The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14
spirited and well contrived stage renro
duction of the battle with confetti.

spirited and well contrived stage renro-
duction of the battle with confetti.
Not only those who hold course tickets
to the Young mems Christian Associafion
star course, but many others are antici-
pating with much pleasure the opportllni,
~ OF witnessing Alexander Blacks mic.
lure play, Miss Jerry, at the Guards hall
Wednesday night. Miss Jerry's first sea-
son was a brilliant one. Her coming
out few years ago in New York was
before distinguished private audience
IN which We're numbered William Dean
HoWells, PRECEDENT Low of Columbia Ed
mund Clarence Stedman. Arthur Sher-
burne Hardy, Stanford White. Clarence
Clough Buell.. Arthur Stedman Henry
Gallup Paine. John Denison ChampIir
Dr. John Coleman Adams f. T. Church
James Herbert Morse, Henry Marguand
WI charlton and other literary and ar
tistic celebrities. The picture plav has
aroused the enthusiasm of a wide range
OF audiences in all Of the leading cities
OF the north Scribner's Magazine devoted
twelve pages to a description of MIR
Blacks first picture play, and again sew
eral pages to his second play, A Capital
Courtship. The photographs used in his
siereoptican are said to be remarka hle
The Boston Globe says that the pictures
are the finest of the kind ever shown in
Boston" Tickets can be reserved at the
Young Mems Christian Association build
ing commencing Tuesday morning at Q
o'clock.
Rev. I. Dewitt Talmage. who will lec-
ture at the Guards hall Friday night
comes filled with the information gathered
during his journey around the world at
which time he preached and lectured in
every capital on the globe. His lecture is
under the Young Mems Christian Associ-
atoms auspices, but not as one of its
star curse Of entertainments. and. there
fore, course tickets will not be recognized
The lecture is Dr. Talmage's latest and
most brilliant one. An eminent writer
says: II wish TO say that l consider Tai
mage the greatest word painter on earth
He thinks in pictures; and he who thinks
in pictures thinks wildly. He paints
with large brush. and with colors that
burn and glow, and nations gather around
his pictures and feel an up-lift and holy
thrill"
One Of the new American plays. per
formed for the first time last week was
Or. Claudius" made out of Marion Craw-
ford's novel by Mr.. Crawford and Harry
saint Maur. Presumably, the writing has
been done by the author OF the story, and
the dramatic construction by Mr.. Saint
Maur, who Is an actor and playwright of
experience. Tho work as arranged for the
stage begins with what is styled pre-
Jude and progresses through four acts,
the localities OF which are Baden Heidel-
berg. Newport ana New York. Thirteen
characters are introduced The interest
ing trial of this piece was made at the
Firth Avenue theater, In New York.
A new drama of life in Now York. sim
ply and approximately named New York.
has been written by Andrew G. Wheeler
and Edward NJ. Alfriend, who were col
laborators in The Great Diamond Rob
berry. The heroine n a shop girl who
murders tho Gccundrel that mistreats her
The hero is a United States secret service
detective.
There Is a prospect Of the early return
to the stage of Henry Irving. who Is rap
idly recovering from his recent accident,
real or mythical, and who Is 10 make his
re-entree 20 the stage as Napoleon IN
Nine. Sans-Gcne.
Julia Marlowe's new play Is a transla-
ton aud adaptation OF Coopes lie Jacob
lite. IL ~ romantic Scotch story dealing
with the life OF the young pretender.
u Is probable that Fay TemDleton will
return to the United states In the late