The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-20
Bah SEES TWO PLAYS.
THE STRoLLERS IL A COUNTRY
"OPR'Y HOUSE" AND THEIR
WORTH,


Enemy to the King" How sOtherI
Presents the Earnestness of Hi
age-Charncter.
Florida, Orange County, New York
Sept l9-It was our morning for saying
goodbye" to the country. This good
bye is always said with heavy heart
and it. seems all the harder to say because
the country itself puts on its festival
dress as if to bid us not farewell, but &c
incite in our hearts the hope Of coming
back again. Although all the kindly peo-
pie were there to say come back our
hands were waved. last of all, to strange
looking group that got on the train going
toward -the north 1t was a group with a
history.
For several days before there had been
a poster at the grocery store, one at the
station one at the postofiice, and one near
the tiny hall commonly called "the opr'y
house" announcing that Professor Mar
tinelHs Great Troup Of Players VIII APP
pear at the Grand Opera Housed There
VIII BE Seen Marie. the Beautiful Daugh-
ter of the Nile, In Her Great Dances! Ac-
oompanying Her VIII Be Cleopatra. the
Famous Trick Cat, directly descended
from the Cat Of the Temple of Isis! You
VIII Hear the Remarkable Elocutionist
Oiveira in his repertoire. and VIII Ad-
mire His Manly Beauty. as He Recites
His Sentimental and Soul-Stirring Ballads
and You WIN Laugh With Delight at liz
settle, the Dainty Soubrette, who Sings the
Newest Songs. and Is Accompanied by
Her Stately Protector, Zanzibar, the lion
hearted Dog, who viii waltz when Pro-
fessor Martinell performs a famous Ger
man waltz on His Violin! Come one,
Come All! Although this IS the finest
entertainment ever given the prices will
remain as usual. Ten cents will get you
a seatl Twenty cents viii get you a good
seat. Thirty cents will get you the best
seat in the House,
This poster was calculated to strike de-
light, not only in the heart of the small
est boy in the village, but to touch the
oldest inhabitant. We had all gotten our
tickets and expected to occupy fourteen
OF the best seats in the house. With the
evening train came what was commonly
known as THE Troupe" And with the
Troupe came sorrow. The landlord of the
only hotel had some trouble with his
liver, and whenever his liver gets upset
he grows very moral; nobody ever knows
just how this morality will express it.
self. Consequently, there was no surprise
when it was whispered that Jim Robin
SON. he having had is old liver COM
plant, said that his house was a God
fearin' one, and he wouldn't feed or other
wise encourage actors" Our household
was greatly upset by this, and after
much persuasion Au 1t Maria was induced
10 take in for the night, the unhappy lit
Fla which 60 ca ri in ae
far one town was concerned, was greet
ed with discourtesy. We didn't see them
before the entertainment. l believe they
requested that they be allowed to have
their suppers alone.
The show was all. and more than It
claimed to be. The professor, notwith-
standing his Italian name, had a slight
Irish brogue. and the beautiful Daughter
of the Nile. once you mentally Invested
her of her Oriental trappings, suggested
rather shrewd American woman. The
famous elocutionist' thrilled us with
the story of The Burial of Sir John
Moore" which he claimed was appro-
pirate at this peculiar period of Ameri-
can History. and consequently the small
boys believed that il had something 10
do with the Burial OF Bryan, or the
Burial of Napoleon. Then he made us
shed tears of delight at first one and then
another funny story which, If they were
The dainty soubrette" sang couple of
melodies sufficiently familiar to induce
the boys to join in the chorus, and her
stately protector. Zanzibar, a large New
foundland dog, whirled around in what
might be called a waltz, when a waltz is
regarded from the standpoint of a dog
The cat who had the honor of descend
ing from an early Egyptian, didn't do
much, except walk around the stage and
wear a red ribbon, but she was there
and seemed to feel her Importance. When
the show was over VIC waited for our
guests. Once at the farm they forgot
that they were actors and became ordi.
nary human beings.
1t turned out that the professor, a polite
elderly gentleman, who thought he look
ed like Booth, and whose manners were
courteous to the last degree. was a teach
er of elocuton in New York: scholars
were scarce and, as a natural sequence.
dollars We're few. He had wit and wisdom
enough to make up his little company
from home talent, and the troupe" so
much scoffed at by the over-moral pro-
prietor of the hotel, consisting of the pro-
1essor's wife, who appeared on the play
bills as the Beautiful Daughter of the
Nile" her sister, the sisters steady com
pany. the household cat and the dog which
belonged to the steady company. The
steady company had once acted, but hoped
I'm the autumn to open a neighborhood
news and needle store. These truths
were told me by the wife. She said:
You see, it's this way: It's awful hard
10 find people willing to pay to learn to be
actors, so l said to Mr.. Martin, knowing
him to be a man of very great talent. i
says, why teach people to act? Wen act
ourselves, get the money, owe no man
anything. and the baby and the children
will be well taken care of, while Lizzie
and her beau will have a good time to-
gether. l say it don't make any differ
ence as long as we're honest. We give
just the kind of a show we advertise and
If we have changed our names a little bit.
80 that they are more aristocratic sound
ing, it's no more than some bigger people
have done; and we're straight, Lizzie and
me, and we're not going to harm any
body
Did / approve OF the little scheme? 7
not only approved of il. but / applauded
St, and wondered that there weren't more
people in the world who staring no dollars
in the face, did not have as much practical
good sense as this woman. who was so
eager to be honest and to keep straight.
Lizzie, who appeared ON the programme as
Lsette, told Nanny that she was saving
up ali she could to furnish her fat and
that though oliver hated to appear on the