The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-04

| 10 4sUen, as resumed: Mr.. Ford, the
manager, Is absent, SC | must take his re-
sponslbliity to the public on myself. The
! blunders on the stage this m lrning have
been unfortunate, perhaps culpable, but
you must pardon me for saying that your
excited manner and somewhat unreason-
| able demands have contributed not little
| 20 confuse the company and bring about
this disorder. Be that as it may, there is
! another and still more important matter to
! consider. Every seat in the theater Is taken
Tor tonight; the audience will crowd the
/ house in expectation OF a great dramatic
treat, to which they have been looking for
ward for some time.
" If you decline to act, and 50 break
| your contract with the public, what course
| IS lett FOR mes Why, only this: [ must
| wait Tor the vast cOncOurse of people to as
| semble, and then 90 before them and ex-
! plain the reason of your non-appeera9ce. l
| snail have 70 make a clear statement Of the
| case, and say that you have refused to act
| because there were some slight discrepan-
cles and irregularities in che rehearsal. The
! public are, you know, quite unreasonable
when their diversion is checked, and it Is
likely that they will be Indignant at the
| disappointment, falling 10 see the reason as
| clearly as you may have done. Now, con
slider for moment. Uuder these crcum-
stances will it not be more magnanimous in
you TO overlook the shortcomings and so
| on with the rehearsal
He paused for moment and said: Il
will not 90 back to the rehearsal. am too
much excited, and my presence on the stage
now VIII only make matters worse; but if
You will see that details are attended to, |
| viii act tonight
II promised to do so, and we parted. l
asonly too glad to get rid Of him on those
| terms III his then intemperats state OF mind
L Went back to the stage, and dismissed the
rehearsal, cautioning the actors TO do what
| they could 10 render the nights perform
abce credltaDIe. / now began to hunt up
The delinquent and frightened prop rty
| mal, Jake Search--an appropriate name
Ior fellow VINO needed SO much looking
atter-and discovered him hiding under a
pile Of old scenery. is he gomez said
Search. Yes l answered, but he win re-
Turn Tonight; so 500 that your properties
ere IN good condition, or he will be the
| death of YOU
The night came and matters progressed
tavorabiy until the council scene. One of
the characters here, being overcome with
nervousness, reversed his questions to Meta
mora, giving tie wrong lines, and Of course
| receiving an absurd answer. The audience,
recognizing the confusion Of the dialogue,
began To laugh, and of course this made
matters worse. The act terminates with
the Indians great speech, From the east to
the west, from the nor1h to the SOUTH the
loud cry or vengeancs shall be heard and
here he hurls his knife into the center of
| tne stage, where it quiyers q defiance as the
curtain falls. In his anger and excitement
the blade failed to stick in the stage and
bounded into the orchestra, the handle
hitting the double bass player on the top of
ms head, which was as Innocent of hair as a
billiard ball, so as the curtain came down
the old fellow was stamping about and
rubbing his bald pate, to the delight of the
audience.
Il realized now that the'storm had burst
IN earnest, and that q total wreck would
soon follow. Knowing that | could not
avert the catastrophe, ana having no desire
| to face the tragediau's wrath like polite
| but dlsloyal captain, desertedt = ship and
went IN front to see it 90 dow Byron
says of a battle, %. what a sight to see him
who has no friend or brother therep to
which Prentice adds: and is not ther'
| hlmselt.' The latter was now my case. I
was not there myself, and | did not intend
| To be, so from the secure corner Of an upper
private box watched the progress of the
| most disastrous performce l mad ever seen.
AS Inc curtain rises on the last It the
| tribe OF Metamora should rush throl oh the
woods as their leader calls them: but by
this time the braves were so frightened that
| they mad become demoralized, ana as the
| foremost rushed through the opening in the
WOODS hls long bow got crosswise between
two trees. This not only precipitated the
redskln over it, but the entire tribe fol-
lowed, tumbling head over heels into the
middle OF the stage. | trembled now lest
the big lnJun' would refuse to put in an
appearance At last, to my relief, the au-
dlence quoted down, and Forrest strobe
upon the stage. If | remember the story.
at tuls point Metamora'S wife and children
had been stolen away and murdered. His
| pathos was fine and by his MAGNIFICENT
hi
| and enthusiasm. All was now going well.
ana looked forward to a happy termina-
| lon of the play, which / was thankful TO
Know had nearly reached its climax.
"A funeral pile of burning faggots was
then brought on, at which some pale face
was to be sacrificed. The two Indians in
| charge of this mysterious looking article
set it down so unstesdily that a large
| sponge, saturated with flaming alcohol.
| tumbled Off and rolled down the stage leav-
| ing track of fire in its wake. Put it o1tp
SAID Forrest, put it outp whereupon toe
TWO Indians went down on their knees and
began to blow alternately in seesaw way.
smuggling each others eyebrows at every
| pull. The audience could not stand this
comlcal picture, and began to break forth
IN laughter. Let the theater burn roared
Forrest.
AT last one tall Indian, supposed to be
second In command, majestically waved off
the Two who were blowing, and stamped his
foot with force and dignity upon the
flaming sponge, at which perfect fountain
of burning alcohol spouted up his leather
legs. lie caught fire, tried to put himself
out, rubbing and jumping about frantically.
| and at last danced off the stage in the most
comical agony. Forrest made furious
| exit; the curtain was dropped, and the
public, in perfect good nature, dispersed.
L mingled with the crowd as it went forth,
and never saw an audience, at the end of
a hve act comedy, wreauhed in such