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VOLUME CXHX—NO. 54. WARFIELD IN NEW ROLE Returning Star Began Career in West VARIED PROGRAMS AT LOCAL HOUSES Pacific Coast Grand Opera Company Opens at Va lencia Sunday Night Mrs. Langtry to Appear at Head of Coming Vaude ville Bill at Orpheum The engagement of David TiVarfield at the Columbia theater next week Is of greater significance than that which usually attaches to local dramatic af fairs. It will Introduce the greatest character actor on the American stage in a play by the greatest producer on the American stage, and both star and producer are local "boys." David Belasco, who wrote "The Return of Peter Grimm," and David Warfield be gan their careers in this city many, many years ago. They return with the new play, which Is the culmination of their artistic union. Warfield has his greatest role and Belasco presents his greatest play. Together these two gave to theater goens the memorable characters of the ■Auctioneer," the "Music Master" and the "Grand Army Man," and in the pres ent presentation there is a wide de parture from any of these three roles. In the play Warfleld is called upon to project his "astral" self. He "re turns" from the grave and "animates" the scenes of life which he has just quitted. The urge and impulse of the plot derive from his anxiety to make right events in which he had partici pated when in life. The dramatic dif ficulties lie surmounts in order to make aith appear as living and potent are overcome with startling realism, and though he speaks no word through .several scenes he vitalizes the plot and gives it poignant human Interest sur passing in effectiveness his gentle Yon Barwig, his Auctioneer or his Grand Army Man. X" one who has seen "The Music Master will ever forget the scene in which Yon Barwig demands the return of his child. In "The Return of Peter Grimm" Warfleld has a scene of equal poignancy and heart appeal, In which, returned spirit, lie strives In anguish to deliver the message he has to give which will bring happiness and contentment to the loved ones whom he still adores. He cries. "Hear me, you shall hear me," but they do not hear him, and the scene takes on a harrow ing effect not equaled even in "The Music Master." There are many effects of realism in the play for which Belasco has become so famed as "the wizard of the stage." An entire orchestra is employed back of the scenes during the action. The play opens next Monday night for two weeks. No Sunday night per formances will be given. There will he matinees Wednesdays and Satur days. Non- that it is assured that San Francisco is to have a municipal opera house it seems proper that every effort should be made to interest the masses in grand opera. There Is nothing: more uplifting than beautiful music, and grand opera is a form of it which ap peals to every one. The establishment of a Pacific coast grand opera company by Impresario Lambardi and hie associates already !ia«t accomplished much In this direc tion. During the laet four months the big organization of 125 persons has given standard operas In many towns where such performances never before have been heard. With a number of new etar princi pals and a new orchestral director of international reputation the company Among Men Who Work With Hand or Brain The Feature in The Sunday Call That Is Different. Subjects Discussed Next Sunday Include: Fires nephew to test ability; boy rises on own resources. On lookout for helps to firm; boss shows him how it pays. One man gets a good salary for look ing good to everybody. Read your bible to know how world has made best of itself. In love and out of a job he makes fortune in three years. Old Ben Franklin valued time; he made customer pay for it. i Remember Next Sunday's Call Foremost actor jolk of the week will open for a limited season at the Valencia theater next Sunday night, and Manager Will Greenbaum intends to open a campaign for the populari zation of this form of music. Hun dreds of good seats will be placed on sale for 50 cents and the scale of prices will be the same as for the usual first claes theatrical show. The opening opera to be given Sun day night, January 26, will be "Aida," with the following all star cast: Aida, Ester Adaberto, late of the Metropoli tan; Anneris, Blanche Hamilton Fox, late of the Sigaldi opera company in the City of Mexico; Rhadames, Eugenio Folco, late of the Grand Opera Gaite Lyrique; Antonasro, Signor Nicoletti, from the Montreal opera company, ana Ramfls, Signor Martino. On Monday night lime Regina Vica rino, the great coloratura soprano, who lias been dividing the stellar honors with Bonci at the season in the City of Mexico, will make her reappearance here in "Lucia di Lammermoor," "When Marjorle >ewten, In the per son of pretty Reeva Greenwood, de cides to elope with Lieutenant Mallory in the merry farce "Excuse Me" she takes her fluffy dog Snozzelums -with her and insists on keeping him in the Pullman car regardless of the pro tests of Willis Sweatnam, black corked as the porter. The insistent way that Miss Greenwood has with her wins over porters and conductors. The Pullman farce in Its entirety