The San Francisco call., 1906-06-17

day rush Of workers who viii have
the night made bright almost as day
for them by electric light, and that in
addition 10 the good fortune the Or
pheum management expects TO have
their temporary playhouse ready for
business by next September. we may
wei be eXpectant that some more
theaters viii endeavor 10 keep up with
the pace thus set and that the return
OF dramatic pleasures TO San Francisco
VIII be much speedier than for the
past two months we had dared hope
Cottlob has sprung a very sudden sur
prise in his plans for the swift con-
struction of the steel frame of the
Columbia on Van Ness avenue and
Gearv street, and if by that he has
surprised his rivals as completely as
he has surprised the public, il sug-
gests the possibility that there may
be some other surprises Of similar
kind up other peoples sleeves. The
amusement-loving public viii hope
that the other managements viii en-
deavor to create a surprise by the
CELEBRITY with which they follow suit.
Another indication of sure and early
return TO normal conditions in matters
OF art is the very hopeful advice and
opinions expressed by Alfred Metzger.
editor Of the Musical Review. who is
now issuing his ma gazine from Los
Angeles and viii continue to do so
until San Francisco has her musical
resurrection. He calls the attention
OF musicians. both performers and
teachers, to what he believes is the
fact that if there is any possible
chance for them TO remain in or near
San Francisco-that is to say, if they
are able to make even a modest living
they will never have cajIse to regret
this action, for san Francisco viii far
sooner recover from the shock than
many people imagine" In spite of the
present dismal outlook he is convinced
that in a short time the people will
demand the continuation of their
musical studies and il will naturally
follow that there viii be demand for
musical entertainments.
The editor Of this only musical jour
nal in the Great West trusts so strong
" in the future of the musical field in
san Francisco and on the Pacific Coast
that he refused TO forsake us in these
duh and unremunerative times, even
though he had the chance to establish
himself at once with prominent musi-
cal journals in the East. He intends
70 Te-establish the publication of the
Musical Review in San Francisco as
soon as this city has so far advanced
in the resuscitation of its more ma
terial necessities that il can turn some
Of its attention and support to the
luxury Of music.
We must fervently hope and pray
that this revival of musical life here
viii be not postponed until the blocks
are all rebuilt. for with all these grand
IDEAS we are cherishing about the
building of the city beautiful surely
We VIII believe that if the spirit of
reconstruction could be in some meas
u1e set TO music then must Of neces-
sity our beautiful city arise still more
beautiful because of the melody and
harmony with which our architects
planned and our workmen rhythmically
toiled.
Besides, We wish very much that our
new city sh;n be as free as possible
from graft. Ind that all Of that evil
should be hauled away in the debris
OF the dead past and as we know that
men who have no music in their souls
are ripe for treasons, stratagems and
spoils." we may be sure that the
sooner we get the music going and the
halls and theaters 20 house it in the
more surely viii we build graftless
city and the less of fraud there Will
be put into walls we want TO be strong
enough TO withstand all the discord
OF another possible jar
One of the enterprising men who
has most swiftly prepared TO set the
music sweetly going again is Pro-
fessor Charles T. Graeber. who, 3. @.
had a large music class on Post street
He has already run up a hall of goodly
length on Turk street, near the new
center Of all sorts of reviving business,
Van Ness avenue: and here he pro-
poses TO resume the teaching of music
as soon as people can collect their
musical wits, and he also designs TO
rent his hall for musical entertain
rnents and various purposes.
IN order TO be swift in his prepara-
Of fpf in
music the professor turned mechanic
for the noace and did much of the re-
construction with his own hands. His
was one of those unhesitating. optimis-
tic. prompt assumptions which deserve
the credit Of prompt recognition, for
IL is TO the aggregate energies of such
confident rebuilders he that the city
will owe the fact OF its reviYing too
quickly for any important part of its
aforetime enterprises to rot in that
death that comes Of sluggish dilatori-
ness The motto now for our new city
and the command remembered at the
rising of each new sun should be: Do
not commit cunctation,
The latest issue of the Musical Re-
view is replete with matter that will
be interesting to music folks, and, in
deed. TO all who wish the city to
speedily revive in the whole of it's
wealth, artistic as well as material.
Its editor tells US in the announcement
OF its continued publication in spite of
the disaster. which is supposed to be
harder on the purveyors of luxuries and
OF art than upon any other class Of
workers. that The old Teutons re-
gsrded Fire as a power which PRIZES,
and so San Francisco will arise from
its ashes purified and more glorious
than ever" That expression, arise
from its ashes" reminds me that the
pretty phrase is awfully apt to get
worked TO death in these our A c.,
resurrection days; and we will have
20 be considerably careful TO give il
@ reasonable rest every once in
while, although il is really so useful
we can hardly spare it minute
However. we San Franciscans have
better right 10 use il than almost
anybody else-fQr the phenix rising
from its ashes is on our coat OF arms,
and upon this seal we viii. by the
history we are now making. eternally
set the seal of full rightness and
authenticity in our possession of the
inspiring emblem.
One Of the encoura ging facts that
Metzger makes US remember is that
even in the pioneer days of 1850, when
things were more roughly camplike
fbav are a. nraSanf