The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
THRArRR ATTRACTIONS
Flashes from the Footli1hts in tn
Theatrical World.

Theatrical World.
Herbsrt Hall Winslow has written q new
| comedy called The Ballot Box"
Castles in the Air" will be given its first
I production in Boston tomorrow night
Baldwin Of parachute notoriesy will
jump no more. He has settled down n
England on s40o, 900, gained in two and q
half years.
A play called "Honor Bound, OF Sons Of
the Golden West" was produced at San
Francisco on Monday last, and made fail
ufe. The sons of the golden west wouldni
have IL
The death Of Alexandra Chatrian, IA
nous as the collaboration of Emile Erck-
mann, is Of note TO the profession because
he was joint author of "Ls Juif Polonais,
from which "The Bells" was adapted.
DunIop's Stage ketos entered upon its
seventh volume yesterday. Its six pre-
decessors have passed, by favor OF the
journalists for whose use it was invented,
into the dramatic history of the United
States
Savannah and other sections Of the south
proved the only profitable spot last season
for the various travelling combinations. and
the result was that Manager johnson Sc
cured an exceptional list Of attractions for
this year.
THE U. s. Maif' is pursuing a triumphant
career toward the Pacific Coast. In every
house it has played 80 far it has succeeded
in breaking the record for large business.
One of the greatest hits in the piece is the
amusing burlesque of John Wanamaker,
dealer in dry goods, notions, and postage
stamps.
In "a Tale of a Coat, which is being
done at Daily's Theatre, there is a news
paper reporter who does a greatmany mean
things and is twice kicked from the stage
Mr.. Boucicault, who is the author OF the
play, is said to have done this to get square
with the reporters generally, who for many
years hava abused hsrn.
Clevelands Magnificent Minstrels, headed
by the originator of the Monologue Willis
P. Sweatnam and the imam who makes
you laugh" Billy Rice; and the popular
composer and tenor vocalist, Banks Win5er,
ably assisted by over half hundred lead
ers Of minstrelsey, will positively appear
at the Savannah Theater on Tuesday and
" Ell Iesday nights, with Wednesday
matinea The c 4stellion Palace, first part,
represents an actual oatpay of over gle, 900,
and is said to be one Of the most magnificent
stage settings yet seen. The march Of the
"Loheagrin Knights" is one of the many
new features with this Incompatible or
ganization. Luquinoto's Imperial Court
Japs, with four -Four Little All Rights" in
their indescribable acrobatic evoiutions,
closes performance Of this, Mr.. CleYeland's
pet company.
Strong material, strongly treated. Is a
most accurate characterization of the great
play, Jim, the Penman," which is booked
FOR the theAter Tomorrow night. The
story Of a forger, who for years carries on
his nefarious practices undetected, whose
crimes are many, for whom the sacred
precincts of his own home furnish victims,
who molds and changes the destinies of
friends and kinfolk TO suit his own selfish
purpose-this is the story "Jim, the PEN
man." Entrenching himself in his strong
hold of crime-by still other and greater
criInes-he seems impregnable, but finally
falls; and the immense fabric of wrong
doing he he has been for years constructing
tumbles IN complete ruin about him. When
Sir Charles Young selected this material
for his now famous play, when he care
fuAy constructed its plot and
detail, he wrought better THAN he
knew. The result was one of the greatest
plays Of the decade. There is fascination
in the work Of the forger that the most up
right man cannot altogether resist. A
stroke of the pen and fortunes have
changed hands, and incalculable wrong is
the result. There is mona of the gross
OarDarIty OF the murderer; there Is no htns
OF the brate force Of the burglar. 1t is the
crime Of the gentleman, so-called. That
the records Of the daily press are constantly
talking of the fall Of some one nigh in social
and business life-and there is a parallel in
the case of everyday life with that OF the
stage story-may explain, in part, the popu-
larity of this dramatic work. Probably
Jim, the Penman," could not have fallen
into better hands than A. NJ. Palmer's,
of the Madison Square theater. Under
his management its characters have
been carefully cast, and there is always the
most particular attention to detail in its
production. None of Madison Square
dramas depend, however, upon the mere
clap-trap work of stage mechanism for their
success The various characters are placed
In the hands of the most competent and
Intelligent actors and actresses, who lend co
the production their combined experie ce
and skill. The company that produces
Jim, the Penman," at the theater to-mor-
row night is a very strong one. No greater
pledge Of its strength can be made than to
say it is a Madison Square compa ~, in a
Madison Square success. In such hands it
is not too much to look for a repetition of
the triumphs of "Jim, the Penman." of
former years.