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The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
Theatrical Magnate Here

Calvin Heilig, president of the North
western theatrical association, who has
charge of that organizations bookings
south of Portland, has been in town for
a few days looking for a site to place
the Stair-H Havelin meiodramatic pieces.
He says he is about convinced that the
corporation will have to build thea
ter. ] asked him where he had been
looking for proper location.
When we build. which will be soon,
ii Will be down town, of course.
wouldn't think OF encoura ging the con-
struction of a theater to cost hundreds
Of thousands of dollars anywhere but
down town. However. one of the condi-
tions OF the contract we have with the
Stair Havelin people, associated with
KIaw & Erianger, is that we begin pro-
ducing their plays in San Francisco not
later than next September. That will
not afford us time enough to build a
permanent structure, and so we will
probably rent for the time being
consider the site of the American thea
ter the most advanta geous in San Fran
cisco and we will try to secure a per-
manent footing within a reasonable
radius of that showhouse-
There is another way of looking at
the situation" he went on. 1T is my
opinion, after Investigating conditions
in San Francisco. that for the present,
at least. we have as many theaters as
can be profitably operated That's one
to build, even down town. Conditions
would not warrant more playhouses
than are already constructed. hope to
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
Notes Of the Theaters
at Home and Abroad

Mary Shaw closes her engagement
at the Van Ness ,theater tonight,
Following ~Brewsters Millions" at
the Van Ness theater comes Wilton
Lackaye in Hall Gaines drama, The
Bondman."
There has already been heavy ad-
vance demand for seats for the forth
coming enga cement OF Mrs Patrick
Campbell at the Novelty.
The Thief" which has passed its
two hundredth performance at the Ly-
ceum theater in New York. will close at
that playhouse in six weeks. when the
company, headed by Margaret Hing
ton and Kyrle Bellew, will 8start for
San Francisco. They will come direct
to this city, where the play will be sem
for the first time in any city outside OF
New York.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

in favor Of sobriety and worse music.
Lslor and Mccree went to the wigwam
under Albert Meyers. where they re-
mained until Walters and Meyerfeld
bought the property.
Alice Nielsen was singing there at
that time" said. Lalor Il 90 not re-
member that she showed any particular
have awakened since, for when 1 knew
her she sang with little. flexible
voice. very high and clear. and trile
shrilI Her stage manners were as
graceful and inspiring as mop handle.
She was terribly stin and awkward.
But she outgrew all that. One night
eli OF the white performers struck
because of the preponderance Of negro
talent at the theater- Everybody quit
but Alice, who stuck to her turn and
was the only white person on the bill
for q week
From the time that Tom Carl met
Laior in Boston IN 1888 and took him
along with the Bostonians Lalor has
been following the stage.
i was doing a song and dance turn in
Boston" said Lalor .at Austin &
f-IDue > IHdecAft- ~ ctbHt v dS ~ exc
cute a dance with glass of water bal
anced on my head. did this nine
times a day. And yet they say that ac-
tors work harder now than formerly.
Exactly nine times in four hours ] sang
my song, danced my dance and poised
that awful glass upon my Uranium. Is
comedy a serious business or not2
The comedy road is long and hard
one. and that is why the little touches
Of seriousnesx with which intersperse
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
Crnheurn

The program at the Orpheum begin
ming this afternoon will make strong
bid for the patronage of those who en-
joy good vaudeville Edwin Stevens
and company and Joseph Hart's pam
tomimists i'm Polly Pickles Pets In.
Petland" Will be seen and are accounted
to be two of the best headline attrac-
tions before the public. Stevens is one
of the greatest character actors in the
world. He has been declared to be the
only successor of the late Richard
Mansfield in character portrayal He
will be seen in a one act comedy.
cousin Kitty" in which he will be
supported by Miss Tina Marshall. who
is also well known in this city.
Polly Pickles Pets in Petland" is
musical fantasy presented by a COM
pany of IA. nine of whom are men and
five women. The musical numbers
with which the little play is inter
spersed are said to be most pleasing.
Loney Haskell. THAT Rascal" will be
heard In an amusing monologue; Car
letta, the human dragon. whose recent
performance excited so much interest,
will return for week; Della Fox,
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

