The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27
THE FIREMEN's BENEFIT.
A brilliant Entertainment for the
widows and Orphans Fund.

widows and Orphans Fund.
The Savannah Council Of the order Of
American Firemen gave its inaugural en-
tertainment last night at the theater, IN
der the direction OF Mr.. W. +. Blois.
The entertainment was opened with an
address by Hon J. F. 3. Beckwith, a
member OF the honorary committee Of
the council. He described in graphic de
tail the feverish excitement that seizes
[ a boy at the sound Of fire alarm, and
the sensation in running TO the fire. Then,
with dramatic ferver he pitched bit Of
| characteristic fire drama, little Johnny
beginning in the title roll. About him is
cleverly CONSTRUCTED some character
/ sketehing, studded with humor that was
pleasing. From the boys, he said, the
/ order Of iremen received sympathy;
from the same source arose the gallant
volunteers, and from the latter the or
| der OF hremen drafted It's brave men
| After paralleling the old and new re-
| gime in the fire department, showing the
/ evolution in the system, he paid these ne
roic men glowing tribute for their brave
had three purposes, he said, philanthro-
I phy, education and brotherhood on eacn
! of these he spoke, closing with verse OF
| Pathos Hatton's.
] Good Bye Sweetheart" was well rem
I dered by a quartette, Messrs. keilbach
| Deacy. Blois and BasfOrd.
MIS-. MiCkenDerE AOltONtu Win a sweet
I rendition of the famous song OF Pinsuite
| The Three Wishes" Her voice Is well
! cultivated, as was shown in her technique
As an en- core. she sang bit OF operatta
Mr. Reaves acquitted himself well. He
sang Dear Heart.
Mrs. Wickenberg and Miss OBrien and
! MeSSrS Deacy and BlOlS sang In quaI1ette
My Love Is Like Red, Red Rose" They
y were given an encore. Both numbers were
| highly enjoyed.
One of the features Of the evening was
the violin solo of Master Saul Brant. His
conception of harmony, touch and phras-
| in executing Wagner Fantasia, arranged
| by Singelee. AS an encore he played the
| Last Rose of Summer" bringing out the
deep Dathos which lies in that beautiful
song
The second part was opened by the Eu-
| terpe Mandolin Club-MisSeS Nell Has
lam, May Roman, Emily Common, Jennie
! Straus and s. Black, and Messrs. p. NJ.
| Conner, William Derhardt, John S. Black
and John Butler. The club added greatly
to the success of the occasion, received
two encores, the last of which it failed to
respond.
Mr. Blois has a rich and clear baritone
and sang, "A Son of the Desert, in a
manner which ELECTED general and pro-
longed applause. Mr. Kayton's cornet
| solo was well received. The quartette,
Messrs Kielbach. Decay, Blois and Bias
ford closed the evening with "a Catastro-
| phe," the song-story of a tack, petit
| gogue and mischievOus boy, cleverly put
to music by Sprague. Miss Gnosspelias
The attendance was fairly good, in fact,
better than was expected. About $50 We're
Melted
The Savannah Council of the American
! Firemen was organized about seven
| months ago under favorable auspices. 1t
has now about ninety members. 1t is a
! benevolent order and gives indemnity to
! the families of brave firemen who have
| lost their lives in fighting fire and rescu-
ing people from death from fire. Maj.
/ 10 Cfabt fsx 10
/ vice president, A. j. Toshach secretary,
! and ]. e. Mcclure, treasurer.
During the concert an alarm of fire
was turned in and the fremen present
caused a small sensation in their hurry
! to respond to the call made upon them.
However, the blaze proved a small one,
| and the boys" returned and heard the
entertainment out.
The fourth attraction in the Young
Mems Christian Associations star course
of entertainments is the famous Max
Highness, Woman" at the Guards Hall
next Thursday night. The Commercial
| Appeal, Memphis (Tenn), says:
MAX OReif fairly delighted an audi
| ence of many hundreds at the Grand
Opera house with his dissertation on Her
never more thoroughly entertaining and
interesting lecture heard in any hall in
this city, if the standard is to be the
amount of appreciation manifested in
what was said. The speaker has a most
charming way of putting things, and
when he has said a thing, there is i'm
| mediately kinded a bond of sympathy
between himself and his hearers as to the
| sentiment involved that stimulates an
| anxiety for what the next utterance will
be. Whether or not Her Royal High
| ness, Woman" is a prepared lecture or
| is an impromptu expression of the lectur-
er's thoughts, few if any of those who
| heard and who are in ignorance on that
point could tell if they were asked, with
such grace and ease was 1t delivered. One
| would almost say he was conversing with
his audience instead of lecturing to them.
| The speaker began at the top round of the
social ladder and descended. He talked
swell set until his audience fairly split
its sides with laughter at the quaint rev.
Citations in the speakers words. From
his preliminary remarks to the close, in
| terest in the speakers words never wan
ed, and it was with regret that the enter
tanned saw their entertainer make his re-
firing bow"
The fifth entertainment of the Savan-
nah Lyceum course will be given tonight
at the Guards hall. Mr.. S. H. Clark of
Chicago University and principal of the
Chautauqua School of Expression will
Britain; "Goneril," his eldest daughter;
Regain" his second daughter; .'Corde-
lia," his youngest daughter; King of
LAS suitors; Duke of Albany" Gonerils
husband; Duke of Cornwall, Regans
husband; Earl of Kent" Earl Of Clos
gar Gioster's sons: 'oswald,9 Gonerils
messenger, "A Fool" There will be an
intermisson after each act. except the
fourth.
Mr.. Clark arrived in the city last night
from Minedgeville, where he read Tues
day before the State Normal College. He
will be introduced tonight by Mr.. S. B.
Adams.
The doors will be closed at $50 O'Clock,
and after that hour no one will be adj
mitted, except between the acts.