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14 FIGMAN SCORES IN "MARY JANE'S PA" Comedian Shows Ability to Bring Forth Tears as Well as Smiles Pretty Rural Play With Min gling of Pathos and Humor Pleases Audience CAST OF CHARACTERS In Edith Ellis' Comedy, •Mf ary Jane's Pa." Hirun P«rkins ..Max Figm&n Hoaie Preston Franklin Seuright Barrett Sheridan John C. King Joel Skinner Ernest C. Wards Star Skinner David H&rlowe Amot Whipple Thomas Henniag Claude Whiteemb Tony West Link \fatkins Edwin Chapman Eugene Sterryneld Charles Merriwell Lexrellxn Green G. H. Stewart Fcrtie Perkins Eelen Lackaye Lucille Perkins Dorothy Phillips Xary Jane Perkins Gretchen Hartman Ivy Wilcox Nina Ainscoe Kiss Faxon Helen Hartley Mrs. VTilcox Mrs. Agnes Hartman WALTER ANTHONY It is the habit of comedians to prove their jovial powers by turning to the sfrious; to justify the laughs they have won by -the tears that they can also move. We never are really certain that a man is legitimately entitled to a. place in the front rank of comedians until* he has "quit his fooling" long enough to reverse our wrinkles from smiling to sad. Max I'igmam is known to us as the »-areless. impertinent, graceful yet graceless light comedian. He surprised us in "The Man on the Box" at the American theater two years ago, and we liked his laughing talents so well that a return engagement was made to fill our need. He carried a some what uncertain play, "The Substitute," io later success here by his light, airy gifts of funning, ajid he returned yes terday to San Francisco to prove we were right in our approval of him. As a comedian he reappeared, but with a minor cadence to his presentations. Jifrman was not all smiles as Hiram Perkins in "Mary Jane's Pa" at th» Savoy yesterday, but touched our hearts, lightly — ever so lightly, as a • oinedian should, but. surely, by a com mand over those emotions which nor mality understands.. These transitions from gay to grave were accomplished subtly, unostentatiously, but with cer tainty; they were like the shadows on the hillside when a cloud floats by over head, making just enough of darkness to let us know the sun shines. Chaffing, cynical and brilliant. Fig man. a.s Hiram Perkins, drifts into the first act; the realties of life are noth ing to him. H*» is the spectator, and the world is his play. By degrees, as nicely shaded as a perfect crescendo in Mozart's music, the man in him awakens, and the fatherhood, too. You ccc the transition going on before your eyes, until the family he had deserted when he hjmself was but little more than a boy is tied to his heart, tight. His willingness at last to sacrifice him pelf for them does not even surprise you. so thoroughly has the artor per f-uaded you of the reasonableness of th* metamorphosis. It is, in brief, a masterful characterization of one of the most unusual persons ever staged in comedy. Theater goers will be talking about •Mary Jane's Pa" before the week is far goo*. A big audience -was there yesterday afternoon, and the pretty rural play, with its mingling of comedy, patfjps and a touch of well done melo drama, will be a drawing power. The story tells of a vagabond hus band who leaves his family to wander over the \u25a0world. Then, after 11 years, he comes back to Indiana, and the plot, which is placed in Gosport, shows the familiar types to be expected in such a village. A sensational and unexpect ed climax brings the story to a quick close and leaves everybody happy. Helen Lackaye, as Mary Jane's moth er, is welcome back. She has an ex cellent role, which she does with much delicacy and finesse. Miss Gretchen Hartman, as Mary Jane, is a darling little actress. It Is a pity that already evidence is at hand that she can not much longer appear in a part which calls fbf a girl only 12 years old. She reads her lines with fine spirit and is not the horror that most rhild actresses are. Several of the character parts are exceptionally good, notably that of Link Watkins, the vil lage cab driver, and JoeJ Skinner, the country banker, broker and grafter. Dorothy Phillips, as Lucille Perkins, Is also prettily 1 placed as the little miss who, inheriting her father's disposition, yearns to see the world. The play will appeal to anybody who retains the capacity to laugh and weep. SECTION OF ROMAN WALL AROUND LONDON SAVED Relic of Ancient Times Pre served for Benefit of Public Visitors to London whose tastes lie in' the direction of exploring ancient remains will be gratified to learn that the • Society of Antiquaries has suc ceeded in securing the preservation of a very fine fragment of the great Ro man wall around London, which has just been laid bare, says the