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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17
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The season at the American theater
will have nos more welcome attraction
nor pleasant memory than the coming
of Lew Dockstader's minstrels entails.
The company opens a weeks engage
ment this afternoon.
Dockstader Is a comedian of great
originality and has created a place for
himself at the very head of modern
minstrelsy This season he brings a
new sketch, "A Dull Day at the White
House." which is brimful of humorous
allusions to topics uppermost now in
the public mind. His makeup is a work
of art and shows an ebonized version
of the president
Among the comedians with Dock
stader this year are Neil O'Brien, Vic
Richards, Eddie Mazzier. Pete Detzel
and Tommy Hyde A few of the sing
ers are Reese V. Prosser, Will Oakland.
William H. Hallett., an old San Fran
cisco favorite; w. H. Thompson. Her
bert Wilson. James Bradley and Master
keenan,. There is a company of p
dancers. while the orchestra, composed
of p Instruments. is one of the best
ever heard with a minstrel organiza-
tion.
The scenic arrangements are unusu-
ally elaborate and include realizatiOns
of The Temple Gems. The Land of
Nicotine" and other beautiful sets, in
one of which Dockstader introduces his
famous knocking song. When the
Hammer on the Anvil Rings Two
amusing skits. "A Quick Lunch and
Joining the Elks," will be presented
by the supporting comedians, while the
nimbNe footed dancers will appear in a
military sketch.
There will be an extra matinee next
Wednesday besides the usual Saturday
and Sunday matinees. Max Figman in
The Man on the Box" follows.
Princess
Edwin stevens enormous popularity
is being evidenced at the Princess
theater by the best testimony in the
show world-the box Office. Nearly
every performance is witnessed by
audiences taxing the seating capacity
of the pretty playhouse. Tonight he
will conclude a three weeks run in
Wang" and commencing tomorrow
night Will appear at the head of the
Princess cast in Dear Girls This
musical comedy was written by Harry
and Edward PauIton. authors of the
instant success in England and it has
been Americanized and localized under
the direction of Stevens himself
The plot of Dear Girls is similar
to the stories Charles Hoyt used TO de-
light to stage. Stevens will appear as
Professor Racius Muggeridge. Proprie-
tor of school OF dancing and acting.
He will assume five distinct characters
during the progress Of the play. Cecilia
Rhoda will be Stella Pousetti, a dancer
Tina Marshall will be Amelia Mugger-
idge, the professors daughter, and
Sarah Edwards will have a splendid
opportunity as Miss Sybil Featherwaite.
stage struck society dame Arthur
Cunningham in the role of burly sea
dog should be in his clustering best;
Oscar C. APPEL will be seen in the role
of wealthy brewer; Harold Crane as
Leonard Lavender, Ben Lodge. George
Field, George B. Baldwin, John Del
gridge. Laura Oakley and Myrtle Ding
wall will all be appropriately cast and
the famous Princess beauty chorus will
appear as the girl pupils in the school
of acting. New scenery and costumes
have been specially prepared for the
production.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17
About "The Thief"

Much literature, press agented TO this
office, has found it's ultimate place in
the waste basket for no other reason
than that it was no better than it
should be, and that it was on a dead
level with other excellent paper, spoiled
for first uses; but the following is
given space because it is different and
may interest husbands. Here is the
dose:
The Thief tells the story of a wo-
man who steals In order to have money
for clothes to win back her husband S
admiration. That thesis, to begin with,
is change from the average play, in
which husband or wife tries to drown
past, polish up a present, or other
wise mix with the divorce courts. The
wife knows she would be as attractive
as other women If she could deck her.
self as attractively, but her simple
clothes are all she can afford. So she
steals to get the money to buy the
garments
women whose husbands have money
10 spend with others and on themselves
out none TO spend on their wives should
take their husbands to see the play:
the latter might learn something to
their mutual advantage. They might
learn that little attention, a little in
expensive admiration and praise help
II might do husbands good to see how
ldiotic it is to tie their wives down to
a. pittance and then exalt the sartorial
charms of their feminine neighbors.
Richard is the husband in the play.
When he learns how his wife has been
hounded; how she has finally stolen
from their best friends in order to pay
for the dresses he admired but wouldn't
buy he goes through some fine spasms.
He could have spared himself these
convulsions If he had done one of three
things. He might have bought the
handsomest things for his own wife,
or he might have stopped his admira-
tion of those things on other women,
or might have spent more money at
home and less in the cafe resorts. while
his wife waited for him to come home.''
Play and a Moral
Walter Hampton of the Henry Mil
Ter associate players, now creating the
hit of his career in New York. in his
lmpersonation of the Christ-like char
acter of Manson in THE Servant in
the House." is a young American actor
whose work UP to the present season.
slngularly enough. has been confined
70 England, lie is an intimate friend
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

an aged duenna, Christie Msciean as a
serving woman and Louise Brownen as
a Spanish maiden. and the stage pic
lures will be made animate by many
rancheros. caballeros, vaqueros, musi-
clans and dancers.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17
Novelty

