The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-07
NUIsANCRs AT THE rHEArER.
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Inc theatrical nuisanees of Savannah
nave not decreased in number or imnroved
In good manners of late years. It'll for the
benefit of them, aud others of THAR cloo.
ELSEWHERE, that prominent dramatic apent
writes the MORNING NEWS as follows.
Inc habit of coming into a theater altar
the curtain Is up and disturbing the entire
audience In getting properly seated is grow
ing. The other and more fragrant violation
oflndlvidual rlghts-getting up and hustlinO
Ior tAe doors before the curtain goes down
on tne Iast saoleau-is also growing. There
may be and very often are suffi cent reasons
Tor some people being late. can't help but
thlnk, however, IL there we're stringent
rules enforced prohibiting any one going or
being shown to a seat while the curtain ia
up there would be great falling off of this
nuisance. The discretion OF attendants
properly exercised, is often commendable,
but a well-known rule, enforced by the DO
lice, II necessary, would work advanta-
geously all round, for those who come late
would know beforehand that they must
stand until the close t the first act, As
for the person who begins to shuttle into his
or her wraps during the most telling lines
OF the piece, and exits in the middle of
the grand denouement, no adequate punish
sd
noyance is so great. aud because there is no
reasonable excuse for it. have seen men
aud women who have the outward appear
ance or gentlemen and ladies get up thus
and stampede as If there were q fire and
have found them Longing in the lobby
waiting to see the celebrities pass. The de-
sire to get out first is apparently one of
those C lrious freaks Of human nature that
impel men to jump from tle m )ying train
aud off the ferryboat before it gets to the
dock, not because of any special hurry
but merely to get there, Eli" The effect
upon the great majority OF playgoers Is to
spoil their foil appreciation, If not destroy
their understanding, Of the piece This
matter IS so palpably outside the bounds Of
good Sc Use and the most ordinary exercise
of the reasoning faculties that remedy is
not to be readily suggested.
1t Is TO be hoped some plan to suppress
these nuisances will soon be evolved out Of
the fertile brain of Manager T. F. johnson.
Marriages between actresses and mem
oers OF the British peerage are by no means
uncommon. Lavinia Fentou, who PLAYED
Polly Peachum" at Line pin's Inn Fields at
salary OF 30 shillings week, retired from
the stage under the auspices Of the Duke Of
Bolton, who married her on the death of his
wife Harriet Mellon, who first appeared
as Lydia Lauguish" in 1895, married Mr.
her over $40 900 year. In 1927 she mar
ried the Duke of st. Aibans. Anastasia
Robinson, an opera and concert singer,
married the Earl of Peterborough in 1924.
Elizabeth Farran be zane Countess of Derby
in 1891 Louise Brunton married the Earl
OF Craven in 1908. Maria Foote became
Countess of Harrington in 1881. Katharine
Stephens in 1888 welded the Earl of Essex,
who was SO years OF age. Mary Bolton,
who first appeared as Polly Peachum" in
1906, married Edward, Lord Thurlow, in
1878. Elizabeth O'NaIl, Louise Mordaunt,
Miss Robinson, Miss Saunders, Susannah
Patton, Ca mile Duboise and Kate Vaughan
are among those who married mere baronets,
"honorables," or younger sons The Use of
Belle Billion aud Viscouut Dunlo is so recent
that it need hardly be recorded. Then there
is Miss Dolly Tester, who not long ago N ar
ried the Marquis OF Ailesbdry, and sweet
Connie who has become the Countess of
Orkney.
A number of printing firms which make
a speciality of preparing material for the
atrical companies have formed a combine
tion for mutual protection. These f1rms
have decided that they will do no business
with a man who owes one of their number
| any money. All the firms have agreed to
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