Washing ton Star. . i From time to time portions of the great structure — the external wall of defense built about. the city in the fourtli or fifth century — have been un covered in digging foupdations while rebuilding streets or houses. These have rarely escaped demolition. The latest discovery is to be preserved for the benefit of the public. It -is situated near Newgate street close to a new annex of the general postoffice. The fragment, which is that of a great curved .bastion, "is 50 feet long, 20 feet high and S feet in width. The present summit lies several feet below the surface of the ground. The whole is in a wonderful state of preser vation, bound ' together "as it is with that famous mortar used by the Ro mans in all parts of the then known world. t The material is known" as "Kentish rag," supported by heavy Roman bricks and showing clearly the- characteristic layers or bands of red tiles, such as may be seen at Burgh castle. Pevensey Hnd Richborough) The interesting relic is to be built around, so that it will lie in a cave which may be entered by stairs and inspected by-, artificial' light. The line of the great Roman wall is well known and much of it undoubtedly remains below the. houses today, which are largely built upon it as upon the securest of foundations. Joe Miller, who is generally believed to have been the soul of wit, never made a joke in his life. He was an ac tor, and so grave in manner as to "be come the butt' of other people's; hi larity. Whiteboards are. beinj? substituted for. blackboards in some of the English schools. • -;._\u25a0; - Popular Comedian Makes Hit in Pretty Rural Play An Orphcum attraction and the little miss who plays Mary Jane Perkins with Max Figman at the Savoy "•- HUNTER DROWNS IN RICHARDSON'S BAY Boat Overturned and Two Men Swim for Shore, but One Succumbs to Waves [Special Dispatch to The Call] f?AUSALITO, • Jan. 23.— Walter F. Manon, a carpenter living in San Fran cisco, was drowned in Richardson's bay, near here, this afternoon, while attempting to swim ashore after, the boat in which. he and a companion had used in hunting ducks was overturned. Manon's companion, a man named Plow den, had a narrow escape, huge waves caused by the heavy storm making it unusually difficult to swim. , The two men engaged a boat at Greenbrae in the morning ajid were several hours making their way into Richardson's bay. They were rowing toward one of the numerous blinds when Manon's oarlock snapped, leav ing the boat partly helpless. Both men attempted to right the small craft, but without avail. In a. minute the boat had filled with water and both men were compelled to swim toward the shore. Manon appeared' the stronger swim mer, but the swell was such a heavy handicap that he fell behind in a few minutes, utterly exhausted. . Plowden reached the shore in an exhausted con dition and only through the ; assistance of. two brothers by the name of Free, who were witnesses to the tragedy. Neither of the Free brothers could swim in suclvrotigh water,, and all they could do was to help Plowden and watch the struggles of Manon. The body of Manon floated ashore a short time after, the accident, and Plow den and the other two men tried to resuscitate him, but .without-, success. The coroner was summoned to'investi gate the tragedy, but he allowed the body ,to be taken to San Francisco. Manon was 40. years old.' He leaves a wife and. two small daughters. \u0084 WOULD PROTECT LION ; <: FROM HUNTER'S GUN Uganda Frenchmen, Say King of Beasts Is a. Friend A strange petition has been 'received at the French i, colonial office from 'the colonists of French Uganda, -'says', the, London Globe. It prays- for the protec tion of 'the lion from the gun of. the hunter," on -the' ground that, the king of beasts is alone. able to rid them of their enemies, the herbivorous animals, the deer,' the elephahtand the rhinoceros. ~ It seems that hunters were rigorously restricted ias to the number of these beasts which they could kill, 1 although the license cost • from £50 ' to £60. Con sequently they have increased'and mul tiplied; to 'such an extent that ; the colo nists, are now \ calling '.upon the home authorities to protect- the \u25a0 exterminat ing lion. Only La Fontaine could do jus tice to this situation. , - v ;' GLASGOW SURGEONS ARE V HONORED BY EDWARD Grants Prefix "Roy a lV to Mem bers of the Faculty The king has granted to the faculty of physicians and surgeons -of; Glasgow the uSe.of the prefix "royal,", says "the London Globe.- It is a deserved compli ment to a society with an honorable history of? fully 300 years.' Dr.'