The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09

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BANDMAsTER INNES.
| her idea. 1t was no use. however. for The
! Tortogada is described as a self-willed an6
| determined young person, who insists II
| having her own way in everything Sc
| go on the stage she did, appearing first In
Spain, then in Paris, and now she has
| come of dazzle London
SO pronounced has the London success
| of this new dancing and singing beauty
been that American managers are begin
| ming to bid for her, and it is confidently
asserted that she will visit America the
coming fall.
America Is particularly the home of the
stage beauty. All of the great successes
have been made here, and the great for
tunes taken from here.
1t is declared that the fad for taking up
vaudeville beauty began with Carmen
cita In the skirt-dancing days. Then came
Otero and Omene. AfterWard Yvette Gull
bert visited us, carrying home, it is said,
100000. Then Anna Held came over, al
most to stay. Then Merode spent nothing
here, but earned much, and is said to have
gone away the richer by $500 900. She Is
contemplating another visit
This young woman, besides being Of good
education and BIRTH held some position in
society before deserving 1t for the stage
Her speciality is a song and dance in which
the gestures are made with the skirt in
most expressive fashion. Although a great
sensation with the chappies, she keeps
her distance" and receives very few of
them at heT home. The chappies of Amer
lea stand small chance of making the uc-
quaintance of the fair Tortogada when she
visits US.
Joseph Jefferson has at last answered
that hoary old conundrum as to when an
actor ought to retire The question was put
10 him in Cincinnati the other night, and
he replied: "Well, counting the time for
getting out of costume and the sIowness of
hackmen, think an actor should retire at
about 11:45.''
The late Mrs. John Drew, actress, left
an estate of only $780, which she bequeath-
ed to her children.
In a letter written to a New York editor
about fifteen years ago Edwin Booth had
this to say: Having no literary ability
whatever" wrote the great tragedian, Il
must decline your fiattering invitations nor
do l know how to aid the worthy cause
you advocate. Could / do So be assured ii
should be fully done. My knowledge of the
modern drama is so very meager that |
never permit my wife or daughter to wit
ness play without previously ascertain
ing it's character. This is the method l
pursue. l can suggest no other unless it
might be by means of a dramatic censor
whose taste or Judgment might, however.
be frequently at fault. If the management
of theaters could be denied to spectators 1
and placed in the hands of actors who
value their reputation and respect their
calling, the stage would at least afford a
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some stimulus to the exercise of noble SEN
timents. But while the theater is permit
ed to be a mere shop for gain-open to
every huckster Of immoral gimcracks-
there is no other way to discriminate be-
tween the pure and base than through the
experience of others"
Sarah Bernhard and Mile. Bartet Of the
Coincide Franchise have been elected vice
presidents Of the committee in charge of
class XVIII materials of Theatrical Art) |
Of the 1900 exposition, Of which M. Gail |
hard, director Of the grand opera, is presi- |
dent. They are the first women chosen as
official managers on a committee not con-
nected with woman's work.
Julia Arthur, who is the hit of the day |
IN "A Lady of Quality" commenced her |
stage career at the age of IL years, play |
ng in an amateur way, the roles of "a
mora In ''The Honeymoon and of Portia |
n the Merchant OF Venice" For three |
years she played with Bandmann, enact |
ng in Hamlet the player Queen, Ger
rude and Ophelia; in Romeo and Juliet
he mother, the nurse, page and Juliet: |
n THE Merchant of Venice" Nerissa. a |
page, and Portia; in Richard III" the
Queen, the Duchess of York, and Ladv
Anne. During these girlish years Miss |
Arthur also played the leading female
'oles in Lady Of Lyons" East Lynne
Don Caesar de Bazan," "As You Like
t." and '"The Corsican Brothers"
She then went to Germany to study
he violin, but gave it up. went to the
Pacific coast and there joined the Will
,ur Dramatic Company. Then she pIav-
d the leading female parts in "rhe CAL
ey Slave" Called Back" 1.-THE Two
Orphans" Woman Against Woman"
Captain Swift" '"The Colleen Rawn "
ARA na-Poeee,' Jim the Penman,"
The Silver King" 'Uncie Toms Cabin"
The Still Alarm Peril" Divorce"
The Private Secretary" Her first hit in
Jew York was made In The Black
1asque"-a weird representation which.
owever. gave the young American an
pportunity of distinguishing herself. This
ras followed by a tempting offer from
ianager A. NJ. Palmer under whom she
layed Jeanne in "A Broken Seal" Lefty
fletcher, in Saints and Sinners" and
.ady Windermere, in Lady Winder-
lere's Fan"-gaining both gold and glory.
tut her great triumph came in the title
ole of Mercedes" by Thomas Bailey
ldrich. Then she was Rose Woodmere.
/ the Drury Lane drama, "The Prodigai
'aughter;" Druscilla Ives, In 1.-THE Dam
ing Girl" Mary Lonsdale, in ''Woman's
ievenge;" Vera. In Moths" Constance
In lone Touch of Nature"
nd the heroine In Sister Mary" by
lement Scott and Wilson Barrett. In
ondon she played with Irving as Elaine
King Arthur" Rosalind. IN "A
ecket;" Imogen, in "Cymbeline;" Sophia
"Olivia," and Queen Anne in Richard
IT," She has, as may be seen, covered
range of varied and diversified portray
Is of character equaled by few other
dresses now before the public
Setting the earth on fire. is an ex-
ression often heard In ridicule, but II
an never be applied to Magician Kellar
)r the reason that he has already ac- ,
omplished that feat literally. En- route ;
ON Valparaiso TO Montevideo, via the G
trait of Magellan, In February, 1875, the