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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-17
RO0SEVELT'S JUNGLE
TRIP SEEN ON SCREEN
Wigwam Offers Novel Motion
Pictures and New Bill

4 complete change of bill is an
nounced for this week at the Wigwam
rheater, commencing this afternoon.
The list of acts announced is a big one.
AS a special feature there viii be
shown genuine motion pictures taken
Of Roosevelt during his trip through
the jungles Of Africa. 1t is said that
many of the most exciting incidents
Of the hunt have been secured and the
pictures were taken by the official pho
tographer Of the party.
The team Of Mazus and MaZette, ac-
robatic humorists extraordinary, will
present the amusing act called The
Lady and the Tramp" Mazus is not
only a talented comedian but an aero
bat Of great ability. Harry Bachelor
the musical rube, will entertain with
2 long line Of numbers, and Henry
Kesne and Olive Briscoe in the timely
farce called "A Trial Maria ge' will
have a clever playlet to offer. The
first San Francisco appearance of the
eastern favorites. the Marinetta trio
is announced for today. The trio has
q comedy singing and dancing act
Louis Guertin and company, one Of the
most famous Of athletic hits, and
Louise Suckney's dog and pony fea-
ture will be seen on the bill, as will
also Georgia Nelson, the vocalist
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-17
ORPHEUM OFFERS
EXCELLENT BILL
Will Cressy Will Be Seen in
Sketches of New Eng
land Types

Quality, variety and novelty are
promised this week at the Orpheum.
Two headline features will be offered.
There will be viii NJ. Cressy and
Blanche Dayne in The Wyoming
whoop," and Gus Edwards Might
Birds" in which Nellie Brewster is the
star,
Cressy and Dayne are certain to re-
ceive an enthusiastic welcome, and the
author of los sketches, most of which
concern New England types, never
fails of success at the hands of Or
pheum audiences.
Gus Edwards Night Birds" is said
to be q most ambitious and successful
production. 1t is a singing and dane
ing ensemble. which gives ample op-
portunity to the star. Miss Brewster,
and to her lively assistants
Gladys Lockwood and Paul MacC.arty
are favorably remembered as having
carried off the chief honors with Las
ky'S "Pianophiends." Since then their
rise in the profession has been rapid
and they have been fiatteringly in
dorsad by the New York press. Mac
Cary is a talented musician, while
Aish Lockwood has a quaint and mag
netIc manner of singing her songs
which is greatly relished by. her audi
ences.
The Lacier company, which
| includes Theodore DAILY, will appear in
a one act play called "A Fools Errand, y
which is pronounced an excellent We
hicle.
The motion pictures will be of I'M
usual interest. At the matinee today
and this evening, according to the an
nual custom, the famous picture of "Old
Market Street will be exhibited. To
morrow afternoon and the remainder of
the week will be presented for the first
time in America the only genuine mo-
ton pictures taken of Roosevelt in
Africa This week concludes the en-
gagements of Al Whites Dancing
Bugs" the Walsh-Lynch company, the
Picquays and Nellie Nichols.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-17
ALCAZAR Stages
PLAY OF SOUTH
Under Southern Skies" Is the
Bill at the BelascO
Playhouse

Replete with atmospheric charm is
Under Southern Skies which is to be
started on a weeks run in the Alcazar
next Monday evening. 1t was written
by Lottie Blair Parker, as a starring
medium for Phoebe Davis, who for
several seasons alternated 1t with her
other successful vehicle, Way Down
East" by the same author.
Under Southern Skies conveys an
ingenious and cleverly drawn story
That is redolent of magnolia bloom and
vocal with the drone of honeybees.
is scenes are laid in rural Louisiana,
and the period is 20 years after the
| close of the civil war, while the south
was in process of reconstruction. The
central figure of the plot is IS year old
Lola Crofton, WHO lives with her father
In the home which was desolated by his
Wlfe's elopement when the girl was in
infancy. She has two suitors, Burleigh
Mavon, a worthy young fellow, and
Steve Daubney, handsome and rather
interruptions. Between their families
feud has long existed, and it is inten-
sified by their rivalry for the girl. AT
her birthday party. which takes place
In the first act, Daubney finding that
Mavon is eclipsing him in her esteem,
falsely tells her that her mother was a
negress, but he is willing to make her
his wife, just the same. She accepts
him, and in the third act the wedding
ceremony is interrupted by the unex-
pected arrival of her mother. The BRIDE
groom elect disappears and explana-
tions lead to reeonciliations. Major
Crofton forgives his erring wife, Lola
is betrothed to young Mavon and the
feud between the two families is
amicably settled
1t is not so much the story itself as
the way in which it is clothed that has
made Under Southern Skies such a
successful play, and in that respect the
Alcazar management promises to out
strip the original production by intro
ducing striking features that are en-
tirely appropriate to the passing scene.
One of these is quartet of genuine ne
groes, who will sing plantation melo-
dies and enhance the realism of the
stage pictures. Another is a jacks O.
lantern dance by the principal charac-
ters at a halloween party in the Sec
ond act, specially arranged by Stage
Manager Farjeon.
Evelyn Vaughan will be seen as Lola
Crofton, John Ince as Burleigh Mavor,
Will R. walling as Steve Daubney.
Louis Bennison as Major Crofton, How
ard Hickman as Colonel Daubney, Bes-
sic Barriscale as a charming ingenue,
Grace Travers as a southern belle and
Lillian Elliott; Anne LockhaFdt. Bea-
trice Seamans, Burt Wesner ami Walter
Belasco as Afro-American servants.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-17
LEARY TALKS OF
old TIVOLI DAYS
When the Pay Was Smaller,
Work Harder, but Com
paniOnship Sweeter

