The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-20
stuart Robson.

i er past is not one such as usually
Jed for the plot of story, it being one
bon which she glorifies her heroism and
self-aggrandizes herself as to make
bch and every one bow to her superior
strength of character and will power.
from this self-created pre-eminence, she
fnles not only the tricky, fun loving Pom
erbury, but everybody about her; but
one tale is good until another is told"
snd this tale, like everyone woven, has it's
5wo sides, and when the supposedly i'm
tetuous lover returns after years of sea-
Barring and tells his side of the romance,
is found that Mrs. Ponderbury's version
+ as been purely fictitious, except as to
foundation. Then it is that Ponderbury
+ fses superior to the occasion and as
DUNES the rule of his own house and like
Fise of his arrogant wife. AS the treated
ke-a-boy husband, he is obliged to write
thousand lines for some misdemeanor,
buffers himself to be locked into a room
Tor having delayed a home coming too
ong. is made to bow before a knife to
test his admiration for his wife's virtue
Ind herOism, and in fact conducts himself
Ike a knickerbockered urchin. Notwith-
Standing all such penalties for every
Eransgression he makes, Ponderbury never
ails to digress from the path of duty
|Fhenever half a chance presents, and as
a pretty woman is one of his especial
Eeaknesses, he allows himself to be drawn
INTO whirlpool of difficulty when he be-
|holds handsome widow, with whom he
nakes nocturnal appointment, to be held
IN the studio of an artist. While there,
K Pc is tempted to dance a fantasy with the
fair one, and in order to do it removes his
eoat and goes into it with great zest He
Is unexpectedly surprised in this divertise-
ment by his indignant wife.
b In connection with this clever play, the
one-act comedy, Mr.. Gilman's Wedding"
WIN be introduced at the beginning of the
programme.
II The appearance here of the Bostonians in
Robin Hood will be the first the company
las ever made in this part of the south Its
present tour in fact, is its first in the
south. Including among its principals
some of the leading factors on the lyric
''dge, and With its equipment for the pre-
Sehtatlon of opera comique, it was only
after large guarantees were given by the
local management that negotiations were
concluded. The Bostonians number seventy
people, with special orchestra. Smith &
ne koven's perennial Robin Hood than
Whch there is no more popular opera on
me stage, will be sung here for the first
'llhe Inc story of the opera is founded
upon the exploits of England's merry out
"a" and his registering companions and is
700 We'll known to dilate upon. 1t is suf-
Iclent TO say that Robin Hood will be sung
WIN an exceptionally strong cast and eff
lecuVe chorus and accessories. Among the
singers who will appear here are Henry
tIay Barnabee, VIM. H. Macdonald, Jes-
s!e Bartlett Davis. Hilda Clarke, Eugene
owes Alice Nielsen, George Frothing-
IAN Josephine Bartlett, VIM. E. Philip. T.
heAey Cole, Gracia Quive, w. H. F'itz-
gerald, Harry Brown, s. L. Studley, L. B.
Merrill May Won Dresser, r. H. Burn
1lue ana others. In the tour of the Boston
ans Miss Davis has been singled out for
Speeial praise. On her performance, of AL
ANA Dale, the Dallas News rhapsodizes
as follows TT is not easy to show in what
consists the essential charm and chief VIC
ttoIy OF her art. With an inherited histrion-
~ aptitude she possesses a vivacious tenn
Ieiament, an educated mind, a refined and
INJURED taste and that rare knowledge of
~. me art of acting which teaches the ines
unable value of repression as well as ex-
iilession. AS vocalist she possesses a con-
ratio OF most remarkable range, reaching
rom high soprano to a deep bass, and
year as bell tone, full Of melody and
sweetness"
! Inc Butterfly Fete was repeated yester-
nay at matinee and night performance.
y me attendance at both performances was
bancroft, the magician. tells an inter-
!, ~ story of the marvellous skill of the
osis, whom he visited during his trip to
,lna last summer. On one occasion a
iosl demateriallzed without preparation
y any kind, a stone lying at Bancroft's
get and moment later reproduced It in
,ne hands of another Yogi several yards
s,ant. Bancroft was not entirely salts
'sd' and requested that the trick be per-
orned in his own room, to which the Yog
eadlly consented. Bancroft then sealed
W all the windows and doors in his room
'N9 produced stone that he had care
Wy examined and privately marked.
ogi with nothing but a breechclout for
'as adornment, sat upon a board placed
Tween two chairs. and directly behind
I'm one Of Bancrofts trusted servants
ook up his position. The Yogi contemplate
~ the stone Ia silence for a moment.
h,n II gradually melted away" as Ban
Foit expressed il. and later II was repro
leed in the hands NJ anofha~ .voai ,a
Of q 3 H. g.