New-York tribune., 1906-04-20

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theatre companies along Broadway. William
Hammerstein also gave the nights receipts Of
the Victoria Theatre.
The big benefit performance viii be that or
the Theatrical Managers Association, which will
be held week from next "Wednesday, May 3. at
the Metropolitan opera House. II will last from
Il a N. until midnight At executive meet
ing Of the association at the Hotel AstOr $1,000
was appropriated toward the first expenses The
performance consists OF everything including
opera, vaudeville and drama. The best seats
will be sold for ST. and the purchaser may stay
as long as he wishes, but no return checks will
be given. Efforts viii be made, however, 10 have
the boxes purchased by the regular stockholders
Of the opera house company
Charles FTohman and Maude Adams viii give
the receipts Of Peter Pan" at the Empire The
atre tonight It viii also be the 200th per
Torrance of the play IN thls CITY MI Barrie
the author cabIed from London yesterday TO Mr..
Frohnan's Office the sum Of $3.50 to be applied
to the relief fund.
A cali TO all Californians has been issued by
Mrs Hermann Oeirichs and Mrs. William K
Vanderbilt, jr., TO meet at the Casino at II: 80
& m to-day TO consider plans 10 raise money for
the fund. Henry Miller will address the meet
ing. The present plan is TO have an auction sale
of seats for a benefit next Tuesday, with Mar
earet Anglin. who has played in San Francisco
every summer for six years. as auctiOneer.
Associated with Mrs Oelrichs and Mrs. Van
derbilt as patroneSses of the Hippodrome benefit
Will be Mrs ogden Mills. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish,
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs Harry Payne
Whitney Mrs. Harry Lehr. Mrs. James W
Pulitzer Mrs. Henry Clews. Mrs Charles B.
Alexander Mrs. George J. Gould, Mrs Francis
Carolau. Mrs. RauOl-DuVal, Mrs. James SplerS,
Mrs Clarence Mackay and Mrs. Stanford White.
Mrs Oelrichs took seVentyfOur boxes and
block Of hundred orchestra seats 10 sell
Two hundred orchestra seats were sold at a
price aggregating S2,50O and another block Of
one hundred seats was sold TO q downtown nrTn
Far s1 900 one seat was bought for 500 and
soId a few minutes later for $500 the difference
being given TO the relief fund. The tickets for
The regular Saturday performances, which had
been bought in large quantities by the sldewaIK
speculators We're relinQuished voluntarily by
them when the benefit was announced.
In addition TO this the ShuberUs are 10 give a
benefit performance Of Arms and the Man
vim Arnold DAILY. next Monday at the Lyric
and steps have been taken by them for two big
( bills al the Casino on SUNDAY, AprlI - IN the
afternoon and evening
Al the Hippodrome tomorrow II is expected
that fully twice $lO0o The normal saturday
receipts will be received for the relief fund
Mrs Hermann Oelr1chs viii have charge Of the
sale of boxes. while Harry 8. Black and John
W Gates chief owners Of the HippodIome Will
have charge of the sale OF seats.
IN addition TO giving their services for the
benefit ordered by Daniel Frohman and Henry
b Harris Monday night. the Lion and the
Mouse" company will make UP purse for the
relief fund.
Da,id Relasco has ordered a special matinee
perforrnance Of The Girl OF the Golden West"
a. inc BeIascO Theatre Tuesday afternoon, May
f I Between the acts David Warield will give
one OF his recitatious. Mr.. WarfeId, MI. Belasco
and blanche Bates are all Californians- Seats
for the benefit matinee viii be placed on sale
Al The Berkeley Lyceum Theatre there will
be q vaudeville entertainment on the night or
Nav 10 IN AID OF the SuHtitfs
Al Joe Webers Music Hall there will be two
special performances Of the --Squaw Mans Cir!
~ tn Golden West and ''Twiddle Twaddle"
These viii be held next Tuesday afternoon ana
on May l. the Tuesday following
Half Of next week viii be devoted to the earth
I Quake and fire. sufferers by the management Of
the Madison Square Theatre. where the farce,
Mrs Temples Telegram, is being played. wal
: fer y Lawrence. manager of the theatre VIII
give The entire proceeds of the performances or
I Monday Tuesday ano "Wednesday nights and the
/ wednesday matinee 10 the RELIEF fund Because
1 - ,ba great number OF actors in San Francisco
/ who win be out OF work for months through the
I Sisaste- Mr. Lawrence made the condition that
one-half Of the proceeds from the -FOUR perform
I eno~s should De used in their behalf
n addition To the benefit at the Music Ia
Joe Weber has leased a store IN bfoad"ay'
,;b S he viii stock with shoelaces, penkTives
80 other knick-knacks, which will be SOLD, with
Sftss Marie I2.essler, Miss Bonnie Aagnn.
4 Nftss Flora Zabelle and other members or the
company acting as shopsixA