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The San Francisco call., 1899-05-14

The somewhat astonishing statement is
made in London newspaper that not one
of the theaters in the metropolitan dis
trict possesses a fire alarm box, and it
adds that, as q general rule. the mana
geriaI staff OF a theater is totally igpor-
ant where such an instrument could be
found in case of sudden emergency
Vienna still remains the chosen home of
the spectacular ballet In most cities this
class of performance seldom outlasts a
season but the Yicnnese Will attend rep
etitiOns of a ballet for half a century A
case in point is ''Satanella 1t was first
given fOrty-SiX years ago. with Marie Ia
glioni, and its recent revival was its one
hundredth and ninety-fifth performance.
1t is rumored that Sir Arthur Sullivan.
long forgotten work his thirty three
year-old symphony, in London, intends to
soon publish his musical "reminiscences.
A London journalist declares that IF
these contain half the good stories in his
repertory, they promise to be very inter
esting reading Sir Arthur will contrib
ute the subject matter, although the ac-
tual writing of the volume will be in
trusted to a more experienced literary
hand
So much discussion of endowed theaters
is now going on, led by William Archer
that people will be interested in these
views of Forbes Robertson: "A state
theater l do not believe in-that is, for
this country: Feeling is yet too strong
against the theater in many quarters to
make it possible to egislate for a state
playhouse. My dream is for an endowed
theater, which would be the home of the
standard drama. Why should not some
wealthy man come forward with a gift
of money and establish such an institu-
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Grand Cpcra House

Tomorrow evening the Southwell Opera
Company whose merits are now thor
oughly recognized by the public, will en-
ter on the seventh week of it's engagement
and produce a double bill. consisting OF
"Cavalleria RustiCana' and "Pinafore
Each opera will have a distinct prima
donna and leading tenor This will be the
first time in San Francisco that grand
and comic opera will have been produced
in their entirety together at the same per-
formance at the low price of % and 30
cents. In "Pinafore" Eleanor Guist, who
has been enjoying a three weeks vaca-
ton, will appear as Josephine. The bal
ance of the cast will be as follows: Little
Buttercup Bertha Ricci; Cousin Hebe,
Daisy Thorne; Sir Joseph Porter, Arthur
Wooley; Captain Corcoran Winfred
Goff; Ralph Rackstraw, Miro Delamotta
Dick Deadeye, William Wolff; Bill Bob
stay. Forrest d. Carr, sergeant of ma
rines, Mace Bonneville. OF course, "Caval-
leria Rusticana" will excite the chief in
terest. as it will mark the first appear
ance of the SouthweH Opera Company
here in grand opera Mr.. Persse will sing
Turridu, Miss Mason Santuzza Miss Ladd
Lola, Miss Ricci Lucia and Messrs. Wolff
and Goff will alternate as Alto. Atten-
tOn will be paid to the mounting and cos
tuning and the orchestra will be con-
siderably enlarged.
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ton? The cry is, of course, that such
speculation would not pay. But does the
man who haunts the racecOurse and bets
ON horses run a better chance OF return
for his outlay? Yet look at the thousands
a wealthy man will squander in this way.
] don't say am Sanguine that our savior
will arise in the near future. | only ask
why the charitable and philanthroplC man
always neglects the sacred cause of art
in his bequeStS and legacies? obviously
such a theater must be the home OF
standard plays ! would attach to it act
ors who have learned their business-old,
young or middle-aged The plays would
he changed frequently-say. once a
week-and no long runs would be coun-
tenanced. The salaries of the endowed
theater would not be high. but the
amount would not represent an actor
value at what [ may call one OF the com
meTcial houses. The income might not
indeed would not likely-meet the eX-
penditure for the first few years. but in
the end ] am convinced the scheme would
even pay
A few weeks ago Victor Herberts
Wizard of the Nile was produced IN
Munich-of course in a German transla-
ton The Munchener Allgemeine. news
paper of high standing and old fame,
thought the event worthy of a very elab
crate criticism. The critic takes 1t for
granted that the Wizard of the Nile
was intended as a burlesque on Verdi s
aida" and so he tries to point out that
the>aIlthorS unfortunately have failed to
accomplish the deed. The book, he re-
marks, is not at all cleverly made, and it's
jokes are coarse He admits, however,
that the character of Cleopatra is well
drawn.
After reciting the story of the book in
detail, he turns toward the music, start
ing with the following remarkable asSer-
ton: THE composer he says, has made
use of Verdis music more in an initiative
than in an ironical way. There are pretty
melodies but they are nodded rather af-
ter the original without succeeding in
making fun of them"
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7 iVoIi.

