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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

obeyed she got aboard and handed a
nickel to my friend, who winked at
me and whispered. Beer as he pock-
San Fernando street, and neither he
was, but didn't expose our ignorance.
stood the theater an electric car came
and the motorman rang for the right
of way Stop! Go backv 1 yelled,
commandingly, and the order was has
tily obeyed, the man at the motor evil
IDENTIFY believing that l was magnate
inspecting the road Bringing my
steed to halt opposite the playhouse
entrance I tried to turn him so as to
haul my car to the curb, but the best
he could do was to pull IL off the rails
and blockade the track. BY that time
the crew of the trolley had discovered
their mistake, and the words they used
were very impolfte. In sheer self-pro-
lection, however, they had to aid me
in getting the obstruction to where
wanted 1t. The old lady? oh, we gave
her back her fare.
Have I neglected to mention that the
Ellefords play an annual eight weeks
engagement in Honolulu, and that they
have won where such pretentious man.
ayers as Tim" Frawley and Jim"
Neill have failed7 Well. that's fact
Mr.. Elleford concluded our interview
by declining to either affirm or deny
the report that he intends to establish
q theater in this city for the exclusive
accommodation of his companies.
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Doesn't Try Them on Doc

There is another thing insist
upon" he said, land that is having all
my productions thoroughly ready be-
fore Offering them in public. When I
obtain the right to produce a play L
equip it with complete scenery and
properties and costumes. leaving the
theater managers little or nothing to
furnish Then the company is re-
hearsed until it is letter perfect and as
well up in the business of the piece as
It can ever become. No slurring is
permitted on any pretext Consequent
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Reward of Honest Dealing

j knew that was not exaggeration
In more than one straight-laced San
Joaquin Valley community I have heard
the social eligibility of the ElIefords
extolled. even by parsons. Mr.. Ene-
ford, whose countenance, by the by, Is
sufficiently ascetic to enable him to
pass muster as a parson himseIf-re-
iterated that the responsibility of his
people had much to do.with the success
n his enterprises.
When you hear folk say Lucky
Elleford, put it down as bosh," he re-
quested. All I possess is the reward
Of hard work and honest dealing with
the public. Luck may last a little
while in the show business, but it's
keeping everlastingIy at it that earns
and retains success. I am not a pio-
neer in this field. Ny predecessors had
better opportunity than /, because they
were less heavily handicapped by fail
ures that had gone before Joe Girls
mer was the only man who achieved
anything like permanent success in
touring the Pacific Coast before l un-
dertook the experiment Good plays
and decent players was his motto, and
] adopted 1t and adhered to it, in face
OF many temptations to secede. until
the public came 10 know that I could
be relied upon to introduce nothing Of
fensive either on or off the stage. Now
we have the confidence of the best peo-
pie Of every town in our circuit, and are
treated by them as social equals"
Revived visions of pink teas and
musical mornings were routed by the
80 a.. oor reertrair1
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They're Actors, of Course

why did you do it?" I asked the
founder and manager of the Ellefords.
DO what?" he oountered.
stay so long away from us" I re-
Joined
He limited at our inferior pecuniary
and social allurements His two COM
panies-the other one is at Reno this
week-have attained a plane of popu-
larity in the Napas and Suisuns and
colusas that means something more
than appreciation of their histrionic
worth They are social favorites as
we'll Mr. Elleford did not specify
pink teas or musical mornings, but
they We're to be inferred from what
he recounted.
NY people" he sard. ARE ladies and
gentlemen whose private lives can
Withstand closest scrutiny. When en-
gaging them 7 considered character as
well as talent As result they are
admitted to the most select society Of
every town we visit"
hls manner was not priggish as he
said it, and when he resumed I was
wondering.
Ny policy in that respect is backed
by practical reason" he remarked, ap-
parently divining my puzzled thought.
In big city Hke this. where there's
always plenty Of plays and players, the
public has neither time nor inclination
70 investigate who the actor is or what
he does when he is of the stage But
in smaller communities. where social
distractions are proportionately fewer.
the visit Of an amusement organization
is Of more Importance. It is looked
forward to with an interest that per-
tains almost as much to the personality
OF the entertainers as to the quality of
their performance. Moral uprightness
is no less appreciated than ability to
act"
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Bernard ShaN's Latest

