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TWO NEW LIQUOR
LAWS INTRODUCED
License for Retailers Fixed at
$1,000, While Grocers
Must Pay $500
Permits by Police Commission to
Be Good for 90 Days and
Revocable for Cause
Two ordinances to regulate the liquor
traffic were Introduced by Supervisor
Murdock yesterday. One fixes the re
tall license at 11.000 per annum, while
the other Imposes a $500 \u25a0, license on
sellers of liquor In quart quantities or
more. The new ordinances are more
sweeping In some provisions than those
now in force. The sale" of liquor Is
prohibited at places of amusement and
•within 250 feet of any school or church.
Permits from the board of police com-,
missioners are necessary and must be
renewed every three months.
The penalty for violating any pro
* visions of either ordinance is by fine
not to exceed $500 or imprisonment, no J
to •exceed six months or by. both fine
and Imprisonment. The ordinances, if
passed, will be in effect July 1.
Mayor- Taylor's veto to the Hocks
amendment exempting the wholesalers
and sellers of original quart packages
•was received and with it the executive's
reasons for withholding his signature.
Ac It Is patent to me that It is for the benefit
of the city that all dispensers of liqnor at retail,
whether In groceries or otherwise, should be
brought naricr such control.. I earnestly recom
mend to your honorable body to frame and pass
« liquor ordinance in Hpu of ordinance No. 29.
wherein and whereby all those dispensing liquor
\u25a0t retail' shall only do so by permission of the i
board of police commissioners and on licenses j
t>lsed cpon such permit?.
RESOLUTION" SE.VT BACK
A resolution providing $200,000 to be
expended in the repair of streets and
sewers before the arrival of the fleet j
•was recommitted to the streets com
mittee to make a new allotment.
The bill requiring the construction of
sidewalks In the burned district prior
to Hay 1, 1908, -was passed to print.
The ordinance drafted by the state
board of health and the citizens* '-com
rrjlttee to rid the city of rats was re
ferred to the health committee.
Comte introduced an amendatory or
dinance providing that the chief of the
fire department may. "at his discre
tion." detail two firemen for duty at
each theater during each performance.
The present ordinance makes the thea
ter owners pay for the services of the
firemen.
A resolution requesting the city at
torney to end litigation with the Spring
Valley company was referred to the
•water rates committee.
The health and building committees
•will examine the northwest wing of the
city hall. Larkin and McAllister streets,
to determine if the old city prison can
tiot be fitted up as a branch jail to re
lieve the congestion at the county Jail.
A communication from Millar-Grif
fith company announcing that It had
<3«eded to the city a lot 100 by 1,376 in
Harrison street at Stanley place for a
park was referred to the streets com
rnittec.
PASS «RAT PROOF** CLADSB^ V- ;
The amendment to the building law
requiring "rat proofing' in basements
by the laying of concrete- floors was
passed to print over Center's objection
that it would work great hardship on
the email property owners.
The petition of the organized labor
protective league requesting the mayor
to issue certificates against the munici
pal bonds remaining unsold in the city
treasury, the certificates to be accepted
Jn payment for street* and sewer work,
was referred to the city attorney.
• The petition of 14,616 alleged quali
fied electors to call a special election to
acquire the street railways and tele
phone systems was referred to the utili
ties committee. ,
The "curfew" bill, prohibiting minors
under 16 years of ag«^ from loitering
en the streets after 8 o'clock in the.
evening, was passed to print.
A resolution allowing the Geary
street road to pay to the city 7i>4 in
stead of 10 per cent of its gross receipts
for November and December was
adopted.
