The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03

the revivals of old successes. A big
audience tonight saw her give 'Magda,"
and two performances of The Jewess"
and a matinee of Camille will follow
Then, instead of giving The Story of
the Golden Fleece she will give oil
Yer Twist" for the four performances.
She has never played Nancy Sykes in
this city, although she has poromised it
several times-New York Dramatic
Mirror.
Too often people of the stage
given credit for something they do not
do, especially when the affair smacks
of the unsavory, and how often is the
case reversed when a generous and
noble deed is done. Too often does the
press endeavor to SPICE it's columns
with sensational reflections, such mat
ter receiving it's value not because of
It's truth or untruth. but because it is
readable for large clientele and is
calculated to swell the circulation.
However, is is not always the case.
Some of our leading journals are will
ing and sometimes glad. perhaps, to
give credit and praise where commen-
cisco disaster. which offered great op-
portunities for kindly thinking peo-
pie to prove their benevolence, was in
strumeStal in securing for player folk
small part of the praise they de-
served Everywhere professional peo-
pie were called upon to participate at
benefit performances and in many
cases the people of the stage took the
initiative. No other class or profess
sion gave so willingly their time and
money. While other organizations,
religious and secular, were helping
their own people the people behind the
footlights were contributing in larger
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assistance to their fellow players un.-A
after the general good had been pro-
vided for.-4Ae Billboard. Cincinnati.
'"The Tourists" the Messrs. Shuberts'
latest musical production, which is to
be the summer attraction at their home
theater, the Lyric, in New York, had its
first performance at the Lyric Theater,
Philadelphia, on Monday last, May 21.
1t proved to be one of the brightest of
the many clever plays presented by this
management. Scenically, the produc-
tion is gorgeous; the locale, India, CIV
ing opportunities for pictorial display
that have not been overlooked. The
book of The Tourists" written by R.
H. Burnside. general stage manager for
the Shuberts, proved decidedly witty,
and Gustave Kerker's music of the
catchy. whistleable variety. A formid-
able array of principals are in the cast
of The Tourists" headed by handsome
Julia Sanderson and quaint Richard
Golden, Will I. Hodge. George Schiller,
Mabel Wilbur and -.stelle Wentworth
After two weeks in Philadelphia, THE
Tourists" goes to the Majestic Theater,
Boston, for fortnight. after which it's
summer engagement in new York will
begin.
The Shuberts are rapidly deciding
upon their new attractions for next
season. Three musical plays are an
nounced for fall productions. The first
is THE Snow Man." from the pens of
Stanislaus STANCE and Reginald de Ko-
ven. It's premier will take place about
October 1st. The second is a comic
opera, the book of which was written
by A. T. Calm OF Washin gton,, and the
music by Julian Edwardes. The third
is musical comedy with book by
Skinner and Campbell and Joseph Her
bert. and the music by Ludwig Eng
lander.-Lyric Theater, New York.
FLORENCE, March 31.-For weeks
the FIorentine public have been looking
forward to this concert with the great
est amount of interest and curiosity
Camille Saint-Saens, the great COM
poser, who was making his first ap-
pearance in Florence. and Albert Spald-
ing, the young American violinist, who
has studied in Florence and whose pa
rents have made their home there for
the past ten winters, were the attrac-
tion.
The Florentine public have heard
much Of Spalding's success in Paris.