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MANAGER FRAWLEY AND SOME STAGE MAMMAS James Crawford MR. FRAWLEY brought this publicity upon himself. When we met he remarked that I looked as if a stage mother had just been talking to me. Neither his tone nor his gaze justi fied a drawing of cheerful inference, but I faltered, hopefully, "Refreshed, you mean?" "No," he replied, with a shiver; "the stage mother's talk is not a tonic." The meaning of his words was no less obvious than the lack of tact that permitted their utterance. Only a veteran invalid can placidly accept intimation that he is not a picture of perfect health.; Besides. the symptoms of debility that evoked Mr. Frawley's commiseration were solely resultant of my unwonted pedestrianism while in 'quest of him self to extend friendly greeting. Re fection on that fact did not mellow re sentment of his apparently sincere but none the less indiscreet sympathy. A professional actor whose liveli hood is dependent upon his ability to, dissemble had no excuse^for indulg ing in candor that ruffled. Retaliation , would be sweet. But how? . Ha! He himself 4iad suggested the means. r :.-3 The stage mother would serve! He had manifested abhorrence of her speech. Well, he should be en ticed to provoke it in angry reprisal unless she were not the ladyhis hint had depicted. So, with artful concealment of guile I asked him why the stage mother's talk is not good to hear. He Steps Into the Trap "Because," he . answered, with » a promptitude and vehemence that ;oyed the listener, "it is rarely log ical and always exasperating. You will acknowledge that I've had some experience wkh ingenues?" I. did, freely. - . "And that I have developed some pretty good actresses?" Instantly conceded. Blanche Bates, Maxine Elliott, . Keith, Wakeman, Mary Van Burcn and several 'lesser lights owe much of their technical ability to Frawley coaching, I told him. "Well, most of the girls I have taken in hand came out of society and most of them were accompanied by mamma. All the . girls thus ac companied, with one or two excep tions, carried a = Mamma retarded their professional .advance ment." "How<ould she?"* :-*;', - . "By setting yp her authority against that of the stage manager and 7 con veying her society manners and meth ods into the new life. In eagerness to promote her daughter's career she endeavored ; to pull down -girls who were higher on the ladder, and she gossiped and btckbited and, tattled stories that should not have been told outside the company. Of* course I'm speaking only, of the society stage mater." " * '\u25a0' "Oh, is there another kind?" ".Yes; the mother who has . had stage training. Her maternalism does not jar with stage* discipline. Mrs. Bates never interfered with Blanche's training. She did not connive to have her daughter cast for a part other than that to which I, assigned her. Nor did she ever hover in. front and try to create sentiment in, favor **of Blanche and against other ladies .on the stage, as I have seen some. of. the society mothers do. Blanche forged right ahead, just the same.* So; did Maxine Elliott," who had no maternal counselor to keep her in turmoil/- , "And Miss Van Buren?" ! One Notable Exception "Now, there is one of the few ex ceptions I have alluded to.' Miss Van Burcn and her mother, stepped out of society — and - rather ; lofty society \u25a0 at that— and not once during 'the six Jtars they were- witn nit, did I the mother make trouble for any member of the company. She': accompanied us around the* world, and a more sen sible and considerate -stage mother I never knew.