> Peter Lowe, who bore the chief part in found ing the'faculty.'lhad beena surgeoniin ordinary, to Henry; IV, 'of: Franco.vand when he settled in Glasgow in 115971 1597 was appointed a^royal. surgeon andlsurgeon in. chief 'to ;the:*heir- apparent,; Prince Henry. Doctor Lowe's. "Chirurgerie" was the*- standard, textbook up toUhe l middle of ; the .' seventeenth century. - THE SAX FRANCISCO' CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1910: COW NOT AWED BY JUDGE AND JURY Animal Declines to Do as Di . rected and Claimant May Lose Suit [Special Dispatch to The Call] SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. On the refusal of a ;cow. to go .in and out of particular doors and' to nose its \u25a0way into a particular stall .on the ranch of Frank S. Soares at. Crystal Springs lakes,. west of San -,Mateo, the rancher is liable to lose a -suit which is now pending in Justice of the Peace McSweeney's court in; this qity.\ Soares, -who is a. dairyman, recently made a search, with. Sheriff Robert Chatham for cattle .that had been stolen from his., ranch and ..pointed, out a cow in a. corral at". the ranch of Joseph Kennell near. Visitacion valley as one of the missing animals. Ken nell insisted that he purchased the cow several years ago from Sol Levi of San Francisco. The result was the arrest of Kennell, Levi and Fred and .-William ' Shafer on charges of cattle' rustling- and:, a civil suit' by Soares for possession of the animal. On' the; witness ; stand' Soares declared that if taken back to his ranch the cow would enter, and leave 1 the dairy barn; by certain doors 'and would go directly into stall 7.;- 'The Judge was asked 1 to. render a- decision, but he declared that he would prefer to have the test. made firstU to which both par tiesof the_j3uit"agreed." The; judge,*; attorneys .and^parties to the.suit journeyed to the ranch yester day to make the test a'rjd- the cow was brought along. -Witnesses declare'that the cow either had a poor ; memory, or was extremely .hungry, for. it went straight to, a pile of ,hay, and no amount of coaxing- would, induce; her. to [enter the barn, . as Soares \u25a0. had prophesied. ; CAR RUNS DOWN INMATE OF OLD PEOPLE'S HOME Edward Weyman;, an inmate of the old people's "home at Pine* and J Pierce streets, was run down by an inbound Deviaadero, street. :7:ar at ' California street at, S o'clock last* night. HeTwas taken Jo the central v emergency/; hos pital. The. old man "was on his* way to t he . horn c ; wh en ; sir uck V down. \u25a0 ' At .-the hospital it was found' that he had a fractured skull • and probably internal injuries.; He; is; not expected ; to. live. , For the Home] [For the Office In -a s collection so comprehensive and. so widely differing ' w: ,; in character of subject, and! print, you* will readily; find the T- verypicturesisuited to your^wants,, and 'at -the very lowest , .v; prices. , Just now ; we are exhibiting appropriate : " line of {framed pictures ; for; office decoration. "•; - .3IIRRORS— AII »«I*e«i "and nh'apen. Carried in Stock, or .Made to ': Order, . . Pictiire^Mouldingsr in.- new effects have arrived. 1910 VALENTINES— WhoIesaIe and Retail On Display engraving ;, : ' 19 10 J Blank : 8 oitks. Journal. " Etc.l artists, and •;- cards, etc.. correct ; Walker.:-flling- devices? and All* standard sup- in i form at moder- ; Twin-lock. Loose-leaf sy"- pliesfor the drafts^ ate'eost.-:, •,: •-.:>:, | | tema.- -T- \u25a0 . , ai r 7Z : * manjand the artist. |- : Sole '\u25a0 Agen ts : M nraball I Fountai n *Pc n— Bes t dollar f oun tal n pen i h the world ;•_> : Our; patrons 'enjoy : the advantages of our $3,oooiampntlr say- - ing in; . ren t by ioun location of 'one ; block; off Market' street.' .V - PASTORS OBSERVE PEACE SABBATH Industrial Harmony Is Theme of Sermons Delivered in Many Churches Present Cost of Living Sure to Soon Bring About a Reaction, Says Rev. William Rader -V . ' ." • ; '\u25a0 In accordance with an understanding with^ the members of the Industrial Peace association, whereby the third Sunday in ; January, each year, is' to be set aside for the discussion of indus trial peace vfrorii' the pulpit, 7 and desig nated as '•industrial peace -Sunday," the sermons in many San -Francisco churches dealt. with that subject yes terday.'