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The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

mars the intended realism of sunrise
or sunset. All shades Of color can be
transmitted by this invention. from a
gray dawn to a purpling dusk.
While old mission style architecture
marks the exterior plan of the Alcazar,
it's interior is to be decorated in Moor
ish design, Ia the Alhambra at Mad
rid. The general color scheme runs to
warm blues and browns and Colds with
polished brass wherever available, as
in the rails of the lobbies and boxes.
The decorators design is a most gor-
geous picture, and If strictly adhered
to the house. when Illuminated BY vari-
colored electric bulbs, will present a
ravishing sight.
1T may appear incongruous with the
sober exterior effect" said Mr.. Belasco,
but while we were resolved to recog-
nize California in the general plan we
could not carry the dull mission idea
to the interior, so we adopted the. Moor
ish style as a concession to the title
of the theater.'
All the actors have not yet been en-
ga aged, but a number of them, booked
while the Belasco soul was free from
iron, are on half salary and awaiting e
call for rehearsal. Nor has the open
ing play been chosen. Stage Manager
Butler having been instructed to re-
main in New York until the last of the
new productions has scored or failed.
and he is qualified by actual observa-
tion to sift the wheat from the chaff
and secure the former If possible
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Don't lust Laugh.

IN one OF the reviews OF The Love
Letter." says Virginia Harmed, the
writer remarked that the play was
rare comic deiight-'until you stopped
to think Imagine an audience made
I'D of people who. in the midst Of
hilarious comedy situation, stop 10
thinkP It would be like Sprinkling
salt on ice cream or the sudden appear
ance of a bill collector at wedding.
Here. I believe. IS revealed the d.
viding line between sense OF hunor
and the absence OF il. The individual
with a funny bone doesn't stop 10
think OF the realities. OF course. OF
what he is hearing. It Is sufficient that
he is entertained and that he is hav-
ing a good time. The man who con-
tinually stops 10 think cannot en-
joy; ne is like torrid sun, which dries
up the springs of enjoyment and blts-
ters the fields of delighti
Lately 1 loaned Ellis Parker But
ler's famous Pigs Is Pigs to such
one and after reading il she remarked:
Nonsense! OF course this is not true
II is not real 1 saw the point; but I
could not resist stopping TO think
Here we have again the curse OF stop
ping TO thinkr-of refusing TO unbend
and have a good timei Think OF play
ing to an audience OF guinea pigs That
would be all very well IL they multi
piled laughter
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pictures will be shown.
Harry James Travesty Stars close
their season at the Davis Theater to-
night. and tomorrow evening Robert
Downing and his company will open a
weeks engagement, presenting Run
ming for Governor" a comedy by Her
bert Bashford. on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. and rounding out the week
in "The Heritage of the Red" by the
same author. Mr.. Downing. is said to
be supported by an excellent company.
and in both plays special scenery is
used.
out of the Fold comedy drama,
is the weeks Offering al the Colonial
Theater, commencing tomorrow even
ing. 1t will give Izetta Jewell her first
real emotional opportunity and Frank
Bacon and the other members of the
Colonial company are in the cast.
Beautiful staging is promised.
Lonesome Town is to be revived
for weeks run tomorrow evening at
the Central Theater, and is TO be fol-
lowed by I'm Paris. for which most
elaborate preparation is being made.
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Some Electrical Wonders.

We shall receive power from two
distinct sources" said Mr.. Belasco. $50
that if one is crippled we shall not
be left in darkness. Besides, we shall
have a complete gas service, although
the possibility of it ever being called
into requisition is most remote Show
him how you'll be able to instantly de-
tect a break or cross in the electric
wiring in any part of the house and
repair it before serious damage can
be done"
IN each fuse on the spacious switch
board a diminutive speck was pointed
out and the information given that ii
will eject a tiny pun of smoke if any
thing goes wrong with the wire to
which it is attached. Then the ever
watchful electrician shall hasten at
once and repair the defect. Thus is
danger of fire from hidden wires re-
duced to a minimum.
But the apparatus in which the cleo
trician seemed to take most pride was
a device by which the stage can be
lighted or darkened gradually without
the apparent 5erkiness that usually
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Fat Persons viii Praise.