APPROVES MANY PARKS
Utilities Committee Reports Fa
vorably to the Supervisors
TMe utilities committee reported
favorably to the supervisors yesterday
on the following propositions to •be
Included in the bond Issue proclama
tion:
Lands for parts situated in Ticiniry of
Telegraph hill $500,000
Ttrin peaks 100.000
rotrero height* • .600,000
Jj atreet South and Fortieth arenas
South (Bay View) 100,000
Glen park 100.000
Other localities 200.000
Total $1,000,000
Lands lor playgrounds In the riclnlty
«f Eighteenth and Dolores streets.. $350,000
Cliurcb and Twenty-eixth streets „. 110.000
7«nr» and Twentieth streets 27.200
Brarfl and Monica streets..., 12,800
I*nd» for widening Market and East • r&zr
street* ..;.;; $200,000
Lands for -.widening .--streets between -
Montgomery avenue and water front. 2,000,000
The committee - from the South End
improvement dubs was promised that
Jt« protest against the park proposi
tions would be heard Thursday. The
protest&nts ask that $1,000,000 instead
of $200,000 be set aside for parks in the
district extending south from Sixteenth
street to the county line and from the
bay to the ocean.
CRY. OUT FOR WATER
Hundreds of Reis Tract Resi-
dents Appeal to Board of
Supervisors
Several hundred residents of the
lieis tract appeared before the super
visors yesterday afternoon to demand
that some arrangement be made
whereby' they would be furnished with
water, the County Line company . hav
jng cut off their supply when they re
fused to become stock holders in this
mutual company.
Attorney Allen, representing the
water company, said that it was being
operated at a loss and that T. 8.. Pot
ter, its president, was willing to turn the
plant over to the city.. Being a mutual
company, it could furnish water only
to share holders. For that reason the
intending consumers had been asked to
take one share of stock each. More
than 100 of them, who had accepted the \
invitation, were being . supplied with
% water.
"Harry Dowdall, representing the pe
titioners, thought that the supervisors
could order the Spring Valley water
company, which has a main running
through the tract, to .furnish water.' He
t>&id that they had offered to \u25a0 pay for
any. pipe needed tor connect with the
mains now in disuse, but the Spring
Valley company had refused.
While it was the opinion ' of Mayor
Taylor: and the ; supervisors that they
had no legal power..- to. Interfere, the
•water rate committee of the board was
instructed , to see, the "Spring Valley
company in an effort to secure some
relief for the people
FRENCH COMEDY
IS BIG SUCCESS
Grace George in "Divorcons" Is
Ideal in Fragile, Capri
cious Role
Frank Worthing Wins Large
Share of Honors in Sar-
Walter Anthony
i ! CAST OK CHARACTERS
In Sirdoa's Comedy*
"Divorcons"
M. Henri del Pruaell ts.. .Frank "Worthinf
M. Adhemar Gratifnac....Douslas Gerrard
M. C1avynac...............A. H. Stuart
M. Bafourdin...... ...Charlet Stanley.
Bastien. servant to Ses Prunelles."."...'
Edward Fieldine
Joseph, waiter ......... aWilliam Blcciirdi
Jatnarot, officer .Richard Wilson
Cyprienne, Ume. del Franelles....
.Grace Geor*e
Jojtpht. maid to Cyprieoae..Angela Oedea
Ume. de Brionne, a young widow....
- - Laura Lemmers
Mile, de Lusignan Justine Cutting
Mac. de Valf ontaine.... Evelyn Carrinpton
If there's a lingering suspicion in
your thoughts that life's mirror is bet
ter hung in the somber shadows of
tragedy than in the bright light of
comedy; if you believe that the scowl
is truer than the smile, then go and see
Sardou's "Divorcons" at the Van Ness
theater this week ar>< change your
mind. If you entertain no convictions
whatever about th.c mission of the
stage and regard it merely as a me
dium of egress frdm care in ingress
to enjoyment, go and buy a ticket. Also
— to be Teuton and not Latin — if you
know good acting when y t ou see it, and
glory in the delight of it, join the
string, which will be long, at the box
office and see Miss Grace George and
Frank Worthing in the Margaret Mayo
version of Sardou's bonbon comedy. jl|
As to Miss George, who made her
first San Francisco bow at the per
formance last evening in the charac
ter of Cyprienne, even the English
liked her humor in the role and .they
6aw even the great Rejane play it,
•too. Imagine anybody but Grace
George playing it for us after last
night! Such a fragile, delicate touch
is nepded. A nervous untutored hand
ling of the part would shatter it ut
terly or make it pitifully cheap or
brutal and vulgar.
