San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

November 25th, 1899 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW Top Notch Press cAgent Los Angeles has one of the best press agents in the country. He's really too clever for the Los Angeles sphere, and he should lie promoted to a managership or be gobbled up by some New York production whose advantages as a moneydrawer need to be proclaimed from the housetops. We refer to George Eby, whose good work has had much to do with the unprecedented success of the Orpheum at Los Angeles. Eby's success in having the daily papeis of his city publish his weird, interesting yarns concerning the theatrical people presented by Manager Bronson is wonderful. Seldom a day passes that he does not have a column or two in one or two of the Los Angeles dailies, and better yet his stories are bright and newsy. Eby, of course, is a newspaper man. It is told on him that a few years ago when he was political reporter on Gen. H. G. Otis' paper, The Times, he saw so much political rottenness that he resolved to enter the ministry. As a preliminary step, however, and evidently to make sure of the world's wickedness before adopting the pulpit, he became city editor of the Record of Los Angeles. His unusual success as a newspaper man led to his acceptance of the press agency of the Orpheum, and thus the ministry lost a bright, energetic and wonderfully imaginative writer. The editor of the Review has written for his picture, so that our readers may observe the likeness of a man who prefers the show business to leading people to righteousness. Eby would make a good theatrical manager, and we predict that he will yet be heard from in that capacity. Young Salvints Widow A suit was brought last week in Los Angeles that is interesting merely because the lady defendant is the widow of the Italian actor that, following in his father's footsteps, held audiences spellbound by his genius. The plaintiff in the case is John S. Sampson, Jr., who is seeking to foreclose a mortgage against Mrs. Maud Dixon Salvini. It is alleged that on June 9, 1897, the defendant made her two notes for $1,600 each to E. S. Hubbard, and to secure their payment gave a mortgage on two small tracts of land at San Fernando. Hubbard assigned his interest to the plaintiff, who is seeking to recover $3,200, with 7 per cent interest and $300 as attorney's fees. The companies playing in the interior report unusual success. The return engagement of the Elleford Company at Vallejo was a big success. The Jessie Shirley and W. R. Dailey Companies report immense business. There was a Smith night at the theater in New York where Why Smith Left Home was playing, and every Smith in the audience received a souvenir. GIVE YOU NEW EYES is something we cau't do But we can make your old ones as good as new with a pair of our carefully fitted glasses Thorough examination with ophthalmoscope. 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