has "caught on" as emphatically as it did last season. Henry W. Savage has sent out the same high grade pro duction and company as before. The fascinating Mrs. Langtry. Lady de 'Bathe, who seems to have succeeded in the quest in which Ponce de Leon failed, is making her farewell tour of the American stage and will appear next Sunday afternoon at the head of the vaudeville bill at the Orpheum. Her vehicle is "The Test," an adapta tion of Victorien Sardou's drama, "A Wife's Peril." Lolo, the little Sioux girl from Pine Ridge, S , . D., will be an interesting fea ture on the new program. The Indian maid is said to possess the gift of "second sight" and at all events to mystify her auditors with her unusual performance. letters, telegrams and all kinds of documents she reads while blindfolded and she also does some re markable feats with a rifle. The Chadwick trio, consisting of father, mother and daughter, will ap pear In their skit, "For Sale —Wiggins' Farm." Ida May Chadwick, as the country "Hee Haw Girl," is an eccen tric dancer. She won a medal as the champion female dancer of America. Roxy La Rocca, famous Italian harp ist, will be heard in classical and popular selections. Will M. Cressy and Blanche Dayne will present "One Night Only," another of Cressy's famous sketches and a sequel to "Town Hall Tonight." Work and Play, two capable come dians, tumblers and athletes, will keep th*» fun going. Next week will conclude the engage ments of "Those French Girls" and Ralph Uerz. * * * What will undoubtedly be Mme. Sem brich's final concert in this city in many years, if not. Indeed, her final "farewell, ,, will be heard next Sunday afternoon at the Columbia theater. The diva says that the ardors of long , tours will not again he undertaken by her and that for the future she plans to confine her public appearances to brief seasons in Europe. It will not be possible for any music lover to com pensate for the loss of hearing Sem brlch's wonderful art. Her progrram will be as follows. OLD AIRS AND SONGS r» pr Knw Be«»th<vren Mhi presa alia sura ragna Parnrties Lusinfthe pin pare Handel i Jp I»»ely OUa « Mnnro Fiago per mio duetto Anonymous CLASSIC (JERMAN LIEDER "" I>as I/)p(l ltn Grunen Soiml^rt- Wip MHodlen Brahms Standohen Rrahtns Mcd der Brant No. 12. No. 1! Schumann RoselMn Schumann KruhJinjcsnacht Schumann GERMAN AND ENGLISH SONGS Alter Seelen r. stransg ltn Kahne Grip* Elfenlied ".'.*.".Wolf Before the Crucifix L* Forge I Spooke La Ponte I CoMtancr Fovtc FOIJCSONGS OF VARIOUS COTNTRIEB Gai lon la Canadian Tae Coolln Irish Kom Kjyrm Norwegian Ainte Koimeeon New Gnvian Coz ja nibora ciek Polish Dalekaja i blis kaj.i Russian Maroe viro lolyik rsendsen. Hungarian Ceiliag cleg ragyog Hungarlaa Frank La Forge, at the piano. * # ♦ Carolina "White, the beautiful and successful dramatic soprano of the Chicago-Philadelphia errand opera com pany, -will give her San Francisco con certs on the evenings of Wednesday, January 29. at Scottish Rite hall, and Sunday, February 2, at the Columbia theater. The fact that David Warfleld does not play Sunday nig-ht makes Jt possible for W. H. Leahy and Frank W. iltaiy, under whose local direction the THE CALL With National Law Makers Digest of Day in Congress WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—The day in congress: SENATE Convened at noon. Senator O'Gorman spoke In an. swer to Senator Root's speech on Panama canal tolls. Conferees on Immigration bill agreed to eliminate provision for certificates of character. Passed McLean bill to protect migratory gajne and Insectivor ous birds. Adjonrned at 2*44 p. in. nntil noon Thursday. HOUSE Convened at noon. Considered miscellaneous leg islation. Hearing on cotton manufac turers* tariff begins by ways and means committee. ".Money truat" Investigating , turers' tariff begun by ways and hearings. "Shipping trust" investigating: committee continued Its probe Into West Indian tariff. Opposition to monetary com missioners, banking and cur rency plan before reform com mittee. Attorney General Carmody of New York before foreign affairs committee opposed federal regu lation of power development at Niagara falls. President Taft sent message asking $30,000 appropriation for International congress of school hygiene at Buffalo. Adjourned at 6:25 p. m. until noon Thursday. SIXTY RESOLUTIONS ON TRADES COUNCIL TABLE Eastern Organizations Send Telegrams of Indorsement of Clancy and Tveitmoe LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22.