Cyprienne is an unhappy wife who
loves her husband and does not know
it. He neglects; her and she finds a
lover whose advances she accepts be
cau&e mainly she has noiMng else to
do. The lover is a soldier and wears
loverllke clothes. Her husband has
gray hairs. All the elements for, a suc
cessful French comedy are there, you
see. The husband (Worthing) learns
of the affair and intercepts a telegram
which the lover (Douglas Gerrard) has
sent his wife informing her of the
passage of a divorce law which will
Telease her from the bonds she thinks
annoy h-er. Dcs Prunelles, the hus
band, continues the hoax and throws
his wife into the arms of her lover
in a scene of splendid comedy^
EXCITES THE ROMANCE
The lovers are disconcerted, but try
to bear up under their unexpected hap
piness, and the ardent soldier, some
what cooled, leaves the house of the
man he has tried to injure.- Then fol
lows a scene between husband- and wif »
wherein the former gradually, assumes
the form of lover, and by usuiping the
place he apparently gave to his suc
cessor, excites the romance that Is all
there is of harm in Cyprienne. He In
vites her to dine with him and makes
Illicit love to the promised wife of his
successor. That completes the illusion
until his wife, discovering his romantic
affection has been sleeping, graciously
and deliciously forgives, her lord and
master for her incipient infidelity, and
sends the lover about his business.
In the telling of the story by the
playwright and in the , interpretation
by the actors lies the charm of the
comedy, no less than its truth. One
of the most delicate pieces of mumming
I have seen occur was when Dcs Pru
nelles,. after promising under the terms
of the divorce law, which his wife be
lieves has been passed, to give her up
to the soldier, urges- her to be frank
and tell him all about her infidelities.
She do<»s. . She shows him a secret
drawer from which she extracts, one by
one, the evidences of her perfidy—let
ters and souvenirs and all. Her lover
has kissed her once on the- cheek, once
on her neck, when he was putting on
her wrap, and once he bit her on the
\u25a0wrist. .That is the sum of her of
fending, and she tells It -with delicious
exaggeration of her secret sinning.
CARRIES GIRLISH IXNOCEXCE
Miss George carried through the
scene a girlish innocence which was at
once preposterous under ... the circum
stances and enigmatically - feminine.
She was telling the truth. The I au
dience is. persuaded of that,, as well as
her husband. Then he turns, too, 'and
gets her jealous of his * ' imaginary
amours. By that time, and it is In the
second act, the end is In sight.,
In the last act, alone with: his wife
in a cafe, he Is pounced upon by the
police and accused of harboring a mar
ried woman in the apartment.; Adhe
mar, the lover. Instigated the raid, be
cause Cyprienne had broken a dinner
engagement . with him. She seea \ that
he Intended only to wrong; her,: in j the
first place, and accepted , her: as wife
only to eke out with her fortune ., his
own small income, and she sees: finally
the inherent "nobility" of her husband.
The lattergets oh his knees and apolo
gizes for the ruse which has made "her
happy In spite: of herself, and the cur
tain falls.' > •;\u25a0;\u25a0 :.\u25a0.-•• :.-.-' :
The gossamer like fineness of the
story is torn in the telling./ Sardou's
dramaturgy, will not* transpose from
stage to page... .---\u25a0'
WELCOME IS HEARTY f
Worthing's welcome . back ; to San
Francisco was hearty and sincere. .He
has been ." and.' 4 is :' still ill." lie ' came
across 'the continent to j appear. In San
Franclecp.;:That,". Is a "circumstance
which will make us truly debtors . to
his kindness. He Is, an actor of -,raan :
ners and class. He looks the s role -^ he
wears, and . his comedy Is not "a"*cloak
but an assumption, genuine and. . real.
Gerrard, as the lover, was fair; J Wil r
Ham Ricciardi, as Hhe "waiter, ; was
good; T v Angela Ogden, as the ,' maid,'
and the .other, members of the; cast
were mainly: adequate;' and effective,"
with but: little,*- however,; to do. r "i '\u25a0' ..\u25a0: y \
The play : ; is \u25a0 made of i the \u25a0'< comedy
itself and .Worthing, and ; Grace George
in almost equal parts, with a balance
in favor, of. the demure and' dainty
leading woman who made . her. first
bow to us last night.
