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The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
Colonial Stock viii Tour

While In the Bishops Carriage is
running at the Colonial Theater the
regular stock company of that house
will tour the principal California towns
and present some Of its recent suc-
cesses. Mr.. Bacon is so well known
throughout the State that 10 commend
him would be superfiuous. but In behalf
OF his associates it may not be amiss
TO inform the country cousins that a
better all-around dramatic organfza-
tion has never visited them
San Francisco is rather proud of
the Colonial stock company. With a
weekly change Of bill-and mostly a
very radical change at that-they have
given a series OF performances that
would compare favorabiy with that
given by people specially selected and
long rehearsed for each play. While
il was inevitable that some OF the
more subtle points of the dramatists
should be overlooked and that the sharp
differentiation of the characters should
be lacking, the plays. ranging from
broad farce to refined society drama.
were presented in a way that deserved
nothing but praise. And 1t is safe to
predict that even smoother productions
will be given on the road. for in play
acting, like most other things. practice
goes TO make perfection.
Young Mrs winthrop and The
Parish Priest are likely to be the
features of the repertoire for the road
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
By James Crawford

face-or as much of it as have talked
to. Once upon time. before l saw the
West. l also smugly imagined that
little old New York, as the natives love
TO call il, contained about all that was
worth either seeing or knowing. Dis
iliusionment gradually came as /
traversed the continents found that
the Western people Nho could afford
to travel did not stop 81 New York, but
continued their journey TO Europe.
wnere London. Paris. Berlin-any of
the great capitals-has forgotten al
most as much as New York has learned
about the very things upon which New
York stakes its putative omnisciencc.
American people who are not of New
York but / have met more yaps'
among my townsfoik than throughout
the rest of the country Why when /
was in San Francisco"
NY own spirit OF civic loyalty was
sacrificed to promote further immola-
ton of hers I gently blocked the COM
ing compliment to San Francisco's COM
rarative wisdom by requesting her to
furnish an illustration of Gotham,s SUI
preme .'yappishness"
Well. take the peoples taste and
discernment in matters theatrical she
resumed. New York places the stamp
of popular approval upon plays and
players that the rest of the country de-
rides and no European city would toll
crate. There are stage performances
making money in New York that can
never reach this coast-and you ought
to be grateful that they can't. Cali
fornia doesn't appreciate its luck in
having so much territory between the
ooaanS-
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Her AHusions TO Graft

Her idea Of the privation of the
refugees was so clearly exaggerated
that I hastened to correct ii. IF all
that is reported concerning the Pc
euniary condition of some of them is
true" I said. you may see them oc-
cupying boxes when you appear on the
stage of the Colonial next Monday
evening"
She was evidently relieved by the in
formation. If the published hardship
stories are oyerdrawn." was her COM
ment, 4 suppose no credence is to be
attached TO the tales of graft that I'LL
up most OF the San Francisco newspe-
per columns"
Alas, the graft narratives were only
too true, ] opined.
Then there's a speech of mine, as
Nance Olden. that's sure to provoke
amusement she said. When Latimer
tells Nance that he'll show her a new
way 10 play the game she remarks,
What difference does the way" make? /?
It's your graft and my graft and every
body's graft 70 get all they can and
keep out Of jail Those lines have gone
big in every graft-ahiicted town we've
played
And they're sure TO go big. amid
the ruins" I assured her. But won't
you please forget San Francisco and
tell me something about your present
tour2"
She complied TO the extent of telling
me that since The Carriage" began to
circulate she is the third actress TO
play Nance The first lady made the
girl sneakthief appear impossibly in
genuous. the second went TO the oppo-
site extreme and the third
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With Tom Dorgan, her guide in dis
honesty Nance attempts TO rob her
new-found friend. but Latimer catches
them and sends Dorgan to prison in or
der to free Nance of his influence. In
the third act he proposes marriage TO
Nance. now turned vaudeville perform
er. and she refuses him because she
believes she still cares for Dorgan.
But one look at Dorgan. when. having
escaped from prison. he confronts her,
disposes of this idea, and she refuses to
go away with him. Dorgan, to be re-
venged, tells Latimer that Nance is not
what she should be. The fourth act
clears up this matter, and ends with
the union of Latimer and Nance.
The theme is treated in comedy
vein, and often brings about powerful
situations. Nance is not what the
average person would call beautiful
character. or one whom he would Sc
Iect TO preside over his house and home.
In fact. she was a thief-and a very
clever and unrepentant one at that
and only at the end of the play does
she exhibit TO any degree those quail
ties of mind and heart which are ap-
preciated at the freside. Oakland
has pronounced Miss Busley's portrayal
of Nance a great bit of acting.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
What Other Theafers Offer

