The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-21
AT THE THEATER.
Robson and Janauschek in "Mrs.
Ponderbury's Past" Tonight.

Ponderbury's PAST Tonight.
The opening attraction Of the week is
Stuart Robson and Nine. Janauschek's
appearance tonight in the comedy Mrs.
Ponderbury's Past The point of the
play is an Illustration of the saying that
two cannot keep secret; but as Sc
cret would not be much If in the possess
sion of one. that is how its keeping is such
an impossibnity. The austere Mrs. Pom
derbury in lieu of noted ancestry, notable
relatives, or other basis for self aggran-
dizement, hit upon the novel plan of Gre
ating a basis for herself, and with the
proverbial cunning of a woman, chose so
simple a thing as a knife. To such
hight does she place this simple instru-
ment in the estimation of herself and nus
band, that by sheer strength of will, she
obliges everyone to bow to it as before
a shrine. But, to her undoing, the shareT
of this secret must needs put in an
appearance after some twenty years, and
very much to his discredit tells the true
story, which, although not particularly
detrimental to the ladys character, never
theless dooms her reign just effectually
as if it had been
1t is unnecessary to say that this charac-
ter must be acted by some one capable
Of its difficult Interpretation, and Mr.. Rob
son chose Nine Janauschek, who has
been so long known to the tragic stage as
one of its best opponents. Those who
have been fortunate enough to be ac>
quainted with the line of work of the two
artists, cannot help but wonder what the
combination will be like, and if they have
not yet witnessed production of this pc
culiar comedy, will be puzzled to know
how 1t can embody two characters SO dia-
metrically opposed to, yet suitable to the
two who will essay them. This will be
one of the anticipations which will have
most pleasure in it's realization, which is
contradictory to the old proverb.
Mrs. Ponderbury's Past is rather a
short-timed play, and it will be length
ened out to usual length of time by the
introduction of the one-act comedy Mr..
Gilman's Wedding.
The Guards will add quite a little sum
to their treasury as the result of the three
performances of the Butterfly Fete, which
were given at the theater under their aus
pices and under the direction of Mrs. Hat
tie Mccall Travis. The performances
were novel and entertaining, and, were
heartily enjoyed by all who saw them
Several varied specialties were introduced
at each performance, and the results
showed successful effort to bring out
Savannah's dancing talent. Mrs. Travis
has been the recipient of many deserved
compliments as the result of her work
which was followed with untiring energy
and in the face of many difficulties with
which she had to contend. Mrs. Travis
VIII soon present the Butterfly Fete in
Macon.
Tomorrow night the Bostonians. on their
first tour of the south, will sing Smith &
DeKoven's opera Robin Hood here. The
opera will be sung with Barnabee, Mac
Donald, Jessie Bartlett Davis, and others
IN the cast, supported by a chorus said to
be unexcelled. Especial care is constant
~ taken by the management to secure
fresh young voices and handsome stage
presence, and no other organization can
present so effective choir, composed as it
is of ladies and gentlemen.
Rev. Krigor Hagop Basmajian will de-
liver the second of his two lectures on
Armenia, Turkey and Constantinople at
Trinity church Sunday school hall tonight
for the benefit of the parsonage fund. The
lecture will be illustrated with over 100
views of the cities and towns where the
Armenia massacres took place, and also
showing the customs and costumes of
oriental life. Those who attended the
first of Rev. Basmajian's lectures were
deeply interested. He is an entertaining
talker and his lectures are instructive to
a degree.