^PBBBIBPBMHHBBi "How many stage mothers are, you now afflicted with?" - v "Only one, and she is aJmost^as reasonable as Mrs. Van; Bureri was."! "Did you ever have -more; than' one stage mother at , a^tirae?"- < ; V-\u25a0:':\u25a0'\u25a0V -\u25a0: ':\u25a0'\u25a0 "Did I?" he almost shouted- "Not long ago I had .two. \u25a0; Lord, how they loved each other!" "Really?" .irTßßßnr"' • ' "They, were not on 5 speaking, terras, but "? their .; mutual "dress f maker man- aged to keep each of them informed of what the other thought of her. Dur ing rehearsals they' sat" in front and exchanged glares of hatred, sniffs of contempt and snorts of defiance, tHus distracting the attention of the company from the work in! band and prompting , their rcspectiyc daughters to say and do mean things to each other." ' , He .wiped his- brow. "We -were in Minneapolis ; at the time,". he resumed, "and the first thing I knew -those "two'jtnothers- had the community split into" factions by mak ing a sectional issue of their rivalry." ; r 'A ; sectional igsue?" A Clashing of Claques " Yes— north versus south. ; One of the J mammas had been # prominent in the society of a Mississippi, town "and by some subtle means she created an impression among the southerners in Minneapolis that • her daughter' was discriminated ' against and * otherwise persecuted, because her: father ; ; had fought for the confederacy. Her sup^ porters came to- the -theater- in c flocKs and applauded, her .daughter, ' Then, the other. t mamma- rallied the. federal forces,' so-s to, speak, . and .prompted counter demonstrations in favor of her daughter.'? ;., \u25a0 • : '}~:\ \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:.: ; :- \u25a0 .-}. >\u25a0 /'The ; battle . of the f mammas must have been good for; the box office," • I remarked. . . . ', , V, "It was," Mr.* Frawley sighed, '."but business had ito 'be sacrificed hv -the interest of peace , preservation. ;vThe conflict .threatened' to • destroy j disci pline in the company," and* to :get> rid of i her :' mamma I : was forced to * dis miss one' of r the ;» prettiest 'and jmoet promising^ ingenues" \u25a0.!•' ever,- poached. 5 If it Had ' beeni a' case of . husbandl in-' stead of. mamnia, I might; haye,man T aged" to', keep" her," .but; one Vcannot exercise^to'ward^a-, woman. tbe\diplo macy.' that fames' a ; ' man." \u25a0 . \u25a0..' -\u25a0: \ ' ' \ ' \ • " Is ; the ; stage" husband another man-, agerial bugbear?" - . , f ... : -.i . "If < he? conies out of \u25a0; society, i'yes. 'An actor ' who weds •: ah '}\u25a0 actress j knows that for; him*' to* interfere* in} her "stage* work wbuld^be" toT tH«ir.' mutual discomfort, but the outsider- who mar ries Into then profession? has; to? be taught^ that \u25a0 in*. the! theater ;Jie must \u25a0 be" second 'in : command {of^his . vrii e,';*Hc . i»> permitted ltd ; convey.: her f satchel \. to the stage entrance ana leave her there,' nor, is objection » made -to his; circulate ing' aniQng"', the • and f telling them' how; good ah' actress; she^is,|but if he attempts W~dicUte~6rj*even! ; augw gtst— rhow '*\u25a0. ehe shall be^ cast i he Vi in-i THE "s SAN vJ^ANCISCO CALL, STOD^^^UNE C ; 9, 1907. 'J'You' play erf oik don't seem to \ like the nonprofessibnal /husband 7 of; an actress." . \u0084" . . :.-.%\u25a0 ... . This/ Husband \u25a0. Is .^ Human '\u25a0". /\ / v% <r \Vc don't, unless he is -unobtrusive and ; self-suporting. /In the*,- Lambs'. club the - man /who marries 'ah ; actress ;and 'lives on. her*3^earnings i is (usually alludedto as 'the human husband.'"