The following interview with Bernard
Shaw on the subject OF his new play,
The Doctors Dilemma" Is said to be
authentic:
Anybody can write a play about
births. marriages and deaths, just as
any one can write a novel about a
mother or dying child. The truth Is,
William Archer has started me on an
enterprise utterly unworthy of my
powers So far from death being the
supreme test of an authors ability. it
is the crutch of every dramatic cripple,
the onion OF every actor who cannot
pump up a real tear. Life Is the i'm
portant thing: who cares how. when or
where anybody dies? I am going TO die
myself one of these days. why don't
you interview me about that. If 1t is so
enormously interesting and important?
"A baby in arms could have written
this play of mine as far as the death
part of ii is concerned Pathos? Oh.
yes. there will be lots of pathos. The
Court Theater will be damp with tears
and windy with shifts. The fourth act
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Prices Aren't Stationary

How can you do it and play to pop
ular prices?" 1 asked.
What do you call popular prices ~
he queried
Ten, twent and thirt," 1 replied
I'VE seldom charge as low as that"
he said. we play to a ten-cent gal
lery only on the Hall & Barton circuit,
embracing Oakland. Stockton, San Jose,
Sacramento and Fresno. In all other
towns our prices range from % cents
to 81, and the house is usually sold out
week before we open. At some places
we stay two or more weeks and change
our bill as the business justifies Here
at the Davis our lowest price is IS
cents"
And 1 have seen 25 cents the mini
mum charged for Witnessing much
worse performances" / remarked
Thank you. Ny aim has always
been to give the public the finest could
afford. Once a year 1 go East and OBJ
tain the best plays I can rent by paying
royalties commensurate with my other
expenses and expected income, and as
l am not attempting a get-rich- quick
policy my patrons get their moneys
worth and I get their enhanced conf
dence-which is equivalent to money
in the long run. AS 1 have said, the
people of the interior towns have been
taught by experience to rely upon full
hllment of all promise"
or course, the provincial press has
treated him justly. and that's all he de-
manded. Why shouldn't it, when he
places the best obtainable drama with
in reach Of all? If IT hadn't been for
the Ellefords many a person would
have paid railroad fare and hotel bills
in addition to the theater's charge for
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Lyons" when the youth cast for. the
role Of Pauline abruptly baked, and
Mr.. Elleford was enlisted to fill the
void. With only time to read his
lines, go through one hurried special
rehearsal and get his costume fitted to
his figure he went on-and literally
burlesqued the travesty on Claude's
lovesick mistress. After the show he
was standing outside the front door
of the theater, awaiting the arrival of
a tardy companion, when stranger
similarly detained asked him If he did
not think the performances was good.
Il have seen better Ones" Elleford
replied, ruefully remembering his own
defective acting. All" said the man.
we're thinking Of that Teller that
played Pauline. Ye're right. He'll
never be an actor"
Then he told me of some old timers
who are in his company, among them
George woodthorpe, with whom he
played at the first California Theater
in 1875, and Jim" Ward, who starred
in Irish characters before his present
ernpIovar enfered the professiou
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An Incident on fhe Road

When Jim Joined US, a few weeks
ago" said the manager, II hadn't seen
him for sixteen years, when we played
together In Through by Daylight at
San Jose. One Of the scenes neces-
STATED the introduction of horse car,
and to save the expense OF building
vehicle of that kind we decided to
borrow one from the local street rail-
way corporation The superintendent
told us to help ourselves from a large
collection of bobtails that had Just
been supplanted by electric service but
the house containing them was about
two miles from the theater. and he
stipulated that we would have to do
tho moving. So another member of
the company and I borrowed a horse
and hitched him to a car, and started
to drive to the theater, my companion
occupying the rear platform.
las we went along an old lady sig
nailed to me to stop, and when
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18
Bills for Currenf Week

Nick Long and Adeline Cotton. old
San Francisco favorites. will return
to the Orpheum this afternoon after a
long absence They have a protean
playlet, entitled my Wife's Diamonds
in which Mr.. Long assumes two dis
tinct characters and Miss Cotton four.
Trovollo, whose ventriloquial act made
an Orpheum hit last season, comes back
with a new vehicle, THE Hotel Office,
which is said to abound in surprises.
The Knight Brothers and Marion Saw
telle, dancers, have also been seen here.
and the list of newcomers is completed
by the Kita Banzai troupe of eight
acrobats, direct from Japan, whose
feats are reputed wonderful.
Among the followers are Gus Ed
wards school Boys and Girls" Lillian
APPEL and her "pianologue." Lee White,
vocalist and the three Sisters Herzog-
Camaras, equilibrists.
Daniel L. Harris domestic drama,
e'The Parish Priest" which will receive
it's first production in this city tomor-
row night at the Colonial Theater, has
proved great success in the East.
This is the cast: Michael Sullivan,
Frank Bacon; Rev. John Whalen, Bert
Wesner; DR.. Thomas Cassidy w. c.
Graves Jr.; DR.. Edward Welch, Will
fred Roger; James WEIGH. Harry Pol
lard; Frank Dougher. Oral Hum
phreys; Agnes Cassidy. Edna Mcclure;
Katherine Corregan, Bessie Bacon, and
Helen Durkin, Izetta Jewel.
Liebler & Co.'S New York produc-
ton and cast of Charming Pollock's
dramatization of Miriam Michelson's
novel. Tn the Bishops Carriage" will
appear at this theater the week of
November 20.
I'm Paris" will be continued at the
Central Theater indefinitely Since the
opening performance the people have
hecone perfectly fami1iarfzed with the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

