The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-08
LOUIS JAMES ENGAGEMENT.
Virginius Last Night, and to he Re-
peated This Afternoon; OtheIIO To-
night.

Virginfus Last Night, and to He Re-
peated This Afternoon; OtheIIO To-
night.
Savannahians saw the first Legitimate
drama" of the season at the theater last
night. The play was Virginius, with Mr..
Louis James as the star. Mr.. James needs
no Introduction here or anywhere else in
this country, for that matter. His repu-
tation is made; he is merely sustaining it.
and rounding out successful career. BY
nature and the Improvement of his talents
he is fitted for heroic parts. As Virginius
he is the typical Roman patriot, but at the
same time no less the tender and solicit
tous father of a daughter to be the sire OF
whom any. Roman patriot might be proud.
In the defense of his daughters honor
against the Vaccinations of Appius and
Claudlus. the Virginius of Mr.. James is
particularly noble and expressive. The
look of scorn with which he transfixes
Appius as he perceives his superlatiye viii
lalny, is one detail which marks the artist
actor. Mr.; James portrayals are full of
such details.
Mr.. Guy Lindsey, who plays Icilius, is
a new man to this section of the country.
But he established himself in favor last
night. His stage presence is good, and
his voice and enunciation are pleasing.
He made an acceptable lover for the beau
tiful Virginia, and a gallant defender for
her when she was dragged to the forum
Lindsey will appear to even better adj
vantage tonight, when he takes the char
acter of Iago, in Othello. If he does so,
he will do exceedingly we'll.
Miss Alma Kruger, who is Mr.. James
leading lady this season, Is a woman of
| magnetism and ability. Her Virginia is an
ideal character, tender, beautiful, loving
and pure. Mr.. William Harris, who was
here last season with Alexander Salvinl,
and made hit as one of the Three Mus
keteers, is with Mr.. James, and last night
| played Appius in manner to merit COM
| mendation.
Mr.. James engagement is for three per-
| formances. The remaining two will be
| played this afternoon and tonight At
| the matinee Nirginius Will be again pre-
scented. 1t may be of interest to the ladies
| to mention that in this play some tapes
| tries are used which are, like Katisha' S
| left shoulder blade, worth going miles to
see. And at the night performance
| Othello-some more rare fruits of the
! loom, in the draperies of Desdemona S
! chamber, will be shown. The stage set
| tings which the company is carrying this
/ season are probably the most elaborate
| that are being carried by any company on
the road with legitimate drama.
An incident of the performance last
night was the fact that the Roman
army (of "supes'O went on a strike for
\ more pay than the management was will
was perforce Obliged, single handed and
alone, to face the demonstratiVe populace
| in the forum. But he was true grit, and
/ drove the aforesaid populace out all right
"A Fatted Calf" Thursday matinee and
| night is the next attraction following
| James. "A Fatted Calf" is musical
| comedy in three acts by William Gin.
| The comedy tells of the adventures and
misadventures of four young married
| couples, who, to avoid parental objections,
were secretly married. Each became
| possessed in time of bouncing baby boy
and, the funny situations and hdicrous
| predicaments in which the young married
| couples find themselves in consequence
| of these infants, furnish the princi-
pal fun of the. play. An Irish nurse
mixes those babies up ana owing to the
| great infantile Resemblance between the
/ quartette the mothersstsfe usa BILE to ident-
| ify their progeny, and a world of amuse-
ment is created in consequence. The eff
! forts at matchmaking of an uncle of the
/ young mothers, who is ignorant of the fact
/ that his nieces hRye entered into the
opportunities to laugh.
Buffalo Bills Wild West is heading this
way, and will be here next week. Thurs
/ day, Oct Il. Aside from the other feat
1 ures of the show, Col. W. F. Cody is the
4 great attraction. He is looked upon as
| The ideal Indian hunter of the age. He
/ has always been on hand when the brawnv
| braves of the virgin wilderness de-
4 termined to make trouble for the gov
4 eminent. ms 1876 he left his company in
/ the middle of a performance to board the
| first express train to reach Gen. Lee A
/ Cars command, the celebrated Fifth
! Cavalry, as chief of scouts for that arm
1 Of the Sioux expedition. His active SER
4 vice in that campaign. his duel with seYaI
/ low Hand and other adventures. are
/ matters of history, many pages of which
] have been EN- bodied in Capt Kings works
4 When the Sioux commenced the "Ghosf
/ Dance" agitation he was at Strasburg. on
1 the Rhine He closed his season left ga
men in camp. and started for home. with
4 eighty-five of the red men and FASTENED
/ to the scene Of hostilities. His secret mis-
/ sion to Sitting Bull" which was unfor-
+ tunately interfered with by mistaken phil
{ rs safa hs ct afrrr
/ brigadier general Of the Nebraska militia.
on the staff of Gen. Colby, and his pres