Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-22
ADJUSTMENTS.

The Weeks Attractions at the Theatre.
The present week will be a most enjoy
able one for the Theatre going public. n
number of first class attractions are Of
fered for patronage which cannot fail to
prove in the highest degree satisfactory.
FREDERICK wARDE.
This evening the eminent young TRACE
dian will open for two nights and a
matinee, i'm the leading role OF
Knowles tragedy, .'Nirginius; or, the
! Roman Father" ssVirginius' was writ
/ ten bv James Sheridan Knowles in 1919,
/ and dedicated to the great tragedlan,
/ Macready. 1t was first produced in the
/ Theatre Royal, London, IN the spring OF
/ 1920, and was a distinguished success. 1t
! was first presented in America at the
/ Park Theatre, New York, in 1924, and in
/ the title role Mr.. Macready won many OF
/ his laurels as a tragedian. The play is
/ based on Roman history, and is noble
| in sentiment, full of high passion,
/ deep and delicate pathos, IN
/ tense energy, and the whole
rounded off BY finished taste and dis
/ elimination. A writer has said: "TO
/ those who deny that there has been a
/ marked change Of late years in the moral
/ tone of productions intended for the stage
/ we commend 'Virginius' as an evidence
1 that the most popular tragedy of the day
\ is one that conveys none but the most I'M
! pressive lessons of domestic purity, manly
/ worth and republican virtue" A Roman
| father kills his child to save her from the
! lust of a tyrannical monarch, and for the
slain virgin, her betrothed husband and the
| broken-hearted parent the spectator Weeps
a tear of pity.
The box sheet for "Virginius' is already
| open at Bren's, and will open for the mat
inee at $3.50 this morning.
KATIE PUTNAM.
/ Wednesday and Thursday evenings this
/ charming little sOubrette will make her
| appearance in elena, the Madcap," and
! 'FanchOn." Miss Putnam is viVaclOus
actress, a clever and genial artist, and
| her appearance on the Savannah stage
will undoubtedly bring a crowded house.
! The New York Sun says: .'Miss Putnam
| manifests skill and judgment in acting,
! and sufficient imagination to make it pos
/ sible for her to surrender her own identity
| to that of the parsonage whom she repre-
/ sents. Her performance is fresh and win
ming"
BAKER AND FARRON.
On Friday and Saturday nights and
Saturday matinee, the popular American
! character comedians, Baker and Farron,
! will present their original cOmedy-drama,
] ''Chris and Lena, and the latest success,
! ''MaX Muller" The combination needs
no introduction, having been organized
/ for the past sixteen years. AS specialists
there are few names more familiar to
! theatregOers than Baker and FarrOn. The
| critic of the New York Herald says of their
| appearance at the Standard Theatre: "The
two comedians are still popular and play
ing to crowded houses. Baker has sweet
| and melOdiOus voice, which he knows how
! to use to advantage. FarrOn brought down
/ the house as Daniel O'COnnell McGuin-
| ess,' and his impersOnatiOn of the German
girl was "A magnificent piece of acting,
and evoked considerable applause"
The Contested Election for Clerk of the
=. Superior Court.
SAVANNAH, Jan. 20.-EditOF Morning
NeiCS: In a government like ours the
people have rights which public servants
elected to fill positions should not lose
sight of. AS to who will finally be legally
declared Clerk of the Superior Court it is
matter for the courts to decide, being en-
lightened by argument from the able ar
ray of counsel on both sides. But as one
who considers the elective franchise and
| the purity of its exercise as the most
sacred right that the citizen has,
| and one which should be carefully
| SudIuct- WISH 10 dSk, uOW Can lAlS VI
! any other question where the ballot is in
vOlved be determined without hearing
| from the men who voted and whose bal
lots are to be scrutiniZed and admitted or
| thrown out? Everything depends upon
| the constitution of 1877, article IL, section
/ L, paragraph IL. l will only quote one
| line of it, upon which, as a voter, | base
/ this communication. 1t is this: ''And
! shall have paid all taxes which may
/ hereafter be required of him and
which he may have had an oppOrtu-
! nifty of paying" This word opportunity"
! like many other words in the English Ian
/ guage, is very expressive. 1t has GER
| tainly connected with it an opportunity of
| explanation. We must live under this
/ constitution. Acts may be repealed, but
| constitutions can only be amended or
| entirely abolished. To revise, amend, or
| change the constitution, is not the work
/ of day. 1t is not my intention to argue
| any law point, or to mention any more
/ propositions which might entice me to
! argue. In a nutshell, sum up all, and
/ say that if the individual citizen regis
| tered, the presumption seems TO be,
| he paid all the taxes he had an OppOrtu-
! voted unchallenged. the test oath on such
occasions, having also the word "OppOrtu-
! nity'' in it, then it is plain that no court
| nor returning board or any other modern
| invention by which the will of the people
| has, in the last decade, been so unmerci-
| fully sacrificed can throw my vote or any
| citizens vote out until he can be heard
| from as to what opportunity he has had to
/ pay his taxes for each successive year
| since the adoption of the constitution, De-
| cember 21st, 1871. VOTER.