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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
Long Beach Shocked Her.

The artist and | must have been
smiling at her imitation of the
mayoral dignity, for Mr.. Curtis ad-
monished us to wait for the big
laugh"
Il can laugh at it now," she con-
tinued, ''but it didn't seem a bit funny
then. Jack was angry as well as me,
and to prevent him being arrested for
battery or peace disturbance or some
thing l induced him to escort me to
the beach"
And no sooner did we arrive there
than she rushed me away from it," he
interrupted, uproariously.
Because l found it was no. fit place
to take ones husband to, even though
he acts with chorus girls" she said,
demurely.
'Why?" l innocentiy inquired
~The length--or lack of it-of those
bathing skirts-oh, mer-cyl
The big laugh was due and it ar
rived.
What made her angry at the
femininity of Long Beach, she ex-
planned, was not alone its inconsistent
show of prudery, but also its indirect
rebuke to the patrons of cheap vaude-
vile. Those women who shocked
me after | had horrihed them," she
said warmly, might just as we'll have
plainly accused the people who ap-
plauded my act in Los Angeles of
being deficient in moral discernment.
Now, when you consider that ten-and-
twent' is mainly dependent for sup
port upon the approval of working
mems wives and children you must
realize that nothing improper, in
speech, costume or action, would be
tolerated on the stage. Why, most
of the cheap shows are moral enough
to be opened with Qraxer. While ths
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stuff, engaged Jack and me to do our
respective vaudeville turns Mine
was a song, Bill Simmons Is Such a
Lazy Coon,' followed by a buck and
wing dance, and my costume was ex-
ceptionally modest, the skirt being
longer than is usually worn by stage
dancers. Well, when | faced that
Long Beach audience the lady pianist
who was to accompany me couldn't
or said she couldn't-hnd the roll of
music | had handed to her a few
minutes before, and there | stood,
stranded, so to speak One of the
bandsmen kindly offered to follow me
on his saxaphone if I'd hum the music
for him beforehand, and | hummed
and hummed, but he couldn't catch
the ragtime So the situation re-
solved itself into choice between
my performing without. instrumental
aid or not performing at all. The ex-
pectant faces of the people in front
decided me- to choose the former
alternative l performed, and-oh,
dear"
When another laughing spell was
concluded she told us that no ap-
plause rewarded her effort, at which
she was not amazed, because of her
lack of accompaniment. Then the
Mayor of the town went to her and
said, Miss Sutherland, I'm awfully
sorry, but" "I'm sorry, too" she
broke in, but I'll have my music to-
morrow and" I'm afraid you mis-
understand" he said; "the absence of
your music is not the cause of objec-
ton to your temperance here"
Then what is the objection to my
temperance here-and who objects?
she demanded. ITS your-ahem-
Dress" he stammered; "our ladies
think it is ssarily-ahem-
short" He handed her full salary for
the term of her engagement and with
drew
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Earthquake Melodramas.

Lincoln Carter's newest melodrama.
while Frisco Burns" was played at
the Criterion Theater, Chicago, last
week, and it immediately developed all
the well-known Carter characteristics
of thrill and scenic extravaganza. The
story is chiefly of Chinatown, with
hero and heroine, villain, woman viii
lain, hearty old Irishwoman, her pret-
ty daughter, the comedy Jew, the
brisk youngster in love with the SOU
brette and other favorites. All the
acts are thoroughly effective in the
melodrama style, with numerous
comedy hits that get explosions Of
laughter. The earthquake scene shows
the front of the City Hall and the
realism of the earthquake includes
people stumbling and falling as the
earth shakes. Buildings fall and loud
explosions are heard The hre scene
follows and the last scene is in THE
City of Tents"
In this connection it may not be
amiss to state that the claim of orig
inality made for Mr.. Carter's play is
not without opposition. Some of the
old-time theatergoers have recalled
that Bartley Campbell had a realistic
earthquake effect in Clio" while a
few years later Wilson and Barrett
used the same idea in ~Claudian" The
press agent for Al H. Woods has dug
even deeper than that, and says: "The
sensation was first introduced four
centuries ago by the Italians, in 1880
They had intricate machinery for the
stimulation of such phenomena as
thunderbolts and earthquakes In 1862
the first attempt in England to mimic
an earthquake was made at South
wark."
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for my enlightenment that a Mother
Hubbard is professional slang for a
tent show. This tent" she resumed,
.'was half surrounded by skating
rink in course of construction, and the
afternoon we opened our engagement
the din created by the carpenters
hammering was SO loud that we could
not hear the orchestra and the people
behind it could not hear us But they
sat through the show"
Maybe they relished having the
show knocked" Mr.. Curtis re-
marked.
THAT reminds me of how Fischer,
late of O'Farrell street and now man
aging ten and twent' in Los Angeles,
used to knock his own shows was
her next beginning. When a new
act went on and failed to please
Fischer he rushed to his private Of
fee and pressed a button that set all
the electric fans in the house a-buzz-
ing. We folk in the dressing-rooms
knew when we heard the buzz and
saw the fans revolve that the turn
then in progress would never be re-
peated on that stage.
'The Fire Chief Of Los Angeles
went to Fischer during a slimly at
tended matinee Mr. Curtis contrib
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Why Some Plays FizzIe.

