The San Francisco call., 1907-02-17

10 wed Harry Black a wealthy society
man Of New York, her friends believe
81 TO be true. Black has been very at
tentive. and it is known that Mrs. Oel-
richs relies largely upon his advice
in her business affairs. The couple have
been together so much recently that
society was bound TO take notice" 1t
is. quite natural that Mrs. Oelrichs
should say, oh, how absurd I do not
wish to have anything 10 say about
the matter" for It viii be a matter
Of almost a year until the usual period
of mourning expires.
Both Mrs. Oelrichs and Black are
enthusiastic aUtomobilists. and were
in almost daily attendance at the auto
mobile show recently held in Madison
Square Garden. When, q few days ago,
Mrs. OelriNhs had her chauffeur ar
rested for taking her machine out with
out her permission and racing it around
the tenderloin all night, Black appeared
with her at the police station.
Blacks accumulation OF wealth has
been rapid. Ten or fifteen years ago
he was an employe Of George A Full
Ter, a Chicago building contractor. who
was known then as the father of sky
scrapers." Black married Miss Allie
Fuller. Fuller's mode Of construction
rapidly became popular in Chicago and
b. M York. The Fuller Construction
- O.H Chicago TO New York, and Black,
as manager Of the company. superin-
tended the construction of the famous
Flatiron building at Twenty-third
street, Broadway and Fifth avenue
subsequently Mr.. and Mrs. Black were
divorced, and Mrs. Black became the
wife Of a Boston lawyer, Tyler Moorse-
Mrs. Jessamy Harte Steele, daughter
Of Bret Harte, has been secluded by her
friends since the unfortunate young
woman was released from the aims
house IN Portland. The reason for
this is not quite apparent, since it is
the desire of Mrs. Steele to win her
own way, with her pen or voice. She
Is ambitious to star In Thankful Bios
som" which she has dramatized her
self from her fathers admirable little
California sketch; but her husband, her
husbands family and even the mem
bers Of her own family have discour
aged the idea Of her going on the
stage. She has finished and sold few
short stories and has written three
mOnologues for her own use-''The
Actress and the Manager" MY Seams
tress From Maine" and AT the New
York Public Library" She has been
told, too, that she possesses a soprano
voice Of more than ordinary sweetness
it. Mrs. Steele says that she was com
PEELED to leave her husband, who used
every means to induce or force her to
return TO him. He threatened to cut
of her allowance, and did so a year
ago, and since that time Mrs. Steele
has tried to shift for herself For q
time she succeeded. being assisted by
charitably inclined society and literary
people Of Portland, Ne; but little by
little they seemed to lose interest in
the young woman, and finally she found
herself in the almshouse.
Mrs. Steele says; Il really did not
think IL was a regular almshouse they
were sending me to; I thought it was
kind OF hospital. They promised me
that I would be treated like a lady,
and, as had saved enough out of the
wreck to pay for private room, I was
not compelled TO eat with or associate
with the inmates. But. with all the
humiliation and discomfort, it was far
beat me and treated me IN the most
brutal fashion. am so thankful to Miss
Eleanor Robson for her kind interest
IN me, and so glad that I will soon
have money enough to pay every cent
that I owe in the little Maine town
"Salomy Jane" with Miss Eleanor
Robson in the title part continues to
attract enormous crowds to the Liberty
TheaterI It has developed into one
Of the record hits Of the season. 1t
is an interesting fact, in this connec-
tion, that the three most popular plays
now running in New York have a dis
tinctly California flavor. The Girl of
the Golden West" with the California
actress, Blanche Bates, in the principal
role, has been an enormous success;
Of the Rancho" also a California play,
is drawing great crowds to the Belasco
Theater. "Salomy Jane" produced by
the Lieblers, has prospects Of e longer
run than either Of these, judging from
the box Office pressures at present
Seats are being sold weeks in advance.
The entire proceeds Of the benefit per-
formance given on st. Valentines day
viii be turned over to the unfortunate
daughter Of Salomy James author The
California Society Of New York took
an active interest in the success Of this
benefit. So did the Authors Club Of
New York The gross receipts OF the
performance will be turned over to
trustees 70 disburse the funds in a
manner best calculated to benefit Mrs.
Steele.
The success Of another California ac-
tor, Dave Warfeld. has been phenom-
email After playing to crowded houses
here for more than a year continuous
ly, he has returned to New York and
is playing to enormous audiences at
the Academy of Music The record for
big houses at the Academy Of Music
has previously been held by Booth and
Barrett, when they appeared jointly
in 1883, but their record is eclipsed by
Warheld in The Music Master"
Miss Blanche Walsh and her Astor
Theater Company will make a tour OF
the West, as far as California They
viii appear for four weeks in Sar
Francisco. beginning May s. in Clyde
Fitchs latest play, The Straight
Road" IT had a pronounced success il
New York. After her Western tour
Miss Walsh viii appear in London.
D. NJ. Delmas and Henry McPike
have leased for a long term of years
a splendid suite Of Office rooms in the
United States Realty building. in the
course Of construction at 115 Broad
way. adjoining the Trinity building and
opposite the building Of the Equitable
Life. Mr.. McPike said to The Calls
representative that he and Dr. Delmas
would add TO their library a complete
set Of Eastern reports. Lawyers here
saw thar Delna<' fee in The ThaW cas-,