The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-15
THE WEEK AT THE THEATER.
A MILK WHITE FLAG THE OPENING
ATTR ACTION.

The Private Secretary to Follow ana
ROsabeI Morrison in Carmen TO
Close the Week-The kaleidoscope
to Introduce the Bull Fight scene.
Richards q PringIes' COIOrcd Min
streIs Make Hit.
The theater will be open three nights
and for a Saturday matinee this week.
Monday Night-Hoyts A MIX White
Flag.
Wednesday Night-The Private secre-
tary.
Saturday Matinee and Nght-Rosabel
Morrison in Carmen.
Richards & Pringle's Georgia MINISTRIES
is one of the best minstrel shows on the
road. Notwithstanding the competition Of
the circus last night the MINISTRIES drew
a big house-notably big for Saturday
night And those who went to the thea
ter were all agreed that they were well
repaid for selecting the MINISTRIES in pref
erence to the other attraction. There
was hardly a chestnut in the whole pro-
gramme of the MINISTRIES, and every NUM-
Der they essayed was performed I'm
smooth and refreshing manner Their fun
was spontaneous, placing the house al
most at once In roaring humor. Wooten's
female representation was especially
clever. He had sung at least two songs
before the audience became aware of the
fact that it was a man and not a woman
who was singing Billy Kersands has
reputation as comedian, which he sus-
tanned last night. The singing was good
from first to last, and the speclalties were
all clever. A large number of colored
people turned out to greet their race on
the boards.
AS usual thing Charles Hoyt writes
his play for men. From A Bunch Of
Keys down to A Trip to Chinatown, the
women have occupied secondary positions.
There is a partial reversal of this condi-
ton of affairs in A Milk White Flag, Mr..
Hoyt's newest composition. which will re-
ceive its first presentation here to-mor-
row night. In A Milk White Flag his
shaft of satire is aimed at the National
Guard. One of the chief characters IN
the play is a fin de steele American wo-
man who knows her rights and means to
maintain them. She becomes little
tired of her lord and master's vagaries and
finally when he shows plainly that he es-
teens -four queens" above his helpmate's
peace of mind, she Enthusiastically sets
things in operation to free her. But this
is not ALL She is eminently a practical
woman, and when the local military COM
pany wishes to secure the corpse of her
suddenly deceased husband, she willingly
parts with it to save funeral expenses. The !
play deals wholly with the militia, and is
the sharpest and keenest sort of satire.
and yet the playwright so adroitly yields
his shafts Of wit that it is impossible for
even those whom he makes his target |
TO take offense. Music has been abund- |
antly supplied; so much so that the piece |
takes on the appearance of an opera. Sew |
eral Of the scenes are spectacular in the |
most pronounced sense, and the pictur- |
esque ensembles. in which pretty girls in |
fetching costumes and brass band in |
gorgeous uniforms, fill an effective part
When az play runs for nearly fourteen
years and each season continues to meet |
with success, there must necessarily be a |
great deal of merit attached to it, Such |
is the position held by the Private Secre- |
tary. which comes Wednesday night The |
play is not a new one to Savannah thea
ter-goers, but it never fails to please. Like
wine, the Private Secretary may be said |
TO improve with age, and this season Mr. |
Edwin Travers, who has long been identi- |
Ted with the play, has not only engaged an
excellent company, but has entirely revis- |
ed the piece and improved ii by introduce !
ing many new and novel musical numbers
as special feature.
The closing attraction of the week is !
Miss Rosabel Morrison's appearance in
Carmen. Only two actresses have achieved
fame as Carmen. One is Olga Nethersole,
and the other is Miss Morrison. Her per-
Torrance Of the enhancing Spanish gypsy
has stamped Miss Morrison as one of the
best of native actresses. possessing the
genius of her father whose name is so
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