San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

i6 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW September 18, 1909 A Gentleman from Mississippi A newly-elected United States Senator, arriving in Washington with high ideals of the duty a man of his office owes the country, is formally interviewed by a smart newspaper reporter, whose cynicism in the matter of public officials is such that the older man thinks it best to have an adviser. So he makes an offer to engage the young reporter as private secretary. The latter hesitates until he meets the Senator's two beautiful daughters, whereupon he decides that it would be a very good sort of a job, especially as the young women are to remain in Washington with their father. That is the start of A Gentleman from Mississippi, the highly successful comedy to be made known here next Monday night and every evening, including Sunday, with matinees Saturday, in the Van Ness Theatre, by a special cast organized by William A. Brady and Joseph R. Grismer, which include the following well known players : James Lackaye, Virginia Pearson, Osborne Searle, Fletcher Harvey, Hal De Forrest, Fred J. Adams, Olive Harper, Edwin A. Sparks, Minette Barrett, H. Bratton Kennedy, J. P. Winter and Adelaide Wise. A Gentleman from Mississippi comes with its reputation already made; while there can be no question of the manner in which it will be played here, inasmuch as the Brady-Grismer companies are noted wherever American plays are acted for the even make-up, the perfect ensemble, and the all-round high quality of their performances. What happens when the young reporter turns secretary to a United States Senator? A great many things. Thus, he teaches the older man how things are done in Washington. The older man is surprised, but he shows his good class by speedily changing the habit of thought acquired in forty years of residence on a Mississippi plantation for the habit of thought of a man of the world, and lets his opponents see that the supposed "good thing" new to Washington, is, in reality, the most determined of fighters. The promise is made by the management that every man and woman engaged in the cast of this comedy has "made good" in his or her role in the course of the long New York City run. Albert McQuarrie has joined the Elleford company, as has Lois Boltoy. Joseph De Grasse is in the East supporting May Stewart. A Real Play Address ARTHUR C. AISTON So e Owner Room 304 1505 Broadway N.Y. City Tel. 941 Bryant Real Company Headed by ESTHA WILLIAMS Complete Production Requiring a GO ft. baggage car packed from floor to ceiling. Bailey and Austin, Cook or Peary Arctic weather is in sight for some time to come and that a thaw will never melt the feelings of Peary toward Cook is a safe bet. Every day brings forth spleen of contradictions from the alleged heroes of the Frozen North. "It was I," says Dr. Cook. "You're another ; I nailed the flag first," says Peary, and so it goes between cables and wireless from the Danish capital and the frozen north, while the scientific minds of Arctic research are all agog trying to determine who is the actual discoverer of that coveted prize, which has baffled the determination and perseverance of the world's greatest explorers for nigh four centuries. Why all this controversy and publicity over a subject which was made known as late as ( )ctober 10. 1906, when the stars and stripes were planted at the Top O* Th' World by those intrepid explorers. Bailey and Austin, can only be ascribed to their modesty and retiring manner. Bailey and Austin discovered The Top O' Th' World October 10, 1906, or over two years before either Cook or Peary, and located the axis at parallel 9a° 9' north, and who spent the entire year in one of the most unique cirtrs^ver dreamed of in fiction — the Citv!S lllusia. Blanche H.*#b, leading woman of the Burbank siwk in Los Angeles, left last week for a vacation in Honolulu. The Greatest Cast of Singers Headed by THOS. H. PERSSE Tenor EDITH MASON Soprano Now Booking Season 1909 6 10 The Persse=Mason Co. In the New Operatic Comedy The Singing Bandits Book and Music by HERMAN PERLET THOS. H. PERSSE Sole Proprietor JAMES PILLING Manager Permanent Address: Dramatic Review, Van Ness Theatre Huilding. San Francisco Everything Complete New Scenery Excellent Music Quartette of Comedians 09-IO Season William Stoermer Presents Millidge Sherwood In a Sumptuous Scenic Revival of . . . King Lear . . . Car of Scenery 25 People Two "Ahead" Beautifully Costumed