The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01
A WEEK LACKING IN PLAYS.
"THE FATAL CARD" THE ONLY AT
TRACTION AT THE THEATER.

FrOhman's Production to De Seen for
the First Time i'm Savannah Fri
day Night-President Andrews of
Brown University to Deliver the
Second Lecture of the Lyceum
Course wednesday Night on "Gen.
Robert E. Lee"-The operate As
sOciatiOn's RehearsaIs of SER
mimic"
The coming week is somewhat lacking
I'm amusements. The only attraction at
the theater is Frohman's The Fatal Card,
Friday and Saturday nights and Satur-
day matinee. The second entertainment
of the Savannah Lyceum course will take
place Wednesday night, at the Guards
han. The other amusements of the week
Will be largely social. The charity ball
Thursday night, at the Guards hall, for
the benefit of the Louisa Porter Home will
be the principal event.
The Fatal Card" one of the greatest
Of the Frohman successes-one of the most
notable of the pretentious productions of
the season in New York last year-will
be seen in Savannah for the first time.
THE Fatal Card" had it's first produc-
ton in this country at Palmer's theater
last season. So great was the success of
the play, that at the expiration of the
time allotted to it at Palmer's, it was, by
special arrangement, transferred to the
big stage of the Academy of Music, where
it continued through the wane of the sea-
son, and far into the summer. 1t will be
given here in its entirety Scenic embel-
lishments and mechanical effects are as
much a feature as the strength of the
company of players.
The story Of The Fatal Card" opens in
mining camp at the foot OF the Rocky
Mountains. Gerald Austen rescues George
Forester from a vigilance committee.
FORESTER tears a card in two, and gives
hdlf to Austen as a memento. Years
later the men meet in London, but do not
recognize each other Forester is called
Marrable and while apparently respect
ohle- IS leader Of band Of bond thieves.
Gerald is IN love with his daughter Mar
-aFet Marrable's confederate accident
lt kills Gerald's father with a walking
stick, which Gerald left in his fathers
gIuce, after quarrel with the old man.
als causes the son to be suspected, but
-iet5aIet oNerhears conversation pc
tween her father and Dixon, and tells
Gerald, who conceals himself in Nara
~ laboratory, where bond numbers are
hanged, and there he hears the story,
h4l is discovered, bound to the staircase
ana left TO Gle by means OF an Internal
Herrable TO take a tribute out of his
pocket TO give to Margaret as q keepsake,
ana in doinS so, the half card falls 10 the
.oer. Marrable recognizes it, explana-
lans follow. aud the villains life is sac
lleed by an explosion of the machine,
NAch lie attempts to throw out OF the
Aessrs. Chambers and Stephenson have
rlFen Il play that is nlled with material
laa. interests the audience. The dramatic
PORTIONS are deftly sanGWiched with the
.amoroos and the sensational episodes
awake interest. The comedy scenes are
-al1. that cf he bathing scene, and
Upsetting Of @ canoe being luulcrous.
play possesses so Inrch that appeals
70 al classes Of theater patrons that IL
l-aAoe fail 10 be popular.
The lecture Of President T. Benjamin
t.-reWa of Brown University on Gen.
.'Hcgl =. Lee before tie Savannah Ly-
eiH wednesday u CHIT viii ice without
.ai ere 81 The best OF the course. Dr.
CROWN IS noted writer ana speaker He
i-e Dnitce States ee.ebate TO the
eis conference, and e one Of the
- EnoWu EDUCATORS, historians and
-niets tr tlc country. HIS lecture
als aolrcc.atifeiy with the great south
% commander iDt7 ea man ana az "a