The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-10

bit of difference what he
says nor how many times he says it. Peo-
pie take him on the principle that there
can't be too much of good thing. 1t Is
impossible to disguise the genial soul of
this man even under well known phrases.
The conventionality of a dress coat cannot
Burdette lectured in Birmingham re-
Gently and the Age-Herald says of him:
Robert J. Burdette, the James White
comb Riley of American prose, delighted
hundreds of intelligent persons. When we
class Burdette with Riley we pay to him
the highest compliment that can be paid
to any writer of prose in this land for
Riley is easily first amongst our writer's
of verse. No matter what was the billed
subject of Burdette's lecture, the lecture
itself was exquisite. 1t abounded in wit,
wisdom, pathos, poetry and logic. He
thrilled his hearers and enthralled them.
He gave to them exact pictures of them
selves, with their own foible, passions, de-
sires, dreams, half-Won realizations-what
not. There was not one person looking and
listening who did not feel that he or she
was personally addressed. 1t was directed
to the you and me- of the world of rea-
son and of experience. AS you listened
you felt like saying, Il know how ii IS
myself" You know that. And you know
that is the supreme triumph of art. Bur-
dette is intensely American. But he is
something infinitely higher and truer and
nobler than any nationalism. He is in
tensely human"
The second entertainment of the Ly-
ceum course will be Rev. DIR. e. Benja-
min Andrews lecture on Gen: Robert
president of Brown University. was
United States delegate to the Brussels
monetary conference, and is member
of the Loyal Legion. His lecture deals
approximately with the great southern
commander, both as a man and as a
general, graphically outlining all his
comparison of Lee and Won Moltke, and
of the two immortal battles, Gettysburg
and Sadowa. President Andrews is the
author of the History Of the United
States, by Charles Scribner's Sons, of
the History of the United States during
the Last Quarter-Century, published in
Scribner's Magazine, and several other
writings, historical and economic, the
latter including a number on the money
question. He is a forcible platform
speaker
The Hanlon Brothers Fantasma will
be the opening attraction of next week
at the theater on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday nights.
The opening rehearsal of the Festival
Choral Society will be held on Thursday
night, Nov. D. at the chapel of the In
dependent church All members of the
society are requested to be present; also
all persons VINO made application for
membership during the summer. a de-
lightful seasons work is anticipated I'M
der the direction of Mr.. White.
Wednesday evening the Oglethorpe
Light Infantry will begin their Pinopolis
at the Masonic Temple, which will run
for four nights. This is something new
for Savannah. Every evening there will
be acted on the stage some of the features
of the entertainment given by the Ogle-
thorpes at the theater last Monday night
Contrary to the usual practice, there Will
be no charge for admission, the show be-
ing free to all who attend.
There viii be dancing each evening, un-
til u or / o'clock. for which a nominal
charge VIII be made Many articles have
and these will be displayed for sale on the
a supper table run in connection with the
Pinopols, in charge Of the Daughters Of
the Confederacy.
signifed their intention of attending in
to be one Of the most successful affairs OF
the kind ever presented in Savannah.
The Oglethorpes viii act as escort
eracv. the Savannah chapter being
the Charter chapter at the laying of the
corner stone of the proposed monument
The Daughters of the Confederacy propose
giving the entire profits of their next
years work to the monument fund. and
ask the assistance of all sympathzers
to aid them in making their contribution
to this noble work a substantial one. The
Oglethorpes propose to use their proceeds
of the Pinopolis for the purchase Of a
new uniform Of gray and bun. The com