New people at the Orpheum this af-
ternoon are Charles f. Semon. better
known as the thin half of the late
musical team of Fake and Semon, who
will make his first appearance here as
a single entertainer, presenting a mu-
sical monologue; the Dillon brothers.
who write and sing their own songs
and are old favorites in San Francisco;
the Musical Avolos. xylophonists. also
we'll liked here, and Lima Panther, a
tightwire performer. who has won in
ternational reputation. Among the re-
tained are Long and Cotton, in a new
playlet entitled Managerial Troubles !;
Trovollo. ventriloquist; the Knight
brothers and Marion Sawtelle, singers
and dancers, and the Kita Banzal
troupe of acrobatic Japs-
"A Ragged Hero is the title of the
Elleford Company's third offering at
the Davis Theater. commencing tomor-
row night and. like both of its pre-
decessors, it is said to contain in abun-
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
Again on Delicate Ground

Contending that California does not
reject all the faulty stageware that
comes via New York, opined that we
might not be absolutely immune from
just designation as "yaps"
What play or player. for example?'
the lady inquired.
We'll. don't you think that Bern
hardt, whom we iocled TO the Greek
Theater to greet when the first shock
of q great catastrophe had not sub
sided, is rather passe?'
You nnean-still harping on the age
question-that she's too old to actg"
Yes
viii you be good enough to tell me
when an actress attains the age limit
Il may or may not have personal rea-
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An Unprejudiced Witness

Well" said the third herself, my
Nance must be happy medium. else 1.
too, would be a once-was When our
tour began the jumps were awful-a
regular jackrabbit circuit-but a re-
arrangement Of bookings. after the
piece became an assured success, re-
suited in giving US more time between
trips. No matter what they may say
about the tyranny Of the Syndicate /
know that il has improved the lot of
the actor folk. No more you'll find
stranded companies. no more you'u find
thesters dark half the season. no more
you'll
Pardon me. but I've read the Syn
dicate's pleadings. also the accusatory
arguments Of the other side, and
Pardon me in return. but I'm a
strictly impartial witness in the case. "
You began your professional career
under the management of Mr. Froh-
man
And worked for him long time. in
stock and on the road. and never re-
ceived better treatment than while in
his service"
Then you're naturally inclined to
defend"
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

dance the elements that go to make
good melodrama- All the players are
suitably cast and the scenic and me-
chanical effects are adequate The
Ellefords are giving better value for
the money than has ever been received
from any other popular price organiza-
ton in San Francisco.
In Paris" continues to draw such re-
munerative business TO the Central
Theater that the termination OF it's run
is indefinite From the box Office, how
ever, report has waited that when In
Paris" is withdrawn the Kolb and Dill
people will remove uptown and the
Lombardi Italian Opera Company. now
in Los Angeles. will commence season
al the Central
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Wv gestion that she tender some
emphatic "don'ts" for the
benefit OF those fair young readers of
The call who are willing TO sacrifice q
brilliant career al the ribbon counter
or in the pickle factory TO become dra-
matte stars.
urged.
Would be wasted-unless YOU are 50
hard up FOR space filing stun that
platiruoes would be acceptable" she re-
turned j ceased perusing interviews
with actresses several years ago. when
found that they invariably contained
counsel. more or less hackneyed. to
girls harboring desire TO enter the pro-
feSsion. Can't we talk about something
elseg"
What" I vacantly inquired.
Whatever yOu-you-ha, ha. ha,"
Laughter with genuine ring is in
iectous. When her gufTaw and my ac-
conPanying chuckie subsided I de-
manoed Ehrenment.
rather not tell you" she pleaded,
and bit her neither lip.
Then consider yourself under sus-
picion OF laughing at me"
oh, dear II that's the case I must
explain When you asked me what
Weo talk about started to say. What
ever you please and II sounded so
much Ike one OF my lines in The Car
risEe the only really naughty lire 1
utter that-well the laugh just had TO
come out"
7 insist on vo11r ouorfnr II
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

