San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

16 THE SAN FRANQSCO DRAMATIC REVIEW July 13, 1901 When cMaade Recel!bed Her Prize Last Monday evening, during the performance of The Babes in the Wood, Ferris Hartman stepped before the audience as he drew Mi5s Maude French, the pretty chorus girl, to his side, saying: "I have a very pleasant duty to perform in presenting to Miss Frencii a beautiful brooch, given as a pri^e for the most popular chorus girl by Thb Dramatic Review and Music and Drama. She has been 'helped by her friends in the front row [smiles from the audience and blushes from the fair Maude]; but the honor brings its disadvantages also, for none of the girls will speak to her now. But never mind; I will buy you all pins when we get out on the road." As the happy recipient of the handsome jewel bowed and expressed her thanks, the chorus girls cried "She's all right!" good-humoredly and tripped off the stage. A Strong Addition to the Central Willard Blackmore, who is now a member of the Central stock, is a strong addition to that popular or- ganization. For a number of years Mr. Blackmore has been regarded as a strong actor in the East, and his presence here is certainly to be re- garded with complacency. Personal Mention James O. Barrows is enjoying a vacation at Tuscan Springs. He will return to the city about the 20th and organize a farce-comedy company, which will make a tour of the coast. Frank Camp, leading man for the James Neill Co., has resigned to ac- cept an engagement as leading man for the Tannhauser Stock of Milwau- kee. Pacific Coasters will be sorry to have Mr. Camp leave, as he has been a great favorite out here. loNE Everett has received a letter from May Evelynne, who is at Larch- mont, N. Y. Her many friends will be pleased to learn of her entire re- covery from her recent illness. She says her daughter. Pearl Evelynne, was playing ingenues with the Way Down East company this season and met with great success and has bought a pretty home in beautiful Larch- mont. W. J. Elleford and T. Daniel Frawley will be associated in the pro- duction of Secret Service for a coast service. Mr. Elleford has also secured The Girl I Left Behind Me, the orig- inal version of The World, Man of Mystery, American Girl and others, and will make a big scenic production of Faust. In Paul SteindorfiF, the Tivoli man- agement has secured a most competent leader to conduct the grand operas this season. He is careful and con- scientious, and as an interpreter of the works of the great masters he has no superior. He has made many warm admirers by his work at this house, his magnetic per- sonality, and his decisive wielding of the baton keeping his orchestra and the singers under him always up to the mark of precision. A. H. Hummel, one of the best known theatrical attorneys in the United States, is lying at King's Col- lege Hospital, London, in a comatose and probably a dying condition, as the result of a runaway accident on the Thames embankment about 4:30 o'clock the afternoon of July 9th. Mr. Hummel, who had been at the Savoy since his arrival in London last week, was driving with his sister in a victoria when the horse took fright near Cleopatra's Needle and ran away. The horse bolted furiously toward Northumberland avenue. The coachman for a time managed to escape collisions, but just as the Hotel Met- ropole was reached, the victoria struck a cab stand and wrecked three cabs and then was overturned. Mr. Hum- mel, who was standing up in an effort to save his sister clear of the wreck, was caught under the victoria, frac- turing his skull and sustaining con- cussion of the brain. Side Lights James Neill is an enthusiastic base- ball "fan." Recently he offered $10.00 to the baseball player who would make the first home run in Los Angeles. It was won by Eddie Householder. Klaw & Erlanger have decided to present The Bostonians for the first time in De Koven and Smith's new opera, Maid Marian, a sequel to their Robin Hood, in Philadelphia, No- vember 4th. When Chauncey Olcott comes to the Columbia July 22d, the people of this city will have an opportunity of hearing one of the sweetest singers on the American stage. He is thor- oughly trained in operatic and ballad work, and his rendition of his own compositions is a positive treat. Frederick McGreer has begun his good work at the Tivoli already. A new drop curtain that was received with tremendous applause was shown Tuesday night for the first time. It represents a woodland scene, and is a most artistic conception, carried out in soft, hazy tones that is most im- pressive. Klaw & Erlanger's great interna- tional production of Ben-Hur will be presented at the Illinois Theatre, in Chicago, September 2d; in Mel- bourne, Australia, Christmas week, in December next, and at the Drury Lane Theatre, in London, March 31st next. The dates of the Australian and London productions have been advanced. Negotiations are now go- ing on for a production of this re- markable play in Paris. 0 UR STORE is the only place on the Coast where the profession can meet with the same satisfaction in purchasing tights as is possible in New York. These prices are right—do a little comparing and satisfy yourself. COTTON TIGHTS, colors^ black, tan, gray, flesh, cardinal and light blue, Nos. I and a, $1.50; Nos. 3 and 4, Ji.75 per pair. SILK PLAITED TIGHTS in all colors, I2.50 each. SILK TIGHTS in all colors, No. I, IS.aS a pair, No. 2, I5.50 a pair. No. 3, 15-75 a pair, No. 4, {6.00 a pair. PURE WOOL TIGHTS in all colors, (3.00 a pair. Same in second quality, $2.50 a pair. 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