Show DRAMATIC AND LYRIC A Week of MeloDrama REIGNING AMUSEMENTS IN SAl JfBANCISCO Ned Bucklcj in HeroicsA Dramatic Correspondent Interviewed Will Joseffy ComeiIrying Tonic SolFa in England Eng-land etc etc A inelodrama in which the Froh man bae invested a good many thousand dollars and one said to asceod in strength either The Wgrld The Lights or London or The Romany Rye is to pay us a visit durIng the coming week In the Ranks is a play by Sims and Pettit hich had the usual long run those authors productions invariably enjoy en-joy in London which made its pit rimajie over all the big cities in the east last season and which now comes from a three weeks steady ran In the Baldwin Theatre San Francisco The printing is the most elaborate ever seen in this section and the number oC gazers the pic lures eeem to attract augurs well for a heavy first night Buckley who made a striking impression here last season as Dave Hardy In Ssmeralda and us the husband in Young Mrs Winthrop accompanies the troupe and plays the part of the hero the remainder of the cast over thirty In number is made up from Brooks and DIcksond New York reserves re-serves TUE SAN FRANCISCO THEATRES Mr S H Lvncli correspondent from this city of the Chicago NewsLetter News-Letter and a theatrical habitue generally returned yesterday from a two weeks trip to San Francisco Iu a chat with a HERALD reporter last evening Mr Lynch said San Francisoo is just now operacrazed and all the houses running against Mile Pappenheim are suffering in consequencethat too with opera tickets at 53 I went to fee Barrett in Richelieu at the California last Tuesday evening Pappenheims opening nIghtand there were a good many vacant seats hero and there In the Ranks was at the Baldwin playing third week to fair houses I should think it would be an immense go here It is by long odds the most interesting of all the ratiodramas I have seen the scenery scen-ery is finer than that of the Rajah and Buckley as the lead is immense > > im-mense the ladies are also good and the comedy man a Scotchman ia very clever Charlotte Thompson was doing next to nothing at the Bush Street Theatre in Miss Mul ton Miss Adams la still with her and from what I saw I should judge her quite a favorite down there Emersons Minstrels were giving a splendid performance nl the Standard but business was not encouraging Kate Castleton and her husband had just gone out on the road with a piece called All At Sea and in paeslng i through what do you think I saw on the bill boards John Lind says name as star in Monte Cristo It appears that he left Bandmann some time back The Spanish Students Stu-dents Tire giving a fine performance at Woodwards Gardens and Pinafore Pina-fore with two Ralphs and two Josephines ie being very fairly done at the Tivoli the only dramatic paper having much standing down there Is the Dramatic News the others are only little known Wal lackd company and Lulu Hurst the electric girl ware being liberaly billed when I left an4 a big engagement engage-ment was looked forward to for each WHAT OF JOSSEFl Inquiry at the theatre elicited the reformation that Joseffy the great pianist demands 300 for a nights performance in Salt Lake and that ilOO being required for local ex eneea the sum of 3100 will have toe > to-e guaranteed before his coming Is settled The date mentioned ia the 29th of the present month between now and which time subscription lists will be issued and an effort made to obtain the necessary amount Professor Krouse will have a hand in the arrangementof the programme should the matter reach a favorable issue and we understand un-derstand he tas engaged the same string quintette which accompanied Mist stevens to support Joseffy MISCELLANIES The melodrama days have Com The aiddesl ot the year Coles circus ia exhibiting in San Francisco Louise Bial is claying in Claire and the Forge Mailer Qua Bruno who was once stranded in Salt Lake Is playing in Storm Beaten Bosewald who conducted for Abbott this city is leader of the Pippenhelm Opera orchestra In San FrancIsco Plympton ia in the cast of Queena at the Union Square He is as well spoken of as usual but the play hu made no great impression Irving and Terry bade farewell to the Lyceaum theatre a week ago last night The latter walked across I the stage with her arm in a sling A M Palmer formerly of the lladfeon Square theatre and one of the most progressive of American managers haa become a silent partner part-ner In the Madison Square theatre It was under Mr Palmers regime that Tne Two Orphan Raze Michel A Parisian JJomanee Lea Hantziua and other notable dramas were brought out at the Union Eqtfare THE HERALD received a telegram from the manager of Wallacks company on Tuesday asking that A bundle of last Sundays issue be tor warded to San Francisco The next attraction at the Salt Lake Theatre after In the Banks was to have been McKee Bankin hut rumors are now afloat that he has thrown up hia western engagements engage-ments altogether Robert Bnchannan