CENTRAL
* "How Baxter Butted: ln," "at-theiCen
tral,? as • presented last i evening,-, is j a
rural comedy," full of the" l{vellest r Inci
dent Varid", suggestiveness. : The- usual
elements v of:; eerior tragic /comedy, are
there; the old country deacon; the hired
THE SAN] FRANCISCO^
Grace George and Frank Worthing discussing terms .of A
divorce; in the ..-first act of "Divorcons" at the Van: Ness theater.
help, amazingly funny In his fatness
and • Buster Brown suits;- the ' hard,
rigid, pitiless stepfather; the constable
shivering with terror when he has to
perform his duty, and the mother torn
between her duty to. her husband and
her child, though the love for the
daughter wins in the . end. All the
character parts are" remarkably -.well
depicted, and the setting in the third
scene is really beautiful. The old wind
mill Incident is undeniably thrilling,
and the descent- of Ezra Quid, .the
hired boy, from the. burning \ tower; by
means of the windmill: arms, brought
forth rounds of applause. True Board
man won fresh laurels as Baxter* and
Gus Mortimer, Sadie Ainsley and .Elmer
Booth in .their • respective .roles, were
the life of the five acts. Zlnn's dancing
girls are both pretty and j picturesque,
and their dancing very graceful and
catchy. The play wilhrun all this week.
PRIXCESS
Military men, flags, patriotic music,
pretty girls In the gowns of the belles
of '61 and stirring scenes are filling
the Princess theater every night with
enthusiastic playgoers, who go to hear
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home."
Although Arthur Cunningham,- by
right of mighty. vo»ce, has .captured
the honors of the piece, . he .Is by no
means the only attraction, nor r ~ is \ his
singing all there is to *" the -tuneful
opera. Everybody in the : cast of Prin
cess principals . has a chance," not Bto
forget to mention. Ned Nye and -Will
H. Bray, who are newcomers- at- the
new opera j house. , Then there are
Harry James and his orchestramen,
who keep the music ' lively, and George
Lask, put of sight but evident In j the
pretty stage pictures j and clever "busi
ness" of the light opera. Unless all
signs fail the Princess will "sell out"
every night this . week, ; and; "When
Johnny, Comes Marching Home" will
be retained another week at least.
PIAXIST WILL SAY GOODBY
Tonight will \u25a0 witness";. Mine. Teresa
Carreno's \ farewell * to ' San • Francisco.
For the occasion a | program^ of \super
lative excellence has ; been arranged, in
which the great pianist wiir display
all her wonderful powers at* the key
board. !^^The recital will : given at
Christian: Science hall. Here is « the
pr6gnam to be presented: '
Fantasle in- G • min0r.'. ...... :. . . . . .'.';. . . .Mozart
Sonata Op. 31. No. 3. ......... . . .-. . .Beethoren
Prelnde Op. 25,:21and22. ;..........*....
Polonaise In X" minor Op. .26......... . '\u25a0>.'•
Polonaise in F sharp minor Op. . 44.; . .
"Barcarolle" .;.: ................:.'. ChoDin
"Dcs Abends 1Warnm?.. ..........;..7..;.
"la derNacht T0ccata. :........ Schumann
'2>2 > ' OCt " rDe " ••..\u25a0.••• '...;;. . .Tgchalkowflky
"La Fansse Note \u25a0 Etude,... . . . ..... VRnbingtein
"Am Seegestade" .Smetana
"Etude de C0ncert".. ........ ..v..;..Macdowell
TO '. PREVENT THE GRIP
Laxative Bromo Qainlne remoTes th* - cause.