be able to secure one soon. and mean
time keep on looking for a permanent
location near Market street, which CEN
ter will surely be the theater and hotel
row of San Francisco as 1t formerly
was
From here / am going TO New York
to arrange definite bookings for next
season. These bookings will include
road companies. playing the Stair
Havelin attractions, all of which will be
produced in this city
Heilig represents the concern through
which most of the American theater
shows are secured, and of which John
Cort is general manager. Heilig stated
that the San Francisco opera company
managed by Frank Healy, formerly Of
the Tivoli, had been reorganized and
was doing profitable road business.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

lions The play is a dramatfzation of
the popular novel Winchell Smith,
Byron Ongley and George Burr Nc
cutcheon are responsible for the work
in its visualized form. 1t is said that
more than half a million copies OF the
novel have been sold, and the play is
declared to contain all that has mad,
the book popular
The story of Montgomery Brewster's
wild and daring dissipation of million
dollars in u months in order to obtain
possession Of legacy Of S7,000,000 is
already familiar to readers of light fic-
tion. The humorous adventures and
escapades of young Brewster in quest
of his goal have been deftly woven into
a delightful comedy by Smith and Ong-
ley and as presented by Cohan & Ear-
ris clever comedians form a splendid
entertainment Originally produced by
Frederic Thompson. 1t ran for an entire
year In New York and subsequently, for
an extended period in both London and
Chicago, in each city recording great
success. Its presentation here will be
marked by the same care and elaborate
ness of presentation as during it's ex-
tended run in the cities above named
The third act discloses the deck OF a
ship in storm at sea with such mar
velous fidelity that the onlooker cal.
ina gine himself as experiencing all the
sensations of the participators without
any too wide g. stretch of the magma
tion While this episode in the play is
melodramatic in the extreme, the ball
ance of "Brewsters Millions" is de-
licious, sparkling comedy, and this ele
ment is largely responsible for the
great success of the play.
Among the comedians who will ap
pear in "Brewster's Millions" are Rob-
ert Ober, Brinsley Shaw, Joseph Kauf-
man, George Crossette, Louis Haines,
Edwin Maynard, Edwin Mortimer, John
Alden and June Mathis, Ada May Tai
bot, Olive North. Nellie Black and
Martha Bernard.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
Comedy Predominotes
At Local playhouses

Comedy wiz supply most of the the
atrical entertainment at the local play
houses this week. At the Van Ness,
Novelty. Grpheum and Wigwam the
principal offerings will be In light
vein, while at the Princess and Amerj-
can musical plays with comic opera
tendencies will be seen. "At Yale at
the Alcazar promises a novelty, and
altogether there will be plenty of froth
on the theatrical sea this week. Fol-
lowing are the announcements sub
mitted by the various local theaters:
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
American

The Burgomaster," the most success
full of all the Pixley & Luder musical
productions, will open weeks en-
gagement at the American theater at
the matinee this afternoon. The orig
inal Garrick theater production has
been sent to the coast intact by Man
ager w. P. Cullen and. judging by the
patronage accorded the tuneful play
upon it's former visit here, the Ameri-
can theater will be well attended dur
ing the coming week.
The Burgomaster" does not pretend
to any deep laid plot but it does pro-
vide three hours of fun, sparkling mu-
sic, pretty scenes and host of chorus
girls. 1t is far superior to the more
recent musical comedy productions
from musical standpoint, and the ia
miliar song hits will once more be
whistled and hummed in public places.
All of the old favorites. "Goodby. New
Amsterdam" Keep Cool "The Dutch
Cadets" We Always Work the Pub
lie" Little Soubrette," Rainy Dali
sies,'' Tale of the Kangaroo Cupid
Does Not Marry Modern Gladiator
Il Love You. Dear, and Only You,' and
Dear Old College Days will again be
heard as well as several new interpo-
lated numbers, including Miss Whites
own composition. How Many Have
You Told That To?"
Gus Weinburg will be seen In his
original creation of Peter Stuyvesant,
the governor of New Amsterdam, who
sleeps for 200 years and wakes up to find
himself in modern and gay New York.
He falls in with Willie Van Astorbilt
role which is so cleverly played by
Ruth White, daughter OF the Golden
West, who forthwith proceeds TO show
him the sights of the town.
Besides these two local favorites. the
company includes Leo Kendall, Fred
Bailey. J. j. Mcclure, George McKis-
sick, Joseph F. Rooney. Robert AL
bright, Marion Mack. Marie Grandpre
the Lockhardt sisters and the original
Kangaroo girls. The Lockhardt sis
ters were formerly headline novelty
terpsichorean artists on the vaudeville
circuit.
Following this musical show Florence
Roberts, San Franciscos most popular
actress. will be seen in her two new
plays, "Shams' and "Zira," and as she
will play a two weeks enga cement at
Manager Cohns playhouse, the former
Alcazar fayorite will no doubt be pre-
vailed upon to give a few special per-
formances of her great emotional sue
cesses, "Sapho' and "Zaza."
Alcazdr
All that goes to make the American
college boy a most interesting character
Will be seen this week in the New Alca-
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
A Premiere Here

