The San Francisco call., 1909-12-23
|fARlY PICTURE OF
WARFIFlD SAVED
Sister Rescued Photograph of
Famous Actor From Great
Fire of 1906
Noted English Comedienne to Be
Feature of the Orpheum
Road Show
By WALTER ANTHONY

destruction of those hingS-SouVenlrS
and pictures and lockets of hair, and
other mementos of past days which
were priceless and not to be duplicated
by any amount of money.
Pictures of David Warfeld. which his
father and mother priced, went the
way of all other things that were
kissed by the flames. Warfields sis
ter. however. saved two photographs of
the genius from the fire, and one of
them is herewith reproduced It shows
the great character actor at the age
of %, when he left San Francisco to
try his fortunes in the east. 1t is the
only one of its kind which is in exist
ence. Therein the picture is like War
field. Neither has a duplicate.
Some disappointment results in the
minds of old theater goers to think
that Warfield will not enjoy the honor
of appearing as the first, attraction at
the new Columbia theater. 1t was
found impossible, however, to get the
building completed in time and so to
William H. Crane will fall the honor
to dedicate the new playhouse
Warfeld begins his engagement at
the Van Ness next Monday night.
While Booth Harrington was coll
laborating with Harry Leon Wilson on
| the now famous "The Man From
Home" which is making such hit at
the Valencia theater, he lived in Paris
| for a time He in the habit of
| giving little salons" each week and
| inviting such celebrities as he knew.
! A fellow townsman of Tarkingtons
dropped in among the celebrities one
afternoon, and after long wait
managed to catch the author in lull
| in the conversation.
| Say, Booth he said loudly. "do you
know that they have gone and put
! tablet on the front of the house you
were born in, back homer"
Harrington looked pleased. 'Is that
SOP" he said. We'll. now that's graft
| flying. isn't it? Who put up the tablet,
| the boys of the club?"
No" said his friend, "the city Of
| ficials.'
We'll, that's better than ever.
| They've come to recognize me at last.
! Ell? By the way, what does the tablet
say?"
Main street" was the laconic reply
1t is planned to make tonight an In
| diana night when the theater will be
the scene of forgathering of natives
| of the Hoosier state. Incidentally it
| happens that the only feminine mem
| Der of the cast in The Man From
| Home who was born in Indiana is
l.
of the comtesse de Champigny, and
| whose beauty is a fattering tribute
! to her native state.
! Maude Lillian Berri has been under
| going a painful and trying experience
| these days. Her role in TN Africa"
| at the Princess, is that of a gay grass
| widow, Mrs. Allie Money, and demands
| vivaciousness and animation for it's
proper presentation. For several days
her daughter Bertha, lowered between
| life and death. Appendicitis was the
malady and the surgeons knives were
an ever present possibility. To make
her unhappiness the greater grave
news was received from her father.
Fulton G. Berry, who was thought to
be dying. Both daughter and father,
however, pulled through the shadows
and Berry is well enough to take the
trip to Tahiti, where it is hoped he
will fully recover his health. Miss
Berri is convalescent.
Alice Lloyd. the famous English
comedienne, who is said to be the
highest priced artistic on the vaudeville
stage. will add to the strength of the
Orpheum road show all next week and
the program will be further strength
ened by the appearance of the Nc
Naughtons, who will make their first
San Francisco appearance next Sun
in New York three years ago without
any advance heralding, but made a
great hit. Klaw & Erlanger wanted
to make a star of her in one of their
musical productions, but the vaudeville
salary she was offered detained her and
tions in varieties"
Ezra Kendall. who comes to the Sa-
voy theater Sunday night in Liebler
& Co.'S revival of 1.-The Vinegar
Buyer" was once the editor of a small
up state paper, which was saved from
untimely death many a time, so Ken
dali says. by the foreman of the COM
posing room.
He was a good man. very good
man, that foreman" Kendall affirms,
but he could never understand me
Lacings Never was a man abused by
any one as 1 was by that compositor
He said l was worthless, lazy. a fool. a
blockhead, shiftless donothing, fit for
nothing on earth but to talk and go to
ball games.
II told him man could not well be
fitted for any higher mission, but some
how that did not seem to improve his
opinion of me. He went right on lac
ing me. and to this day the poor man
can not understand how in the name
of common sense 1 have been given a
star part in The Vinegar Buyer or
how l can have made a success as an
actor. / tell him I didn't do it in the
name of common sense, but in the
name of the ridiculous. He says that
1 was the biggest stick that ever tried
| to edit paper, with that air of finality
a man assumes when he ends a scien-
tific argument with quotation from
Genesis or Revelation. You can fool
some of the people all the time, but
you can never fool your valet or the
foreman of a composing room.'
Rosa Karp. who comes as the fea-
tured attraction and prima donna of
Relkens Yiddish players at the Garrick
theater tomorrow night, is a San Fran
cisco girl, though she left here when
child. Her father, Max Karp, was a
prominent member of the Yiddish play
| ers, formerly a feature of this city's
theatricals Her mother, Bertha Karp is
| also well known here and has been for
! many years a well known Yiddish
actress in New York. The remains of
Max Karp are inferred in the Jewish
cemetery here.
Charles A. Pryor. brother of the noted
| trombone virtuoso, and himself a the
atrical manager, has taken Ben T. Dill
/ I sa1