The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-15
THE WIPE CONES NEXT.
The Play to Be cen . gain in Savannah
This Week.

lac 10y 10 re e. cen q gam IN savannah
This Week.
"The Wife" will be the leading at
traction at the theAter this week 1t will
be presented Wednesday night.
The play. which is 4-act society drama
OF New York life. has already been seen
here. and its story is familiar to play-goers.
The characters are interesting, because
they talk and act naturally. Nothing is
| sta thing, there are none Of the melo-
dramatic strivings for effect or the horse
play OF farce comedy which character Les
90 many OF the present day productions.
| The situations are always natural, and the
contrasts and climaxes are effective. There
Is something 20 admire in every character,
and no one can fail to see worthy moral in
the play. II is Manager Frohmsn's policy in
sending one of his successors on tbs road to
endeavor TO give, as nearly as possible. an
| exact reproduction Of the original perform
ance III New York. To secure this end the
moss careful rehearsing is resorted to under
Mr. Frohman's personal care, every piece of
| business, every detail gesture and infection
are noted and presrrauged. Nothing fs left
Go chance, and the public get as nearly
perfect performance. from the standpoint of
| the original production. as It is possible to
give. This policy has been followed IN the
preparation for the tour Of 1.-THE Wife"
New scenery is promised, and the costumes
worn by the ladies are said TO be very
| beautiful.
The entertainment committee of the
Young Mems Christian Association has ar
ranged for concert by the MendeIssohn
Club, Jan. 81, in the Masonic hall. This
club does not need its praises sounded TO
increase its popularity with the people of
Savannah, but the press comments of other
cities Will assure the friends OF Mr.. Thomas
Ryan that he is ''stin living" and delight
Ing the music-loving people. The follow
J ing is from the American Musician:
The Mendelssohn Quintette Club has
continued In its quiet way planting the
seeds of musical taste, giving to countless
| thousands their first taste Of art music. and
setting a standard by which others are
measured. To Mr.. Thomas Ryan, the only
remaining member of the original club,
| must be given the credit for this persistent
| effort. There is something more than mere
musicianshlp required to keep men in har-
| mony who are sometimes brought together
| from the different ends Of the earth. A
self-sacritclag spirit must be made manifest
to bind others by the same purpose. These
| qualities will not be easily found again in
another man. We hope that he will be
| spared many years still for his coDgenial
life work in animatinG and direct ing the
Mendelssohn Quintette Club"
Theater Notes
1t has been decided to erect a marble
statue to the memory of Mr.. Barry Sullivan
| in Glasmere cemetery, Dublin. The statue
will represent the tragedian as Hamlet" In
the graveyard scene, holding "Yorick's"
skull The statue will cost $500.
The title of M. Ssrdou's new play written
| jointly with NJ. Moreau for the Grand
theater Ia Paris is Madame Sans-Gene,"
which may be rendered in English as "Mrs.
Free-Rnd-Easy." Madame sans Gene"
was nickname which. in the days of the
fret NAPOLEON, was bestowed on the wife of
distinguished military officer, notorious
for her illiEerateness. This lady is NJ
Sardous heroine. The play is described by
the authors as "a dramatic comedy"
1t is said that there is positively no
grounds for the announ cement that Gilbert
anG Sullivan have become reconoiled and
will evolve a new series of comic opera. The
celebrated collaborateurs remain Just as
they have been for along time-so near and
yet 80 far.
Stuart Robson has an English nurse for
his new baby. The nurse is pious and was
never in thester before coming to this
country. At mstines last week in Chi
cago she sat in a stage box with the infant
on her knees. The baby behaved well until
her father began to sing "a Horrible Tale
OF Suicidal Family" in Buckstone's
comedy of Married Life,"-whinh fright
ened the little fellow so much that he gave
howl which rang through the theater like
cracked trumpet and in a way that
threatened to rival bis illustrious fathers
highest falsstto note. The nurse made every
effort TO quiet him, but failing to do so =,
called out to the comedian in whisper loud
enough to be heard by the whole house:
Don't blame him, Mr.. Robberson-be amt
a-howlin' at you-the blessed boy have Just
cut another tooth"