There is only one \u25a0 "Bromo Quinine." Look for
signature of E. W. Grove. •• 20c.---" • \u25a0'• • j
TRICKS WOMAN: AND , ; \u25a0
IS LANDED IN JAIL
Charge, of Issuing Fictitious
Check Filed Against' East-,
crn Man') 'V
Howard W.McGlll, who. Is alleged 'to
have "\ tricked \ Mrs. Margaret Page of
3201 Washington street out :- 4 of $100
February j; 8, ; .was booked >; at\the city
prison yesterday, on, a charge, of utter
ing a', fictitious . check.-:;H.': Graf,; repre
senting i-the City s of .Paris dry goods
conipahy. at .Wash ln gton "street ''and Van
Ness avenue,-* swore :tO"?the]f complaint
before Police > Judge "^Weller. 1 *? McGill lis
accused [of, making^purchases :: for i Mrs."
Page to ;the value; 0f^5102.50,- giving a
check : on': the> Crocker bank \u25a0in
payment, which -heafterward prescinded:
Itls' said ' he : had- no 'funds < on-'deposlt \u25a0 in"
that bank ahdv ln-' giving; the:check, Tit
is alleged/he was'gullty.-of a felony. 1"
\When ; charged jMcGlli; is'said to have
remarked : to -"Detective * Burke i; that rhe
was 'Surprised^tO'flndihjs- act! a f felony;
otherwise "' he ;* would ; have * been . [ more
careful. -'\u25a0'\u25a0 McGill ;Is an ! eastern : man \u25a0 and,
itls alleged, hit upon a scheme to adver
tise 'for; a*. companion^ orchis iVmother"
In : an : eff ort ; to ; raise money. V The] pol ice
believed that *J Mrs;.;; Page ;, was \u25a0; not', his
only victim ..through" the [ advertisement,*
and \u25a0'"; that ; others ! ; ; will vibe^ heard % from."
Mrs. Page has not s yet sworn; to a'comj
plaint : against* McGlll.'i nbr.has*; the r firm
of O'Connor, :. Moftatt ; &".Co.^whoialso~
got' one of McGHl's checks, taken'" any
action." ' - ""•.-*''.\u25a0- \u25a0 * -
XO PARDON- FOR \ E VAXS
I SACRAMENTO,',:' Feb:;- 17.— Governor
GUlett "denies 'J that Kany^efforts '• have
been ' made V. to \ have': himSpardont Chris
Evans,'/ the i famous \ bandit who ? ; is ; now
serving ja) life f sentence} at ;' FolsomAThe
governor.' states % that/ he "f L will i. not i' par- •
don J hlmlh'i Evans is ] a.) : decrepit fold \ nian
barelyj able - to ; get; around t-withoMtJas^ 1
[slstancel'v; -His;> family I? endeavored'pto
have hlihc released ; by; Governor "Pardee
two 'years' ago.^but^ failed- f" * : ', •
iSKftSßiffiMK? • rl '
WIFE SAYS BRANN
LOVED TOO MANY
Clubman Accused of Undue Fa
miliarity With Widow and
Wedded Woman mm
Harry <H. . Braiin, Olympic club man
and .a well known figure In business cir
cles, was accused by his wife, Lillle G.
Brann, .who \ yesterday sued him for
divorce; -with having paid "systematic
and marked j attention -to a
woman.". . -He. had v a key to the resi
dence of the married woman, complains
I the. wife, '., and "neglected the latter.; in ,
order to spend his -time with the un
named one. , ;
/.There was also a certain widow, ac
cording to the complaint, -to whose res
idence -\u25a0Brann | likewise" had | a private
key.yHe is alleged to have -"paid marked
attention to the; widow, and to 'have
used the key ; In ; order.; to gain ," access
to her and be in hercompany. . "
}, | It was the habit' of B*rann * to ; remain
out fat* night until ~late, averred his
wife. Mrs. Brann saysher husband re
fused to speak' to- her) for long, periods,
except in . a harsh and surly manner.
