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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-07-23
On the Rail

Railway mail clerks are making a
fight for electrically-lighted cars in
stead of the old gas and oil lamps
The TACT is that there are more oil
lamp lit cars in use on the railroads
for mail service than gas lighted
cars, but the mail clerks from ex-
perience know that both are danger
Gus in case of wrecks. The mail
clerks have finally succeeded in get
ting joint resolution before the
postoffice committee, which will
probably be reported favorably at
the next session of congress.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

fitted for acting, do not tend to es-
tablish the belief that American youth
of today is practical-minded."
With that deduction l do not en-
tirely agree, especially after reading
from another page of the same jour
nal a list of prominent actors and
a statement of the incomes they are
alleged to be assured from the coming
season. There is nothing impractical
about the mind that impels its owner
to enter vocation that yields to
some of its stars salary equalling
that of the President of the United
States. And how does any one know
that the clamorous throngs of ap-
plicants" are not actuated more by
sordid motive than by love of acting
merely for the art there is in it?
Yet the Npractical-minded stage
aspirant is not of penetrative mind,
else the pecuniary allurement might
not appear to him so tempting. The
actors whose salaries equal that of
President Roosevelt do not number
more than one in thousand, and
their income is precarious at best,
while he can reckon on his for four
years anyway. The practical mind that
yearns for the stage overlooks the
great majority of stage folk who re-
ceive less than SIoo a week while they
work, and who are lucky if they work
forty weeks a year. True they would
receive less as Office clerks or sales
men, but their employment would be
certain one.
Ask any actor who has been in the
business a couple of decades what he
thinks of the stage as a field for
young man who is not abundantly
blessed with dramatic talent.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

and in the wide range of plays they
will be called upon to interpret there
should be plenty of opportunities for
all. The aim will be to develop a
spirit of sincerity and earnestness,. to
work together for the best interests
of the play in hand and the reputation
of the organization as a whole"
Unless he is equipped to recon-
struct human nature, as it is exempli-
fed in the dramatic profession, Mr..
Mapes has mapped out for himself a
task that no diplomatist of experience
would undertake Ambition is the
very life of the actor, and the actor
who does not yearn to surpass his fell
lows and can sincerely sacrifice his
own personal interests in behalf of
those of the play in hand is entitled
to stellar distinction if for no other
reason than that.
But the New Theater" is deserving
of all the encouragement that public
wearied of prevailing theatrical condi-
tions can give it. Most of the ideas
for which it stands are sound and
feasible, and its success would soon
result in having every important city
in the United States provided with
playhouse conducted on similar lines.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Noted Artists Coming.

While talking to Will Greenbaum
in Oakland the other day he Incl
dentally informed me that both Moriz
Rosenthal, ''the wizard of the key
board" and Schumann-H -Heinck, who
is now singing at Bayreuth, will
separately visit San Francisco next
winter and perform under his man
agement, probably in the Bell Thea
ter.
Although ten years have lapsed
since Rosenthal last appeared in the
United States the impression then
created by him has survived the ar
rival and departure of many world
famed pianists. Upon his playing
were lavished more extravagant ex-
pressions of enthusiasm than has been
provoked by any other virtuoso of
the age, not excepting the master
full and picturesque Paderewski. AS
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Many Actors Idle.

Speaking of actors and their am
bilious, a New York journal devoted
exclusively to the stage remarks that
never were the booking agents and
managers so beset by would-be actors
and actresses as at present." and adds
that "thc clamorous throngs of ap-
plicants, nine-tenths of whom are un-
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Will Sing "Giaconda." I"

