The San Francisco call., 1905-02-27
SaVage'S Company Arrives
From South and Will
Open To- Night

The Savage English Grand Opera art
lists, chorus, musiciansA scenery and
all that go to make a complete grand
opera investiture arrived last night
from Los Angeles on the company s
special train of fourteen cars. Miss Ger
trude Rennyson and Marion well. to-
gether with Messrs. Sheehan and Golf.
came up from Los Angeles Saturday
night, arriving in this city yesterday
morning. The first person to alight from
the big special was Rita Newman. who
was met by number of her schoolgirl
and society friends, who have pre-
pared a warm welcome for her in her
native city.
Manager Chas. r. Bacon. who is well
known here, was busy attending to the
proper arrangements for hauling the
scenery and taking good care of his
charges. All night long large scene
trucks hauled the elaborate productions
to the theater and to storage ware
houses, the Columbia Theater not be-
ing large enough to house all the
scenery required for the productions
in the company's repertory.
The company carries the largest
wardrobe of any similar organization.
the outfit is worth a small fortune.
There is scarcely an ancient monarch
of Europe or Africa who could not
step from his grave into this great
wardrobe, fit himself up in the dress
of the day in which he left the earth
and move on as though time had not
rolled up in the meanwhile a matter
of three, four or five hundred years.
Not even the Inflated Marie An
toinette, whose gowns were without
number but not without price. boasted
a wardrobe SO rich and elaborate as
that which this opera company must
take wherever it sings. Then there are
the heavy and almost countless pieces
of scenery, including the two hundred
and fifty drops" tons of platforms
and solid interior settings for such pro-
ductions as "Othello,' '"Tosca." Lob
engrin," and 'Tannhauser.'
Mr.. Savage's working staff of car
penters and electricians took possess
sion of the stage at the Columbia inn
mediately after the performance last
night to make the necessary alterations
for the elaborate productions that are
to be shown during the grand opera
festival. The local management also
put on force of men to remove three
rows of seats and construct new
pit for the grand opera orchestra Of
fifty musicians. Another force of
workmen is overhauling the stage and
preparing enlarged accommodations un-
women and property men.
The company will open at the Co.
lumbia tonight in Verdis "Othello.' -
to be repeated Thursday evening and
at the Saturday matinee. Bizet's Car
men, being sung on Tuesday and
Thursday and the following Sunday
evenings, with Wagner's "Lohengrin''
on Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
Variety is the main feature of the
bill at the Orpheum this week. The
admirer of vaudeville can run down
the line of the programme and at a
glance see something that looks es-
Eecially good to him. One of the lead
ing new attractions for the week is the
wonderful electric marionettes pre-
sented here for the first time by Paul
Powell Such a marvellous shading and
blending Of beautiful lights and colors
was never before presented on any
stage. The scenes include life action
and beautiful views, and the produc-
tion can easily be termed headliner
any place.
"Piwitt, or the mysterious face" is
another feature of the programme that
is worth going miles to see. This weird
automaton expressed emotion of every
kind at the simple command of the
man who stands out in the middle OF
the stage and talks to the audience
about the marvellous feats performed
by the huge face
The Brothers Rossi present an inter-
esting act without words entitled "The
Mysterious Sweetheart The act en-
bodies plenty of mystery and ends in
an Old-time sort of rough house scene
that takes the house by surprise. The
Alpine troupe of English acrobats do