On one- occasion she remonstrated with
the married woman whom her, husband
visited, and Brann berated -her. She
charged ' him with ,'- misconduct with a
woman ' at a Golden ' Gate avenue/res
taurant.
t The Branns were married In August, l
1898,: and have one child, a son, aged
6. .The defendant is the 'president \ of
the 'Brann & 'Prior, company, sail mak
ers . and ship supply ; merchants, ; re
ceiving, a salary of ; $500 a month. His
possessions include an* interest in the
ship; Alice McDonald, ari; interest in^the
Simpson ': lumber; company, an " interest'
in 'the Freeman lumber company : and
an interest in thee Olsen-Mahoney. com
pany. ; Mr s.^i Brann,';; who I was -a* Miss
George .1 before : her marriage, asks ' for
$250 a month alimony. , T . . j
'Other suits for divorce filed yesterday
•were: Alice McLoughlin : against Frank
E. : McLoughlin, a^saloon- keeper.; at ; 488
Haight atreet, cruelty;:. Audrey. Isted
against Harry Tlsted, cruelty; : Eva" M.
Cesena ; against f Clprlano':" Cesena,
cruelty; M. R. Rothenberg against I. A.
Rothenberg, cruelty; Kate ::E.: :E. " Fry
against j-Thomas ;r ; Fry, \u25a0 infidelity,-, Rose
Gardner, being ' named \as corespondent.
• The. following divorces were "granted
yesterday vby< Judgei Troutt: >^Emlly
Bergen from Charles A. Bergen, willful
neglect. -By Judge Hunt-^Annie B.
Lussier from \ Lussier.
SUES F0R: »26,2»5
\- Trial, of ;a damage suit for $26,295,
brought,; by- :; Roberta :. Francis 'Spear
against the United Railroads and Wells,
Fargo; &.C 0. ,, was},; begun in ; Judge
Hunt's ; court j yesterday., > Spear, :-. who
was > an / expressman.'.jowning,',' his 'i own
wagon,* sustained 'injuries In a car. acci
dent Vwhlch, v • he) alleges, v have ; incapaci
tated him from'work for" the remainder
of i his V life. "/According , to V his V- com
plaint, a car " running} at \ an \u25a0; excessive
rate r, of j speed i crashed "\u25a0\u25a0 Into :. a ; Wells-
Fargo yam ( and | threw - it ;. off .' the I track
and t against z thelwagon % of \ the ': def end -
ant^ Spear, was to the f ground,
run overly 'his "own horses and kicked
by;'! them. •.\u25a0:;\u25a0';.' \u25a0"'.'." . '.-.
WANTS \u25a0' S ALE i CONFIRMED
/Teresa .Bell; V; administratrix of .the
estate of ?.. the •', late ' Thomas ; Bell, ' yes
terday \ applied superior •; court
for I confirmation { off; her - sale "4. to i-X the
Union oil company-lot {4,000 acres of land
In ; Santa i Barbaras? county . v v vThe'/prop
erty $446,000. ? Of > thls>suni
$45,000 v has ' been /paid \u25a0in cash. 7 v ) The
value,/ of the Bell Vestate is ''about
$1,000,000.i V- : :,- i "-•"\u25a0 ;=;
iwij lomake Dolicious, Nutritious u\M
ffl and eksily di S es t©d hot breads < W
KM and cakes, use "The Wholesome" |flj
m Rumford Baking Powder |J
HOTALING SHOWS
A NEW SHYLOCK
Powerful Presentation, of the
Great Drama at Ye Liberty
in Oakland
Plays/Jew of Venice With Yid-
dish Accent That Adds
to Character
CAST OF CHARACTERS
:':% In the Comedy,,
"The Merchant of Venice"
Duke of ;Venice.'. .... .*; . . . .Henry Shumer
'Antonio,' the merchant, friend to Bas-
U sanio ...-...: . ..'.E. L. Bennison
Venetian Gentlemen— ' ' (
I \u25a0;;\u25a0 Bassanio . .V. '.'. . .' „".".. . . '.Landers Stevens ;
v ' Gratiano ................ George Friend
\u25a0';• ~i°. Lorenzo ; V. . . . .•..'. ".*. .Henrjj O. • Mortimer
\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 Salarino .....'. T ... .'. . . .Hobert Harrison
Solanio ....................George Band.
'.\':: Salerio .... ..... ';. . . . .' . .Max ; Weinnan
j Shylock, { a ' Jew . . . . 7. Richard ; M. Ho taling
Tubal, friend to Shylock. George P, Webster
Old Goblw, "father -to I*uncelot....t : .