"This is a purely Italian organiza-
tion," the manager writes to me in
English, "and when we visit your city
you will find that no better opera than
we present has ever been given there.
We will sing 'Gioconda,' and I think
you will like our production better
than the Conried production recently
given in San Francisco, in which, |
am told, they had on Italian tenor, a
French and American soprano, a Ger
man contralto, an Austrian basso and
a Polish basso. How could a COM
bination like that be expected to sing
such a purely Italian opera as Clio
conda'? Our people are all Italians
and do not attempt to sing the music
of any other country"
But it is no sure thing that the
Lambardis will have clear field in
San Francisco when they come, for in
the East an operate war is impending
that may result in sending one of the
combatants as far West as California.
New York is to have two permanent
companies, the Metropolitan and
Hammerstein's, while Savage's COM
pany and Russell's company will COM
pete on the road Out of all this
pother something is almost certain to
drift to San Francisco, the best patron
of opera in America.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
t been idle during the decade

he has not been idle during the decade
even greater work may be expected
of Rosenthal now. He is booked for
eighty recitals, beginning in New
York early in November.
Schumann- Heinck will return in
September and begin a series of
eighty concerts, commencing with the
Maine State Festival on October a.
She will be on this coast about Christ
mas time, and on her return East she
will join the New York Metropolitan
Opera-house force.
1t is likely that Mr.. Greenbaum will
have more choice musical fare to an
nounce before the season is far ad-
vanced, for there are many big artists
engaged to go it alone, and if the
managers can see money in sending
them here they will be sent. Nine.
Gadski is engaged for thirty concerts
in this country, Mime. Sembrich for
thirty-6ve, Emma Eames will devote
December and March to concerts,
Louise Homer is booked for recitals.
on the road, and so is Signor Cam
panari and many less famous singers.
All Plays Interesting.
From no less reliable an authority
than Victor Mapes, manager of the
New Theater," Chicago, comes cor
rection of some of my recent CONS
ments on the probable policy of that
interesting enterprise. He says there
is no thought of making it the home
of the "Ibsen cult" or of the "long-
haired DRAMA or of the classical
students, the faddists or the intel
lectuals."
"Any and all plays that are inter-
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

it is pleasing to announce that the
Lambardi Italian Grand Opera Com
pany is to enter the United States
from Mexico on October I8 to make
a three months stay on this coast
They are booked to open the Co
lumbia Theatcr, Los Angeles, in No
vember,s and after brief stay there
they will come direct to this city and
sing their repertoire in theater yet
to be selected
Now, while this announcement may
not possess the social Importance that
would attach to an engagement of the
Conried company it is quite gratify-
ing to the people who like opera for
operas sake For when the Lam
bardis last visited us, half a dozen
years ago. they introduced some
really good voices, and what the per-
formances lacked in sumptuousness
of production was fully made UP for
by vocal worth Among the artists
who are remembered with pleasure
was Bellegambo, the baritone whose
singing of the Toreador song in
Carmen" has never been equaled
here since; Collamarini, whose
Carmen packed the Tivoli nightly for
many weeks after the Lambardis had
gone, and Russo, the little tenor who
is still somewhere in these parts.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

ID very long odds the most i'm
~ portant theatrical happening of
the weeksif not of the year, was
me engagement of Constance Craw-
ley to play a series of literary matt
nees at the Central Theater For
business reasons the management of
the house has reserved the announce
ment' but from Mrs. Crawlev's di-
rector, Arthur Maud, the information
comes TO me personally that contracts
have been signed and dates fixed.
kveryman" will be the opening play
on September 10, with Tanning OF
the Shrew," Maeterlinck's "Pelleas
and Melisande" and DAnnunzio's 5
Gioconda" to follow at weekly inter
vahs in the order given.
This is tremendous news for the
San Francisco folk who look for
something more elevating in dra-
matte way than the relief fare offered
them since the town burned. We
know Constance Crawley, and we are
confident that anything she tenders
TO US will be worthy of her fame.
She won our favor in "Everyman,"
, and as the Maeterlinck drama is the
only one in her repertoire that we
have not seen upon it our interest
naturally ,>e-@n--
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Grand Opera Promised.

Grand opera always has aroused
more widespread interest than any
other form of amusement in San
Francisco. Because of its social fol-
lowing the smaller coast communities
aspired to enter the high-priced pre-
cincts of the Grand Opera-house at
least once, and the name of the lead
ing tenor had almost as wide a vogue
in the winter as that of the stellar
pitcher of the Western League in the
summer There was this difference in
the two enthusiasms, however-the
people who went daft about baseball
knew something about the game,
while it was not at all necessary to
know anything about music to get joy
and glory from attendance at the
grand opera
In view of the FOREGOING. therefore.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Notes of the TheaferS.

