The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15
q NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA 70
MUSIC-LOVERS
MAKE A PLEA
FOR BUILDING
BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE.

OAKLAND. Jan. 14.-Rumor has 1t
that a club building is soon to be erect
ed in San Francisco that will not only
furnish accommodation for several So
cial organizations, but will include
good-sized auditorium Undoubtedly
such a building is needed in San Fran
cisco-the only concert hall there is III
tie better than a barn. But we Oak
landers are In still greater need. we
have absolutely no place where gcoo
music, or even lecture, can be llsteneu
to with any kind of mental or physlcal
comfort. The Oakland Club has ar
ranged for the services of jacob Aiis
for lecture next week and was Obliged
to make a virtue of necessity and take
Reed Hall for the occasion. Unless tnat
place is crowded the club and the two
kindergartens under whose auspices the
lecture will be given will have very lit
tie profit to share. All the artists that
come to San Francisco would be heard
here If there were a decent hall in
which they could sing or play.
"Pinafore" is soon to be given by
local talent for the Fruitvale Chapel,
and later THE Little Tycoon will be
presented for Fabiola. The management
of both these operas have been COM
PEELED at great expense to engage
local playhouse.
Then there are the three big musical
clubs-the Hughes, the Orpheus and
the Wednesday Morning clubs-tnaI
frequently give entertainments that
are worthy better environment than
now obtainable. Every time any one OF
the numerous charitable ORGANIZATIONS
gives a benefit there is first grand
skirmish for a hall. But In spite OF po-
litical millstones and propinquity to the
metropolis, Oakland is gradually be-
coming something more than vaude-
vile joke, and mayhap some day some
of our own rich men, who like +. =.
Havens and F. M. Smith are lovers OF
art also, will build an auditorium that
will make us rise and call them blessed.
Let us hope the present generation VIII
not be precluded by old age from It's
benefits.
"Pinafore," that is being now re-
hearsed, will be given at Ye Liberty
Theater on February Z and promises
to be a great musical success. MIS-.
Henry Wetherbee is engineering the
affair and keeping enthusiasm up to
the necessary pitch. Miss Pearl King
is stage manager and is working seven
days out of the week to insure the
little operas success, and those who
know Miss Kings ability are satisfied
that 'Pinafore" will be an artistic pro-
duction. Anson Hilton is musical di-
rector. The choruses are ample and
the leading parts are all in good
hands. Mrs. Mary Carpeneto Mead,
who will play Josephine, is not only a
clever actress and sweet singer, but a
beautiful woman as well. With luxu-
RANT hair of a perfect Titan tint,
great brown eyes and lily-like skin,
Mrs. Mead is an unusual and fascin-
ating type.
Miss Gertrude Gould, one of Oak
lands most charming society girls.
will essay the role of Buttercup, and
Miss Ruth Weston will be Hebe. San
ford Bennett of Alameda promises an
admirable Sir Joseph Porter, and
Harry Perry OF the Press Club quar-
tet will be the captain. DR.. Frank
Rudolph as Ralph Rackstraw, Louis
Jacoby as Dick Deadeye and Clarence
Oliver as the bos'n are all good sing
ers, so altogether the cast seems to be
more than ordinarily attractive.
Now comes forth the Hughes Club
with the programme for its first con-
cert of the season and the first an
nouncement that holds the eye Is that
Ricardo Augusta Encarnacao Git is
not necessary to say it all at onceD,
midst. will sing. 1t seems he is a
friend of Llewellyn Hughes, son OF
D. P. Hughes, and it was through
him that the famous singer was per-
suaded to appear at the coming con-
cert.
The Hughes Club is the largest and
most successful woman's choral on
the coast and it's biennial concerts are
always important musical events. The
coming concert will take place next
Friday evening. The club officers this
year are: Mrs. WILDER Walker, pres
ident; Mrs. j. E. Henderson, secre-
tary; Miss Lalia Phillips, treasurer:
Mrs. Charles Poulter, Mrs. Lewelyn
Williams, voice committee; Mrs. Karl
Nickel, Mrs. Elanoir Campbell, music
committee; Mrs. Robert Hughes, ac-
companist; d. p. Hughes. director.
The Goldfelds Labor Council of
West Australia has passed a resolu-
ton in favor of a six-hour working
day, and as Labor Ministry is in
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