The San Francisco call., 1909-04-25
tempt TEMP IL E1yG TONIC TONIC aN1Rpo0Kdmg :

IS tonic Your blood IS
N getting sluggish You
p" have spring complaints
...e..... Nothing seems to rouse
: soa TO an interest in theatrical pro-
J siuetfons commensurate with their
Nnerft"
Edward P. Temple, stage director at
2ae. Princess tbeater. was doing the
talking and was doing the listening
somehow you co not interrupt when
:. Temple talks. He is a square jawed
: man.. with a look OF determination
; about his covntenance and an unyield-
: Ing style Of delivery urelieved by any
SoA i've sense OF humor.
~lple conceived. planned and built
.sess IIippodrome in New York and man
aged il until q few months after the
sSbuberts took control Of the mammoth
I1stitution- Then he resigned The
reason for my resignation might better
sbe. The subject Of another story" said
ne. Meanwhile let US talk about San
Francisco
What I purpose doing before leave
! this city is 10 build another hippodrome-
Ers2ats the tonic prescribe. 1t viii re-
( 18ire some shaking down before the
dose is taken. but san Francisco is
Eessdy for the treatment
x @:Iook what is happening to the at
4uzcfIons which have been played IN
fh5s city recently There's no finer
aeEor on the stage than OTIS skinner:
get his houses have been miserably
small Richard Carrie had 10 come 70
san Francisco 10 learn that Mary's
Lamb was poor drawing card; The
WolT was at your doors, but didn't get
over the threshold OF your patronage,
and SO with dozen otner productions,
like Girls, which went great in the
cast. but which failed here. What's the
-a1istter2 You need a tonic TO revive in
=. terest- IN amusement enterprises
TT VERIFYING that's good finally
). gets to this city: but those who
: - can afford 70 pay 50 for a seat
!. >gisE.s either seen the play in the east
~ are rendered indifferent 10 imported
attractions by the fact that San Fran
scisao has the best stock companies in
9ELe world. I say this without fear Of
Contradiction. The Alcazar, the VaIen-
So 1he Princess exploit stock COM
s5A:Ies which could not be duplicated
: srHhere fn this country or in Europe
Il St!ii think. however. that an inter-
{ gsf fl theatricals should be engendered
nv TIE establishments Of a hippodrome.
w0uc not advise as mammoth
fslzitding as New York possesses; nor
- oslld 1 expect TO be able TO retain
::yoiav for a year in this city, as We did
sls Kew York. Your transient popula-
.45oh is not great enough TO support an
exact duplicate Of Thompson and Dun
ms hippodrome; but one on smaller
scale. embracing all the spectacular
features Of the original. with water
kzrk. immense stage. large ballet and
r-s-cu< stunts. would wake this town up
and make il open fts eyes I'm sure
uf@that. Indeed that's one OF the prin-
Ei6al reasons why came west Ny
saith IN San Francisco seems greater
k.ov-ever. than yours But I'm plug
k5SS away at the idea and viii realize
955ls cream before go back TO New
sEorlzt
: temple has been n conference with
sSs-ris Meyerfeld Jr.. president Of the
Drpheum circuit and Manager Loverich
~ t.,e Princess and has been closeted
.s,f+h the Chutes management There
.sne; TWO schemes which might be made
p. 70. work. The Orpheum and the Princess
kni-ht be ted together in single
suilding and a mammoth stage be built
:Eor. the spectacle which hippodrome
s.orild offer; or, Temple says. the new
a-ii'utes in Fillmore street might har-
E7or the enterprise