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The San Francisco call., 1899-04-30
BY Ashton SteVeDs.

are dainty and modish, and a continu-
ously charming stage picture compen-
safes for the obese Britishness of most
Of the spoken dialogue. This is the
third "Geisha" production at the Tivoli
and in several respects the best. For
one thing the women have advanced
a step toward that air of smartness
that was absent from the earlier pre-
sentations. Miss Meyers is less strenu-
Gus and more evenly successful than
Edith Hall was in the part of Molly.
Miss LIGHTER, a bad and apparently un
ambitious actress a best. limbers up
bit and uses that pretty. mechanical
voice Of hers to good effect in the
graceful ditties that fall TO Mimosa.
Miss Cooper's Juliette seems TO enjoy
a more secure French dialect and 4
greater measure of insinuati0n than
before. and Tillie Salinger as Lady
Constance is her placid self unchanged.
Edwin Stevens. q 5 you know. is at his
imperious best as the japanese Mar
quis. The part is more important as
the center pin Of the play than as the
medium for the individual glorification
Of the actor, but Mr.. Stevens contrives
to protect his own interests as well as
those Of the piece. I cannot imagine a
better performance of it than he gives
The Chinaman is in the hands of
Charles ", Swain, who, while not as
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7NHERE is nothing like a little we'll
ordered competition in the the
atrical business. When the man
l. ayers indulge in legitimate rival
ry then the playgoer stands a
good chance Of getting his honest due.
Jo say nothing about the manager get
tins his. This is being very pleasantly
illustrated by the comic opera produc-
tions i'm the Grand and TivoH opera
houses At the one Mr. SouthwelTs
company is giving a sumptuous pre-
Sentation of Ell Captain" at the other
the trusty Tivolans are making merry
music and picture in The Geisha -
Mr.. Morosco has finally adopted an idea
that was suggested in this column i'm
mediately after the opening. He has
scaled the prices at the Grand down
u an even 25 and 80 cents. Besides.
he has put on piece that is nearly
new and whose name alone is an at
traction. And "El Captain" and the
prices are drawing the first packed
houses of the season. The people are
beginning 10 find out the name and
address of the SouthweH company. and
incidentally its many exceuencies. The
recent hard luck of the TivoIi company.
which is an old institution forever with
US, has not been a special subject OF
comment; but the fact stands that the
little opera-house around the corner
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risk cut or two and send for him. The
amateur barber arrived with his razor,
and after a little hesitation he said TO
me:
VIII you please sir. lie down fiat on
your back while l shave you. sir?
Thinking that it was probably a Gus
tom of the country. [ stretched out COM
fortably on my back and nearly went
to sleep while the fellow shaved me, so
light was his touch. When he had finished
l arose and said:
/ am curious to know why you asked
me to lie down to he shaved"
"fBecause, sir was his ingenious re-
ply, i never before shaved d live man ;"
Under a shrieking caTicature of May
Irwin in recent Dramatic Mirror are
the following lines, headed The Merry
May:
Fair woman is often wit. Of course,
And often she's clever, too:
But count up the humorous ones you know
And you'll II find they re very few
So take off your hat and salute just one
AS bright as the light of day,
The wonderful woman who makes laugh,
The marvellous, mirthful May.
And We who know trouble and care and tears,
Go bask in her CHEEKY smile
She'll make you forget how to sign and cry,
She'll rest your poor heart the while;
And if there yet fingers a shade so,
Just list to the laughing May
She'll sing you song as she only can,
And shadows are sung away.
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The Columbia.

Roland Reed will peg1n the second and
last week of his engagement a the Co
lumbia Theater on Monday evening, pre-
senting The Woman-Hater,' David D
Lloyd's comedy, in which Mr. Reed is seen
to advantage as Samuel Bunby. Bunby an
old bachelor. is enormously regarded by his
friends s a woman-nater, while the truth
is that he has unbounded admiration for
the sex and is in love with Mrs. JOY, a
charming widow in search of her third
husband. Mr.. Bundy Is such an eligible
catch that he becomes entangled with two
other ambitious widows and his efforts
to extricate himself from the awkward
predicament is the principal motive of
the story, in which other lovers figure
and are as rivulets to swell the river of
love which is 50 conspicuous in the case
of Bundy. Roland Reed viii be seen as
the woman hater: Miss Isadore Rush will
appear as Mrs JOY. the widow in search
of her third husband.
The next attraction al this theater will
be Charles Frohmans latest farcical pro-
duction in three acts called ION and of. ="
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or = n E n

