The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-04
THE WEEK AT THE THEATER.
ROB ROY WELL RECEIVED AT
TWO PERFORMANCES.

The Operas First Presentation in
savannah-The Lees Hypuotist
Entertainments and Bancrofts
Magic in This weeks IIst-The
Guards 10 Repeat Their interest
ing Success of Last Spring.
1t is especially noteworthy that the
Whitney Opera Company in Rob Roy
played last night to one OF the largest
Saturday night audiences Savannah has
known in a long time Every section Of
the theater was comfortably filled. ana
the spectator undoubtedly enjoyed The
feature that he had plenty of company,
instead Of being almost alone in his glory
as has often been the case on Saturday
night.
Altogether the company presents
most attractive performance. The tout
ensemble" Of the piece, as the Frencn
would say, is extremely good. There may
be a little lacking in the detail points
which the uncrtical eye would rarely no.
tice, and in some places where there -
opportunity for good dramatic effect it
seems to have been sacrificed to the must
cal features. But the Whitney company
has a good, strong show. Miss Florence
Wolcott, as Janet, is a gem, both as an
actress and a singer She puts the little
Scottish frills on her musical work IN y
manner that makes it both compete and
attractive. She was encored several times
during the evening. Rob Roy had a good
representative in the person of Mr. Ar
thur Donaldson, and the comedians, Mr.
Edwin II. Carroll, as Dugald McWheeblo,
Mayor of Perth. and Sunday McSher-
ry, the Town Crier, were among me
brightest and most interesting features.
The chorus is one of the strong points or
the opera throughout and the costumlns
is excellent throughout. Rob Roy also
played to a good audience at the matt
nee.
The theater will be open for seven per
formances this week. Tomorrow night
the Lees hypnotsts will begin four
night engagement. Friday and Saturday
nights and at Saturdays matinee Ban
croft the magician, will be seen for the
hrst time by a Savannah audience.
The Lees, hypnotists, who begin an en-
gagement of four nights at the theater
tomorrow night, come well recommended
Papers in various sections of the country
speak of the performance as something
wonderful. The entertainment it is said
besides being instructive and profitable
from a scientific point of view, is most
amusing one. Mr.. Lee presents enough
comedy in one hour to keep one laughing
and in good humOr for weeks to come"
says one writer "A mere wave of the
hand, a glance of the eye, or syllable
spoken, bends to his will the FESTIVE or
combative powers of those whom he has
never seen before" Tomorrow night
the Lees say they will throw a man in
a hypnotic sleep, from which he will
not awaken for two days and two nights.
The sleeping man will then be carried to
Adler's, at BroughtOn and Bull streets,
and placed in the show window, where
every one can see him. The subject will
have neither food nor water during his
long sleep, and will be watched by a
committee of citizens, who viii be sworn
on Wednesday evening, that the subject
had neither food nor water nor that ne
left the cot during his long sleep The
subject will lose about five or six pounds,
but Will regain it In about forty-eight
hours.
In Chicago not long ago, Bancroft, the
magician, who will be seen here this
week, beat a three-card monte man at
his own game. The card shark bore the
title of Canada Bill" and Bancroft was
induced to undertake the exploit by
triend of his, whom Canada Bill had
seen for the sum Of SO. The method
of this kind Of monte sharks was quite
unique. He would gain the confidence OF
his victim by first earnestly warming
against risking his money at the game.
In the midst of his advice Bin wouli
pause to blow his nose and the interval
would be employed by a capper who
would slyly move one of the cards, expos
ang the picture of an eagle on the on-
verse side. This card he would marx
with his thumb nail. Bill would see notn.
ing Of this, being busy with his handker-
chlef, and his next remark would invarr-
apiy succeed in landing the victim com.
pletely. You think you can pick out the
eagle card? I'll bet ten. twenty or fftv
you don't do it," Bill would say. The In
nocent would put up his money, and. on
course choose the marked card, only to