said Miss Leary. and teaching does
not interest me nearly so much as
learning. Mother came to San Fran
cisco last October. and I followed, to be
with her at Christmas. We planned a
reunion with my grandfather. 1t was
The first in u years"
Miss Georgena wanted me to say
that she is athletic-swims, rows,
fences-and has won medals and prizes
Tor long distance jaunts through the
waves. She went to the John SWEET
school in this city and to the Clawson
in Berkeley. 7 am having a splendid
time" she says, meeting old friends
when this engagement at the Princess
is over and when have to so back
east and work. 1 want to take up the
legitimate line Of playing, and though
] have laid no definite plans 1 feel
sure that the way viii open"
"See," said Tommy" looking Sc
reneIy at the girl" and 1 wanted
10 make a school teacher out Of her"
A 7 was In 1877 that Leary returned
TO town and appeared at the TivoH
He came to take the part that Fanny
Liddiard was assuming.
A female impersonator?" I asked in
credulously.
Not So said Leary. Fanny played
the part Of a boy, and when she left
they gave il 10 me. 1t was in All
Baba.' and the role was that of a
youthful general in the army. Teddy
Hartman was the comedian then. After
Ali Baba' I went farther up the street
and played at the National in Irish
Aristocracy.' Ghen back again TO the
Tivoli in Ship Alloy which ran for
eight weeks. There were Oracle
Plaisted, Phil Branson, lilly Salinger,
Freddy Cavanaugh in the cast. and we
had great times on and off the stage.
As I say. the present days are not like
the old ones, when pay was smaller.
work was harder and companionship
more close and sweet and enjoyable.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-17
COMEDY AND MELODY
MIX AT THE AMERICAN
James Post and Company at the
Head of Successful Bill

Jim Post and his musical comedy
company will afford patrons Of the
American theater much amusement this
week in q new musical comedy, Hot
Nights" the scenes of which are laid in
Yuma, Ariz- Post is one of this city's
fsvorite comedians and his appearance
~ the head Of an aggregation Of pretty
girls and clever fun makers insures
success for his presentations at the
American.
The Village Lookup" is styled a
vaudeville classic. It will be presented
by Nat Kelley and Flo Wentworth. An
other feature on the bill will be pre-
sented by Ralph c. Whitehead, a char
acter actor and monologist; the four
American Bellies instrumentalists:
Hills and Hiles in a talking and sing
ing act. and new motion pictures will
complete the program. Matinees are
given daily and two performances
every evening.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-17

CoLUMBlA-Lambardi opera company in repertoire.
VAN NESS-May Robson in 1.-THE Reiuvenation Aunt
Mary"
SAFoY-Musicai comedy Henry Woodruff in "The
of Tonight"
ALCAZAR-"Under Southern Skies"
PRINCESS-MusicaI comedy vaudeville
Observation-Disclosures.
MISUNDERSTANDING.
AMERlCAN-Musica comedy and vaudeville.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHUTES-Musica comedy vaudeville open amuse.
iDORA PARK, 0akIand-FeruIo's band
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-17
CITY'S DANGER SHOWN
IN STRONG MELODRAMA
"SoId Into Slavery" Is the Big
Attraction at Central