inoculates her for advanced scientific rea-
sons. with. the cancer virus. Then he dis
covers that the consumption has been
cured, but the cancer is bound to kill her.
Wherefore, to show there is no i'll feel
ing, he also inOCulateS himself with the
cancer virus and the curtain falls on a
cheerful but pathological situation.
n c. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott will
present "The Cowbow and the Lady" in
London next June.
Rumor has been connecting Miss Olga
Nethersole's name with the management
Of a theater in New York. She will not
take up the responsibility for another sea
son. at least, as she has been booked for
another American tour beginning early in
the fail
It is reported that the dramatists of vi
emma have agreed not to appear before the
curtain on first nights in order to avoid
both the plaudits of their too jealous
admirers and the hooting and kissing of
their paid enemies. as well as of those
whom the piece has displeased."
During one of my trips through Eu-
rope" said Tim Murphy. Il found myself
in a small village with no razors There
was no barber shop in the place and I
was in a qUandaTy as to how | might get
shaved. The innkeeper told me that there
was man in the village who occasion
ally shaved people, and l determined to
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Grand 0pera-H

Writes the press agent of the Southwell
Comic opera Company: The manage
ment is candid enough to admit this is
not entirely owing 10 the superb produc-
ton and excellent cast and chorus given
'El Captain, but also to their adoption
of the suggestion made by The Call that
they should reduce the prices Each night
the large size of the audience is conVinc-
ing evidence Of the sagacity of it" The
production will run to another good week.
Mr. Persse the tenor, who is not supplied
with sufficient songs 10 satisfy his admir-
ers. will interpolate several ballads. AS
tomorrow is Dewey day special mat
fnee will be given and IN honor of the oc-
casion a choir Of children will sing THE
Stars and Stripes Forever"
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ture at the Olympia. Other cards are
Querita Vincent in new songs and buck
and wing steps; Dollie Mitchell the dan
cling soubrette; Ed Nolan the comedy
acrobat, and Agnes Castro, the soprano.
This is what Franklyn Fyles has to
say about In Gay Paree," the latest
thing from Paris:
"A young Frenchman and French girl
are mated by their parents for marriage.
In order that they may fall in love with
each other before the wedding it is ar
ranged that they shall go, under proper
supervision, on an ante-nuptial tour
Of Paris and its suburbs The other fell
low whom the bride already loves and the
other girl whom the bridegroom already
loves intrude themselves into the singular
party. The exploits and misadventures of
these four end in a readjustment of pairs
and two marriages instead OF one Incl
dents congenial to French farce-for
this piece was Of Partisan origin-come in
between the start and finish. Some Of
them had been hagrantly indecent, no
doubt, as they were still racy. at times
salacious. in the English which Clay NJ
Greene had written them into. The bride
kept herself away from the bridegroom's
kisses, and with those of the preferred
young nan, by pretending that he was a
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in little musical seet oh written for
them by Leslie Stuart, and which affords
them opportunity to Introduce their dam
cling specialties. The four Nelson sisters
are acTobats and are well known here as
they scored a hit when at the Orpheum
three years ago. The VaFdares are trick
and fancy bicycle riders and are said TO
give very pleasing entertainment. From
last weeks bill there remain the Dill
lon brothers in new songs and parodies
the Rio brothers. aerial artists; George
w Du, the mOnolOgist: the Andersons;
the Jackley Wonders, and-most impor-
tant of all-Lillian Burkhart and com
pany in new act. Miss Burkhart begins
the last week of her enga cement in IAN
play at That Game" from the French of
Eugene Pierron and Adolph Lafferriere.
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uproariously comic as was Thomas
Leary, gives a very laughable version.
William Pruette. who seems to grow
fat while you wait does not take kindly
to the modish stride and tailoring Of
Reginald Fairfax, but his large kindly
voice finds comfort in the songs. The
japanese captain is Frank Collins role
Its chances are few. but Mr.. Coffin
makes a considerable most of every
thing that is in sound. In him the
Tivoli has at last found a comic opera
tenor. After a little histrionic expert
ence he ought to be the best in the
history of the house He not only knows
how to sing, but he has the human
voice. Nobody will call his tenor a
diSaa Sc
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pere> continues in London. whore. in the
Adelphi. new version Of The Man in
the Iron Mask" has been produced with
what is declared TO be a marked success.
history IS thrown to the winds for the
sake OF melodramatic effect: and Mar
chiall, whom some theorists hold to have
been the twin brother of Louis XIV, is
made the hero. Not only does he mper-
senate his brother upon the throne. but
remains to rule France. the King having
been killed by mistake. The production
mas been made by Norman Forbes.
brother Of Forbes Robertson and who
acts the tituIar role.
a new play produced In the savory the
atec Antoine of Paris is called "The New
IDOL \ physician, believing a young
woman is doomed 70 die of consumption
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The TiVoIi.

