The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-07
r COMING WEEKS PLAY.
osr.R sIssON COMEDY CM-
~ r,NY'S ENGAGEMENT.


tomorrow Night wit The
eI-La LOie Fuller, Edo roy
'0'O rr,mrose aud Wcsfs Min
an" Re Here Next Wfk-Nat
ii, TO Present His say An
ar,can Citizen Later IN 'he
:IOnth. M a, the
- Of amusements. The Ca o 49,
ompan! WIZ Outside of int there are
al the ..ajnnents to take blace.
,'Ao oscar sisson Compan Is uuue' 'n0
ton of Mr.. Thomas Gy4eath' mama
,f numerous theatrical Enterprises. !.
earned a reputation fnohs une iliet
the popular price orgnl]a 'ioiiS ~"
ING the country. In Tsaru 70 SIZE -
.ommand precedence even Oh the ma
~ of theatrical attictlons on INC
In general interes OF the perloIni-
If has many claims on the atlehtion
savannah play-goers MI. Slsson' "ho
f,miliarly known to theater-goeis'
,Ts the organizatici, which Incluoes
n 'al7 Florence bhepherd, Florence
"a wallace and others, VINO nave peet
.cd for their excellence, and Tor ther
,,,natabillty to tho roles assigned 10
ham The repertoir Of the company alpe7I On M
tle s5ls Tne Colonel, Wild Oats, Little Pau
n rUdeS I ~ Secreta My Wife's Friend,
M 3atre Marriage Certificate, ana Crlssy;
N,rIe engagement vlll open to-mo,TT,I9, Nv
pght with The Cololel' M ,sdi-,.e win Oo
VI gwen every Gay except to-ihoiio"'
roio FuIIer viii be here Monday
Ia IF If next week, Feb. 10, with her
dances In Fhe compa9ng Is o A5iopM s snS
S6 have seen him in his Achievements,
H.iiyroU-ladge him to be- the coming magl-
An and Inc successor to the late Herr
Y mann.
Eddie Fov will be Here Feb. Is, in his
snecfscuIsr comedy oft the Earth. Foy
IA been in the westimost OF the season
and has been playingto large aual ss
Primrose and Vests Ministries viii be
Ia the attraction Friday, Feb. 10. These gen.
tlemen are easily leaders in this class or
'ntertainment, and, in fact, they may pc
~ a. 10 sand In class wholly their own.
NJ M oniV have they been practically the
IA ionnders of modern minstrelsy, but they
have an al times religiously refrained
n rom allowing anything in the shape of
N ynlgaritv to creep into their entertain
n ments The company they bring this sea-
n son is the largest they have ever managed,
NJ consisting of not less than seventy art
n ISIS, all carefully selected for their abil-
ifv; among whom may be mentioned
"A George Wilson, the famous end man and
negro delineatOr; Jimmie wan, ana the
n team. Howe Wall and Waters.
Jessie Bartlett Davis very seldom wears
a ewelry She has set forth her reason for
n this in the following couplet:
n Full many an actress who, with jewels
Does tread the roughly paved road to
4 WIN live and die, alasl and blush unseen.
d Unless she lose her jewels and thus gain
name.
signor Salvini, who recently lost his ED
est son, Alexander, has another son, who
n has adopted the profession of his father
and brother. The younger brother or
Il Alexander has been for some time study
ing the English language, and will short
a ly appear in America, and afterWard in
London, as Hamlet. He played the part
n in Parma recently, and the Italian dra-
matte critics were enthusiastic over his
ability. One critic described him as
perfect Adonis, with a face so beautiful
that it battles description"
Fanny Davenport is no mimic. She de-
A Clares that she cannot initiate even ges-
ture.
One of the new American plays present.
ed for the first time last week was DIR.
Ciaudius," made out of Marion era WORDS
novel by Mr.. Crawford and Harry Saint
Maur. Presumably, the writing mas been
done by the author of the story, and the
dramatic construction by MIR. Saint Maur,
who is an actor and playwright of expert
ence The work as arranged for the stage
4 begins with what is styled a prelude"
and progresses through four acts, the To-
cahties of which are Baden, Heidelberg,
Newport and New York. Thirteen char
aeterS are introduced. The interesting
trial Of this piece was made al the Fifth
Avenue Iheater, with the Holland BROTH
ers at the head of the cast. Joseph Hol-
land undertakes to realize to eye and ear
tne Heidelberg recluse and sociologist,
While h. VI. Holland represents the sharp
New York broker, w. j. Lemoyne, the idle
man OF culture and a memory, Leo Die
tnehsteln the Russian nobleman and
army officer, Eleanor Morett, the widow
OF the American minister at st. Peters
burg and Albert Grau, the English arts
tocrat with property in America. The
pay did not receive much praise at the
hands of the critics, but scored decidedly
with the large and fashionable audience
present.
considered one of the most entertaining
takers in the profession. He has a won
"crIul memory of incidents In his career
ON the stage, and whenever he meets a
PARTY OF friends he is apt to indulge in
story telling and "reminiscences. Not Ions
since he was asked by one of his friends
"iIdI lncluenL IN his stage career Impress
30 nm most. He replied: Il think the
one that indelibly stamped itself upon
my memory was at the time / was play
ing an engagement at what is now known
as hoDlnson's Opera House in Cincinnati.
~ llls Time President Garfield was on his
Q'dthbed. The theater was crowded and
was playing Richard III. Just as I
Idu spoken the line, How awful is this
loom IN the tent scene, the manager
Whispered from the wings, Garfield is
"saI. ] Immediately rose from my haunt
~ coucn. Invested myself suddenly from
lt Character aud walked to the foot
.-n's. said solemnly: Ladies and gem
HrHeh, the President is dead. The audi
g,iee IS dismissed. Please go out quietly
'ieie was not word spoken by any one
~ ,yne audience that / heard and every
10Y departed as l had requested them.
LFquent comments were made at the
i.le} ana nave often been heard since the
t .,,,lni on the singular and appropriate
~ pIesslon which l used in my lines inn
,,,.'5lfid[leeiy preceding the announcement or
Alnnie Madern-Fiske has secured the
iii.nSLicdn dramatic rights to Thomas
fTtiTf--uy celebrated novel, Tess of the
= ~ oerVillei and will be seen in New
M mn Early IN March in a strong play
T. 'iir 80 rom the story. Mr.. Hardy had
p'itseI qramatized the book, and SUBJ
- 'Gu MS stage version to Mrs Fiske
!. ~ was decided that q different hand
i'm ~ me novel would be more effective
NJ, ,lls country. and Lorimer Stoddard
has btsaaged 70 dramatize 1t. His work