When we returned to the main work
shop he expatiated upon the superiority
Of the 400 audience chairs there
stored. The fat person who attends
the new Alcazar VIII sit and call US
blessed" he said, measuring with a
tape line to prove his claim that each
seat was three inches wider than any
theater chair now IN use here. And
the long-legged person. too. will have
cause for rejoicing" he went on, '1n
the fact that we shall give him several
inches more space in which TO extend
his knees than he can find in any
other theater in this city. To accom-
modate him and the fat person, we
shall sacrifice room for $50 seats,
which we could put IN without going
below the average space allowed for
knees and elbows. But I'll confess
that our generosity in that respect is
not as upsullied as It might appear to
the other parties concerned. We have
learned that the physical comfort of
the people who are witnessing a stage
performance is no less to be consid-
cred than the merit of the stage per-
formance itself. Now can you," he in
quired, glancing at my somewhat
elongated neither proportions, enjoy a
really good play while your legs are
cramped as much as you would enjoy
it if you had room in which to stretch
'em-even If you are a critic and try
TO keep your mind unaffected by per-
sonal matters?"
Ny reply was the expected negative.
of course you can't" he triumphant
ly rejoined. Then, surveying his own
amplitude of waist. he added. THE
best performance in the world
wouldn't look f1awIess to me from
seat narrower than I am"
The electrician was called to cor
roborate his employers assertion that
the total number of lights in the AL
cazar shall be not less. maybe more
than 100. Not only did the electrician
do so, but he assured me that no
theater in the world will be more
completely equipped with means of
artificial illumination, both on and of
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No Extravaganza at All.

we bought them at wholesale" was
the explanation. because we found
that the earthquake had diminished
the supply Of such props in San Fran
cisco and we would be unable to rent
them. as we formerly did Yes. we
could have ordered papier mache imita-
tions, but we preferred to buy the gen
uine stuff and prevent possible spoil
ing OF a luxurious interior setting by
having the audience detect cheap
sham in its detail. That bunch of
ornaments cost US more money than I
want to quote, but they are ours and
viii eventually pay for themselves by
obviating the necessity of hiring them
when they're needed. We have paid
US much as $50 week for the use of
such things, and if one of them hap
pened to be damaged while in our pos
session we were obliged to purchase
it at retail price. anyway"
Pointing to a set of antique-fash-
Toned oaken chairs. hand-carved and
artistically charming. that could not be
duplicated in San Francisco he said:
Our stage carpenter. who can manu-
facture anything we need except act
ors-and they are born, not made
could put UP a very close imitation of
those articles of furniture, but it might
not be close enough to deceive sharp
eyed folk in front-or to satisfy our
desire to make the new Alcazar the
most completely appointed theater
west Of New York, if not in the United
States. Where genuineness can be
used we shall use it,"
The creative stage carpenter was fin
ishing a fireplace and mantel-an old
fashioned Dutch effect-and when
called Mr., Belasco's attention to the
fact that the materials used were thin
boards and canvas he said that their
utilization was necessitated by the in
convenience of having iron or stone on
the stage.
These affairs" he said. can be
taken to pieces and cleared away in a
moment without the aid of derrick
or a mechanic" and in a trice he
pulled the fiimsy structure into half
dozen parts. and almost as quickly
reunited them. That's how a quick
change Of scene can be effected" he
added.
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bargain at once--here's the money"
Cash in hand, The messenger fed. and
Mr. Belasco informed me that since the
big fire 1t has been easier to find hens
teeth than old furniture in this city.
All the old houses were destroyed,
you know" he said and the old goods
and ehattels that were saved cannot be
purchased for anything like a reason
able price, because if they had not been
highly valued they would have been
left to burn. l guess. That young fell
low has spent weeks searching for
horsehair- covered chairs-and just to
think that he got six of EN- for 50
apiecei You don't know where any old
pictures are slowed away, do you?'
l do not, nor do l cease to suspect
that a scene in the Alcazar's opening
play will include horsehair- covered
chairs and aged pictures-to say moth
ing of an old-fashioned fireplace that
can be dissected and stuck together
again in a brace of shakes.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

sons novel and has proved a great sue
cess in the East.
The cast is headed by Jessie Busley,
for several years prominent member
of Charles Frohmans farces, and
among those associated with her are
Byron Douglas, James Keane, Sam
Reed, Malcolm Bradley, Harry Ford.
Rose Eytinge, Mary Faber, Kate Jep-
son and Lavinia shannon.
Had it not been for Frank Bacon,
In the Bishops Carriage" would have
passed San Francisco. He is an old
friend of George Welty, general man
ager for Liebler & Co. and agreed 10
let him have the Colonial Theater for
a week. during which time the Colonial
Stock Company will visit san Jose.
Santa Cruz, Monterey. Salinas and
Watsonville.
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FRED BELASCO lana<ze,ur IP0N au~r~~A, Soul

