceased was 37 years old, un- married, and leaves a mother and sister h; IoSc place to-day.
 A party of prominent Episcopal clergy men are at the Occidental. and are here to attend the forty-eighth annual conven- tion of the Episcopal church, Cali fornia diocese, now being held at Trinity Church. They consist of the Revs. c. Linsley, Sonora; William Hart Visalia; William Lucas. Fres-> no: William Bours, Merced; Daniel G. McKinnon, Stockton; George Wallace, San Mateo, and J. A. OMeara, Santa Clara.