The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01

There are not even many theater goers
willing to admit that they recall dis
tinctly what Lackaye played with DAILY
and with Palmer, or under steele Mac
kaye When he helped make history
as the leading light of F'rohman's COM
pany in "Aristocracy," THE District
Attorney" and a dozen other famous
plays. Lackaye was already player of
renoWn. His success as Svengali in
"Trilby'' and Reb Shemuel in The
Children of the Ghetto are compare
lively recent, leading almost directly
as they did to his later starring ca
reer. All told, Lackaye has played
some 800 parts in his time.
Since Lackaye has won the title of
star he has had no play as successful
as The Battle it is said. II comes
TO the Savoy next Sunday night.
Fife Bond. who in private life is Mrs.
VIII R. walling, REGIONS the Alcazar
company next week after long abb
sence from the stage. Mr.. and Mrs.
walling retired from theatricals about
farm near Napa- Walling wearied of
the change first and came home to ur-
ban life, leaving Mrs. Walling to SUI
pervise the growing orchard and make
hay. Now Mrs. Walling has decided
that a farm in Napa, is nice TO own but
hard to stay with indefinitely, and AL
cazarites will be glad that life on the
farm was not permanently fascinating
to the clever little actress. Effie Bond
will make her first appearance on the
Alcazar stage since her days down on
the farm in The Girl I Left Behind
Me-" 1t was in the role of Dawn
Afraid that Miss Bond is credited with
having made a deep impression when
the Belasco- Fyles play was first pro-
duced at the Alcazar about nine years
ago.
Thomas Chatterton. engaged to play
the Juvenile roles at the Alcazar, will
be seen for the first time in San Fran
cisco as the young physician in The
Girl I Left Behind Me" next Monday
night. He was scheduled to open the
season with the other new principals
last Monday night, but mishap to the
mails was responsible for his beiated
arrival in San Francisco in time to re-
hearse Pinero's play, His House in
at the Alcazar.
Among the players who will enter
tain next week at the Orpheum will be
Lou Anger, the giant, and his 1illipu-
tian company in Jack the Giant Kill
err; Bert Kalmar and Jessie Brown in
a series of characteristic dances; the
Jack Artois duo in gymnastics and
Glowing, and the Bison City quartet in
melody and harmony.
In next weeks production of king
Dodo'' there will appear a comic opera
star who is one of the best known in
the country-Edith Mason. She has
sung more comic opera and musical
comedy prima donna roles than any
soprano in the profession. Her last
appearances with the Southwell opera
company at the old grand opera house
before the fire will be recalled by
many. AS Piola, in Pixley and Luders'
be herd for the first time in this city
for many months The Mikado" is
introducing her husband. Thomas
Persse, this week in the lyrical role of
the wandering minstrel
They have amateur performances at
the Chutes theater every Thursday and
Friday night Last Thursday night
damosel something over 200 pounds in
weight went after Annette Keller
mann's fame. She appeared in a bath
ing suit Of black and many yards
During her turn, which was supposed
to be, and was, funny, a stagehand
was enrolled to turn the hose on her
as she stood before the footlights war
bling Everything went we'll until the
hose was pulled. The stagehand shut
his eyes. turned on the stream and.
aiming it out from the wings, waited
for the applause which the act was
expected to win. There was more ap-
pIause than said stagehand expected.
He had trained the stream squarely
against Manager Ackerman's immacu-