The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-15
A COMET In WHITE.
Miss Katie Putnam's Performance at Tur-
ner Hall Last Evening Z

Miss Katie Putnam's Performance at Tur-
ner Hall Last Evening. z
A ripping laugh was heard at Turner hall
last night and then appeared a vision of hoy
den with golden hair and rosy cheeks and
cherry lips-Katie Putnam clad in all white,
with pretty sunbonnet resting coquetishly
above bangs which strayed all about her face,
getting into her eyes and tickling her nose
just as one would suppose those of Lena the
Madcap did. Miss Putnam won the good
will of her audience by her first appearance.
II anything was needed TO at once establish
her in high favor ii was that little kick she
gave, when she bounded on to the stage.
And she did not permit the delight Of the
audience to decrease, but sustained it by 4
succession of surprising portrayals Of Chara =
ter, and added TO it by touches of humor and
pathos which showed not only her ability as
an actress, but her sympathy with the role and
full appreciation of its possibilities.
The play is not of a high order
but is better than most others of the class. 1t
is essentially a one character play and the
other actors have little more to do than pre-
pare the way for the leading lady. Lena, the
heroine, is in love with her cousin, CloudeS-
ley Mornington, but her uncle wishes her TO
marry friend, DIR. Grimshaw. Cloudesley
goes to sea for three years. and during this
period DIR. Grimshaw presses his suit Cir
CumstanCes are in his favor for Lena's mother,
weak of character, is dependent on the uncle
and fears that he will dismiss her and her
daughter from the household if his orders are
not complied with. Eventually Lena, in de-
spair of ClOudeSley's coming, consents to wed
Grimshaw and the date for the marriage is
fixed. Immediately afterward Cloudesley
appears and Lena, regardless Of her position >,
falls into his arms. She then resolves TO force
Grimshaw TO rennunCe her. The love pas
sages of a female cousin and her sutton afford
her an opportunity. by strategy she makes
Grimshaw believe she is in love with her
cousins sutton and that she is to meet him
Clandestinely at mask ball. Grimshaw, clad
in black domino, awaits her coming dagger
in hand. The female cousin mistakes him
for her lover; hemistakes her for Lena; he
plung" it in her breast when the
real lover stays his hand and he
learns OF his error Then the enormity OF
the crime he was about to commit flashes
upon him, and, filled with remorse, he annuk
the betrothal and hastily quits the scene; the
uncle acknowledges that his reason for pro-
noting GrimShaw's cause was that Grimshaw
was his pOsthumOus son, and the curtain falls
over the usual happy denoument One OF the
characters is negro servant who furnishes
almost as much fun as Lena does. This part
was taken by Mr.. Harry Warren and was most
acCeptably rendered.
During the evening the hall was perfumed
by steam atomSer, which dffused the Cee
brated FlOrentine perfume, Fleur de Alba,
over the entire hall, causing considerable
wonder and amusement to many who could
not readily solve the problem where the deli
CiouS perfume came from.
During the performance Of Hazel Kirke,
a satin programme, deicately perfumed,
with one of the AZ Florentine perfumes will be
presented TO every attendant, and to the ladies
will be given handsome perfume cachet.