Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-29

the matinees surrounded BY groups OF
merry children, and be has tue reputation
among women OF being the gentlest u
men. Recently there was a desperate
shooting ARRAY between two men on Tue
, west side OF town. The quarrel arose
from a DISPUTE in which the names OF a
Z handsome woman and the genial old man
were involved Ii was common talk
/ about town, and every body supposed 1t
would be aired out in the newspapers, butt
/ wasn't, however, and the mild and be-
neVolent looking gentleman stlll pursues
! the even tenor OF his ways. Ii was be
who put Dempsey and La Blanche in
position where they could fight and sup
piled the most OF the money for them, and
be has been connected prominently with
no end OF tough scrapes of various kinds.
His time will surely come, however, aud
when it does New York men will grin
with a degree OF scope, finish and effec-
tiveness that will only be equaled by the
force OF the CALCULATIONS Of horror from
New York women.
ACTORS WHO WIN HEARTS.
II there is one pointin which New York
women are more weak than in any other,
1t is their susceptibility TO the wiles Of
handsome actors. This has been a failing
with the fair sex from days immemOrial.
Inc memory OF the reign on the throne OF
female adulation Of two actors in recent
years bids fair to OutliVe in history the
names Of many plays which they made
popular. One was Harry Montague, with
a form like an Apollo and a face that was
perfect in its outlines and lit up by a
smile and a pair of eyes that no woman
could resist. He was an Englishman
and Wallack's leading man. and be had
the women Of New York on their knees at
his feet. They crowded into the theatre
at every performance, and everything
that be did became the rage. One night,
in one OF the scenes, he picked out
from stand Of flowers on
the stage a bOutonniere OF violets
and wore them all the evening. In a
week every man in New York did the
same, and the fashion OF wearing viOlets
is still in vogue. He received hundreds
Of letters from love-siek women both mar
ried and single, but he tore them up with
out paying any attention to their senders.
Henry RiRnold, another Englishman.
had scores Of admirers. He was essen
italy a lady's man. One night he ap-
peared on the stage with a JacqueminOt
rose in the buttOnhole Of his coat, and all
his lady admirers afterwards wore the
same kind OF roses at his performances.
The latest claimant TO distinction OF this
sort is Kyrle Bellew, the Englisnman who
has been playing the leading parts at
Wallack's this winter. Bellew IS not to
ne compared IN race OF ugure Win either
Montague or Rignold, but his conquest of
the female heart is almost as COM
plete. He Is thin and in size
is much below what one would
think leading man ought to be. lie
played for some months at Wallack's, and
was not much Of a success. The critics
treated him very well, nut he seemed to
be a very ordinary sort Of fellow. About
the holidays. however, be began to be
talked about. He had part that suited
him and the audiences at Wallack's be-
gan to Increase. His photographs began
TO sell we'll, and what was best Of all, w0-
men who were strangers to him began
sending him perfumed notes to the theatre,
and then his tame was made. He has
been engaged for next season, and his
popularity will no doubt be greater next
winter than now. His face ls a good one
and is full OF intelligence, but it isn't
handsome. His acting Is very ordinary,
but all the women sigh and take on when
he makes love. He does it very cleverly,
aud every bit of tenderness is greeted with
prolonged applause. He receives dozens
Of lettegs every day from his female ad-
mirers, but this has not turned his head,
although he knows now that he is the
fashion OF the hour. M.