The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-17

arettes and smoking. The play would be
a TREMENDOUS melouTau-a- The program
NE tuishl furnish you the name Marie
2 AiaAuelo- Marie. the heroine, would
Pc a patriotic yOung Mexican woman,
very beautiful and very rich Her Old
guar llan uncle would be miserly old cur
s.t-+-tois anxious TO marry the beaul-- ll
-'islie 10 the deep. dark villain OF the
pay VINO IS very likely an oIuceT IN lu-
Z 4-heh army IL is noticeable i4el t-et
--t fItLen furnish all Of the villains lti
modern Mexican drama. Tie French Of
-'F4- the villain. is liar and "a morse
tLiei- anxious TO possess himself Of the
person ana wealth Of the beauutul ana
Firtuous Marie. The Curmudgeon uncle
enters INTO conspiracy with him 10 cap
ms game for half the winnings. Manuelo.
me nero, and the lover OF the beautiui
Marie, Tor whom she would die, IS poor,
handsome, honest and brave Aside from
ms poverty, his two striking character
lstlcs are a deep inlaid love for Marie
ana Mexico. Manuelo also hates the
French. Through three acts the plot
WINDS slnuOusly. At times u looks as II
me miser uncle and the villain trench-
man would accomplish the death OF Man
ueio, and the abduction or Marie 4ney
are ON the brink of il many umes me
audience holds its breath, and between
the acts, while the Mexican orchestra
plays dlrges and death songs, between
bites Of ounces and puts at cigarettes
gives way TO frenzied ordinations Of;
'Muere- muere! (May he die! may ne
cieD Meaning thereby The villain trench-
man.
1t is all very thrilling and earnest and
you viii despise the French officer ana
wonder why he has not been court-mar-
tailed long ago. Never did any govern
ment before bear such a miserable Great
ure on its army list. You Will sympathize
win marie IN her distress anu WIN WIT tle
brave Manuelo in his danger ana you
VIII want TO arise and lead the curmud-
geon uncle out Of the corral and bend
gun over his head.
After two hours and a half Of intense
excitement and haiTbreadth escapes, in
NE last quarter or the last act JhS praVe
ManuelO viii suddenly turn the tables on
the curmudgeOn uncle, search out knlte
in a frank, ingenious way, carve the
French officer to the core, and then
prance off to the padre ana make 1t case
of wedding bells and drinks all around
with the rich and sweet Marie.
AFTER the show you md yourself very
hungry. The woes of Donna Marie
Senior Manuelo have sharpened your APP
petite. You fall prey TO the hot supper
man; you devour plate after plate OF red
not enchiladas, drink cups OF steamlhS
coffee, or rave round for tamales or tor
tillas or frijOles or chile cOGcarne. THESE
are all violent but exceedingly toothsome
Viands. When a Mexican starts out to
give you a hot supper he never makes
mistake. It's as hot as fire and red pep
per and pimientO can make it.
wv hat is the tamale? They are sold
all over the east now. and you can buy
them right here in Washington. They are
entirely of Mexican origin, and made up
Of a composite of chopped beef, pork, and
chicken. combined with cOrnmeal, and
rolled Up i'm husks of corn, after which
they are boiled or baked. They have
their duplicate in our crOquettes, and
coming out of a Mexican theater on a
cold Arizona evening, ! would rather run
against a tamale than bowie knife any
time.
NO; we never used to get the bull fight
at Tucson; not in my time. That insu-
tuition Of Spain never worked further west
than El Paso.
After the theater. if you were not
sleepy, you may take a turn in the
dance hall, where FOR so cents a dance
you could act on the floor managers sug-
gestion, to:
Ally man left. all shassay-Balance
yer podners; all hams 'round-Right han
to yer podner's; gran right an left-Dozy
dozy-Chaat m swing-Right arm to yer
podner; all promenade to the bar
THE last call was always all prone
made to the bar, your 50 cents having
paid for the quadrille and the drinks for
yourself and 'podner' But" concluded
Col. Ainsworth, while a look of regret
shone in his eyes you will excuse me If
1 don't care to draw the picture any fur
ther. To bring up these scenes makes me
tired of the east; l want to go back to