> \u25a0 V V Which means?" \u0084/., -. ;/ //'I ; have never/ heard the .meaning defined/ but II presume /it ; relates to ! his :/doc»lity—hiS;% subservience— as 'a sbouse.". • - .. ;. • "i-^.y'^^^^^Mt^ '-' :;; .' \u25a0/ \u25a0' ' iv>HeT- told /me, .about ,a. society -girl ; who ; married f a <busihessmah-,and be^, came r an iactfess after 'he^becamef a bankrupt /Both of Jthem ; carried;their society v tricks ;/and// manners; into stageland, / with . ;the result -that *: the' lady's career JaS; a* bistrion soon came to an * inglorious; end. '/ //./ >^j / ; "She /acted t as" an "amateur,"/ Fraw ley narrated,/ "and /when * she '/applied to : me ; for \u25a0; a i positions I \u25a0: happened rto need Va : s second/woman,/ so ; i after- test ing; her ;< talent^li eh gaged otner,/. women ;, in .' the/"'company/:re ceived^ her. courteously/of course, but she « . turned .up* her. nose /at^ thctn. f \Vhenvthey.: realized that she regarded them (as "« her/ inferiors • socially/ one? of them— l'll 1- not A mention ; ; her s name took [occasion ', to} inform/ her Sin ence ; of v the Jcompahy,Vy ou fhiust | be of }royal /e^raction^at^least^Uor/ the most j distinguished Ipf^my; ah cestofs^ one "'of my^ grandfathers-^wasjpnlyl a "president; of^theiynitedttSatcs." / i ; .'" Was i she 2 tellingXthe | truth ?" v X ;' ; vt'Zndeed shes was," ah'djthef disclosure came ; as ., news) to \ all U of y - us. vVThe haughty lady beganitosthawv^butihef silly?: hauteur; had jgone*ttooufar;lahd the women enforced ; the! exclusi vehess that : shejiad \u25a0 sought.iSbJwheh l h"er hus jbahdjicamcltoJSm the! persecutiohi l\ tbldfhimi ittwould \ be i! better p f or, fi all |if f hei re^ 1 stored' her and -himfeJf to sbewbr. Imw cause .women in /stage >life\ cannot be faithiul •: to '/their --prof cssional V duties and " have i time I for r indulgence ; in * the little politics^ of /which ; , society/, life "is largely/niadeup/p.Hei took hereaway." t/-."Nowy /'harking • back - to^^the* stage ;mother~r-".,'- ;^' v v>3/-.-,"- :-'/ : '/ /\u25a0/•;/\u25a0 /\u25a0.": //."Please : let - me/i forget her." -\u25a0.\u25a0..,•; '/"ButrsheMS quite interesting to my readers,' and— - — "' * ' .-"•;.?! What?;. /-',>•\u25a0 V;'' ;' ~ X : '^' : . /His 'fright .was , genuine. ' / . /. , .' / /" Am" ; I v to : understand," i he; 5 huskily inquired, "that; what/I "havtjtoldf you about the 'stage*' mother is - to ' be \u25a0 pub >lished?",^,/-?^ %<St //• '> \u25a0.:\u25a0\u25a0' '-\u25a0 :"f< / / "Almost verbatim,"; I chortledri :/>His] pauorj; deepened. ,^', \u25a0 /v> " Revenge is hot a" lemon.. . . Maude Adams at Van- Ness . ; / Maude Adams ' in ;"Peter .' Pari'.'iwiil ? .be > the week's attract lo n ;at the Van | Ness ,th eater, t-. commencing ~t tomorrow^ even-* :ing.ftTh'eVfame{Of;;thiB;play;is*,nbw:sb fas ; to | make , description ? of^ i it"-seerii^superfluous.'Cv*Air^Jast:"seai"ori^ arid ' part ; of j thet present f one I this 'iyvohz, f derful i story * In * five v ?aets,-/made % more | wonderful? still i>byjth«^faselnatin'eritn^ \u25a0 terpretation of" its \ chief part ' by; Maude fAdams.'t was* performed ;«nUhe? stage f of I the i Empire jYork.^ toSau*-' diences of 5 unprecedented size and en-" \u25a0 thusiasih.^S Miss >f Adams ;«' accomplished what j was ?nevef^expectpd-i-Bhe"i;b"roke i the '?. record I of l;tnef Empire^ theater £by :the/a-ize}Jof^thej|audienc©snwhich^her: : performsTnc«Tattracted|tOi4'PeterjPanVsi and surpassed even . the j record 'made \u25a0 by /The'Little^Minlster.'