The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-27
1.-THE NEW BOY.
one of the CIeverest Comedies of the
season at the Theater Last Night.

one of the CIeverest Comedies of the
season at the Theater Last Night.
COOte is one Of the cleverest comedians
that has been TO Savannah this season.
BY Coote. OF course. is meant Bert Coote.
who played the leading role at the theater
last night in The New Boy. The boy, by
the way. isn't new in the sense that the
new woman" is He is the new boy [
school. The thread Of the story is like
this: There is a villain, of course. He
is an elderly. good looking villain, danger
Gus 10 have in a family. He is anxious
10 marry a buxom young widow" a
large handsome woman, the matron Of
boys school. The doctor. at the head Of
the school, also wants to marry the
young woman. In that school is a little
chap who is called The New Boy. He
IS kicked and cuffed and forced TO do the
aruqgery of the school by the big boys.
Ihey make him steal apples, black their
boots and do their quarreling, smuggle
IN whisky and do other mental things In
return, the boy makes things lively all
around. He paints the school red, and
talks 10 the doctor defiantly. The point
OF the story is that the boy is the nus
band Of the big, handsome matrOn, whom
the doctor and the villain are trying TO
marry. Both the doctor and the matrOn
nave invested their money in cham
payne company. The stock which drop
pea to nothing, has suddenly gone up TO
high figures. and the villain is trying TO
buy ~ OF his friends for a song. The
NeW Boy, who in reality is a sharp bus
mess man, 80 years old, gives the doctor
the tip and later reveals his identity as
the husband of the matrOn. The stock
makes them all rich and there is a grand
scene at the close Of the piece which de-
lights the audience that has been APP
piaudlng and laughing for two hours.
The character Of the New Boy fits
Coote a sight better than the clothes he
wears during the play after the first act.
The piece was not written for him, but
if il had been it couldn't have suited him
more. He is small Of stature, and pos
sesSeS countenance that might with
equal prOpriety be worn by youth of
fourteen, or a man Of thirty. 1t is a par
ticularly mobile cOuntenance, and can be
made to take on child-like innocence or
manlike shrewdness in the twinkling of
an eye. The only thing that is disap-
pointing in the character is that the new
BODY does not assert his manhood and
soundly fog his tormentOr, the bully of
the school. But that isn't Cootes fault
Inc part IS one of clever comedy all the
way through.
The soubrette of the company, Julie
Kingsley Coote, is not only pert, but
pretty. She does her part with a dash
that is captivating. The widow" wife
of the supposed New Boy, is well acted
by Miss Louise Douglas, who is as win
some widow as one would meet in a
day 5 journey. The other characters are
with great credit. The company is a
strong one. and presents a show that is
thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish
The New Boy will be given at a matinee
this afternoon, and again tonight 1t is a
performance worth going to see. The
! house for the two remaining perform
ances should be filled.
Ex-Congressman r. p. BANDS lecture
tomorrow night will be an event of much
interest to students of the financial ques-
ton. The eX-congressman, who has been
the champion of the silver people, will,
OF course, speak from silver standpoint.
His subject is, The Single Gold Stand
ard a Disastrous Failure-The Future of
America is for Bimetallism." Mr.. Bland s
congressional career began in March, 1873,
just after the passage of the act by con-
gress which demoneuzed silver At that
moment Mr.. Bland became an ardent ad-
VoCate for the restoration of silver. and
through his zeal more than that of any
other has resulted the recognition which
the white metal has received at the hands
of congress since that time. Probably no
other money advocate is better adapted
or more appropriately anticipated to
I speak for the reconciliation of silver
than is Mr. Bland.
! Conroy & Fox, the Irish comedians, will
/ be seen at the theater Friday and Sat
urday nights, and Saturday matinee on
1 their first tour of the south, in OFlarity s
/ Vacation The piece is from the pens OF
Arthur North and Hartwig Cassel and
was written to suit the peculiar manner
/ iSmS OF COnrOy q Fox. 1t is said to DOS
4 sess good, interesting story put together
! in such way that its interest is kept
up from the very beginning Of the PLAY
until the fall of the curtain on the last
act. The. piece is enlivened with a mum
+ Der of brand-new specialties and the
/ songs and dances have all been writer
and arranged especially for this produc.
/ ton. The company includes such people
as Miss Susie Martin, for many seasons
/ with Edward Harrigan, formally of Eu
gene Tompkins Boston Theater Company
! Miss Katie Allen, the clever little sou.
| brette who was a member of Conroy &
Fox's Hot Tamales Company last season
| and was one of the big hits OF the
| show; Miss Jean Evelyn, late of Froh
| mans forces; Hayes & Post, the grotesqu,
/ artists, who made. such a tremendous hi
| with Rich 4 Harris Howard Atheniun
company; ]. W. Kingsley, of the Robir
| Hood Opera Company and other lesser
| lights. With this list of names to bacI
them up Conroy Fox may indeed bt
proud.