San Francisco Is to have real pre-
miere. A play which has never baen
seen on any stage viii be put I'D for
our approval by Mary Mannering dur
ing her two weeks engagement at the
Novelty theater. The piece il by f.
Booth Tilton and Is called Memory
and Tomorrow" 1t is the vehicle IN
which Mary Mannering expects to be-
gin her next New York season There
is a future left for all who have ths
courage TO repent and the energy 10
REFORM" That - teh motif OF the play.
The story relates now a girl OF IS
years has to choose between starvation
for herself and father. and wrong She
chooses the easier way and for two
years abides by the bargain she has
made He deserts her. of course. after
a while. and she leaves for a foreign
country. Under a new name she finds
real love and happiness. She marries
the man OF her choice and son is
born to them. Then the old sorrow Is
brought to life by the return to her OF
the man who wronged her. He wants
her back again. and the tale OF her
struggle to keep the love OF husband
and the respect and love OF her child
supply the motif for story which -
declared to be thrilling and very hui
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

engagement. The four act comedy.
Glorious Betsy written by Rida
Johnson Young expressly for Mary
Mannering, will be the attraction. A
supporting company of unusual excel
lence is promised, headed by the fol-
lowing well known artists. Frank Gill
more, William Humphrey, Calimont
Barkland, Herbert Carr. James A. Dick
son, J Edward Trevor, Maud Turner
Gordon, Helen Macbeth, Irene Kings
land and Gertrude Clemens.
The play has for its central figure
that belle of yesterday. Betsy Patter-
son, whose beauty and ambition made
for her one of the most remarkable ca
reers ever attained by an American
woman. From the position of a Balti-
more belle, whose wit pride and dar-
ing independence made her the admired
of all fashionable society in America.
she sprang suddenly into International
notice by her marriage with Jerome
Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon. just at
the time when he was proclaimed en-
peror of the French.
In writing GLORIOUS Betsy its
author does not go into the darker side
of Betsy's life, but deals with those
days when her name was the toast of
and from that city to New Orleans. 1t
takes you back to the Old Sweet
Springs of Virginia, when that resort
was the gathering place of the best in
wealth. culture and beauty of which
America could boast.
1t is at the springs that Betsy first
meets Captain Bonaparte, who, weary
of the endless round OF entertainment
and adulation he has received as the
guest of the American nation, has trav
eled to this out of the way place In
cognito and for whatever romantic ad-
venture might appeal TO youth of 10
full of high spirits and away from re-
Strdint.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
Wigwarn

The coming bill at the Wigwarn this
week promises to be the best ever
seen at the Mission home OF vaudeville
1t will be headed by the Western States
vaudeville road show. IN conjunction
with which James T. Lees comedy play
ers will appear in a screaming farce.
"All Mixed Up" Among the members
of the road show are the Wheslers.
comedy juggiers; the O'Brien troupe OF
tumblers and acrobats: Waldron broth
ers. German comedians; Carter Waters
and company. who are said to consti-
tute one of the greatest comedy COM
binations on the vaudeville stage:
Oracle and Reynolds. knockabout
comedians; PAUL. and Healy, singers
and dancers. and Esco Ives. the we'll
known illustrated song artist, who will
make his frst appearance at the Wig
wan The bill is unusually large and
of more than ordinary merit
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