Katherine Grey and her associate
players will begin their fourth and
last week at the Novelty theater to-
night with a production of George Ber-
nard Shaw's comedy satire, Arms and
the Man.. 1t will be the occasion of
that remarkable plays ffSst presenta-
tion in this city and the splendidly
equipped company is amply equal to
the task of Interpretation.
In Arms and the Man" Shaw has
taken serious world and has treated
it sardonically, cynically and satiric-
ally. ending by asking that his point of
view be taken seriously. He presents a
number of conventionally interesting
stage characters; has moved them about
In pretty and romantic fashion, intro
ducing the familiar love episodes, and
then, when he has established his
premise, he proceeds to demolish It
with the keeneSt of satire and rfdi-
cule. He burlesques every situation,
incident and episode; he SCOTS at valor
jests at sentiment, laughs at romance.
and deliberately but with delicate skill
pokes fun at the familiar elements Of
modern comedy, wherein the tenderest
sentiments are wont to stir human
hearts. BY the time the audience is
in an uproar of laughter at the result
of Shaws onslaught against the meth
DDS of modern playwrights it wakes to
the realization that Shaw is laugh
ing at it.
Miss Grey scored a success as Louka
when touring with Richard Mansfield
and the other members of the superb
company Will be appropriately cast
In response to many requests Miss
Grey has consented to give two produc-
tions of Ibsen's "A Dolls House" She
is an earnest student of Ibsen and her
Interpretation of Nora is said to be one
of her greatest achievements.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17
Notes Of the Theater
at Home and Abroad

Marie CahiIi has closed her season
in Marrying Mary" and will have
new play next year.
Percy Mackaye. author of some
splendid plays that failed, says that
vaudeville is menace TO American
drama Martin Beck is preparing
reply
Grace Won Studdiford is to be tn Z
star of the new opera by De Koveh
and Smith. which will start on it's
road to success or failure next Octo-
Der.
Instead OF starting on it's continental
trip this season The CIansman'' viii
be sent 70 the coast and the trip
abroad will be postponed until 1909
The Frank Brothers Yiddish opera
company. with % principals and a
strong chorus. viii follow the Rather
Inc Grey season at the Novelty theater.
Dorothy Donnelly and Flora Juliet
Bowley. at present appearing in The
Lion and the Mouse" have been en-
gagged as leading women by Henry
B Harris for the season 1soS-s-
Henry f. Dixey. veteran actor. seems
still in his prime from reports that
come of his portrayal of the character
Of Papa Lebennard. IN which he is ap-
pearing in New York.
Frank Lalor. who appeared in this
city recently at the head Of Coming
Thro' the Rye" is 70 have a play OF his
own next season. outhtted by the Rork
company
E-aster, a,-or,,,,,-s . -
Mrs F'iske. at the close OF her regular
season in "Rosmersholm." will make a
supplemental tour of the Pacific coast.
prolonging her period Of activity until
August
Fannie Rice makes her fnal appear
ance in vaudeville next month when she
returns to New York to begin prepara-
tions for a revival OF AT the French
Ball." in which musical comedy she ac-
cumulated a fortune.
In the third production of "Othello''
at the Van Ness Mantell will play IagO
and Francis McCiinn will play OtheIlo.
The latter was a San Francisco boy
who has made rapid advancement in
the classic drama.
Ralph Pincus states that he and S.
Harris of the Wigwam have offered
Nance O'Neill $500 a week for two
weel<s' engagement at the Mission
street vaudeville house. she to play for
the first week the murder scene in "Oli-
yer Twist" Mckee Rankin. her man-
ager has the offer under advisement
Herbert KeIcey and Efie Shannon will
soon open brief engagement at the
Alcazar theater, supported by the regu-
lar cast. They have the exclusive rights
to present in this city several New
York successes which will be given
here Among these is j. NJ. Barries
''Alice-Sit- by the-Fire."
Bessie Barriscale who is to play the
title role in The Rose Of the Rancho
at the Alcazar, has been on the stage
since her sixth year, and. although still
in her teens. has created several i'm
portant roles. among them that OF
Lovey Mary in Mrs Wiggs of the Cab
bage Patch" IN that character she
made her last appearance in San Fran
cisco and she afterward played it sue
cessfully in London.
Frank w. HeaIy's San Francisco
opera company opened its third season
last week in Seattle with the peren-
nially popular The Belle OF New
York" in which Teddy Webb. Wallace
BrownlOw, Daphne Pollard. Eugene
Weiner and Georgia Campbell ap-
peared. The latter is a niece OF May
IrWin's.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17
Attractions at the
Local Playhouses