—Sixty reso lutions, about half of which are ex pected to receive favorable consider ation, reposed on the secretary's desk when the business day ended at the an nual convention of the State Building Trades council. This was the last day for their introduction and tomorrow the convention will get down to actual business by taking up the committee reports. One which is assured adop tion advocates the abolishment of capi tal punishment In California. The session was only enlivened to day by two addresses, one by Miss Mary Field, a writer who was ejected from the Indianapolis trial for re ferring: to it in a published article as a "farce" and the other by Jacob Beckel, president of the San Diego Federated Trades. Beckel criticised the Indus trial Workers of the World and as serted that the trade unionists and not the Industrial Workers were conduct ing the labor movement»in San Diego. A number of telegrams were read from eastern labor leaders congratu lating the convention on its re-election of O. A. Tveitmoe and Eugene A. Clancy ac officers of the council. One telegram, the reading of which was greeted with cheers, came from the Chicago Federation of Labor. Aft er indorsing the action of the con vention with reference to the convicted men, the telegram said: "Organized labor of Chicago joins hands with organized labor of Califor nia in protesting to the world the In justice done our brothers in being railroaded to the penitentiary at Leavenworth In the interests of the steel trust. Also convey our best wishes and confidence to Darrow." prima donna is appearing, to present Miss White at the Columbia. Carolina White Is acknowledged to be the Maxine Elliott of grand opera. She was selected by Andreas Dlppel as the prima donna to open the present season of the Chicago-Philadelphia grand opera company. Puccini's "Manon Lescaut," with the wonderful tenor Zenatello, the popular barytone Sammarco and other great artists, under the baton of Cleofonte Campanini, drew to the Auditorium theater in Chicago on the evening of Wednesday. November 27, 1912, the most brilliant and fashionable audience that, ever .attended opera In Chicago. Miss White's triumphs with the Chi cago-Philadelphia opera company are many, the most important being her creation of the title roles In Puccini's "Girl of the Golden West," Wolfe Fer rari's "Secret of Suzanne," and "The Jewels of the Madonna." Her "Alda" is a vital contribution to this season's successes of the Chicago-Philadelphia opera company. Victor Herbert's most tuneful mu sical comedy, "Algeria," is making a great hit at the Savoy. Since the ini tial performance of last Sunday night the production has been so much im proved as scarcely to resemble the first effort. New business has been added by the chief fun makers and the experiences of the sojourners. Louis and Mike, in Algeria are a round of hilarious fun. Maude Amber and "Winfield Blake, the returned favorites, are duplicating: their popularity of Fischer's theater days, and the or chestra and lively chorus under Harry James' baton are excellent. "Algeria" enters upon its second week next Sun day. Matinees are given Saturday and Sunday. The final performance of "The Sil ver King" will be given at the Na tional theater next Sunday night. The revival of this masterpiece of melo drama has created much interest. Raymond Whitaker in the role of the Silver King is giving a memorable performance. Miss Cleo Madison, who was brought from New York to play leading parts opposite Whitaker, has displayed a high quality of art. "Sherlock Holmes in a Study in Scarlet," one of the big eastern suc cesses acquired by the National, will be witnessed for the first time next Monday night with the full strength of the National company in a spectac ular production. There is plenty of action In the pro gram at the Pantages this week. "Way burn's "The Surf Bathers'* is conceded to be the best production that ener getic provider of amusement enter prises ever has placed on the vaude ville stage. Miss Elisabeth Mayne is a bewitching figure and a vivacious comedienne. Bailey's posing dogs are marvels. The Pantages road show opens next Sunday afternoon* with the original pony ballet as the headline feature. There will be nine acts on the bill. * * ♦ Evelyn Vaughan, Bert T,ytell. all tfie Alcazar players and a number specially engaged will be nicely bestowed in "The Dawn of a Tomorrow," which is to be revived in the O'Farrell street theater next Monday evening for a week's run. This exposition of the power of faith was dramatized from Mrs. Frances Pretty Romance Ended Nurse Marries Patient Mrs. Edward M. Hadley, bride at wedding in Stockton, following romantic incident Hodgson Burnett's st,ory with similar title. During the last Vaughan-Lytell season at the Alcazar it scored one of the big hits. Miss Vaughan is especiaJy well pro vided for in this play. She has the role of Glad, a girl of the London slums, whose sunny disposition Illumines her squalid environment. She relies upon an invisible power—she knows not what or where it is—to help these who implicitly trust it and endeavor to help others. Thus the stage folk allude to "The Dawn of a Tomorrow" as the Christian Science play." The immediate success of the newest George M. Cohan comedy, "Broadway Jones," at the Columbia has created a big demand for seats, and the limited engagement will l»e too short to ac commodate the rush of those who want to see the play. The engagement comes to« a close with next Sunday night's performance. There will be a matinee Saturday. * # # At the Empress this week there is presented one of the best and most en gaging vaudeville programs that has touched the funnybone of popular fancy in some weeks. "Pun on the Ocean," a sparkling musical comedy extrava ganza, tops the bill. CLEARANCE SALE ; ' ■ Desks, Chairs and Tables Library Bureau Wentworth & Boyce Distributers 517 Market St. THURSDAY, JxYNUARY 23, 1913. Miss Evelyn Godon Becomes Bride of E.M. Hadley (Special ntspateh to The Call) STOCKTON, Jan. 22.