The Sunday morning news., 1891-11-01

| ballroom In Charlestown. w. Va.
/ where the principal characters are as
| sembled. Colonel Robert Ellfngham, a
| Virgin'an and Colonel Kerchiyal West.
/ New Yorker, both friends at West
| Point. each vows love for the sister of the
other. These VOWS are made to Ger
| trude Ellinghan1, the Southern girl, and
| Madeline West, the Northern girl, with
all the faith of true love. The first
| firing on Fort Sumter is heard
hastily separate. In the second ACT is
beautiful stage setting. representing
| Three Top Mountain and the Shenandoah
\ Valley. Gertrude Ellingham is captured
| while delivering Confederate dispatches.
and falls into the hands of Colonel West,
| her lover. who renews his suit, but Is not
/ entertained With pleasure by the South
1 ern girl, who considers him an enemy TO
1 the Southern cause, and therefore an
enemy 20 her. To this scene is worked in
some very bright comedy in relation to
the trying circumstances of the lovers
| There are realistic terch signals from the
| mountains that are given exact accord
1 ance with the secret code. The third act
shows q retreat of Sheridan's men from
! Winchester, which is made realistic by
| United States Army uniforms and cav
| airy trumpet Signals.
| The love affairs continue. Gertrude
! finds Col. West among the wounded, and
| then her old love for him returns and
! overcOmes her devotion to the Southern
/ cause. The Colonel is almost killed by
an assassin at one time. and these dam
| gerous escapes of his from death fan into
| life Gertrude's love. The consequence
| Wedlock. A parlor in Washington, in
| 1865. in the house of General Buckthorn,
| who fought for the Union, is where all
| the troubles are healed Here Colonel
ElliDgham wins his suit easily.
ga Fair ReheID At the onera TEors.
"a peculiar fascination attaches to
plays which deal with the events of the
American civil war. The subtle influence
of realistic scenic effects and the pomp of
military trappings has been shown by
| the unqualified success Of dramas of that
class. "a Fair Rebel" by Harry p. Nav
son, is the latest contribution to that
| style of stage creation. which met with
| such great success at the Fourteenth
| Street Theatre, New York city. 1t will be
presented at the New Opera House to-
morrow night and will be the attraction
| of the week The play possesses many
delightful features and the story is one of
| most absorbing interest. All the charac-
/ ters in the drama are strongly drawn and
/ in the hands OF excellent people. The
/ story Is a captivating love tale and shows
/ that the divine passion can conquer preju-
dices of race or section aud rise above the
the hatred Of its passions. A noticeable
| feature is the escape from Libby prison
| AS Tuesday will be legal holiday the
management will give a matinee at two
o'clock on that day instead OF Wednesday
| as usual.
.sThe CavaIieria RusticanaH
The continued success of "Cavalleria
Rusticana" and "The Tyrolean" at the
Casino shows that the public are support
ing the new policy OF the house. They
son. One remarkable feature is the size
of the matinee audiences. None of
the former Casino successes have
drawn houses of like proportions,
and on every Saturday there
are several musical clubs and classes of
note of Cavalleria Rusticana in the scores
they bring with them, and occasionally
iot down the stage business. No doubt
there will be many representations OF
Maseagni's opera by amateurs this VIM
ter. There will be change in the cast
Mr.. Edwin stevens stevens has has been
recalled from the travelling
company and will assume the role Of
TippIe. the Professor, formerly played by
jefferson De Angelis- Mr.. De Angels
goes TO Philadelphia to appear in the
Suppe's one act opera comique. "rhe
Jolly Students." the first perform
ance Of which in English will be given
in that city next week. The fiftieth per-
formance Of "The Tyroleanv and .'Csvel-
leria Rnssicanan will be be dnly cele-
brated on Monday evening, November 23
At the Hoboken Theatre
The attractions for the week at Ross
Hoboken Theatre this week are un-
usually excellent. For che frss three
nights, and Wednesday's matinee.
Miss Eva Mountford, an emotional
actress Of acknowledged ability
and pleasing stage presence Sac will
appear Ia East Lvnre. and is said to be
the best representatives. the dual char.
acter since Lucille Western made her
great hit as Isabel aud Madame Vine.
For the last three nights Of the week
and Saturdays matinee, tho bill Will con-