If theater going interfeTes with your
business it looks as though you'll have
to give up your business for a week
until the busy days OF the present
amusements are over On back
ground of symphony concerts by the
New York orchestra-which will sup
ply the highest class musical enter
tainment that has been allowed San
Francisco for years-there will be, this
week, a continuous change of perform
ances at the theaters to witness. and
all of 1t unusually promising. Mantell
at the Van Ness; Katherine Greys
great company in Arms and the Man
and "a Dolls House," an Alcazar Of
fering of THE Rose of the Rancho;
star minstrelsy at the American; a
new musical comedy at the Princess;
a Hammerstein star at the Orpheum;
not to mention military play at the
Central and new offerings at the small
er theaters, are a part of the things
to choose from. Moreover, Mantell
changes his bill three times during the
week and it will be too bad to miss
him in any of his transformations,
and a pity not to see the first produc-
tion in San Francisco of the Shaw play
at the Novelty or the Belascoed play
at the Alcazar. 1t will be difficult
choosing with such a tempting menu
this week, and is enough to make glut-
tons of us all. Following are the the
atricaI notices:
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17
Van Ness

The road for the ambitious Thespian
to travel to success as Shakespearean
tragedian is hard one and long. The
reason is apparent. In his portrayal OF
the great creations of Shakespeare he
is always the center of critical OBJ
servation and comparison: he cannot
avoid the personal equation by taking
partial refuge in the novelty of the
play presented; for Shakespeare's plays
may hardly be called novelties to the
ater goers So the Shakespearean play
er must impress with his personal
ability; he must create new standard
with reference to his individual con-
ception of the roles as contrasted with
that of other great portrayers of the
same characters; he must also over
come the Indifference of the public to
plays which they have seen and heard
frequently, but which, because they are
masterpieces, will never die. Thus it
happens that star In Shakespeare is
not made in a week or a month or a
year. He is the product of talent.
study, work, long experience and trials
Robert Mantell. who comes to the
Van Ness theater tomorrow night, real
ICES the standard. of excellence out
lined above. He is entitled to our
tribute of praise and presence for the
mastery he commands in his art.
Mantells present visit to San Fran
cisco is noteworthy and his offerings
entitle him to an enthusiastic welcome.
The repertoire for the first weeks
engagement will be as follows:
Monday and Tuesday nights, King
Lear Wednesday and Thursday nights,
"Macbeth;" Friday night, "Othello;"
Saturday afternoon. The Merchant of
Venice" Saturday night. "Othello;"
Sunday night, King Richard III
w. A. Brady, under whose mana ge-
ment Mante1 appears, has provided a
splendid scenic environment for each
play, and the supporting company is an
excellent one, including Marie Booth
Russell. Lillian Kingsbury, Leila and
Lorraine Frost, Josephine McCallum,
Francis McGinn, Guy Lindsey, Gordon
Burby, Franklyn Bentsen, Romaine
Calender, Hamilton Mott, George Still
well and others.
The evening performances will begin
at s o'clock sharp, and the afternoon
punctually at 2 o'clock
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Frank w. Healy's San Francisco
opera company opened its third season
last week in Seattle with the peren-
nially popular The Belle OF New
York" in which Teddy Webb, Wallace
BrownlOw. Daphne Pollard. Eugene
Weiner and Georgia Campbell ap-
reared. The latter is a niece OF May
IrWiu's.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Frank .Lalor. who appeared in this
city recently at the head Of Coming
Thro' the Rye is TO have play OF his
own next season. outhtted by the Rork
cOnpanv
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Henry f. Dixey. veteran actor. seems
still in his prime from reports that
come of his portrayal of the character
of Papa Lebcnnard. IN which he is ap-
pearing in New York
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Grace Won Studdiford is to be NJ
star Of the new opera by De Koveh
and Smith. which will start on it's
road to success or failure next OctO-
her
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Instead OF starting on it's continental
trip this season The CIansman'' viii
be sent 70 the coast and the trip
abroad will be postponed until 1909.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