• ........i. James Corriysa
L&oncelot Gobbo, servant to Shylock.
'...............:...;.... Jadt Sheehan
1 Leonardo, : servant to Bissanio... .....
' \u25a0 Desmond - Gallagher
Balthazar,' servant to Portia...........
...'... . . ... ...... . ... Mel v tn Richards
Portia, a rich heiress . .-.'....... 1 . ."...,
..... ' .'. . . .... . .Miss Isabella Fletcher
Kerissa, her friend and companion....
\u25a0 - . . . . . . ... ....'. .Miss : Blanche Douglass
\u25a0 Jessica, daughter to Shylock. . ........
•,' ..\u25a0...........'.Miw Josephine Withrow
...
-With Richard M. Hotallng's \u25a0 Imper
sonation of ; Shylock in "The Merchant
of Venice"-last, evening at:Ye Liberty
playhouse'; in \u25a0 Oakland came the added
realization that his "vacation" into tha
realmv: of Shakespeare marked little
short of an epoch in the dramatic his
tory of"-:,: California. To - the - younger
generations which: have had too few
opportunities for hearing, the immortal
plays" this notable season, which con
cludes this: week,; has been a liberal
education.^; To the , men and women
who I have seen 'and . studied them Mr.
Hotaling's characterizations have been
sheer delight. His Hamlet,-, his Othello
£irid: his lago have been analyzed in
the light of all'\u25a0\u25a0 former presentations
by the , world's great' actors and the
consensus ;of ; opinion Is that he has
won a \u25a0 place in ! the very \u25a0 first ranks.
And now comes his Shylock to com
plete his triumph. : "': ' ,'
That Hotallng does 7 " not care to
avail himself of the fruits of this
triumph Is a loss -to the stage, but a
gratification to pi* friends, ; both just
ness'and personal. They cannot spare
him to the world 'of /mummers.
USES THE DIALECT . -
H Surely none ; of the actors _ who * have
won fame for .themselves ever brought
more Intelligence to their study, of the
characters which are of flesh and blood
to the world; none of them had greater
ability,: to, express the result: of • their
anaylses of motives and actions,' and
surely none of them ever > gave more
beautiful volce.-.to the wondrous lines
of the bard \ than does . "Dick" ; Hotallng.
But when all . has been said Sby way of
comparison, it remains S for the * critic
to say; that the greatest charm of his
workilles, in the originality of his In
terpretations: V To; the ' last line" he has
dared - to paint every verbal ; picture as
he saw it.- . "*,.' ;. . ' : . . .
i ..The most darlngf proof: of Mr.,Hotal
lng's individuality :, -is . certainly h} ex
pressed •in his . delineation -of i Shylock
the ; Jew, presented with such magnifi
cence last night. ; In the face of air tra
ditions he plays the Jew with a Yiddish
accent. \u25a0 This. conception of* the part is
not \ new/; to the ( theater . going public,
for It was duly, startled a few years
ago, - when I Mr. Hotallng gave :two per
formances for charity. At that time
there: .were : people Who objected* se
riously to: his defying,, tradition, but he
declared then that -he played the Jew
as he understood him. \u0084:. .
"Since that: performance
he • has riot! changed \ his mind; for J Shy
lock , last night was consistently ,Yid
dish.to the last syllable. Not f for. an in
stant did Mr. Hotaling i forget ;that he
was ' the ,; Jew,: the ' man whose 'words
,we.re inflected with. the' language of his
forebears." ; ' ; '.\u25a0\u25a0•". .-\. > ' , :
SYMPATHETIC ; PORTRAYAL
With; the \u25a0 background 1 <if; the other
presentation iof "The i Merchant of
Venice,": It Is : easier ; to - give : the ? real
value to : Mr., Hotallng's^ lnterpretation.
