The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-13

there revealed, the scene in the tower is
irresistible, and yet confined to proper
limits, and In all the subsequent romantic
and countrified details it presents a piano.
rama so real and so delightfully."- homely
as to carry the audience far beyond the
theater and back to rural New England,
where Mr.. Hoyt found his inspiration.
1t is a trihe odd, perhaps, to old theater-
goers who remember Mr.. Bell as an oper-
actic comedian to see him in such a quaint
character role as that of Deacon Tidd,
but as the performance progresses and
Bell disappears and the Deacon grows,
they are willing to concede that he is the
artist in every sense, and versatility is
by no means the least of his attachments.
1t is one of Mr.. Bells most artistic char
acterizatons. The play was written for
the Deacon, and the Deacon Is the play"
The Butterfly Fete will be both the chief
amusement and social event Of the week,
The initial production will be Wednesday
night At Saturday matinee and Satur-
day night the fete will be repeated. Mrs.
Travis who is at the head of the production
has given her time and talent toward maxi
ing it an event artistically and socially.
Over 200 young ladies' and gentlemen Will
take part. The interest which has been
taken in the rehearsals insures a produce
ton of the fete in every way satisfactory
The sale of tickets has been large and the
affair promises to be all that is expected
for it and more.
Rice's Evangeline is so well known that
thereis little new to be said about 1t. All
the world loves a handsome woman, and
the thing which has made Evangelne the
success it has been is the stageful or
pretty girls that comes with II. news
paper man who recently wrote a notice OF
the production remarked that well man
aged first national bank is not in it with
Evangeline. She is a sweet girl, with
scores of lovely women, who sing and
dance and shower the audience with
music, laughter and rainbows of wit; and
unlike lovely woman she never grows old;
time has not withered her charms. The
gentlemen who discovered her in Boston
twenty years ago are etill clipping cou-
pons and making frequent visits to tie
safe deposit company. The man who
loves music, the melancholy young orphan
m masculine attire, the elderly, but hign-
" educated maid, who is not yet mar
Hed, that pretty little thing whom you
are to marry next month, your big brother
with Italian eyes, together with other dis
unguished people, bow to Evangeline
every time.
Stuart Robsons adroltness and quaint
humor have been evident in the many
characters he has made his own. He has
ADDED another TO his interesting creations.
is that of Matthew Pom
leroury. who is so obedient that
ne submits TO the most domi-
neering requests and commands wife
can enforce. But while Matthew submits
sively obeys while in her presence, he
edroitly managers to slip into many little
IMPRESSIONS, the pleasanter to him on the
principle that stolen sweets are sweetest
ne may be locked into room and set to
doing a schoolboy's task. but he does II
with all an urchins rebellion and like one
mas his frolic and accomplishes his task
IN manner truly ingenious. However
m one OF his meanderings, he Is discover
ca by his wife but is adequate to the occa-
sion and hits upon the novel scheme Of
leigning somnambullsm. His transition
from love making TO sleep walking is
adroit and tricky. Finally, the time comes
when the pedestal upon which Matthews
VIE has posed as a model OF virtue and
worth, crumbies beneath her and she be-
comes the submissive one As an intro
duetory act. one OF Buckstone's humorous
stories, a one act comedy, entitled "Nr
Glman's Wedding viii introduce Mr.
F"hson as the Young husband la contra