The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-25
AT THE THEATER.
YaIe's Twelve Temptations" an IL
Iusfrated Fairy story.

Iustrated Fairy story.
THE Twelve Temptations" which was
the play at the theater last night is
fairy story with living fairies. lots OF
tinsel, lively music and good sDeoialties-
It is spectacular and up 70 date. So close
is il up TO date, in fact. that il touches
upon the silver question one OF the sps-
cialues shows Uncle sam cnaslng goia
ana silver. and catching neither. Inc IN
Gle Sam Of the show is very agile, and
MS temptresses are very pretty, one OF
them being SignOrita Chitten, the pre-
mler danseuse. and the other Nile E.ne-
line, the danseuse secondo. both OF whom
are graceful and accomplished IN their
dancing.
The comedy of the piece is furnished
principally by Gus Bruno. very droli
young man, and Harry LAMAR, who takes
female character. The spoken parts
OF the play however, are secondary 10
the scenic effects. For display OF shape
y beauty. at the same time not approach
ing anything 'risque, the SHOW Is second
10 none that has been here this season.
IL IS clean, pretty and refreshing Inc
songs are new and tuneIuls ana thOse
who sing them are OF good voice. In the
company there is a quartet or aero
bats who do some acts that are eXcep-
uonally clever. The stage pictures that
are presented at the climaxes Of the sew
eral acts are up to the standard OF the
productions given under the auspices OF
Charles Fl. Yale who is the leading pro-
Queer Of spectacular shows on the road.
OF the largest seen here this year.
The Twelve Temptations" will be re-
peated at a matinee this afternoon and
again tonight. The business for the two
performances to come should be good
There is nothing in the show to shock
even the most prudish. while the pretty
pictures, bright songs and clever dances
must furnish wholesome amusement Tor
all who attend.
Hermann's engagement Friday and
Saturday nights and Saturday matinee, is
looked forward to with interest by admir-
ers of the magic. Hermann's entertain
ments are always clean, fine and artistic
and his present entertainment even
eclipses any of his former ones for en-
bellishment He gives special attention
this season to a number of mechanical il
luslons that are brilliant and spectacu-
In 1.-THE Asiatic Trunk Mystery" a
girl is tied in bag and locked in trunk
which is then placed in a larger trunk,
and after 1t has been locked and bound,
the girl is seen standing on the platform,
and another girl totally different from
her is found in her place in the small
trunk. In The Artists Dream" an ar
fist has painted the picture of his ideal
and falls in love with it, He is placing the
finishing touches to il when it suddenly
becomes flesh and blood. In THE Column
bian Transformation" there is a lot of
little flags small as pocket handkerchiefs.
Immediately afterward they have become
an enormous flag covering the entire
stage, and a few seconds afterward, the
Madame Hermann, as the assistant of
the magician, has large share of re-
sponslbllity IN the entertainment she
appears in character as the young artist
in THE Artists Dream" while Hermann
appears as Mephisto, and her dances, La
Mutt and Fleur de Lis, are one of the
most pleasing parts of the programme.
One of the eminent men who will visit
Savannah this season is Max O'Rell, wri-
ter and lecturer. He comes to give his
lecture on Her Royal Highness, Woman"
under the auspices of the Young Mems
Christian Association. ORell is the high
est-priced lecturer that has appeared here
this year The st. Paul (Minn) Pioneer
Press says of him:
Loyal, liberal, cosmopolitan Max O'Rell
IS tine wittiest writer and the most fasci-
mating speaker of France, with whom the
american people are acquainted person
ally. Her Royal Highness. Woman is his
latest lecture Nearly one thousand people
of cultured taste and exacting apprecia-
ton assembled in Park Congregational
church last evening TO hear the author
or Jonathan and His Continent in his
latest effort, and all were pampered with
1udicious flatteTy, amused by infectious
humor and nourished with chaste senti-
ments and plain, sensible talk. Max
O'Rell. like all Frenchmen on the plat
forb. is polished in his style, and like
every cosmopolitan, he Is natural; his
gestures are graceful and reserved; his
delivery is vivacious and modest. He af-
fectS the wit and reveals the sober think
er. In his effort to provoke mirth he
sometimes touches the finest chords of
sentiment and emotion. His nonsense
is often philosophy. He is no wit, but a
humorist, and uses his humor only as the
thread on gtmblet to make the truth
penetrate with less friction. The most
poetic and pathetic passages in the lecture
were those devoted to eulogies of JacQue-
line, the peasant girl, and the life of
France, and her reception of bedraggled
soldiers in the war of 1870. He thought
the American girl the most beautiful, in
telleGtual, cordial, unconventional and
interesting in the world