The opening performance of sold
Into Slavery" will be given this after
noon at the Central theater. The story
OF the melodrama is concerned with
the dangers that exist in a large city
for q pretty girl who is unprotected
and unchaperoned.
J. Albert Hall viii be seen in the
role of Robert Drummond. a young
bank clerk; Florence Bell will portray
the character of Katherine Metz. the
suffering heroine; William Brewer will
be Austin Rodger: Alpha Clark viii be
seen as Cora Metz. and the other mem
bers OF the Central company will APP
pear to excellent advantage in the
various roles of the play. There are
eight scenes in the drama and the
production is promised to he elaborate
and spectacular.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-17
FORESTERS INITIATE
CLASS OF CANDIDATES

At a special meeting of Court Zenith
No Il, Foresters of America, composed
of the members of the recently ANAL ga
mated courts Stanford and Ell Dorado.
d class of 80 candidates was initiated.
This was followed by an entertainment.
j. F.. Jones was the recipient of a gold
signet ring and check for an amount
sufficient to cover the expense o. trip
to Yosemite valley, weeks pleasure
during the grand court session, and re-
turn. Court Zenith will celebrate
further by dance tonight in the Audi
torium annex
New-York tribune., 1910-05-01

....- ne had seen the way to Fez the officer
-.-n- TO himself that haid Clarke 5 discipline had
some fruit at least and that these men looked
ride more like soldiers than those who were not
--ie~ ms eye. Even though they wore the coiors OF
.llnbOw. their arms were shining and their cloth
-- lean A man with blue mantle, white cattan,
r,, .,irile and red embroidered boots saluted him
he passed and. Il ming his head back to catch
ther glimpse of tbs gorgeous subatern. ne dis
cred the man in the act OF giving orders to four
ar-s who stood near their horses.
Charlotte and Buhanlmei had gained over them
-ttle bit and they halted in front of small white,
ua-e building low domed. and surrounded by
ulster of palm trees before which a group OF Arabs
dirty white burnoOses We're Squattng.
II Is a cuba his companion explained, pointing
II with her crop. They burial places OF
s.nrs where the faithful come to pay homage and
mere descendants Of the saints beg tor aims,
-slntSfip IS hereditary among these people Have
care" she called suddenly and struck his horse a
low over the crupper which caused the animal to
zap forward 50 sharply that had Dick not been an
-.-e-t rider he would have been unseated- lie
#ze6 hack in astonlshment as they cantered OF
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That IS the saint She said and for the first time
.s1ghed free, Joyous. and unrestralned note as
ne bent over the saddle. ' saw that he was about
- confer honor by splitting on you from where he
.a6 crept up at the side of the road. Merely
--i-torn Of the country, | assure you.
The Captain frowned at his escape from INSULT
nd clenched his crop more tightly
Oh no that would never have done, she said
lovingly One would incur undying enmlty
- -r-iking a saint for so trivial d thing that and
a-ticularly if one happened to be a dog OF an
believer"
Nee country. this Morocco. he said recovering
good humor and glad that something had arisen
-. freak her reserve: but for goodness sake Miss
srle dom nit my horse again =
oh YOU are better able to master d horse than
4dded man who IS invested with the dignity OF
-aint. she answered tauntingly. 81 knew that be-
-- / came to your rescue IN the only way could.
Great presence Of mind, he said as he drew
~east OF her horse. Great
He looked back once more and discovered four
-.r-er1en slowly gaoplng after them, and wondered
they would respond TO the call Of the whistle he
1ad IN his vest pocket Their pace was so rapid
nat they were close TO their conductor and
me American girl who telling some story and
-s-.eared in high good humOr, enjoying the day
with all the artlessness Of a child For an hour they
ode steadily past other tombs of saints and between
s.l4sianal groves OF aloes. orange or lemon trees
and they passed the clustered black tents OF
-s-tv Of nomads from whose darkened recesses
-re1r indescribably dirty and unkempt occupants
-ared al them and aroused themselves long enough
-, add their naaedictions TO those which had been
.r,1ched at them throughout their ride. The
-l-oTn among them. and the cries changed to BIS
sE.ii1h SQtamH at1kNni
What does it mean! he asked
In the name Of God peace be with you" she
.1reTpTeted.
The blessings OF the Moslem god come cheap
.- responded with sarcasm.
once more he had insight into her character
mich increased his admiration. She turned until
ne faced him and looked directly at him. 81 do
-nt like that in you s.le said cOntemplauvely 10
ede the religious belief Of Others IS unworthy and
and-I want to like you
lie felt as he rode beside her that the rebuke was
atl merited. She spoke again, as though wishing
change the subject and make him feel at ease
see she said. directing his attention to level
.ain beyond. there are troops exercising at the
a-e Il Mount Zalag.'
OUT beyond the plain a rugged peak lifted itself
~ above the level and at its base he saw squadron
u nifty men with flying mantles and fiutter1ng red
-anners deplOying backward and forward across the
1eid. and with quicker heartbeat thought OF hls
yHn company whose laundering hoofs had 50 often
,'llowed him in drill. The riders were quite close
~ the road 50 that he got d full view Of them as
-aev charged the field III a wild run, forming
7errIed line which appeared to skim rather than
-lde over the ground Their sabers were held above
tnelr heads Ia the air their heads were erect their
New-York tribune., 1910-05-01

