The San Francisco call., 1906-06-17

| bles. In dramatic method he represents
revolution. He hurls the crest of pas
sionate wave upon the readers heart
and mind. and as the wave ripples sea-
ward, endless circles of suggestion are
left in its mystic wake.-The Atlanta
Journal.
Among San Francisco's musicians are
many who are known across the coun-
| try Some of these lost their studios,
some their homes, and many organistS
| lost their instruments and churches. Al
most all of the business of the profess
sion is swept away for the time being.
! Among the larger organs destroyed
were those at st. Ignatius Catholic 76
stops), Grace Church CAT stops). St.
Mary's Catholic, First Congregational
/ Gao stops) and St. Luke's large new
organ. The Catholics lost eleven
churches and the Methodists eight, the
Congregational four and the Presby-
terian five, and other denominations In
were excellent organs though not large
enough to be notable outside of the
city. The st. Ignatius organ was the
largest west of Chicago, unless excelled
| by additions made to the Mormon or
! gan.-Musical Review.
| There is no cause for cynicism in a
QcllDcIdtc anu SClcldTly TeNleW Oh LUe-
atrical conditions half or a quarter OF
century ago in America Accessories
are now better. salaries are better,
commissions are better, and the conse-
| quence cannot be other than better
! players and better writer's of plays.
/ Order has been wrought out of chaos.
Circuits have taken the place of isolat-
| ed theaters Every influence has been
conducive to progress and art
Booth and Barrett have been sue
ceeded by Mansfield and Sothern, while
we have Mrs. Fiske, Mrs. Leslie Carter
and Julia Marlowe, who have succeeded
no one. but have established their own
place in the annals of the. American
stage
! ism from the esthetic when we have
so large a proportion of real art?-The
Billboard.
| The writer believes Mansfield to be
| the best living exponent of Richard III,
and will venture to put his Shylock in
second place. There are many who dis
parage his Cyrano de Bergerac in COM
parison with Coquelin's, but the present
reviewer is not one of them, and his
Beaucaire was letter than Weller's in
spite of the latter's physical superiority.
His Don Juan and Henry are admi-
rable, and have succeeded without that
beauty of figure and visage which to
the caviling auditor might seem to be
linseparable from these largely picto-
rial characters.
1t may also be declared with small
fear of convincing contradiction, that
Mansfield's versatility is not euualed by
any actor of this or the last generation.
1t should be noted that OF late, in obe-
dience to the sound principle that too
much versatility is drawback to last
ing greatness. he has added no new
comic character to his delicious por-
traiture of the volatile Prince Karl. He
has wisely confined his efforts to his
more serious roles, except when he re-
turns for night or two to the lighter
one in order to secure temporary relax
alton from the wear and tear Of
tragedy.-Clay M. Greene in Munsey.
The flames devoured the wholesale,
the retail and the best residential dis
tricts in the city All the large music
houses, of which San Francisco had a
goodly number, were destroyed. Thou
sands of pianos went up in smoke. The
piano stock of one house was valued
at S25o,000 Immense stock of other in
struments and books and music fol-
lowed the pianos.-Musical Review.
On Tuesday Charles Frohman nre-
sents Charles Klein's comedy, The Lion
and the Mouse; and the following
evening Mrs. Patrick Campbell makes
a welcome reappearance at the Critic
rion, when she will produce .sThe
Whirlwind' an adaptation of French
play originally produced by her at
Birmingham month ago.-New York
Dramatic News.
'Protean plays" now are prevalent
In the vaudeville field. The epidemic
was started by Henri Devries. Dutch
actor who came to New York last
season. and who by nf asenfina q nna