May Boley, who has long been in
receipt OF recognition as most versa
tile comedienne, heads the list of new
corners at the Orpheum, commencing
this afternoon. 1t will be her first
vaudeville appearance here, and with
her company she will present 'The
Polly Girls" and "The Village Gut
Ups" the two principal novelties of
Richard Carle's musical comedy, "The
Maid and the Mummy"
Mary Norman, monologist, will
reappear after an absence of several
seasons. She is one of the most ar
tistic women in vaudeville Terley,
billed as 'The Human Modeler," will
present a distinct novelty, and Arthur
Deming, black face comedian, is an
nounced to open a package of brand
new quips and songs.
Among those retained are Gardner
and, Vincent in their side-splitting
fantasy; the Reiff Brothers, singers
and dancers; Edith Helena, the
phenomenal soprano, who will change
her selections, and the Six Proveanis,
trick bicyclists.
s'Whirl-I-Gig,' by some critics. pro-
nounced the funniest OF all the
Weber-Fields absurdities, is to be
given sumptuous production tomor-
row evening at the Davis Theater by
Harry James travesty people. The
piece is rich in melody and the lines
bristle with humor Rice, Cady and
North will be appropriately placed,
of course, and Rosemary Glosz will
be sure to fascinate as a Partisan
queen of Bohemia. The other princi-
pals will have roles to suit.
The scene of "Whirl-I-Gig" is laid
in one of the fashionable hotels of
Paris, where all the servants go out
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

Mime. Modjeska has about de-
cided to LET the public dictate what she
shall play. next season When she was
last on tour the theatergoers of every
city visited by her were permitted to
name their favorite play in her roper
toire and that play. was always given.
So satisfactory was the policy to all
concerned that its repetition is as
good as assured
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

esting and dramatic" Mr.. Mapes
writes, whatever their style or their
subject, will be equally available for
production. Occasionally new and
untried American work will gain a
hearing, but, aside from that, the gen
eral aim will be to select from the
storehouse of the accumulated drama
as wide variety as possible of plays
that seem worthy to live-plays that
represent something that intel
|ligent people may see performed
without feeling that they are wasting
their time. Many fine plays have been
produced at various times in different
parts of the world which are neither
suitable vehicles for the exploitation
of star or good business PROPOSE
tons for the routine manager. 1t
would be indiscreet at this time to at
tempt an enumeration of plays which
belong to this category, but the list
of those already brought to my atten-
ton is long and distinguished"
Mapes' New Policy.
May that policy succeed, and there
is no obvious reason why it should
not. But can hardly attach so much
confidence to Mr.. Mapes' plan of reg
ulating players:
"As regards the company, an un-
usual feature will be that the members
of it are to be considered on basis
of equality. There is not to be any
star, nor any personality to be ex-
plotted at the expense of the rest.
Large parts and small parts will fall
to the lot of each, as the requirements
of the various plays may determine.
The company will not be numerous
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

Frank Bacon, who is East securing
plays and engaging players, predicts
that the Colonial Theater on Meal
lister street, will be ready to receive
the public within month. The open
ing attraction has not yet been de-
cided upon.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

Harry Bishop will utilize the Bell
Theater, now being reconstructed, to
play the Shubert attractions until
such time as the Majestic rises from
its ruins.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

E. D. Price, who was one of the di-
rectors of the Alcazar Theater when
grief came to the city, has been ap-
pointed general business manager OF
the Interstate Amusement Company,
New York concern, with 100000 capi-
tai and broad policy of developing
plays He will assume his new duties
next month. If experience counts, Mr..
Price will be the right man in the
right place, for he has managed the
aters in New York, London and San
Francisco and directed the destinies Of
some famous stars, notably John Nc
Cullough, Richard Mansfield, Mrs.
Leslie Carter and Anna Held
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Saddest of All PLAYS.

