Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-07
A NEW THEATRICAL SCHEME.
Mackaye Arranging New Drama
of Civilization.


of Civilization.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.--There is never
any means of telling where the Irrepres-
slbie Steele Mackaye will turn up next.
He built and decorated two of the finest
theatres in New York with one hand and
wrote original plays Tor lhen with the
other, One of these plays ("HaZel
Kirke") has made over 81, 100000. AT one
TIME ten companies were playing 1t stimuli
taneously. But Mackaye never realized
a cent from his theatres or his PLAYS.
Then he Invented a safety chair for thea.
tres and went lectur ny on the DelsarIe
system. You will see the chair in the
Union Square and The Lyceum Thea
tire. 1t works to perfection, but Mackaye
never got anything out of it. Then he
wrote Anarchy a melo-drama of the
dav, and sixteen managers have been
pursuing him TO get hold OF it. But hav-
ing had his eve teeth cut, he niCes in his
cellar, DISCUSSES himself when he goes
out and lodges everybody who has the
arr OF capitalist. Mr.. Louis Aldricn
| offered 10 draw his check fer $4,000 for a
halt interest in " Anarchy " Mr.. &, W.
! Durant, OF the Broad street firm Of
| Durant, Marsh Il Co.. offered to draw his
| cneck for the other half, but Mackave
wasn't going to be left again and held on
| TO his property.
What do you suppose Mr.. Mackaye is
| doing nOwy Well, he is arranging a
! drama Of civilization at the Madison
! Square Garden. which Will employ 500
| men, including untamed savages, and
| 800 animals, IncludInx tie carniNOra ct
| the American forest. The wuole of But
] iaI0 Blll's Wild West will appear IN TINS
drama. Matt M0rVon is painting over
! 5000 yards Of scenery for II, and an army
OF p umbers are at the Garden putting IN
several thousand feet Of steam pipe to he
used in a prairie fire No language will
suffice TO convey an idea OF Mr.. Mackaye's
! latest enthusiasm. Just now the horse
| show has possession of the Garden, . nd
/ Buffalo Bill is rehearsing his 100 cavalry
men for the Custer hight at Erastina.
The horse show, curiously enough. has
! grown to be the most fash enable resort
! in the city. don't know of any other eX-
/ hiblti0n that draws together such bril-
/ liant society crowd Of ladies and gentle
men. IL is now the proper caper for the
sis ers and wives Of all the swell clubs to
/ 20 to this show every afternoon, and the
! girl who cannot be hOrsey for an hour -
not in good form. Tue odd thing about IL
all is that the demi-mOude do not take to
/ the place at all. Fast women, in the &C.
copied sense, who are naturally horsey,
! and always chip in on The neeis Of So
ciety where IL ~ fashionable, give the
horse show the cold shoulder. The girls
who come here are thoroug hbreds. They
want TO see Jacks stallion or h. Cover
nor's geldlng or their own hunter. pncy
carr, absurd little whips, aud appear TO
/ BE- honestly fond of the animals, but
they are not DIT like Lady Gay >p0uker.
4 / really believe that in mother decade the
New York women Niil lind out that horses
are not tor dairy purposes.
AmusHmpufs have bnpu frnalOuga nv
the production OF "Jinl, the Penn n" at
the Madison square. II proves TO be "a
good play, the inst genuine success OF the
season.
MIR. Edwin Booth. who came in as
Mechanically aud uneyeutiul as usual,
aud did his regular Hamlet ~ primOrdial
styic. has been worried "A good deal by the