There is no public so snobbish and
so exclusive as that of our American
theaters," the New York Sun quotes
an unnamed managervas saying, and
then lets him picture the average
American playgoer addressing play
wrights, players and managers in this
wise 7zA net
''If you want to interest me you
must write about iust the things l
like on the. stage and you must pre-
sent them in just the proper way. If
possible, put the scene in my country
and the characters. which should all
be natives, must be placed in situa-
tions that understand. Their love
affairs must be of the kind I approve
and there should be posed no problem
which cannot be settled by happy
solution of the love question The
nearer you get these characters to my
own home, my own experiences Of the
theater-I don't want to see any ex-
periences of life on the stage-and TO
the stage types am familiar with, the
more certain is going to be the success
of your play Then / would advise
you to leave out politics-business as
well-and it doesn't make much diff
ference about the characters in the
play so long as the love story is in
teresting. This is the sort of play
that we like in the United States and
that is the only kind that is going to
meet with any great success here"
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
Bills for Coming Week.

Headlined on the Orpheum's bill
for this week, commencing today, is
Clifton Crawford, author of Nancy
Brown" the ballad of rurality that
tinkled its way into great popularity
several years ago. He will sing his
own songs and tell his own stories,
and his performance promises to be
pleasing. Eleanor Dorel, soprano, is
to present a song cycle, THE Quar-
REL" including Howard's Sometimes"
and Heart to Let" and Celega's 5
"Salvator Rosa" Nat Leroy and
Minnie Woodford, rapid fire conver-
sationists, and Tom Fortune and
Josephine Davis, in their sketch my
Sweetheart" will also be new The
holdovers are R. G. Knowles, Nc
Mahon and Chappelle, McMahon's
Minstrel Maids and the Aribos.
Both musical comedy and vaude-
vile will be presented to the folk who
attend the opening of the Empire
Theater. at Sutter and Steiner streets
tomorrow afternoon. ''The Baron
from Berlin" one-act piece, is to be
followed by the Rose City vocal
quartet, Elmer Lissenden, monolog-
ist; T. E. Patterson, coon shouter,
and Avill and Grimm, gymnasts.
There will be matinee and two
evening performances every day and
the prices of admission are 10 and 20
cents.
"Hoity-Toity" commences its third
week at the Davis Theater tomorrow
and the business it has drawn makes
reasonable the assumption that it
will run fourth week
Lonesome Town is announced for
another week at the Central Theater
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uted, and told him that the theater
did not have enough outlets. You're
mistaken, said Fischer, glancing at
the numerous empty seats; what this
theater needs most is inlets.'"
Ben Hur" at Los Gafos.
"The theater at Los Gatos has an
unusually small stage" the lady sub
scribed, ''and when | called the man
ayers attention to it he said it was
big enough for any attraction that he
booked. Why, he proudly added, "a
couple of weeks ago "Ben Hur" was
presented on that stage 'Whatp ]
exclaimed, thinking of the tons OF
properties used in the play Yes,
ma'am, he insisted, we gave EN- the
chariot race and everything and next
day the papers came out and said that
no finer moving pictures were ever
exhibited in Los Gatos.'
sWhen we were in Stockton" Mr.
Curtis donated, "a team of Dutch
dialect comedians-fat and thin, you
lsnow-were featured on the bill with
us, and while the manager and / were
standing in front of the theater one
afternoon two middle-aged and heav-
ily whiskered men stepped up to US
Air you an actor? said one of them
addressing me. Some people have
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Bohemian Club Concerf.

