San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

July 13, 1901 9 CHARLES FROHMAN'S PRODUCTION FROM THE GARDEN THEATRE, NEW YORK By Arrangement with DAVin BELASCO PAUL M. POTTER'S DRAMA IN- s ACTS AND 9 SCENES, FOCNDED ON OUIDA'S CELEBRATED NOVEL UNDER 2 FLAGS With Blanclie Bates as ^Cigarette" ACTING MANAGER, MR. SAM MEYERS STAGE MANAGER, MR. MATT B. SNYDER MR, CHARLES MacGEACHY, IN. ADVANCE ENTIRE N. Y. COMPANY— NEARLY 100 PEOPLE. ALL THE ORIGINAL SCENERY, ACCESSORIES, HORSES, ETC. 3 BAGGAGE GARS ARRIVE ^DEPART CONTENTS TO BE DELIVERED TO THEATRE AND RETURNED TO DEPOT AS PER FOLLOWING CONTRACT, WHICH IS HEREBY VERIFIED BY THE UNDERSIGNED: hereby agree to move and transfer, as directed, the baggage, scenery, properties, etc., belonging to the UNDER TWO F1,AGS Company, immediately upon its arrival at this place, and to assist'in putting the same upon the stage of the above Theatre in which the said Company plays. The balance of the baggage to be promptly conveyed as directed to the various hotels or boarding houses where the mem- bers of the Company may locate, and further agree that at the close of the engagement of said Company, or when their Manager or Agent may specify will immediately collect all properties, scenery, baggage, etc., from said Theatre and the various hotels or boarding houses, and convey the said properties, scenery, baggage, etc., to the railway station or steamboat landing, according to Manager's or Agent's directions. also agree that Agent's baggage and bus, cab or carriage transfer shall be included in this contract FREE. No payment to be received for work until the conditions of this contract are fulfilled by and said baggage, scenery, properties, etc., are collected and delivered in as good condition as found by ; any injury falling to same through handling, moving or transferring to be compen- sated for by according to mutual agreement with the Manager or Agent of the Company. The rates for which agree to make the said transferring are as follows : For trunks, properties, etc., for each piece per round trip at cents: For scenery $ .00 per regular scenery wagon load the round trip. NOTE: 7o handle the above Stage Material expeditiously, the following rolling stock is essential TWO 40-ft. SCENE TRUCKS. FOVR 20-ft. " " ONE TRAILER- FOUR BOX yt^AGONS for the Costume and Property Trunks. *** The Hotel Trunks number froui 40 to 50 pieces additional. FOR SPECIAL QUICK SERVICE THERE MUST NOT BE LESS THAN TWELVE TRUCKS AND ONE TRAILER AT COMMAND. CARRIAGE REQUIRED FOR MISS BATES arrival and departure as above- to CONVEY HER, ON ARRIVAL, FROM DEPOT TO HOTEL— AND TO RETURN HER, ON DEPARTURE, FROM HOTEL TO DEPOT. CHARGE FOR THE ROUND TRIP TO BE $ IMMEDIATE STABLING FOR HORSES on arrival of baggage cars as above THE animals to BE PROPERLY FED, WATERED AND GROOMED, AND TO BE BROUGHT TO AND FROM THEATRE AS INSTRUCTED BY STAGE MANAGER. CHARGES FOR THIS SERVICE TO BE PER DAY, EACH HORSE. *One small tractable Donkey to be furnished for above engagement. Charge for the animal to be per performance unrci DRrpAPC wnr u/AMTcn^To be delivered and called for MUltL DAbbflbt HU I WflllltUj As instructed by the manager AGENT'S BAGGAGE TO GO TO BY M. TRAIN ON DAY, r 190 TO BE CALLED FOR AT HOTEL AT M. ON DAY. 190 REMARKS: SIGNED 190 FOR TRANSFER CO. FOR CHARLES FROHMAN'S "UNDER TWO FLAGS" CO. dressing rooms, and to each signal is a companion speaking tube. The stage setting is completed at almost the same instant of time, and actors as well as supers are all at their respective posts at attention. The curtain now goes up, and Mr. Theatre Goer, in the aisle seat, looks on without the least suspicion of the tall hustling that enlivened that stage picture a few moments before. In the front of thehou.se is Mr. Sam Meyers in charge of the company's financial interests, accounting with the theatre management for the even- ing's box-office receipts and keeping an eye the while on the run of the production and the well-being of the hundred members of the organization. The exploiting of the attraction is in the hands of Mr. Charles Mac- Geachy, who travels in advance of the Company, en route, and arranges for its transportation, newspaper and other announcements and stage re- quirements. With what finesse he has to effect all this will be best com- prehended by the accompanying fac simile of the printed memorandum he has prepared for the signatures of the local theatre managements and trans- fer concerns on the "road." His stipulations will readily convey to the layman a clear idea of the magnitude of Mr. Frohman's undertaking and the detail that has to be transacted preliminary to the Company's appear- ance. The production is the largest that has been sent here from the East for many seasons and consequently has earned correspondingly large receipts. The fourth week of the engagement terminates at the Columbia on Satur- day evening, 20th instant. There- after the Company proceeds to Los Angeles for a week's stay. They go thither by special train of half a dozen cars. The Simple Obsequies of James A. Heme The funeral of James A. Herne was a striking contrast to the usual cere- mony of that nature. A friend of the family who had been invited to make an address on that occasion, was talk- ing about it the other evening. "When I reached the house," he said, "I was met by the Misses Herne, who greeted me, much to my surpri.se, in a very cheerful manner. Their mother, too, displayed none of the ordinary signs of mourning. I learned later that Mr. Herne shortly before his death requested that the funeral cere- monies should be conducted without any display of grief. His wife and children had to promise him to regard his death in a pleasant manner. He urged them that by this they would be better fitted to carry out the work he was leaving them to perform. He believed himself a Christian and that he was improving his condition by death. Subscribe for The Dramatic Review