The San Francisco call., 1906-06-10

OF LnE present. Nnllt An6T6 Is so
little doing in the dramatic way in San
Francisco. theater lovers viii have TO
supply themselves with their needed
dramatic delights by being. in the in
terval between burning and building
pleasantly reminiscent and anticipative
They can call back TO memory the old
favorite plays and players of the B. Q.
period, and they can look forward TO
the happy theatrical time coming when
our plsyhouses are rebuilt bigger and
better perhaps than they were before.
One Of the fine arts Of joyous living
is 10 always try 10 take or reckon your
pleasures in pairs; thus sweet remern-
bering gives a double zest to pleasant
anticipation OF the prOved-by-Is st-ex-
perience JOY which is surely coming
again. and the interval being all filled
up with the glow of mingled blissful
memories and bright expectations
pleasure is prolonged and the waiting
hours are reighted with r. A help
. 10 such method of securing theat trical
pleasure viii be 10 notice sympatheti-
cally what the players are doing in
the more fortunate parts OF the world
while we are preparing TO rise from
our ashes and bid the artists welcome
back 10 US again.
Some Of our old favorites OF the
TivOh have formed thmselVes into the
san Francisco Opera Company" and
are playing in Seattle under Assistant
Manager Frank w Healey- The outfit
spreads out its banner thus: Splendid
Cast Of Principals-and Grand Beauty
Chorus composed for the most part
OF members Of the Tivoli Opera Com
psny) in High-Ciass Royalty Comic
Operas and Musical Comedies
They have been playing Erminie,"
and Teddy Webb is Caddeaux and
Aimee Leicester is the Princess The
nv s. he Of
Russell and Drew. and they play at
the Grand Opera-house. Seattle is
much pleased with them, and il is ex-
pected that the city will support such
a company for at least an annual sea
son, and they hope TO have the former
1ivoI players visit them once a year
hereafter The beginnings of the en-
terprise were supportea by house that
is described as packed.
The multitude OF hearts in San Fran
cisco who admire Florence Roberts and
have enjoyed her many seasons here
and counted her as one Of the favorite
belongings OF our own city viii be
very pleased 10 know that she is win
ming such high praise in the East Her
performance in The Streng 9Th of the
Weak" which was the play in which
she Ventured 10 seek the critical YER
dict OF the metropolis as 10 her powers.
has been so wei commended that she
and san Francisco may wei feel proud
over it, She has been adjudged TO have
sincerity, power and originality. The
play which was written by Miss Char
lotte Thompson Of San Francisco. is
considered 10 have developed strong
scenes and situations out OF a diffiultiy
unpleasant subject. In this play Flor
ence Roberts resemblance to Mrs.
Fiske has been noted. One critic found
some fault with her gowns but that
n.c oil
cism. Miss Ruth Allen is playing with
her
The New York Inquirer has a story
that Olga Nethersole has been very
rude TO Mrs. Leslie Carter Insolent is
the word used. and the condition of
Miss Nethersole's mind is called a
''tantrum." Mrs. Carter sent Miss
compliments Miss Nethersole sent 1t
back, saying she did not accept presents
from strangers. There is somewhat of
a complicated story about the row, and
among other things the Inquirer SAYS
that her leading man. Hamilton Re
velle. had 10 excuse himself from TAX
ing Miss NerhersOle to the Belasco
Theater because Of the slight TO Mrs.
Carter and the bracelet incident, which
occurred in Chicago.
Mrs. CarteT's season viii close in
June. Her receipts for the season are
said 10 be enormous. Recently she has
been playing in Brooklyn. and the ad-
vance sale was very heavy.
The Lion and the Mouse" is scoring
success in London under the manage
ment OF Charles FrOhman. The Daily
Chronicle says:
This is another good American play.
fun OF grip and go. 1t was hailed at
the finish with one universal cheer
such as has not gone up on any other
rrF-Cf r7fr of
polish, Of course, as a good American
play ought 10 do 1t has na tone and
little atmosphere, and people talk like
copybooks until they settle down TO
work But when they do-ye gods~
The many friends here of Robert
Louis Stevenson's family and connec-
uOns Will be interested 10 hear what
IS being said of the one act comedy
play, The Little Father of the Wilder
ness. written by Austin Strong and
Lloyd Osbourne, which has been pro-
duced al the Criterion in New York. The
Theatre Magazine makes this mention
Of the play:
II is a well-known axiom that every
comedian harbors in his heart a yearn-
ing for tragic expression Francis Will
son has yielded to the mystic call. and
The Mountain Climber seen recently
al the Criterion. was later preceded by
The Little Father in the Wilderness
an OflSl comedy IN one act by Austin
Strong and Lloyd Osbourne. in which
the popular comedian played the role
Of the aged Pere Marlotte, an heroic
Jesuit priest. It is a very pretty and
graceful little piece which the two
authors have evolved. Louis XIV sum-
mons the aged Father TO Versailles to
decide BET as TO the height of Niagara
Falls. Marlotte responds. with the ex-
pectation that his labors in New France
have been appreciated; but the plea
sure-lOving monarch has forgotten ali
about the incident. and the little Jesuit
is hunlbled 10 despair. The arrival of
the Chevalier de Frontenac. however.
puts a new face on things. Marlotte's
achievements are made known. and the
King makes him Bishop Of Toulouse"
The Theatre (New York; in giving an
account OF the cataclysm in San Fran
cisco, mentions some interesting things
that were done in the way Of help by
theatrical people. That paper gives San
Francisco credit for being one OF the
best theatrical cities on the United
States, and states that the number OF
artists that originally came from the
Pacific Coast is prodigious. Therefore
theatrical people all over the country
began promptly TO raise funds by bene-