The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03

cities in the south of France. and have
been looking forward to his appear
ance in Florence with great expec-
fancy He has not played in Florence
since he was 13 years of age. when he
appeared in a charity concert and was
pronounced then a musical prodigy.
| Since that time he has studiously re-
Trained from presenting himself before
the public but has continued his
| studies in Florence, and for the past
two years in Paris. and therefore at the
present time he does not present h1m-
| self for public approval proclaiming
| his age as a reason for favorable cr1tl-
cisms but he appears as d finished art
| list who has played with success in the
leading musical centers of Europe
| This combination of Saint-Saens and
| SpaIding secured at the Pergola Thea
ter last evening a packed mouse The
boxes and stalls were filed with the
leading people of Florence. In the
royal box was seen the Count of Turin
and his aide de camp; in other boxes
were all the leaders of Florentine So
ciety, also many of them occupying
stalls.
The capacity of the house was totally
| inadequate to accommodate the crowds
who were clamoring for seatS.-From
the Musical Courier.
The performance of The Lion and
the Mouse" at the Lyceum Theater real
lied for the California sufferers
sz0vz.oo Messrs. Daniel Frohman and
Henry B. Harris donated the receipts,
the members of the company and the
attaches of the house their salaries. and
Charles Klein, the author of the play.
/ his royalty In addition Henry B. Har
/ ris arranged for a benefit to be given
by the Western The Lion and the
| Mouse company now appearing at Los
! lAngeles-From Hudson Theater, New
York.
I
The Ellen Terry jubilee matinee will
be given at the Drury Lane Theater in
London on June II, the theater having
| been donated by Arthur Collins. The
second act of Much Ado About Moth
ing" will be a feature, with Ellen
Terry as Beatrice. Marion Terry as Hero,
Kate Terry as Ursula. Minnie Terry as
Margaret, and Fred Terry as Don Pc
dro The Benedict will be Beerbohm
Tree. H. B. Irving and George Alexan-
der have consented to appear. and Nine
Melba will sing a song between the
acts.-New York Dramatic news
Henry B. Harris has received from
Ben Stern, manager of his Western
The Lion and the Mouse" company, the
first account of the organization's
escape from San Francisco on the morn
ing of the earthquake Mr. Stern writ
ing from Fresno on Thursday, says;
After the shock / hurriedly collected
Miss Coghlan, Miss Shayne, Arthur
Byron and George Parsons, who were
stopping at the st. Francis. with me. 1
hurried them into the square in front
of the hotel. where we were Joined by
all the members OF the company, and
r thankful
feeling in the heart of every actor-to
find his manager in time of trouble.
1--WE were due to leave the city for
San Jose at o'clock I hurried to the
Palace Hotel to secure conveyance.
but was told at the Office that the barns
were burning. / found an express
wagon and asked the driver If he would
take us to the depot. He named his
price at $50. to which 1 readily as
sented. l had hardly completed these
arrangements when man rushed out
of the Palace Hotel and offered him
$500. The women by this time had
crowded around the wagon and after
one look at their anxious faces the
driver said he would stick to his word
1--WE started for Third and Townsend
streets. where l had hoped against hope
to secure train out of the city any
where. We turned down one street and
found a great chasm in the ground
which forced US to turn back We had
barely retraced out steps before a
house fell some yards distant across
the road blocking our way. The only
avenue of escape that presented itself
was a narrow street where houses
were burning fiercely on either side of
the way. The women crouched in the
bottom of the wagon, the men walking
on each side holding newspapers and
hats over their faces. The flames
i Arriving at the ferry, we found thou
sands fighting like demons to get on
to the boat.
"As it drew out Of the slip crowded
to the rails the sight was one I will
never forget Everybody fell on their
knees thanking God for their safety
and praying for the relief of those who
had been left in what was a veritable
hell."-From James Forbes, Hudson
Theater. New York.
r. F. Outcault. the creator OF Buster
Brown, was given the position Of head
liner at Shea's in Buffalo. His act is
confined to rapid drawings.-New York
Dramatic News.
Harry Corson Clarke has the proud
distinction of having been hit five times
by fire, each of them occurring in San
Francisco. In 1897 his starring tour
was delayed in What Happened to
Jones" because a theater burned down;
the fire at a theatrical printing estab-
lishment a few years later destroyed
all his printing and he had to remain
idle; then two hundred plates of char
acters played by Mr.. Clarke during his
stock season in California were burned
out at a Photographic establishment.
the night he opened at the Columbia;
the Baldwin Hotel fire caused Mr.
Clarke to lose all his wardrobe. and
he was again out in the cold. Still true
to his old stamping ground. he stored
a great many of his costumes and per-
Hsonal effects at storage warehouse
which was burned to the ground during
the recent fire. There should be nothing
charming about San Francisco for Mr.
Clarke in the future.-New York Dra-
matte News.
! There seems some doubt in the minds
of many of the people who attended the
big gambol of the Lambs the other day
as to whether IL was really a gambol
want to assure all the the doubters
that it was. 1t was not, maybe. quite