The San Francisco call., 1899-08-10
BIG SALE
EXPECTED
Auction OF Boxes and
Seats at the
Orpheum.
1t Costs Nothing to Attend
1T and Get Strictly in
the Swim.

The auction sale of boxes and choice
seats for the benefit Of the California
Volunteers will begin promptly at noon
to-day at the Orpheum. A short ana
snappy entertainment will precede the
main event. Every possible arrangement
has been made for the seating. of the vast
crowd expected and they are promised an
afternoons pleasure absolutely free OF
cost. Don't forget that
Almost as elaborate preparation has
been made for the reception of the pubic
at this sale as has been expended so 1ar
on the benefit proper. First OF all II mas
been arranged as Q sort of dress AFFAIR
not full dress Just full enough. The
Mayor will be there TO receive the patri-
otic public bent on lOosening its purse
strings and such others as may drop IN
10 lend eclat-or something Ike ito the
occasion. Assisting his Honor Will pc
4 beyy Of bewitChing stage beauties: VINO
will mask their designs on the audience
behind parapets OF smiles. you We 4ea[u
Of them all and admired thelf pHot1-
. graphs. # YOU don't know them. Now
your chance TO get up closer; here the
beauty list to date: Edna Wallace Hop
garet Anglin. Alice Nelson. Florence
Roberts. Edith Mason, Anna LIGHTER,
Louise ThOrrdyke BouCiCault. Mary van
Buren,, Della Stacey. Mary Linck, Hattie
Belle Ladd. Juliet Crosby, Helen henry
May Buckley. Irene Everett MIS-. Ernes mes,
tine Kreling, Mrs John Morrisey and
Beth Franklin. Numerous others will un-
doubtedIy be- present
The OTpheUm doors Will be thrown open
to the public at 1870 o'clock this morn
ing The theatrical managers will be on
. hand to act as uSnerS and Will be assisted
by two young men from each Playh3oo1nise
. in the city. Six AdOriSeS Of the Police
Department VIII keep order Promptly
at noon the orchestra Will strike up the
Hvelest thing it knows. 1t is the inten-
ton after this 10 put on an entertainer
or two. then TO turn on biOgraph pictures
aof battle scenes. introduce Mayor Phelan,
shoot Nr. Wendell Easton through a
stage trap into the gaze Of the wondering
audience. Mr.. Easton' has no whlskers
on the top of his head to deceive them.
a few hypnotic passes from the director
general OF the auction and the intending
buyers of boxes and choice seats are sup
posed to be dead easy. He VIII get out
his little hammer and start his assistants
on their way. Amy one who has ever
seen Mr.. Easton orticiate at a function
of this sort knows the Iund OF humOr at
his command. He is irresistible, ana
when he gives any one a knock down
10 another the case is fixed. They say
he once arranged one between an impOY-
erished nObleman and a sassiety girl and
now they've got as far as the divorce
This fund of humor is at the disposal
OF the theatrical managers committee to-
day and if the running comments of Mr..
Easton do not furnish enough action to
the piece a great many people are mis-
Colonel L. J. Lyons, Grand Army vet
part of the performance and two heroes
of Santiago. Major II. W. Cardwen and
Captain T W Moore. who arrived lately
in the city, Will lend their presence to the
scene.
The stage managers at their meeting
yesterday morning announced that they
had every reason to believe the boxes and
choice Of seats would go as readily as the
California Volunteers responded to the
call 10 arms. Many people had already
communicated their intention of getting
in early for choice pickinSs.
Remember, it costs you nothing to go