The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-07
THE KIRMEss' SECOND NIGHT.
The Performance More Brilliant Even
Than the First Night.

The perform ance More Brilliant Even
Than the First Night.
The repetition of the FLirmess last night,
If it were possible, was even more of a
success than its first presentation.
The performance of Thursday night
may well be called the first dress re
hearsal, but last nights performance
was characterized by nicer finish and
much quicker transition from one dance
to another The performers had over
come much Of the unnecessary timidity
which characterized their first appear
ance before the public.
Their audience was even larger and by
no means less appreCiative than that of
the night before. Every seat in the par
quet and dress circle was occupied and
standing room was scarce. The balcony
seats were well filed and there was
some call for the seats in the gallery.
The Jableau seemed even more prettlly
arranged than the night before, and the
! flower dance never lost It's beauty. In
fact there were many present who saw
the first performance and among these
the interest seemed as great or greater
| than when they witnessed the production
for the first time.
The gracefulness and beauty of the
! Swedish dance were even more marked,
1 and the stateliness of the minuet was
never lost sight of. The bright and at
tractive Gypsy camp and the dance that
/ followed the camp scene were much ad
mlred. The acrobatic feats and the funny
act in the japanese scene were dispensed
with. Master Percy Lynwood, however,
| repeated his difficult act, that of the con-
| tOrtiOnist His feats were even more
wonderful than those of the night be-
fore. He is, undoubtedly, one of the
most EXPERT and wonderful contortionists
that has ever appeared on the Savannah
stage.
The beauty Of the Spanish dance was
uneXceiled by that of any other nation.
1t was equalled perhaps in beauty by the
Grecian dance, which was undoubtedly
one of the most graceful and prettily per-
formed of the evening. The Indian war
dance lost none of its picturesqueness.
Too much praise cannot be given the in
dividual dancers for the gracefulness and
excellence of their work. Little Miss
Gertrude Freeman, of Macon, repeated
her magnificent production of the skirt
dance for which she has received so many
| admiring plaudits. Although but years
OF age her work is that of an expert. She
would have been the envy of the origina
tor of this pretty and graceful dance.
Little Miss Rosa Coates of Brunswick,
had no fewer admirers of her grace and
art in dancing. Her tambourine dance
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| throughout, and she introduced several
new features which were not seen the
night before. Her pretty and catching
song, The Widow" took the audience by
| storm and she was compelled to sing
again.
The dances of Misses Inez Chapeau and
Ada Enrich, among the Gypsies, and Miss
| Edith Robinson in the Spanish cast, were
very prettily and gracefully performed.
Each Of them exhibited a talent which
is well worth cultivating.
The work of Miss Meta Harden, who
appeared in three of the most important
dances, was truly wonderful. Her grace
in dancing was commensurate with the
able dramatic talent which she exhibited
in her part as Pocahontas in the Indian
scenes.
During the performance, MIR. Ed Wilson
took several 1ash-light pictures Of the
! postures in some of the dances, from the
| balcony. He used the Williams fash
! light apparatus, which gives a light from
ten to fifteen times brighter than day
! light. The fash for. the moment is blind
| ing. Some of the pictures of the Greek
scene, taken the night before by the fash
| light showed up well.
! The K1rmess will be repeated at the
matinee this afternoon. So phenomenal
has been the success with which the
! ladies have met that it is probable it will
be repeated sometime in the near future.