To outlive it? Never, To relieve
your apparently unQuenchable curios-
fly, however, I'll ssx that Miss Eytinge
confesses sixty eight years and is
Seventy"
Wretch. No. but young enough in
spirit 10 pass muster as thirty-eight-
Did you see Chinatown burn2
When the burning of Chinatown had
been described, as witnessed from the
FIRE line. Miss Busley declared that she
hated the idea OF playing in a theater
amid ruins Thank goodness. she
added, with fervor, we're TO stay at
a hotel that is in the Inhabited dis
trict.'
When she told me the location of the
hosiery informed her mat from its
front windows a birdseye view of one
of the largest refugee camps is OBJ
tainable
''Horror," she exclaimed. That S
worse than ruins. To think of seeing
those poor. suffering people every time
one raises the blind"
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How brutal 1t is in the first act,
before Nance becomes q reformed char
acter, you know, and she is deeply dis
gusted with fate when a menial asks
her. Where shall I take you. Miss p
Wherever you d--n pleaser she snap
pishly replies-and exits. It's awfully
wicked OF her. ] know, but all the sin
ners and most OF the saints applaud me
-her-the line I mean So just as I
started 10 say please TO you that pro-
fame adjective suggested itself and it's
the greatest wonder in the world I
didn't utter il Now I'll be careful in
repeating. Wen talk about whatever
you please.
But she didn't. Several subjects per-
tanning 70 her profession that / would
have been pleased 10 discuss she adroit-
" Ihrottled in their infancy by taking
Up topics that had little or no bearing
upon the rheater- She was here three
years ago. as q member OF Henry Mil
lers summer stock company al the Co
lumbia, and she so managed our inter
view that most Of il was devoted 10 the
town that was Like many other visit
ing stage people. she learned 10 love
the best bohemian atmosphere TO be
found away from Paris. Even the play
81 which she IS starring was side
stepped tl favor OF dear old Frisco
YOU'D better see the play for your
self she said, FOR I'm not qualified
70 tell you whether IL is good or bad
or ui6dle-class. Why2 Simply be-
cause I've never sat il front and seen
Il acted. Rehearsed. yes; but al re-
hesrsal an actors attention is so taken
~ by his or her own part as 10 be
diverted from the whole performances
Then ny observation OF the play from
the stage lacks proper perspective So
AL can tell you about In the Bishop's
Carriage IS thar IL seems 10 please the
public and that Tn satisfied with nv
part in IL And both OF the Poodle
Dogs were destroyed, eh?"
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

sons for asking?
When the public ceases to pay its
money to see her act. / lamely an
swered.
Then the Bernhardt is no more passe
than / am. And dare you,''
The logic was insuperable-the chal-
Ienge superfiuous. Gallantry. not fear.
prohibited utterance of what / had in
tended 10 say further anent "yaps," at
home as well as abroad
And IL you inveigle me third time
into discussion of that sacred subject.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
oceans.

an admiration nearly equal 10 that IN
which she holds the san Francisco Of
yesteryear.
Miss Eytinge has been on the stage
q long time" / ventured. with due
Euar6edness.
Which the same means. How old DO
you think she is2 and ] hereby pro-
nounce she same is1prudsnt. not TO say
foolish" was TIE withering Tcouae,
snEi.ngiy des-ve-td.
Don't they ever become old enough
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

plays Nance in I'm the Bishops Car
riage" ! have learned that the play
differs from Miss Michelson's book in
some important respects. The first act
shows the home of the Ramsays, where
the Bishop brings Nance Olden. the
thief, under the impression that she is
a college student temporarily out of
her mind. Latimer meets the girl. and
though he divines her true character.
grows interested in her. In the second
act. which occurs in Latimers rooms.
this interest has ripened into love.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
Three Win Where Many Lose

I told her so much about 1t that she
cordially congratulated herself on be-
ing able to attend the final symphony
of the season. In return she impaired
the information that only three of the
new plays this season have scored un-
equivocal success.
They are The Great Divide West
ern drama by an American author" she
said. "and two English PLAYS. The
Hypocrites, and His House in Order
Their triumph is solely owing TO intrin-
sic worth, which may be explanatory
of the reason that outside of New York
it is not extensively recorded PLAYS
that can stand upon sheer merit do not
require the bolstering that faulty pro-
ductions receive. The successes I have
mentioned will run the season through
in New York, and then will be doomed
for the road. Several plays that prom
ise to win are in course of preparation
but you never can tell what a play is
worth until the public's verdict has
been returned
Even though the jury consisted of
yaps'?' ! dared.
Most of the new plays are either
condemned or pronounced great before
they are presented in New York" she
freezingly replied. ''and the trio / have
told you about were assured OF victory
ere the New York first nighters had
opportunity to pass Judgment on them.
If they had been failures. or even
doubtful successes, New York probably
would not have been asked to see
them"
Then we talked about several Cali
fornia- born plays that succumbed to
the trying-out process in the provinces
this season She acted in one of them
and witnessed some of the others. and
her opinion was that they got no worse
than they were justly entitled to.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
BUSLEY QUOTES, NANCE