the English potitand playwright and the author or Lady Clare was an interested spectator in New York the other evenIng of his own play of Storm Beaten he was greatly interested in the appearance of the Arctic sur vivois who appeared as salois in the dramatis persons Grandpapa What Bob in love with Mifs Fontalba the actress at the Parthenon Bob firing up Yes grandpa and if youve got a word to say against the lady it had better not be said In my presence pres-ence thats all Grandpa I say a word against her Why bless your heart my dear boy I was lead over heels in love with her myself when I was your age1 Exchange Miss Emma Abbott who arrived rom Europe last Wednesday by the Amerique has brought back with her three or four novelties and some wonderful stage costumes Miss Abbott nas offered the celebrated composer Gounod 200000 francs to write an opera for her exclusive use He has until the fourth of next month to give his decision Home Journal Thl may be taken with a whole salt cellar It is now probable that Mr B B Young and wife will relinquish their idea of cmIng to Utah to set tie the latest news is that Sir Arthur S Sullivan hearing of the young baritones intention of leaving leav-ing London interested himself to the extent of procuring a number of I pupils for Mr Young and securing nm a position in the National Training School engagements But iclently remunerative to tempt him to remain on British soil Manairer McGuire Is expected shortly In this city He has been well advertised by hs excommunication excommun-ication from the Catholic church and his name now figures prominently promin-ently in the dramatic papers The Mirror gives a long list of the attractions at-tractions booker by Mr McGuiro for Salt LJke Irving Hazel TCirke and Mrs Hurst are raid to be among those forthcoming The Theatre management however claim that Head Kjke has been booked at their houe for a long time From the numb r of statements we have observed going the rounds that Irving would visit San Fren cisci we beiln to think that Barrette Bar-rette assurance to the contrary was piven a iitlle too innfidentlv a London telegram of iccent date says An enthusiastic detnonstra tion took place at the Lyceum theatre last nfght the occasion being Henry Irvinga fare well performance per-formance Richelieu given for the first time Irving was called before the curtain and in response to the hearty reception said Ladles and gentlemen We are now at the end of a brief season ab ut to leave for about six months to again renew re-new onr friendly Intercourse with the people of America Our tour will extend from Canada to San Francisco Upon our return I intend in-tend to settle permanently at home Mr Charles Evans one of our pioneer musicians who keeps well informed of the progress made iu the divine art in the01d Country senda us the folio wing clipping from an English paper it will be of interest inter-est to those of our local professors who are engaged in teaching the young idea how to shoat Last week I had a great treat I went to the Albert Hall to henr 1200 children chil-dren from the London School Bean schools sing There were both loJs and girls of course more boys than girls should say and they sang in parts having been taught on the Tonic SolFa system It was moot delightful to listen to the musicam at the sam time it was really marvelous mar-velous to notice the precision with which the children sane and to mark the perfect time they kept and their evident enjoyment of the whole business I could not help wishing that one or two boys of my I acquaintance who have in tb opinion of theirfond parents a very good idea of music could have the advantage of an equally excellent musical training The pro ramme was very well chosen ic began with that great old hymn All people peo-ple that on earth do dwell and to hear twelve hundred young voices joining harmonious in the solemn thankful utterance was enough to bUng a lump Into any ones throat It brought a good big one into mine I know The first part consisted of tunes whion the children had learnt and the conductor Mr Evanswho f8J 1 believe also the musical teacher for the boardexplained that they had not had a single rehearsal together They had practiced in small groups The second part consisted of maslc tens toprovethRt the children could sing from eight For this purpose Dr Stainer ha i written some music but not one of the children had bean allowed to eee it Mr Evans himself had not seen it until the morning of the day on which it was to be performed The clips on whIch n hid been printed were brought m a parcel wnich was opened in the hall and diotribnted at once among the pupils and there was not ODe teacher not even a pupil teacher allowed near them Yet even under un-der these difficult circumstanCES the youngsters sang the music perfectly or suit seamed to me They took the sharps and flats an i naturals quite correctly and mastertd the time and did the whole thing straight i off Was not this a triumph ur training |