playing Of a part for which l was not
fully prepared or to present a play
which was not adequately mounted and
thoroughly rehearsed.'r
1t happened about twenty FIVE years
ago. when he was young In the pro-
fession and an habitue of Bush street.
then the Rialto. An amateur dramatic
company in the Western Addition had
about completed arrangements to essay
a burlesque on Bulwer's Lady OF
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

~ "a having the klleforCS IN JUS
midst San Francisco probably is
indebted to the April unmen-
4 uonable that upset so many cal
culations. theatrical and other
wise.
II the city hadn't been shaken out of
the even tenor of its way the :sllefords
would, in all likelihood, have continued
pursuing theirs-touring the Pacific
Coast towns and villages and Hawaii
and stunning the metropolis. like the
whatever-it-is in the children's riddle
that goes round the house and round
the house and never touches the
house"
That's what the Ellefords did for If
teen consecutive years prior to their
appearance last Monday evening at the
Davis Why they didn't keep on LONG
il I have not exactly ascertained. But
the seismic disturbance must have
been more or less responsible.
BY the way. you who are not of the
provinces may be inquiring, What are
the Enefords?"
II you seek to avoid the contumely
that rebukes inexcusable ignorance
don't put that question 10 any mem
Der Of any community of any conse-
quence west OF the Rockies, barring
this one. And abstain from asking it
on the new Rialto if you are not an
Cling for the sympathetic stare. II you
were TO query the Ellefords themselves
they might tell you something like
this
We turn EN- away at Monterey.
At Fresno knock EN- out;
XIII en- dead at old MERGED;
Oakland's one big shout;
san Rafael gives joyous yell
Napa yearns TO greet US;
We're Frohman-high at cute Lodi
And Manshelds at Milpitas
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When adverse criticism is backed by
reason and not founded on malice 1 ac-
cept IL as an instructive boon and try
to profit by it," he declared. The first
unquestionably honest comment on my
stage work that l ever heard deter
mined me to never again undertake the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

will give London rheumatism. The
really difficult and interesting part Is
the handling OF that pressing modern
problem, the doctor-the man who has
a pecuniary interest in mutilation and
an absolute license to commit murder.
That is what sensible people viii come
to hear. They will have to bring their
brains with them. too. The first act is
like 100 pages out OF J0yce-s Scientific
Dialogues Did you ever hear OF opso--
min? Nor OF course not You spend
your life in the theater. and therefore
never hear of anything that Is going
on in the world Well, The Doctors
Dilemma is all about. opsonin- so glad
to have met you and had the chance OF
telling you all about it,"
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One Unpreiudiced Critic

witnessing such high-class plays al
Secret Service" and THE Henrietta"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

exactons of the piece, and it runs very
smoothly.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

Mrs. Ffske's success In The Nswe
York Idea" at the Grand Theater Ia
Chicago was 50 great that the actress
was forced last week to depart from
her usual rule OF playing but seven
times q week, and give an extra matt
nee 60 a crowded housA
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

Mile ALA Eaztmova. q Russian ac-.
tress. viii give a series OF matinees at
the Princess Theater, New York In
Henry Miller.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

Henry Arthur Jones says the English
and American drama IL very small po-
tatoes compared to that OF France. but
in his lecture at Harvard he Expressed
hope that America might some day pro-
duce a playwright
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

Otis Harlan OF The Vanderbilt Cup
company Is convinced that much OF his
success as a comedian Is due to the fact
that he remains fat. Before he became
stout, he declares. IL was much more
difficult for him to seem funny than II
Is now.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

with Guy Standing as Sir DeufeI Car
teret, will revive Mrs. Danes Defenss~
and alternate In the leading wonen's
parts at New York a week from tomor-
INV
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

Owing to the number OF failures In
New York during the last few weeks
several theaters have endeavored to
get Henrietta Crosman to cancel her
tour and open in New York Immediate
ly, but Maurice Campbell. her manager.
has decided to remain on the road until
January at least.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

Maude Adams win appear for TIA nrsk
time In London next July IN . play
which Barrie 10 writing for her. Re-
hearsaIs viii take place in America. and
the company viii be American
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

I'm Paris" will be continued at the
Central Theater indefinitely. Since the
opening performance the people have
become perfectly familiarized with the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18
By James Crawford

. OR having the Ellefords in its
midst San Francisco probably is
uonable that upset so many cal
culations. theatrical and other
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-06

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-06
THE DEATH RECORD.
Thomas Obcrle.