-AOlliid dlllld IS the only WOrk
by Maeterlinck that has been staged
IN San Francisco, and some of us
who saw Nance O'Neil in the title
role were not perfectly satisfied With
her grasp OF its meaning. Mrs Craw-
ley, however, can be depended upon
to imbue the authors idea OF Neil
sande with all the subtlety the part
calls for. Temperamentally she sug-
gests the remote and mystical. and
IN this saddest and most haunting of
all plays of modern construction she
has wide range for exploitation of her
forte. Through a shadowy pageant
OF griefs and ecstacies and fatalities
the author develops his thought. Ele-
mental forces stalk grimly where dim
shadows move with shy and wistful
pathos Nothing accessory to the
play, however, is without significance.
That which seems merely contributive
really holds an influential beauty and
meaning within itself To read the
book aids US to forget our own siren
uous and sordid tragedy by partaking
OF the woes Of people who never
were and never shall b., and to feel
the sway OF Maeterlinck's creative art
through the interpretative art of soul
ful Constance Crawley will be a treat
compensatory for our prolonged de-
privation of the higher things in
drama
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

Fred Belasco continues to asseve-
rate that the New Alcazar, at Sutter
and Steiner streets, will be turning
EN- away" the evening of September
IS. Getting materials on the ground
is the hardest part of Mr.. Belasco's
constructive work.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

Los Angeles is the latest Western
claimant of Nat Goodwin as future
voter. He is said to have purchased
$4,000 worth of land near Ocean Park
as site for his home when he is off
the road. Nat will have his joke, even
if it lacks novelty.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

Mrs. T. P. O'Conner, wife of the
well-known London editor, has writ
ten four-act play entitled I'm Bond
age" and T. Daniel Frawley says that
Mary Van Buren, who is a lifelong
friend OF the authoress, will play the
leading role when it is produced in
this country under his management
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

Alice Nielsen will travel with high
class company when she starts west
ward as member of the San Carlos
operatic organization. To date the
other important singers engaged are
Nordica, Schumann-Heinck and Cam
panari. After ten weeks season in
New Orleans, commencing November
IS, the company will begin tour that
is to extend to this coast
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

There is a possibility that Frank
Healy's Tivoli opera company will be
seen in San Francisco before they en-
ter their permanent home at Seattle.
Teddy Webb is the leading comedian
and the rest of the people have been
under the Leahy management at some
time or other.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

Harry D. Byers, who has won an
enviable reputation as a character
comedian in several Pacific Coast
stock companies, left yesterday for
New York to join The College
Widow" company as stage director,
He has been identified with the Al
cazar and Grand Opera-house in this
city.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
By James Crawford.

d very long odds the most i'm
IN portant theatrical happening of
the week.if not of the ,,e,- s
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

when the Earthquake Came" is
the title of the first playlet to treat of
our recent unpleasantness. 1t was
written by two Eastern women and
brought back to the vaudeville stage
Minnie Dupree, who is said to have
scored quite hit in it at Keith &
Proctor's Union Square Theater, New
York.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Personnel a Secret.

duced to leave the southland, where
he is undergoing medical treatment.
Bernhardt once played the part in
London and the critics slated her and
lavishly praised the work of Mrs.
Patrick Campbell as Melisande.
Even in a tent the atmosphere of
the play can be preserved. Maeter-
linck, when directing its initial pro-
duction in Paris insisted that through
out the action transparent screen
be placed across the stage, dividing
the actors from the audience, his pur-
pose being to keep constantly in the
mind Of the latter the thought that
the drama was simply foreshadow-
ing Of events. That accessory will
hardly be requisite at the Central
Theater. Mrs. Crawley's art alone
will suffice to establish the atmos-
phere.
While they are here Mrs. Crawley
and her people will give a moonlight
production of Midsummer Nights
Dream" on the stage of the Greek
Theater at Berkeley, and report has
it that her repertoire is to be unfolded
in Ye Liberty Theater, Oakland The
date of the Shakespearean production
has not been definitely fixed, but the
university authorities announce that
the notable performance will be given
in about three weeks, when a full
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

on strike and a couple Of eccentric
Dutchmen are engaged to MI the
vacancies. Mr.. James has taken
especial pains with the music, and
Mr. Lask has invested his best ability
in drilling the chorus. so there IS
every reason that ''Whirl-I-Gig" will
eclipse even "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" in at
tractiveness.
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