The> surprise vof it Is ; over, r r, and ,now,
with*: deliberation, it "must be conceded
that; a "more sympathetic characteriza
tion :of the Jew has never been given
by:any ; -oneJ;"-;; ; y '.~' ,: . 'Xr.c'-.r^ .-,.-'
> In "\ Shylock . was % apart from
his neighbors by reason of his religion;
he " was ' c ostracized in / every -way -. and
belittled. "Presented by .Mr.: Hotaiing,
his J speech ; strongly; but : not* confusedly
marked by Yiddish, nls Isolation seems
still ,v greater. i This accentuated | Isola
tion: brings -a more sympathetic under
standing 'of Jthe ; character of ithe ; Jew,
his philosophy, and his hatred. The very
accent \that marked . his I speech ? set " up
as great r a Sbarrler . as his' religion* be
tween him and the merry.- hearted, fun
making Venetians 'who wanted nothing
from .; his ibut money; v >v '': ,-
'; Using this 'dialect, Mr; Hotallng never
oversteps -the -line '.that' would? turn? it
into if ridicule; •;: His* enunciation :" is >as
distinct^ as \lf>he • : were \ using the \ most
melodiously : intoned ; : English. - Into i the
yolcejofrthe maddened, >f grief stricken,
revengeful '• Jew \h«' brln gs ',• a k play \ of
embtiona; so 'appealing; that '{there cafe
; times 1 without: number ./.when • the ' audi
ence holds; Its V breath, and ; there" is
naught: but sympathy \u25a0 f or." this s man at
bay;v'.'; : . ; :'-^v : .^~V'. .
REPEATEDLY ENCORED
< /Again [i and /again . af ter i every > scene
Mr. > Hotallng \ was -encored, "but j it^was
after) the « trial j scene > that-; the T audience'
demanded his reappearance; eight- times."
His iwas ia> splendid v triumph -:. then ."arid
those ; who; listened ) In \ tense ; excitement
as he demanded his rights and pleaded
for] himself j could" note seem? to 1 ; do him
all 'thelhonorUheyi felt -was his.", •', •-;>" YJ
>A.; Many,,"of jthe \u25a0 scenes ; in whlch^Mr.^Ho
'taliri g ' portrayed J v theT ; Jew^ may; " pass
from .the" memory 'of those who had the
privilege: of hearing.: hini' last / night,'
but never,; the < ttria s scene, 5 and«particu
larly .;• his » exit f He 'passed J( through the
door,' crushed ' and ; broken, ;and the ; last
seen^was! that nervous, N expressive" hand
clutching: the ijacobias- if -unable to
go- further. ; - 4,*- ; '
T .With* Mr. Hotallng's presentation :. of
the? Jew; It is easy to foretell ,that in
the contest! that Bishop has arranged
the prize*, winner "will .be the one who
claims sympathy-; and \u25a0 not^- derision f oi
the- Jew.- '•- \u25a0-,"'... * ..-: \u25a0-.''.-'". \u25a0\u25a0
V From'curtaln Ito .curtain s the . setting
of this 'play was a series of pictures,'
beautiful ; in "color: and with ] the :. unities
preserved :to the* last 'item in the rprop
erties.: >The .costumes" 'were ' in perfect
harmony.v Incidental : music of mando
lins ; and [ voices added * their charm. The
lighting "of -the -bridge ;". was effective
and the T introduction {'lot': a gondola
filled ?wlth:slngers ;was most effective."
' To' Bishop great ' ; credit is"; due "for
the unstinted manner in which he pre
sented .his Shakespeare season and also
to Miss Grace Wishaar, the one woman
scene painter in the" country! - p.
I The support was' generally j good, the
players rising to' a standard . not before
attained: this -season.- .- \u25a0 \u25a0
. The "Merchant Tof Venice" will" be
given throughout tha week.
CHIXA^IAX ; BADLY BEATE.V
Hin-Fong, a Chinese cook, living at
363 Eighth street, Oakland, was held
Up and probaDly fatally beaten ;by . two
negroes. -in Jackson street Mate Mast
night.- , Fong -,was '. struck \on . the .head
by a, blunt ; instrument .and 8 his* skull
was fractured.: The' robbers obtained
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to commit suicide by : stabbing himself
three .times In the neck • with a butcher
knife at Scoble hospital last night. He
had been, at * the ; . hospital three days,
suffering from nervous troubles.
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