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The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
Repeffo is NOT an Inqenue

"Where is Repetto?" l asked Russo
while mamma still talked.
He replied that the petite soprano
who once stepped down from the
Tivoli to the Grand Opera-house and
successfully sang Musetta in la
Boheme" with Maurice Grau's big
company. has retired from the stage
and dwells in pastoral Italy.
That's a pity" was my comment,
for she was a delightful young
singer"
Russo laughed boisterously, and SO
did the ladies when they had ascep-
tanned the cause of his nirth.
How yong you theenk da Re-
petto is?" he asked, holding his sides
About twenty-five years
When the resultant scream sub
sided | was told by Russo that the
Repetto was forced to retire by stress
of years. "She nevar see feefty," he
declared
"And the Salassa-what of him?'
| asked.
"He, too, retire and leef in Milano,'
was the reply. "He not too ole ia
seeng, bot he lax rest"
Expression of the Signorina from
ben's sorrow over the city's changed
appearance had been brewing since
the interview commenced, and as
had averted the inevitable as long a:
was possible, her lamentation was
given right of way. She told Russo
to tell me that she wept when hei
vision first encountered the ruins, anc
when sister artists wonderingly in.
quired. "Adelina, why you weep" she
replied that she could not restrain hel
tears because she had spent such
happy days in the town that was
How the people could get along with
their preparations for holiday-makins
was more than she could understand
HnN brave fhev arei
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30

comedy and the difficulty is solved.
Joe Murphy. the Irish comedian, is
credited with wanting to build a thea
ter in New York to be conducted on
the London music hall plan.
Charles Frohman now controls five
London theaters.
Possibly the superstition about whis-
tling in a theater grew out of the
fact that there is not much difference
between a whistle and a hiss. but to
whistle there, either on or off the
stage, is generally believed to entail
extremely bad luck-not to the indi-
viduai offender alone, but to every one
from manager to callboy. whistlins
is against the rules in many theaters
and to be met with a fine
Wireless telegraphy has got on the
boards. A sketch has been written In
which somebody's life is saved by a
message sent as train 6ashes full
speed over the stage.
May Irwin has changed the name OF
her farce comedy to Mrs Wilson
Andrews"
A new play is entitled Five Hundred
Years Ago." Time certainly flies In
the theater.
common actor superstition Ia tba,
if one player looks into the mirror AZ
which another is making up it win en-.
tail bad luck on the play in hand This
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
Painful Memories Aroused

- Our, conversation drifted to the old
Tivoii Is subject, and the sailing was
pleasant for all of us until Russo asked
me If ] had heard the Tromben sing
Mscaela to his Don Jose in Carmen
and answered affrmatively and in
Quired, without mischievous intent, if
Coilomarini were not in the title
part. His abrupt assumption OF gloom
reminded me of fond attachment
and its dolefui ending.
~No." he huslily replied. "da from
ben she seeng wiz me in. Carmen
after ] com bak from Italia an da
newspapers haf da long story"
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30


weakness may arise from the tendency
the artistic character has never TO see
anything but itself in cast
Robert Mantell is going to thorough
ly investigate whether Shakespeare
pays or not He has added Juiius
Caesar" to his repertoire of plays from
the great bard.
Why is 1t that players so soon as
they have made successes on tE1s side
of the water must want to travel? Now
Maude Adams is credited with a pur-
pose of touring the earth Perhaps
they construe the immortal William
line. that "all the worlds a stage
literally. and want to keep the center
of 1t right along.
Valerie Bergere has been successful
in a new vaudeville sketch. "A Bow
cry Camille"
T. w Ryley. the manager who helped
to produce 'F'lorodora," has fled a
petition in bankruptcy
When e. H. sothern puts on Hamlet
in Chicago he may do as they did in
primitive dramatic times and use no
scenery.
About $4,000 was realized by the
Barnabee- Mcdonald benefit in New
York last week
In The Aero Club" written by sgd
ney Rosenfeld, an attempt is made to
satirize the ballooning fad
Mary Mannering is to sever relations
with the syndicate and play under the
Shubert management.
Count Boni Castellane draws the line
| strictly between different professions
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30