—The culmina tion of a pretty romance took place here today In the study of the First Presbyterian church, when Rev. J. W. Lundy united in marriage Edward M. Hadley and Miss Evelyn Godon. Mr. Hadley, who is a real estate man and stock broker, took a prominent part in bringing about the construction of the Tidewater and Southern, a new interurban line in operation between Stockton and Modesto. He met Miss Godon Jn this city about a year ago. Last fall she moved to Oakland. Hadley made week end trips to the bay in his automobile, and while visiting her a few weeks ago was sud denly taken down with pneumonia. Miss Godon insisted on being his nurse, and, so Hadley claims, pulled him through what the doctors pronounced practically a hopeless case. Mies Godon's parents reside in Val lejo, having formerly lived In Will mington, Del. She is a beautiful young woman of the brunette type. After spending their honeymoon at coast points the couple will take up their residence here. NAVAL PRISONER MAKES ESCAPE William Walton, a naval prisoner in the custody of Quartermaster B. A. Poulln, en route from San Diego to Mare island, escaped late Tuesday night in Market street near the ferry and is still at large. DellctoiM Hot Drink* Just the thing for these cold days. Hot Chocolate, Bouillon, Malted Milk. etc., at all four of Geo. -Haas & Son's candy stores. —Advt. SYMMES DISCHARGED FROM COMSTOCK JOB Mining Expert Couldn't Un water Shafts—Company Makes Change Because he did not keep the water out of the Comstock mines in Nevada, and because he is said to have expend fd nearly a million dollars in money of the stock holders within one year without accomplishing anything that would bring results. Whitman Symmes, ivr many ..ears geologist and mining: expert at Virginia City for the Com stock Pumping association, was dis charged during a meeting of the board of directors of the company held yes terday. President A. F; Coffin of the associa tion made it known several days ago that it was determined by the board to make a. change in the management of its plant. For years the men interested in the Oomstock lode have been strug gling with the encroachment of water in the shafts, and it was put up to Symmes to lower it with a pumping: plant that was everything , that money could buy. Symmes, according , to President A- R. Coffin, paid the price for lowering the water, but the tide would not be low ered, despite the overtime of the pumps. Several days ago Coffin called Symmes into consultation and asked him to re sign. Symmes stood on technicalities, and said that he would not. President Coffin called attention to the alleged deficiencies of Symmes to the board of directors and a special meeting was set for yesterday after noon at .143 Bush street. This resulted in drastic resolutions that meant the undoing of Symmes. Symmes is also manager of the Mex ican and Union mines, owned by the Eugene de Sabla and Louis Sloss in terests. The question now is whether he will be called upon to leave his positions with these companies. Symmes said that he would not give his version of the action of the board of directors until later, but he spe cifically denied all charges brought against him and said that any failure on his part to keep the water out of the Comstock mines was due to physi cal conditions, which neither he nor any other man could control. WATSONVILLE'S BIG SHOW Director* Select October Xext a* Time for Fourth Annual Event (Speoinl T>lspatoh to The Call) WATSOXVIL.LE, Jan. 22—The an nual meeting and banquet of the stock holders of the Watsonville Apple An nual association was held Monday night and it was unanimously decided to hold the fourth state apple show next October. More than p>oo persons attended the banquet, which was ad dressed by Vice President E. O. Mc- Cormiek of the Southern Pacific, Presi dent A. C. Rulofson of the Home In dustry league. President H. Z. Osborne of the L«os Angeles Chamber of Com merce and others. The old board of directors was unanimously elected to serve during the new year. Everything in Every Department Reduced from 10% to 50% Not some articles in some departments, but everything . that we have for sale in the store, with the exception of a very few articles upon which the manufacturers do not allow us to redtxcQ prices. 10% Discount taken from sales check at time of purchase on any article that is not subject to a larger discount Even if you are buying the most staple article, for example, Sheets and Pillow Cases, Mme. Mariette Cor sets, Mercde or Zimmerli Underwear, or anything else in which there is ordinarily deviation from the regu lar prices. Ask for Your 10% Discount During This Sale— You Are Entitled to It This allowance of 10 per cent discount on everything is for a short time only. Wisely take advantage of this most unusual opportunity while it lasts. THE LACE. HOUSE Stockton and O'Farrell Sts. EYE GLASSES Fittfd by Graduate Optometrist. Special $2.50 DR. C. F. SCHOLTE With Modern Jewelry 00.. HM. SCHMALZ A SON •54 aUrk*t s<. -^k