The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-19
FANTASIA.
Most brilliant Spectacular show seen
in This City for "a Long Time.

Spectacular paRtom ines are rare in
. these days. Shows OF the kind that the
Hanlons make Of Fantasma, which was
I given at the theater last night, were al
ways rare. Ii is the leader of productions
/ Of its class, and apparently is as near
/ perfection in mechanical effects, stage
tricks and brilliant scenery as time,
money and ingenuity can make IT, II Will
+ be understood at the outset that the man
I agement OF the show does not claim for
/ il dramatic excellence. There isn't an sc-
{ tor in the cast-a long one-that could
{ touch Preston Clarke in Shakespeare with
I forty-foot rod. But there are any num-
/ Der Of acrObats who can turn more sum
{ mersaults in a minute than Clarke could
/ turn in a week and do IL neatly.
/ Fantasma appeals 10 the eye. It is a
] needy Of colors and shapes, and sue
! cession OF beautiful pictures II Is also
+ ticker Of funny-houcs. The inimitable
( George H. Adams, who speaks only about
i l0J words during the evening, is a never
+ ending source of amusement. He is be-
yond question the best pantomime clown
I in the business, which distinction he has
+ enjoyed for several years. Adams how
I ever, is not the only silent character in
the piece. Pretty much an OF them ex-
cept the demons and the fairies are
Voiceless. Even the lover is denied the
boon OF wailing when his sweetheart falls
( II is great relief-to the au-
+ dience. They know how lovers wall
when they get an excuse and a good
/ chance. Fantasma's lover however, is
a clever pantOmimist. and makes his sOr-
row known in no uncertain manner The
+ object of his passion. Fantasna, is a girl
I of such rare graces that it is no wonder
that her admirer is without words TO
utter her praises.
/ The scenery is. as a matter of fact.
battery OF surprises There is hardly
panel. or a blossom. or a rock, or a piece
of furniture. that does not. at some un-
+ expected moment, suddenly develop the
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close a trick in stage craft that is both
novel and pleasing. The billiard table,
/ the electric chandelier, the dancing
/ chairs, the walking boots and the ami
mated deal-board dogs, cats and rabbits,
are particularly good features.
The first and third acts show some of
the most beautiful and artistic scenery.
and clever transformations, ever seen
upon any stage in the south. The nauti-
cal. or rather submarine scene, is 'im-
{ mense, 10 employ the Nernacular. The
brilliant cOlOrs of the pearl and mother
/ Of pearl are, of course to be expected in
/ this scene. But the cleverness Of their
1 use is remarkable. And besides there are
seen many-hued fishes darting about. dis
I porting themselveT or fleeing from the
brilliant but monstrous deep sea crea-
ures that attempt to prey upon them In
I this scene-and the others. too. for that
matter-electric lights or different colors
are used with splendid effect. The third
/ act scenes are of a higher class of art
Excellent sDecialties abound in every
i act The McDonough acrobats do some
I
/ into raptures. In one act, one of them
stands with the toes of his left foot
against the facing Of a scenery doorway,
/ and extends his right leg straight up
against the horizontal until his legs form
a perfectly straight line and hts right
I foot is high above his head. The second
I mounts his shoulders and stepping with
/ MS left foot upon the upturned sole of
/ No. J. shoves his right leg aloft. Then
/ no. 3 climbs to and stands upon the up
/ turned sole of No. 2 right foot with his
/ left, and sends his own right into the
/ flies. II is q surprising feat to see how
/ nigh three men can reach with their feet
/ in this manner.
/ There is also a lot of tuneful singing
/ and some clever dancing The people in
the cast are uniformly Of good looking
/ presence have good voices, and are splen-
/ didly costumed. The piece will be re-
\ peated again tonight The attendance
/ last night was smaller than 1t will be
/ hereafter during this engagement; and
/ II was not small audience either.
The coming of Corinne in the operate
] henQrick Hudson Jr.," this week Will
/ bring popular young actress and singer
/ TO savannah. COrinne was here three
/ years ago. The piece in which she will
i be seen this week is said to be her best.
/ II was played in Chicago for six months
/ during the world IS fair The first scene
IS at New Amsterdam, now New York. in
I lbV5. european lands have for the most
! part been held by certain families since
] the year /, so the real estate agent never
! had a ghost of a show until America was
does not justify Mr.. smms, at New Am
I sterdam, i'm 1909 selling the guileless
which it afterward appears, lies two
/ hundred miles off Sandy Hook, in the
/ Atlantic ocean. Corinne appears in a
charming role. Those who have seen her
know the characters she can best fill.
Corinnes first appearance on any stage
was IN the part of Little Buttercup' in
"Pinafore in Boston, when she was
five years old. She was arrested by the
/ Geary Society IN New York, in 1877, when
she appeared in The Pirates of Pen
zance.' Her mother. Mrs Jennie Kim
] ball, after a long and tedious trial. won
/ the case, and Corinne was permitted by
/ Mayor Grace to finish her season. Cor
inne is now p years old The above in
/ formation was secured to decide a wager
! and argument regarding her age.
The reserved seat diagram for tho
4 Young Mems Christian Association Star
| cource Of entertainments opened Yester-
/ day morning al the Young Mems Chris
/ tian Association rooms, and Will remain
/ open every day.
The opening entertainment of the course
Will be Rev. Z. A. Wiletts lecture OF,
/ Sunshine Friday night at the Guards
4 hail. This lecture IS said to be DR.. VIII
Tits best lecture. In describing Dr. VIII
let's and his lecture, a well known writer
/ says: IF the lecturer be the sunshine.
( then his lecture is the prism through
which the rays are reflected, in ever vary
+ ing tints and hues, now in brilliant dia-
mond-llke flashes, now in the softer tones
Of pathos, and then again in the clear
I hllle LSuL OF q noDle soul IeIecIed
through the disseminating medium of q
broad and cultivated intellect 1t were a.
easy 10 reproduce in detail DR.. Willetts'
lecture as to describe the ever-ehangins
I combinations of n kaleidoscope hello
/ against the sun; and to reproduce such 1.
/ discourse verbatim were to spoil it, for
half its charm lay in the sunny piquancy
+ Of It's delivery, in certain little odd tricka
Of speech and gesture, quite as effective
i'm themselves as were the truths they EN-
bellished The speaker drew literally
from an apparently ineXhausuble mine
of reminiscence. anecdote and illustra-
ton, making all his points good and
driving them home with firm yet never
unkindly emphasis. IT was a lecture of
more than passing pleasure and profit.
for the truths presented We're set forth in
a radiance that could not but brighten
the hearts and minds Of those who heard
il long after the humOr CT its delivery
+ had passed.
\ QUIET DAY IN THE COURTS.
The City Court the Only One in SEES
sion.