Los Angeles, Cal, Nov Thomas
Oberle. stock actor, well known on
the Pacific coast and New York CITY.
died at his home here today of tubercu-
losiS, after an illness of a number of
years. He left New York seven years
ago and came to Arizona for his health.
Three years later he came to Los An
geles and has been engaged in stock
work at the Belasco theatre until a
year ago. In New York he was a mem
Der of the Empire Stock company and.
at different times, was with the compa-
MES of David Belasco and Daniel Froh-
man. He played a part I'm the original
production of THE Girl l Left Behind
Me-" and was playing a leading role in
Arizona" when his health compelled
him TO leave New York. Oberle was 81
years of age, and leaves a widow and
one SON
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-06

times the number of people that he had.
Our audiences were not only much larger,
but much more enthusiastic This was
true even in the most rock-ribbed Repub-
iican counties I do not believe that the
Republicans will carry the upstate coun-
ties this year, and / believe that we will
be elected by the plurality that we re-
ceive in Greater New York-by 200O00 or
more.
You have challenged successfully at
tacks upon your sincerity. Have you de-
stroyed that impression, if it ever existed.
generally
81 do not see why anyone should doubt
my sincerity, and / do not believe that
anyone does There is no possible reason
for my wanting to be governor except
one, and that is to accomplish something
FOR the benefit of my fellow citizens and
TO receive their approval for having ac-
complished something. have but one de-
sire and that is to be known as the gov
ernor who actually kept his promises and
who actually stopped the trusts from rob-
bling the people
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-06
a YEAR OE BLOOD.

The year 1903 will long be remem-
bered i'm the home of F. n. Jacket of
Alliance, Ky. as year of blood, which
flowed SO copiously from Mr.. Tacket.s
lungs that death seemed very near. He
writes: Severe bleeding rom the
lungs and a frightful cough had
brought me at deaths door, when
began taking DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption. with the aston
ishing result that after taking four
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Coughs and Colds, at u. c. Nj. 1. drug
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-06
Eben Smith.

Denver. Nov. 5.-Eben Smith a million
are mining man. whose home of late
years has been in Los Angeles died to-
day at the home of his son-in-law, Charles
T. Carnahan, in this city after having
undergone an operation for appendicitis
He was 20 years old. He was born in
Erie county, Pennsylvania and at the
age of 10 went to California to mine for
gold. He came to Colorado in 1860 bring
ing across Sthe plains the first stamp mill
10 this state. He became a partner of
the late Senator Chaffee and David II
MOffat and mad extensive mining inter
ests in both Leadville and Cripple. Creek
His wife and three children survive him
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-06
WRIT DISMISS ED.

Washington Nov. 5.-The supreme
court of the United States today dis
missed the writ OF habeas corpus asked
for by George Moran of Comanche
county, Oklahoma, convicted of murder
in 1892. about the time that the county
was being organized. Moran pleaded
irregularities on account of the chaotic
conditions existing, and also for other
reasons. He alleged that in being COM
PEELED to exhibit himself to the Jury
he had been made a witness against
himself, an unconstitutional require
ment
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-06
WORKMAN KILLED.

New York, Nov. 5.-An eight-ton iron
column, forty feet long, which had lust
been placed in position on the second
floor of the new Grand Central hotel
today, toppled over and crashed
through heavy iron girders to the base
ment, distance of sixty feet 1t struck
and killed a workman and seriously in
iured another
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-06
William Neal.

Wichita, Kan, Nov. 5.-William Neal a
noted preacher of the Friends church
who came here many years ago from
England. died today of paralysis His
influence assisted General William Booth
IN the organization of the Salvation Army
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-06
AFRAID OF FRAUD.

Louisville, KY. Nov. 5.-Attorney
General Hayes. who is one of the Dem
ocratic candidates for governor. an
peared in police court today and asked
Justice Mccain to hold court all dav
tomorrow. Mr.. Hayes said he had in
formation that an attempt would be
made to steal tomorrowsr primary and
that he intended TO swear out MANY
warrants. Judge McCannf promised to
be in court all day.