The San Francisco call., 1908-12-06

staccato passage absolutely clear and
sweet and futelike.
Dave Warfeld admits that he will
essay the role of Shylock some day,
but Will not make more definite
promise. He said:
Il intend some day to act Shylock,
and the. day, / hope, is not far away.
The study of Shakespeare has strange
fascination for me and I derive much
pleasure pleasure to this this day in reading his
and m in digesting his philosophy. I
think shylock offers more opportuni-
ties. for subtle acting than any other
Shakespearean part; for the Jew of
Verona was complex character, the
result of nature, persecution and en-
speech, for 1t has lyrical eloquence
as well as interesting philosophy. /
nave oee9 zen a, S,tuayIng the sl enaraeter Tor
it. but because ii is so interesting in
iitself-even stripped of dramatic
background"
Miss Blanche Bates gave a Thanks
giving dinner at the StuyveSant the
ater, where she is playing in "The
Fighting Hope" A big turkey was
raised especially for this occasion at
her country place at Ossining. The
turkey waxed fat as the months slipped
by and a week ago he tipped the scales
at % pounds Then Miss Bates sent
out invitations TO her dinner guests.
David Belasco her manager. ordered
a special Thanksgiving day matinee and
Miss Bates was officially notified of the
performance. She demurred. Her man
aser insisted. How to make good her
dinner invitations 10 her friends was
the thing that nettled the actress. Mr.
Belasco solved the question. He ordered
his scene painter to get ready a special
dining room set and his stage manager
to provide the necessary furniture. Be
tween the matinee and the night per-
formances of The Fighting Hope" the
stage of the Stuyvesant theater was
transformed into a fac-simile dining
room and Miss Bates entertained a
dozen guests at her own board and
with her own turkey.
Miss Bates is one OF the victims
Of the book writing epidemic. Her
first literary production will treat Of
the art of facial expression
Although Nat Goodwin has achieved
considerable success in his new play,
Cameo Kirby" he can not produce the
play in Chicago, owing to an Illinois
law which prohibits the appearance of
children under 16 on the stage. A
child is one of the important characters
of Cameo Kirby" Indeed. the chief
interest centers in the youngster. But
the laws of Illinois are very strict in
this regard. and Liebler & Co. are COM
PEELED to keep the play out of Chicago
indefinitely. The national association
of theatrical producing managers is
endeayoring to secure an amendment
to this law.
The San Francisco friends OF Joe
Redding, the well known lawyer and
bon vivant of the Bohemian club, will
be interested to learn that he has writ
ten a Iibretto. 1t is announced that
the work is completed and Victor Her
bert will write the music for it, The
scenes in the opera are laid at Santa
Barbara. The action is supposed to
occur about 1880, and the plot allows
the introduction of three different
races, Spanish. Mexican and American.
Thus there will be plenty of psycholog-
ical and romantic interest in the work,
to say nothing of color.
Mrs. C. P. Huntington is strenuously
opposing a right Of way by the New
York, Westchester and Boston electric
railroad through her magnificent estate
on Throggs Neck, In the Bronx sec
tion of New York city. She has per-