The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-02

their Western tour. The lady has re-
turned to that dear France to begin
rehearsals for her appearance in Il Eau
Trouble" (Troubled Water). which will
be produced January II at the Royal
Theater Du Pare, Brussels, under Vic
tor Reding's management.
Nora .Bayes. is to star in musical
comedy next season.
Julia Marlowe's dance as Salome in
John the Baptist" has set New York
talking. 1t is said that Miss Marlowe
Is not only charming from the stand
point of Oriental seductiveness. but her
/ terpsichorean movements are described
as marvels of natural grace and beauty.
There is a vaudeville house in Omaha
called the No Name Theater. Some of
Its patrons say 1T doesn't deserve any
|
David Bispham produced 1.-THE Vicar
of Wakefield" at Manchester, England
on November II. 1t is romantic opera,
! founded on Goldsmith's story, and it
was well received.
Society turned out in force to see
Mrs. Langtry during her vaudeville en-
gagement in Washington, and the
management is endeavoring to book a
return date when Congress is IN ses-
! sion.
II am the only man in the world who
can sing song standing on my head
in bucket of water, said James Col
| lier when charged with vagrancy In
! the police court of Grimsby, England.
! the other day. He was discharged on
/ his promise to leave town, but before
i leaving did a gurg1ing solo for the
benefit of and to the admiration of the
| police.
AS an example of the astuteness of
the modern publicity promoter the fol-
lowing remark is good one from the
prose writings of the Shubert special
is very fond of James T. Powers He
1 likes his middle initial" But think of
what colossal nerve it takes to father
such jokes as these.
Eleanor Robson, certainly a sure
enough star herself, is surrounded by
company of players at once distinguish
ed and capable. There are, for In
stance, Isabel Irving, Reuben Fax,
Frederic de Belleviue, Emily Rigi, Ada
Dryer and H. B. Warner. To borrow
phrase from the scholarly Richard
Mansfield, That's going some"
Considerable interest has been
! aroused In vaudeville circles over
mysterious actress, who offers $50 In
| gold to the first patron who guesses
ments herald, 1.-The most extensively
| gowned girl in vaudeville"
o, Caruso, my Caruso,
! We all know you didn't do so;
But tell me what or whom or
/ which or who
| Sent you forth on Friday morning,
| All rehearsals rudely scorning,
| To study human nature in the zoo?
Mile. Manhattan In N. Y. Telegraph.
!
/ Lew Dockstader. minstrel, is writing
! joke and story book, which Will con-
! tain all the stories and jokes the COM
+ edfan has told during his entire career.
4 Isn't it rather late for harvesting a
/ chestnut CROP
w. A. Brady has surrendered his op
/ ton on Clifton Crawford's four-act
dramatization of Kipling's Soldiers
/ Three" entitled "Mulvaney and U.s." In
/ which the author was to have been
starred as Ortheris. The play reverts to
Mr.. Crawford.
Aubrey Boucicault, who has been
/
built about the love affairs of Mozart,
and written by a niece of Secretary OF
! State Root, has abandoned the play.
! 1t was not a glorious success.
| Grace George has also joined the
ranks of those who give matinee per-
| formances of Ibsen. She Will be seen
| in the Norwegian masters The Lady
From the Sea-" Ibsen matinees are get
| tc he ms n n I'M
/ William Collier is said to have an
unusually congenial role as Dick Craw-
! ford a mine manager. In his new COM
edy, Caught in the RAIN" which had
! its first performance at Atlantic City
last week and for which a successful
run is predicted.
In his new play, "Piu che rAmore.'
Gabrielle dAnnunzio has deserted the
shadowy borderland of fantasy and
come out into the broad daylight of
modern everyday life And in the opin-
! ion of the Rome correspondent of The
London Times the change of scene is
disastrous According to this observer
the ideas of Nietzsche diluted with
romantic bombast de not afford good
material for a modern tragedy.
1.-The Road to Yesterday" in which
Minnie Dupree is starring, is described
as a Joyous tramp through all the
lanes of romance that ever were dis
covered
Dramatic offerings that continue to
| grip New York are "The Lion and the
Mouse at the Lyceum, The Hypo-
| critics" at the Hudson, Rose Stahl in
1.-The Chorus Lady" at Hacketts,
Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott
1 in Caesar and Cleopatra" at the New
! Amsterdam, John Drew in His House
in Order at the Empire, "The Prince
of India" at the Broadway, Grace
George in Clothes" at the Manhattan,
William Gillette in "CIarice' at the
Garrick, Margaret Anglin and Henry
Miller in "The Great Divide" at the
Princess, Charlotte Nilsson in The
Three of U.s. at the Madison Square.
Guy Standing in "The Love Route at
the Lincoln Square, May irwin in Mrs.
| wilson ANDREWS at the Bijou, and
Robert Mantell in Shakespearean rep
ertoire at the Academy of Music. Ala
Nazimova in "Hedda Gabler". at the
| Princess. and Mrs. lie Moyne in "Pippa