The San Francisco call., 1909-04-13
K|RMESS STAR
MAY SHINE ON
ORPHEUM STAGE
But Mrs. Phipps' Husband Says
NO. and Mr.. Morrisey
Is Most Discreet
If She Is Not to Dance on the
Circuit, Then Why These
Rehearsals?

Mrs. Horton Forrest Phipps, most
charming performer at society's recent
kirness, star of the tarantella and the
Portola dances, most brilliant member
of the whole scintillating company.
may be seen within a very few days
on the Orpheum stage, striving for
the approval OF. blase gallery gamin
and stolid householder in the very
performance with which she gained
the plaudits of the smart set. Nego-
tiations are under way for her appear
ance- Already she has had one pri-
vate rehearsal there.
AS yet the negotiations, it must be
admitted, are in a very embryonic
Merrisey has made coy advances Mrs.
Phipps is not a little bit taken with
the idea And both parties to the
proposed engagement are in quaking
fear that the gossamer negotiations
may break somewhere, that a false
step will put some ones foot through
the impalpable arrangements, and
nolHlnS come Oh the matter.
Husband Says No
Phipps stoutly maintains that his
winsome wife does not, never has and
never will contemplate going on the
Orpheum or any other stage Morri-
sey hesitatingly admits that the charm
ing dancer has borrowed the stage for
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pear ION the circuit" that something
may come OF the matter Morrisey
strongly accents the may Mrs.
| Phipps 1utters hither and thither.
ayoiding-for this present-publicity
That society's Pepita would be a good
card" at the orpheum, wherever the
diversities Of booking might lead. is
admitted by society and the eager
vaudeville managers, That she really
will appear seems quite assured. That
the final contract has been signed. or
even the "tryout" gone through, neither
party to the agreement will grant.
For some time Mrs. Phipps has beer.
rehearsing in private lessons under the
direction of Prof. L. Hinman, who has
taught many society maids the mystery
Of the dance. and who guided the
brilliant pupil through her first stum-
bling dance steps when she was little
Hazel Wolf.
Not a Stranger to the Stage
And, of course, Mrs. Phipps is not
stranger to the professional stage.
having danced in one of Florence Rob
ert's plays. She was charming San
Francisco play goers with a Spanish
dance at the old Majestic theater,
which was at Market and Ninth street.
when her husband first saw her
If the arrangements do become per
fected. Mrs. Phipps will appear in
Spanish dances, and the Tarantella.
which, it is said. is her most charming
dance, will be the piece de resistance
Fof her act. A Scottish dance. which
also has been privately rehearsed, NAV
be introduced to vary the clicking cas-
tanets and jingling tambourines with
more forceful dash of swifter motion.
Hanging draperies, shifting shaded
lights of various colors, and rich
scenery and costuming will aid in max
ing the act "topliner."
Hit of the KirmeSs
Mrs. Phipps has been counted for
many years one of the most talented
members of San Francisco society, and
at the kirmess her services were so de-
sired to make the mammoth show a
''go" that, on the memorable occa sion
when the fair dancer refused to appear.
because her husband had not been in
ers at the .St. Francis hotel, dozens
of the anxious performers besought her
not to weaken the kirmess by with
drawing. Mrs. Phipps finally consented
to appear, and her dances were the hit
of the evening.
closed, and when the memory of it was
dying away. the winsone dancer again
came into prominence through the dis
covery that she had lost a beautiful
pearl and amethyst brooch while going
through the evolutions of her dances.
and that the article OF jewelry had
mysteriously disappeared among the So
ciety folk and not to be found.
Mr.. Phipps Also Scores
BY the way, Phipps has won
physical and mental victory over his
late cook, Mrs. Acuta Williams. a ne
gress. who wanted him arrested on a
charge of battery. Assistant Bond and
Warrant Clerk Kennedy heard both
sides of the story yesterday and re-
fused to issue the warrant.
Mrs. Williams averred that after do
ing the cooking for few days for the
Phipps family she was discharged. and
when she refused to go last wednesday