San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW June 18, 1910 Klaw & Erlanger Close Deal for Seattle Theatre SEATTLE, Wash., June 7.— Klaw & Erlanger today signed a contract for the construction of a theatre at the corner of Fifth and University streets, and the building will be erected as soon as material can be gathered and set in place. The building, whose ground floor will be occupied by the theatre, will be 15 stories high, will cover half a city block, and will cost $500,000. The theatre will have entrances on Seneca and University streets and Fourth and Fifth avenues. University street, being private property, will be roofed with glass. Klaw & Erlanger signed a 20-year lease, and will at once arrange for houses in Portland. Tacoina. Spokane and Vancouver. Another Goodwin Disagreement ? PARIS. June 7.— Nat Goodwin and his wife, who was Edna Goodrich, have mutually agreed to separate, according to their friends here. Mrs. Goodwin, who has just come to Paris from Carlsbad, where she has been "taking the springs," announced today that she was never going to return to the "constant worries" of married life. Her friends say the separation is due to the incompatibility of the natures of the beautiful young woman and her much-wedded husband. But they declare she added: "I have no intention of bringing any proceedings in divorce against Nat unless he shows some desire to try matrimony once again with someone else." The story from Paris eausedmo surprise to friends here of the Goodwins. They separated on the Pacific Coast several weeks ago, and had not been with each other since. Goodwin is in New York. Mrs. Goodwin is quite well fixed financially, no matter what the result of the latest row in the Goodwin family. Goodwin had been married three times before he and Miss Goodrich decided to get married. Miss Goodrich accordingly made a deal before the wedding whereby Goodwin deeded to her half his property. Goodwin recently gave to the public certain chapters of a book he was writing at that time on his married life in which he spoke of his four wives. Here are his own estimates of his four wives : My first wife was an angel. My second wife a silly fool. My third a Cleopatra, a Joan of Arc. My fourth — makes me superlatively happy. The comedian's reasons for being successful in marrying the four beautiful women are : Eliza Weathersby married me for love. Mrs. Nella Baker Pease to get out of the vortex of society into the artistic atmosphere of Bohemia. Maxine Elliott was prompted by ambition. Edna Goodrich— well, because I do not bore her. La Blanc Writes About the Reno Incident SAN FRANCISCO, June 8, 1910.— Just a few lines to let you know I am in the city and was thunderstruck upon my arrival here to have a San Francisco paper shoved in my face stating that the La Blanc musical comedy company was stranded in Reno., This thing is an awful joke. There is no oue stranded, and I canceled my contract on my own accord, as Aylesworth wanted me to lay off all this week and half the following week, and I could not see that, so 1 just simply canceled, and every one was paid in, full and those that wanted to get to San Francisco had their fares paid and I put half the people with Allan Curtis company in Salt Lake and the rest with Lewis and Lake company, and that piece in the newspaper looks to me as a piece of spite work, and I am going to find the originator. I canceled because I have another thing up my sleeve. I had a swell company and all good workers. Angelo is still to be with riie and we are going to launch something swell. As far as that girl being under age, that is a scream and is a laugh with every one that was with the show. I have a signed letter from Aylesworth to Mr. Rees of the American Theatre recommending my company and show in every way. Well, hoping to see you soon and hoping you will put a note in this week's Review denying that newspaper statement, for which I can show all proofs, I will close, thanking you very kindly. I am, yours respectfully, BERT LA BLANC. Florence Roberts' Big House Party Florence Roberts, who is palying Mrs. Ralston in William A. Brady's all-star revival of Jim the Penman, at the Lyric Theatre, New York, arranged for one of the most distinguished house parties of theatrical people ever gathered together at her country home on Nepperhan Heights over last Sunday. Her guests were her fellow-players in Jim the Penman, including Wilton Lackaye, John Mason. Arthur Forrest, Theodore Roberts, Marguerite Clark, Jeffreys Lewis, Grace Reals, Thurlow Bergen, Ernest Glendinning, Louis Masson, Frederick Paulding, James Kearney and J. H. Davies. The entire party made the trip to Miss Roberts' home after the performance on Saturday night in automobiles, and returned in the same manner