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Show 1 1 Come Wear, Old 91 au, Couio ;l WeMt. New York. 2. Lestir Wallack will start ou Thurnday on a profeu-eional profeu-eional tour, which, lor the lirut lime iu hia career, will carry bim lurlber weat than Albany. Both he aad his father have been easeuiially Metropolitan Metro-politan actors. For many" years tie had Btanding ollera of engagements on most prifitable terms lor tbe piiuci -ipal theatrical managers in tbe west, and among these the most templing have been from San Francisco. Some years ago John McCullough, then manager of the California iheatre in that city, bad nearly concluded the I arrangement lor Wallack'a appear-ance appear-ance there, but al tbe last moment he concluded that Su Francisco was too far from Wallack'a theatre, aud the scheme was abandoned. Ono day, this spring, however, Barton Hill, of the California theatre, stepped into Wallack'a office and made bim an oBer of $10,000 for a aeason of three weeks in Bau Fraucisco at any date Wallack would name. Afier considerable persuasion Wallack agreed to go for $500 a performance, and named the middle of June as the date. All other engagements for tbe California tbe&lre were te arranged lo make room for Wallack, and the contract was signed After finishing two weeka in Chicago, Wallack will proceed at once, without any (company, to ihe Pacific Slope, arriving in San Frauciaco in timet) have a lew days rest before opening at tbe California. Alter a aeason of three week there, it is among the possibilities ti'.al be may play a week each in Virginia City and Salt Lake City, on his way back. Wallack will play in "Oura," "Rosedale," ' My A wui Dad" aud "A Slip ol Paper." He has beeel urged to appear in San Franciaco as Don Felix in "The Wonder." |