woman's years.. she resumed, warn
ingIy, 1T shall be
Three times and out--I promise tc
shun it."
"rTis well. for 1 hate to resort to
savage measures. Now tell me some
thing about that Greek Theater yor
spoke of, but without remotest allu-
sion to the age of any woman who has
played there
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Not at ALL If you think I'm in
capable of forming an opinion that is
not Influenced by prediction or preju-
dice, let me tell you that I'm a New
York girl born and bred and look upon
Nsw York as the greatest community
3f ya5S on this continent"
..VL- II e. =.
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star and played the role successfully
for a week without the audience know
ing OF the change.
A serious notice OF Herbert. the
Bullfrog Man. in the Billboard SAYS he
has lost no time in the past three years
except in making jumps.
The tour OF The Morning After
company came to an abrupt end at
Johnstown. " Y. anything might be
expected to happen TO a production
with such a name.
Lillian Russell will make another at
tempt at comedy in Kellett Chalmers
new play Breaking a Butterfly" open
ing at the Chestnut Street Theatsr.
Philadelphia, on December "a
Prince Robert de Broglie. who was
up against IL in New York after elop-
ing, etc. will lead a vaudeville or
chestra while his wife sings. This is
not authentic. necessarily.
Worcester. Mass. has begun censor
ing all theatrical posters.
New York critics say that Mantsn is
too vociferous a Hamlet.
Eva Tanguay has gone back to work
and kept Baltimore amused last week
The New York clergymen are already
protesting against the production OF
"Salome-" The genial press agent NAV
therefore sit back and take IL easy
His booming will all be done for him
Colonel Savage has booked Madam
Butterfly for a Western tour. but the
wise ones say that II viii not be al
lowed TO leave New York until the end
of the season
Mrs. Warrens Profession" is to be
read TO an audience OF women by an
actress at the Berkeley Theater In
New York and IL the scheme succeeds
the entertainment will be repeated
every afternoon and evening until
everybody has had enough There will
be girl ushers-
George Warren Purdy. one OF Colonel
Savage's managers and for a while a
husband Of Fanny Rice. has married
Mrs Margaret White. said TO be a
wealthy widow.
London Vanity Fair says that tie
take a number OF clever ladies' and
that is to say. the idea is exactly the
same as the idea that animates the
managers Of the music halls except for
the fact that acrobats and dog trainers
are barred, which Is pity.
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Woman's Tabooed Subject

Thus she digressed. That grand old
woman of the drama, Rose Eytinge. is
also IN the cast Of The Carriage" and
has the honor OF being the only person
dramatic for whom Miss Busley evinced
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
Relating TO Player Folk

Richard Walton Tully is now known
as the man who wrote the libretto for
Belascoss new play Rose of the Ran
cho."
The sauaw Man" hac caught the
Australian fancy
Oh. mercy. Mary Bertrand took
Florence Roberts part in The Strength
of the Weak during the illness of the
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
Concerning "Yappishness"

You may whistle again. If you like,
when I've told you that l have said
The same thing right TO New York's
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

George Warren Purdy. one OF Colonel
Savage's managers and for a while
husband OF Fanny Rice, has married
Mrs Margaret White. said TO be a
wealthy widow.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

Colonel Savage has booked Madam
Butterfly" for a Western tour. but the
wise ones say that 1t viii not be al
of the season
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
That ProfaHe Adjective

7 lnslst on - anoting it. ?
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

kkTET THAT'S the use?" was Miss
M Busley's response TO my sug-
F" gestion that she tender some
Arizona republican., 1906-03-16

