The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

Vicious tricks, were fun Of interest and en-
This weeks plays at the theater are:
Wednesday matinee and night, Roland
Reed, in The Politician"
thursday night, Paradise Alley"
Saturday matinee and night, "Our COun-
try Cousin"
At the Guards armory.
Monday night, Rabbi Krouskopfs lee
ture on Count TOlstoi.
Wednesday night, Col Richard Malcolm
Sohnston's lecture and readings before the
Thursday night. Max O'RelFs lecture on
1ef Royal ftlghness, Woman" under
me auspices OF the Young Mems Christian
Association Star course.
The matinee and night engagement of
Roland Reed and Miss Isadore Rush in
The Politician" will be the opening
event Of the week at the theater
The Politician" is by David d. Lloyd
with the vaccinations of Gen. Josiah Linn
Der a scheming politician, who hits upon
refer ooley as compromise candidate
FOR congress. Wooley is anything but a
politician. lie is rich, satisfied with his
manner of life. thoroughly domestic and
ioVes his home and garden patch But
Timber gets the women on his side, and
finally persuades Wooley to let his name
he used. 1t is used in the most lurid and
band-wagon style. The interest culmin-
ares IN the third act, which represents the
ante-room Of the convention hall. Timber
works like horse and carries the day,
Wooley being declared the nominee. The
lover OF Wooley's daughter is nominated
by the other side which causes their en-
gagemeut TO be broken, and Timber falls
in love with Wooley's niece. while her
aunt sets her oar for Timber All these
complications are Strengthened out I'm the
last act which takes place in the dining
room in Wooley's residence, where cleo
ton returns are received Mr.. Reeds COM
pany includes Miss Isadore Rush Miss
Rose Braham, Mrs. Mary Myers VIII r.
Bernard, Chas. Wyngate. Sheridan Tup-
per, John II. Bunny, Julian Reed, James
Douglas.
Thursday night the much-talked-about
musical comedy, Paradise Alley" will
be presented here for the first time. 1t
comes with a carload of special scenery
and unique properties, with a reputation
Of success, and with some of the best
known people in the profession to infuse
spirit into the performance.
Barney Pagan and Sam Il. Ryan are
the featured performers. Pagan is the
acknowledged cleverest dancer, and Ryan
comedians on the stage. They are sec
onded by Frank NJ Wells of 1.-TWO Old
Cronies' fame; Nellie Anterior, late lead
ing woman with Donnelly e Girard; the
clever soubrette, Henrietta Byron. John
Queen, the minstrel, and some twenty
Perhaps the least freouented but the
most notorious locality in New York is
Paradise Alley. 1t is in the heart of the
densely populated tenement house dis
trict, the kind Of place that a Dickens
would love to visit in search of charac-
ter, and the sort of locality that Edward
Harrigan used to seek in search of ma
terlal Tor his celebrated and humorous
local sketches. To visit the alley without
the services of a detective would not be
particularly profitable or joyful pro-
ceeding, as the Inhabitants are very par
tial to their isolation, and resent with
anything but picturesque unanimity the
prylng intrusion of responsibility The
g silt no. a,1n
Cherry Hill, in the lower section Of the
city. AZ is more than a hundred years
old, ana tradition has it that some of the
most noted politicians of the period, and
OF past period, first saw the light i'm this
place II Is this famous neighborhood
that the characteristics musical comedy
Parad1se Alley, Is founded on, and one
OF the scenes adequately represents IL
in all it's delightful hideousness.
"Our Country Cousin" which will ba
seen here at two performances Saturday
is cast pretty much on the lines of "The
Old Homestead" with variations. The NAV
represents modern country farm life In q
reaustlc way. FRANK Jones who takes the
part OF the country cousin with his awk-
ward AIRS and country accent Lillian
Walton is the country cousins sweet
heart. In the farm scene in the first act
there Is fun sized threshing machine
in full operation. In the third act a rail-
road tram, a derrick and a breaking
brAdge are introduced. The fourth act rep
= a
Nslfnile of the steamboat Scotia. illuminate
ed and decorated for the Fourth of Tulv
with steam and smoke issuing from the
stacks and moving the whole length of the
stage.
Tomorrow night at the Guards arnorv
Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf, one of the most
eminent, as well as ELOQUENT ministers of
the Jewish faith, will deliver his lecture
on TolStoi, the apostle of Russia and the
| founder of the Tolstoic School Of Iiterao
ture, which has become so famous of late
years.
DR.. Krauskopfs home is in Philadelphia
He took up the subject of Tolstoi some
time since, and from his study of that re-
markable member of the worlds literatti
has constructed very interesting as we'll
as instructive lecture. No man is more
fitted to treat the subject than DR.. Kraus-
kopf, since he was a companion of tha +
great literateur through the wide domain
or the car, and, association in person and
| thought gave him a clear insight of Toll
stois life in the broadcast sense.
The object of the lecture is benefcent
The able rabbi is making a tour of the
country in the interest of establishing a
National Farm School near Philadelphia
To carry out the plans of the institution
| requires $4,000. This amount, or as much
of it as possible, will be raised by means
of the lectures by this philanthropica
man. Part of it has been raised already
| That he is meeting with success is evil
denced by. the large and enthusiastic au-
| diences who greet him everywhere
| As to the school proposed to be founded
it will be national in its scope. and non,
sectarian inasmuch as the limit of its
| advantages Will not be confined to the
| Jewish children The Jewish societies.
however, will be especially encouraged to
avail themselves of the ADVANTAGES of the
! school. The object of the institution Is
| to train youths and maidens into be-
! coming scientific and practical
| agrieulturists and intelligent superin-
! tendents of large farms and colonies
| The proposed farm is a tract of land
| located at Doylestown, Pa, an hour
ride from Philadelphia, covering about 100
| acres; over 100 acres are under excellent
cultivation; the other TWENTY-FIVE acres
| compose three groves of woodland about
! eight acres in all, two orchards-about
] hVe acres; ample farm buildings occupy
| viii lbe required. to purchase the farm
| erect large and substantial school
| building, with the necessary dormitorxr
| accommodations, and equip the institn-
| tion finely with the necessary stock and
implements. Upon the sale of the farm