San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

i6 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW April 24, 1909 Now Back in New York City LEASING FOR STOCK Inherited Clothildi Tennessee's Pardner At The Old Cross Roads Shadows on the Hearth Pretty Peggy Bj FrancesAymarMatthews In Preparation for Season 1909-1910 As The Sun Went Down By George D. Baker Address ARTHUR C. AISTCN, Sole Owner, Room 304, 1505 Broadway, N.Y. City Ernest Filkins Married Miss Jessica Ray was married to Ernest C. Filkins of the theatrical firm of Holland & Filkins at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Holland, 3125 Groveland avenue, Chicago, Wednesday, April 14, 1909. Mrs. Filkins was formerly a member of E. H. Sothern's company. For the past two years she was leading woman of the ChaseLister Company, a well known stock organization. With her marriage Mrs. Filkins retires from the profession. The Dramatic Review extends congratulations and best wishes. Dustin Farnum Would Like to Smash Howard Gould Chicago, April 21. — "Some one should smash Howard Gould in the face — if it were not for the fact that I might annihilate him, I would do it myself." This was the principal part of Dustin Farnum's answer today to charges made by Gould that the actor was too friendly with his wife. Farnum is to give his deposition tomorrow in the law offices of Louis E. Ehle in defense of Mrs. Gould, who was Katherine Clemmons, the actress. She is being sued for divorce by her husband. The actor, who is playing the leading part in Cameo Kirby, is said to be one of the most athletic men on the stage. "Any man who makes such charges against a woman as are made by this Gould person is a despicable coward," said Farnum. "I met Mrs. Gould about eight years ago in New York. She and other prominent women asked me to take part in a charity affair. I played a short sketch with Miss May Robson. After that I met Mrs. Gould accidentally at different times. I never was alone with her in my life. That automobile trip mentioned by Gould was as harmless as anything in the world. There were four women besides myself and the chauffeur in the party. I accepted the invitation because I love automobiling. We went from Philadelphia to Atlantic City, and I enjoyed the trip. At Atlantic City Mrs. Gould was taken ill and was confined to her room. But this illness was not the result of 'booze,' as he declared. We did not have a single drink of intoxicating liquor on that trip. I met Mrs. Gould again in Connecticut when I was play ing in The Virginian. I attended a dinner party at which she was present, with four or five others. I don't remember whether we had anything to drink or not. It is not unusual for women to take a drink of wine at a dinner party, and Mrs. Gould and the other women present might have had a number of drinks for all I know. I never was infatuated with Mrs. ( lould, and I am sure she was not with me. Why, she was an actress when I was a boy. I was attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when I first saw her on the stage. It is silly and absurd that our names should be connected in this divorce case." Farnum said his deposition would be a denial of every charge. The actor declared that if there was any way to secure redress from Gould he certainly would put the matter in the hands of his attorney. "I don't think I can get back at him," said Farnum. "He really has not made any charges, but has worded his intimations in such a way that he could not be held liable." Delancey Nicoll, attorney for Gould, arrived in the city in the afternoon. He will question Farnum at the hearing. Attorney Ehle was commissioned by the New York Supreme Court to take the actor's deposition. Great Friars' Festival The National Association of the Friars will give their second annual festival at the New York Theatre on Friday, May 14, 1909, and will issue this year, as they did last, an official souvenir program, except that it will be in every respect a much more beautiful and attractive program than the one produced under the rush and hurry of last year. They propose to make this one a real art souvenir. The Friars is an association of the theatrical managers, advance agents, dramatic critics, newspaper men, and others directly or indirectly interested in the theatrical business. Practically every man prominent in this line, both in New York City and throughout the country, is a member of this Club. Its influence is powerful and far reaching. It numbers among its members quite a few excellent artists and cartoonists, many of whom have already consented to contribute original drawings for the cover and to illustrate the pages of the program, and through their friendship and influence it is expected to secure drawings from a number of other well known artists who are not members of the Club. These beautiful drawings and wash paintings will be distributed through the advertising pages in order to insure a careful examination of every page. This in itself will enhance the advertising value of the program, while the cover, which is to be done by an artist who has painted many of the beautiful covers of Scribner's, Harper's and The Ladies' Home Journal, but whose name will not be mentioned at present, and the attractive way in which the entire souvenir will be illustrated and printed will certainly mean that every copy will be treasured by its recipient as a thing too beautiful to be thrown away. The New York Theatre, at which the festival is to be held, is the largest auditorium in New York City. Every seat will be sold for this performance. The audience will not number less than three thousand people, and the intimate relations which exist between the members of the club and the news paper men of New York City will almost certainly insure favorable and generous mention of the affair in the New York City papers. Ch arity Fund Benefit The big theatrical event of the season will take place at the Princess Theatre, Tuesday afternoon, May 4, when the eighth benefit in aid of the Charity Fund of the Associated Theatrical Managers of San Francisco will be given. Before the fire these benefits were given annually, and, on account of the deserving character of the cause and the splendid program invariably offered, standing room was always at a premium. Since the fire, however, the managers have rested on their oars, but of late the calls for relief from unfortunate members of the profession have been so many that the treasury has been depleted, and they now have determined to call upon the always generous San Francisco public for assistance. Not that every one who purchases a ticket will not receive his full money's worth and "then some." A program is in course of preparation that will excel anything ever offered in the city and .the best features from the current bills at the Van Ness, Alcazar, Princess, Valencia, Orpheum and American Theatres will be presented. The entertainment will be started up with a lively first part by I. P. Wilkerson's Minstrels of Today, from the American, and there will follow in rapid succession acts of a most varied and meritorious kind. Mme. Nazimova and her company will assist ; the Alcazar and Valencia stock companies will contribute acts from plays ; the Princess will give something from A Chinese Honeymoon, and the Orpheum and members of the American Musical Comedy Company will contribute some splendid vaudeville acts. The overture will be played by the combined orchestras of the city, and the performance will, as usual, be continuous. The price of seats will be reduced to a dollar and a half instead of two dollars as hitherto, and tickets are on sale at all of the principal theatres. Statue of Edwin Booth Paris, April 17. — Frederic Mac Monnies is at work in his studio at Giverni on a statue of Edwin Booth, which is to be erected in front of the Players' Club in Grammercy Park, New York. The famous actor will be represented in the role of Hamlet at that moment when he stands looking at the medalion portrait. The artist is working from a photograph taken years ago by Sarony, only three copies of which were ever printed. Two disappeared, and the last known copy of this photograph was in the possession of the actor's daughter, Edwina Booth Grossmann, who brought it over to Paris and gave it as a birthday present to her son upon his corning of age. The studio of the great tragedian's grandson is really a Booth museum, containing tables, chairs, prints, sketches and costumes inherited from Edwin Booth. Mac Monnies is immensely pleased with the s 11 gge stive photograph. He said: "It shows the living Booth. It is so full of action, even in its repose, that I could hope for no better photograph to work from." The benefit performance at the New York Theatre last Saturday netted $3,200 for Clara Morris, who made a speech of gratitude at the close. Over fifty actors, most of them stars, took part. SECOND ANNUAL TOUR OF THAT QUAINT .#OMEDIAN Mr. Ghas. J. 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