Tonight will mark the one-hundredth
performance of The Geisha" at the Tivoli
Opera-house. A fitting souvenir will be
presented. Tomorrow night Offenbach $
spectacular opera in three acts, "Orpheus
and Eurydice a merry fantasie, with
scenes upon the earth in the heavens
and in the lower regions, will be revived
New scenery has been designed and paint
ed by oscar l.. Fest. The lengthy cast
will include Anna LIGHTER as Eurydice
Phil Branson as Orpheus. Edwin Stevens
as Jupiter. William Pruette as Pluto
William Schuster as StyX and Charles w
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Her !
; Virtues. :
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final week of its stay and appearances
are for a continuation of wen-filled
houses. Charles Frohman has certainly
sent fine company of comedians for the
Interpretation of the Bisson farce. f. M
Holland and Fritz Williams. together with
Esse Tittell, share the honors Of the per
formance. and one OF the hts is the in,
PRODUCTION of the girl with the nodded
wink by Nav Lambert The smoothness
with which this production moves and the
air of CleVerness which pervades 1t all
make the performance doubly enjoyable.
The attraction to follow is the Herbert
Kelcey-Effie Shannon combination IN
Clyde Fitchs American drama, The
Moth and the Flame"
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Outer Wo- Id.

streets. Dr. H. ]. Stewart is the musical
director.
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The Kneisel 0uertet

The famous Kneisel Quartet has de-
cided to visit San Francisco again this
year and will give two concerts at the
Sherman & Clay Hall, riday evening
MAY &c, and Saturday afternoon, May z.
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Miss Nc ~Ioskeu S Recital.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Marquardt, violin
ist and harpist. are engaged to play at
Miss McCloskey's recital, May IT,, at the
Y. NJ. c. A. Hall, Mason and Ellis
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The Chutos

At the Chutes Weston and Herbert are
genuinely amusing and tuneful musical
comedians. Querita Vincent robust
and pretty dancer: Antonio Vargas a
really good barytone; George H Wilson
an eccentric buck and wing dancer, and
the four Salvinis, men and women aero
bats
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The Alcazar's production is about as
good as could be given in the circum-
stances of the company. The scenery
is sane and comely; there is an unac-
customed air of stage management in
the grouping and general department
of the players doubtless due to the
personal attention of the author), and
the Individual acting is keener than
usual. Miss Laura Crews is noticeably
to the front as the japanese girl, whom
she invests with just the right blend
of fngenuousness and insinuation. The
mother-in-law is only fairly realized by
Miss Marie Howe, and her spouse is
conventionally handled by Clarence
Montaine. Charles Bryant does con-
siderable but not enough in the prodi-
qious part of the Japanese wrestler,
and Howard Scott makes the mission
orv ont TO be a more banal figure than
be really is. Mr.. Hastings gives an
easv. natural personality to Merrifield
and Daniel Halifax wallows in stacy
onimation as his friend, McGuffin. Miss
FitzaI1en plays Mrs. Merrifield as she
nIavs everything else with all the OBJ
vious arts and lures of bygone
scheme of acting. But on the whole the
AIcazar deserves credit for its enter
1,rise There is nothing like new play
70 set the town a-talking. | can think
of only one practicable sensation that
uTouId he more successful than His
Tananese Wife" and that would be a
new. attractive, human leading woman.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-14
BY A5btoD Stevens.


Swain as Aesculapius. Among the beau
ties of the heavens Charlotte Beckwith
(Olive SnideD will be the Venus Ynez
Deane the Juno George Cooper the Mer
curry. Tillie Salnger the Public Opinion,
Annie Myers the Diana Maude Stiu the
Hebe and pretty little Hazel Callahan
the Cupid, Master Arnold Grazer, as
Ganymede, will introduce a new demon
janissaries will be a special feature.
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0rpheum.