season, Oscar Wilde's "Salome." which
Joe Luckett Of the Columbia Theater
in Washington is planning TO present.
or the opera OF the latter title which
Herr Conried contemplares putting on
at the Metropolitan Opera-house this
season In both these dramas and the
opera Salome is the principal ferale
character. Mr.. Elsner constructed an
original story, IN which he made
Herodias the Leading female role. She
becomes infatuated with John. makes
love to him and he repulses her. In
revenge for this repulse and for pub
licly declaring her wanton she IN
duces Salome to demand Johns head
as a reward for her dance before Herod-
In this vital point Mr.. Elsner's play IS
entirely original with him.
Il is a notable Coincidence that the
play announced BY Mr. O'Neill has an
almost Identical title and that the vital
dramatic juxtaposftion OF the leading
characters is the same.
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She declared had iron on the
brain" he resumed, and insisted that
I see a doctor. Our long-treasured
family physician now shuns me"
Why"
Mrs. BeIasco won her point, Of
course. and I went to consult the
health preserver. All he said. after
glancing at my face. and before I could
tell him anything, I see what ails you
.-overwork and worry-system run
down-you need plenty Of rest and a
tonic with plenty OF iron What
stopped him I'm ashamed 10 tell you"
He didn't look IL
Plenty Of rest" he requoted, bit
terly, with me just dying of enforced
rest And plenty Of iron as If iron
wasn't the very thing that-but I try
TO be sorry that I lost my temper"
When did the"
Please don't say iron It came at
last. and here II is. being erected as
fast as men can be set 10 work I in
tend-hope, mean-to have two shifts
a day, toiling from now until the
framework is up. The rest of the
construction should be easy. for the
material is all here. To be optimistic
doesn't seem prudent, but III continue
10 hope"
Then he escorted me to a large
frame building on Bush street, between
Fillmore and Steiner. whence emanated
the shrek Of a buzz saw and other
sounds Of industry. And the interior
was a revelation.
It's the Alcazar workshop-the only
theater adjunct OF its kind in Ameri-
ca he explained, as wonderingly
stared around me Several wood
working machines were in full blast,
against the walls We're leaning stage
flats" and wings" in various stages
Of construction. an artisan was boring
holes in a large marble slab that was
10 serve as an electric switchboard.
and the remaining floor space was
largely taken up by piles Of lumber
and stacks OF dismembered theater
chairs.
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Unsuitable Dilaforiness.

we desire to open our house with
the best obtainahle play and the best
obtainable set of players was Mr. Be
lasco's elucidation of the seeming tar
diness in announcing his initial attrac-
ton, and T. think it would be best for
all concerned to reserve publication OF
the plays title and the company's per-
sonnel until Mr.. Buffers quest is ended.
Don't your"
while my answer was in process of
utterance an eager-eyed young man
rushed into the workshop and hailed
the manager with an excited shout,
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
Bills for Current Week.

vasco, headlined as The Mad Musi-
clan. will make his first appearance in
America this afternoon at the Orpheum,
having come from London via Aus
tralia. He plays twenty different
instruments during the twenty minutes
he is in view of the audience Mime.
Alexandra and Mons. Berthe, aerialists.
will also make their debut in this coun-
try at the Orpheum. Wilson brothers.
German comedians. promise fifteen
minutes of hilarity. and Frances
Darcy, a soprano vocalist, will sing
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
BY James Crawford.

~ TNCE ground was broken for
this structure-to-be." said Fred
BeIasco. as we stood amid the
upright columns and PROSTATE
girders that are. to compose the frame
work Of the new Alca4r Theater. II
have been taught by experience to ab-
stain from either making promises or
posing as a prophet Therefore I will
venture no farther in the way Of posi-
tivenegs than to hope that on Christ
mas eve the doors of our playhouse
viii be open to the public"
Then he disclosed his reasons for de-
clining to prognosticate.
The neatness and dispatch" he said.
with which the site was excavated
and the foundations were laid warrant
ed ne TO predict that the theater would
be ready for business on October Is.
but then the iron had not entered
my soul
I don't quite understand"
IN other words. I had not fairly
begun TO dabble in steel. The metal
had been ordered and the contractor
pledged TO have IT ready for erection
IN ample time 10 make good my pre-
diction. and after that pleasant prac-
teal study In reinforced concrete I was
perfectly confident that there was only
plain sailing ahead Ny business part
ner. Mr. Mayer. rushed To New York to
purchase stage properties and fixtures,
and our stage manager. Mr. Butler
accompanied him TO secure plays and
engage people I remained here to
accelerate the work OF building For
two months I awaited the arrival Of
the iron. spending my days bounding
the contractor and my nights 'twixt
wakefulness and dreams in which iron
was the dominant factor. I not only
dreamed iron. but thought iron, talked
iron and probably would have eaten
iron if my wife had not attended TO my
dietary"
He mopped his forehead and I mur-
INJURED sympathy.
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Mayors partner. Take a close look
at it"
1 did so. and found that every article
in the lot was genuine. There were
at least fifty kinds OF vases and Jar
dinieres Of different sorts of ware,
ranging from daintiest china to COM
mon red clay. to say nothing of real
marble and bronze statuettes. plaques
Of hammered brass and many other ar
ticIes Of vfrtu
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Notable Play Is Coming.