In the third production of "Othello'
at the Van Ness Mantell will play IagO
and Francis McGinn will play Othello.
The latter was a San Francisco boy
who has made rapid advancement in
the classic drama.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Eastern exchanges announce that
Mrs Fiske. at the close Of her regular
season in "Rosmersholm. viii make a
supplemental tour of the Pacific coast,
prolonging her period OF activity until
August.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Fannie Rice makes her final appear
ance in vaudeville next month when she
returns TO New York to begin prepara-
ttons for revival OF AT the French
Ball." in which musical comedy she ac-
cumulated a fortune.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Dorothy DOnnelly and Flora Juliet
BOwley. at present appearing in The
Lion and the Mouse" have been en-
gagged as leading women by Henry
B Harris for the season 19OS-9.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Marie Cahilf has closed her season
in Marrying Mary" and will have a
new play next year.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Herbert Kelcey and Efie Shannon will
soon open a brief engagement at the
Alcazar theater, supported by the regu-
lar cast. They have the exclusive rights
to present in this city several New
York successes which will be given
here. Among these is j. NJ. Barrie's
''Alice-Sit-b t-by-the-Fi
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Percy Mackaye. author of some
splendid plays that failed, says that
vaudeville is a menace TO American
drama Martin Beck is preparing a
-or,Ix
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

Ralph Pincus states that he and s.
Harris of the Wigwam have offered
Nance O'NeilI $500 a week for two
weeks engagement at the Mission
street vaudeville house. she to play for
the first week the murder scene in "Oli-
yer Twist" Mckee Rankin. her man
ager, has the offer under advisement.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

The Frank Brothers Yiddish opera
company. with % principals and a
strong chorus. will follow the Kather-
Inc Grey season at the Novelty theater.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-28
WILL GIVE RULING
IN BASEBALL CASE
Expected That Decision Will Be
e Made on the Motion in the Du-
buque Suit Tomorrow.

Judge f. d. Ramsay in the circuit
Court tomorrow will appear in the
guisc of baseball umpire. At any rate
he will take mp the Dubuque litiga-
ton, and will probably give a decision
on the molten to dissolve the inJunc-
tion on the representations of the
ANSWER of the league and the aTdavits
fled by President Holland. As Judge
Ramsay will not preside in court here
again for some time, he will probably
give a decision at once
With the fast approach of the time
for the opening of the season, action
by the court that will result in definite
steps by President Holland to get pre-
liminary work under way will be wei
coined.
Louis FItzHenry Of Bloomington
will represent President Holland,
while Searle G Marshall will appear
for the Dubuque cldb.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-28

in England, according to an interview
with Johnson.
Johnson is quoted as saying that
while he at first regarded the te,1ns
of the proposed match as unflic he
has now made up his mind to accept
the offer. His main objection, he said,
was the smallness of the purse, but
ae hopes Burns will agree to a bet
of $4,000 on the side
IF Burns can beat me l am willing
10 quit the game" Johnson is quoted
as saying. ANY nnmper of rounds
will suit me-from l to 1000. In fact,
now that | have made up my mind to
accept, Burns may name the terms"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-28
LOSEUPBUSINESS
National League Adopts Sched-
ule Much Like That of the
American League.
CONFLICTS ARE AVOIDED
Rules Adopted by National Commits
sion Accepted but the Changes
Are of No Consequence.

