The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-24


4 those tea-cgp times Of hood and hoop, q
while the patch was worn. Ii is an his
toricallN interesting play. because IL
makes you think personally with
Mrs MalaprOp, with Lady Snecrwell,
with Joseph and Charles Surface. with
Lady Teazle and with all the wits and
beaus Of the time. 1t is good play be-
cause while there are many bright lines
in it, witty lines, clever lines. there is
not an undesirable line in it, and 10 has
not for its motive the breaking of the
seventh commandment II is sweet
story of love and ambition, and it is one
that will hold the boards when many an
other play is forgotten"
Said l. II think il is a good play be-
/ cause | like to see the people / read about
| come in the flesh and blood before me. 1t
| gave me pleasure to see Dick Sheridan,
the genius Of 20, nat his arm around his
| sweethe art of H. and refuse to let her
earn with her sweet voice, one cent Of
/ money to support them, so long as he had
! life and strength. 1t pleased me to see the
days when gentlemen and ladies made
! low bows to each other, and We're prOfuse
/ IN their thanks and their apologies. /
/ liked the whole framing the tea drink
/ ing, the courteous greetings and fare
! wells. Perhaps ! even liked the some
/ what eXtravagant speeches; but it all
! seemed like perfect picture of the eigh-
U y
| worth ones while to see. liked the way
4 themen were dressed, liked the bro
| cadcs and the powder, the shoe buckles
/ and the little blackamoors, and all the
| dignity attendant
! why" quericd the man; ''why is it
! that although you object to-day to a man
| being in anything more cheerful than
| dead black and white in the evening, yet
| you ali love to see him come on the stage
in his satin coat and knee breeches; in his
! ties and white gloves, his powdered hair
and paste buckles2"
WE RUSH TOO MUCH NOWADAYS
"Why2 Well, because in those days |
don't think he played polo he did not get
up early in the morning and rush to the
tape to see how stocks were. Life was
not the hurry and furry it is now. and
his costumes suited his manners and his
era. He could not say 'Adzooksp to-day
neither could he cause six bottles of port
to disappear after dinner. His love-mak-
ing would sound a little weird, and vet
certainly he loved just as well then if not
better than he does now. Look at the
suffering and sorrow that Betty and her
Dick went through before he became the
great celebrity that he was And think
how, though all the years, when ladies
plead with him fer his love, when all
England adOred him, his heart was true
to the gentle woman who had become his
wife in the days when there was not fun
and plenty. You laugh and shake your
head, and remind me that sometimes he
did stray from her. That may be, for
Dick was young and handsome, and there
We're
MANY BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN THE WORLD.
but he always came back, and when she
died, and she was only 30 years old then,
he mOurned for her as a man only mourns
for the love of his lifen
Again my cynic laughs, but there is a
quaver in the laugh and | think even he
is willing to confess that but one love |
comes in a lifetime. Sometimes that |
love is gotten sometimes it is never more |
than beautiful dream; but while there |
may be many loves, each one good, yet |
each one is difference from that perfect |
love which fills all of the heart, the brain |
and the soul. 1t seems to me that that |
was the love that young Sothern pictured |
i do not like to say acted" for he did |
better than that. He took out of the life |
that Tom Moore wrote and that ever so
many others have written from, the Dick
Sheridan of 20, and brought him before us
with heart overlooking with love for
beautiful, virtuous girl, and brain over
flowing with an ambition that was bound
to succeed. If all of England had Kissed
Sheridan he would have succeeded, for
kissing to men Of his build is only an in
centive to success 1t breaks down Chat
terton, it kills Keats, but it urges on the
Sheridans and the Byrons, until their
names are written high up on the temples
fame
1t is curious how Just about once a wear
this New York first night meets and is
enthusiastic. 1t applauded young Soth-
ern when, for dear loves sake. he became
1.-The Highest Bidder;o it applauded and
encouraged again when, for friendships
hp in FT1 TIC 20
of characters, "Chumley;" it wept tears
of sympathy and welcomed back the
prodlgaI when, going step higher on the
ladder of good acting, he bowed as tThe
Master of Woodbarrow :" it applauded
and appreciated the good acting, reioiced
over the resurrection, and yet did not so
much love the hero in "The Dancing
Girl" and it felt that "Letterblair."
while 1t was sweet and pleasant, was not
strong enough for the actor; but this
year, when at its best first night, Dick
Sheridan bowed and bowed his thanks to
an audience that had so many times APP
plauded 1.-The Rivals it was felt that
now indeed young Sothern had shown
what he could do and was doing it. 1t is
just once in year that we get enthusi-
astic, and this is the time. And | think
II is good that we airs so enthusiastic over
a play that Robert Buchanan made fail
ure of, which it took some one at home to
write, and which Edward Sothern, born
in New Orleans, acted
BAB BELIEVES IN ENTHUSIASM.
1t is good for US to be enthusiastic. 1t
starts the best part of US to going 1t
takes away those lines on our faces that
mean discomfort and substitutes interest.
Enthusiasm, that condition of mind that
proyokes tears and laughter, is a very
healthy state
How would you be able to enjoy q laugh
if YOU had never shed a tear3
How would you be able to adore a rose
If you had never seen weed
How would you be able to appreciate a
good picture if you had never seen a ,
chrome?
How would you be able to love u sweet
If you had never tasted an acid
How would you be able to admire the
gold and blue of the heavens if you had
never seen the grays and blacks2
II is all a question of contrast my
friend And that is the reason why |
can be so enthusiastic over the good
actor and the good play, because lately [
have seen some such poor acting and
some such poor plays. Everything is a
question of contrast. Then be a little
leuient and contrast with some one YOU
dislike the writer of this, so that by com
parison there viii shine like a diamond
IL.