San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW May II, igoi Edna Wallace Rejoiced Too Soon Edna Wallace Hopper, the dainty California comedienne who has been the chief attraction of Florodora, now in its seventh month at the Casino, New York, has received many ex- pressions of sympathy the past week, all about a certain bet which Mrs. Hopper thought she had made at Aqueduct and cashed in her mind. Kdna gave a "commissioner" $200 to bet, $100 each way, on Lady Holy- rood, at sixes and twos. The bet was founded on inside information and in- born superstitioji, otherwise known in race-track parlance as a "hunch." Lady Holyrood is the name of the character impersonated by Mrs. Hop- per at the Casino, and when a promi- nent turfman put the actress "next" to the fact that her dainty equine namesake was a speed marvel and the "hunch" within said bet, the sweet California singer hied herself to Aque- duct in a howling rainstorm and saw the Lady Holyrood swim in. Mrs. Hopper didn't wait to cash, but hur- ried back to town and invited half a dozen of her dearest friends to make merry at her expense. Next day the commi.ssioner who had taken Mrs. Hopper's $200 returued it, saying that in the crush of the betting ring he had been unable to get near a bookmaker, before the bell rang them off. Edna tried hard to keep the end of the story concealed, but the woman within as- serted itself in a confidential moment, and messages of condolence have been in order ever since. However, Floro- dora is still drawing crowded houses at the Casino, is booked to remain all summer, and graceful Edna will prob- ably pull through without an insol- vency petition. ^itzsimmons Losing His cManagerie Death continues to follow the jungle pets of Bob Fitzsimmons. Three times he has lost canine companions in a tragic way. At Buffalo, N. Y., May 5th, his newly purchased lion cubs were killed by Beauty, an immense Great Dane, evidently through jeal- ousy. Two three-months-old cubs, purchased on Saturday, May 4th, from the Pittsburg Zoo, were fastened in a flimsy cage and shipped with Bob's Blacksmith Company to Boston. A two-hour lay-over was made at Buffalo, May 5th. When the prop- erty man, Elmer Cromwell, opened the scenery car to take Beauty out for a run, he found that the animal had broken his strap, pawed upon the cage containing the lion cubs, and torn them to pieces. Until Saturday night, May 4th, Beauty had received the exclusive attention of his master, and seemed displeased that others should take even a part of his place. Four years ago Bob's lion was killed by electricity in Cleveland, and last summer another was killed by a car on the scenic railroad at Bergen Beach. It is not generally known that the Vanderbilts own a large proportion of stock of the Seattle Theatre. To their protection and the efficient manage- ment of J. P. Howe the theatre owes much of its prosperity. The Skeleton in the Kendal Closet Darrington Grimstone, who arrived in New York Saturday last from Lon- don, declares he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kendal, the famous English players, and that he comes to locate, if possible, his sister, Ethel Grimstone. Grimstone is the family name of the Kendals. Young Grimstone unspar- ingly denounces his alleged parents for what he terms the heartless deser- tion of their daughter. Hearing that his sister was a consumptive and had been sent to Aiken, S. C, by chari- table friends,Grimstone started at once to succor the sick girl. Grimstone tells a story that shows Mr. and Mrs. Kendal in a light far different from the ideal parental love in which they have been pictured to many admirers in America. According to Grimstone, it was the desire of his sister and him- self to adopt the calling of their par- ents that caused them to be estranged from the immaculate Kendals. This was seven years ago. Ethel came to America, but did not succeed. She did not use the name of Kendal, be- cau.se her father threatened to prose- cute her if she did. In 1898 she sang during a brief engagement at Keith's Theatre, Boston, then came to New York and taught music, earning barely enough to keep her alive. When Mr. and Mrs. Kendal were last in New York, according to the young man, playing in the Elder Miss Blossom, Ethel tried to see her mother, but never got past the bell boy.«. "She was even then, I understand, in the first stages of consumption," he says, "and wTote mother, but received no reply." Mary Mannering and James K, Hackett The statement has been frequently made that Mary Mannering and James K. Hackett were planning to appear jointly in a Shakespearian drama, and that, in the contract existing between her and her manager, Frank McKee, she had reserved the right to play four weeks each season in special produc- tions with Mr. Hackett entirely inde- pendent of Mr. McKee's direction. Both these ."itatements are erroneous. In Miss Mannering's contract with Mr. McKee it is stipulated that she is to play five years under his sole and exclusive direction without reserva- tions of any character, and any joint appearance with Mr. Hackett could only be made with his consent. It can be authoritatively stated as com- ing from Mr. McKee that these are the facts and that no appearance of Miss Mannering in any special pro- duction with Mr. Hackett can be made without his consent. At some future time, Mr. McKee states, he may deem it advisable to present Miss Mannering in a Shakespearian role in a special production, but such a project has not yet been formulated. He will con- tinue Miss Mannering in Janice Mere- dith next season. Louis N. Parker's play of Gudgeons, originally presented here by the Em- pire Theatre Company, will be in- cluded in Henry Miller's repertoire. Subscribe for the Dratnaiic Review