for the Memorial day matinee on Monday. A special feature of the house party was all manner of athletic games held on Sunday afternoon. Miss Roberts herself provided suitable prizes for the winners. Frank Bacon Now an Inventor Frank Bacon was born in California, and began his stage career when he was 27 years old. Most of his professional life has been passed in stock companies on the Pacific Coast, and during his long service he has enacted nearly 700 characters. Of them all Professor Goodwillie in James M. Barrie's The Professor's Love Story, is his favorite. He has written many little plays for vaude■ville, and in one of them his son and daughter are now acting on the Western circuit. He is a farmer, too, and owns a fruit orchard a few miles out from San Francisco and there he makes his summer home. Like old Samuel Graham in The For tune Hunter, he has a passion for inventions, and one of the minor joys of his existence just now is a newfangled coffee percolator. When their friends come to call upon Mr. and Mrs. Bacon at the apartment they have taken for the period of the Chicago run of The Fortune Hunter, nothing pleases the actor so much as to nave his invitation to coffee accepted. Immediately the percolator begins to bubble, and he watches it with a critic's and a lover's eye. — Chicago Record-Herald. Death of Patrick J. Duggan NEW YORK CITY, June 4— Editor Dramatic Review: Dear Sir — The many friends in "dear old 'Frisco" of Patrick J. Duggan, will be grieved to learn of his sudden death here from heart failure, May 30. He was living at 230 West Thirty-sixth Street. The landlady knocked at his door, receiving no reply, opened it and called to him, and as he did not move she walked to the side of the bed, only to find he was dead. For a long time Mr. Duggan was a member of the Morosco Stock Company at the old house on Howard Street, also at the Grand Opera House when Mr. Morosco moved his company there. He was also a long time with David Vinton, in stock, at the Avon Theatre in Stockton, Cal., as well as a member fcor many months of Fred Cooper's Stock Company at the Burbank, Los Angeles, and toured the country out there with Jas. M. Ward's and other traveling companies. Here in the East he has attached himself principally to Shakesperean lectures, in which line he was very successful, as he was one of the best informed men upon the plays of Shakespeare in this country. He was arranging to give a course of lectures before two prominent colleges in this State when he died. He was buried today in •Evergreen Cemetery at two p. m. At his grave I saw those of two other California actors : Pat Narinary and Billy Bcckwith. Mr. Duggan's relatives live in either Sidney or Melbourne, Australia. If you will kindly insert in the Review a notice of his death it will be a great favor, as your exchanges there will likely copy it, and it will be greatly appreciated by all of "Dug's" friends. Yours truly, ED. H. FELT. 243 West Forty-fifth Street. Melville Ellis to Marry Millionaire Divorcee NEW YORK. June 12.— Melville Ellis, who writes music, plays the piano and designs costumes for chorus girls for the Shuberts, was asked today if it were true that he was to sail for Europe on Monday, meet Mrs. Jackson Gouraud in Paris and marry her. Mrs. Gouraud, the widow of Jackson Gouraud, man about town, was formerly Mrs. Gillig, and before that was Amy Crocker, of Sacramento, Cal. "Who told you I was to wed Mrs. Gouraud?" asked Mr. Ellis. "A certain party," replied the inquirer. "I can say nothing about it now," said Mr. Ellis. "Later in the day I may make a statement. I shall have to consult GOLDSTEIN & CO. COSTU M ERS GokJste^n'saHlfr and Wig Store. Make-up. Play Books. Established 1876. Lincoln Building:, Market and'Flfth Sts. Savoy Theatre McAllister Street, above Market ... To Let . . . By the Afternoon, Evening of Week, Till August 1, 1910. Apply at Theatre Office Daily, from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. WEBER & CO. sms Opera Chairs All Styles of HlJ THEATRE AJfS ■fo HALL SEATS 365-7 Market Str.«t ^ly San Francisco iS 210-313 H. Main St. Eos Angelas with others first." Mr. Ellis failed to make the statement. (Mr. Ellis has written to his mother in this city that the marriage will occur. — Ed.) F. M. Shortridge, formerly a wellknown one-night stand advance agent, has given up the road for good, unless he changes his mind. After a disastrous tour with a tent-show last summer he located in Des Moinea, Iowa, and opened a cigar store. Ever See California's Holland ? TAKE Southern Pacific's Netherlands Route The Daylight service between San Francisco and Sacramento via the new steamer •'NAVAJO" Leave San Francisco 8:00 A. M. Arrive Sacramento 6:00 P. M. 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