The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-25
AT THE THEATER.
Roland Reed and Isadore Rush in
"a Man of Ideas"

"a Man of Ideas"
Roland Reed and his company of play
ers gave an excellent performance Of
Sidney Rosenfeld,s "A man of Ideas" last
night Miss Isadore Rush shared, the hon
ors with Mr., Reed. The play is one which
gives both ample opportunity for the dis
pay of their talents They are in oppo-
sition to each other until the closing act
The story deals with land schemes and
trolley road franchise in which Mr. Reed
hgures as promoter and Miss Rush plays
the part of the scheming widow. The pro-
noter IS confronted al every point by the
ingenuity ana foresight of the widow.
During the play there is some bright
talk. Give me a man with brains to deal
with, says the promoter. III
the darn fool that keeps you
guessing" They say that every woman
is sincere at one moment in ner life; the
| thing is to find that moment" Flowers
are the advance agent of felicity" IF
can only soak an English syndicate, I'm
doing my full duty as an American citl-
zen" The audience was a large one, and
Mr. Reed and Miss Rush were both en-
Enthusiastically received.
Tomorrow, matinee and night, Primrose
& Vests Ministries will make their annual
| appearance in Savannah. Last season il
was double company of whites and
| blacks in one ensemble. Now this idea
has been discarded, and in its lieu have
| been engaged a large company of all white
artists, no stone being left unturned to Sc
cure the best talent available in the min
strel field. Chief among the entertainers
| as Mr.. Primrose himself one of the firm
! George Wilson, always remembered for his
| Waltz Me Again catch line, and Ernest
/ Tenny, the eccentric comedian.
Among the specialues are the novel acts
! OF the Quaker City Quartette," musical
! blacksmiths, the Seymours, Waterbury
/ Bros. and Tenney, musical comedians, and
others.
Reviewing Col. Robert G. IngersolPs lee
! ture on Liberty of Man, Woman and
| Child" the subject of his lecture Thurs
day evening, and which he gave in Roches-
ter, N. Y, short time ago, the Express
of that city says:
1T is doubtful if any lecturer has ever
! appeared before a Rochester audience who
so fully held its attention. Every sentence
was freighted with some thought and the
earnestness with which he enforced every
| point won applause from those who, in so
! berer moments, would have hesitated to
| yield their endorsement In person, the
| colonel is tall and imposing, looking older
than he really is, with heavy, but shape
| ly figure, a large head, with a profile as
| childlike and innocent as Thackeray's and
very little more hair than the tabled Mi
! cawber had. His face is clean shaven and
| round. 1t is the faithful index of a jovial,
| kind-hearted, active man, who can be ter
ribly in earnest upon occasion. His orato-
| ry is of peculiar kind Never boisterous,
and rarely loud he has a curious way of
affirming what he says by funny nod of
| the head, or an exclamation equally odd.
! He talks with his audience face to face,
plainly and simply. His lecture is brist-
| ling with suggestions, and essentially
! "meaty" His strongest points are put
quietly, but with a subdued force that
made a deep impression. To the people
| who heard him, the lecture will recall Wv
idly his peculiarities and the pleasure of
| listening to him."
Miss Lille Selig and her pupils, assisted
| by Prof. Mehrtens and his pupils, will give
an entertainment at Mehrtens Music Hall
tonight. One of the features will be the
singing by Mrs w W. Gross. Miss Sc
lig's entertainments have always been ex-
tremely interesting. The time and atten-
ton which she devotes to her pupils and
her ability to instruct, assure thorough
ness in wha teVeri she undertakes.