The first two-dollar theatrical at
traction to visit San Francisco since
the fire will be Liebler & Co.'S pro-
duction of I'm the Bishops Carriage. .
which will begin d weeks season at
the Colonial Theater on Sunday night,
November 2S. 1t is the dramatization
by Charming Pollock of Miriam Michel
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both operate and
popular" selec-
tions. Held over
are the Empire
City Quartet. Au-
gusta Close. Max
MILAN and Collins
and Hart, appar-
entity superhuman,
whose act is funny
even when you
know how it is
done New moving
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

= We foun d
'em.
Found what ~
was the re-
sponse
Them horse
hair chairs. We
can get half a
dozen Of EN- for
twelve dollars,'
"Hooray it's
dirt cheap. Go
and close the
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

MANAGER FRED BELASCO. WHO. NO
LONGER CARES TO PREDICT. But CON
TINUES TO HOPE.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

Madame Sembrich gives her New
York recital within a few weeks. and
then resumes her position with the
Conried forces, remaining in opera un-
til spring, when she viii make an ex-
tended concert tour under Loudon
Charlton's direction.
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Henrietta Crossman will come to the
Pacific Coast this spring.

Madame Gadshi has started on tour
with the pleasing prospect OF all time
being booked soHdly up 10 Christmas,
when she returns TO Germany Con-
sidering that this is the prima donna 5
third successive American concert tour.
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Family Medico Offended.

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The sun., 1906-02-08
CITY FERRY TO BROOKLYN.
Boats Won't he 80 H!S or 50 Fast as the
staten Island SeagOers.

The purchase and operation by the city
the Ihlrty-ninth street ferry was virtually
decided upon Yesterday when the Sinking
Fund Commission authorized Dock COM
missiyucr Etnse to employ archte IS and
engineers - prepare designs and plans
Ior new terminals aud boats.
Part OF Mr. Reusel's plan is the building
Of a large ornamental terminal at South
Ferry for the citv's lines Mr.. Rersel
tod the Sinking Fund Commission that his
scheme yacEired the building of three new
boats whCh. with the old boats to behought
IRON the conn any, would give all the SER
Vlce required until the extension Ot the dock
system OF South Brooklyn
The three new boats, it is estimated, will
cost abpGt s2Oo,oW each. They will oe
smaller and slower than the Staten Island
boate and viii have a speed of about twelve
Knots. 70 Increase the terminal facilities
At South Brooklyn Mr.. Bensel proposes
10 buy additional property facing on the
water front.
II ha, been estimated that themunicipaiz-
ing OF the ferry viii cost the city about
S'yO,UNO year over direct returns.
1t ha~ been suggested that a one cent
'are should he charged. Comptroller Metz
sad Yesterday that before the fare was
decided upon the cost of insurance should
he considered The city will have prop
rrfy aioat on the two ferries amounting
IN value to about s2,OOOoOo. The fire in
slrance will be about $50 900 and the acoi-
dent insurance $50. 900. Mayor Mcclellan
HsnPoohtcd the Comptroller and President
.acuowan committee to report upon this
The sun., 1906-02-08
SKATING.
Red Ban Up 1T Van COrtlandt Lske-Good
Ice on Outlying Ponds.

Tho rcd ball went up at Van Cortlandt Park
early yesterday and all day and evening big
crowd of skaters had a gala time on the Ice.
II was stated that the ice was five inches
thick and except there is thaw there Will be
good skating at Van Cortlandt Park for tho
next few days In the matter Of late skating
season the present one is a record breaker.
Early yesterday the ice in tho Central Park
Lake was tested and found to have reached
n thickness OF three and half inches. but six
inches is needed before the lake can be thrown
open to the public. During the day the skat-
ing houses were beseged with youngsters
who brought along their skates and were
ready for action. and they went away crest
fallen when they noticed a fringe of soft ice
close to the bank Around Swan Island ana
under the Bow Bridge here are open spots yet.
and It will take couple OF days ot nara Irost
before these are frozen over About noon,
the Park for years not iced flock ot crows
oircling very high over the lake ana this. they
said, was the sign Of an early spring,
"rhere'll be no skatin' in the PARK this
winther. me boy. said a grizzled laborar 10
a chap of about IS, Watch them sparrowe
how they re scrapin' about In that dust an
ghirpin,. That's the sign that winter is gone;
An investigation was made or the skatlne
house. and at the butts Of the rafters we're
found the founda tions of several nests. ana the
sparrows were working hard hytng in and out
with feathers and bits OF wood In their beaks
and busy building heir new houses.
In outlying districts good skating was en-
ioyed yesterday. On the JERSEY ponds and ih
runners. Skating was not allowed at Pros
pect Park