Christy, T. J. Hnl. Henry E. Kemp, w. D. Hamman, w. Fl. BattIn.
 The first trustees elected under ine new dispensation were William Christy, w. H. Battin. A. J. Sampson. Josiah Harbert and Henry F. Kemp. The church had a membership at this time of 145.
 About this time the church property a the corner of Washington and Sec ond avenue was sold for S15,000. The congregation continued to worship there until May, 1895, and afterwaTd in the opera house. The parsonage property at the corner of Second ave- nue and Madison street was sold for $300O The present site of the church and parsonage was purchased for $7,OOO. Contracts were let for the new church September 25. 1895. at a cost of about $300OO. Rev. C. F. Chase was the pastor during the building of the church. He remained two years leaving in the fall of 1897. He was followed by E. D. McCreary of Stockton, Cal. During his stay of two years the parsonage was built at a cost of $2,50O. Rev. C. V. Cowan of Iowa was appointed to the charge Oc- tober, 1899, and served until 1903. Rev. A. M. Gibbons of Prescott, a member of the southern California conference, was appointed pastor September 2S, 1903, and reappOinted in 1904, serving two years. Rev Alexander R. Mac lean of Ottawa, Kan, the present pas tor arrived in Phoenix october 70, 1905.
 The church building is of two stories. The lower is fitted up for Sunday school and social meetings. with class rooms, ladies parlors. li- brary and pastors study. The audi torium is a beautiful room. we'll fur lnished. Among other things worthy of mention is a fine pipe organ, which is presided over by Prof. Elmer Todd.
 Officers of the Church. | Trustees-C. T. Hirst, H. c. Yaeger. E. E. Pascoe, Dr. w H. Battin, L. La Chance.
 Stewards-L. B. Christy, Robert i Wilson, A M. Calkins, E. NJ Lamson. Herbert Sharpe. J. w. Eastwood, w. H. Black Wm. Creighton. O. H. Christy, H. A. Bustrin, John E. HurI- burt E. w. Potter, T. M Donnen.
 Local Preachers-Daniel Battin, Geo. M. Smith. s. $. Scull.
 Exhorters-J w. Eastwood, J. w. ! Coverdale.
 Class Leaders-J W. Eastwood, DOnnell.
 Sunday School Superintendent - J lGyd B. Christy.
 1 EDworth League PTesident-CaTie M. ohnson.
 President Ladies' Aid Society-Mrs. Imogen LaChance.
 Junior League Superintendent-Ale theia Hamilton.
 Organist-Elmer Todd.
Arizona republican., 1906-03-16
AND SOME OF THEIR HOUSES OF WORSHIP
N. T0q..
 

The cornerstone of the new church was laid August 19, 1903.
 Since 1892 the church has had the following clerks: L. w. Coggins. Robere Garnett. | F. EIweH A J. Ed wards, William C. Halsey. A. c. Me AIister H. c. Feelings. Leslie F. FL hott, R. B. Schupp.
 Among the former deacons of the church were Richard Garnett. Law renee Woodruff. Eli Isaac J. J. Nunn, Peter T. Burtis, B. T. Gillett, William Cavness.
 Among the trustees were P. T. Bur tis, William Isaac. J. F. Elwen. A. C. Trask. Dr. 4. NJ. Futile. D. F. Riggs, w. A. Cottreu. A. J. Edwards, R. W. Draper, H. c. Feelings.
 At different periods in its history the church, like most or the Baptist churches in Arizona. has been ably aided by Chaplain Winfield Scott. the veteran founder of Baptist churches and expounder of Baptist principles.
 The Phoenix church. the only self sustaining Baptist churca in Arizona. is a child of the American Baptist Home Mission society. which has also chcerfully aided it in its work of build | ing and rebuilding.
Arizona republican., 1906-03-16
N. E. cHuRcH SOUTH.

The history of the Methodist Epis- copal Church South of Phoenix is per haps similar to that of many other pioneer churches of the west. The lack of good transporta ton, the unset tied condition Of the country, made it very difficult to maintain a church. All honor and respect should then be given to the few surviving pioneers of that early day who had the courage and fortitude to organize and support the church and leave it for us to en- joy.
 In the month of December. 1871, F. Irvine one of the Patric.ans of the church today, together with Rev Al ex3uder Groves and Franklin McKain. crossed the deserts from California on horseback to the oasis in the desert now the city Of Phoenix. As most of the people in sympathy with the South Methodist church were then living about two miles southwest of the city. Brothers Groves and McKain decided to establish church in their midst Permission was granted to use a lit