The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
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of which brings up the line "All we,
like sheep. run after one another"
David WarfieId came out victorious
in the suit brought against him by
Manager Brooks. whereby he sought to
force Warfield to continue acting the
star role in "The AuctiOneer," pending
the settlement of the affairs of Man
ayers Brooks and BelascO by the re-
ceiver who is in charge of the venture.
Warfield refused to act.if any one but
Belasco was to manage for him, and
when the court appointed another re-
ceivo - carried out his word. Later
Manager Brooks applied for a manda-
tory injunction forcing Warfeld TO
carry out his contract. Justice Leven-
tritt held that he could enjOin Warfield
from acting with any other persons
than those called for in the contract
for his professional services. but that
it did not come within the power OF
the court to compel player to perform
a role if he did not see fit to do it,
Marion Winchester, the American
dancer who has been appearing in the
various Partisan houses the past year,
is reported to be engaged to Count Rob-
ert A. d. Orenty, a scion of one of the
oldest families in Belgium. Miss Win
chester used to be looked upon as an
ordinary dancer in the cheap theaters
throughout the country. Suddenly she
burst before a New York audience in
a new dance that won instant approval.
Following up her success there she
went abroad and has been a big favor
ite since on the other side
The latest report has it that the sue
cess of FRITZ Scheff in "Babette" has
had much to do with Lillian Russell
deciding to return to the field of comic
opera next season. The present indica-
tions are that the fair Lillian will have
a new opera of the romantic sort writ
ten for her by Victor Herbert, and that
when she goes a starring again it will
be under her own management. The
fair Lillian retired from the comic opera
field just when musical comedy was
coming into vogue. 1t looks now as IL
that form of entertainment has played
out the string for the time being, and
that the public is once more turning
back toward the comic opera pieces in
which the ability of the prima donna to
sing is one important requisite This
has been sadly overlooked in the music
al comedies.
Sothern was entertaining ar old
friend the other evening in his dress
ing-room between the scenes of The
Proud Prince" md there arose an ar
gument upon the drama in general
His friend, a somewhat excitable gen
tleman, was in the heat of discussion
and was employing language scarcely
fit for the drawing-room, when sud
denly there entered the room a dig
nified and a decorous colored man,
who advanced to the center of the
room, saying in an earnest monotone:
Have you no fear of God?" and
mysteriously departed as he came
Mr.. Sothern's guest was greatly
GImfounded, but was too well bred to
ask any questions. Resuming his ar
gument he again grew heated in his
remarks, and again the colOred man
quietly and mysteriously entered, and,
clearing his voice, declared:
'If you were the devil himself, do
you think you could make me like
you?"
To Sothern'A guests surprise the
actor took the interruption as a mat
ter of course, so Sothern's visitor in a
dazed manner continued his argu-
ment, only to be interrupted by the
same colored intruder, this time with
the remark:
Il know you now, and God knows
I pity YOU"
Mr. Sothern's guest was now too
surprised to talk. He sat in a col
lapsed condition until the same man
had entered three separate times and
in expressionless voice had said:
II am as cha-geless as the sun.
You are the strange woman.
"You shall be as beautiful as I am
and as happy"
The last remark was too much even
for Sothern's friends nerves. He was
barely able to gasp, HSothern, what
the does this mean? Is this a
joke or an insane asylum? Who is
this fellow?"
That" said the actor, chat is SIM
ply my dresser, Lewis. His duty is to
notify me of the progress of the play
by lines. In that manner know
when my cue comes.
oh said Mr.. Sothern's guest, wip-
ing great beads of perspiration from
his face, Il thought had EN-
Klaw & Erlanger will take their
big spectacular Mother Goose" to st.
Louis when it completes it's run in New
York this season. The move is to have
the piece there and well installed for
the opening of the Worlds Fair. These
outside attractions have always done
welTin connection with previous worlds
fairs. At Chicago America" at the
Auditorium had an enormous run, and
cld-timers recall the success of THE
Black Crook in connection with the
Philadelphia Centennial Mother
Goose" will be installed in the Olympic
Theater, which is one Of the largest
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