The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
LARGE AUDIENCE
AIDS ACTOR FOLKS
Theater Is Packed When Bene=
fit Is Given for INDECENT
Thespians

with the pick of the professional and
amateur talent in the city on the pro-
gram, the ninth benefit performance
in aid of the charity fund of the Asso-
ciated Theatrical Managers of San
Francisco was given at the CoIum bia
theater yesterday afternoon The ma
jority of those appearing in the head
lines Of the week, and a few others
including the prize winners of the kir-
mess, took part.
the theater was packed to the doors
Every theatrical parsonage from chorus
girl TO manager who could possibly aid
in the enterprise was on hand. The
managers managed behind the scenes
and the chorus girls managed those in
front, selling them programs and
flowers.
DISQUALIFIED. UNQUALIFIED HIT
In the varied assQrtments of acts it
is somewhat difficuH to choose any par
ticular one as leading the others, but
the greatest amount of applause went
to Howard c. Hickman's dramatic
sketch. Disqualified played by him
SELF, Bessie Barrisca1e and Thomas
Chatterton- The sketch has been pre-
sented in San Francisco once before,
Chatterton taking the role formerly
filled by Ernest Glendenning The lit
tie playlet has been praised before, but
II is surely worthy enough to receive
praise once again. 1t is well con-
structed, has action, intellect and force
and there is not a line of claptrap to
be found in 1T. AS played by the three
clever young persons from the Alcazar
1t won over the house completely.
The program opened with the first act
of The Blue Mouse" which is playing
at the Princess theater, and was fol-
lowed by Nelson Downs. the coin manip-
ulator from the National The AIcazar
gave Hickman's sketch as its Offering.
From the Columbia there was the third
act Of The Other Woman" played by
Blanche Walsh and her company; the
Orpheum sent Alf Grant and the New
York trio; Miss Julia Opp in recHations
of verses by Ella Wheeler Wilcox and
Rudyard Kipling appeared from the
Savoy; Miss Beatriz Michelena- Middle
ton. Miss Lora Lieb and the Dill chorus
from the Garrick, Billy Van from the
Wigwam and Alfred the Great, the
trained chimpanzee from the Chutes
The kirmess gave its toy soldier spe-
cialty and the Hungarian dance.
LORA LIEB WHISTLES
Those who took part in the last
named acts were Mrs Frank II. Proctor
Miss Marguerite Doe, Miss Katherine
de Young. Miss Frances Stewart, Miss
Florence Cluff. Frank Hooper, Willard
Barton, Charles de Young, John w.
Geary. George II. Busch and Emile
Kehrlein Jr
The Hungarian dance proved as pop
ular as 1t did when presented at the
Central theater, receiving several en-
cores. Miss Lora Lieb of the Dill COM
pany, playing at the Garrick, gave her
whistling song. aided by members of
the chorus. Toward the conclusion of
the performance Lawrence w. Harris
auctioned off the original drawing of
the cover design of the program by
Rory Rohrhand, the purchaser being
the Alcazar theater.
The stage directors were Fred J. But
Ter, Manuel A. Alexander. Harry Orn-
dorff, Lionel Behume and Frank STAN
mers. The others who aided the affair
were the members of musicians union,
local No. 16; the International alliance
OF theatrical stage employees, the Fran
cis-Valentine company, Gille show
print, Morton L. Cook company. J.
Charles Green company. George Lane,
California photo-en engraving company,
TaXicab Company of California, Morton
special delivery, City transfer company,
Goldstein ccstuming company, Tuxedo
floral company; Sanborn, Vail & Co,
and the daily and weekly papers of the
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