The Orpheum is banking heavily on the
new acts, of which there are three and of
these two are imported direct from Eu-
rope for the Orpheum circuit The Mont
rose troupe, a party of six European ac-
robats, are expected to give us something
really new and another novelty on the
bill is the Escamillos. also Europeans.
The latter excel as head to head bal
ancers. Miss Edna Aug, who is to join
DAILY next season, is credited with being
a very clever comedenne. A number of
acts are retained from last weeks bill.
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Columbia.

with this evening the capitally
rendered farce. "On and Off" will
close the first week Of its engagement.
on Monday night it begins the second and
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O4rpia.

The Olympia has almost new bill for
this week. The headliners are Earle S.
way and Madge Maitland in their orig
inal act Coon Town Trouble" "
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but not wantonly. | cannot recall an
unseemly line or situation in the whole
piece Some persons might object to
the caricature of the missionary, but
that would be ON artistic rather than
moral grounds, for he is in every sense
the conventional third sex of farce. The
one bit of absolute suggestion is in the
best character that Mr.. Greene has
drawn. the mother-in-laW. BY a happy
bit of topsy-turvydom he has evolved
a sweet t-tempered, affectionate mother
in-law, who loves her son-in-law and
stands up for him whenever there is
any possible chance TO do SO. and even
when there is not. He is equally fond of
her. and as Mr.. Hastings plays him his
devotion runs largely to smacks and
embraces, which are enthusiastically
yet cOquettishly received and returned.
Had this play come from the French 1t
were easy TO imagine an unpleasant
situation, but written as it is in the
healthiest American spirit, one can at
the most only challenge the players
interpretation Mr.. Greene is all right
morally. His sins are merely those of
most playwriters. He has not written
a perfect play. But at least he sins
with originality, in that he has written
too little rather than too much. His
Japanese Wife" is not in my opinion,
sufficiently elaborated to give the
proper suspense to its main incidents
and the proper definiteness to its main
characters. There should be more knots
to be tied and united in it's intrigue.
The counterplot, which concerns itself
with the thorny pathed engagement
of the Widow McGuffin and Mr.. Mudd,
would better be based on something
more strenuous than the absurdity of
the prospective husbands name. Young
McGuffin is the stepsOn Of Mrs. Nc
Guffin, and his fathers will gives him
some sort of say over the widows re-
marriage. This situation has many
humorous possibilities, and several of
them have been seized upon by Mr..
Greene, but the stepsOns objection to
the name of Mudd is g-drawn-out
and in the end Improbable. Evidently
the farce has been put together in some
haste 1t is clever in idea, original in
several Of the characters, practically
! effective if not brilliant in dialogue;
! but it is lacking in that careful work
manship which Mr.. Greene is capable of
when he exacts from himself nothing
| less than his best. The amiable
mother-in-law is a rich new figure, and
! the transferring of all the peevish
! qualities that usually belong to this
character to the father-in-law is
| another striking feat; the Japanese
wrestler is sharply comic as we'll as
satiric, and his demure daughter is a
| perfectly poised characterization, full
of unconscious fun. the best kind of all.
! The. other characters are, naturally,
| conventional (yOu don't expect man
to revolutionize the stage every time he
writes a play), but quite good in their
| kind. The piece is very entertaining in
| its present form, but to be worthy of
| it's inspiration it needs liberal elabora-
ton and shaping. The principal char
acters should stand out more poignant
/ ly, and there certainly ought to be more
| hurrah when the curtain falls on the
! first and second acts.
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Her
Sins.
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in the city is the panoramic reproduction
OF the Battle of Manila on Market street,
near Eighth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13
LORD SALISBURY HESITATES.
While Peace Is Not Impossible, 1t Is IM-
probable-Anarchy Threatened by
the Lawless In johannesburg.

