The San Francisco call., 1908-08-16

Ne " 4Ofth, Aug l5.-M1SS 1SadOra
Duncan, the California born and bred
girl who has made world wide repu-
tation in her Greek dances, arrived
here on the French liner Lorraine and
will begin her engagement at the Cri-
terion theater on August 20 under the
management of Charles Frohman- She
will not appear in America as an in
cidental feature of one of his musical
productions. but as an entire evening s
entertainment by herself
Frohman Will establish Miss Duncan
in one of his New York theaters, where
she viii be the first example of a single
artist devoting a whole evening TO
dancing, unrelieved by song, slxit or
recitation. With but a single Is min
ute interval, Miss Duncan's program
in America will consist of an unin-
terrupted dance for two hours. 1t will
be feat Of endurance never pre-
viously seen outside of Europe. After
her New York engagement Frohman
will send Miss Duncan on a brief tour
Of the largest cities.
Miss Duncan says of Maud Allan, a
rival dancer and also a Californian:
L have not, seen Miss Allan dance.
-Four years ago she came to me in
Berlin and said she was a poor Ameri-
can girl studying dancing, and it
would help her so much to see me.
So l gave her tickets for every even
ing when I was dancing. Some weeks
afterward she gave limitations OF some
Of my dances and announced herself
as my pupil. Now in London she tells
an interviewer that she has never
heard OF me before"
ETRAZZINI LEARNS ENGLISH
TetrazzinE in Paris. is learning to
speak English. She met an American
reporter the other day and greeted
him with a smile and the words: How
d'y' do. by gosh?'
Later she INDUCED in other Yankee
phrases, which shows that next year
she viii be able to speak the language
with any one.
Send my kisses TO New York" she
said; Il love it, and next winter, be-
sides New York. 1 shall sing in Phila-
delphia, in Boston, and perhaps even
in Chicago I expect to appear 80 times
during the season and to sing a great
many new parts One which I have
never sung before is the leading role
in Meyerbeer's 'Etoile du Nord.' Other
operas in which New York viii hear me
for the first time are La Sonnambula,'
I Puritani,' Les Huguenots,' II Bar
bier de Sevilla' and Bizets Pecheurs
des Perles.'"
On the subject of the already pub
lished unpleasantness between herself
and MEDIA. NINE. 46IIdZZlnl was more
or less reticent.
q met Nine. Melba on the stage at
Covent Garden one day. We We're in
troduced and spoke some six words
together. In a few days she wrote and
asked me to sing at her jubilee per-
formance. She was not an old friend
of mine. I saw no reason why she
should have asked me, and besides
had been announced to sing the even
inc Of he Il -
impossible for me to sing at two per-
formances, but Nine. Melba did not
understand, and since then"-Mme
Tetrazzini shrugged her shoulders.
REHEARSEs PLAY FOR COAST
William A. Brady has been trying
out his new Man of the Hour com
pany at Atlantic City. This is the ag-
gregation that is to revive the play in
san Francisco and other Pacific coast
cities.
The Pacific coast cast consists of
Miss Polly Stockwell, Miss Ethel Bran
don. Miss Evelyn Moore, William Lamp
Louis Hendricks, Felix Haney, Robert
Caine and William Sullington. After
playing several weeks at various At
lantic coast resorts the company will
play a solid month in the Van Ness
theater. beginning August "a.
Miss Stockwell plays the role Of
Dolly Wainwright. She viii be well
remembered in San Francisco as a
daughter of the veteran character actor.
L. r. Stockwell. Her mother, Ethel
Brandon, was for many years a well
known leading woman at the old Cali
fornia theater. Billy Brady and Joseph
Grismer were at one time young actors
in that organization. David Belasco was
stage manager.
Miss Stockwell was brought here to
play a leading part in "All for a Girl
but was considered better suited for a
part in the Man of the Hour COM
pany.
FINDS HUMOROUS CONDITIONS
B. c. Hart, the vaudeville manager,
whose interests reach from coast to
coast, has returned from a trip to the
Pacific coast states, including Califor-
MIA. He said today:
Il put in IS weeks travelling about on
the different western circuits. and found
more humorous vaudeville conditions'on
the Pacific coast than anywhere else.
lining Stocks