New York, Feb 2S.-The National
league baseball schedule was given
out yesterday, but outside of that only
routine business was transacted at the
meetings of the National and Ameri-
can leagues here. Both leagues wound
up their meetings and were in session
only short time. A couple of changes
in the playing rules, neither of which
will make any radical difference il the
game itself. were the most interesting
transactions next to adopting the
schedule.
Like the American league arrange
ment of dates, the National league
schedule begins April II and takes in
the first week of October. The two
schedules dovetail nicely and there
are no conflicts in New York. The
New York Nationals, however. are in
Brooklyn on Memorial day and the
New York Americans at home. This
in effect is a conflict. For the first
time in many seasons the New York
Nationals are not at home Oh Labor
| day. They have only one holiday at
home this year, July 4.
The opening games on April IA are
as follows: Chicago at Cincinnati.
| Pittsburg at St. Louis, Boston at
Brooklyn and New York at Philadel-
| phia. The opening series includes
four games in each city From Gin
cinnati the Cubs will go to st. Louis
for three games.
| Rules Committee Meet.
| There was joint meeting of the
rules committees, Pulliam, MURRAY
and Donovan representing the Ma.
tional, and Shibe, Somers and Farrell
The American league. 1t was agreed
the words except the pitcher after
the word players in section OF
rule IA should be stricken out. This
means the pitcher must not discolo,
a new ball by rubbing it on the
lground. He will have to use his glove
lor nothing
sacrifice hit was enlarged to take
in caught fly on which a base run
tner scores. Apparently it did not oc
cur to the committee that a caught
fly which advances runner from any
base is just as much entitled to bt
called sacrifice hit as a fly or whicl
a run comes in.
The rules adopted by the nationa
commission last November were for
tmerly accepted. One had to do wit!
the measure that whenever a mino
league player has been purchased b,
. a major league club such player car
mot revert back to the minor ieagI
club in the year following his pul
chase unless all the clubs i'll bot
major leagues waive claim to him
The commission decided that rul
sc shall not apply to players purchase,
in 1907, but that the date of gCin
into effect be deferred a year. Tn
purport of this rule may be had fror
the following clause: Whenever an
: major league club disposes of THESE
vices of any player by sale to n;
; tional association club, with the o,
( tion of repurchasing such player. sue
option can be exercised only on tn
3 10th day of August of the same yea
! in which such sale was made"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-28
TWIRLERS COME IN
Manager Louis Cook Signs Up
Arthur Lundin and Christy
Wilson for 1908.
TEAM NEARLY COMPLETE NOW
Walter Carlyle Pays Visit to the City
on Way to Report for Tryout
with 81 ston Americans.

Manager Louis Cook last evening
received two more signed contracts
lfrom players of last season. They
are from Arthur Lundin and Christy
Wilson, who row make a total of
seven candidates on the pitching
staff. Cook also has another twirey
N mind who he would like to give a
try out
The following is a roster of the
Players who have signed up and who
are expected to report the early part
CT April:
Pitchers Scott, Neal. Howard, Lun-
din, Wilson, Cain and Mckee.
Catchers- Eng. Edmunds, Manners.
Gilmore and l<arnell.
First hase-Frost, Vogel and Tros-
| tie
Second base--CGok.
Third base-McBride and Detwiler.
Short stop-Berger.
Outfielders-Murphy and Burdett
Walter Carlisle arrived i'll the city
This noon from Los Angeles, where
he has been playing since he left
| Rock Island. He is on his way to
Little Rock 20 join the BOSTON Amer
leans when they begin their spring
| training in Arkansas. Carlisle was
drafted by the Boston team for this
season. He is looking well and says
he is in fine condition. for the spring
workout
Sign With Dubuque Club.
Manager Rowland of the Dubuque
Three-Eye league team has received
signcd contracts from Tim O'Brien. q
catcher of st. Louis. and Monte Bales
= third baseman of Dixon, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-28
ATTELL TO DEFEND
HIS TITLE AGAIN
Meets Eddie Kelly of Buffalo Tonight
Entering the Ring to /
FaVorite.

San Francisco, Feb. 2S.-Tonight
for the third time within two months
Abe Attell will enter the ring at
Dreamland pavilion to defend his title
to the featherweight championship
He will face Eddie Kelly of Buffalo
on this occasion, a youngster whose
great possibilities are recognized by
local sporting men. Attell. a. the
same time, is strong favorite at the
odds of to 1. Neither fighter did
any great amount of work yesterday.
as both of them are down to weight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-28
THE MARKETS.

Chicago, Feb 2S.-Following are The
market quotations today:
Wheat.
July, 9Sa4, 99H, 975s, 977s.
July, $685., 937s, 92Ia, 925s.
September, 901s, 9OaI, 1895, S9A.
Corn.
May, 90, G2H, G11s, 619s.
July, 59&, 60, 59H, 593s.
September, SO, 59H, 5S3s, $3.50.
Oats.
May, 5S1a, 535s, 53, 50.
July. 4512, 451a, 447s. 447s.
September, 377s, So, 375s, 1875.
Pork.
May, 11.65, ITO, 11.55, 11.57.
July, 1900, 1907, 1872, 1875.
Lard.
May. 1862, 7.65, 1855, 7.55.