The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-18
AT THE THEATER.
E.ne Emmett Makes a Lively Hit in
Killarney.

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Katie Emmett played 10 a good house
,-s- night in Killarney" The play is not
nav one, but it is a good one. and Miss
emmett and her company made the most
~ il. II is a play with story. and
,s-v good story. It tells of life among
..4 middle and lower classes Of ireland
-s-tIry ago. an epoch filled with dramatic
,--ifents Of the most thrilling character,
--d in the narration of the story CO
rsrsnce and interest are not lost by the
production OF extTaneous incidents
There are several sensational climaxes,
tu- they belong 10 the narrative.
Mr. Edwin Milton Royle will be seen
e7r the FIRST time in Savannah tonight in
ris play. Friends" During their south
s-1 tour Selma Fetter Royle has been en-
Enthusiastically received. The Fetters are
n the Oldest and purest colonial blood in
America. On her maternal side Mrs.
Rowe is a lineal descendant of Lady
Srotswood and Bishop John Thompson,
o+ ST. Marks parish, Culpeper county.
Virginia AS Selena Fetter there was no
more charming lady in southern society
-ra1 Mrs Royle. She has many friends
and connections in society here who Will
give her a cordial welcome. She will be
ramembered here as being Robson and
cranes leading lady and shared their
foint success. She also appeared here as
leading lady with Salvini. 1t was dur
ing her engagement with Salvini that she
rrst met her husband, Edwin Milton
Royle
The story of the play relates to the ad-
Ventures of two young men, each of
whom tries to out do the other in the mat
cer OF self-sacrifice. one of musician of
great but unrecogniZed genius, and the
other a poet who has been disowned by
his father for his devotion TO literature
They are both reduced 10 such straits as
TO be obliged TO live in garnet and share
between them one decent suit of clothes
they possess. Both love a great opera
singer, who, unknown to herself, is a ii
tied neiress. The director of the opera
house is a schemlng william who learns of
II and tries to win her through the
knowledge he possesses of a crime her
stepfather committed. The opera singer
loves the musician, and the poet sacrifices
himself for his friend, and work for the
happiness of both. Finally the poet and
his father discover they love each other.
and are reconciled. The musician wins
fame and marries the prima donna and
their happiness is won. The dialogue is
said to be spirited and witty. and the COM
eiy situations very amusing, while a
Miss Ellen Beach Yaw will make her
first appearance in Savannah Monday
night Jan. 2S. In a column criticism re-
Gently published the New York Herald
says. a soprano who can sing high c
and sustain the note well is supposed to
have a good vocal range, but Miss Yaw
can sing f above high Z. Christine Nil
son used to drive her audience into the
seventh heaven of enthusiasm by sing
ing high F sharp in Mozarts Magic
Flute Miss Yaw sings f sharp without
an effort, and sustains the note with the
sweetest quality. The highest vocal range
of a singer recorded by his
tory was that of Lucrezia Ajugari.
Mozart SAYS that in 177O he heard this
soprano range from A below middle c to
c above the high c. 1t was a range Of
twenty-four notes. Ajugari could execute
trlls on the high D. This is noted in the
Encyclopedia Britannica as the only
known instance of the kind. Miss Yaw
can sing lower than Ajugari and three
notes higher in the upper register.
One of the most singular things about
Miss Iaw's singing, indeed the thing
that has attracted the most attention, is
that a singer who possesses such a high
range should be able to sing in her lower
egister with the breath of a contralto.
a throat specialist who examined Miss
law's larynx recently said that her vocal
cords were finer than any he had ever seen
Or heard of.