Kara. Les Freres Riego and Emmett
Dewey and company in the fantastic
playlet In Dreamland," together with
new motion pictures. will close the bill
Central
This afternoon and tonight will wit
ness the last performances OF The Boy
From the West which tomorrow night
will be superseded by the beautiful
southern drama. Belle of Richmond"
This play is full of romantic episodes
and a strain of love and intrigue adds
thrill and interest to it's engaging plot.
The story Is of great human interest.
and the scenes are laid during a time
when the chivalry OF the south and
plantation traditions were at their zen
ith.
The story OF a northerner's love for q
southern girl supplies the romantic
theme. and there IS a broad vein OF
true comedy exposed In the four acts
of the play. Elmer Booth will take
care Of the comedy element Benedict
McQuarris will make his reappearance
at the Central after his absence caused
by Illness. The next attraction an
nounced by the Central nagement
win be Robert Emmett" the great
Irish drama.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
Princess

But seven nights remain in wn1cn 10
see the Princess company in the de-
lightful oriental musical comedy. san
Toy" 1t will be followed week from
tomorrow by "A Country Girl, which
is said TO have been a great success IN
London New York and Boston.
san Toy" affords many opportunities
for the principals of the Princess cast
The costuming and stage settings could
scarcely be improved upon. Cecilia
Rhoda in the role OF San Toy is de-
lightful: Edith Bradford is vivacious
and clever as ever; Zoe Barnett makes
popular Poppy Preston; while the role
of High Lee enables Sarah Edwards TO
present a clever and tuneful character
impersonation. Arthur Cunningham as
the mandarin Yen How carries off the
lions share of the honors and has fine
topical song. Ned Nye is clever and
amusing as his secretary; Ben Lodge,
who is cordially greeted on his reap
pearance, is capital as Sir Bingo Pres
ton, while Harold Crane makes the
most of the part of Bobby Preston
George 7. Fields is a welcome addition
to the company and plays the emperor
of China in a grotesque and diverting
manner. Maybel1e Baker is a dashing
Amazon and Grisela Kingsland as An
ME Stone dances gracefully and looks
her charming role.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
Novelty

Mary Mannering, whose gifts, artis-
tic and temperamental, have won for
her high place in the esteem Of the
American theater going public, will be
seen. at the Novelty theater tomorrow
night. She Will remain for two weeks
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

zar. where "At Yale is TO be given It's
FIRST presentation west OF Chicago
There will be various types or the boy
himself. with pretty girls, real inter
collegiate boat race in real racing
shells with real Drawn at the sculis,
real crowds cheering the contest anu
waving flags and a real panoramic
view of the Yale-H Harvard course on the
Thames river opposite New London
This scene is one of the present sea-
sons theatrical successes in the east.
where the play is being presented In
the high priced theaters, with Paul
Gilmore In the heroic part. which viii
be played in the Alcazar production by
Rertram Lytell. II is the kind OF play
that radiates the spirit Of youth. as
The Boys of Company B. did on the
same stage not long ago
The story of AT Yale tells how
Dick Seeley. manly young fellow, and
Dave Burley. rich mans son with
vicious tendencies, are rivals for the
hand of the same girl; and how Dave
poisons her mind against Dick by tell
ing her that he is a coward and a lib
ertine. Dawes wickedness is further
evidenced by the fact that Dick is chos-
en- stroke oar of the varsity eight in
the coming annual race with Harvard.
To deprive him of the honor and obtain
it for himself Dave has Dick kidnapped
and secreted until the roll is being
called for the oarsmen TO take their
places for the contest. when Dick sud
denly appears. takes his place as
stroke and leads Yale to victory. In
order to be there in time he had TO
knock out his custodian, prize fighter.
and break his way out OF the boathouse
in which she was held prisoner. All
these exciting events are witnessed by
the audience
In the cast will be all the Alcazar
favorites and many extra people. In
the east the scene of the boat race
fairly startles by its realism. and the
audience finds itself invoiuntarily
cheering the contestants as the ooats
seemingly dash at lightning speed
through appa rently real water.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
Van Ness

