The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-26
COMEDIAN KOLB IN
DANGER OF ARREST
Timely Arrival of Lone Police
man Breaks Up Innocent
Little Game of Craps
Excellent Bills Are Offered for
Next Week at the Various
PIayhOuses
By WALTER ANTHONY

convincing swapping Of mis- forehnger
against his thumb.
Not that the lad cared whether lit
came seven" or eleven" so long as
he won. or-as he expressed it to my
unkHowing ears-so long as he made
pass.
e. William Kolb. hero Of PLAYING
the Ponies" was an auditor to the
boys insistence The place was be-
tween the Garrick theater and the
Princess, and the time was yesterday
afternoon. The stage hands and me-
chanics Of the two playhouses were
mIngiing in a social game. I'm told
ana kolb was waiting. perhaps. for
someone TO come along with dollars in
stead Of nickles to venture on the turn
81 the contrary dice.
For the advantage of those who
know what I'm talking about it should
De explained that the lad, a Princess
mechanic. called in vain He rolled
couple Of skies, which, I'm told, is not
good, and Kolb laughed immoderately
Then silence fell A blue coated per
son sneaked through back way and
pounced Unexpectedly upon the crowd
particularly upon Kolb. His star
mashed brightly in the MONDAY sun.
-but all evidences Of the game had been
removed before he lowered over the
excited circle in the alleyway That is
10 say, all the evidences had been
hidden except <. William Kolb, who
wears diamonds and light overcoat
the ponies"
But / wasn't playing. said the
comedian, who had just come from d
rehearsal of Dream City" in the Car
rick Il was just looking on"
Just looking on WHAT asked the
q 0f l,a 81,
was just wondering" said KoIb.
irrelevantly. what makes the wild
waves sad"
Because they roll bad suggested
the orhcer with a wan smile. but if
catch this crowd again in the same
place and in the same mood, I'll pinch
the bunch"
A certain tall and quite unhappy man
with cultivated Dutch dialect
wandered out of the alley murmuring
what's The good Of getting four passes
when they're not for shove"
You might have been pinched." said
some one else looking on the bright
side Of things
Il was" said the victim. for Is
cents"
Louise BrOwnell is now an American
star player. She has been one Of the
popular performers at the Alcazar for
several seasons. but the engs cement of
Grace Travers, who was formerly with
the Valencia company as second
woman. by the Belasco forces left Miss
Brownell free TO accept other engage
ments. The American is. lucky to get
her. Ii viii be remembered that at
The Alcazar she assumed the role Of
Sapho in p hours notice, thereby
challenging the achievement of Fife
Bond. another Alcazar player who took
mp the role OF Peter Pan in the same
number Of hours when Miss Worthing-
Ton was hurt in one Of the early pro-
auctions Of the Barrie play at the
Valencia. Florence Roberts illness at
the Alcazar necessitated the engage
ment OF some one 80 play Sapho at
short notice Miss Brownell as a mem
Der Of the company was familiar with
Miss Roberts methods OF tragic imper-
sonatiOn and undertook successfully
the characterization of the Daudet
heroine. She viii be seen next week
at the American as the secretary in
Barrie's The Professors Love Story
Miss Leila Hysms presents her par
ents. John Hyams and Leila Mcintyre"
AT the Orpheum theater in The Qua
keress.
Any home that shelters year old
baby girl viii be at ease with the an
nouncement that little Leila is the
youngest theatrical manager in the
world. Her sex favors the assumption
that she is boss" and her age cinches
The certainty. Hyams and his wife
who is known on the stage as Miss
Mcintyre. say that they get on very
well with their manager There are no
ouarrels about bookings. or routes, or
even percentages. Amy differences be-
tween ourselves and our tyrannical
manager are settled between myself
and the boss. says Mrs Hyams They
may not be quiet settlements, but they
are effective
Baby Hyams' first cradle was the top
tray Of a theatrical trunk She has
been a manager since that moment
For time there was some doubt
whether the company which the Shu-
berts are sending to the Valencia thea
ter TO present The Witching Hour
next Sunday night would be the orig
inal New York cast from top to bot
tom The doubt is now dissolved Only
one change had been made in the cast
since the run OF a year and a half at
the Hackett theater in New York. Helen
Robertson had been engaged to play
the leading feminine role in place OF
Miss Amelia Gardner. a former San
Francisco favorite. Miss Gardner was
resting in Europe when the western
tour Of the show was planned Miss
Robertson had taken her place, but the
Shuberts. knowing that the west was
looking for an original company in the
cast that was to be the first Of the
syndicate's fighting attractions, wanted
10 send the company intact Miss
Gardner was finally located by cable in
Dublin. and was instructed to hurry
home She did so, and will appear in
the role which she created when The
Witching Hour comes to the Valencia
next Sunday night. The event will be
OF more than ordinary Importance, be-
cause OF her personal and professional
popularity in this city and in Oakland,
where she was formerly connected with
stock companies.
WIN r. Wallings trip from his Napa
ranch back 10 the Alcazar has spoiled
another farmer. He is never. going
back. His success as Ryder the Croesus
in The Lion and the Mouse" brought
him added inducements from Frederic
ReIasco and he succumbed to the lure
OF the footlights. At first it was said
that his re-enga cement would mean the
retirement Of Bennison from the Be-
lasco cast This. however, is denied.
BennisOn viii remain and so viii Wall
ing.
Harrison Ford has been engaged as
Juvenile player at the Alcazar. He VIII