The scenes are laid in Kansas and the
stars part is that of country printer,
poor but philosophic.
An eating place in New York is
stated to have sandwich man parad-
ing the streets with an announcement
to the effect that Leslie Carter never
would have married had David
Belasco taken her to dine at their
restaurant"
Eight circuses are still touring
Texas.
William H. Crane has long tried to
get successful plays from American
writers. but somehow they fell short
of highest expectations. His success
with revival of "She Stoops to Con-
quer" furnishes a pointer to native
dramatists. Let them only turn out
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
Coming Operafie Offerings

second week offerings Of the Lam
bardi Opera Company at the Central
Theater are announced as follows:
"Rigoletto" Monday and Thursday
evenings and Saturday matinee, the cast
including Antola as the Fool. Russo
as the Duke, Lambardi as Sparafucile.
Tromben as Gilda and Million as the
bravo's sister. Russo will be a feature
of this production, his singing of the
tenor part being well and favorably
remembered by the Tivoli- goers of a
few years ago.
La Boheme" Tuesday matinee and
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30

While entertaining, II is said. an offer
Of $4,000 a week from an American
vaudeville manager, he has sent a chal-
lenge to hotel proprietor who pro-
posed to give him $4,000 a year to act
as head waiter in his restaurant.
| Should actresses marry? Altbourh n
is not the silly season." that is the
question which has been addressed To-
number of people in Paris who are
supposed to have authoritative knowl-
edge or the subject. Sardou repl,ed-
1t all depends upon the actress tba
husband and the sort of marriage
Saran bernhardt holds that every girl.
wnether actress or not. must live her
life according to her tastes. but adds
tnat perfect union is as rare among
her own profession as In anv otbe~
NJ Francois Coppee answers: "That -
ner own business, and nobody eIsa,s-
The sum Of most of the replies IS.
Wny otz-especially in these di-
vorcing days"
II it were not that their t,r,a ,s
Iuiiy occupied. no doubt actors as
Wen as authors would asnire r,.rs
frequently to political honors
England Sheridan is probably the o,1v
example OF a dramatist who bacar,s
noer or Parliament. Just now
who a. alexander, player
s ~no - regarded as darling" bv tha
lemale theatergoers of T,ona sno
announced his intention Of 6e.s.ssss las
a candidate for the London rn,,-,ts,
council next March. An the Ens,'sS vI1.S
uJaonies there have been several aefors
~ "g pri, nsxe aspired to be also members
according to the
ssan ene results of the draratfc
season in New York are rets11 ess.la ',e -
ush uIJar snas English companies in Eng
n pays can no longer look 70
refica lars Tor rich harvest of aol.
mnsn., rans me history of fve wears Of
tween tt exchange OF companies be-
heavy ,oss ess TWO countries is one Of
| and the rrs 20 those who took risks.
@1a considerably to the total.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30

tray var ago, she improof da
vera moach," said the Signor
~ Domenico Russo, lyric tenor.
alluding to the Signorina
Adelina Tromben, lyric soprano,
whom we were en- route to interview.
Gained by experience, eh?" / sug-
gested.
@Yas. Dan she was SO yong-now
she da grata artistic. She seeng in
Italia, in Egyp, in Roosha; | stay
here and larn ia spaka da Inglis."
The compliment so plainly invited
was extended with promptness. | told
him that If the lady's vocal worth had
improved apace with his mastering OF
our vernacular her artistry must IN
deed be great, and his smile of gratifl-
cation compensated for whatever
stretch of sincerity the speech neces-
STATED
The last time / heard you speak
English you sang it." added. The
song was Because 1 Love You,
wasn't it?"
"Ah, yas; at da Orpheem. I seeng
'Becoss I loft you instead Of Be
cause I luff you Dat was fonny.
But l no spaka da Inglis well tray
var ago"
That brought US to the lodging
place of the Signorina Tromben, in
an Italian hostelry on Golden Gate
avenue, and we found the signorina
at home-also her mamma, who was
not solicited to participate in the in
terview, but did so, just the same.
Indeed, she had more to say than
her daughter.
Signor Russo served as interpreter.
Through him was filtered what the
signorina said to me and l said to
the signorina Mamma occasionally
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
Gossip Anenf PIayeyfok

Woman cannot complain that the
dramatists do not give her fair
chance. A recent work called Tom
my tells the story of girl who takes
ner dead brothers part in their
fathers business and pilots falling
newspaper to success.
Ezra Kendall next season will put
on comedy called II Were YOU"
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
~ sJsNS
On1Sd
BY James Crawford

~ NJ she seeng at da Tivolee, da
tray var ago, she improof da
vera moach," said the Signor
~ Domenico Russo, lyric tenor.
alluding to the Signorina
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30

The fourth weeks offering will be
LA Tosca,'' with Adaberto; Barber of
Seville" with Tromben, and the double
bill of "Cavalleria Rusticana" and II
Pagliacci"
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30