LONDON, Oct. 10-The Berlin CORE.
spondent of the Evening Standard
says: Information has been received
in diplomatic quarters here that Lord
Salisbury at the last moment hesi ates
to enter upon war with the Trans
vaal. A peaceful solution is not, there
fore, altogether impossible, although
it is improba be-"
According to the latest advices from
johannesburg the natives, who seem
to have been reinforced by the lawless
element, are getting out Of hand and
anarchy is threatened.
The vastness of Great Britain's mill
tary preparations, seemingly out of all
proportion to the work in hand in
South Africa was not fully realized by
the public until the war office announ-
ced that % 900 reserves had already
been summoned to rejoin the colors.
As a matter of fact Gen. Sir Redvers
Butler will have command of twice as
many British soldiers as the Duke of
Wellington, the conqueror of the first
Napoleon, ever saw collected on one
battlefield.
LONDON, Oct. 10.-The most important
news from South Africa comes from
Mafeking, where twice on Saturday
the British camp was aroused, the men
stood to their arms, guns were linn
bered and patrols were dispatched in
the direction of the Beers. No fight
ing has occurred as yet, but the enemy
has moved practically to the border,
eight miles from Mafeking, intrenched
at the east six thousand, comprising
five commanders.
/ The garr.soning and fortifying Of
the town are practically completed.
/ The streets are barricaded and per-
feet system Of mines has been laid,
Two armored trains have arrived at
Mafeling, consisting of three bullet
proof cars, the first of which carries a
searchHght, while the sides of the
cars are loopholed. Each train is
complete in itself and carries its own
provisions. Experiments with lyddite
in the mines prove that it is an eX-
tremely powerful explosive.
Col. Robert Stephenson Smith Pow
ell, commanding the 5th dragon
guards, has issued a notice that the
Beers who are massed on the Natal
and Buchuanland frontiers have or.
ders not to fire until the British fire
first, and the town is we'll prepared
for eventualities, but as the Boer:
may she'll the place, every endeavoi
should be made to safeguard the won
en- and children.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13
GOV. TAYLOR
Is Greeted by n Cultured Audience,
CrOwding the House.

Is Greeted by Cultured Audience,
Crowding the House.
A cultured audience filled to overflow
ing the Opera House last Friday night
to hear the immensely popular ex-Gov.
Robt l.. Taylor, deliver his new lecture,
"Loye, Laughter and Song In few
well chosen words he was presented to
his audience by Hon. f. w. Carmack,
and after making happy acknowledge
menI of the complimentary things said
of him, this magnetic "apostle of sun
shine" launched at once into his subject.
The magnetism of the speaker, the
hush that fell upon the eXpectant audi
ence, placed them at once en- rapport
the one with the other, and with cheer
ing and laughing and beaming faces the
hour flew by upon the wings of Glove.
Laughter and Song"
Mr. Taylor's new lecture is sym
phony of beautiful words, gem of
stringing pearls, galaxy of lovely
thoughts: and there were none who
heard him who did not feel how inn
measurably better it is to tell the hu-
man race a laugh provoking story, than
to weary them with some tremulous tale
of woe. By the mesmerism of his elo-
quence he led his listeners from sunny
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

smiles tovales of tears. At times his
meteoric flights o. oratory would ascend
to dizzy heights and alc~st entrance
the spell-bound hearers with tho beau
ties of their expressions thHr again lie
would descend with facle grace to
plain and simple statements Of homely
facts and fiction And when he was
done, lighted hearted people, with the
melody Of his voice and the mirth Of his
anecdotes lingering with them, laughed
and chatted and complimented "Ow
Bob" as they dispersed to their homes
tar and near There is no lodging or
denying it; Bob Taylor is a prince Of
lecturers, and most IOvable man.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13
The rre.Id len. rI.a..n.ly su-p l.sa.

CHICAGO. Oct. 10 President Mckin-
ley was treated 70 pleasant surprise
when he arose sunday morning. His
brother. Abner Mckinley, accompanied
10y Mrs. Mckinley, Miss Mabel McKin-
ley and Col. f. A. Brown arrived at .he
Annex early in the morning and were
the first ones to greet the chief execu'
tive and Mrs MckinleE-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

Nm. j. Bryan Very III.

WEBSTER, Ia, Oct. 10.-William Jen-
nings Bryan was very sick man Sun
day night. Friends who have spent
Sunday with him at the farm of Fred
Z. White, democratic candidate for
governor of Iowa, three miles from
Webster, are afraid that Mr.. Bryan
may have temporarily to abandon his
campaign work not only in Iowa, but
in Kentucky and Ohio. lie suffers
frcm MS lungs and throat
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13
SUITS IN CIRCUIT COURT.
vt. Pleasant Southern Railway File Pc
titions for Condemnation.

The Mt. Pleasant southern Railway
have filed petitions in the Circuit Court
i'm five different cases against J. -. Frier-
son. II. r. Harlan ct A., the Tennessee
Phosphate Co, the Mt. Pleasant Turn
pike Co. and W. =. Ridley, trustee.
These petitions were filed for the purpose
Of securing the condemnation Of the lands
q the above named parties, in order d
secure a right-of way. The Mt. Pleas
ant Southern Railway viii be- "a branch
railroad on the Nashville. Florence il
Sheffield Railway. To boz built and oper
ated by the American Phosphate Go.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13
A PAYING HOUSE.