At the Tivoli. too, the same bill will be
continued. The revival of The Geisha"
has made a hit that bids fair to crowd
the house for another week at least Of
fenbach's NEUROLOGICAL opera, "Orpheus
and Eurydfce," will be the next Offering
This famous work ran for nearly two
years at the Bijou Opera-house New
York, and all of the scenic models. cos
tune designs and business invented by
the adapter Max Freeman, will be used
in the TiYoli production.
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The Alcaza-.

The management announces a second
week Of Captain Swift at the Alcazar,
commencing tomorrow, with a special
Dewey day matinee Captain Swift" has
been one of the best presentations of any
plav that the Alcazar has offered in
weeks. 1t is rich in costume, elaborate in
stage dressings and most creditably
played by the cast of players from the Al
cazar's stock. Ernest Hastings, an actor
who Is rapidly coming to the front as one
of the best young leading men IN the
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The
Geisha

stock business, has scored another hit in
Clay NJ. Greenes farcical comedy, en-
uiLtled His Japanese Wife," will follow
Captain Swift"
Lewis Morrison commences his Alcazar
season on Monday. May 5, in Hamlet. "
George Foster Platt, author Of Master
OF Ceremonies" and "Fredericl1 the
Great" Will direct the stage during the
Morrison seq son
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physician whose treatment she required
Many of the remarks had double mean
ings. and others had only one apiece, that
one being indecent. Upon the basis of the
French piece q lot of glib verses by Grant
Stewart, tinkling tunes by Ludwig En-
glander and beautiful ballets by Carl
Marwig had been piled up. and the whole
had been assimilated by George w.
Lederer into Casino kind OF affair.
Nothing more sensuOus had ever been
presented on that stage of audacious
sighuiness"
The revival of the works of Dumas
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The Chutes.

At the Chutes Free Theater the new
bin will include VIII Young. ventrilo-
quist; the four Salvinis. acrobats: the
Hartwell Sisters, singers and dancers.
Robert Ellis. tenor-robustO: Ada
Sweeney in the latest ballads, and Joe
Ola and Queen Hayden in their really
clever Chinese sketch. The smallest pas
senger train ever built now takes chill
dren around the lake. Tomorrow
CDewey day. there will be a balloon
ascension.
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lie Orphaum-

The new people on the Orpheum bill are
the Sisters Hawthorne. the four Mel
son sisters and the Valdares. The Haw-
thornes are the young women who made
3 hit in London recently. They appear
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Iha California