Friday evening. Velia Giorgi will be
Mimi; Blanca Nunez, Musetta; Attilio
Salvaneschi, Rodolfo; Roberto Scifoni,
Marcelle; Olinto Lambardi, Schaunardo;
Ugo Canetti, Colline, and Luigi Berga-
mi, Alvindoco. The scenery and cos
tunes for this production were pre-
pared in Milan from the original
models.
Faust" will be repeated Wednesday
evening and at the Saturday matinee
with special casts.
and Sunday evenings. This is said to
be one of the Lambardi Company's
most complete productions. Adaberto
is cast for Leonora, role she has sung
all over Europe; Campifiore will be
heard as Azucena; D'Ottavi as Maurice,
Scifoni as Count di Luna, and Canetti
as Fernando.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
TefEazzfni as a Teacher


That question cleared away. told
Russo that the estimate placed upon
the Signorina Tetrazzini's worth as a
oOloratura soprano by the Signorina
Tromben, herself a coioratura So
prano, would make interesting read
ing for the former artists legion of
admirers in San Francisco. A pail of
gravity instantly settled upon the
trio, and mamma was. actually
dragged into a somewhat protracted
discussion, which was finished by
Russo turning to me and saying:
"She theenk da Tetrazzini can
teach ana kind Of woman to seeng."
That was dazer Tetrazzini's 5
value in a tutelary capacity had not
occurred to me, and said so. We
of San Francisco knew her only as
a pleasing singer-not as school
narn-
Please ask the lady" 1 said to the
sober-faced Russo, what she thinks
of the Tetrazzini as Lucia"
II was fnerciless request, for the
Signorina Tromben was scheduled to
sing Donizetti's crazy bride the even
ing following the day But what
right had they to depict the worship
ful Ietrazzini as a mere piano.
humping moutfer of do-ro-mes to a
juvenile auditory?
Another long and animated con-
troversy, during which the mater S
speeches were most emphatic, re-
sulting in his finding, addressed to me
by Russo:
~Tromben she act and seeng Lucia:
Tetrazzini she seeng Lucia, but faf
not da animat-da animashun" And
his whole being fired with the quality
which he alleged the Tetrazzini does
not possess.
After that / was made recipient of
suspicious glances from mamma when
/ addressed Russo while the signor-
ina serenely smiled.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
Voice Alone Insufficient

While recounting her triumphs in
foreign lands the signorina incident
ally mentioned that she sang with
Bonci, the tenor whom lmpresario
Hammerstein has imported to rival
Caruso in New York, and l requested
Russo TO obtain and transfer her
opinion on the relative artistic merits
OF the competitors. After an ami
mated discourse, from which mamma
would not be excluded, he reported:
She say da Caruso haf da luffely
voice, but da Bonci he seeng"
But the Caruso also sings" I ar
gued. and Russo shook his head and
the signorina and the signora when he
interpreted to them what l had said.
Then. with illustrative facial play and
shoulder shrugs, ne undertook to
elucidate more clearly, frequently
turning TO the ladies for corrobora-
ton. which they very emphatically
gave, although It was apparent that
they did not understand one word
he said.
~She mean" he began, "dat da Ca
ruso's voice da verra fine to seeng da
museek, bot da Bonci he seeng da
museek and also maka da people say,
'Ha, he da graf artist You onder-
stan?
Light was dawning. "She means
ventured, that Caruso has a fine
voice, but lacks the dramatic in
stinct-"
"Yas, yas; dat's tide dramat in
steenk-"
That is necessary to make great
artist in opera"
steenki" the little man joyously re-
peated, and with voice and hands and
eyebrows he rapidly Italianized my
guess, the women meantime noddine
their delighted approval
''She say" he further interpreted
dat da Bonci is da gran seenger ar
da gran actor-da dramat insteenk
YOU know"
, 1906-10-23

take the lead, is the framing Of a bill to
prevent cruelty to children and ami
mails in this state. The bill should be
so drawn as to preclude the possibili-
" Of a man accused OF either offense
to escape through a mere technically.
Children and animals are to be classed
together in this phase of criminology,
as Doth are practically helpless from
the attacks oil men who rely upon their
strength and their environments to
vent their spite, The law should be SO
drawn that a man accused can have no
benefit of -tecnnicalities, through which
he escapes punishment, because the
information does not show that he
struck the horse ''wiltully" to produce
death or degrade the child "wilfuIly''
to produce degradation. A horse in
harness is as helpless from the on
s%laughts of an angry driver as is the
child from the attacks of a strong par
ent or guardian.
, 1906-10-23
Meaningless Charge of Graft

