San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

December 16th, 1899 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW "Bring on the Tray" \ Wallace Munro reports an amus* ing incident during the recent engagement of Lewis Morrison at the Tulane Theater, New Orleans. Florence Roberts had been driving with some friends, totally ignorant of the fact that the matinee would begin at 1 o'clock instead of 2:30, the usual hour. She discovered her error just in time to rush to the theater and begin the performance by sacrificing her luncheon. The first act over, she ordered some eatables from a restaurant, and these arrived by a negro waiter as the banquet scene in Frederick the Great was in progress, and Mr. Morrison was exclaiming, "Bring on the entree!" The darkey, with typical New Orleans alacrity, dashed on to the stage to the amazement of the players and the amusement of the audience who screamed at the spectacle of a dress-suit negro waiting upon the King of Prussia in the historical realm of Silesia. When the intruder had b^en abruptly assisted to a hasty exit and the scene ended, Mr. Morrison rushed upon the bewildered colored man and furiously roared: "What the devil made you come on the stage ?" "I'se beg your pardon, sir, I'se beg your pardon," cried the terrified darkey, "but I heard you say, 'Bring on de tray,' and I done it, sir." — Dramatic Mirror. The "Butterflies T n the blissful days when Henry Guy *■ Carleton, the playwright, was engaged to marry Olive May, the actress, he made her a present of his play The Butterflies. Part of the loving dedication reads as follows: "Inclosed is the formal transfer to you of my wedding gift to you, a play whose third act was written with your beautiful face before me in memory, and with love of you filling my heart with hopes sweeter than hopes of Heaven — a play whose success is more than a little due to your own exquisite self, illuminating it like a shaft of sunshine." That was in 1894. They were married and later parted by a famous quarrel and a North Dakota divorce. Now Olive May seeks to enjoin Carleton from producing the play. Carleton's defense is that he was ill at the time he made the assignment and only intended it to go into effect after he died. But he did not die. Justice Truax reserved his decision. CLOSED The Electrician Company closed at Butte, Mont., on the 1st. Inability to secure favorable dates was mainly the reason for this move. Fred Dailey, in advance, arrived in San Francisco Sunday and will rejoin the Dailey Company in Los Angeles. Lederer's Quintonica will keep the hair healthy. •%•-%••*.-%."%.-%."%. -%.-%. •%■"%■ I GUARANTEE YOUR FACE? will positively be beautified. Wrinkles, moth patches, Ir^ckles and all facial blemishes lemoved by impersonal office treatment. YouthIll] freshness restored to the impoverished skin and faded com plexion. 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