San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

Hi THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW December 23rd, 1899 Players Benefit Reaps a Shower of Ducats THE immense attendance at the players' benefit fund at the Orpheum Thursday of last week, was a delightful showing of reciprocal feeling on the part of the public that has many and many a time had its pet charity enriched through the willingness of managers and actors to contribute their playhouses and their talents free of charge. The performance netted close to $3,000, and was as great an artistic success as it was a financial one. Ten minutes after one the curtain went up and it was after five when it went down on the last act of a great program. The program opened with the first act of Mother Earth by the Alcazar Company, followed by Hamilton Hill, the baritone, with songs and encores. Major Mite followed the popular singer, and gave his clever imitations of Cornille, and sang several coon songs in his inimitable manner, besides doing some excellent cake walking, and making one of the big hits of the afternoon. Frederick Warde and Minnie Tittell Brune gave the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. T. Daniel Frawley, Harrington Reynolds, H. S. Duffield and Gladys Weller acted Richard Harding Davis' little story, The Littlest Girl, with beautiful feeling. The Grand Opera House Company sang the Fair scene from the Chimes of Normandy, much to the pleasure of the audience. Then followed scintillations of wit and humor and song by George Fuller Golden, Ferris Hartman, Camille D'Arville, the excellent tumbling of the Mohring Brothers and Bonomoure's Arabs. Then there were the Eccentric Comedy Trio and the Tennis Trio to bring forth loud applause and approval. Between acts, Melville Marx, of the Columbia, brought out and introduced Frederick Warde, who explained the purpose of the benefit, saying that he spoke sincerely when he said that in no city of the civilized world are actors received with more cordiality, and, if they merit it, with more encouragement and reward than in San Francisco. And the audience must indeed be happy to think that the applauseand laughter given during the afternoon would re-echo as music in the ears of some poor actor benefitted by the great assemblage present. And he spoke truly, for a more worthy occasion never presented itself, and no fund will ever be handled with more beneficent result than will attend the distribution of this charity fund. A number of charming young actresses, Nellie Schiller, Georgia Cooper, Elsie Dare, Reta Winfield, Baby Ruth and Hazel Lyons sold programs at prices from twenty-five cents to five dollars and so persuasively successful were they that they turned Act II. — Club Room of John Storm's Church In Dramatization ot The Christian in about $200. The program committee in charge was S. H.Friedlander, John Morrisey, Mark Thall and Harry Morosco, with Phil Hastings, Secretary. Umbrella Lost JV/I anager MoTT of the New Al' " * hambra has the latest umbrella joke that has been recorded to date. But he doesn't think it is much of a joke. Friday morning he was out at the Central police station to draw down some bail money that had been deposited there the week before to get one of the New Al hambra bill posters out of trouble. Manager Mott had a new $5 umbrella with him and as he went to sign the receipt for the money, he deposited the umbrella in a corner and turned around to complete his business at the desk. This done, he folded the receipt, put it in his pocket and turned to get the umbrella. It was gone and a vigorous search for an hour failed to show any trace of the missing article. "To have an umbrella stolen right in a jail office the moment your back is turned is a pretty hard deal," says Manager Mott. Off for Eureka C" J. Bi.unkalj. and Walter Lindsay ' • and the Plaster of Paris Company were in town a few days this week, en route to Eureka where they play Christmas week. They played at Salinas, Watsonville, Hollister and Livermore to good business and much hilarity, the show proving a great laugh producer. Later on they play at Sacramento, San Jose and then South to San Diego. Many a Slip ^jpirE burning of the old Bush Street Theater came as a sad blow to T. 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