Keen interest is already manifested
in the Bohemian Clubs annual con-
cert which is to fake place Tuesday
afternoon, October 2. in the Greek
Theater. The programme will COM
prise selections from compositions by
members of the club and will include
several works not hitherto performed
in public. Arrangements are being
made for the engagement of large
orchestra and the choral numbers
will be rendered by the club chorus,
reinforced for the occasion by num-
Der of extra voices. The concert will
be complimentary benefit to those
professional musicians who have
written music for jinks and other club
functions, and reserved seat tickets
are selling for 81 apiece Seats are
being assigned according to priority
of application
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

acts may not be as artistic as some
you see at the Orpheum, the per-
formances as whole are as clean
The managers insist on that above
everything else"
Except the time limit" Mr.. Curtis
chirnod L.,
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We'll, they are rather exacting on
that point, too" she partly agreed
Some funny things happen when
new acts are being tried out prior to
their public production The manager
sits as censor and orders elimination
of things that don't suit him, and as
all the managers are not overburdened
with either intelligence or sense of
humor some of them make amusing
breaks. When we were playing in
Oakland there was a dialect monolog-
ist on the bill with us, and his best
story was about two Irish gentlemen
who had spent an evening together so
pleasantly that one of them, Grady,
realizing his inebriety, was afraid to
go home and face his better half.
His companion, Flanagan, was the
kind of inebriate that always con-
siders himself perfectly sober, and
he undertook to handle the situation.
You walk ahead of me, he said to
Grady, and I'll soon tell ye whether
ye're sober enough t meet tn ould
woman Grady went ahead, balanc-
ing himself as we'll as his condition
would permit, Flanagan ambling
along in his wake. Am / walking,
straight inquired Grady, when he
had zigzagged about a block. 'Ye
are, replied Flanagan; but who's that
wild YEP Now, the Oakland manager
decided that the story was good, but
too long, and suggested that it be cut.
How will l cut it? the monoIogist
asked. Why, cut out Who's that
wild YEP was the answer.
up at Stockton our manager told
us to cut our double turn, but he
neglected to specify" said Mr.. Curtis,
and we reduced our time on the
stage from twenty minutes to three.
He didn't like our liberaIity and made
US stick the seventeen minutes on
again"
Words Anenf "Knockinq."
"We played week here in one of
the Mother Hubbards, Miss Suth-
erland began, but obligingly suspend
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
She Shocked Long Beach.

~Ellery's Italian Band of sixty
pieces was giving afternoon concerts
there" she proceeded, ~and the man
aging committee, desiring to vary the
programme by inserting some popular
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
Acting for the Censor.

chipped in.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

EREORMlNG III CnSdp NduQ6-
- vile, slangily termed "ten-and-
twent," is not to the liking of
Miss Lily Sutherland, the petite
soubrette of Harry James Travesty
Stars. She told me so herself one
warm afternoon last week as we sat
in a cool corner OF the Davis Theater,
where she was awaiting rehearsal In
proximity were her husband, stage
titled Jack" Curtis, and the artist
who made the pictures on this page
Jack and ] had few weeks of it
before we opened here" she said.
I'VE had nothing else to do and
the money looked good to u.s." her
lesser half murnured, explanatorily
And you don't intend to re-enter
it," / queried to draw further ex-
PLANTATION.
Not until all other means of bread
getting are closed to US" she replied.
And refugee relief stations are not
excluded from the other means" he
appended.
How did they happen to get into
"ten-and-twent?" Oh, they had FIN
ished long engagement in burlesque
at Los Angeles when the manager of
one of the cheap houses, probably in
Auenced by their favorable local repu-
tation, offered them tempting wages
to perform under his auspices. They
accepted.
But our stay there was very brief, F"
Miss Sutherland informed me-
Limited TO one consecutive per-
formance," Mr.. Curtis corroborated.
Managerial ImpoIifeness.
after the show" she resumed,
''the manager came to us with a face
as long as his arm. 'Hows our act?'
asked him. It's putrid,' he growled,
and turned away. Good Lord, l
said to Jack, this is frightful. In
stead of elevating ten-and-twent we
haven't made good in it. He COM
forted me by declaring that the man
ayers criticism was intended to stife
any idea we might harbor of striking
for higher salary. He needn't be
afraid of that l said, for thousand
a week wouldn't induce me to work
for man who says putrid when he
could just as easily say rotten"
And we Immediately went to an
other theater of the same class and
with the same decayed stuff pleased
both the public and the management .
Mr. Curtis put in.
Yes, we were so albright there
that the committee on arrangements
Of a big but heavy show at Long
Beach selected US to Tighten up the
programme" his wife averred. "Geel"
she chuckled, IF l were to live a
million years I'd never forget that ex-
perience."
Her husband laughed, too, and
then informed US that Long Beach IS
a very proper town near Los Angeles;
that most Of its inhabitants are we'll
to-do seekers of health from the East,
and that the sale of Intoxicating
liquors is strictly prohibited by them.
TO appreciate what's she's going to
tell" he added. you'd better know
the kind of z community II IS
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been deluded into that belief, l re-
Piled Well he rejoined, we want
you to settle bet Amt them fellers'
pointing at big photograph of the
Dutch team that was standing in the
foyer-'Mister Weber and Mister
Fieldss l passed the answer up to
the manager, who promptly made it
affirmative. There, now, triumphant
ly exclaimed the interrogator, thump-
ing his companions chest, didn't |
tell ye so?' 1t makes me derned
mad said the other, t. learn TIL
trewth. Why, consarn them fellers,
| paid So to see them in tn Frisco
opery-house, when might "a saved
500 by waitin' few years Then
they went and drank the bet-'
'Tis a Strenuous Life. ,
Before we adjourned both Miss
Sutherland and her husband assured
me that they had received only good
treatment in ten-and-twent after
their "one consecutive performance
in Los Angeles
1--WE wouldn't like to have the man.
ayers who were. good to us think we
are unappreciative of their kindness, y
said the little woman. Indeed, if the
life were not so strenuous and my am
bition were dead I'd just as lief work
in the ten-and twent's as in higher
class houses But three shows day
usually four on Saturdays and Sun
days-levy heavy tax on both mind
and body, for they leave little or no
time for study or recreation.
Ten-and-twent' is a continuous
performance of work, eat and sleep, -
was the final pronouncement by Mr.
Curtis.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
Words Anenf Knocking. /"