^ ;XC; / ,/: / '^C-'i iii The C casts t '\u25a0> and lu production :» of < "Peter Pan'.'i in' this city f will«be to] tbTe .minutest detail (exactly, the f same *asi those] which iwereiseenaatfthe/IBmpirev} theater Mm New: York,'- .-- ..-.,-... , -As this -will be Miss .Adams: first jVlsitltoj San t FranciBcbj irilflve 1 years, |the rush a foV| seats |wlll! naturally Iba^veryj 'gjrwit^andi'ln^ordsrithatleverybody/may, \u25a0 have sag perfectly/lfair^cbance]|it | has been decided notv to; accept any orders rur .f UUHshoasv^ MaJl|'«rd»rs.-g inolosins; checks or money, will ;bei" filed .in^the order; iri^which ; they ' are' received. ANo ; favoritism-. .will j be ;\u25a0 shown ; in ..the dls; /seats. ,The ; policy .will be simply, "first come, iflrat^ served.!' , \u25a0••." i* ?•'\u25a0*--/*•:'-'. >'-- : "'. \u25a0Mrsj^Fiske^atj.Cqlonial;;'; >i Mrs.' ; Fiakei arid^he Manhattan,com pany,'faf ter J a : long ;'; run ; in i New .York, ,will^ appear' at^the. Colonial' theater] this week ( in ; "The ? New. York > Idea," a^; play that H tells^'in'* satiric J vein ; a",' story" of present- day. Newj York \u25a0 life • in Its I author ;Ha /^Langdonr Mitchell; : who adapted V'Becky f Sharp" "for Mrs.^, Flske f rom* Ttiackeray^s :!'Variity t Fair.". ? .T/-^' ;V."The]Newj York .Idea" deals; with the divorce," question.!^ It ' holds -upitO; ridi-t cule ' the \u25a0 absurd \ complications ;that - re jsulttfrom^ rushing SintqTv marriage *ahd .rushing 'out of j_it \ through I the \u25a0; divorce court.j I V*'Fbllbw •; your (for a'man) and; leave the. rest to;the divorce : court" is \ given 3as the f New-JYork f idea. "'oThe means of handling this question or con dition I has I been % found *. by > Mr. Mitchell in^havlngljtwOiCOupies'' divorced, ? and 'havingVone i of athe J'dlvorced^ women about r, to 1 maVry^the ; divorced ~ husband '6f,:the^otner % won»an.- \u0084. > ;'jv 7^- *- ; i ! i t supporting *Mr s. ,y Fiske^ will : Include \l John * Mason; ; Georgo ' " Arllss. Charles ; Harbury.l Robert i Ci Ferguson,* Dudley^ Clinton.^ Frederick \u25a0 Kerby/j Dudi ley/Digges.'l Charles tTerry,*j James 1 Mor-^ ley, J Marion '\u25a0, Lea, Ida Vernon, ,. Blanche Weaver, Emily. Stevens and ; Belle Bonn. iNew .i? Magnet^atlPrphcuih ' ; ' fff/Air^ulr;l>unnfalad«Marie"Gla2ierf f f/Air^u1r;l>unnfa1ad«Marie"Gla2ier liead the bill at ' the ". Orpheum this .week. Miss GlfWier|ls-not]ithelpossessor;rbf2great personal *at tractions, but she is an > act ress i-ot* ability;! and^Versatillty.^As : for Mr.^ rhinn ::: -or, as" he is generajly^ styled.* the! littlefcomediati^— 'his ? popularity ~3 in this"' city! dates I f rom -the! first prod notion .of !£ the ©^Davld % Henderson iiversfon% of ll'Slnbad,"-? Ins whichji, it iwllllbe tre'mem-^ ;bered^hefwrrl^ibffUhelprinclpaljbon-" ors,^t Miss |Glasier| arid i Mr. ,i Dunn 1 will appear In a" skit' called '"The* Messenger Boy," which? an; eastern. critic declares (to) be "one of \u25ba the : wit tiest a"hd /merriest contributions ' to i the vaudevile stage. will make their first appearance . here and present a sketch called "A Dream of. Baby Days." Both actresses appear as society ladies who dream of child hood'and appear In abbreviated frocks and Buster Brown blouses and make lots of. "sport" for' the audiences. Other new people \will be Frederick Hawley and company in a -melodrama, entitled ; /"The Bandit," and the Bootblack Quar tet, singers and dancers. : This Is -the; last of the Ptnneys, Les Klners. ' Moulin,* -Emerson - and Baldwin and James J. Morton. • •* * Musical Show at American Beginning tomorrow night, a summer season of 'musical comedy; will be in augurated , at "•'. the T American ..theater. The first; production. , "The ; Girl from Parls,"/is to?be; given by a company composed of such iwell known people as J Dick "Temple,'; Sam Sidman, Maurice Darcy.