The San Francisco call., 1910-01-13
LAUDER DRAWS BIG
CROWD EACH NIGHT
Management Reports Sale of All
High Priced Seats at tEe
Dreamland Rink
Only Dollar Tickets Available
for Engagement, Except at
the Matinees
By WALTER ANTHONY

seats arc left for the Lauder perform
ances At Dreamland rink. Last night
All OF the front reservations were taken
and an the 81 seats as well. For the
rest II tho week there are only the
81 seats left.
The matinees arc not sold out yet, the
Management announces, but do not
worry the ticket sellers at sherman &
Claws for front seats for the rink at
night They are not TO be had. and
there are none in spectators hands.
either II YOU want q front seat to
near Harry Lauder you'll have 10 go in
The afternoon. or else wait until Will
liam Norris brings him to san Fran
cisco gain.
stm some skeptics say he doesn't
earn $1,000 a week.
Mildred Beverly, who plays the role
of Airs Bruce-Guilford, one of the So
,ietv ladies' in George Ade's comedy,
Father and the BOYS" al the Colum-
his theater. though not a native of this
city. is very well known here, having
lived in san francisco several years.
During her stay here she is the guest
~ Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gottlob.
Many q performance have I wit
messed ~ the old Columbia theater."
says Miss Beverly. before I was 'ad-
iicted' TO the stage. II makes me feel
very proud 10 be back here again with
Mr- Crane to share in the opening OF
-ne new Columbia"
Miss Beverly's experience on the
sge dates back only seven years, she
tells me. though since that time she
has played with Mrs. Pat Campbell
in The Sorceress.' and that, ii seems
10 me. should have been a liberal educa-
lion.
To get authoritative criticism upon
her work in the repertoire which Olga
Nethersole will present at the Van Ness
theater next week she travelled TO many
lands. Before she played 'Magda' she
went 10 Berlin and was the guest of
the venerable Hermann Sudermann for
a fortnight, during which he passed
criticism upon her work in every detail
When she produced 'Sapho" she came
10 America TO rehearse with Clyde
Fitch. who made the dramatization of
Daudet's novel for her. Later she took
the piece TO Paris and played it before
Nine. Daudst, who said: 1T is the
real Sapho Of whom Alphonse wrote in
the book"
Before PLAYING Camille" she re-
hearsed the principal scenes before
Nine Alexandra Dumas in Paris widow
Of the author. Pinero wrote THE Sec
ond Mrs Tanquersy" and rehear rsed her
iu the part when he was an obscure
PLAYWRIGHT and she was Just earning
her first laurels on the London stage
Harry Lauder went to Chinatown last
night. The story can not be verified,
but IL is said by those who were with
rim that on hearing a Chinese clarinet
nc went wild with delight
"Ciyflizstiop- is spreading" said he
I'm broad Scotch. The bagpipes have
resched China.'
After the laying Of the cornerstone
of the new American music hall yes
terday William Norris entertained the
stock holders Of the western corpora
ton At dinner at the ST. Francis. He
startled some OF his hearers with the
assertion that he was the owner OF the
largest individual vaudeville circuit in
America.
Viola Grant is making her first west
crn trip this year and is a prominent
PLAYER in the company presenting
"Brewster's Millions at the Savoy next
sunday afternoon. She assumes the
role of Trixie Clayton. and comes from
New York where she was a chorus girl
only few years ago. George NJ, Co
han and Sam Harris picked her out for
The part in "Brewster's Millions" and
she deserted the musical stage for the
legitimate. for good
II was observed during the cere-
monies yesterday afternoon when the
cornerstone OF the American music hall
was being laid that heads were barred
when the band played the Star Span
-ied Banner" The workingmen on the
OF. the crowd in Ellis street, the pass
ers By and the principals in the affair
took Of their hats by one accord: all
but the pipers standing in the lot They
kept their bonnets on. One of the union
musicians remonEtrated with the head
piper. who said: Mon, we can no take
of our bOnnets, too. Our legs are
bare"
Louis Massen. who is one OF William
~. Cranes chief supporters in Father
and the BOYS" at the Van Ness, is
ma king his sixteenth visit TO San Fran
cisco. He was on his way 70 this city
with Robert Louraine in Man and Su-
permsn," when the big fire occurred, !
nd was to have played in the old Co
lumbis theater. The booking. of course.
was Cancelled, and this is Massens first
visit TO the city since the ashes were
removed.
Some curiosity has been expressed
bout the little marble shrine which is
exhibited in the second act Of "st.
Elmo" At the Alcazsr. It is a small
fac-simile of the famous shrine at Agra.
India. the Tai MahaL This shrine is
The most beautiful piece of architecture
2 existence, II is claimed by experts
competent TO judge. II is famous as
temple dedicated to one Of the pureSt
loves OF all ages by a former emperor
Of Delhi, who. according to tradition.
was one OF the nercest of warriors OF
the seventeenth century, who. al
though cruel and vindictive, had one
tender passion.
The object of his love. his wife of
tender years. died when she was %
Years old. The Tai Mahsl is monu-
ment built by the emperor to that love.
Like the tomb or Abelsrd and Heloise
in France. it has been the trysting
place for lovers. ever since, and its use
in st Elmo is as an emblem of that
love which lasts beyond the grave.
Doubtless It was with such symbol
ism IN mind that Mrs. Augusta Evans
Wilson, who was q student Of ori-
entail lore. made the hero of her novel
use q marble copy of the Tai Mahal as
the depositary for the relies Of his
first and fatal romance.
Miss Viola Harris is a member Of the
trio. Brown, Harris and Brown, which
comes TO the Orpheum next week in a
singing and comedy stunt. Miss Harris.
I'm told, and Jerry Dillon, press agent
Of the Orpheurn, gives US the picture to