At the California Theater this evening
the RAYS will give their last performance
of their success, "A Hot Old Time" The
attraction has been doing standing-room
buSineSS
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suffered weeks Of unpOpulOusness. This
was due to unattractive pieces, a very
bad tenor and an obvious lack Of en-
thusiasm in the general performance.
But The Geisha" the best of all the
modern musical comedies, inspires the
company. the bad tenor is gone and
replaced by Frank Coffin (vho can sing
and who will soon learn TO acD; and
once more the throng finds its way to
Eddy street. The Southwell company
would have suffered much had it
put up a stale bill in competition with
The Geisha'; the TivOl company
would have stood a chance Of becom-
ing chronicaliy forgot had il staged an
Indifferent piece against "El Captain"
Each manager knew that the other was
ready for a big effort. And in result
the town has two rafting good comic
opera productions at the absurd but
magnetic prices Of % and 30 cents. and
both opera houses are doing encOurag-
ing business. Where a man would not
go TO either show week ago he is now
going to both. There is nothing like
competition.
The southweH people really do re-
markably we'll in Ell Captain" The
opera is a good one. and unique in that
it is written around a clever, lively
libretto. BY itself the book is a good
farce, full of amusing line and situa-
ton and well 7~orked together. A
printed argument" is not necessary
10 an understanding of its plot and
fun. SOusa's music is extravagantly
good in several numbers and good
enough in the others. And the anneXa-
ton Of The Stars and Stripes For
ever" for the closing chorus Of the sec
ond act is one Of the most rousing ana
chronisms ever committed in comic
opera. AS it is sung and pictured by
that immense stageful of brightly clad.
healthy voiced people the effect is
simply galvanic. In point Of ensemble
the De Wolf Hopper production of "El
Captain" in the Baldwin is not to be
remembered. And don't forget that the
Southwen company is a stock organi-
zati0n with a new piece to put on
nearly every week The production is
more than creditable: it is just the
special effort that the house needed.
The chorus is huge well balanced vo-
cally. and under rigorous stage man
agement. Most Of the principals are
good and none is disastrous. Mr. Wo0lf
is hardly as humorous a personality as
De Wolf Hopper, but he is funny just
the same in a legitimate fashion. and
he sings as few comedians have ever
dared 10 do His assumption Of the
title part is original and entirely a sue
cess. Mr.. Wooley is also TO the good
as the Chamberlain He has not the
diminutive stature of Mr.. Klien. his
predecessor in the part, nor the special
talent for making fun out Of pitiable
situations. but along his own lines Of
hearty good-nature he gives most en-
tertaining identity 10 the part. The
women are all good Taken altogether
the production is one of record.
Long ago I wrote myself out on the
subject OF the Tivolfs "Geisha." Musi-
calIy the piece is the best that has been
dore since "The Mikado." The lyrics
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-30

Long ago I wrote myself out on the
subject Of the Tivoli's "Geisha." Musi-
calIy the piece is the best that has been
done since 1.-THE Mikado." The lyrics
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ADJUSTMENTS.

= revival Of the works Of Dumas
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lne t2.l5 per bbl.
Oat-White 35@30c, grey 80.
Hay Timothy-t9@sl 90 per ton.
HOps-s@llc; old crop q Sc.
WOOl-Yalley. l2@i3c; Eastern Or
egOn, S@l4e MOhair n q 80.
Millstuii-Bran, fl7i shorts, tls,
POultry-Chiekens, mixed, t8.O)to $50
Hens 4 70 4.5O, turkeys, live, l3e.
Eggs-OregOn ,2ae per dOz.
Hides-Green, ,salted6O lbs, S@9c .undei
80 lbs, 716@s11 sheep pelts, l5@2Oc.
Onions 10 il<e.
Butter-Best dairy, 87k@iOi fancy
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POtatoes-6O 10 0Oc per GENITAL.
HOgs-heayy dressed Be b &C..
Mutton Dressed, GIsc b. 7c per pound,
Beei-steers. S3.5O@ff.OO; COWS, $500
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Short skirts.

Superintendent l.. +. Wolf OF the
public school OF Kansas City, Kansas,
is brave man but not wise one. He
has recently issued decree in which he
declares that the short skirts, as part
OF the wardrobe Of the school teachers.
must go. A few days ago number OF
the teachers decided TO adopt the golf
skirt as the hest dress for the school
room, and the next morning they APP
peared in their newly adopted common
sense costume, They wore shirt waists,
golf skirts that ended four or five inches
above the heel, aud high shoes OF the
big broad.toed and heavy soled sort that
the common sensed woman are begin
ming to wear so generally II was GER.
tainly a move 10 the right direction, hut
Supt. Wolfe did not see il that way, and
when he came 10 school aud caught his
first glance OF teacher wearing golf
skirt he was terribly shocked. In short
time the decree came out and now the
teachers must wear skirts that touch
the floor
They can wear skirts with long
dragling trains, that pick up all Of the
dirt, diseases germs, and filth OF the
streets and walks, and bring il into the
school room 10 endanger the lives of
the innocent children II they wish, but
under no circumstances will they be
permitted 10 wear the skirts that clear
the floor few inches The $50 women
teachers who are under Superintend mt
Wolfe are very indignant over his de-
cree, and they insist that they will ap-
peal to the board Of education. They
maintain, and are correct in the stand
they take, that the skirt which is cut otf
a few inches above the heel il the prop
er thing for street wear and for wear
in the school room; that il is modest,
and that whoever stands in the way OF
the movement is standing in the way Of
progress. IL Is 10 be hoped that the
teachers will appeal, and that they
will win, for they have the common
sense side Of il. Mr.. Wolfe, you may
be all right as a superintendent OF
schools, but you have certainly made
mistake In your long skirt ruling.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-12-14
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
A Dog Case Which Was Not Tried BE
fore Justice Johnson.