'We played week here in one of
the Mother Hubbards,'" Miss Suth-
erland began. but obligingly suspend
ed narration until she had exnlained
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

and the management announces it will
be followed by 4. o. u"
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

Lonesome Town is announced for
another week at the Central Theater
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-05
CAR TO FIRE CABINET.
Deadlock Between Parliament and Gov
eminent Near Breaking-Czar to
Take a Cruise

ST. PETERSBURG, June 30.-Late
this afternoon the Associated Press was
informed upon the authority of Grand
Duke that the retirement of the Goremy-
kin ministry has been definitely decided
upon.
The question now is how long the
present deadlock between Parliament
and the government can continue.
Premier Goremykin is no longer factor
i'll the situation. Others are earnestly
advising the Emperor to dissolve Par
lament, on the ground that Parliament
is simply the center of revolutionary
agitation. Finance Minister Kokovsotf
and Minister of Justice ChicheglovitoT.
on the other hand, consider that such an
attempt would be fatal. The former is
ambitious to become premier.
The cruise of the Emperor and his
family i'll Finnish waters will be made
at the end of next week. The imperial
yacht VIII be escorted by two warShius.
The deputation from the group of toll
sent into the country districts report
that the peasants are anxious for the
signal to rise. The delegates counselled
patience until August.
The estate in Orcl province of Prime.
Sviatopolk- Alirsky, the former minister
of the interior, was burned by peasants
last night. Cossacks have been dis.
patched.
NM. Anniken and Alladin, the peas
ant leaders in Parliament. have received
a warning from the League for the Sal
walton of Russia" of Odessa, that they
have beeu sentenced to death.
\ sergeant belonging to the Omega
regiment, which has just returned from
the Baltic provinces where it partici-
pated in the suppression of the revolu-
tiOnary disorders was killed yesterday
in front of his company at Krasnoe- Selo
camp. The company was presumed to
fire a round of blank cartridges and he
was killed by design.
A conference of the highest officers of
the army and navy has been summoned
to discuss the extent of and I'll" remedies
for the disaffcction in the army and
navy.
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INJURED AT LAUNCHING
FIVE HURT WHEN NEW HAMPSHIRE
ROLLS INTO WATER
Men Were Hit by Prop and One Is II
Serious Condtion-Warship Is
Sister to the Kansas.