the Pearl and the River of the Azure Fountain,
could be seen tiny moving things which they knew
to be caravans; coming perhaps from the very
passes of the Atlas Mountains, whose purple peaks,
dim and distant seemed a barrier to the far south.
Off to the east in the direction of the Fortress OF
Tea which holds the pass crowning the divide
between the Sebu and the Mulaia Rivers, everything
was hazv in the sunlight; but back of them to the
north where the mountains Of the Rif were piled
up against the skies everything lifeleSS and
still the air lending enchantnent to the immense
distances that separated them from this land of
decay and the virulent. palpitant modern world Of
which they u part.
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ears and all appeared deadly intent on their forna-
tion: He gave an exclamation OF approval and
would have halted; but Buham1nei, who had dropped
back beside them, displayed some annoyance.
We haven't time to watch them now, Captain,
he said. Some other time you may see them It's
rather singular that they should have chosen this
as a drill ground on the morning of our visit
He spurred his horse to gallop and led the way.
and the American looked at the English girl curious
to know whether she had noticed the innovation;
but she seemed absorbed in some other thought
They are very cruel" she said. When my
brother first came here they used to have stlrrups
with one sharp iron corner with which they used
to lacerate the sides of their horses until they drpped
blood and stained the dropping folds of the soldiers
mantles. He compelled them to use dull spurs, and
for time it seemed that there would be revolution;
but they have grown more merc1ful, SO much SO
that they lead the poor beasts to water without
hobbling their tired legs
Still looking longingy back over his shoulder, the
officer rode on to the foot of the mountain where
they were disnount. 1t lowered above them tor
a clean thousand feet, its hard, iron cut peak rising
into the npidity of blue sky like a stern sentinel
keeping watch through all the ages the ancient
CITY of the Magreb
BuhammeI spoke to the dragoman, who looked
s,,ry md disa1D0ned about something and the girls
slipped off the cumbersome riding skirts and stood
in their short garments ready for the climb. The
morning sun had not become hot enough to render
the temperature distressing, and they started the
ascent with oCular comments and light conversation
The officer again found himself the escort of the
English girl, who now and then gave him her hand
when they came to difficult spot or, with him,
cung to friendly bush while stopping for breath
in the steep climb which in places enough to tax
the strength of an experienced mountaineer from
the far Western ranges. The English girl seemed
endowed with endurance as great as his own
and he could not help but observe the easy grace
with which she stepped from point to point and the
decision with which she placed her foot 1t seemed
that every line of her body lent itself to effort
Once when a stone dislodged in front of them
and went skipping past to the mountains foot she
laughed outright and said she believed Buhamme
was the least sure footed Of ALL and hoped his waiting
dragoman had sought shelter.
THEY gained the rocky crest and, half spent, sat
down in the profound silence of altitude to
rest and look below them. where, bordered
by the yellow fields of growing grain the
land undulated away toward the ancient city
in the southwest The clarity of the morn
ing made it thing of infinite beauty and
peace the distance obliterating its ruin and f.
uncleanliness and leaving it a great Splotch S
of white and silent beauty. sparkling thread
shone clear and
New-York tribune., 1910-05-01