An important event theatrically is
promised at the Van Ness theater to-
morrow night when the Cohan & Harris
comedians present "Brewster's Mil
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

my work are, after all. the best things
/ do. They are so very natural"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-04-03

adapted to such work. For haul.
of more than 800 feet, a Wagon
should be used.
The machine most generally
used in road work is the grader,
or road machine. This machine
is especially useful IN smoothing
and GROWING the road and in
opening bitches. A clay subsoil
under q thin coating of soil should
not be disturbed with a grader.
It is also q mistake to use a
grader Unfortunately and to
pull material from bitches upon
q sanc.:lay road. Not infrequert
Iy turf. soil and silt from ditch
bottoms are piled in the middle
of the road in a ridge, making
mudholes q certainty. 1t is inn
portant in using a grader to
avoid building up the road too
much at one time. A road grad
ually built up by frequent use
of the grader wiIDast better than
if completed at one operation.
Tho foreman frequently thinks
his road must be high in the first
instance. He piles up material
from 10 inches to a foot in depth
only to learn, with the arrival of
of the FIRST rain, that he has
furnished the material for as
many H. ches of mud. All mate
rial should be brought up in thin
layers, each layer we'll puddled
and firmly packed by roller or
traffic before the next is added.
A common mistake is to crown
too high with the road machine
on . narrow road.
The split log drag should be
used to ill in ruts and smooth
the rokd when not too badly
washel. The drag possesses great
merit and Is so simple in con-
and operation that
every farmer should have one. A
special article will be published
later telling how to make and use
the drag.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-04-03
STATE AND OTHERWISE.

The government will appropri-
ate $500, 900 to construct work in
the bed of the Mississippi river al
New Orleans to protect the levee
10 front of that city.
The lnterminable Reid case has
been transferred from Calcasieu
parish to the parish Of Rapides.
Attorney General Guion will have
charge Of the prosecution.
The amounts due the Louisiana
Spanish war veterans sum up the
following: First Regiment. &c.,
205.l4; Second Regiment, $685.
025.05; ARTILLERY, -, $500. Total
$50. 1882.
A severe earthquake shock Wis
tied the Mexico city March 26th.
Property was considerably dam
aged but there was no loss of life.
The shock was noted in Washing
ton City.
: Shreveport has inaugurated y
movement to adopt new charter
and extend the corporate limits
of that city. Il is proposed to
have the matter in shape to vote
on it on April 81.
The primary election in Arkan-
rs has resulted in tie nomination
of g. w. Donaghney for governor
against james p. Clarke who was
the Jef Davis candidate. HE
defeat IL considered = break in the
Davis strength in that State.
Secretary H. A. Davis Of the
Minden Progressive League. l.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-04-03

Secretary H. A. Davis Of th
Minden Progressive League. j
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-04-03
PRACTICAL HINTS
ON ROAD BUILDING
The Plow, Drag Soraper, Road
Grader and Split Log Drag
are Very EfflcIent.

While American road builders
are as capable of constructing
good roads as those of any
country of the world, they have
not been rs loyalty supported as
the men of those countries in
maintining the highways after
completion. and the deplorable
state of many hundred thousand
miles of road is thus accounted
for. County and township Of
ficials may at the outset stand
the expense of having a road
built, but they strenuously object
when asked to provide funds to
rebuild the road that has been
allowed to 60 to ruin.
It is important that farmers
learn of the benefits to be derived
from good earth roads; that
county boards be impressed with
the need of a proper maintenance
of the same, and that road
builders and overseers learn how
best to care for the roads in their
charge.
The persistent and powerful
enemies of earth roads are water
and narrow tires, and the constant
effort of the men in charge of the
roads should be to guard against
their destructive effects and REM
edy all damage as quickly as
possible. The simple implements
which have been found to he of
greatest assistance in this work
are the pillow, the drag scraper,
the road grader, and the split log
drag.
With Z sandy sorf and q subsoil
of clay. or clay and gravel, deep
blowing so as to raise and mix
the clay with the surface soil and
SIND will prove beneficial. The
combination forms . sand clay
road at . trihing expense. On
the other hand. n the road be
entirely of sand . mistake will be
made il 1t is plowed unless clay
can be added. Such glowing
would merely deepen the sand.
and 1t the same time break up|
the small amount of hard surface
material which may have formed.
II the subsoil is clay and the
surface scant in sand or gravel.
blowing should not be resorted
60. - il would result in . clay
surface rather than one of sand |
or gravel. A road foreman must |
know not only what to pillow and
what not to pillow. but how and
when to pillow. If the road is Of
the kind which according to the |
above instruction should be |
plowed over its whole width, the |
hest method il to run the frat /