CAMDEN, y. J., June Gothic bat
tleship New Hampshire was launched at
the yard of the New York Shipbulding
company here today. Miss Hazel +.
McLane, daughter of Gov. McLane of
New Hampshire, christened the battle
ship. Gov. McLane and his staff wit
messed the launching. The New Hamp-
shire Is sister ship to the battleshlp
Kansas.
Five workmen were injured while at
work clearing away the props which
held the big vessel. The timbers gave
way and the men were hurled SONG. dis
lance by being hit by the prop. james
kappakinski We're taken to Il hospital
severely bruised about the head and
body. The other workmen are only
slightly injured.
The launching party had not reached
the christening stand when the accident
occurred and were ignorant of the fact
that anything unusual had happened UNI
til the vessel had left the ways. The
accident occurred nearly half an hour
before the launching Several workmen
began to saw and knock the props from
under the vessel shortly before 80.
They had not been at work long when
several props gave way, probably caused
by the New Hampshire settling
The injured men were hurriedly re-
moved from the yard and every effort
was made to keep the affair n secret.
The company was successful, as Miss
McLane knew nothing of the unfor-
tunate occurrence when she smilingly
broke the bottle on the New Hamp-
shire's bow
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-05
BIG STEAMER OVERDUE.
America from M2rseilles Should Have
Arrived in New York Week Ago
La Savoie Has Accident.

NEW YORK, June 80 Some anxiety
is felt in shipping circles over the delay
of the Fabre line steamship America
in reaching this port. The America left
Marseilles on June 3 with four cabin and
1lO Storage passengers. 1t carries 4
crew of forty. Capt. Duhe is the skip
per. The steamship touched ut the Azores
on June II and should have reached
here. even with a slow run. week ago
tomorrow. James w. Elwell 4 Co.
agents, said that they felt no great con
Germ for the safety of the vessel. al
though they were convinced that the
america had met with an accident
UANRE, June 3O.-Ehe French line
steamer LaSavoie from New York June
u for this port, which passed the Sicily
Islands yesterday with the mot under
control signal flying, arrived here at
noon today. two days late with Il broken
screw.
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The Downward Path.

Its certainly too bad"' with sighful
solcmnity said Miss Henrietta Stang,
over the back fence to Mrs. Judge Tub
man, but according to all reports, il )
what he said himself that started the
talk,-youug Lester Pinney is going to
the dogs just as fast as he can! Why:
he owned up to Gilbert Pine. ana Gil
told 'Lias Turner, and 'Iias told AMI
Sussions, and AMI told it to one of the
Bump Twins and the Bump Twin told II
to Mary Ella Tcctcrs-he's engaged to
her, You know, so it was perfectly proper
that he should-and she told 1t to me:
that when Lester was up to the city last
around of nights till ten or 'leven O'Clock,
aud one day ne stood right in front of Il
saloon and saw one o. them giddy chorus
girls ride by in nm automobile, and she
winlcd mt him,-he wasn't any farther
away from her either. than from your
front door to the gate! And all his folks
are such nice peoplc. toor'-Smart Set.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-05
LOWER BARLEY RATES
DECISION HANDED DOWN BY RAIL
ROAD COMMISSION.
Uanitowoc Mailing Company Wins Case
Against Railroads.&c. Joint Tariff Is
Ordered by Board.

,,,r,,n, w.. M -.
ii ADisoN' u.s. June -lSpt-
claLI-Ihe railway commission this
morning handed down decision in the
matter of the complaint of the Mauito-
voc Mating company against the Nil
woukce & St Popl and the Wisconsin
C,,,,r,i ro,lra,d,
-, 81 ~ '"l, e.,,.,..
ne d'ciSI"H III part - ~ i'"o"H'
II is ordered that for the future the rat
70 be charged by th' MliWauhrr ana VS. ~
oSs G,rT. I"lITr r,, ,ft1I anH ray
ton tn Monltowo, In carload lots shall not
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IS HELD FOR ASSAULT.
Joseph Meyer Is Confined in Elkhorn
Jail in Connection with Attack on
Little Violet Maine

DELtNAN, Wis, June 29.-[Spe-
ciai. Am arrest has been made in con-
nection with the assault of nne-year-old
Violet Maine who is lowering between
life aud death. Joseph Meyer is con-
fined in the county Jail. As yet the au-
thoritieS have secured no incrimnating
evidence, but Meyers conflicting stories
MS to his whereabouts on the night OF
the assault led to his apprehension.
Meyer lives mile north of Elkhorn
and was seen in Deiavan at s o'clock
on the night of the assault. In order
to get home he would be obliged to pass
the Maine home, which is between Elk
horn and Dclavan. He will be taken be
fore the court in a few days and eX-
amined Several other clues were fol
lowed by the officers and they will be
pursued nevertheless. Meyer is mar
ricd man and has a child.