Shone clear and
distinct where the
Pearl River cut the
old and the modern
city in twain. as
it wound through
the narrow valley
between the two
high hills on which
the city is situated.
On top Of each of
these could be seen
in towering lone
illness the two
ruined fortihca
tions broodingo over
the white terraced
buildings. the for
est Of towers and
minarets. the green
border Of gardens
and palms black
ened city walls with
their battlements.
white temples and
cemeteries with
out, and then the
long, dark lines
Of roads bordered
with trees.
In the great out
spread plain where
swept the broad
band of the Sebu
River and the
winding paths of
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retreat with the members OF his party, and then.
reasoning that 1t would be foolish to alarm them.
unless positive evidence of danger had been
secured. he decided to reconnoiter He ran lightly
down the slope to the rock behind which the
turbans had disappeared and. with pistol in hand
peered cautiously round one of its and SCARED
edges. Without waiting for a second sight he
leaped from his hiding place, with pistol raised. At
his feet distorted and hudded it had fallen lay
still figure whose white burnoOse above the
heart a rapidly increasing blotch of sanguinary
red BY its side lay a long desert rifle apparently
dropped from nerveless hand. 1t needed no in
Corhnaea 0 paPs
New-York tribune., 1910-05-01

The whiteness, the ruin, the backwardness, and
the repellen mystery of Africa were on them as they
sat and watched the lights and shadows play over
the plains which had known the wars OF the Prophets,
jealousy of the mighty Eastern Calf Harun- al
Rashid and the uprSe of that ieWeled city of the
Hatchet, named from legendary tales of its found
ing.
What a capital it had been when, under the
dynasty of the AmOadl its ninety thousand homes,
ten thousand shops splendid baths and gorgeous
palaces, rich libraries and gigantic mosques. had
gained for it the name of Queen City" The Athens
of Africa The Rendezvous Of Europe and the
Levant!" How many caravans had swept through
the eighty-siX gates within its frowning walls to
pour the products of three continents into its lap
What had become of the thirty suburbs that clus-
tered round it when it more splendid than far
famed Bagdad2 What commerce had been carried
on in the great network of canals that through
its gardens between the city wall and the highest
hill, now overgrOwn between green banks and wind
ing past dead fountains broken aqueduCtS, tOppled
bastions, and fallen towers Were the stories of
moonlit nights and water tetes. where Califs and
Queens of the harem took part and when the flower
of the East traversed long stretches of desert to
attend, mere mythS!-
THE American found himself drawing a sigh at
the thought of all that dead civilization of which
nothing remained but the Crumbng sarcOphagus
below. He looked at Miss Clarke, and she too
appeared wrapped in some similar thought. The
COnSul'S daughter watching the evOlutOnS of
Cavalrvmen at the mountains foot through a
pair of binoculars her eyes sparkling her cheeks
glowing and her hands restessy directing the lenses
The Moor had removed his glasses for the first
time and his eyes were filled with unfathomable
melancholy. His knees drawn up almost to
his chin, his fingers interlaced where his
together in clasp before him and his whole attitude
that of one who greves for past gores The officer,
looking at him. regretted that he not in his
national costume, and had feeting sympathy for
what he must behind the realism of all this.
far back into the times when his forefathers
mighty and the Prophet ruled the world.
Dick hesitated to speak or disturb the silence that
settled IN
plations, and looked downward over the elongated
top of the stately old mountain which had witnessed
many changes He rose softly to his feet and
with hands behind his back walked away. The other
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bestowed a glance on nm and
then returned to reverie as his boot
heels clinked over the bare rocks; but
no one said anything. The spell of
Africa and its dead life was over
them. and the Moor and the English
girl returned to their dreams and the
American girl again became absorbed
New-York tribune., 1910-05-01

and discovered a Snarllng faced
old man shaking his fist at him
and howling curses in a cracked
falSettO voice.
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- 49, -
movement shown in
detail by her binoc-
ulars.
Thoughtfully. and
without wish to dis
turb. the American
cavalryman walked to
the end of Zalag's
crest. leaned his
elbows on a rock. and.
half STOPPING looked
downward along its
rocky shoulder. Be
trayed by their white
turbans. two heads
animated and revolv-
ing appeared just
above the top of a
boulder a short dis
tance below; but
almost Immediately
they Misrepresentation
sight.
THE Captain start
L ed back and, as if
on the frontier. with
watchful eyes of war
ring Indians fixed on
him. dropped to one
knee behind the rock
over which he had
been looking and felt
for his pistol. His first
inclination was to
The bee., 1910-07-22
Good Roads.

One of the greatest and most inn
portant conventions In this coun-
try will be the third national
good roads congress which has
been called by the National
Good Roads Association to meet
at Niagara Falls, N. Y, July %,
30, 80, 1910. The appointment
of delegates is invited by the Of
ficials of every State, county
and city of the United States,
and by every agricultural, auto
mobile, commercial, educational,
good roads, industrial, labor,
transportation, and woman's or
ganization in such number as
each may determine.