The San Francisco call., 1910-02-10
BLANCHE WALSH IS
A CHARITY WORKER
Has Big Scheme to Endow Hos
pital Beds for Needy Actors
and Actresses
Maude Granger, Well Known in
San Francisco, Here Again
With Florence Roberts
By WALTER ANTHONY

Blanche Walsh has a pretty humani-
tartan scheme, which is the result. she
tells me. of her own ideas and not the
product OF a press representatives
brain. 1t is her idea to endow beds
in the leading hospitals of this coun-
try. from east TO west, TO be at the dis
posaI OF actors and actresses who may
fall ILL The Actors fund in the
larger cities takes care of needy cases,
but ii takes time. says Miss Walsh. to
notify the New York headquarters. and
needless suffering is sometimes en-
tailed. One day yearsset aside for a
benefit performance in each city and
town where playhouse exists, would
bring the necessary funds, and in this
enterprise Miss Walsh is at present in
teresting herself
Old San Francisco theater goers will
remember Maude Granger, who is in
the company supporting Florence Rob
erts in The Transformation" at the
Novelty theater this week. She ap-
peared at the old, old California thea
ter as Dora in the famous cast of
Diplomacy. In that company were
Lester Wallack. Rose Coghlan and
Harry Montague Later she was seen
at the head of her own company at the
Bush street theater in Inherited" and
subsequently at the Grand Opera house,
in repertoire, playing Camille" The
Ironmaster' and Article Al" 1t is
Miss Granger's boast that she discov-
cred Ada Rehan and induced her to
90 to New York, where Miss Granger
introduced her to Augustin Daily.
When Corts company. playing
"Brewster's Millions was here at the
Savoy few weeks go there was a
suggestion that new leading woman
would shortly be needed to play the
role of BrewsteT's bewildered sweet
heart. lone Bright of this city has
been enga ged to play the role. and Will
leave for Seattle next Saturday She
was given this part and played it in
private rehearsal while the company
was in this city. The wire for her
to come on to Seattle was received
yesterday
Miss Bright will be remembered as
a member of Nance ONeiTs company
when that actress appeared at the
American last season, and later as
Leading woman in Jack Gleeson's play,
Rights Might" which began prosper
UASAN III tAdl UNA oIlu iilllSIlSO IneEe.
Later stil she was with StockweH in
his sketch The Blind Organist," and
in Stockwells production of Mrs.
Temples Telegram"
Bert Leslie as the Bowery bar tender
in Hogan in Society" viii be a big
feature of next weeks bill at the
Orpheum, which also contains the name
of Emma Francis, who is said to be
one Of the prettiest dancers in vaude-
Vile. There will be five new acts pre-
sented next sunday afternoon.
From Ibsen to THE Virginian" might
be regarded as far call. However,
Mabel Wright. who comes to the Sa-
voy next Sunday afternoon in the play
OF western America. participated in
the first performance in the United
States of Ibsen's Loves Comedy" at
the Hudson theater. New York last
season. Grace Elliston was cast for
the role of Svanhild but on the night
before the performance she demanded
more in salary than her manager would
allow. George B. Ford. the manager,
refused her demands and gave the part
to Miss Wright, who got up in the
part in "a hours, and nobody de-
manded money back from the box office.
Preparations are big for the forth
coming production at the Princess of
the burlesque on THE Merry Widow
BY a peculiar coincidence it will be
seen here shortly before the straight
Savage presentation is seen at the New
Columbia. Costumes and scenery are
already on hand at the Princess and
rehearsaIs are now on. Maude Lillian
Berri. who left for Fresno on account
of the serious illness of her father, Full
ton O. Berry, will be in the cast. She
is expected back in a few days, as
her father is pronounced out of dan
ger by his physicians. She win be the
merry widow.
Howard Hickman's big hit as Henry
Thompson in the Alcazar's production
of The Man of the Hour is due in
part TO the same causes that made
Nance ONeirs performance in The
Tilv" in New York a reported triumph.
In the early scenes of the play Hick-
man as Thompson is nonentity. and
his climaterfc scene in the final act
comes as a distinct surprise. So with
Miss O'NeilTs role in The Lily. Ac-
cording to reports, she is little figure
in gray with scarce a dozen lines to
sneak. but when she does take the
stag the effect is infinitely more
vivid. The management Of the Alca-
zar announces a second week of THE