The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26

pany playing a different version he has
been sustained by the courts
Dramatic Notes
work on the interior of the new CO.
lumbia theater.
Franklyn Underwood and Frances
Slosson are booked for early appearance
at the Orpheum.
Alice Lloyd, the English comedienne.
has hobby for motor boating, in
which sport she holds the worlds rec
ord for woman.
William Burriss. one time comedian
at the Princess theater, is at present in
Chicago with The Yankee Girl" com
pany.
Among the attractions TO be seen at
the Alcazar next month are st Elmo"
Alice Of Old Vincennes" and "All on
Account of Eliza"
Up to the present writing the Shu-
berts have booked no play for the Va
lencia thester to follow the present
attraction, The Man From Home"
which. by the way, is an excellent
comedy worth seeing.
During the engagement of Relken's
Yiddish players at the Garrick matinees
viii be given on Christmas and New
Years and on Sunday. The final per-
formance will be given Saturday night.
January 1.
David Levenson. the Yiddish actor
will be seen in the roles of Richelieu
and Hamlet this week. The Yiddish
Transitions of these dramas were made
by Jacob Gordin, adapter of ~Kreutzer
Sonata"
Margaret Dale, who has not been
here since her great success with the
Henry Miller company at the old Co
lumbia theater, will make her appear
ance in support of William H Crane
when the new Columbia opens Monday
January 10
Frederic Belasco has gone to Los
Angeles to direct the sta ging Of The
Girl of the Golden West" which will
be given at the Burbank theater. On
the occasion of its first presentation in
Los Angeles two years ago il ran for
10 consecutive weeks.
David war1eld as Won Barwig in
The Music Master" which he will
play in this city, uses little or no
makeup. His hair is his own and the
lack OF a wig accounts in large measure
for his subtle transition of emotions.
attained by means of his wonderful
facial expression.
a night at the Alcazar is one of the
events which the commercial travellers
association will enjoy during the con-
gress Of that organization which will
convene in this city next week. The dele
gates and their ladies viii attend the
Alcazar en- masse next Wednesday
evening to see THE College Widow"
a scene of pitiful suffering" writes
a New York play reviewer. has been
written by John Galesworthy in Strife
at the New theater. And the facility
Of three actresses-Beverly Sitgreaves.
That's Lawton and Beatrice Forbes Rob
ertson-masterfuliy controlled. makes
The double semlcircIe of boxes" Che is
writing about the play at the New
thester look like feminine enthusiasm
At football game instead of weeping
sympathy at a mere play"
lf ltAlt AInAiLfTEnGe OF me owners
Of the New thester, New York. to the
matter Of money is shown by its offer
10 Grace George OF $4,000 week for
her permanent association with the cast
that the millionaires' playhouse has en-
gagged Miss George refused the offer
on account of other contracts. but will
appear next month for a short season.
during which she will be seen as Lady
Teazie in The School for Scandal"
Kolb and Dill are contemplating re-
viving some of their biggest successes
st the Fischer thester before the fire.
Higgledy Piggledy" is one of the bur
lesques they have in mind to put on
early next year.
The feminine members of the Al
cszar stock company are rejoicing with
great Joy these days The piece which
the management has selected for the
nolioay week being Pierre of the
- Plains. Ans, there re, is little in the drama
Only two roles in the story of the
northwest are women's roles, and so
al but Evelyn Vaughan and Christie
Mclean will have a week of.
Miss Mfgnon Schocken, a young San
Franciscan, is responsible for the
words and music of two of the musi-
cal offerings interpolated by Kolb and
Dill in their present Offering in ART
ca" at the Princess. MY zulu Maid
and .'Dickey's Love Chirps" are her
songs and already have scored a whist
ling hit Miss Schocken is the author
OF The Hum Of the Hammer" which
was sung in Kolb and DilIs produce
tion Of ! 0 U" soon after the big fire.
The complete list of the charities
between which the premiums at the
auction sale OF seats for the opening
night OF the new Columbia fheater
will be proportioned Is as follows
The Catholic orphan asylum. Hebrew
orphan asylum, Protestant orphan asy-
lum. the Bishop Armitage orphanage
and The Actors Fund of America .
The aHctinn sale will be held Mondav