AT one p. m. Wednesday Chester
Nee was ON hand in Recorder Judah's
court to answer the charge Of cruelty
to animals, but the witnesses in the
case displayed great unanimity in be.
ing somewhere else.
By dint of nearly working the arm on
the telephone, however, few of them
were rounded up and the case was
opened at 1880.
The complaint was read accusing
Chester Nee of cruelty beating and
abusing domestic animal to wit, a
dog, and Nee plead not guilty.
No counsel was employed on either
side, and there was no cross examina
tion of witnesses.
Thos. Reynolds was first called. Saw
Nee whipping his dog with two or
three sticks. Had rope or chain
around the dogs neck. and would kick
the dog in the air and beat him with a
stick.
Johnathan Staiger, saw Nee beating
and kicking the dog.
A. c. Fleming, Paul Sroat, also told
OF the beating and all said that IL was
cruel, and caused much comment
among the people who witnessed IL.
Chester Nee took the stand in his
own behalf, Dog was in the habit of
running away. Acknowledged the
whipping, but denied the kicking and
the cruelty. He also wanted to intro.
duce the dog as witness but the Re-
corder did not consider that sort of
parol testimony competent.
Recorder Judah gave the young man
lecture aud imposed fine OF $40,
which the young fellow decided to board
out in Jail, saying he couldn't make
Christmas stake any easier.
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Salt Lake City--An Import Z
ant Factor in Transcon.
tinental Travel.

No 0ne crossing the continent can a..
ford 70 cut Salt Lake City from hlu route.
The attractions Oi the place, including
the Mormon Temple, Tabernacle and
Church Institutions. tho Great Salt
iAke--deader aud dcnser than the Dead
Sea in the Holy fand--lhe picturesque
environment aud the Warm Sulphur
and Hot springs, are grestor 10 this
square yard than any locality GA Cha
American continent.
The Rio 0RAHpE WRsraRS RknwAY,
connecting On The Fast with the Denver
a RiO0randea and Colorado Midland Rail-
ways and on the West with the Southern
Pacific (Central koutel and Oregon
short Line, - the ou'y transconilDeniAl
line passing directly through salt lake
City. The r0ute through salt Lake City
via the Rio 0RANDn WrrKRs RALwAy
Il famous al this year round. On ne-
count u the equabie rllmate II Utah
aud Colorado II is Just a. popular Ia
winter a. In simmer. Send ~ ~ !. y.
Mansfield, g33 Washington s.. Portland f,
or Geo. W. HeluiK, Acting General Pas.
senger Agent, SALT Lake City. for copy
oi "salt Lake Cliy--the City Of the
saints
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New York Journal & Bulletin Dec. 8.

New York Journal a Bulletin Dec. s.
Business is only fair for the season
since export outlet is small and brewers >
and dealers near future wants seeming
ly well covered. Prices remain fairly
firm for choice grade Of 1899 crop,
States and Pacific; but rarely steady
for other grades of the new crop, year
lings or olds. Reports from the Pacific
Coast noted sales to the extent of 600
bales or more at to Sc for good, useful
quality of 1889 crop and stated also that
80 per cent of the California yield has
passed out of growers hands, some
moldy stock going as low as &c. Poorly
picked ard moldy New York State hops
were sold at relatively as low prices in
some Of the interior markets. This
recent business would seem to confirm
the accuracy of what has been noted
recently in this column, superfuity of
poorly picked and otherwise inferior
stock.