The democratic platform, a crazy
quilt of rotten material, las been pref.
~ much shot to pieces. The charges
made therein have been admitted as
false by self-respecting democrats, and
the only one that now appears to be
chung to with any sort of ~tenacity by
the democratic leaders is the one which
declares that for several years it has
been impossible to get at the books OF
the state.
Generally speaking, a platform plank
is made to point to some specific
wrong and because of some supposed
grievance against the party in power.
What is the grievance in this case?
Who has been denied access to the
books of the state? Where is there
any evidence as to graft or fraud in
the management of state affairs?
Unless the democrats can cite some
specific instance where they have been
denied a look at the books, their plat.
form charge will be taken by the PEG.
pie as another piece OF pure bunkum,
l-Sundance Monitor.
, 1906-10-23
GET OFF THE FENCE.

When a good democratic friend
for him or his friend, remember that
principle must be considered as well as
men, hat in politics It is the policy adj.
vocated by the man which should be
considered equally with the man, and
If N is not what you want the other
cannot be, no matter who the friend is
or what your obligation. County poll
tics may appear to some as a C. be-
tween men instead of the battle
between two distinct ideas of govern
ment which actuate both old parties.
II all considered that in local affairs
only men should be considered regard
less of the platform On which they rest,
then party lines would be obliterated.
But thirteen counties compose this
state and but forty-fve states make
the nation. If the individuals consider
no distinction in candidates for office,
and but men, regardless of party plat
forms, then such ideas must soon dis
seminate any party.
1t is the sturdy tenacity with which
the majority have held principle to be
considered when candidates are before
them asking for votes which today is
responsible for this state INT nations
prosperity. Vote the ticket straight
and bury personal feeling or preju-
dices, remembering that your vote is
as important as any other vote on
earth.
A wavering, prejudiced republican is
of more value to all as a democrat, and
should join the ranks of the dissat-
isfed.-LoYell Chronicle.
, 1906-10-23

Can it be possible that after all HAY
was only a cats paw in the endeavor
to keep republican voters from regis.
tering by Misrepresentation on the part
oil democratic canvassers? He tries
to get under by saying that the
same condition was discovered about
the same time in every county in the
state. Wood look as though the scheme
was set on foot by the state committee
and not the wee one in this city, whose
only connection with it was to aid in
carrying il out
, 1906-10-23

1t is evident that, as a result of the
conference between Judge Lacey of
Cheyenne, attorney for the Union Pa.
cihc, and the city council Saturday aft.
ernoon, the company will lay a new
water main on Grand avenue from the
city springs to the railroad. The new
pipe will be fourteen inches from the
springs to Ninth street and smaller
size from that street to the railroad,
with provision for six-inch laterals on
Ninth, Eighth, Seventh, Sixth, Fifth
and Fourth and eight-inch pipes on
Third, Second and First streets. The
plans are being drawn now, the confer.
ence having removed all the differ.
ences between the parties. The rail-
road company evinced a disposition to
do all that in common sense can be
expected of it The city will do the
balance. Judge Lacey stated that he
believed it would be impossible to get
anything done this year, the season
having SO far advanced.
, 1906-10-23
RECEIVES

Kemmerer was visited by an earth
quake about Gas o'clock, last Thurs.
day that appeared to be universally
felt throughout this section as shown
by reports from Big Piney, La Barge,
Evanston and Rock Springs, says the
Kemmerer Camera. The shock was of
a very mild character in Kemmerer, it
hardly being noticed by anybody ex-
cept the telephone operator, who re.
ported that it ratified the windows in
the telephone office and appeared to
be of from one to W. seconds in dura-
ton,
, 1906-10-23
STATE POLITICS.
Hamm's "Antl-Passr Twaddle-

Hamm's "AntiPass" Twaddle-
Since Brother Hamm is kicking up
such n rumpus about free passes, we
have made 1t our business to investi-
gate a little, and find that not more
than a year ago he held a system an
nual' over the entire Union aPcific sys-
tenn, and many times accepted trip
passes for his family. Such hypocrisy
as he is To- developing stamps him as
a very unnt man for oongress.-Evans-
ton Press.
, 1906-10-23
One Way coIonist Excursions Via the
Ilnlnn PanIEn

One Way coIonist Excursions Via the
Union Pacific.
From August 18th to October 31st,
special one-way s~econd.class ~colonist
excursion rates are authorized to
Butte, Anaconda and Helena, Mont.
$4,000.
To Spokane and Wenatchee, Wash.
and intermediate points, $3.50.
To Portland and Ashland, Ore, Ia
coma and Seattle Wash, Vancouver
and Victoria, B. c., and intermediate
points $500.
To San Francisco, Los Angeles and
all main line points in California, s25.
L W. EMMONS. Agent
, 1906-10-23