-Kathryn Miley, Elizabeth Spen cer, and Doris Goodwin, aided by a cho rus of more than ' SO.' ;A special feature will be -the appearance- of .Richard "J. Jose, -the contra tenor, 5 who will '\u25a0 sing some 'of ; the ballad songs that have made him' a "favorite. --The' production will; be sumptuously \u25a0 staged and the musical "numbers especially attractive. During this J engagement special sum mer prices 0f : 25, 50' and .75 \u25a0 cent* •will be the rule. *- ']j&3&&8B&tE&&R£ " Sain ' Sidm*n~- who heads \u25a0 the'; cast of "The Girl \ from . Paris,**. ' is a comedian 'of I note,%who : has .been associated^wtth Lew. Fields and Louis Mann on the east ern stage for the last seven years. On several occasions he- has played "Mr. Fields'/ roles" : in/ the". latteVa absence, and it is said that few In his audience were aware of the substitution. ««Toung • Buffalo, King of the/ Wild /West.'V is'the^titleof the thriller' that gdes*;on~this "afternoon in the Central theater. The scene \u25a0Is 5 laid ;In Arizona, where ( Young .i Buffalo >is < the * sheriff : of Angel's /"Gulch? and rids the country "of Lord Bufflngton, an " English desperado who {murders; the {owner of ! a mine he desires to possess. ' The girl in the play is a the : murdered • man* daughter,* and after jf rescuing - her... from -the • < villain Young ; Buffalo \u25a0 m arr ies her. Love -\u25a0 and hatred.' virtue and villainy, comedy and pathos— all are embraced In the* unfold ing of this melodrama. Lee Beggs will be seen as Young Buualo, Maude. Bran don "'. as cthe i"> heroine,** Whit i Brandon as the arch villain, Juliette • Chandler as .Wild | Nell,"; Miss ; Ainsley ras Mrs. Mc- Carthy, and James ; Cor rigan, Gus ' Mort-' imer and '.W...W.. Craig j are ; also _ cicely cast. . • \ '.':'\u25a0'.,;:" \'^, '..'<-'/,'\u25a0 ."*.*. ...... Herschel Mayall comes to the Central theater , next week, opening' : as * leading man in "Secrets of the Police." •"•\u25a0\u25a0-'\- \u25a0'/>:• '>"-^'f '*?:\u25a0"\u25a0.\u25a0:\u25a0:<\u25a0' . : .--. iThttje'Dr^oaasjHbldl v Gver ; The ./ebrapanVVatf the Nor elty. theater has more than fulfilled \u25a0 all advance promises j and j has I won \ recog nition for artistic and intelligent work In the play , of "Leah i Kleschna." Owing to its immediate success "Leah Klesch na." will ; be retained , a* the bill for. the ooming. week.- s • »>, - --, . ~-: : X':-. • -4?,.. '\u25a0*•\u25a0•\u25a0- : . SoVgreat >has ] been ; the ; demand for seats :\u25a0. torJ every performance \u25a0, of • "The Undertow" at the Alcazar theater dur ing ; its two weeks' ; run I that \u25a0 Belasco |cV Mayer /.have decided <to • carry the j play over v another^ week. T >"^Too '\u2666Undertow^ has drawn : people to I the Alcaxar from all walks of life, and | many of > the per sons in ; attendance were never ', Inside a' theater \u25a0 before.; ; \u25a0 \u25a0; ; ",-\u25a0• ; \u25a0\u25a0••.-. .\u25a0,:-.-. \u25a0\u25a0; ;..-:-. - =\u0084->,.- i \u25a0•.•'--# -\u25a0 - • \u25a0 ;\u25a0; .;\u25a0\u25a0 OaklandjS Best Offerings '^ ; tiil^ThVf^e^dlnaflDsiy.^^a^coinfeVopo'nk' by^* Julian |f Edwards ?