The Taylor Lecture N't- the daughters
Of the Cou.ederacy SI1O.SO.
The total receipts derived by the
Daughters of the Confcderacy from the
lecture delivered at the Opera House
Friday night by cXGoy. r. l.. Taylor
amounted to 5llLJO, Of which 40 per
cent, or SlGj.oO, was received by the
Daughters "a, their share of of the pro
cecus. Dequcting go from the
amount, whicn they paid for the use Of
the house, they have slI050 10 be de
voted to tine care of INDECENT and needy
ex Confederate soldiers. This was the
first instance Of where the tickets were
an dis, osed of at an advance sale.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13
GOVERNOR TAYLOR
Tells of an Interview With Par dom
Seeking Woman.

Gov. Taylor, of Tennessee, tells Of
an interesting interview with q pardon
seeking woman. He had fed to his sum
mer home to escape the crowds of par
don seekers, when the woman, who had
sought him in vain at the capital. was
ushercd into his presence. "Well.
Madam, what can Go for your" u
want to see the Governor, sir" "Well,
| am the Governor, what is it?'' "Ah,
sir. my man he's been put in prison. sir,
and | want to ask if you won't let him
out?" The Governors face hardened
He had not, after all, escaped the par
don seekers. But he did not turn her
away. "What was ne sent up for?" he
asked. You see, sir, he was hungry,
and he just stole ham to keep us from
starving" "Well, I'm sorry, but l
can { do anything for you. Your man
must serve his sentence. There's too
much stealing going on" "Oh, Gov
ernor, please, please let him out, -
pleaded the woman, the tears flowing
down her checks. The tears had their
effect. The Governor softened. Steal
ing "a ham was not such "a terrible crime,
and this poor woman no doubt needed
her husband. lie decided to question
her q little. But why" he asked,
"shou.d / give your man his freedom
because, sir, We are hungry again and
we amt got no more ham.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

Hon. ADLAI STEPHENSON, says a
late dispatch, delivered an address
before the Illinois Society at the fair
grounds at Dallas, Tex, recently.
Who's Adlai?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

A STATE of war practically exists
between Great Britain and the
Transvaal, although no formal dec
laration has been made.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

SAS FEANcisco, Oct. 1o-The hospital
ship solac,, with Gen. Funston and =
number Of sick and wounded soldiers
aboard, has reached port
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

CAPITALISTS from a distance are
directing their attention to Mau-
ry county and Columbia, and look
ing into the feasibility of investing
here. Maury county needs more
manufacturing industries, and now,
if ever, is the time to get them. Lets
make pull for them.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

AS result of the closing down of
the mills at Cumberland, Md, by
the Tin Plate Trust, 1000 men have
been thrown out of employment.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

THE statement is made that the
late Cornelius Vanderbilt regarded
his wealth as a trust. If that be
true, few people would complain of
the wages he allowed himself as
trustee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

LIVING the life of a recluse in the
woods near Campbelisburg, Ind, is a
son of Marshal Ney, the hero of the
Napoleonic wars. Tae recluse was
born in France during the years
when his father was with Napoleon.
lie refuses TO talk With any one, es-
pecially on his history. 1t is said
that he became disgusted with the
ingratitude of mau as he viewed it
through the treatment of his father,
and that when he left France he
tried to free himself from all coa-
nections with the world. When he
came to Indiana il was a great for
est, aud for many years he lived un-
noticed aud unknown. He has plenty
Of money.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

LEXINGTON, Ky, Oct. 10-Co-s deal.
ers have not fed their customer, here
that there will b. another rise Of 50
cents per ton on coal Monday
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

SENATOR JONES says that Bryan
is certain to be nominated.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

AN Indiana paper says thtt -
ator Lindsay, of Kentucky, has an
nounced affiliation with the Repub-
lican party" The Mississippi river
is also now running north and empty
ing itself into Lake Michigan.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

THIS years corn crop is probably
the largest ever made.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

WOMEN of Toledo, o., have decid
ed to boycott the French language.
That will be an easy task for most of
them. They have been boycotting
it from force of circumstances all
their lives.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-10-13

MORE negroes are being enlisted
to take up the white mans burden
In the Philippines.