The James Hartman campaign"
was a little slow in starting this year
but the voters are not to be disap-
pointed in the coming Of this biennial
complaint" against the existing order
OF things. And then the old man needs
some excuse for telling about those
great speeches he has heard in the
English parliament and elsewhere. 1t
is nice of him to tell the people that
he is a republican, for it is the only
way they would eve know il.
, 1906-10-23

There is less excuse for n republican
to vote against his ticket this year than
usual. The conditions of business in
the county and city are good, the poll.
cies of the republican party are ap,
piled to all channels and the people
recognize that any onange would lend
to upset these conditions.
, 1906-10-23
oulnsy, spralns and swellinas Cured

In November, 1901, l caught cold
and had the quinsy. My throat was
swollen so l could hardly breathe. ]
applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm and
it gave me relief in a short time. In
two days l was all right" says Mrs. L
Cousins, otterburn, Mich. Chamberlain's
Pain Balm is a liniment and is especial
ly valuable for sprains and swellings
For sale by the Eggleston Drug Com
pany.
, 1906-10-23

The attempt of the Keister gang,
which includes the democratic and
mossbaok Cheyenne Leader. to ignore
Judge Bramel n Mr.. Harvey of Rock
Springs, two of the three democratic
members of the last legislature, Is
laughable. Keister is trying to pretend
that he alone bore the brunt OF the fight
for the party measures in the senate
last session. Keister is great" but
Judge Bramel and Mr.. Harvey are not
to be entirely ignored.
, 1906-10-23
Those "sledee-Hammer Blows

The new Cheyenne Leader is strik.
ing some sledge hammer blows for the
democratic state ticket, says the Cody
Stockgrower. Here is a sample from
the editorial page of a recent issue:
Lovers of cats should not forget tc
provide their pets with a little green
food in winter. Lettuce leaves chop,
ped in their food, or even celery tops
are relished by cats. 1t is a good plan
also to keep a lot of grass or oats grow.
ing in the house for them to nibble at
, 1906-10-23

The Bosler plan to COLOMBO ten thou
sand people aroun Rock River is
pleasing intelligence TO the people OF
this county. There is room for ten
thousand. Albany county has the eli.
mate. the soil and the water. The
over-crowded s has the people and
the people have the disposition. Only
consummation remains for the fulfill
ment of the Bosler plan.
, 1906-10-23
only BIuster and Blow

~S No
A successor is to be elected to Sena-
tor Warren by the mex legislature.
Republicans in their platform have un,
equivocally declared for Senator War
ren's reelection. You know just where
they stand. But should the democrats
by any chance secure a majority Of the
Legislature, none knows who they would
elect. Democrats make considerable
blow about electing United States sen.
ators by direct vote of the people, but
as the laws are now, the only effective
way to carry this principle into effect
is to nominate candidate and pledge
the legislature IN advance to elect
them. This the republicans have done
A vote for the republican Legislative
ticket is a vote for Francis e. Warren
for United States senator. A vote for
the democratic legislative ticket is a
vote in the air.-Cody Enterprise.
, 1906-10-23

"A Russian vessel yesterday struck an
old mine, laid in war times at yladi-
vostok, and was blown to pieces, all
the members of the crew and passen-
gers but one losing their lives. The
cause of humanity demands that all
mines be so planted that those not ex,
ploded in the cause of war be removed
when the war ceases. The endanger.
ing of so many lives is a national dis,
grace as well as a public calamity
, 1906-10-23

The republican canvass in this coun-
ty is going forward quite satisfactory
ly. The candidates are appealing to
the better Judgment of the voters and
are being fairly met. They have only
to point out the present conditions and
the voters see that a change would be
to their disadvantage.
, 1906-10-23

Two years g the republicans of
this section of the state were willing
that Fremont county should go demo
cratic. This year not even that county
will be left to that party.
, 1906-10-23

Stones scheme is not TO secure a
better water contract for the Shoshone
reservation, but to block the watering
of any lands in which he has not a per-
sonal interest.
, 1906-10-23

What's become of Boss Hazy?' We
haven't heard from him for two whole
days. Did w say boss? Beg pardon.
No intention to call n toy pistol a
cannon.
, 1906-10-23

The democrats are in about the same
~predicament as the dog that howls at
the moon, They can find nothing in
republican administration to find fault
with so they just sit and howl any way.