^;ir^!: - \u25a0<*, ;'{ That peace could; not exist at the present day without a moral ground, and that it was the duty of the. church to establish -this foundation, was the argument of Rev. Willhim Rader of the Calvary Presbyterian church in his ser mon, "Industrial Peace; and the Cost of Living." Dr. Rader elaborated upon the cost of living and characterized the uprising throughout the country today as the beginning of a general- revolt against the prevailing - high -prices. He re-" marked -that before there could be any semblance : of industrial peace; there must be more practical religion in daily life, and it ia the work of the churches to bring about this improvement,-de clared the speaker. . He declared that the present up r heaval was approaching a crisis— r-a cri sis of wrong doing that could be reme died .only through the , country's re ligious institutions. * Rev. George A. Hough of Grace M. E. church and Richard K. Ham. pastor of the . Mission -Congregational church, both chose, "industrial Peace" as a topic for their sermons. Plan Prayer Conference Under the auspices of the Presbyte rian church, a conference of ministers and laymen Interested in Christian edu cation will be held in St. John's Pres byterian church, First and Lake streets, Thursday, January 27. The conference is held in conjunction with the , day of prayer for colleges and universities, which is to be ob served throughout the world February 11.- However the earlier date has been arranged in order that Rev. Joseph W. Cochrane. D. D., may participate. Rev. Cochran is corresponding secretary of Presbyterian board of education, and will be in San Francisco January 27. The program for the conference in cludes both morning, afternoon and evening sessions. Indorses Closed Shop Rev. William Nat Friend of the How ard Presbyterian church concluded a series of Sunday services on labor top ics yesterday evening with a sermon on the subject "Before the court of Square Deal." He said in part.. "Unorganized labor could never bring a sufficient remedy to bear upon the evils of monopolistic conditions.' That is why I say that if need be we must Indorse as the only, square deal to hu manity under the 1 circumstances the proposal of the closed or union shop." OFFICIAL RAT CATCHER X APPOINTED IN LONDON General Postoffice,* However, Uses the Gentle Cat In appointing an official rat catcher at a yearly salary of £48 the London county council show themselves more extravagant than the general postoffice, where a staff of cats 1b considered suf ficient for the protection of his majeH ty's mails, 'cays the Westminster Ga zette. These faithful animals are fed and lodged at the expense of the^gov ernment, but receive no other emolu ments. . " However, the salary offered by our municipality compares unfavorably with the £100 a year paid in the eight eenth century to the "rat killer to Jils majesty," who was also provided with a scarlet uniform embroidered with yellow worsted, on. which were -figures of rats destroying wheat sheaves. , ' The first official recognition of rat catching as a profession appears. to have' been in 1672,4 when the master general of the ordnance sanctioned the payment of "£ 8 per annum to Elizabeth Wickley for killing of rattes and other vermins in and about his majesties stores and houses in ye, tower of Lon don." NAILS AND HORSESHOES FOR BLACKSMITH'S RENT Edward 111 Secured Odd Pay for Land > Centuries ago \u25a0 there, lived a farrier, Walter Le ("Brun by name, whose : dex terity at the anvil. on the banks of the Thames was noticed by. the then reign ing monarch, Edward Ill.'who rewarded the blacksmith .by granting him suf ficient land adjoining the .tilting green for the' erection-.- thereon -...0f a forge, says, the London- Daily News. Asiquit rent he had to.presentannually to the king six horseshoes and '61 horseshoe nails. ' ; To the modern mind the number of nails would . appear : to be superfluous, but when it. is remembered that the horseshoes of . inatv period ? required '1 0 nails! apiece.it 1 will .be 'seen that the calculations of Edward 111 merely al lowed;one "over":in case of .accident. Furthermore,' the] shoes were'ali: tokbe for- the horses', forefeet, -\u25a0\u25a0; from -which fact ! some historians draw the infer ence that : the animals ridden in; the knights' tournaments were encouraged to injure one another with their front hoofs. \u25a0'.. CstraK l^^! Stk 1 IST For Monday. Tuesday, Wednes- day-Jan. 24th, 25th and 26th I • ORDERS BY- PHONE GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION— TRY -IT FOR THIS SALE. | Groceries . Wines and Liquors W^^^^&MM^M^?^^^^ M^ e^^. c !"°^.^ v ' bo "^^"ar i^^t'bot.si^ Coffee— ••Crescent*'; blend. re%-ivinpr an old brand :z . \u25a0 - W hl»kev— Malt G.B. & Co.. for medicinal use.. bot. J^S -with, new, coffees, popular in the East, regu- , - ri___*_l-vistar i___*_ I-vista del Valle," Chateau Victoria, .larly 25c. ... J ............... .^, lbs. *l.0O ; lb. .20 ?7,s™nce for return case of 1 doz. bots. 5.X AHparnKiw- •'Alcalde." white .............. can .30 \ . - n f! L»..i case of 2 doz. % bots. 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