The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-06

rooms, and nursing him like a brother.
Morgan was handsome fellow of about IS,
tall, graceful and polished. He was a son
of a New England clergyman and Har-
yard graduate. He was great reader, a
recluse out Of business hours, and a
woman hater. Morgan was an assumed
name. He quit gambling about fifteen
years ago, and is now we'll known in bust
ness and literary circles in San Francisco.
But few OF his present acquaintance know
of bis past or that he has killed a man. But
he has always retained his affection for the
player whose life he probably saved, and
whenever Mr.. Mobiles visits the coast he is
royalty welcomed by choice circle Of con-
genial spirits in one of the most elegant
suites Of bachelor apartments in the world.
In his gambling days Morgan was immacu-
late but eccentric in his dressing. In the
first act From Sire to Son." Mr.. Mobiles
wears counterpart Of the suit in which the
famous gambler could have been seen
during the '60s on the streets Of Carson,
Reno and Virginia City.
Fannie Davenport is about to become a
California neighhor of Nine. Modjeska,
having purchased $50 acres of land near
fruiLy Pomona, close to the Modjeska home
stead. Miss Davenport will put $50, 900 into
the Improvement Of her purchase, and then
go into poultry farming and game pre-
serving.
Theater-goers who saw "The Fast Mail"
last week, or a good many of them at least,
wondered how the train of fourteen cars
and locomotive which figured in the play
shot across the sheater stage with the
rapidity of an express train when the entire
width of the stage and the theater itself Is
little less than the length of three cars. A
locomotive carrying real steam footing
through genuine whistle and in charge of
conductor, and engineer sitting in
his cab with hand on the throttle,
was something that many perhaps did
not expect to SEQ. But they did.
The illusion connected with the train is
complete. Il is the simplest thing imagin-
able when you know how it is done. The
locomotive Is o shell or half of a locomotive
made of sheet iron. The wheels are drawn
by small engine With just power enough
to turn the wooden drivers and furnish
steam for the whistle and to make the show
complete. The engineer sits on shelf on
the inside of the cab, which, like the
rest of the locomotive and the train,
has its best side toward the audience.
The cars, which 20 the audience look like
real cars, are nothing more than painted
canvas, except the last one on the top Of
which the brakeman stands. That is a
frame work covered with canvas. Each
end of the canvas which represents the
body of the train is fastened to big drum.
As the train starts the canvas cars begin
to unravel from the drum on one side Of
the stage and roll up on the drum on the
other side That is the way train 400
feet long crosses stage forty feet wide.
hauled across By q. couple of stage hands at
a crank.
Marshall P. Wilder played little joke on
Neil Burgess Thanksgiving day, in Boston,
| in which Mrs. James Neil, or Chip, as she Is
Familiarity known in Savannah, and who
PLAYS the part of "1aggs." figured. The hui
inorist was struggled into the theater and on
the stage during the performance OF the
| County Fair" At a convenient momenI
| he was introduced to "Aunt Abby" as your
| old friend Sile," to the astonishment OF Mr..
Burgess. who had no inkling Of the visitors
presence until this juncture. Burgess came
very near being nonplussed at Wllders APP
pearance. However, the actor invited the
| humorist to take part in the merry-maklng.
| A few moments later Wilder secured tue
red ear, and wound 10 the surprise parry
| by kissing "raggs," the soubrette. "who'e
| hair.n be remarked keeps down the CAV
| bills Of the park"
Nv actual count, according to the Phlla
delnhia Music and Drama, fourteen chorus
| iris during the past thrss WEEKS rave
come into fortunes varying from SioO,OoO q
$500, 900. The money, In e2cp instance, wa