Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-13


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LOUISVILLE, KY., January Tt is out Of
good order to have Sabbath Christmas and
New Year; despite the gloriously jubilant
character of the music the church can sci
forth for such an occasion, vet the edge OF
all holiday festivities seem blunted when
the lapse Of day intervenes. So few open
houses were kept and comparatively such
| little calling done on New Years day in this
city, that the alarmists begin to query II II
is becoming fashionable to be unfashions-
bleG Even the Gait House reception was
omitted, which sounds like chaos come
again. The best attended reception In the
city was that of the Young Mems Christian
| Association, where almost every one went,
and where every one could wear their old
clothes, because Christian young men and
women meet in brotherly and sisterly love,
and never think of criticisIng or making in
vidious comparisons.
And Patti didn't come to US, and Patti
didn't sing for US, and Patti, as far as we
| are concerned, is a delusion and a snare.
| "Well, know the gentleman who takes a
| lady to hear Patti who is not his wife has
serious intentions of making her so,' was
the sententious remark of a society woman
when the seats for PATHS concerts began
| to go off. These latter sold rapidly,
considering the prices. They were auction
| ed fn ont fha snnanlot
lucky hit-as last winter when
Bernhardt's tickets were selling there was a
| perfect pandemOnium the whole time at the
| box Office, and more than enough impOsi-
tion and swindling. One prominent citi-
zen, a perfect old Shylock, who lives in a
| brown stone palace, and counts his income
| by the ten thousands, sent his servant TO
| the box Office to remain all night, ahat he
| might be the first VIII n it opened to secure
all the best seats and dispose Of them at a
| fine speculation. Delightful to relate, seats
had a tumble and Shylock was left with
ever so many on his hands, glad even to
give them away. PATHS sale amounted to
$3.50 for the day, the box bringing the
| highest ($33) being sold to Mr.. George
Buchanan, the great dlstiller. And tn re was
| hurrYing in hot haste amongst the milli-
ners and a spirited condition of affairs
| generally, when behold! the news came
| that Madame Adelina had cancelled her en-
gagement.
There are those In inside circles who
ayow that it was because we did not guar
| antee her five thousand dollar house and
| not so much the fear that Madame's voice
| would suffer. However, Kellogg was
| billed for one night ahead of Patti, aud the
| opera parties invited together for that oc-
| casiOn did just as well for this, and five
| dollar tickets were cheerfully exchanged
| for two dollar pasteboards, and Kellogg and
her satellites sang divinelY, though the
! prima donna has been somewhat Overtaken
| by age and fat, and is no more the lovely
fairy of ten or twelve years ago, say the old
stagers.
An incipient sensation occurred while
Kellogg was here, of which she was uncon-
| sciouslY the heroine. Frank Mayo 8
| playing at Masonic Temple, and the night
| of his last performance ar elegant and
| stately lady, a stranger to every one, entered
one of the boxes 1t was before the per
| Torrance began, before even the orchestra
had struck a note, aud Mayo crossed the
stage, and approaching the box commenced
an animated conversation with the occu-
pant, as did several members of the troupe.
The lady also bowed and spoke to several
| acquaint ances in the audience near her, and
| attracted great attention by her distinguish
ed appearance. Finally she arose aud left
the Theatre, the orchestra piped uD
dilu bD6 performance began. me question
went around, "WhO is shef Where did she
come from?" and from this arose the tale
that she was intoxicated; that she had tres.
passed upon law and order by calling out
| to persons in the audience, that Nj. MAYO
| had demonstrated, and finally the musicians
had refused to touch their instruments until
| the police officers elected her from the
building. The newspapers got hold OF It,
and then It tTaDspired that the strange lady
was Miss Kellogg, not readily recognized in
citizens dress off the stage; that she had
come to the theatre especially to speak to
Mr.. MavO, her warm, personal friend; that
she had bowed in recognition Of several
| professional acquaintauees near her, and
! left early to catch midnight train. After
which, OF course, the gossips wondered at
| their own stupidity, and felt quite cheap
A good example of beginning in time
when you have an end to accomplish has
been set by De Molay Commaudery of
| Knights Templar in this city, who 10 Or
| der to raise the necessary funds to take them
to the next triennial meeting of the Knights
in San Francisco in 1888, have given a bril-
liant concert, assisted by all the best anna
| teur and professional talent IN the city, at
which they reaped a rich harvest, and pro
pose to follow 1t up by similar entertain
ment next winter, which It is expected will
! place them financially in pretty good tray-
| cling condition. Wouldn't 1t be a wise and
prudent thing for other Communicates to
! profit by this example of fOrethought and
begin to provide for the future by catching
| opportunity at once by the forelockg
1t may be stated as a proud fact that here
| as elsewhere the day of cart wheel hats and
| poke bOnnets, whose hugity was simply sp-
| palling, is rapidly passing away, so far as
their display at places of public amusement
| is concerned. The society girl no longer
appears in a great plush disc with six-yard
long feathers hanging down her back and
five towering plumes waving at all angles on
top, looking like Pasha of Ten Tails and
some to spare, but the small, close fitting
bonnet is the order Of the day. How much
the latest anecdOte may have had to do with
the change it is impossible to say-that
story of the Eastern girl who wore a small
bonnet to the theatre, though she had a big
hat at home, and thereby so surprised mar
riageable old millionaire in the seat behind
her, and so csptiVated him with her good
sense when he learned the incredible facts.
that he married her out Of hand and settled
an immense fortune upon her. It Is need
less to state that the old gentleman left no
relatives of the same mind or money, and
that his counterpart has never appeared in
these regions.
The reigning local sensation that over
tops all others just now is the first revival
held in Louisville by the Rev. George o.
DdiHGb3 JuC luOuubhlu mOOuH, bu6 IdlLQ
cure parson, the proprietor of the famous
Pink Cottage. The meetings are held every
afternoon and night in a small Baptist
church on Chestnut street, which is so
crowded that persons to obtain seats must
go full hour before the services. He held
three services Sunday at the opera house,
which was densely packed. He is accOmpa-
MED by his daughter, who reads the psalms
and sings solos at the "consecrated or
gan," a small instrument that travels
with Rev. Barnes wherever he goes He
is tall, lean; dark man, with burning dark
eyes and highly nervous, energetic man
ner. He is certainly puzzle. try as you
may to take him upon all sides He possesses
eloquence Of rough, passionate, startling
character, expressing himself sometimes
with the greatest simplicity and beauty, at
Others using the homeliest illustrations and
often falling into the purest slang As a
specimen, IN speaking Of his own conver-
sion, he said he threw aside sll self-rigbte-
business and flung himself fat down on top
the Lord, and leaned on himl Again, In
speaking of lost souls In Satan's dominions
who kept themselves beyond Gods reach,
he placed himself IN position, and said:
"God don't dash out this way and drag a
man into the kingdom by the hair of his
head whether he will or no." and
by way Of illustration sprang forward
and grabbed some Imaginary in
dividual by the hair and dragged him back
very vigorously indeed. 1t made a good
many persons jump and lift their hands 10
seq If their own hair was all riObk IL yror,ld