^and :'£ Stanislas Stange^'?authori,fbfCs'!When Johnny, Gomes ? Marching Home." Is s attracting Ur^>«*lo^w<<s;t»'ldsy» pwk, OsJUaad. ' Edith . Mason, soprano. Is doing some beautiful work in this opera, and Ferris Hartman never has been ex celled in Els work in "The "Weeding Day." Too much praise \u25a0 cannot ba given the chorus and orchestra, under Paul Stelndorff. "Bhe ensemble work is T the principal feature of this opera, and ' the Idora forces give it with a 1a 1 finish that is .refreshing. After another week's ran "The Wed ding , Day" will give place to Victor Herbert's opera. "The Ameer," erig inally written for Frank Daniels and on the same lines as- "The Idol's Eye" and "The Wizard of "the Nile." •• • ' "La Tosca," the celebrated Sardou drama with Nance O'Neil in the . leading, role, will be the attraction at the Lib erty playhouse this week. The part has been attempted by nearly all the emo tional . actresses since it was given forth by Sardou's fertile brain, the lato Fanny Davenport having made it f am- . ous throughout this country, and in no role does the art of Nance O'Neil come to the surface more strikingly than as Floria La Tosca.. She has played it many Uraea In this city, always with the greatest success. One of the. charming features of the play is that it allows her to wear some gowns which, for cost and elegance are said to equal any worn on the stage. * Miss O'Neil will be suported in **La Tosca" by a carefully selected cast, and the production will be all that could be asked for. Virginia Thornton, who will be remembered 'as « Creston Clarke's ' leading lady In '"The Ragged Meu«nV ger," i, makes her first appearance with the Liberty company. In "La Tosca" and ! will hereafter be a regular member of Reopening of the Chutes ' " • -' The "Chutes, . zoo . and : skating . rink, which have been chosen for some time. . wlir reopen this morning and continue . open daily.' . Several improvements and < additions have been made to this favor- ! ite resort. All i the concessions and ' amusement devices will be in full oper ation, and extra efforts have been made \ to ,-; insure \ the ' entertainment of oall . ' : \u25a0\u25a0. * -iBI3BW^<sBSBBBBSSS^^HH . Frawley's next production will be Bernard Shaw's comedy ."You Never ; Can Tell." This tvas a pronounced hit \ In London and New York, and Manager : Frawley will stage It to every possible j advantage.'/' : ' '\u25a0'• ' ' r ;-,'."-; " : s ' ;I. "V 'V- •-.., - • \u25a0 # « - \u25a0 At the Aleasar rhxe Undertow^ will \u25a0 be followed by the beautiful drama of ' German \ student Ufa, "Old Axeldelberg," ! as played by Richard Mansfield. Bar- > tram Lyt«rtl is cast for the role ef Carl • HeinHoh. the Prinse. rA Lady of Quality" is one of the ' plays to be staged at an early date by ! the Frawley company at the Novelty ' theatsrJSnAninMßHl -\u0084 "'. -i• ': '• '\u25a0' •'• ' Elisabeth Bpeaoer of "The Girl from , Paris".: company is i the. daughter of ' William .Qilpln, ; first governor of Colo rado, and abandoned society -for • the \ stage. » She has been appearing in "The !" Tourists, 1 ! "Tho Maid and the Mummy" : and other bis successes. : « \u25a0 * \u25a0 • S'^jBHQI Manager John Cort la now , turning his attention to the field, of com lo opera. ; and next cf all will sand on the road a - new -\u25a0 musical^omedy, - .''The Alaskan." f .*: In addition , to this production " Manager r Cort , intends ; bringing Maude . Fealy to y New York next fall in a play entitled ; ,"Tlm \ Stronger 1 Sex.* which has been y running fat \ the •< London 'Apollo " theater; for-' many months. V, Florence j Roberts, 4 -. Max Figraan and Sarah \Truax will also ! bej starred iby ; him in new ; plays. Then : Mme.'i| Calve is /to make \u25a0an • extended - concert tour andar his direction, •«- XUuUnc in Octi WBt^--' "\u25a0*> 33