The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
HOTALNG IN TITLE
ROLE OF RICHElIFu.
Viii Play Cardinal TO Blanche
Bates Julie at the Van
Ness Theater &
Actress Efforts in Behalf of the
Once Popular Lou Stockwell
Meeting With Success
Bv WALTER ANTHONY

his ambition. AT the same time he is
10 assist worthily and generously in a
splendid cause Hotsling's ambition as
> rhespian viii be satisfied. because he
viii appear on the stage with one Of
lie greatest actresses in Americs-or
elsewhere. for that matter-Miss
Blanche Bates. He viii serve good
cause, inasmuch as the appearance
will take place al the forthcoming
benefit TO be given for l. r. Stockwell
Friday afternoon. September L. HOtal-
ing VIII play Richelieu in the third act
OF the Lytton drama TO Miss Bates
Halle. Richelieu. IL viii be remem-
bered. vas one Of Hotaling's best per
forruances last season at the Liberty
rheater across the bay, when the club
man gave himself a vacation from his
office as executor OF the r. N HotalinS
estate By going in for i've weeks OF
stage work.
Every theater in san Francisco viii
f,e represented il the benefit. which
was inspired by Miss Bates, WHO made
her professional debut under StockH-elj
many years go AZ the old Columbia
theater before the days OF Stockwetls :
reyerses ana before darkness closed
HLe eyes 70 the liEHL OF
The meeting between the star and
The veteran Of the stage yesterday at
The Van Ness was touching in its
pathOs. II shall not be discussed here.
Miss Bates owes much TO /. r. Stock
well She SAYS she owes much 10 his
early instruction in stage art. and 70
his advice later Miss Bates wants the
privilege Of doing something for the
dgamatic veteran. who has made a mill
lior persons laugh in the DAYS OF his
comedy work and 50 she suggested
the benefit.
Gottlo5 & Marx. proprietors Or the
Van Ness. generously encouraged the
plan and give the theater for the &C
casion. The theatrical mechanics as
sociation has suspended its rule and
viii supply the service needed 20 pre-
sent the acts. The musicians union
has volunteered 10 give the entertain
menJ all the instrumental support
needed and acts have been voiun-
reered by every theater in san Fran
cisco
Out of Blanche Bates company there
viii be besides the star herself an act
provided by John W Cope and Mr. and
Mrs. knOWelL Miss Bates and Milton
Siils viii present The Unhappy Pair" /;
Ferris Hartman will supply an act; the
AlcaZar viii send the best il has in the
house. and. indeed. Pincus. who is do
ing the active work for the Van Ness
theater benefit 20 Stockwell. says he is
embarrassed by the generosity of the
offers that are pouring in For says
Pincus. ~Stockwen in his active days
was always the first with a helping
hand. No benefit was ever suggested
70 him that did not win his hearty and
active support. Players DO not forget
This, and they, as well as the public
generally. will help TO make this affair
one grand success for one grand come
dian"
Morris Levy, Al Ksufmsn's manager
was much perturbed last night. He
IS superstftious person, is Levy. with
= firm conviction about the energy that
lies back Of hooooos and such things
he would not walk under a ladder
for purse. This may be incredible
but it's true. He had framed il all
up that Miss Ann Little. one Of the
principals Of the Hartman company at
the Princess. should see the fight to-
DAY a. Colms. II is a belief. you know,
that the presence OF fighters sweet
heart Al the ringside insures the hero $
victory. Johnson wouldn't start,
thought Levy. II pretty Anna was
nearby 10 encourage Al in his row
with the dark co-nplexioned bruiser.
But Levy's plans went astray. A spe-
eiaI matinee was called for today and
so Anna, instead OF being at Coffroth's
fight emporium out in Colma. will be
charming a Princess audience. II
Kaufman is whipped Levy will never
forgive Miss Anna
Kaufmsn's devotion was demon
Etrsted last Saturday when the Hart
man company arrived in San Francisco
on the Queen. The stea mer was due
= -
At about $50 o'clock that night A
somewhat mournful and weary waiter
might have been seen on the wharf
looking anxiously for the lights of the
Queen. 1t was Kaufman. He waited
80 long that his trainers, fearful OF a
cold or pneumonia. bore him gently
but firmly away Just Is minutes before
the Queen nozed her way to the dock.
A picture that John Mason prizes
highly was taken when The witching
Hour" company was in Seattle a few
weeks ago. during the exposition.
The heroine of the photograph is
Miss Columbia. who is the first Eskimo
born in the United States The advent
OF the girl took place II years ago and
she was christened Miss Columbia by
Mrs Potter Palmer during the worlds
fair in Chicago.
Miss Columbia is queen of the Alaska
Yukon exposition, and according to Ma
son and the picture he owns is every
inch q queen.
she is a vivacious and merry little
lady" SAYS Mason. land is as intel
Iieent as she is pretty. She has be-
come a great favorite in Seattle dur
ing the exposition. and 1 was hon
ored by the graciousness OF the mon
arch who deigned 10 give me her hand
with queenly condescension."
This is true story. Press Repre-
sentative Phil Hastings Of the Valen-
cia thester assures me 1t is.
Miss Genevieye CIiffe, who is mem
Der Of the Going Some" company, has
gold medal which she won in Chey-
enne in the contest for women in the
broncho busting business.
II happened last month on Frontier
day The Shubert company was near
Cheyenne at the time and Miss Cliffe,
a western girl. went after the medal
and got II. They have pictures 10
prove IL, too.
Several Inquiries have been sent
into this department TO learn whether
the play or the book, The Witching
Hour" was written first. Augustus
Thomas wrote the play first 1t made
an instant hit. He was wise enough
10 see that the trend Of popular
thought was toward the esoteric and
rhe occult He wrote q mastery play.
embodying his views on the subject of